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1951 Oakland Oaks

1951 > Class AAA > 1951 Pacific Coast League
Overall: 80-88
Scored 817 runs, Allowed 828 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 83-85

Affiliation: none or n/a
Manager: Mel Ott
Represented: Oakland, CA
Ballpark: Oaks Park (Oakland, CA)
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 CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 Bill Ayers 31 40 88 78 6 17 3 0 0 7 1 2 17 .218 .238 .256 .494 20 0 8
2 Wes Bailey* 28 42 51 43 2 9 0 0 0 4 0 3 13 .209 .261 .209 .470 9 0 5
3 Hank Behrman 30 29 16 15 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .133 .133 .133 .267 2 0 1 Stats for 2 teams
4 Charlie Bishop 27 15 14 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .071 .071 .071 .143 1 0 0
5 Ken Burkhart 34 18 7 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .200 .429 .200 .629 1 0 0
6 Lorenzo Cabrera* 31 20 76 73 5 15 1 1 0 5 0 1 6 .205 .216 .247 .463 18 0 2
7 Loyd Christopher 31 123 432 375 43 116 25 2 11 83 0 52 36 .309 .396 .475 .871 178 2 3
8 Dave Dahle 23 29 15 12 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .250 .308 .250 .558 3 0 2
9 Lorenzo Davis 33 79 311 289 38 77 16 1 4 35 5 16 24 .266 .305 .370 .675 107 0 6
10 Theodore Del Guercio 23 26 40 34 5 7 1 0 0 0 0 3 9 .206 .308 .235 .543 8 2 1 Stats for 2 teams
11 Mel Duezabou 32 85 214 187 21 45 7 1 3 19 3 25 24 .241 .333 .337 .670 63 1 1
12 Augie Galan# 39 118 397 323 69 99 15 1 13 64 4 68 23 .307 .430 .480 .910 155 2 4
13 Charlie Gassaway* 32 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0
14 Al Gettel 33 15 29 25 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .040 .077 .040 .117 1 1 3
15 Ben Guintini 32 24 91 79 7 17 2 0 1 10 0 9 15 .215 .303 .278 .582 22 1 2
16 Bert Haas 37 86 372 332 67 110 28 5 10 59 3 37 18 .331 .400 .536 .936 178 1 2
17 Will Hafey* 30 17 57 51 7 12 1 0 4 11 0 6 4 .235 .316 .490 .806 25 0 0
18 Ray Hamrick 29 22 50 45 5 10 1 0 0 4 0 3 5 .222 .271 .244 .515 11 0 2 Stats for 2 teams
19 Red Hardy 28 15 20 19 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 .158 .158 .211 .368 4 0 1
20 Earl Harrist 32 49 74 68 2 8 0 0 0 3 1 3 17 .118 .155 .118 .273 8 0 3
21 Lloyd Hittle 27 61 33 30 3 7 1 0 0 1 0 2 6 .233 .281 .267 .548 8 0 1
22 Bill Jennings 25 92 403 350 72 87 7 2 9 37 1 46 51 .249 .338 .357 .695 125 1 6 Stats for 2 teams
23 Chet Johnson* 33 40 62 52 4 6 2 0 0 2 0 6 19 .115 .207 .154 .361 8 0 4 Stats for 2 teams
24 Spider Jorgensen* 31 69 297 260 51 80 14 2 5 27 4 33 9 .308 .390 .435 .824 113 2 2
25 Joe Lafata* 29 141 493 442 50 96 19 4 10 63 4 38 48 .217 .284 .346 .630 153 3 10 Stats for 2 teams
26 Ray Lamanno 31 87 219 200 17 54 7 2 5 35 0 17 36 .270 .330 .400 .730 80 1 1
27 Raul Lopez* 28 5 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0
28 Eddie Malone 31 93 286 251 29 67 19 1 6 43 0 32 22 .267 .350 .422 .772 106 0 3 Stats for 2 teams
29 Jim Marshall* 20 57 232 209 27 47 3 2 9 30 1 21 38 .225 .296 .388 .683 81 0 2
30 Jimmy Moran 27 91 310 294 31 84 9 1 3 33 1 14 17 .286 .320 .354 .674 104 1 1 Stats for 2 teams
31 Lenny Neal 26 17 35 34 3 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 .176 .200 .206 .406 7 1 0
32 Frank Nelson 32 47 29 25 3 5 0 0 0 2 0 1 4 .200 .231 .200 .431 5 0 3 Stats for 2 teams
33 Don Padgett* 39 96 261 241 27 73 12 0 6 25 1 17 13 .303 .351 .427 .779 103 1 2
34 Pete Pavlick 25 155 673 569 97 154 19 2 4 29 19 78 45 .271 .360 .332 .692 189 1 25
35 Jay Ragni* 30 97 288 275 35 82 16 2 2 38 0 10 15 .298 .323 .393 .716 108 0 3
36 Earl Rapp* 30 97 412 357 66 115 15 8 10 74 5 51 37 .322 .411 .493 .904 176 3 1
37 Clyde Shoun* 39 7 15 14 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .357 .357 .357 .714 5 0 1
38 Bill Tanner 26 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0
39 Johnny Vander Meer# 36 14 20 20 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .050 .050 .050 .100 1 0 0
40 Dick Wakefield* 30 5 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .000 .200 .000 .200 0 0 0
41 Roy Weatherly* 36 58 245 230 37 78 14 1 8 60 0 14 22 .339 .377 .513 .890 118 0 1
42 Artie Wilson* 30 81 370 349 39 89 8 1 0 22 6 14 36 .255 .288 .284 .571 99 2 5
43 Chink Zachary 37 18 13 11 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .273 .333 .273 .606 3 0 1
43 Players 30.6 168 6358 5674 817 1562 252 35 111 749 55 563 609 .275 .343 .391 .734 2217 23 98
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 GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 Bill Ayers 31 20 13 .606 3.85 40 30 17 3 222.0 224 104 95 88 91 3 2 15 1.405 9.1 3.6 3.7 1.03
2 Wes Bailey 28 9 8 .529 4.35 42 22 5 1 147.0 185 96 71 60 61 3 4 5 1.667 11.3 3.7 3.7 1.02
3 Hank Behrman 30 3 1 .750 5.34 29 0 0 64.0 63 49 38 44 21 0 0 2 1.672 8.9 6.2 3.0 0.48 Stats for 2 teams
4 Charlie Bishop 27 2 8 .200 5.88 15 9 2 1 52.0 64 40 34 35 35 1 0 2 1.904 11.1 6.1 6.1 1.00
5 Tom Breisinger* 23 0 0 18.00 1 0 0 0 2.0 4 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 3.000 18.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
6 Ken Burkhart 34 2 0 1.000 6.23 18 1 0 0 39.0 46 30 27 15 12 0 3 0 1.564 10.6 3.5 2.8 0.80
7 Dave Dahle* 23 1 4 .200 3.43 28 2 0 0 63.0 58 30 24 29 26 2 0 2 1.381 8.3 4.1 3.7 0.90
8 Charlie Gassaway* 32 0 1 .000 12.00 4 2 0 0 9.0 16 13 12 8 2 0 0 0 2.667 16.0 8.0 2.0 0.25
9 Al Gettel 33 4 6 .400 5.25 14 10 5 0 72.0 74 46 42 26 42 3 1 0 1.389 9.2 3.2 5.2 1.62
10 Red Hardy 28 3 5 .375 5.56 14 9 2 0 68.0 74 43 42 28 29 4 1 1 1.500 9.8 3.7 3.8 1.04
11 Earl Harrist 32 16 16 .500 3.78 49 28 9 2 207.0 180 94 87 99 130 6 0 9 1.348 7.8 4.3 5.7 1.31
12 Lloyd Hittle* 27 3 3 .500 3.74 61 6 2 1 137.0 139 62 57 45 64 1 0 0 1.343 9.1 3.0 4.2 1.42
13 Chet Johnson* 33 7 18 .280 5.67 40 7 0 181.0 223 126 114 98 91 6 0 2 1.773 11.1 4.9 4.5 0.93 Stats for 2 teams
14 Raul Lopez* 28 0 2 .000 22.50 4 0 0 0 6.0 13 17 15 12 3 0 0 1 4.167 19.5 18.0 4.5 0.25
15 Frank Nelson 32 4 6 .400 3.63 43 2 119.0 105 52 48 58 44 2 2 2 1.370 7.9 4.4 3.3 0.76 Stats for 2 teams
16 Jay Ragni* 30 9 7 .563 4.17 21 17 8 2 138.0 134 73 64 70 64 9 0 10 1.478 8.7 4.6 4.2 0.91
17 Clyde Shoun* 39 2 4 .333 5.49 7 7 2 0 41.0 44 30 25 12 16 2 0 0 1.366 9.7 2.6 3.5 1.33
18 Bill Tanner 26 0 0 6.00 2 0 0 0 3.0 4 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 2.000 12.0 6.0 3.0 0.50
19 Johnny Vander Meer* 36 2 6 .250 5.14 13 13 3 1 63.0 78 38 36 35 37 1 0 2 1.794 11.1 5.0 5.3 1.06
20 Chink Zachary 37 2 2 .500 5.00 18 1 0 0 45.0 49 36 25 24 23 2 2 2 1.622 9.8 4.8 4.6 0.96
20 Players 30.5 80 88 .476 168 168 828

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
Eddie Malone 82 319 27 5 2 .986 4.22 7 Stats for 2 teams
Don Padgett 71 250 19 7 4 .975 3.79 6
Ray Lamanno 67 260 19 2 5 .993 4.16 3
Lenny Neal 11 39 1 0 0 1.000 3.64 0

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Joe Lafata 121 965 78 18 92 .983 8.62 Stats for 2 teams
Jim Marshall 54 472 19 8 44 .984 9.09
Augie Galan 41 315 19 0 12 1.000 8.15
Jimmy Moran 34 238 22 2 19 .992 7.65 Stats for 2 teams
Lorenzo Cabrera 20 172 8 1 18 .994 9.00
Lorenzo Davis 19 150 10 2 22 .988 8.42
Bert Haas 6 44 3 1 7 .979 7.83

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Pete Pavlick 147 389 399 22 111 .973 5.36
Jimmy Moran 31 50 68 2 13 .983 3.81 Stats for 2 teams
Lorenzo Davis 6 10 19 0 2 1.000 4.83
Ray Hamrick 6 3 7 0 1 1.000 1.67 Stats for 2 teams

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Bert Haas 81 100 193 10 20 .967 3.62
Spider Jorgensen 68 70 174 9 23 .964 3.59
Jimmy Moran 13 13 25 4 4 .905 2.92 Stats for 2 teams
Lorenzo Davis 6 6 14 0 0 1.000 3.33
Augie Galan 1 0 0 0 0 0.00

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Bill Jennings 91 162 252 25 50 .943 4.55 Stats for 2 teams
Artie Wilson 80 160 234 19 44 .954 4.93
Ray Hamrick 7 12 23 2 5 .946 5.00 Stats for 2 teams
Jimmy Moran 5 3 7 3 1 .769 2.00 Stats for 2 teams

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Loyd Christopher 105 234 4 1 0 .996 2.27
Earl Rapp 96 191 11 6 1 .971 2.10
Mel Duezabou 56 107 1 4 0 .964 1.93
Roy Weatherly 56 75 4 2 0 .975 1.41
Augie Galan 55 77 3 3 0 .964 1.45
Jay Ragni 55 137 4 2 1 .986 2.56
Lorenzo Davis 45 89 5 2 1 .979 2.09
Ben Guintini 24 61 0 0 0 1.000 2.54
Will Hafey 15 35 1 1 0 .973 2.40
Joe Lafata 11 24 3 4 0 .871 2.45 Stats for 2 teams
Lenny Neal 2 0 0 0 0 0.00
Dave Dahle 1 0 0 0 0 0.00
Spider Jorgensen 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
Artie Wilson 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Lloyd Hittle 61 4 18 0 1 1.000 0.36
Earl Harrist 49 6 41 5 2 .904 0.96
Frank Nelson 43 8 31 0 4 1.000 0.91 Stats for 2 teams
Wes Bailey 42 7 27 2 2 .944 0.81
Bill Ayers 40 8 36 1 3 .978 1.10
Chet Johnson 40 5 35 1 1 .976 1.00 Stats for 2 teams
Hank Behrman 29 0 7 3 0 .700 0.24 Stats for 2 teams
Dave Dahle 28 3 14 0 0 1.000 0.61
Jay Ragni 21 4 32 0 1 1.000 1.71
Ken Burkhart 18 0 5 0 0 1.000 0.28
Chink Zachary 18 4 7 0 0 1.000 0.61
Charlie Bishop 15 5 7 1 1 .923 0.80
Al Gettel 14 5 18 0 1 1.000 1.64
Red Hardy 14 4 9 1 0 .929 0.93
Johnny Vander Meer 13 6 11 1 1 .944 1.31
Clyde Shoun 7 0 5 0 0 1.000 0.71
Charlie Gassaway 4 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.50
Raul Lopez 4 0 0 0 0 0.00
Bill Tanner 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.50
Tom Breisinger 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Bill Ayers 31 R R 6' 3.0" 185 Sep 27, 1919 Newnan, GA, US
Wes Bailey 28 L R 6' 2.0" 170 Dec 7, 1922 Logan, UT, US
Hank Behrman 30 R R 5' 11.0" 174 Jun 27, 1921 Brooklyn, NY, US
Charlie Bishop 27 R R 6' 2.0" 195 Jan 1, 1924 Atlanta, GA, US
Tom Breisinger 23 S L 5' 9.0" 160 Oct 22, 1927 Pittsburgh, PA, US
Ken Burkhart 34 R R 6' 1.0" 190 Nov 18, 1916 Knoxville, TN, US
Lorenzo Cabrera 31 L L 6' 1.0" 210 Apr 30, 1920 Cienfuegos, Cienfuegos, CU
Loyd Christopher 31 R R 6' 2.0" 190 Dec 31, 1919 Richmond, CA, US
Dave Dahle 23 R L 6' 0.0" 180 Aug 25, 1927 Los Angeles, CA, US
Lorenzo Davis 33 R R 6' 3.0" 188 Jul 3, 1917 Piper, AL, US
Theodore Del Guercio 23 R R 6' 2.0" 195 Dec 29, 1927 Newark, NJ, US
Mel Duezabou 32 R R 5' 9.0" 180 Jun 9, 1919 Oakland, CA, US
Augie Galan 39 S R 6' 0.0" 175 May 23, 1912 Berkeley, CA, US
Charlie Gassaway 32 L L 6' 2.0" 210 Aug 12, 1918 Gassaway, TN, US
Al Gettel 33 R R 6' 3.0" 200 Sep 17, 1917 Norfolk, VA, US
Ben Guintini 32 R R 6' 1.0" 190 Jan 13, 1919 Los Banos, CA, US
Bert Haas 37 R R 5' 11.0" 178 Feb 8, 1914 Naperville, IL, US
Will Hafey 30 L R 6' 2.0" 195 May 18, 1921 Berkeley, CA, US
Ray Hamrick 29 R R 5' 11.0" 160 Aug 1, 1921 Nashville, TN, US
Red Hardy 28 R R 5' 11.0" 175 Jan 6, 1923 Marmarth, ND, US
Earl Harrist 32 R R 6' 0.0" 175 Apr 20, 1919 Dubach, LA, US
Lloyd Hittle 27 R L 5' 10.0" 164 Feb 21, 1924 Acampo, CA, US
Bill Jennings 25 R R 6' 2.0" 175 Sep 28, 1925 St. Louis, MO, US
Chet Johnson 33 L L 6' 0.0" 175 Aug 1, 1917 Redmond, WA, US
Spider Jorgensen 31 L R 5' 9.0" 155 Nov 3, 1919 Folsom, CA, US
Joe Lafata 29 L L 6' 0.0" 163 Aug 3, 1921 Detroit, MI, US
Ray Lamanno 31 R R 6' 0.0" 185 Nov 17, 1919 Oakland, CA, US
Raul Lopez 28 L L 5' 11.0" 154 Apr 15, 1923 La Habana, La Habana, CU
Eddie Malone 31 R R 5' 10.0" 175 Jun 16, 1920 Chicago, IL, US
Jim Marshall 20 L L 6' 1.0" 190 May 25, 1931 Danville, IL, US
Jimmy Moran 27 R R 6' 1.0" 185 Apr 19, 1924 Oakland, CA, US
Lenny Neal 26 R R 5' 11.0" 185 Dec 2, 1924 Scio, OR, US
Frank Nelson 32 R R 5' 10.0" 175 Jul 30, 1918 San Pablo, CA, US
Don Padgett 39 L R 6' 0.0" 190 Dec 5, 1911 Caroleen, NC, US
Pete Pavlick 25 R R 5' 10.0" 180 Jan 16, 1926 Bayonne, NJ, US
Jay Ragni 30 L L 5' 10.0" 165 Jun 25, 1921 Dawson, NM, US
Earl Rapp 30 L R 6' 2.0" 185 May 20, 1921 Corunna, MI, US
Clyde Shoun 39 L L 6' 1.0" 188 Mar 20, 1912 Mountain City, TN, US
Bill Tanner 26 R R 6' 4.0" 212 1925
Johnny Vander Meer 36 S L 6' 1.0" 190 Nov 2, 1914 Prospect Park, NJ, US
Dick Wakefield 30 L R 6' 4.0" 210 May 6, 1921 Chicago, IL, US
Roy Weatherly 36 L R 5' 6.0" 170 Feb 25, 1915 Warren, TX, US
Artie Wilson 30 L R 5' 10.0" 162 Oct 28, 1920 Jefferson County, AL, US
Chink Zachary 37 R R 5' 11.0" 182 May 14, 1914 Brooklyn, NY, US

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