1951 Wichita Indians Statistics

Western League (WL) - Class: A
Team Record: 84-68
Finished 3rd in the WL
Manager: Joe Schultz (84-68)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Wichita, Kansas
Ballpark: Lawrence-Dumont Stadium
Attendance: 122,060, Avg. 1,606

1951 Wichita Indians Roster

Playoffs - Denver Bears 3 games, Wichita Indians 1

The Wichita Indians of the Western League ended the 1951 season with a record of 84 wins and 68 losses, finishing third in the WL.

The Indians scored 692 runs and yielded 595 runs. Joe Macko topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .286. Don Minnick led Wichita with 14 wins, while Don Mossi earned a 2.29 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Members of the 1951 Wichita Indians who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Harry MacPherson, Don Mossi and Don Minnick.

Joe Schultz 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
Don Minnick	14	11	.560	3.12	38						176.0	163	77	61	8	74
Joe Kotrany	13	8	.619	2.57	38						168.0	138	57	48	3	65
Ray Petrzelka	12	3	.800	3.21	27						160.0	149	67	57	5	64
Ray Wicker	12	9	.571	2.91	22						173.0	167	66	56	7	48
Ernie Trujillo	12	9	.571	3.08	38						178.0	174	84	61	10	94
Glen Harshbarger	10	12	.455	3.58	39						161.0	143	79	64	5	90
Don Mossi	7	6	.538	2.29	24						122.0	102	41	31	5	51
Donald Van Nest					10						0.0
Bob Deeds					10						0.0
Totals	80	58	.580	2.99	246	0	0	0	0	0	1138.0	1036	471	378	43	486	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
Joe Macko	127	489	489		140	26	5	14						.286	.286	.446	.732	218
Jimmy King	140	459	459		111	21	4	8						.242	.242	.357	.599	164
Lee Carey	131	467	467		110	16	4	6						.236	.236	.325	.561	152
Bob Wakefield	110	364	364		98	18	2	6						.269	.269	.379	.648	138
Bob Ankrum	137	447	447		97	11	2	1						.217	.217	.257	.474	115
Harry Geis	103	343	343		86	23	3	8						.251	.251	.405	.656	139
Michael Lutz	90	299	299		74	13	0	19						.247	.247	.482	.729	144
Leslie Filkins	92	260	260		60	8	2	9						.231	.231	.381	.612	99
Hal Meek	82	242	242		59	9	1	3						.244	.244	.326	.570	79
Chris Sidaris	81	191	191		51	9	2	0						.267	.267	.335	.602	64
James Finn	60	180	180		41	8	0	2						.228	.228	.306	.533	55
Al Gross	25	81	81		20	2	0	0						.247	.247	.272	.519	22
Ray Wicker	40	77	77		14	1	0	0						.182	.182	.195	.377	15
Don Minnick	38	59	59		13	2	0	1						.220	.220	.305	.525	18
Ray Petrzelka	27	54	54		12	1	0	0						.222	.222	.241	.463	13
Duke Bowman	15	65	65		11	2	2	0						.169	.169	.262	.431	17
Michael Turturro	18	54	54		10	2	0	1						.185	.185	.278	.463	15
Ernie Trujillo	38	56	56		10	1	0	0						.179	.179	.196	.375	11
Cart Howerton	18	39	39		9	3	0	0						.231	.231	.308	.538	12
Glen Harshbarger	40	50	50		9	2	0	0						.180	.180	.220	.400	11
Donald Van Nest	22	21	21		7	2	0	0						.333	.333	.429	.762	9
Don Mossi	24	35	35		7	2	0	0						.200	.200	.257	.457	9
Joe Kotrany	38	44	44		7	1	0	0						.159	.159	.182	.341	8
Bob Deeds	10	6	6		1	1	0	0						.167	.167	.333	.500	2
Totals	1506	4382	4382	0	1057	184	27	78	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.241	.349	.590	1529	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Glen Harshbarger	P	39					.000
Ernie Trujillo	P	38					.000
Don Minnick	P	38					.000
Joe Kotrany	P	38					.000
Ray Petrzelka	P	27					.000
Don Mossi	P	24					.000
Ray Wicker	P	22					.000
Bob Deeds	P	10					.000
Totals		236	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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