1951 Montreal Royals

1951 > Class AAA > 1951 International League
Overall: 95-59

Affiliation: Brooklyn Dodgers-NL
Manager: Walter Alston
Represented: Montreal, QC, CA
Ballpark: n/a
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	HBP	SH
1	Bob Alexander	28	32	84	67	7	13	2	0	0	6	0	8	16	.194	.280	.224	.504	15	0	9
2	Toby Atwell*	27	122	467	395	58	92	18	0	9	45	4	64	24	.233	.343	.347	.690	137	2	6
3	Dan Bankhead	31	14	25	22	3	8	0	0	1	2	0	2	0	.364	.417	.500	.917	11	0	1
4	Joe Black	27	27	43	39	2	8	1	0	0	6	0	4	11	.205	.279	.231	.510	9	0	0
5	George Byam	31	141	560	485	63	130	24	6	10	71	1	65	46	.268	.362	.404	.766	196	6	4
6	Gino Cimoli	21	2		7		2								.286
7	Hampton Coleman	23	30	48	40	4	6	1	0	0	5	0	3	8	.150	.209	.175	.384	7	0	5
8	Glenn Cox	20	1		2		2								1.000
9	Al Epperly*	33	5		1		1								1.000
10	Walter Fiala	26	106	368	316	33	90	7	1	0	40	1	45	18	.285	.377	.313	.691	99	2	5
11	Jim Gilliam#	22	152	701	565	117	162	22	9	7	73	15	117	47	.287	.413	.395	.807	223	4	15
12	Al Gionfriddo*	29	141	623	510	95	137	27	2	9	56	12	101	33	.269	.393	.382	.776	195	4	8
13	Ross Grimsley*	29	27	22	20	2	3	0	0	0	4	0	1	5	.150	.190	.150	.340	3	0	1
14	Bert Haas	37	13	51	49	3	6	1	0	0	5	1	1	3	.122	.140	.143	.283	7	0	1
15	Don Hoak	23	2		10		1								.100
16	Jim Hughes	28	28	38	36	2	6	0	0	0	3	0	1	5	.167	.189	.167	.356	6	0	1
17	Tom Lasorda*	23	38	67	62	7	18	5	0	1	11	1	5	13	.290	.343	.419	.763	26	0	0
18	Mal Mallette*	29	30	55	48	7	11	2	0	0	2	0	3	9	.229	.275	.271	.545	13	0	4
19	Ray Moore	25	7		12		3								.250
20	Bobby Morgan	25	155	654	575	84	156	33	3	9	75	6	74	67	.271	.356	.386	.742	222	2	3
21	George Pfister	32	60	182	158	20	39	10	2	0	16	1	20	9	.247	.335	.335	.671	53	1	3
22	Bud Podbielan	27	10	30	28	5	8	0	1	0	4	0	0	5	.286	.286	.357	.643	10	0	2
23	Hector Rodriguez	31	153	683	609	105	184	28	10	8	95	26	56	31	.302	.369	.420	.790	256	9	9
24	Jim Russell#	32	110	427	346	55	99	25	4	9	67	6	78	57	.286	.420	.460	.880	159	2	1
25	George Shuba*	26	92	358	281	54	87	25	2	20	83	3	70	34	.310	.457	.626	1.083	176	6	1
26	Chris Van Cuyk*	24	24	59	58	3	11	3	0	0	7	0	0	8	.190	.190	.241	.431	14	0	1
27	Bill Voiselle	32	47	28	27	0	3	1	0	0	4	0	0	7	.111	.111	.148	.259	4	0	1
28	Johnny Welaj	37	109	372	323	50	70	12	3	4	34	13	38	31	.217	.303	.310	.613	100	2	9
	28 Players	28.4	155	5983	5089	785	1356	250	43	89	722	90	761	495	.266	.366	.385	.751	1959	41	92

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	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	Bob Alexander	28	15	8	.652	3.58	32	27	15	2	216.0	201	98	86	70	97	7	0	2	1.255	8.4	2.9	4.0	1.39
2	Dan Bankhead	31	2	6	.250	3.91	10	8	0	0	46.0	50	26	20	26	16	0	0	0	1.652	9.8	5.1	3.1	0.62
3	Joe Black	27	7	9	.438	3.85	26	13	3	1	110.0	106	53	47	37	49	2	3	1	1.300	8.7	3.0	4.0	1.32
4	Hampton Coleman	23	9	5	.643	3.59	30	13	6	0	128.0	125	62	51	39	59	1	1	3	1.281	8.8	2.7	4.1	1.51
5	Glenn Cox	20	0	1	.000	15.00	1	1	0	0	3.0	5	5	5	3	0	1	0	0	2.667	15.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
6	Al Epperly	33	2	0	1.000	2.25	5	0	0	0	8.0	8	3	2	2	3	1	0	0	1.250	9.0	2.2	3.4	1.50
7	Ross Grimsley*	29	4	1	.800	4.37	26	6	2	0	68.0	66	41	33	28	52	5	0	4	1.382	8.7	3.7	6.9	1.86
8	Jim Hughes	28	10	4	.714	3.69	27	13	5	2	105.0	92	45	43	52	51	0	0	2	1.371	7.9	4.5	4.4	0.98
9	Tom Lasorda*	23	12	8	.600	3.49	31	21	11	1	165.0	145	75	64	87	80	1	0	8	1.406	7.9	4.7	4.4	0.92
10	Mal Mallette*	29	10	2	.833	2.30	25	16	7	1	141.0	113	45	36	47	70	2	1	2	1.135	7.2	3.0	4.5	1.49
11	Ray Moore	25	2	3	.400	3.75	7	5	3	0	36.0	26	16	15	37	29	0	0	1	1.750	6.5	9.2	7.2	0.78
12	Bud Podbielan	27	6	3	.667	2.92	9	9	6	1	71.0	57	24	23	17	22	0	0	1	1.042	7.2	2.2	2.8	1.29
13	Chris Van Cuyk*	24	11	4	.733	2.84	24	20	11	2	146.0	127	49	46	48	106	4	1	4	1.199	7.8	3.0	6.5	2.21
14	Bill Voiselle	32	5	5	.500	3.48	47	3	1	0	101.0	100	45	39	38	66	1	0	3	1.366	8.9	3.4	5.9	1.74
	14 Players	27.1	95	59	.617		155	155

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
Toby Atwell	114		559	42	10	3	.984	5.27	6
George Pfister	49		234	17	4	1	.984	5.12	6

1B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
George Byam	136		1113	78	8	107	.993	8.76
Walter Fiala	16		137	13	1	14	.993	9.38

2B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Jim Gilliam	92		250	232	11	51	.978	5.24
Walter Fiala	71		184	157	13	41	.963	4.80

3B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Hector Rodriguez	151		168	339	30	32	.944	3.36

SS

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Bobby Morgan	155		236	450	24	87	.966	4.43

OF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Al Gionfriddo	134	275	6	7	1	.976	2.10
Jim Russell	97	258	4	3	2	.989	2.70
Johnny Welaj	97	180	4	3	1	.984	1.90
George Shuba	84	128	12	4	0	.972	1.67
Jim Gilliam	64	136	9	6	1	.960	2.27

P

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Bill Voiselle	47	9	14	1	0	.958	0.49
Bob Alexander	32	12	35	2	3	.959	1.47
Tom Lasorda	31	17	43	4	3	.938	1.94
Hampton Coleman	30	10	26	1	2	.973	1.20
Jim Hughes	27	5	14	2	2	.905	0.70
Joe Black	26	9	18	0	1	1.000	1.04
Ross Grimsley	26	0	6	2	1	.750	0.23
Mal Mallette	25	6	27	2	1	.943	1.32
Chris Van Cuyk	24	7	26	1	2	.971	1.38
Dan Bankhead	10	7	6	1	0	.929	1.30
Bud Podbielan	9						0.00
Ray Moore	7						0.00
Al Epperly	5						0.00
Glenn Cox	1						0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Bob Alexander	28	R	R	6' 2.0"	205	Aug 7, 1922	Vancouver, BC, CA
Toby Atwell	27	L	R	5' 9.0"	185	Mar 8, 1924	Leesburg, VA, US
Dan Bankhead	31	R	R	6' 1.0"	184	May 3, 1920	Empire, AL, US
Joe Black	27	R	R	6' 2.0"	220	Feb 8, 1924	Plainfield, NJ, US
George Byam	31	R		6' 1.0"	180	Nov 11, 1919	Lowell, MA, US
Gino Cimoli	21	R	R	6' 1.0"	180	Dec 18, 1929	San Francisco, CA, US
Hampton Coleman	23	R	R	6' 2.0"	175	Feb 12, 1928	Red Springs, NC, US
Glenn Cox	20	R	R	6' 2.0"	210	Feb 3, 1931	Montebello, CA, US
Al Epperly	33	L	R	6' 2.0"	194	May 7, 1918	Glidden, IA, US
Walter Fiala	26	R		5' 9.0"	170	Sep 24, 1924
Jim Gilliam	22	S	R	5' 10.0"	175	Oct 17, 1928	Nashville, TN, US
Al Gionfriddo	29	L	L	5' 6.0"	165	Mar 8, 1922	Dysart, PA, US
Ross Grimsley	29	L	L	6' 0.0"	175	Jun 4, 1922	Americus, KS, US
Bert Haas	37	R	R	5' 11.0"	178	Feb 8, 1914	Naperville, IL, US
Don Hoak	23	R	R	6' 1.0"	170	Feb 5, 1928	Roulette, PA, US
Jim Hughes	28	R	R	6' 1.0"	200	Mar 21, 1923	Chicago, IL, US
Tom Lasorda	23	L	L	5' 10.0"	175	Sep 22, 1927	Norristown, PA, US
Mal Mallette	29	L	L	6' 2.0"	200	Jan 30, 1922	Syracuse, NY, US
Ray Moore	25	R	R	6' 0.0"	195	Jun 1, 1926	Meadows, MD, US
Bobby Morgan	25	R	R	5' 9.0"	175	Jun 29, 1926	Oklahoma City, OK, US
George Pfister	32	R	R	6' 0.0"	200	Sep 4, 1918	Bound Brook, NJ, US
Bud Podbielan	27	R	R	6' 1.0"	170	Mar 6, 1924	Curlew, WA, US
Hector Rodriguez	31	R	R	5' 8.0"	165	Jun 13, 1920	Alquizar, CU
Jim Russell	32	S	R	6' 1.0"	181	Oct 1, 1918	Fayette City, PA, US
George Shuba	26	L	R	5' 11.0"	180	Dec 13, 1924	Youngstown, OH, US
Chris Van Cuyk	24	L	L	6' 6.0"	215	Jan 3, 1927	Kimberly, WI, US
Bill Voiselle	32	R	R	6' 4.0"	200	Jan 29, 1919	Greenwood, SC, US
Johnny Welaj	37	R	R	6' 0.0"	164	May 27, 1914	Moss Creek, PA, US

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