AFL - 1951 Statistics - Alabama-Florida League

1951 Revised Statistics By Ray Nemec Page 1 of 5

Ray Nemec is a respected baseball historian & researcher. He generously
contributed this work to the web page.

Dothan forfeited games to Headland on June 12 and June 24.
No club affiliated
with major league farm system

CLUBS ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY

Nbr
of

Club
Nickname    Manager(s)
Players
Attendance

Dothan, Alabama       Browns
Emory Lindsey (19-28)
57
45,101

6/9
(temp.)
J.
Larry Pardue (0-2)

6/12
B.
Holt (Cat) Milner (31-39)

Enterprise, Alabama
Boll Weevils   Richard F. Hahn (5-11)
32
14,500

5/12
(temp)
James
K. Guinn (3-3)

5/17
Irvin
E. Fortune (19-29)

7/5
William
Brightwell (17-33)

Headland,
Alabama     Dixie Runners James A.
Ball
23
13,675

Ozark,
Alabama
Eagles         Charles L. (Chase)
Riddle (61-34)      24
15,873

7/30
(acting)
Warren L. Jones
(11-11)

Panama City, Fla.     Fliers
Roxie Humberson (20-43)
54
40,116

6/26
Phillip
Noto
(0-1)

6/27
Roxie
Humberson (6-10) [Total 26-53]

7/14
William
Herring (10-16)

8/8
(acting)
Joseph
Bodner (3-6)

8/17
(acting)
John Hitson (2-2)

Tallahassee, Fla.
Citizens       Charles M. Quimby
28
31,051

Note – No official averages were published by the league statistician because of
failure of scorers to submit 55 box scores. The following includes many of these
missing box scores but some box scores from Enterprise, Headland and Ozark are
either missing or lack complete information. Every attempt was made to construct
these records as complete as possible.

1951 Alabama-Florida League
INDIVIDUAL BATTING RECORDS
Includes all players

Player
Club(s)
Pos
G
AB
R
H
TB   2B
3B     HR RBI   SH
SB    PCT         SPAN

Alonzo, Albert E.         Enterprise
OF-C-P     32 121 18 27 35 8
0 0 15 2   4 .231 4/23-6/10
Anderson,
Gene            Panama City
C-OF       12 43 2   7
7 0   0 0   2 0   0
.163 4/25-5/13
1-Avinger, James Franklin Panama City 1B-OF-3B-C 61
252 31 81 98 15   1 0 44 0
5 .321 4/24-6/29
2-Avinger, James Franklin Enterprise OF-1B-C
26 100 8 21 29 5   0
1   9 2   1 .210 7/11-8/20
T-Avinger, J. F.
(Frank) PC/Enter    OF-1B-C-3B 87 352 39 102 127 20
1 1 53 2   6 .290

Bailey,
Morrell           Panama City
P          12 20 1
4   4 0   0 0   3 0
0 .200 4/25-6/7
Baker, Aubrey E.
Headland    C-OF-3B-P 89 359
41 86 114 18   2 2 56 5   8 .240
4/26-8/21
Baktis, Simon John (John) Panama City C
19 71 8 18 28
1   0 3 12 0   0 .254 8/3-8/21
Ball,
James A. (Bubba)    Headland    OF-P-2B-1B108
412 86 113 136 15   4 0 73 3 11 .274
4/23-8/21
Ballard, Louis R.
Tallahassee P          15
40 1   6   7 1   0 0
0 1   0 .150 4/24-6/15
Barfield, Jack
Panama City 1B
1   4 0
0   0 0   0 0   1 0
0 .000 4/23
Bargas, John
Tallahassee C
20 62 8 12 14 2
0 0 11 1   0 .194 4/30-6/17
Barger,
Dale
Panama City P
3   5 0   1   1 0   0
0   0 0   0 .200 5/12-5/21
Barnett, Bryan
J.         Dothan
P           1
0 0   0   0 0   0 0
0 0   0 .000 5/6
Bass, John Thomas (Tom)
Panama City OF         23
94 16 32 38 3   0 1   9 2
2 .340 5/2-5/19,

8/12-8/21
Beard,
Richard
A.
(Dick)
Dothan
OF
16
61
11 14 22 3   1
1   7 0   0 .260 5/22-6/5
Beale, Billy
J.           Panama City P
2   2
0   0   0 0   0 0   0
0   0 .000 5/5-5/8
Beck, Larson Dale
Headland    OF-P
48 175 36 54 77 10   2 3
36 2   4 .309 6/25-8/21
Bei, Samuel R.
Dothan
SS-2B      12 42 3
7   9 0   1 0   2 0
2 .167 4/23-5/6
Belin, Leonard
Panama City OF-3B
3 11 1   5   5 0   0
0   3 0   0 .455 8/19-8/21
Bergenson, Roy
P.         Enterprise 3B
17 67 5 11 15
4   0 0   9 0   0 .164 5/22-6/10
Bigby,
Thomas M.
Dothan      2B
7 28 5 11 20 2   2
1   5 1   1 .393 5/28-6/2
Bodner, Joseph
J.         Panama City 2B
26 102 12 24 26 2
0 0   3 2   1 .235 7/22-8/16
Boehmer,
Joseph J.        Ozark
C-1B      105 409 65 120 158
21   4 3 75 3 13 .293 4/23-8/21
Bourgeois,
Warren R.      Headland    P
4   3
0   1   1 0   0 0   0
0   0 .333 8/13-8/21
Bowden, Marion Lamar(Doc) Dothan
SS
23 79 19 23 39 3   2 3   8
0   2 .291 6/19-7/15
Bowman, Tike
Panama City 1B
9 28 5
7   7 0   0 0   1 0
0 .250 5/14-5/21
1-Brandon, Hilton L.
Ozark       SS-3B
7 32 3 10 11 1   0 0
3 0   2 .313 4/23-5/5
2-Brandon, Hilton L.
Dothan      SS
8 31 4   5
5 0   0 0   0 0   0 .161
5/8-5/17
T-Brandon, Hilton L.      Ozark/DothanSS-3B
15 63 7 15
16 1   0 0   3 0   2 .238
Brightwell,
William       Enterprise 1B-C-P-3B
63 224 31 64 88 11   2 3 40 3
3 .286 5/30-8/21

Capelli, Nicholas E.
Enterprise SS-OF      73
284 46 58 72 4   5 0 23 2
7 .204 4/23-7/12
Chappell,Wilmer (Chappie) Tallahassee OF
96 389 65 119 172 19 11
4 83 6   3 .306 5/8-8/21
Clark, Glenn
Dothan
OF
14 52 7 14 20 3   0 1
6 0   3 .269 5/4-5/21
Clark, Harry Gene
Dothan      P
34 63 9
18 26 6   1 0 10 1   0 .286
4/23-7/8
Clark, Joseph E. (Joe)    Ozark
OF        108 419 87
116 160 11   9 5 65 1 35 .277 4/23-8/21
Clemons,
Ralph (Red)    Panama City OF-1B
6 14 4   1   1
0   0 0   1 0   0 .071 4/23-4/30
Clifton,
Harry R. (Jack) Headland    OF-P
63 247 47 73 100 9   6
2 51 0   4 .296 4/23-8/19
Cloude, William
J.        Dothan
OF          2   6
0   1   1 0   0 0   3
0   0 .167 7/9-7/11
Colley, James O.
Dothan      3-OF-SS-1B
98 378 74 103 133 25   1 1 44 5
7 .272 4/24-8/21
Conrad, Harold N.
Panama City PH
5   4 0   0   0 0   0
0   0 0   0 .000 4/23-4/29
Cooper,
Panama
City P
1   1 0   0   0
0   0 0   0 0   0 .000 4/24
Cooper,
William A.(Blue) Dothan      1B-P
62 219 32 56 67 9
1 0 25 5   4 .256 6/9-8/21
Creel, C.
Scoby           Panama City P-OF-2B-3B
60 158 26 47 56 5   2 0 20
3   1 .297 5/12-8/21
Creel, Denferd (Denny)
Panama City P
6   2 1   1   1 0   0
0   0 0   0 .500 6/29-7/14
Creel, James
Aubrey       Panama City OF-P
30 99 9 28 36 8   0
0 15 0   0 .283 7/5-8/5
Cronin, Robert (Bob)
Headland    P
2   4 0
1   1 0   0 0   0 0
0 .250 6/11-6/21
Crum, McPherson E. (Mac) Dothan
P
9 22 3   5   8 1   1 0
2 0   0 .227 7/26-8/20
Culpepper, William
W.     Headland    3B
3 12 0   1
1 0   0 0   1 0   0 .083
6/10-6/13

Daffner, Albert G.
Tallahassee P
14 16 1   2   2 0   0 0
0 0   0 .125 7/11-8/21
Darr, Donald E.
Dothan
P           6
13 2   4   5 1   0 0
3 0   0 .308 7/24-8/10
Davis, Marcus A.
Dothan
P-OF       26 59 3 10
10 0   0 0   2 1   0 .169
5/23-8/16
DeFore, Edgar B.
Tallahassee OF         36
139 18 39 47 3   1 1 16 2
3 .281 6/4-7/28
Deitch, Elliot G. (Mike) Tallahassee P-OF
14 31 5   7
7 0   0 0   3 0   0 .226
4/25-5/31
DeNicola (DiNicola), John Panama City 2B-SS
51 183 25 35 46 5   2 0
11 0   6 .191 4/23-7/14
Duncan, John W.
Panama City P
2   1 0
0   0 0   0 0   0 0
0 .000 6/12-6/16

Eliason, Duane Kenneth
Panama City C-OF        5 14
2   4   7 1   1 0   2
0   0 .286 5/25-5/30
Ewaniak, John
Tallahassee OF
13 52 16 20 42 6
2 4 17 0   0 .385 4/23-5/5

Farrar,
Roger
Headland    P
2   3 0   0   0
0   0 0   0 0   0 .000 5/18-5/23
Farrar,
William R.(Bill) Ozark
3B-OF     103 426 82 104 140 16   1 6
68 5 22 .244 4/23-8/21
Ferguson,
Enterprise
P-1B        6 17
1   3   4 1   0 0   4
0   0 .176 8/7-8/16
Ferko, Robert A.
Enterprise P
2   4 0   0
0 0   0 0   0 0   0 .000
6/8-6/14
Fontenot, Albert J.       Panama
City SS         10 36 9
9 19 1   3 1   5 0
0 .250 6/29-7/11
Fortune, Irvin E.
Enterprise C-1B
48 165 19 35 50 12   0 1 20 1
0 .212 5/17-7/4
Foster, Bruce
Panama City P-OF
46 110 14 12 18 3   0 1 11
2   1 .109 4/23-8/21
Frazier, Dan S.
Dothan
OF-1B      16 64 16 25 33
4   2 0   7 0   0 .391 8/3-8/21
Frazier,
Lance
Dothan      C
4 15 2   1   1
0   0 0   0 0   0 .067 6/13-6/17
1-Frezza,
Amery (Pope)    Tallahassee P
10 12 2   1
1 0   0 0   0 0   0 .083
5/2-5/22
2-Frezza, Amery (Pope)    Headland
P           3
3 0   1   1 0   0 0
0 0   0 .000 6/6-7/3
T-Frezza, Amery (Pope)
Tal/Head    P
13 15 2   2   2 0
0 0   0 0   0 .133

Playoffs – Tallahassee defeated Headland, four games to three;
Dothan defeated
Ozark, four games to one.
Dothan defeated Tallahassee, four games to
two.

In batting and pitching records, 1, 2, T applies to players who played with
two clubs within the Alabama-Florida League in 1951. A �1� to the left of his
name indicates his first team stats. A �2� his second team and a �T� indicates
his total league statistics