1951 Cleveland Indians season

The 1951 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished second in the American League with a record of 93–61, 5 games behind the New York Yankees.

1951 Cleveland Indians
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Ellis Ryan
General manager(s)Hank Greenberg
Manager(s)Al López
Local televisionWXEL
(Hal Newell)
Local radioWERE
(Jack Graney, Jimmy Dudley)
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 9856 0.636 56–22 42–34
Cleveland Indians 9361 0.604 5 53–24 40–37
Boston Red Sox 8767 0.565 11 50–25 37–42
Chicago White Sox 8173 0.526 17 39–38 42–35
Detroit Tigers 7381 0.474 25 36–41 37–40
Philadelphia Athletics 7084 0.455 28 38–41 32–43
Washington Senators 6292 0.403 36 32–44 30–48
St. Louis Browns 52102 0.338 46 24–53 28–49

Record vs. opponents

1951 American League Records

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHI STL WSH
Boston 11–118–1412–1011–1115–715–715–7
Chicago 11–1112–10–112–108–149–1315–714–8
Cleveland 14–810–12–117–57–1516–616–613–9
Detroit 10–1210–125–1710–1213–912–1013–9
New York 11–1114–815–712–1013–917–516–6
Philadelphia 7–1513–96–169–139–1314–812–10
St. Louis 7–157–156–1610–125–178–149–13
Washington 7–158–149–139–136–1610–1213–9

Notable transactions

Roster

1951 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other players

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CJim Hegan13341699.238643
1BLuke Easter128486131.27027103
2BBobby Ávila141542165.3041058
SSRay Boone151544127.2331251
3BAl Rosen154573152.26524102
OFLarry Doby134447132.2952069
OFBob Kennedy10832179.246729
OFDale Mitchell134510148.2901162

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Harry Simpson12233276.229724
Sam Chapman9424656.228636
Birdie Tebbetts5513736.263218
Snuffy Stirnweiss508819.21614
Barney McCosky316113.21302
Merl Combs19285.17902
Minnie Miñoso8146.42902
Paul Lehner12133.23101
Clarence Maddern11122.16700
Allie Clark3103.30013
Hal Naragon382.25000
Milt Nielsen1660.00000
Lou Klein220.00000
Ray Murray1111.00001
Thurman Tucker110.00000
Doug Hansen300---00

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Early Wynn37274.120133.02133
Bob Lemon42263.117143.52132
Mike Garcia4725420133.15118
Bob Feller33249.22283.50111
Johnny Vander Meer130118.002

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Steve Gromek27107.1742.7740
Bob Chakales1768.1344.7432
Sam Jones28.2012.084

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Lou Brissie544393.2050
George Zuverink160005.3314
Dick Rozek70002.935
Jerry Fahr50004.760
Bubba Harris20004.501

Awards and records

League leaders

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA San Diego Padres Pacific Coast League Del Baker
AA Dallas Eagles Texas League L. D. Meyer
A Wilkes-Barre Barons Eastern League Bill Norman
A Wichita Indians Western League Joe Schultz
B Cedar Rapids Indians Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Kerby Farrell
B Harrisburg Senators Interstate League Les Bell and Hal Cox
B Spartanburg Peaches Tri-State League Harry Griswold
C Bakersfield Indians California League Wimpy Quinn
C Fort Smith Indians Western Association Paul O'Dea
D Daytona Beach Islanders Florida State League Mike Tresh
D Batavia Clippers PONY League Ed Kobesky and Joe Vosmik
D Green Bay Blue Jays Wisconsin State League Phil Seghi

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Spartanburg[4]

Notes

  1. Grant Dunlap page at Baseball Reference
  2. Minnie Miñoso page at Baseball Reference
  3. Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 99, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  4. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

References

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