1951 South Atlantic League

1951 > Class A > League History
Overall: 556 games, 8 teams, approx. 139 games in season
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1950 / 1952
League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 1950 / 1952

League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 1950 / 1952

League Standings

Tm	Aff	W	L	W-L%	GB
Montgomery Rebels		85	55	.607	--
Jacksonville Tars	SFG	79	58	.577	4.5
Macon Peaches		75	63	.543	9
Charleston Rebels	PIT	75	65	.536	10
Columbus Cardinals	STL	68	71	.489	16.5
Savannah Indians	OAK	64	74	.464	20
Augusta Tigers		62	76	.449	22
Columbia Reds	CIN	46	92	.333	38

This league's standings, if available, are based on full season team pitching records. Leagues may have have split season and postseason results that are not currently available.

League Batting

Tm	Aff	BatAge	R/G	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	SH
Montgomery Rebels		28.1	5.43	142	5591	4662	771	1246	203	32	90	695	73	833	696	.267	.378	.382	.761	1783	96
Jacksonville Tars	NYG	24.7	5.34	137	5375	4831	732	1337	263	25	74	645	20	464	551	.277	.340	.387	.728	1872	80
Columbus Cardinals	STL	24.4	4.97	141	5453	4793	701	1240	223	67	78	630	84	592	846	.259	.340	.382	.722	1831	68
Macon Peaches		26.9	4.75	138	5372	4719	655	1244	200	48	44	560	66	587	645	.264	.345	.354	.699	1672	66
Charleston Rebels	PIT	23.5	4.43	140	5328	4698	620	1198	195	51	34	540	65	540	587	.255	.332	.340	.672	1597	90
Savannah Indians	PHA	25.8	4.38	138	5356	4660	605	1169	193	35	46	515	65	601	705	.251	.336	.337	.673	1570	95
Augusta Tigers		27.7	4.33	138	5315	4701	597	1187	209	36	45	534	40	550	626	.252	.331	.341	.672	1603	64
Columbia Reds	CIN	23.6	3.55	138	5148	4578	490	1110	191	35	30	425	59	511	722	.242	.319	.319	.638	1461	59
League Totals		25.6	4.65	1112	42938	37642	5171	9731	1677	329	441	4544	472	4678	5378	.259	.340	.356	.696	13389	618

League Pitching

Tm	Aff	PitchAge	R/G	W	L	W-L%	G	GS
Jacksonville Tars	NYG	22.5		79	58	.577	137	137
Savannah Indians	PHA	27.4		64	74	.464	138	138
Columbus Cardinals	STL	23.9		68	71	.489	141	141
Macon Peaches		29.3		75	63	.543	138	138
Charleston Rebels	PIT	24.7		75	65	.536	140	140
Montgomery Rebels		29.5		85	55	.607	142	142
Augusta Tigers		29.4		62	76	.449	138	138
Columbia Reds	CIN	23.0		46	92	.333	138	138
League Totals		26.2	0.00	554	554	.500	1112	1112

League Fielding

Tm	Aff	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	PB	Managers
Augusta Tigers		138	3621	1616	185	146	.966	22	Ivy Griffin
Jacksonville Tars	NYG	137	3638	1448	182	111	.965	16	Ben Geraghty
Macon Peaches		138	3638	1635	215	140	.961	15	Edd Hartness
Montgomery Rebels		142	3694	1608	219	141	.960	15	Charlie Metro
Columbus Cardinals	STL	141	3719	1483	221	121	.959	18	Hal Anderson
Savannah Indians	PHA	138	3652	1459	235	129	.956	12	George Staller
Charleston Rebels	PIT	140	3656	1528	245	134	.955	19	Frank Oceak
Columbia Reds	CIN	138	3544	1458	256	126	.951	12	Buddy Hancken
League Totals		1112	29162	12235	1758	1048	.959	129

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