1951 St. Paul Saints Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 85-66
Finished 2nd in the AA
Manager: Clay Hopper (85-66)
Affiliation: Brooklyn Dodgers
Location: St. Paul, Minnesota
Ballpark: Lexington Park
Attendance: 171,999, Avg. 2,278

1951 St. Paul Saints Roster

Playoffs - St. Paul Saints 4 games, Louisville Colonels 1
Finals - Milwaukee Brewers 4 games, St. Paul Saints 2

The St. Paul Saints of the American Association ended the 1951 season with a record of 85 wins and 66 losses, finishing second in the AA.

The Saints plated 728 runs and surrendered 684 runs. Jim Pendleton paced St. Paul with 21 home runs, while Danny Ozark and Bill Antonello walloped 15 or more, too. Eric Tipton drove in 81 runs. Jack Cassini led hitters with significant playing time by hitting .305. Johnny Rutherford and Pat McGlothin topped the team with 15 wins each, and Johnny Rutherford earned a 2.94 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Players from the 1951 St. Paul Saints who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Eric Tipton, Earl Mossor, Tim Thompson, Dick Teed, Jim Pendleton, Al Epperly, Johnny Rutherford, Jim Romano, Pat McGlothin, Don Hoak, Dick Whitman, Clem Labine, Lee Griffeth, Earl Naylor, Kent Peterson, Joe Black, Marion Fricano, Bill Antonello, Mickey Livingston, Al Brancato, Don Nicholas, Johnny Van Cuyk, Mickey Rocco and Jack Cassini.

Clay Hopper served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Pat McGlothin	15	7	.682	3.78	30	24		15	2		195.0	184	88	82		69		91	1	4	3
Johnny Rutherford	15	8	.652	2.94	26	24		14	0		190.0	194	77	62		53		72	7	2	1
Al Epperly	13	4	.765	3.80	34	1		0	0		71.0	65	33	30		23		33	2	0	1
Clem Labine	9	6	.600	2.62	20	15		7	3		117.0	104	38	34		42		63	4	1	4
Earl Mossor	9	10	.474	4.80	27	22		8	2		152.0	164	96	81		69		87	2	0	0
Clark Samson	8	9	.471	5.14	29	18		7	0		119.0	130	82	68		81		64	5	1	7
Mike Lemish	5	6	.455	5.11	37	6		2	1		111.0	124	70	63		58		41	0	1	3
Joe Black	4	3	.571	2.25	9	7		6	1		60.0	44	19	15		24		35	0	0	2
Marion Fricano	2	0	1.000	4.89	9			0			35.0	29	19	19	8	17		14	0	0	0
Kent Peterson	2	1	.667	6.07	12	8		1	0		46.0	52	32	31		32		26	3	0	3
Jim Romano	2	5	.286	5.79	16	13		4	1		73.0	73	52	47		50		25	3	0	1
Johnny Van Cuyk	1	6	.143	6.22	36	10		0	0		94.0	116	70	65		46		53	1	0	3
Nick Andromidas	0	0		0.00	1						1.0
Lee Griffeth	0	1	.000	18.00	4			0			3.0	8	6	6	1	1		1	0	0	0
Totals	85	66	.563	4.28	290	148	0	64	10	0	1267.0	1287	682	603	9	565	0	605	28	9	28	0

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Jim Pendleton	143	611	564	116	170	18	13	21	79	14		44	81	.301	.352	.491	.843	277	14	0	3
Jack Cassini	130	536	463	92	141	29	0	8	50	34		64	48	.305	.395	.419	.814	194	13	5	4
Eric Tipton	132	476	385	52	106	26	6	11	81	9		89	48	.275	.411	.460	.871	177	15	0	2
Dick Whitman	97	378	334	47	104	21	6	3	57	4		41	28	.311	.388	.437	.825	146	11	1	2
Frank Marchio	140	445	405	45	100	22	7	4	51	3		37	50	.247	.313	.365	.678	148	14	2	1
Tim Thompson	108	365	335	47	99	15	5	3	38	1		27	16	.296	.353	.397	.750	133	8	3	0
Danny Ozark	124	443	376	64	98	21	1	15	74	1		61	56	.261	.370	.441	.811	166	14	4	2
Don Hoak	126	438	366	60	94	10	4	5	34	4		68	48	.257	.373	.347	.720	127	8	0	4
Bill Antonello	116	399	363	50	92	13	7	17	65	4		29	75	.253	.314	.468	.782	170	6	3	4
Al Brancato	88	300	264	32	68	8	0	8	41	1		33	20	.258	.340	.379	.719	100	4	0	3
Dick Teed	67	223	207	22	46	9	0	2	17	1		13	29	.222	.278	.295	.573	61	5	3	0
Don Nicholas	40	139	108	26	26	0	2	0	2	16		29	5	.241	.401	.278	.679	30	2	0	2
Pat McGlothin	31	76	62	8	17	3	0	0	7	0		12	7	.274	.392	.323	.714	20	0	0	2
Earl Mossor	30	58	57	6	15	0	1	2	10	0		1	16	.263	.276	.404	.679	23	2	0	0
Richard Raklovits	23	40	36	10	9	2	0	0	3	0		3	5	.250	.308	.306	.613	11	0	0	1
Clem Labine	21	43	39	3	9	2	0	0	2	0		1	15	.231	.268	.282	.550	11	1	1	2
Johnny Rutherford	26	74	67	3	9	2	0	0	8	0		7	17	.134	.216	.164	.380	11	2	0	0
Jack Lindsey	17	42	39	2	8	0	1	0	3	1		2	8	.205	.244	.256	.500	10	3	0	1
Clark Samson	30	45	41	4	6	2	0	0	2	0		2	4	.146	.186	.195	.381	8	0	0	2
Joe Black	10	23	20	4	5	0	0	1	2	0		2	10	.250	.348	.400	.748	8	0	1	0
Bob Bundy	17	42	38	5	5	0	0	0	0	1		4	1	.132	.214	.132	.346	5	1	0	0
Al Epperly	34	26	18	2	4	0	0	0	2	0		1	6	.222	.263	.222	.485	4	0	0	7
Mike Lemish	37	37	31	3	4	0	1	0	2	0		2	7	.129	.206	.194	.399	6	1	1	3
Marion Fricano	9	12	12		3									.250	.250	.250	.500	3
Johnny Van Cuyk	37	26	22	0	3	1	0	0	0	0		4	15	.136	.269	.182	.451	4	0	0	0
Jim Romano	16	25	22	2	3	1	0	0	3	0		2	6	.136	.208	.182	.390	4	0	0	1
Mickey Livingston	6	11	11		2									.182	.182	.182	.364	2
Kent Peterson	12	17	12	1	2	0	0	0	1	0		2	3	.167	.333	.167	.500	2	1	1	2
Earl Naylor	13	17	16	0	2	0	0	0	0	1		1	1	.125	.176	.125	.301	2	1	0	0
Joseph Torpey	4	9	9		1									.111	.111	.111	.222	1
Totals	1684	5376	4722	706	1251	205	54	100	634	95	0	581	625	.265	.349	.395	.743	1864	126	25	48	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Danny Ozark	1B	115	867	92	15	96	.985	8.339
Jack Cassini	2B	117	308	287	19	82	.969	5.085
Al Brancato	2B	37	66	72	3	25	.979	3.730
Don Hoak	3B	110	110	209	12	21	.964	2.900
Al Brancato	3B	40	32	71	2	10	.981	2.575
Richard Raklovits	3B	13	6	14	0	1	1.000	1.538
Tim Thompson	C	92	380	43	9	6	.979	4.598	11
Dick Teed	C	65	282	30	10	4	.969	4.800	9
Frank Marchio	OF	134	272	14	6	0	.979	2.134
Eric Tipton	OF	121	205	4	2	1	.991	1.727
Bill Antonello	OF	111	239	8	7	2	.972	2.225
Dick Whitman	OF	95	155	10	2	0	.988	1.737
Don Nicholas	OF	36	71	5	3	0	.962	2.111
Mike Lemish	P	37	8	16	1	2	.960	.649
Johnny Van Cuyk	P	36	8	16	1	1	.960	.667
Al Epperly	P	34	7	18	0	3	1.000	.735
Pat McGlothin	P	30	13	23	3	0	.923	1.200
Clark Samson	P	29	9	28	3	3	.925	1.276
Earl Mossor	P	27	6	20	3	0	.897	.963
Johnny Rutherford	P	26	15	38	2	3	.964	2.038
Clem Labine	P	20	10	18	0	0	1.000	1.400
Jim Romano	P	16	7	15	3	3	.880	1.375
Kent Peterson	P	12	3	10	1	1	.929	1.083
Marion Fricano	P	9						.000
Joe Black	P	9						.000
Lee Griffeth	P	4						.000
Nick Andromidas	P	1						.000
Jim Pendleton	SS	143	268	418	43	96	.941	4.797
Totals		1519	3347	1479	150	360	.970	3.177	20	0	0

Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.

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