PETE
DOCKINS
WINS
BATTING
CROWN
Pete Dockens of the Tigers baseball team
copped the Ecusta Baseball League’s batting crown
for the 1951 season with a batting average of .591
pcrcent.
Troy Drake of the Cardinals and Hubert Bry
son of the Indians tied for the second place hon
ors with each posting a .500 percent average.
In capturing the 1951 batting championship
Pete Dockens came through with 13 hits out of
22 officials times at bat while Troy Drake banged
out 17 hits in 34 chances, and Hubert Bryson had
14 hits for 28 times at bat.
To be eligible for the batting championship a
player had to participate in at least half of his
teams scheduled games.
Listed below is the batting averages of all the
players who participated in six games or more.
Name, Team
GP
AB
H
Pet.
P. Dockens, Tigers
6
22
13
.591
T. Drake, Cardinals
13
34
17
.500
H. Bryson, Indians
8
28
14
.500
C. Thomas, Indians
11
35
17
.486
D. Robinson, Yankees
9
33
17
.485
H. Gregory, Yankees
12
42
20
.476
M. Gillespie, Tigers
7
22
10
.455
F. Miller, Yankees
12
44
18
.409
E. White, Yankees
7
27
11
.407
B. Brown, Yankees
9
25
10
.400
R. Head, Yankees
11
39
15
.385
A. Sealey, Tigers
8
26
10
.385
T. Davis, Tigers
11
38
14
.368
I. Kilpatrick, Cardinals
8
19
7
.368
B. Charles, Yankees
8
28
10
.357
D. Sams, Cardinals
9
31
11
.355
J. Phillips, Yankees
8
29
10
.345
D. Norton, Tigers
7
18
6
.333
J. Houston, Tigers
6
18
6
.333
J. Clay, Tigers
12
40
13
.325
P. Jackson, Cardinals
13
50
16
.320
C. Chastain, Indians
9
25
8
.320
M. Taylor, Cardinals
13
42
13
.310
F. Merrell, Indians
11
40
12
.300
G. Sutties, Yankees
8
25
7
.280
H. Tiger, Tigers
6
19
5
.263
C. Compton, Yankees
9
27
7
.259
J. Rigdon, Indian;
11
33
9
.257
C. Clayton, Cardinals
13
50
12
.240
L. Jones, Cardinals
12
27
6
.222
P. Riddle, Cardinals
13
43
9
.209
C. Parker, Tigers
11
32
6
.188
D. Landreth, Cardinals
12
35
6
.171
F. Wilson, Cardinals
11
33
5
.152
CARDINALS WIN PLAYOFF
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fective ball holding tke Cards scoreless and al
lowed only one hit.
The Tigers scored their two runs in the third
inning on two singles, a double and one error.
However after this Jones tightened up and held
the Tigers scoreless and allowed only two hits to
cop the victory by a score of 3 to 2.
Joe McCarthy is the only manager to win pen
nants in both major leagues—Chicago Cubs in
1929 and New York Yankees in 1932-36-37-38-
39-41-42-43.
The first purely professional club in baseball
history was the Cincinnati Red Stockings of 1869
—and they finished their season of play unde
feated.
Babe Ruth had a slugging average of .847 for
the season of 1920.
Sam Kent, left, and Obie Willingham are shown
above with their string of small and largemouth
bass, caught in hake Chatuge, Their nine fish
weighed /^j.2 pounds—one 1 ^ pounds, one 1
pounds, one 6V2 pounds, one 6 pounds, one ^1/4
pounds, and three smallmouth, weighing p-%
pounds. Both Sam a^td Obie are employed in the
Power Department.
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