1951 Vancouver Capilanos Statistics
Team Record: 94-51
Finished 2nd in the WIL
Manager: Bill Schuster (94-51)
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Ballpark: Nat Bailey Stadium
Attendance: 164,026, Avg. 2,262
The Vancouver Capilanos of the Western International League ended the 1951 season with a record of 94 wins and 51 losses, finishing second in the WIL.
The Capilanos scored 834 runs and surrendered 584 runs. Dick Sinovic drove in 115 runs. John Ritchey led all regular batters by connecting at a .346 clip. Bob Snyder earned 27 wins on the mound for the team, while George Nicholas and Pete Hernandez added 15 or more wins also Pete Hernandez registered a 2.8 earned run average, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Members of the 1951 Vancouver Capilanos who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Charlie Mead, John Ritchey and Bill Schuster.
Bill Schuster 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Snyder | 27 | 7 | .794 | 2.97 | 37 | 31 | 4 | 303.0 | 270 | 116 | 100 | 13 | 90 | 116 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||||
| Pete Hernandez | 17 | 4 | .810 | 2.80 | 26 | 19 | 1 | 193.0 | 167 | 69 | 60 | 7 | 99 | 78 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |||||
| George Nicholas | 15 | 8 | .652 | 3.15 | 28 | 17 | 1 | 214.0 | 226 | 91 | 75 | 7 | 73 | 68 | 5 | 0 | 7 | |||||
| Carl Gunnarson | 7 | 10 | .412 | 3.00 | 23 | 10 | 1 | 123.0 | 126 | 55 | 41 | 7 | 41 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||||
| Don Tisnerat | 6 | 3 | .667 | 4.37 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 105.0 | 129 | 69 | 51 | 5 | 53 | 34 | 3 | 5 | 5 | |||||
| Bud Beasley | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.96 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 55.0 | 50 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 11 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Edward Robertson | 4 | 4 | .500 | 3.18 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 65.0 | 65 | 30 | 23 | 2 | 28 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Ron Smith | 8 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Kevin King | 11 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| John Burak | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| William Whyte | 19 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 81 | 36 | .692 | 3.08 | 189 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 10 | 0 | 1058.0 | 1033 | 442 | 362 | 41 | 395 | 0 | 373 | 14 | 7 | 22 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Sinovic | 144 | 650 | 564 | 119 | 193 | 38 | 18 | 7 | 115 | 21 | 82 | 34 | .342 | .427 | .511 | .938 | 288 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| John Ritchey | 137 | 583 | 451 | 91 | 156 | 26 | 5 | 7 | 86 | 20 | 126 | 34 | .346 | .492 | .472 | .965 | 213 | 4 | 2 | ||||
| Robert McGuire | 143 | 676 | 590 | 107 | 155 | 21 | 8 | 0 | 56 | 17 | 68 | 52 | .263 | .348 | .325 | .673 | 192 | 9 | 9 | ||||
| Reno Cheso | 139 | 599 | 532 | 72 | 152 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 87 | 18 | 57 | 18 | .286 | .359 | .365 | .724 | 194 | 4 | 6 | ||||
| Ray Tran | 140 | 623 | 525 | 90 | 141 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 45 | 4 | 75 | 22 | .269 | .368 | .307 | .675 | 161 | 8 | 15 | ||||
| Chuck Abernathy | 123 | 527 | 465 | 66 | 127 | 23 | 3 | 6 | 64 | 2 | 56 | 36 | .273 | .354 | .374 | .728 | 174 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| Charlie Mead | 126 | 533 | 450 | 70 | 126 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 87 | 4 | 80 | 37 | .280 | .392 | .398 | .790 | 179 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Gordy Brunswick | 101 | 436 | 395 | 72 | 119 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 62 | 15 | 38 | 73 | .301 | .364 | .425 | .789 | 168 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Jim Moore | 68 | 268 | 247 | 29 | 65 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 38 | 4 | 18 | 22 | .263 | .316 | .336 | .652 | 83 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Bill Schuster | 43 | 169 | 144 | 28 | 43 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 2 | 21 | 7 | .299 | .399 | .389 | .788 | 56 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| Bob Snyder | 37 | 136 | 122 | 15 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 24 | .213 | .267 | .246 | .513 | 30 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| George Nicholas | 29 | 98 | 72 | 12 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 18 | 5 | .319 | .456 | .361 | .817 | 26 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Pete Hernandez | 35 | 89 | 73 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 13 | .192 | .298 | .315 | .613 | 23 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Carl Gunnarson | 23 | 52 | 42 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 | .190 | .261 | .310 | .570 | 13 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Robert McLean | 13 | 35 | 29 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .172 | .273 | .241 | .514 | 7 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Kevin King | 11 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .333 | .385 | .333 | .718 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Don Tisnerat | 17 | 47 | 39 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 12 | .103 | .239 | .179 | .419 | 7 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| William Whyte | 22 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Totals | 1351 | 5543 | 4758 | 797 | 1363 | 214 | 69 | 35 | 702 | 107 | 0 | 674 | 412 | .286 | .379 | .383 | .762 | 1820 | 0 | 38 | 73 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Abernathy | 1B | 123 | 1128 | 77 | 17 | 105 | .986 | 9.797 | ||||
| Charlie Mead | 1B | 14 | 124 | 4 | 4 | 7 | .970 | 9.143 | ||||
| Reno Cheso | 2B | 87 | 238 | 303 | 13 | 58 | .977 | 6.218 | ||||
| Jim Moore | 2B | 55 | 102 | 147 | 6 | 29 | .976 | 4.527 | ||||
| Gordy Brunswick | 3B | 60 | 54 | 115 | 22 | 13 | .885 | 2.817 | ||||
| Reno Cheso | 3B | 36 | 43 | 65 | 2 | 12 | .982 | 3.000 | ||||
| Bill Schuster | 3B | 31 | 26 | 60 | 5 | 8 | .945 | 2.774 | ||||
| Jim Moore | 3B | 13 | 13 | 27 | 5 | 2 | .889 | 3.077 | ||||
| John Ritchey | C | 136 | 486 | 65 | 10 | 14 | .982 | 4.051 | 8 | |||
| Reno Cheso | C | 10 | 36 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .950 | 3.800 | 1 | |||
| Dick Sinovic | OF | 144 | 455 | 13 | 7 | 1 | .985 | 3.250 | ||||
| Robert McGuire | OF | 142 | 272 | 19 | 12 | 2 | .960 | 2.049 | ||||
| Charlie Mead | OF | 106 | 213 | 12 | 5 | 3 | .978 | 2.123 | ||||
| Gordy Brunswick | OF | 30 | 61 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .971 | 2.267 | ||||
| Bob Snyder | P | 37 | 10 | 49 | 1 | 1 | .983 | 1.595 | ||||
| George Nicholas | P | 28 | 11 | 60 | 3 | 4 | .959 | 2.536 | ||||
| Pete Hernandez | P | 26 | 14 | 24 | 1 | 2 | .974 | 1.462 | ||||
| Carl Gunnarson | P | 23 | 4 | 21 | 2 | 0 | .926 | 1.087 | ||||
| William Whyte | P | 19 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .368 | ||||
| Don Tisnerat | P | 17 | 8 | 20 | 3 | 1 | .903 | 1.647 | ||||
| Kevin King | P | 11 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .818 | ||||
| Ron Smith | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Edward Robertson | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bud Beasley | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Burak | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ray Tran | SS | 138 | 255 | 414 | 31 | 72 | .956 | 4.848 | ||||
| Reno Cheso | SS | 11 | 18 | 29 | 2 | 5 | .959 | 4.273 | ||||
| Totals | 1325 | 3574 | 1546 | 156 | 340 | .970 | 3.864 | 9 | 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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