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1951 Indianapolis Indians

1951 > Class AAA > 1951 American Association
Overall: 68-84
Scored 752 runs, Allowed 823 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 70-82

Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates-NL
Manager: Don Gutteridge
Represented: Indianapolis, IN
Ballpark: Owen J. Bush Stadium (Indianapolis, IN)
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1950 / 1952

Team Batting

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

Rk		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH
1	Monty Basgall	29	37	124	106	15	27	5	1	1	13	0	15	11	.255	.363	.349	.712	37	3	3	0
2	Ted Beard*	30	117	503	396	101	108	17	9	8	30	17	101	61	.273	.424	.422	.846	167	1	3	3
3	Lamar Chambers*	28	41	14	13	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.308	.308	.308	.615	4	0	0	1
4	Jim Clark	23	10	19	17	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.118	.211	.118	.328	2	0	0	0
5	Dick Cole	25	57	229	195	37	58	8	5	2	28	2	31	18	.297	.394	.421	.814	82	6	0	3
6	Wes Curtis	21	14	23	23	2	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	9	.087	.087	.348	.435	8	1	0	0
7	Dom Dallessandro*	37	99	373	297	56	86	22	4	9	61	0	75	20	.290	.433	.481	.914	143	6	0	1
8	Nanny Fernandez	32	147	592	530	77	137	20	2	15	76	4	57	63	.258	.332	.389	.720	206	10	1	4
9	Harry Fisher*	25	80	120	115	15	34	6	2	6	26	0	4	10	.296	.325	.539	.864	62	2	1	0
10	Gary Gearhart	27	86	159	137	22	31	8	0	4	17	0	17	34	.226	.333	.372	.706	51	5	5	0
11	Donald Hedrick	18	2		5		0	0	0	0					.000		.000		0
12	Johnny Hutchings#	35	38	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	0
13	Frank Kalin	33	111	440	408	54	120	20	3	18	89	1	31	50	.294	.345	.490	.836	200	9	1	0
14	Paul LaPalme*	27	5		5		0	0	0	0					.000		.000		0
15	Royce Lint*	30	49	75	64	15	13	3	1	0	6	1	6	11	.203	.271	.281	.553	18	1	0	5
16	Woody Main	29	60	44	39	3	7	2	0	0	1	0	2	11	.179	.220	.231	.450	9	0	0	3
17	Jim Mangan	21	100	331	299	39	87	14	4	9	51	0	31	51	.291	.358	.455	.812	136	10	0	1
18	Windy McCall*	25	29	72	66	7	17	4	1	0	8	0	5	15	.258	.310	.348	.658	23	2	0	1
19	Ed McGhee	26	32	149	144	29	51	5	7	2	17	1	5	13	.354	.376	.528	.904	76	5	0	0
20	Jack Merson	29	147	630	600	86	177	36	4	10	94	1	25	64	.295	.323	.418	.742	251	22	0	5
21	Stan Milankovich	27	6		3		0	0	0	0					.000		.000		0
22	Joe Muir*	28	26	42	39	4	5	0	0	0	6	0	3	8	.128	.190	.128	.319	5	0	0	0
23	Frank Papish	33	28	60	54	3	5	0	0	1	3	0	2	12	.093	.140	.148	.288	8	1	1	3
24	Rusty Peters	36	22	44	40	4	5	3	0	0	3	0	4	8	.125	.205	.200	.405	8	2	0	0
25	Whitey Platt	30	57	164	150	18	37	10	1	2	16	1	12	24	.247	.302	.367	.669	55	3	0	2
26	Elmer Riddle	36	4		5		2								.400
27	Culley Rikard*	37	8		7		3								.429
28	Joe Rowell*	26	28	107	98	10	24	3	0	2	7	0	9	6	.245	.308	.337	.645	33	5	0	0
29	Mel Rue	26	72	248	216	30	61	12	1	0	13	1	32	18	.282	.375	.347	.722	75	6	0	0
30	Tom Saffell*	29	42	171	150	29	48	5	0	1	14	10	19	19	.320	.404	.373	.777	56	0	2	0
31	Ed Stevens*	26	152	628	575	55	150	21	7	12	91	0	50	52	.261	.322	.384	.707	221	5	2	1
32	Fred Strobel	22	28	32	29	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	10	.069	.129	.069	.198	2	1	0	1
33	Earl Turner	28	78	279	256	30	69	9	3	10	33	0	18	41	.270	.322	.445	.768	114	11	2	3
	33 Players	28.7	153	5724	5088	752	1370	233	55	114	699	39	575	656	.269	.346	.404	.750	2055	120	21	40

Only players for whom we have stats are shown. See roster for more complete team list.

Team Pitching

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

Rk		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	Lamar Chambers	28	2	4	.333	4.33	34	1	0	0	79.0	104	45	38		32	20	1	0	0	1.722	11.8		3.6	2.3	0.63
2	Wes Curtis	21	3	8	.273	6.88	14	13	2	0	68.0	86	61	52		39	39	4	1	1	1.838	11.4		5.2	5.2	1.00
3	Harry Fisher	25	6	9	.400	5.15	23	18	7	0	131.0	149	83	75		68	60	2	0	5	1.656	10.2		4.7	4.1	0.88
4	Johnny Hutchings	35	4	1	.800	5.07	38	0	0	0	55.0	66	36	31		26	21	2	1	0	1.673	10.8		4.3	3.4	0.81
5	Paul LaPalme*	27	1	1	.500	3.68	5		2		22.0	19	9	9	4	8	18	0	0	0	1.227	7.8	1.6	3.3	7.4	2.25
6	Royce Lint*	30	11	11	.500	3.91	38	26	11	2	205.0	215	112	89		75	106	4	0	3	1.415	9.4		3.3	4.7	1.41
7	Woody Main	29	12	13	.480	4.22	60	6	2	0	143.0	144	83	67		54	109	1	0	5	1.385	9.1		3.4	6.9	2.02
8	Windy McCall*	25	10	9	.526	4.53	28	26	10	0	171.0	173	97	86		92	111	3	0	2	1.550	9.1		4.8	5.8	1.21
9	Stan Milankovich	27	0	1	.000	7.80	6		0		15.0	26	16	13	1	8	7	0	0	0	2.267	15.6	0.6	4.8	4.2	0.88
10	Joe Muir*	28	7	5	.583	5.65	23	17	7	2	113.0	137	75	71		30	51	0	0	1	1.478	10.9		2.4	4.1	1.70
11	Frank Papish*	33	9	12	.429	5.25	28	27	10	3	156.0	175	104	91		73	80	1	1	0	1.590	10.1		4.2	4.6	1.10
12	Paul Pettit*	19	0	0			4				6.0
13	Elmer Riddle	36	1	2	.333	9.53	4		1		17.0	31	20	18	1	16	8	0	0	1	2.765	16.4	0.5	8.5	4.2	0.50
14	Fred Strobel	22	2	8	.200	6.12	28	11	2	0	97.0	114	77	66		55	44	1	1	2	1.742	10.6		5.1	4.1	0.80
	14 Players	28.0	68	84	.447		153	153					823

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO
Jim Mangan	88		424	35	7	6	.985	5.22	7
Earl Turner	75		359	29	8	4	.980	5.17	8

1B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Ed Stevens	151		1155	90	12	150	.990	8.25

2B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Jack Merson	147		403	402	25	115	.970	5.48

3B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Nanny Fernandez	145		127	245	29	30	.928	2.57
Rusty Peters	10		10	6	0	1	1.000	1.60

SS

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Mel Rue	67	106	175	22	44	.927	4.19
Dick Cole	57	109	178	7	39	.976	5.04
Monty Basgall	31	42	73	11	17	.913	3.71

OF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Ted Beard	115	272	9	11	2	.962	2.44
Frank Kalin	103	166	5	12	2	.934	1.66
Dom Dallessandro	86	143	2	5	0	.967	1.69
Gary Gearhart	60	66	2	4	0	.944	1.13
Whitey Platt	48	66	8	4	0	.949	1.54
Tom Saffell	40	106	6	4	2	.966	2.80
Ed McGhee	32	83	3	3	1	.966	2.69
Joe Rowell	24	48	2	1	0	.980	2.08

P

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Woody Main	60	6	23	4	2	.879	0.48
Johnny Hutchings	38	3	8	0	1	1.000	0.29
Royce Lint	38	17	46	4	6	.940	1.66
Lamar Chambers	34	5	11	1	1	.941	0.47
Windy McCall	28	3	15	4	0	.818	0.64
Frank Papish	28	8	20	7	0	.800	1.00
Fred Strobel	28	5	14	0	1	1.000	0.68
Harry Fisher	23	9	15	1	0	.960	1.04
Joe Muir	23	8	25	3	4	.917	1.43
Wes Curtis	14	3	7	1	0	.909	0.71
Stan Milankovich	6						0.00
Paul LaPalme	5						0.00
Paul Pettit	4						0.00
Elmer Riddle	4						0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Monty Basgall	29	R	R	5' 10.0"	175	Feb 8, 1922	Pfeifer, KS, US
Ted Beard	30	L	L	5' 8.0"	165	Jan 7, 1921	Woodsboro, MD, US
Lamar Chambers	28	L	R	6' 0.0"	170	Feb 16, 1923
Jim Clark	23	R	R	5' 9.0"	150	Sep 21, 1927	Baggaley, PA, US
Dick Cole	25	R	R	6' 2.0"	175	May 6, 1926	Long Beach, CA, US
Wes Curtis	21	R	R	6' 4.0"	205	Dec 27, 1929	Jasper, TX, US
Dom Dallessandro	37	L	L	5' 6.0"	168	Oct 3, 1913	Reading, PA, US
Nanny Fernandez	32	R	R	5' 9.0"	170	Oct 25, 1918	Wilmington, CA, US
Harry Fisher	25	L	R	6' 0.0"	180	Jan 3, 1926	Newbury, ON, CA
Gary Gearhart	27	R	L	5' 11.0"	180	Aug 10, 1923	New Lebanon, OH, US
Donald Hedrick	18	R	R	6' 1.0"	175	Nov 16, 1932	Compton, CA, US
Johnny Hutchings	35	S	R	6' 2.0"	250	Apr 14, 1916	Chicago, IL, US
Frank Kalin	33	R	R	6' 0.0"	200	Oct 3, 1917	Steubenville, OH, US
Paul LaPalme	27	L	L	5' 10.0"	175	Dec 14, 1923	Springfield, MA, US
Royce Lint	30	L	L	6' 1.0"	165	Jan 1, 1921	Birmingham, AL, US
Woody Main	29	R	R	6' 3.0"	195	Feb 12, 1922	Delano, CA, US
Jim Mangan	21	R	R	5' 10.0"	190	Sep 24, 1929	San Francisco, CA, US
Windy McCall	25	L	L	6' 0.0"	180	Jul 18, 1925	San Francisco, CA, US
Ed McGhee	26	R	R	5' 11.0"	170	Sep 29, 1924	Perry, AR, US
Jack Merson	29	R	R	5' 11.0"	175	Jan 17, 1922	Elkridge, MD, US
Stan Milankovich	27	R	R	6' 0.0"	205	1924
Joe Muir	28	L	L	6' 1.0"	172	Nov 26, 1922	Oriole, MD, US
Frank Papish	33	R	L	6' 2.0"	192	Oct 21, 1917	Pueblo, CO, US
Rusty Peters	36	R	R	5' 11.0"	170	Dec 14, 1914	Roanoke, VA, US
Paul Pettit	19	L	L	6' 2.0"	195	Nov 29, 1931	Los Angeles, CA, US
Whitey Platt	30	R	R	6' 1.0"	190	Aug 21, 1920	West Palm Beach, FL, US
Elmer Riddle	36	R	R	5' 11.0"	170	Jul 31, 1914	Columbus, GA, US
Culley Rikard	37	L	R	5' 11.0"	183	May 9, 1914	Oxford, MS, US
Joe Rowell	26	L		6' 0.0"	190	Dec 4, 1924	Surry, VA, US
Mel Rue	26	R		5' 8.0"	140	Jun 8, 1925
Tom Saffell	29	L	R	5' 11.0"	170	Jul 26, 1921	Etowah, TN, US
Ed Stevens	26	L	L	6' 1.0"	190	Jan 12, 1925	Galveston, TX, US
Fred Strobel	22	R	R	5' 11.0"	200	Mar 30, 1929	Oxnard, CA, US
Earl Turner	28	R	R	5' 9.0"	170	May 6, 1923	Pittsfield, MA, US

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