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1951 AL Statistics & Leaders

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League Standings     Minor League Standings
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American Team W L WPct GB Seattle 101 61 .623 -- Detroit 99 63 .611 2 Minnesota 89 73 .549 12 Oakland 84 78 .519 17 Tampa Bay 83 79 .512 18 Boston (A) 74 88 .457 27 New York (A) 69 93 .426 32 Cleveland 68 94 .420 33

Post-Season Results
World Championship (4-2)	Detroit Tigers over Montreal Expos
AL League Series (4-1)	Detroit Tigers over Seattle Mariners

League Batting Stats     Help
Team	R/G	R	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
SEM	6.3	1026	162	5739	1632	342	37	206	710	677	.284	.363	.465	.828
DET	6.0	967	162	5605	1550	291	39	136	821	635	.277	.369	.415	.784
TAM	5.5	893	162	5699	1584	243	50	201	731	649	.278	.360	.444	.804
OAK	5.1	820	162	5623	1575	264	26	139	597	525	.280	.349	.410	.760
BOS	5.0	805	162	5495	1379	268	34	181	716	771	.251	.337	.411	.748
MIN	4.9	798	162	5619	1504	294	46	145	596	649	.268	.338	.414	.752
NYA	4.8	781	162	5571	1452	247	34	184	578	732	.261	.330	.416	.746
CLE	4.7	765	162	5648	1465	237	32	158	607	632	.259	.331	.397	.728
Totals	5.3	6855	1296	44999	12141	2186	298	1350	5356	5270	.270	.347	.422	.769
Average		857	162	5625	1518	273	37	169	670	659

League Pitching Stats     Help
Team	R/G	R	G	ERA	IP	H	H/G	BB	BB/G	SO	SO/G	SV
MIN	4.6	751	162	4.07	1461.0	1389	8.6	586	3.6	693	4.3	28
SEM	4.7	767	162	4.27	1463.0	1609	9.9	430	2.7	575	3.5	28
TAM	5.1	824	162	4.69	1469.3	1567	9.7	639	3.9	687	4.2	32
OAK	5.1	827	162	4.50	1439.3	1409	8.7	752	4.6	766	4.7	31
DET	5.2	839	162	4.81	1456.3	1449	8.9	670	4.1	763	4.7	37
BOS	5.4	874	162	5.01	1436.0	1547	9.5	704	4.3	512	3.2	20
NYA	5.6	914	162	5.21	1431.3	1562	9.6	614	3.8	659	4.1	30
CLE	5.8	947	162	5.26	1442.3	1521	9.4	842	5.2	637	3.9	26
Totals	5.2	6743	1296	4.72	11598.6	12053	9.3	5237	4.0	5292	4.1	232
Average		843	162		1450	1507		655		662		29

League Miscellaneous Stats     Help
Team	ExpW	ExpL	Diff	AS	aAS	BAW	PAW	RAW	FAW	PRF	PHrF	Attendance		Manager
SEM	102	60	-1	6	15	0	1	2	25	0.99	0.90	2,378,680		Peter Fletcher
DET	91	71	8	5	14	10	1	1	19	0.98	1.04	2,390,620		Pie Traynor
MIN	85	77	4	4	12	7	6	3	26	1.04	0.92	2,050,611		Joe Kuhel
TAM	87	75	-4	4	18	0	0	2	23	0.94	0.84	2,303,878		Ricky Sanford
OAK	80	82	4	3	17	0	0	0	23	0.96	0.90	1,857,135		Marwan Najdawi
NYA	69	93	0	2	11	0	0	0	10	1.04	1.13	923,699		Jason Spiegel
BOS	75	87	-1	1	12	0	1	5	8	0.95	0.95	2,264,633		Brian Rodgers
CLE	65	97	3	0	7	2	0	1	17	1.05	0.94	943,052		Jason Morton

League Win Shares     Help
Team	Total	Offensive	Pitching	Fielding	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	OF
SEM	303	160.91	101.25	40.81	6.06	2.67	7.32	6.95	6.79	11.03
DET	297	163.94	87.14	45.91	5.21	4.04	7.32	6.28	6.97	16.10
MIN	267	102.86	116.31	47.79	12.83	2.29	6.46	3.20	9.82	13.20
OAK	252	121.35	86.67	43.96	9.99	2.83	6.38	3.25	7.60	13.92
TAM	249	126.80	79.73	42.44	5.36	3.85	7.81	6.25	8.81	10.36
BOS	222	112.78	72.66	36.53	11.29	1.64	5.50	3.81	6.80	7.49
NYA	207	98.38	72.21	36.39	6.24	4.17	5.36	4.64	5.99	9.98
CLE	204	96.60	67.82	39.55	5.07	4.85	5.24	5.01	4.33	15.07

League Award Winners
Silver Slugger:	Ted Williams	DET	.348, 37 HR, 143 RBI
Platinum Arm:	Bob Rush	MIN	23-14, 2.59, 362.0 IP, 155 K
Bronze Rookie:	Carl Scheib	SEM	17-10, 3.52, 227.3 IP, 157 K
Gold Glove Winners
P	Red Munger	CLE	.978, 23 PO, 66 A, 2 E
C	Roy Campanella	MIN	.995, 556 PO, 55 A, 3 E 46.2% (18-39) Runners Thrown Out
1B	Vic Wertz	SEM	.992, 1811 PO, 167 A, 15 E
2B	Bill Serena	SEM	.981, 337 PO, 630 A, 19 E
3B	Sid Gordon	TAM	.957, 79 PO, 298 A, 17 E
SS	Buddy Blattner	BOS	.981, 226 PO, 548 A, 15 E
LF	Gene Woodling	TAM	.993, 268 PO, 4 A, 2 E
CF	Wally Judnich	DET	.997, 339 PO, 7 A, 1 E
RF	Buddy Lewis	CLE	.996, 274 PO, 9 A, 1 E

League Batting Leaderboards     Help

(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances requirement.

Batting Average Stephens SEM .354 Williams DET .348 Adcock NYA .329 Ennis MIN .326 Edwards   .324	On-Base Pct Williams DET .494 Schultz SEM .418* Stanky DET .413 Woodling TAM .411 Blattner BOS .408	Slugging Pct Musial SEM .638 Williams DET .628 Adcock NYA .598 Woodling TAM .582 Lukon BOS .569	OPS Williams DET 1.122 Musial SEM 1.027 Adcock NYA .998 Woodling TAM .993 Stephens SEM .947
XR Williams DET 156.6 Woodling TAM 129.5 Stephens SEM 117.9 Adcock NYA 117.2 Kluszewski OAK 112.3	Games Gionfriddo MIN 158 Dark MIN 156 Dimaggio MIN 156 Furillo OAK 156 Lewis CLE 156	At-Bats Reiser TAM 649 Stephens SEM 619 Kluszewski OAK 617 Cavarretta SEM 615 Hartsfield NYA 613	Runs Williams DET 144 Stirnweiss DET 133 Heath SEM 127 Wertz SEM 122 Serena SEM 117
Hits Stephens SEM 219 Ennis MIN 197 Kluszewski OAK 197 Cox DET 189 Williams DET 188	Total Bases Williams DET 340 Stephens SEM 336 Woodling TAM 336 Adcock NYA 333 Kluszewski OAK 331	Singles Stephens SEM 148 Hartsfield NYA 140 Cox DET 129 Furillo OAK 128 Kluszewski OAK 128	Doubles Cavarretta SEM 52 Blattner BOS 46 Cox DET 46 Stephens SEM 46 Ennis MIN 43
Triples Reiser TAM 10 Robinson BOS 10 Stirnweiss DET 10 Lewis CLE 9 Ennis MIN 8	Homeruns Lukon BOS 44 Woodling TAM 42 Hodges NYA 40 Adcock NYA 39 Williams DET 37	RBIs Williams DET 143 Woodling TAM 142 Wertz SEM 133 Musial SEM 129 Stephens SEM 129	Stolen Bases Stirnweiss DET 40 Gionfriddo MIN 36 Hatton TAM 24 Reiser TAM 24 Hartsfield NYA 20
Caught Stealing Stirnweiss DET 13 Collins NYA 11 Gionfriddo MIN 11 Reiser TAM 11 Hartsfield NYA 10	Walks Williams DET 163 Woodling TAM 110 Serena SEM 108 Keller BOS 106 Stanky DET 106	Strikeouts Snider MIN 151 Keller BOS 109 Lucadello OAK 103 Serena SEM 103 Ryan BOS 99

League Pitching Leaderboards     Help

ERA Rush MIN 2.59 Harris DET 3.30 Scheib SEM 3.52 Shantz OAK 3.77 Kiely TAM 3.79	Wins Hutchinson SEM 23 Rush MIN 23 Shantz OAK 23 Pierce TAM 19 Embree DET 18	Losses Munger CLE 19 Newhouser CLE 19 Chipman MIN 18 Johnson CLE 18 Pierce TAM 18	Winning Pct Haynes   .800 Embree DET .720 Shantz OAK .719 Kellner TAM .680 Werle DET .667
Saves Wynn TAM 23 Wilks OAK 21 Iott SEM 20 Suchecki CLE 15 Kramer NYA 12	Games Pitched Wynn TAM 103 Chambers NYA 90 Zuverink CLE 82 Porterfield TAM 81 Harris DET 78	Games Started Chipman MIN 44 Hutchinson SEM 44 Johnson CLE 44 Newhouser CLE 44 Pierce TAM 44	Complete Games Rush MIN 21 Parnell BOS 20 Hutchinson SEM 19 Scheib SEM 14 Donovan SEM 11
Shutouts Rush MIN 6 Newcombe NYA 3 Rogovin NYA 3 Coleman OAK 2 Head OAK 2	Innings Pitched Rush MIN 362.0 Hutchinson SEM 344.0 Pierce TAM 320.0 Chipman MIN 310.0 Newcombe NYA 293.3	Hits Allowed Hutchinson SEM 386 Donovan SEM 334 Pierce TAM 329 Parnell BOS 320 Newhouser CLE 318	Homeruns Allowed Pierce TAM 51 Hutchinson SEM 49 Werle DET 42 Newhouser CLE 40 Chipman MIN 38
Strikeouts Pierce TAM 209 Newcombe NYA 195 Scarborough MIN 187 Johnson CLE 160 Scheib SEM 157	Walks Allowed Newhouser CLE 180 Head OAK 162 Byerly BOS 148 Scarborough MIN 145 Vander Meer   142	Walks per 9IP Hutchinson SEM 1.7 Haynes   1.8 Rush MIN 2.0 Landrum NYA 2.6 Jansen BOS 2.7	Hits per 9IP Rush MIN 7.3 Cecil CLE 7.4 Hughes OAK 7.6 Scarborough MIN 8.0 Harris DET 8.0
Strikeouts per 9IP Jones OAK 6.4 Scheib SEM 6.2 Cecil CLE 6.1 Newcombe NYA 6.0 Pierce TAM 5.9	WHiP Rush MIN 1.03 Chipman MIN 1.25 Jansen BOS 1.27 Werle DET 1.27 Harris DET 1.27	OAVG Rush MIN .218 Cecil CLE .224 Hughes OAK .231 Scarborough MIN .234 Harris DET .235	OOBP Rush MIN .262 Chipman MIN .299 Jansen BOS .303 Harris DET .306 Werle DET .309
OSLG Rush MIN .310 Hughes OAK .343 Harris DET .358 Johnson CLE .372 Cecil CLE .376	OOPS Rush MIN .572 Harris DET .664 Hughes OAK .679 Chipman MIN .691 Shantz OAK .696

League All-Stars
Joe Adcock	Buddy Blattner	Phil Cavarretta
Billy Cox	Joe Dimaggio	Del Ennis
Sid Gordon	Gil Hodges	Tommy Hughes
Fred Hutchinson	Hooks Iott	Leo Kiely
Ted Kluszewski	Stan Musial	Butch Nieman
Bob Rush	Marius Russo	Ray Scarborough
Bill Serena	Bobby Shantz	Vern Stephens
Bill Werle	Ted Williams	Gene Woodling
Early Wynn

League Top Salaries
Rank	Name	Team	Salary
1.	Gene Woodling	TAM	$ 15,500,000
2.	Ted Williams	DET	$ 15,340,000
3.	Stan Musial	SEM	$ 13,000,000
4.	Dave Koslo	OAK	$ 11,500,000
5.	Pete Reiser	TAM	$ 10,910,000
6.	Ed Head	OAK	$ 10,000,000
7.	Buddy Blattner	BOS	$ 9,180,000
8.	Joe Dimaggio	MIN	$ 9,000,000
9.	Walt Masterson	DET	$ 8,800,000
10.	Howie Pollet	DET	$ 8,500,000
11.	Buddy Lewis	CLE	$ 7,800,000
12.	Bob Chipman	MIN	$ 7,500,000
	Wally Judnich	DET	$ 7,500,000
14.	Hal Wagner	OAK	$ 6,750,000
15.	Al Javery	MIN	$ 6,510,000
16.	Johnny Sain	BOS	$ 6,500,000
17.	Bud Byerly	BOS	$ 6,410,000
18.	Joe Schultz	SEM	$ 6,000,000
	Sid Gordon	TAM	$ 6,000,000
	Vern Stephens	SEM	$ 6,000,000
21.	Joe Haynes	SEM	$ 5,800,000
22.	Charlie Keller	BOS	$ 5,500,000
23.	Del Ennis	MIN	$ 5,371,429
24.	Gil Hodges	NYA	$ 5,290,000
25.	Billy Cox	DET	$ 5,240,000

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