1951 in baseball

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The following are the baseball events of the year 1951 throughout the world.  

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See also

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Sources

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Contents 1 Headline Event of the Year 2 Champions 2.1 Major League Baseball 2.2 Other champions 3 Awards and honors 4 Statistical Leaders 5 Major League Baseball final standings 5.1 American League final standings 5.2 National League final standings 6 Events 6.1 January-March 6.2 April-June 6.3 July-September 6.4 October-December 7 Movies 8 Births 8.1 January-March 8.2 April-June 8.3 July-September 8.4 October-December 9 Deaths

[edit] Headline Event of the Year

Baseball's Shot Heard 'Round the World gives the New York Giants the National League Pennant in the third game of a best-of-three-games tiebreaker series over the Brooklyn Dodgers.

[edit] Champions

[edit] Major League Baseball

• World Series: New York Yankees over New York Giants (4-2)
• All-Star Game, July 10 at Briggs Stadium: National League, 8-3

[edit] Other champions

• Caribbean World Series: Cangrejeros de Santurce (Puerto Rico)
• College World Series: Oklahoma
• Japan Series: Yomiuri Giants over Nankai Hawks (4-2)
• Little League World Series: Stamford, Connecticut
• All-American Girls Professional Baseball League: South Bend Blue Sox

[edit] Awards and honors

• MLB Most Valuable Player Award
  • Yogi Berra, New York Yankees, C
  • Roy Campanella, Brooklyn Dodgers, C
• MLB Rookie of the Year Award
  • Gil McDougald, New York Yankees, 3B
  • Willie Mays, New York Giants, OF
• The Sporting News Player of the Year Award
  • Stan Musial St. Louis Cardinals
• The Sporting News Manager of the Year Award
  • Leo Durocher New York Giants

[edit] Statistical Leaders

American League National League Type Name Stat Name Stat AVG Ferris Fain PHA .344 Stan Musial STL .355 HR Gus Zernial PHA 33 Ralph Kiner PIT 42 RBI Gus Zernial PHA 129 Monte Irvin NYG 121 Wins Bob Feller CLE 22 Larry Jansen NYG & Sal Maglie NYG 23 ERA Saul Rogovin CHW 2.78 Chet Nichols BSB 2.88 Ks Vic Raschi NYY 164 Don Newcombe BRK & Warren Spahn BSB 164

[edit] Major League Baseball final standings

[edit] American League final standings

American League Club Wins Losses Win %   GB New York Yankees 98 56 .636 -- Cleveland Indians 93 61 .604 5 Boston Red Sox 87 67 .565 11 Chicago White Sox 81 73 .526 17 Detroit Tigers 73 81 .474 25 Philadelphia Athletics 70 84 .455 28 Washington Senators 62 92 .403 36 St. Louis Browns 52 102 .338 46

[edit] National League final standings

National League Club Wins Losses Win %   GB New York Giants 98 59 .624 -- Brooklyn Dodgers 97 60 .618 1 St. Louis Cardinals 81 73 .526 15.5 Boston Braves 76 78 .494 20.5 Philadelphia Phillies 73 81 .474 23.5 Cincinnati Reds 68 86 .442 28.5 Pittsburgh Pirates 64 90 .416 32.5 Chicago Cubs 62 92 .403 33.5

[edit] Events

[edit] January-March

• January 23 - Guido Rugo sells his interest in the Boston Braves to copartners Lou Perini and treasurer Joe Maney.

• January 26 - The baseball writers vote Mel Ott and Jimmie Foxx into the Hall Of Fame.

• March 10 - The St. Louis Browns reveal plans to move the club to Milwaukee because of poor attendance.

• March 21 - Pittsburgh Pirates' lefty first baseman Dale Long makes his first appearance as a catcher in an exhibition game against San Diego.

[edit] April-June

[edit] July-September

• July 10 - Exploding for a record four home runs, the National League trounces the American League 8-3 at the annual All-Star Game, at Briggs Stadium in Detroit. Pittsburgh Pirates' slugger Ralph Kiner hits a home run for the 3rd year in a row.

• July 17 - After pitching for Bill Veeck in Cleveland in 1948, Satchel Paige rejions him with the St. Louis Browns.

• August 11 - Robin Roberts of the Philadelphia Phillies beat the New York Giants, 4-0, dropping the Giants 13.5 games behind the first-place Brooklyn Dodgers.

[edit] October-December

• October 10 - Hank Bauer's bases-loaded triple propels the New York Yankees to a 4-3 win over the Giants and with it their 3rd straight championship. The Yankees beat the New York Giants 4 games to 2. Just before the game, Giants manager Leo Durocher turns over a letter he received to Ford Frick that offer the Giants manager a $15,000 bribe "if the Giants managed to lose the next 3 games".

• October 17 - the Yomiuri Giants win the Japan Series over the Nankai Hawks. Incredibly, they will win the pennant 19 times in the next 23 years, including 9 in succession (1965-1973).

[edit] Movies

• Rhubarb
• Angels in the Outfield

[edit] Births

[edit] January-March

• January 2 - Jim Essian
• January 2 - Bill Madlock
• January 6 - Don Gullett
• January 6 - Joe Lovitto
• January 14 - Derrel Thomas
• January 23 - Charlie Spikes
• February 4 - Stan Papi
• February 7 - Benny Ayala
• February 8 - Steve Dillard
• February 12 - Don Stanhouse
• February 15 - Tommy Cruz
• February 16 - Glenn Abbott
• February 25 - César Cedeño
• March 4 - Sam Perlozzo
• March 7 - Jeff Burroughs
• March 27 - Dick Ruthven

[edit] April-June

• April 5 - Rennie Stennett
• April 6 - Bert Blyleven
• April 11 - Sid Monge
• April 29 - Rick Burleson
• May 8 - Dennis Leonard
• May 12 - Joe Nolan
• May 18 - Jim Sundberg
• June 9 - Dave Parker
• June 24 - Ken Reitz
• June 29 - Bruce Kimm

[edit] July-September

• July 5 - Rich Gossage
• July 8 - Alan Ashby
• July 29 - Dan Driessen
• July 29 - Ken Kravec
• July 29 - Greg Minton
• August 1 - Pete Mackanin
• August 7 - Jim Sadowski
• August 9 -Steve Swisher
• August 19 - Butch Hobson
• August 21 - John Stearns
• August 22 - John Doherty
• August 27 - Buddy Bell
• August 28 - Joel Youngblood
• September 3 - Alan Bannister
• September 8 - Steve Barr
• September 28 - Dave Rajsich

[edit] October-December

• October 3 - Dave Winfield
• October 15 - Mitchell Page
• October 18 - Andy Hassler
• October 25 - Al Cowens
• October 26 - Steve Ontiveros
• November 3 - Dwight Evans
• November 16 - Herb Washington
• November 25 - Bucky Dent
• December 19 - Mike Flanagan
• December 24 - John D'Acquisto

[edit] Deaths

• January 26 - Bill Barrett, 50, outfielder for the Philadelphia Athletics, Chicago White Sox, Boston Red Sox and Washington Senators between 1921 and 1930
• February 6 - Gabby Street, 68, manager of the Cardinals' 1931 World Series champions, previously a catcher for Walter Johnson
• February 25 - Smokey Joe Williams, 64, fireballing Negro Leagues pitcher
• March 25 - Eddie Collins, 63, Hall of Fame second baseman and career .333 hitter for the Athletics and White Sox, the 1914 AL MVP, the sixth player to make 3000 hits, and second to Ty Cobb in career steals
• July 9 - Harry Heilmann, 56, right fielder and 4-time AL batting champion who batted .342 in his career, primarily with the Detroit Tigers
• August 2 - Guy Cooper, 68, pitcher for the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox in the 1910s
• August 10 - Win Kellum, 75, who in 1901 became the first Opening Day starting pitcher in Boston American League franchise's history
• September 16 - Bill Klem, 77, "father of baseball umpires" who worked in a record 18 World Series during a 37-year career, and introduced the inside chest protector
• November 19 - Marty Griffin, 40, pitcher for the 1928 Boston Red Sox
• November 26 - Pete Hill, 71, baseball's first great black outfielder
• December 5 - Shoeless Joe Jackson, 63, career .356 hitter who was the most prominent of the eight players banned from baseball after the Black Sox scandal
• December 8 - Bobby Lowe, 86, second baseman for multiple Boston champions in the 1890s