1951 Victoria Athletics Statistics
Team Record: 62-83
Finished 7th in the WIL
Manager: Dick Barrett (0-0), Bobby Sturgeon (0-0)
Location: Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Ballpark: Royal Athletic Park
Attendance: 69,850, Avg. 963
The Victoria Athletics of the Western International League ended the 1951 season with a record of 62 wins and 83 losses, finishing seventh in the WIL.
The Athletics scored 682 runs and surrendered 803 runs. William White led Victoria with 12 home runs and drove in 104 runs. Don Pries topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .322 clip. Jim Hedgecock paced the team with 14 wins and a team-best 3.98 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1951 Victoria Athletics who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Bobby Sturgeon, Jim Clark and Dick Barrett.
Dick Barrett and Bobby Sturgeon served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Hedgecock | 14 | 11 | .560 | 3.98 | 36 | 19 | 2 | 233.0 | 264 | 127 | 103 | 3 | 113 | 122 | 9 | 1 | 3 | |||||
| Jim Propst | 12 | 10 | .545 | 4.38 | 29 | 11 | 0 | 195.0 | 187 | 102 | 95 | 11 | 130 | 146 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||||
| William Osborn | 12 | 13 | .480 | 5.23 | 40 | 9 | 1 | 160.0 | 195 | 113 | 93 | 11 | 79 | 54 | 4 | 0 | 5 | |||||
| John Tierney | 8 | 17 | .320 | 4.47 | 36 | 10 | 1 | 179.0 | 176 | 111 | 89 | 4 | 148 | 115 | 6 | 0 | 5 | |||||
| Ben Lorino | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4.22 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 79.0 | 90 | 40 | 37 | 5 | 23 | 35 | 0 | 5 | 4 | |||||
| Ron Smith | 29 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Dick Barrett | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Johnny Brkich | 15 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Dick Waibel | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 2.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 50 | 56 | .472 | 4.43 | 203 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 4 | 0 | 848.0 | 912 | 493 | 417 | 34 | 493 | 0 | 472 | 19 | 6 | 20 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Pries | 143 | 636 | 540 | 94 | 174 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 60 | 20 | 83 | 59 | .322 | .416 | .407 | .824 | 220 | 4 | 9 | ||||
| William White | 138 | 577 | 534 | 78 | 151 | 36 | 8 | 12 | 104 | 7 | 34 | 41 | .283 | .333 | .448 | .780 | 239 | 6 | 3 | ||||
| Harold Jackson | 139 | 573 | 497 | 66 | 129 | 31 | 6 | 8 | 77 | 4 | 60 | 78 | .260 | .342 | .394 | .736 | 196 | 2 | 14 | ||||
| Marv Diercks | 119 | 485 | 412 | 53 | 115 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 55 | 5 | 64 | 67 | .279 | .380 | .403 | .783 | 166 | 3 | 6 | ||||
| Gene Thompson | 110 | 452 | 363 | 74 | 108 | 28 | 1 | 4 | 55 | 8 | 83 | 33 | .298 | .431 | .413 | .844 | 150 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| William Dunn | 109 | 478 | 407 | 54 | 90 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 41 | 5 | 67 | 61 | .221 | .334 | .290 | .624 | 118 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Mark Marcucci | 59 | 251 | 220 | 35 | 78 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 37 | 1 | 28 | 10 | .355 | .432 | .509 | .941 | 112 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Milt Martin | 89 | 306 | 281 | 31 | 72 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 44 | 0 | 19 | 45 | .256 | .308 | .384 | .692 | 108 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| Bobby Sturgeon | 78 | 292 | 272 | 25 | 71 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 34 | 1 | 18 | 21 | .261 | .307 | .349 | .656 | 95 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Jim Clark | 50 | 229 | 207 | 30 | 57 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 13 | 8 | .275 | .324 | .343 | .667 | 71 | 2 | 7 | ||||
| Benjamin Jeffey | 44 | 178 | 149 | 27 | 44 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 25 | 19 | .295 | .397 | .416 | .813 | 62 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Robert White | 28 | 104 | 100 | 13 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .280 | .308 | .350 | .658 | 35 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Art Thrasher | 26 | 92 | 77 | 8 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 14 | 7 | .325 | .429 | .481 | .909 | 37 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Jim Propst | 37 | 90 | 79 | 11 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 20 | .253 | .330 | .291 | .621 | 23 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Jim Hedgecock | 37 | 95 | 87 | 8 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 16 | .195 | .247 | .264 | .512 | 23 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Rocco Cardinale | 20 | 77 | 67 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 12 | .209 | .293 | .299 | .592 | 20 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Ben Lorino | 19 | 48 | 37 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 9 | .270 | .426 | .351 | .777 | 13 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| John Tierney | 36 | 63 | 56 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 18 | .179 | .220 | .250 | .470 | 14 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| William Osborn | 40 | 59 | 50 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 19 | .140 | .204 | .160 | .364 | 8 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Johnny Brkich | 15 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .250 | .294 | .250 | .544 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| William Paine | 10 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .125 | .125 | .250 | .375 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Totals | 1346 | 5111 | 4459 | 635 | 1225 | 236 | 48 | 53 | 598 | 61 | 0 | 551 | 557 | .275 | .358 | .385 | .743 | 1716 | 0 | 27 | 74 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harold Jackson | 1B | 137 | 1120 | 82 | 11 | 88 | .991 | 8.774 | ||||
| Benjamin Jeffey | 1B | 14 | 53 | 8 | 1 | 3 | .984 | 4.357 | ||||
| Bobby Sturgeon | 2B | 60 | 150 | 152 | 10 | 32 | .968 | 5.033 | ||||
| Don Pries | 2B | 53 | 138 | 135 | 8 | 20 | .972 | 5.151 | ||||
| William Dunn | 2B | 25 | 73 | 65 | 1 | 15 | .993 | 5.520 | ||||
| Don Pries | 3B | 91 | 81 | 171 | 21 | 16 | .923 | 2.769 | ||||
| Mark Marcucci | 3B | 28 | 32 | 70 | 7 | 3 | .936 | 3.643 | ||||
| William Dunn | 3B | 10 | 6 | 21 | 4 | 0 | .871 | 2.700 | ||||
| Milt Martin | C | 74 | 365 | 37 | 7 | 7 | .983 | 5.432 | 5 | |||
| Mark Marcucci | C | 30 | 164 | 32 | 1 | 2 | .995 | 6.533 | 6 | |||
| Art Thrasher | C | 20 | 99 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .991 | 5.350 | 4 | |||
| Rocco Cardinale | C | 19 | 101 | 8 | 3 | 1 | .973 | 5.737 | 5 | |||
| William White | OF | 137 | 260 | 17 | 11 | 6 | .962 | 2.022 | ||||
| Marv Diercks | OF | 113 | 248 | 13 | 10 | 3 | .963 | 2.310 | ||||
| Gene Thompson | OF | 93 | 221 | 10 | 8 | 0 | .967 | 2.484 | ||||
| Benjamin Jeffey | OF | 38 | 68 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .946 | 1.842 | ||||
| Robert White | OF | 20 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.100 | ||||
| William Osborn | P | 40 | 5 | 28 | 2 | 1 | .943 | .825 | ||||
| John Tierney | P | 36 | 10 | 30 | 5 | 1 | .889 | 1.111 | ||||
| Jim Hedgecock | P | 36 | 7 | 50 | 2 | 2 | .966 | 1.583 | ||||
| Ron Smith | P | 29 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jim Propst | P | 29 | 6 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.207 | ||||
| Johnny Brkich | P | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .133 | ||||
| Ben Lorino | P | 12 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Dick Barrett | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| William Dunn | SS | 74 | 142 | 183 | 26 | 44 | .926 | 4.392 | ||||
| Jim Clark | SS | 50 | 98 | 147 | 8 | 25 | .968 | 4.900 | ||||
| Bobby Sturgeon | SS | 17 | 25 | 39 | 5 | 3 | .928 | 3.765 | ||||
| Totals | 1304 | 3515 | 1350 | 156 | 275 | .969 | 3.731 | 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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