1951 MLB Season in Review - The Baseball Cube

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A high-level summary of the 1951 Major League Baseball Season. The page includes standings, team totals and leaderboards. There is a lot more information on the season in various sub-sections such as the player register, team pages and boxscore-related pages.

Season Information

Season

1951

World Series Champions

New York Yankees

Runner Up

New York Giants

Most Valuable Players

AL: Yogi Berra NL: Roy Campanella

Cy Young Winners

AL: NL:

Rookies of the Year

AL: Gil McDougald NL: Willie Mays

Managers of the Year

AL: NL:

#1 Draft Pick

All-Star Game

Detroit,Michigan

Teams

Players

543

Attendance

16,126,676

Payroll

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1951 Major League Baseball Standings

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Grid Filters		Playoff Team
American League -
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	1	New York Yankees	T - S - R	154	98	56	.636	--	798	621	177	Won World Series (Giants)	1,950,107	1	George Weiss	Casey Stengel	Yankee Stadium I
2	2	4	Cleveland Indians	T - S - R	154	93	61	.604	5.0	696	594	102	dnq	1,704,984	2	Hank Greenberg	Al Lopez	Cleveland Municipal Stadium
3	3	5	Boston Red Sox	T - S - R	154	87	67	.565	11.0	804	725	79	dnq	1,312,282	4	Joe Cronin	Steve O'Neill	Fenway Park
4	4	7	Chicago White Sox	T - S - R	154	81	73	.526	17.0	714	644	70	dnq	1,328,234	3	Frank Lane	Paul Richards	Comiskey Park
5	5	10	Detroit Tigers	T - S - R	154	73	81	.474	25.0	685	741	-56	dnq	1,132,641	6	Billy Evans	Red Rolfe	Briggs Stadium
6	6	11	Philadelphia Athletics	T - S - R	154	70	84	.455	28.0	736	745	-9	dnq	465,469	15	Art Ehlers	Jimmy Dykes	Shibe Park
7	7	15	Washington Senators I	T - S - R	154	62	92	.403	36.0	672	764	-92	dnq	695,167	12	Calvin Griffith	Bucky Harris	Griffith Stadium
8	8	16	St. Louis Browns	T - S - R	154	52	102	.338	46.0	611	882	-271	dnq	293,790	16	Bill DeWitt	Zack Taylor	Sportsman's Park
National League -
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	2	New York Giants	T - S - R	157	98	59	.624	--	781	641	140	Lost World Series (Yankees)	1,059,539	7	Chub Feeney	Leo Durocher	Polo Grounds
2	2	3	Brooklyn Dodgers	T - S - R	157	97	60	.618	1.0	855	672	183	dnq	1,282,628	5	Buzzie Bavasi	Chuck Dressen	Ebbets Field
3	3	6	St. Louis Cardinals	T - S - R	154	81	73	.526	15.5	683	671	12	dnq	1,013,429	8	---	Marty Marion	Sportsman's Park
4	4	8	Boston Braves	T - S - R	154	76	78	.494	20.5	723	662	61	dnq	487,475	14	John Quinn	Tommy Holmes, Billy Southworth	Braves Field
5	5	9	Philadelphia Phillies	T - S - R	154	73	81	.474	23.5	648	644	4	dnq	937,658	10	Bob Carpenter	Eddie Sawyer	Shibe Park
6	6	12	Cincinnati Reds	T - S - R	154	68	86	.442	28.5	559	667	-108	dnq	588,268	13	Warren Giles	Luke Sewell	Crosley Field
7	7	13	Pittsburgh Pirates	T - S - R	154	64	90	.416	32.5	689	845	-156	dnq	980,590	9	Branch Rickey	Billy Meyer	Forbes Field
8	8	14	Chicago Cubs	T - S - R	154	62	92	.403	34.5	614	750	-136	dnq	894,415	11	Wid Mathews	Phil Cavarretta, Frankie Frisch	Wrigley Field
16 record(s)

Glossary:
Rank If team context, indicates Divisional Rank LgRank Rank within a League. For MLB, refers to AL or NL MLBRank Rank in all of Major League Baseball for the season Team Name Contextual to the grid but usually self-evident. Draft = Drafted team. G Games Played (or Pitched) W Wins (Pitcher or Team) L Losses (Pitcher or Team) WPct Winning Percentage (W/(W+L)) GBL Games behind leader. ((Team A Wins-Team B Wins) + (Team A Losses-Team B Losses))/2 RF Runs For RA Runs Against Diff Run Differential. RF-RA Playoffs Playoff participation description. Attendance Number of people paying for tickets for games Att Rank Attendance rank within the league Ballpark Team or School's ballpark for the season

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