1951 St. Louis Browns Statistics and Roster

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1951 St. Louis Browns (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1950/1952)
52-102, Finished 8th in American League
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Scored 611 runs, Allowed 882 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 52-102
Managed by Zack Taylor

Ballpark: Sportsman's Park IV (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 293,790 (8th of 8)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 103, Pitching - 106
  (one-year): Batting - 104, Pitching - 109
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Sherm Lollar        26   98  310   44   78  21  0   8   44  43   26  .252  .350  .397   1   0  20   4   2           99
1B *Hank Arft           29  112  345   44   90  16  5   7   42  41   34  .261  .339  .397   4   6   5   0   4           96
2B *Bobby Young         26  147  611   75  159  13  9   1   31  44   51  .260  .310  .316   8   7  14   0  19           67
3B  Fred Marsh          27  130  445   44  108  21  4   4   43  36   56  .243  .299  .335   4   4   9   0   2           69
SS  Bill Jennings       25   64  195   20   35  10  2   0   13  26   42  .179  .276  .251   1   0   4   0   3           42
OF *Jim Delsing         25  131  449   59  112  20  2   8   45  56   39  .249  .338  .356   2   9  16   4   3           86
OF  Ken Wood            26  109  333   40   79  19  0  15   44  27   49  .237  .296  .429   1   2  11   1   6           92
OF *Ray Coleman         29   91  341   41   96  16  5   5   55  24   32  .282  .329  .402   3   4  10   0   2           94
    Matt Batts          29   79  248   26   75  17  1   5   31  21   21  .302  .357  .440   2   0   9   0   5          112
   *Cliff Mapes         29   56  201   32   55   7  2   7   30  26   33  .274  .360  .433   0   1   6   1   1          111
   *Johnny Bero         28   61  160   24   34   5  0   5   17  26   30  .213  .323  .338   1   1   3   0   3           76
    Tom Upton           24   52  131    9   26   4  3   0   12  12   22  .198  .271  .275   1   1   5   1   5           46
    Jack Maguire        26   41  127   15   31   2  1   1   14  12   21  .244  .309  .299   1   0   5   0   1           63
    Johnny Berardino    34   39  119   13   27   7  1   0   13  17   18  .227  .324  .303   1   1   3   0   1           68
   *Dale Long           25   34  105   11   25   5  1   2   11  10   22  .238  .310  .362   0   0   1   1   0           79
    Don Lenhardt        28   31  103    9   27   3  0   5   18   6   13  .262  .303  .437   1   0   1   0   0           96
   *Earl Rapp           30   26   98   14   32   5  3   2   14  11   11  .327  .394  .500   1   0   1   0   1          138
   *Ben Taylor          26   33   93   14   24   2  1   3    6   9   22  .258  .337  .398   1   1   3   2   0           96
    Roy Sievers         24   31   89   10   20   2  1   1   11   9   21  .225  .303  .303   0   0   4   1   0           62
   *Paul Lehner         30   21   67    2    9   5  0   1    2   6    5  .134  .205  .254   0   1   2   0   2           22
    Les Moss            26   16   47    5    8   2  0   1    7   6    8  .170  .264  .277   0   0   3   0   0           45
    Bob Nieman          24   12   43    6   16   3  1   2    8   3    5  .372  .413  .628   0   0   1   0   1          175
   *Joe Lutz            26   14   36    7    6   0  1   0    2   6    9  .167  .286  .222   0   0   0   0   0           37
    Kermit Wahl         28    8   27    2    9   1  1   0    3   0    3  .333  .333  .444   0   0   1   0   0          106
    Bud Thomas          22   14   20    3    7   0  0   1    1   0    3  .350  .350  .500   2   0   0   0   0          125
    Jim Dyck            29    4   15    1    1   0  0   0    0   1    1  .067  .125  .067   0   0   0   0   0          -48
   *Frank Saucier       25   18   14    4    1   1  0   0    1   3    4  .071  .278  .143   0   0   1   1   0           15
    Mike Goliat         29    5   11    0    2   0  0   0    1   0    1  .182  .182  .182   0   0   0   0   2           -3
    Billy DeMars        25    1    4    1    1   0  0   0    0   1    0  .250  .400  .250   0   0   0   0   0           76
    Clyde Kluttz        33    4    4    2    2   1  0   0    1   1    0  .500  .600  .750   0   0   0   0   0          259
    Eddie Gaedel        26    1    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    0       1.000         0   0   0   0   0             

    Ned Garver          25   49   95    8   29   6  1   1    9   9    9  .305  .365  .421   0   0   1   0   5          110
    Duane Pillette      28   41   59    3    8   0  0   0    1   6   12  .136  .215  .136   0   0   3   0   6           -5
   *Tommy Byrne         31   34   57    7   16   3  0   1   12   4    8  .281  .328  .386   0   0   3   0   2           90
   *Lou Sleater         24   25   31    2    7   0  1   0    1   2    5  .226  .273  .290   0   0   0   0   0           50
    Al Widmar           26   26   30    2    5   1  0   0    3   3   11  .167  .242  .200   0   0   0   0   6           19
    Jim McDonald        24   17   29    1    6   1  1   0    3   1    7  .207  .233  .310   0   0   0   0   1           44
    Jim Suchecki        24   29   20    0    2   0  0   0    2   2    4  .100  .182  .100   0   0   1   0   2          -23
    Bob Mahoney         23   30   18    3    4   0  0   0    2   2    9  .222  .300  .222   0   0   0   0   1           41
    Dick Starr          30   15   18    3    4   2  0   0    0   1    5  .222  .263  .333   0   0   1   0   1           59
   *Bill Kennedy        30   19   16    0    2   0  0   0    1   0    8  .125  .125  .125   0   0   0   0   0          -33
    Satchel Paige       44   23   16    1    2   0  0   0    0   0    3  .125  .125  .125   0   0   2   0   1          -33
    Stubby Overmire     32    8   14    0    1   1  0   0    0   3    2  .071  .235  .143   0   0   2   0   3            3
   #Fred Sanford        31    9    7    1    2   0  0   0    0   2    3  .286  .444  .286   0   0   0   0   0           98
    Duke Markell        27    5    6    1    1   1  0   0    0   0    1  .167  .167  .333   0   0   0   0   0           31
   *Cliff Fannin        27    8    4    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .250  .250  .250   0   0   0   0   0           34
    Bobby Hogue         30   18    3    2    2   0  0   0    0   2    0  .667  .800  .667   0   0   0   0   0          295
    Don Johnson         24    6    3    0    1   0  0   0    1   0    1  .333  .333  .333   0   0   0   0   1           78
    Bob Turley          20    1    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.1  154 5219  611 1288 223 47  86  555 521  693  .247  .315  .357  35  38 151  16  92           82
    Rank among 8 AL teams          7    8    8   6  3   6        8    1     8     8     7   7   3                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Ned Garver          25  33   3.73  20  12  0  30   3  24   1  246.0  237  114  102  17   96   84 1044   6   5  0     117
SP  Duane Pillette      28  35   4.99   6  14  0  24   5   6   1  191.0  205  113  106  14  115   65  871   5   5  0      87
SP *Tommy Byrne         31  19   3.82   4  10  0  17   2   7   2  122.7  104   56   52   5  114   57  577   2  12  0     115
SP  Al Widmar           26  26   6.52   4   9  0  16   6   4   0  107.7  157   84   78  19   52   28  519   2   2  0      67
SP  Jim McDonald        24  16   4.07   4   7  1  11   2   5   0   84.0   84   48   38   5   46   28  375   1   2  0     107
SP  Dick Starr          30  15   7.40   2   5  0   9   1   0   0   62.0   66   55   51  10   42   26  286   1   2  1      59
SP *Stubby Overmire     32   8   3.54   1   6  0   7   1   3   0   53.3   61   26   21   5   21   13  239   1   0  0     123
SP  Fred Sanford        31   9  10.21   2   4  0   7   0   1   0   27.3   37   33   31   6   23    7  143   0   0  0      43

CL  Satchel Paige       44  23   4.79   3   4  5   3  16   0   0   62.0   67   39   33   6   29   48  278   1   1  1      91
RP  Bob Mahoney         23  30   4.44   2   5  0   4  16   0   0   81.0   86   47   40   7   41   30  360   3   0  0      98
RP  Jim Suchecki        24  29   5.42   0   6  0   6  11   0   0   89.7  113   64   54   8   42   47  428   1   1  0      81
RP  Bobby Hogue         30  18   5.16   1   1  1   0   9   0   0   29.7   31   17   17   1   23   11  137   0   0  0      85
RP *Bill Kennedy        30  19   5.79   1   5  0   5   4   1   0   56.0   76   37   36   4   37   29  272   1   1  0      76

   *Lou Sleater         24  20   5.11   1   9  1   8   9   4   0   81.0   88   53   46   7   53   33  384   1   5  0      85
    Duke Markell        27   5   6.33   1   1  0   2   1   1   0   21.3   25   16   15   3   20   10  104   0   0  0      69
    Cliff Fannin        27   7   6.46   0   2  0   1   5   0   0   15.3   20   16   11   6    5   11   70   0   0  0      68
    Don Johnson         24   6  12.60   0   1  0   3   1   0   0   15.0   27   26   21   4   18    8   91   0   1  0      35
   *Irv Medlinger       24   6   8.38   0   0  0   0   2   0   0    9.7   10   10    9   1   12    5   50   1   0  0      52
    Bob Turley          20   1   7.36   0   1  0   1   0   0   0    7.3   11    6    6   0    3    5   34   0   0  0      59
    Sid Schacht         33   6  21.00   0   0  1   0   2   0   0    6.0   14   15   14   1    5    4   36   0   0  0      21
    Bobby Herrera       24   3  27.00   0   0  0   0   2   0   0    2.3    6    7    7   2    4    1   18   0   1  0      16
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.7 154   5.18  52 102  9 154  98  56   5 1370.0 1525  882  789 131  801  550 6316  26  38  2      84
    Rank among 8 AL teams           8   8   1  8           5   8      5    8    8        8    8    6
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
                        Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- SLollar 85 361 48 2 8 .995 6 MBatts 64 259 30 12 6 .960 9 LMoss 12 50 8 2 1 .967 0 CKluttz 1 3 2 0 0 1.000 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 154 673 88 16 15 .979 15 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .990 8.49 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- HArft 97 820 86 10 100 .989 9.34 DLong 28 227 19 3 23 .988 8.79 BTaylor 25 195 14 6 21 .972 8.36 JLutz 11 76 4 0 9 1.000 7.27 JBerardino 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 DLenhardt 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 1323 123 19 153 .987 9.50 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .978 5.35 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BYoung 147 361 462 17 118 .980 5.60 JBerardino 2 1 3 1 0 .800 2.00 MGoliat 2 6 7 0 2 1.000 6.50 JMaguire 2 7 5 1 0 .923 6.00 FMarsh 2 3 6 1 2 .900 4.50 JBero 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 378 483 20 122 .977 5.66 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .950 2.87 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- FMarsh 117 137 225 28 31 .928 3.09 JBerardino 31 44 44 8 6 .917 2.84 KWahl 6 7 12 1 3 .950 3.17 JMaguire 5 5 6 1 0 .917 2.20 JDyck 4 7 6 0 1 1.000 3.25 SLollar 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 200 293 38 41 .928 3.24 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .961 4.72 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BJennings 64 141 165 15 39 .953 4.78 JBero 55 91 137 11 30 .954 4.15 TUpton 47 80 105 10 33 .949 3.94 BThomas 14 12 18 0 4 1.000 2.14 FMarsh 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.33 BDeMars 1 1 4 0 1 1.000 5.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 326 429 36 107 .954 4.96 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .977 2.23 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- JDelsing 124 340 15 6 5 .983 2.86 4 118 4 KWood 100 179 7 8 0 .959 1.86 29 4 69 RColeman 87 185 9 5 1 .975 2.23 47 5 42 CMapes 53 111 4 2 1 .983 2.17 15 12 31 DLenhardt 27 54 0 1 0 .982 2.00 27 0 0 JMaguire 26 61 2 2 1 .969 2.42 26 0 0 ERapp 25 45 2 1 0 .979 1.88 0 0 25 RSievers 25 63 1 1 0 .985 2.56 9 19 0 PLehner 18 44 0 0 0 1.000 2.44 1 17 0 BNieman 11 24 1 1 0 .962 2.27 11 0 0 FSaucier 3 5 0 2 0 .714 1.67 1 0 2 JBerardino 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 1 0 0 DLong 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 1 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 154 1111 41 29 8 .975 2.52 154 154 154 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .953 2.07 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- NGarver 33 26 42 3 6 .958 2.49 DPillette 35 19 25 1 1 .978 2.07 TByrne 19 5 18 1 2 .958 1.69 AWidmar 26 10 22 1 3 .970 2.67 JSuchecki 29 4 11 1 1 .937 1.51 JMcDonald 16 9 16 2 1 .926 2.68 LSleater 20 2 10 1 1 .923 1.33 BMahoney 30 3 12 1 2 .937 1.67 DStarr 15 4 7 0 1 1.000 1.60 SPaige 23 2 5 0 0 1.000 1.02 BKennedy 19 3 14 1 2 .944 2.73 SOvermire 8 3 6 2 0 .818 1.52 BHogue 18 2 8 0 2 1.000 3.03 FSanford 9 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.65 DMarkell 5 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.85 CFannin 7 2 2 0 0 1.000 2.35 DJohnson 6 0 3 0 1 1.000 1.80 IMedlinger 6 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.93 BTurley 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 2.47 SSchacht 6 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 BHerrera 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 97 208 14 24 .956 2.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

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Batting Average Young .260

On-base % Delsing .338

Slugging % Delsing .356

OPS Delsing .694

Games Young 147

At Bats Young 611

Plate Appearances (approx.) Young 674

Runs Young 75

Hits Young 159

Total Bases Young 193

Doubles Lollar and Marsh 21

Triples Young 9

Home Runs Wood 15

RBI Coleman 55

Bases on Balls Delsing 56

Strikeouts Marsh 56

Stolen Bases Young 8

Singles Young 136

Adjusted OPS+ Delsing 86

Runs Created Young 59

Adjusted Batting Runs Rapp 5

Batting Wins Rapp 0.5

Extra-Base Hits Wood 34

Times on Base Young 203

Offensive Win% Delsing .416

Hit By Pitch Delsing and Lollar 4

Sac. Hits Young 19

Grounded into Double Plays Lollar 20

Caught Stealing Delsing 9

Power/Speed Number Arft 5.1

At Bats per Strikeout Young 12.0

At Bats per Home Run Delsing 56.1

Outs Young 492

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ERA Garver 3.73

Wins Garver 20

Won-Loss % Garver .625

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Garver 1.354

Hits Allowed/9IP Garver 8.67

Bases on Balls/9IP Garver 3.51

Strikeouts/9IP Garver 3.07

Games Pillette 35

Saves Paige 5

Innings Garver 246.0

Strikeouts Garver 84

Games Started Garver 30

Comp. Games Garver 24

Shutouts Byrne 2

Home Runs Allow. Widmar 19

Bases On Balls Allow. Pillette 115

Hits Allowed Garver 237

SO to Walk Garver 0.88

Losses Pillette 14

Earned Runs Allow. Pillette 106

Wild Pitches Garver 6

Hit Batsmen Byrne 12

Batters Faced Garver 1044

Games Finished Mahoney and Paige 16

Adjusted ERA+ Garver 117

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