1951 Ventura Braves Statistics

California League (CL) - Class: C
Team Record: 72-75
Finished 6th in the CL
Manager: Gene Lillard (72-75)
Affiliation: Boston Braves
Location: Ventura, California
Ballpark: Babe Ruth Field
Attendance: 50,713, Avg. 690

1951 Ventura Braves Roster

The Ventura Braves of the California League ended the 1951 season with a record of 72 wins and 75 losses, finishing sixth in the CL.

The Braves scored 801 runs and allowed 811 runs. Joseph Christian paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .317. Bill Denney topped Ventura with 14 wins, while Alwin Aguilar recorded a 3.72 ERA, best among regular hurlers.

Bob Roselli and Gene Lillard both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Gene Lillard 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
Bill Denney	14	17	.452	4.07	37	32					252.0	222	140	114		165
Alwin Aguilar	13	4	.765	3.72	38	12					167.0	180	87	69		47
Frank Aguilar	13	11	.542	4.24	35	31					206.0	230	135	97		108
Frank Followell	9	14	.391	4.81	27	20					161.0	185	111	86		99
Jose Peraza	6	6	.500	3.94	22	12					112.0	118	71	49		63
Glenn Hittner	6	11	.353	5.65	33	22					145.0	139	106	91		129
Robert Andrews	5	4	.556	4.38	12	9					72.0	53	45	35		71
Gene Lillard	2	1	.667	2.65	13						34.0			10
Totals	68	68	.500	4.32	217	138	0	0	0	0	1149.0	1127	695	551	0	682	0	0	0	0	0	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
Jose Perez	141	533	533		160	20	10	0						.300	.300	.375	.675	200
Alfred Facchini	139	557	557		155	23	7	0						.278	.278	.345	.623	192
Joseph Christian	115	438	438		139	24	5	16						.317	.317	.505	.822	221
Gene Lillard	119	383	383		131	21	4	16						.342	.342	.543	.885	208
Bob Roselli	139	481	481		120	23	5	8						.249	.249	.368	.617	177
Frank Nubin	130	464	464		117	16	3	2						.252	.252	.312	.565	145
Lou Novinski	111	420	420		106	19	2	3						.252	.252	.329	.581	138
Pablo Bernard	67	273	273		82	13	9	4						.300	.300	.458	.758	125
Joe Joshua	64	223	223		56	9	4	2						.251	.251	.354	.605	79
Richard Moler	66	170	170		38	0	3	1						.224	.224	.276	.500	47
Gene Petralli	33	121	121		30	11	0	5						.248	.248	.463	.711	56
Bill Denney	44	105	105		27	6	3	0						.257	.257	.371	.629	39
Jose Peraza	26	51	51		16	5	1	1						.314	.314	.510	.824	26
Vernon Hicks	15	60	60		15	3	0	1						.250	.250	.350	.600	21
Chuck Johnston	28	70	70		15	2	0	0						.214	.214	.243	.457	17
Sandy Oster	34	73	73		15	1	1	1						.205	.205	.288	.493	21
James Reiman	30	78	78		15	2	0	0						.192	.192	.218	.410	17
Frank Aguilar	35	81	81		15	1	0	0						.185	.185	.198	.383	16
Glenn Hittner	33	51	51		8	0	0	0						.157	.157	.157	.314	8
Frank Followell	35	68	68		8	1	0	1						.118	.118	.176	.294	12
Dick Cesarin	10	32	32		7	1	0	0						.219	.219	.250	.469	8
Alwin Aguilar	38	55	55		6	0	0	0						.109	.109	.109	.218	6
Robert Andrews	12	31	31		5	1	1	0						.161	.161	.258	.419	8
Totals	1464	4818	4818	0	1286	202	58	61	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.267	.371	.638	1787	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Alwin Aguilar	P	38					.000
Bill Denney	P	37					.000
Frank Aguilar	P	35					.000
Glenn Hittner	P	33					.000
Frank Followell	P	27					.000
Jose Peraza	P	22					.000
Robert Andrews	P	12					.000
Totals		204	0	0	0	0	.000

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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