1951 Western Association Batting Leaders

1950 Season 1952 Season

Classification: C

Overall: 489 games, 8 teams, approx. 122 games in season

Attendance: 448,959 (918/game)

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League Player Batting
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	Lev	Aff	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	HBP	SH
1	Ted Beck	25	STJ	C	STL	58	161	147	20	58	9	1	2	18	3	6	14	.395	.422	.510	.932	75	1	7
2	Jimmy Cleverly	25	FSM	C	CLE	56	267	215	53	81	13	3	1	28	40	50	16	.377	.494	.479	.973	103	0	2
3	Paul O'Dea*	30	FSM	C	CLE	70	181	157	27	56	11	0	5	30	4	23	16	.357	.439	.522	.961	82	0	1
4	Jim Belz	21	STJ	C	STL	64	299	231	58	82	12	6	0	15	20	50	15	.355	.497	.459	.956	106	15	3
5	Al Weygandt	20	JOP	C	NYY	42	178	140	26	49	11	1	1	34	3	34	19	.350	.489	.464	.953	65	4	0
6	John Cooney?	19	MSK	C	NYG	124	588	509	101	175	32	8	6	64	12	72	54	.344	.426	.474	.900	241	1	6
7	Paul Stowell?	20	FSM	C	CLE	111	497	428	71	144	30	2	3	63	20	54	39	.336	.416	.437	.853	187	4	11
8	Harry Bright	21	TPK	C	CHC	109	484	443	82	146	24	5	15	93	9	37	60	.330	.385	.508	.893	225	3	1
9	Ted Drakos?	23	MSK	C	NYG	52	240	204	45	67	8	1	3	22	23	32	18	.328	.422	.422	.844	86	1	3
10	Solly Drake	20	TPK	C	CHC	85	413	339	78	110	14	9	6	50	28	65	42	.325	.440	.472	.912	160	5	4
11	Dick Tettelbach	22	JOP	C	NYY	125	585	488	128	155	31	5	7	79	72	88	51	.318	.425	.445	.870	217	3	6
12	Tom Venditelli?	21	JOP	C	NYY	41	197	143	35	45	7	4	1	13	1	47	14	.315	.487	.441	.928	63	1	6
13	Gene Barth?	21	STJ	C	STL	118	530	431	80	134	26	8	12	103	6	87	80	.311	.438	.492	.929	212	10	2
14	Bob Moscrey	20	STJ	C	STL	94	439	333	93	103	22	6	0	37	18	96	46	.309	.469	.411	.880	137	4	6
15	Eddie Phillips	20	STJ	C	STL	107	479	401	99	123	18	14	13	81	28	70	56	.307	.415	.519	.933	208	4	4
16	Robert Stephens?	23	FSM	C	CLE	38	149	124	20	38	6	0	1	21	4	24	8	.307	.419	.379	.798	47	0	1
17	Raymond Johnson	20	MSK	C	NYG	121	559	499	109	152	25	10	20	80	38	53	88	.305	.375	.515	.890	257	3	4
18	William Bowman	22	MSK	C	NYG	51	216	178	33	54	9	0	7	38	0	32	20	.303	.421	.472	.893	84	4	2
19	Bobby Del Greco	18	HUT	C	PIT	123	555	453	88	137	37	6	4	68	17	83	57	.302	.424	.437	.862	198	13	6
20	Michael Morrongiello?	21	JOP	C	NYY	106	466	358	83	106	18	9	14	91	8	101	74	.296	.455	.514	.969	184	3	4
21	Bob Williams?	25	HUT	C	PIT	116	519	467	72	138	28	7	7	103	3	37	50	.296	.352	.430	.783	201	4	11
22	William Beery*	20	TPK	C	CHC	118	576	504	117	148	12	7	8	58	89	58	55	.294	.373	.393	.766	198	6	8
23	Frank Kempa?	23	ENI	C		116	527	420	105	123	16	4	8	43	13	91	69	.293	.426	.407	.833	171	6	10
24	Frank Fitchben?	22	SLI	C	PHI	32	155	130	34	38	3	6	1	21	9	25	7	.292	.407	.431	.837	56	0	0
25	Jerry Whalen?	25	ENI	C		121	532	462	53	135	26	1	4	82	1	62	40	.292	.380	.379	.758	175	3	5
26	Elmer Balzer?	20	JOP	C	NYY	125	582	530	78	154	17	11	6	78	8	48	90	.291	.352	.398	.750	211	2	2
27	Robert Rooney?	21	STJ	C	STL	111	496	411	78	119	26	3	4	81	10	78	38	.290	.405	.397	.802	163	2	5
28	Bob Murphy	20	STJ	C	STL	113	486	446	57	129	25	7	6	94	14	37	42	.289	.348	.417	.765	186	3	0
29	Jim Gillis?	24	SLI	C	PHI	88	385	331	40	95	14	6	0	55	7	48	26	.287	.379	.366	.745	121	1	5
30	Robert Wuesthoff	25	HUT	C	PIT	82	350	293	51	84	11	6	3	46	9	44	43	.287	.391	.396	.787	116	6	7
31	Ralph Bedford?	22	HUT	C	PIT	86	333	284	58	81	14	3	9	43	2	38	38	.285	.377	.451	.828	128	4	7
32	Whitey Herzog*	19	JOP	C	NYY	113	540	418	99	119	14	8	7	48	22	107	53	.285	.433	.407	.839	170	2	13
33	Wayne Yoder?	22	MSK	C	NYG	124	551	432	80	123	11	0	9	71	9	103	43	.285	.429	.373	.802	161	6	10
34	Tony Bartirome*	19	HUT	C	PIT	123	580	482	103	136	17	8	5	54	7	90	28	.282	.397	.382	.779	184	2	6
35	Robert Hallman?	23	MSK	C	NYG	101	445	391	57	110	15	5	6	79	15	48	40	.281	.363	.391	.754	153	2	4
36	Roger Oberlin?	22	FSM	C	CLE	118	511	413	55	116	10	2	2	55	11	87	46	.281	.410	.329	.739	136	3	8
37	Gerald Ackerman	21	FSM	C	CLE	82	325	282	27	79	13	1	0	45	0	36	18	.280	.366	.333	.699	94	2	5
38	Richard Elkind	22	HUT	C	PIT	62	238	219	27	61	8	1	3	30	5	8	12	.279	.313	.365	.678	80	3	8
39	Lavern Schiltz?	20	JOP	C	NYY	119	505	427	59	119	15	5	2	64	3	69	20	.279	.383	.351	.734	150	3	6
40	Donald Annen	21	TPK	C	CHC	117	526	452	73	125	13	6	16	78	12	64	73	.277	.369	.438	.807	198	2	8
41	Jay Drake?	21	STJ	C	STL	80	302	271	37	75	15	5	2	32	7	27	36	.277	.345	.391	.736	106	1	3
42	Odie Strain	28	ENI	C		91	375	313	58	86	16	0	19	71	2	59	53	.275	.395	.508	.903	159	3	0
43	Milton Bohannion	20	TPK	C	CHC	67	224	190	40	52	9	2	1	21	13	27	19	.274	.370	.358	.728	68	2	5
44	Jack McQuillen?	28	ENI	C		124	599	496	98	136	14	4	4	45	20	94	48	.274	.392	.343	.735	170	2	7
45	Richard Campbell?	20	SLI	C	PHI	79	343	282	46	76	12	6	3	36	9	57	36	.270	.398	.387	.784	109	3	1
46	Gene Rogers?	23	TPK	C	CHC	94	396	346	54	93	13	5	3	65	24	42	41	.269	.358	.361	.719	125	6	2
47	Butch Nieman*	33	TPK	C	CHC	112	491	380	106	102	9	1	28	94	19	110	79	.268	.434	.518	.952	197	1	0
48	Hal Bamberger	26	MSK	C	NYG	85	322	264	50	70	11	2	7	56	11	57	35	.265	.396	.402	.797	106	0	1
49	Wally Habel?	19	SLI	C	PHI	121	535	457	78	121	13	2	3	45	8	63	35	.265	.366	.322	.688	147	10	5
50	Wallace Rushing	22	SLI	C	PHI	77	326	287	42	76	10	5	5	43	3	35	33	.265	.351	.387	.738	111	3	1
51	Joseph Clark?	23	JOP	C	NYY	111	506	449	65	118	25	3	5	48	3	49	60	.263	.337	.365	.702	164	1	7
52	William Johnson?	23	STJ	C	STL	40	196	180	34	47	12	8	3	28	3	13	39	.261	.318	.467	.785	84	2	1
53	Bill Wiltrout?	22	HUT	C	PIT	61	261	222	36	58	6	3	4	36	9	32	19	.261	.357	.369	.726	82	1	6
54	Dick McConnell?	21	TPK	C	CHC	113	491	423	61	110	17	7	2	47	4	61	50	.260	.355	.348	.702	147	1	6
55	Harry Havenstrite?	--	ENI	C		110	485	440	81	114	16	1	27	102	3	40	90	.259	.324	.484	.808	213	2	3
56	Richard Hofleit?	20	FSM	C	CLE	54	224	189	33	49	7	1	3	22	8	34	30	.259	.375	.355	.730	67	1	0
57	Billie Bullock?	20	JOP	C	NYY	120	501	428	62	110	13	4	8	62	7	64	34	.257	.363	.362	.725	155	7	2
58	Erwin Knorzer	19	HUT	C	PIT	63	279	245	33	63	5	0	8	37	5	28	67	.257	.336	.376	.711	92	1	5
59	Ray Bellino	18	TPK	C	CHC	83	313	247	42	63	10	3	3	32	5	60	52	.255	.407	.356	.763	88	3	3
60	Rudolph Paparella*	19	SLI	C	PHI	117	516	428	68	109	17	5	14	86	5	85	84	.255	.379	.416	.795	178	1	2
61	Fred Burdett	22	SLI	C	PHI	121	579	493	100	125	12	3	3	27	41	70	107	.254	.354	.308	.663	152	7	9
62	Joseph Breidt?	21	SLI	C	PHI	117	504	364	88	92	21	1	3	69	6	135	76	.253	.456	.341	.797	124	1	4
63	Melvin Lightner?	21	MSK	C	NYG	109	485	380	69	96	11	5	6	52	16	90	57	.253	.401	.355	.756	135	4	11
64	William Proverbs	20	FSM	C	CLE	56	157	127	22	32	4	1	1	16	0	24	35	.252	.371	.323	.694	41	0	6
65	John Paszek?	23	HUT	C	PIT	90	373	297	55	73	16	1	13	49	6	62	67	.246	.391	.438	.829	130	9	5
66	Al Grandcolas	18	STJ	C	STL	45	181	163	17	40	9	1	2	22	3	16	14	.245	.313	.350	.663	57	0	2
67	Nick Krsnich?	23	SLI	C	PHI	73	310	237	41	58	6	1	7	56	7	63	50	.245	.419	.367	.786	87	8	2
68	Emmett McAfee?	22	ENI	C		34	149	128	18	31	2	0	3	16	0	17	24	.242	.340	.328	.668	42	2	2
69	James McArdle?	21	MSK	C	NYG	62	247	211	13	51	9	1	0	33	2	33	20	.242	.347	.294	.641	62	1	2
70	Danny Pavone?	21	STJ	C	STL	95	419	339	65	82	8	7	1	35	23	70	57	.242	.378	.316	.693	107	4	6
71	William Anderson?	20	FSM	C	CLE	64	282	246	49	59	8	3	1	18	4	31	32	.240	.325	.309	.634	76	0	5
72	Donald Hoskin?	23	TPK	C	CHC	98	390	345	39	82	18	1	1	35	5	34	44	.238	.313	.304	.618	105	4	7
73	James Harris?	21	FSM	C	CLE	82	357	304	45	71	4	3	1	27	25	41	70	.234	.327	.276	.603	84	1	11
74	Merrill McDonald*	26	ENI	C		123	525	395	66	92	21	3	8	56	2	126	42	.233	.421	.362	.783	143	2	2
75	Herman Lombardi?	26	FSM	C	CLE	103	437	349	44	81	17	0	2	37	10	70	68	.232	.374	.298	.672	104	9	9
76	Sam Davis?	20	SLI	C	PHI	73	234	199	24	45	5	4	0	24	1	26	43	.226	.339	.292	.631	58	8	1
77	Donald Hedrick	18	HUT	C	PIT	98	389	326	48	73	11	1	0	37	0	47	34	.224	.327	.264	.591	86	3	13
78	Carl Brewington?	--	ENI	C		83	305	275	31	60	4	1	3	40	2	26	37	.218	.290	.273	.563	75	2	2
79	Jack Mallory?	24	JOP	C	NYY	43	190	157	16	34	10	2	0	27	3	32	42	.217	.353	.306	.658	48	1	0
80	Al Majewski?	25	MSK	C	NYG	124	514	434	56	92	13	2	7	45	3	74	143	.212	.331	.300	.630	130	3	3
81	Kelly Wingo?	36	ENI	C		38	143	130	14	27	4	0	1	11	2	12	10	.208	.280	.262	.541	34	1	0
82	John Kall?	25	FSM	C	CLE	65	258	206	28	42	12	0	0	15	5	44	56	.204	.357	.262	.619	54	5	3
83	Bobby Melton	19	FSM	C	CLE	50	166	144	14	27	6	2	0	14	1	22	37	.188	.295	.257	.552	37	0	0
84	Warren Liston?	24	ENI	C		73	241	213	28	38	3	0	2	14	0	26	40	.178	.271	.221	.492	47	1	1
85	Dayton Todd?	18	FSM	C	CLE	46	158	131	9	23	5	0	0	12	2	22	11	.176	.303	.214	.517	28	2	3