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1951 NL Statistics & Leaders

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League Standings     Minor League Standings
Click Division Name for Divisional History Chart
National Team W L WPct GB San Diego 112 50 .691 -- Montreal 103 59 .636 9 Pittsburgh 93 69 .574 19 St. Louis 83 79 .512 29 New York (N) 66 96 .407 46 Boston (N) 59 103 .364 53 Cincinnati 57 105 .352 55 Brooklyn 56 106 .346 56

Post-Season Results
World Championship (4-2)	Detroit Tigers over Montreal Expos
NL League Series (4-2)	Montreal Expos over San Diego Padres

League Batting Stats     Help
Team	R/G	R	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
MON	5.9	954	162	5498	1488	249	34	208	794	665	.271	.363	.442	.804
PIT	5.8	938	162	5513	1485	249	32	182	823	667	.269	.364	.425	.789
SDP	5.7	922	162	5561	1582	263	47	133	728	627	.284	.367	.420	.788
STL	5.5	898	162	5577	1504	258	27	173	787	663	.270	.360	.419	.779
NYG	4.9	791	162	5552	1463	262	14	151	668	751	.264	.343	.397	.740
CIN	4.4	716	162	5581	1442	214	40	113	549	741	.258	.325	.372	.697
BSN	4.3	703	162	5584	1445	227	25	98	535	654	.259	.324	.361	.685
BRK	4.3	700	162	5536	1410	207	33	97	548	735	.255	.322	.357	.678
Totals	5.1	6622	1296	44402	11819	1929	252	1155	5432	5503	.266	.346	.399	.745
Average		828	162	5550	1477	241	32	144	679	688

League Pitching Stats     Help
Team	R/G	R	G	ERA	IP	H	H/G	BB	BB/G	SO	SO/G	SV
SDP	3.9	628	162	3.63	1456.3	1446	8.9	335	2.1	536	3.3	23
MON	4.3	689	162	3.94	1446.0	1380	8.5	638	3.9	714	4.4	27
STL	4.9	795	162	4.40	1445.7	1407	8.7	742	4.6	787	4.9	19
PIT	5.0	809	162	4.62	1444.3	1476	9.1	644	4.0	757	4.7	34
NYG	5.7	920	162	5.42	1431.7	1480	9.1	784	4.8	679	4.2	20
CIN	5.9	949	162	5.54	1427.0	1525	9.4	872	5.4	779	4.8	19
BSN	6.0	972	162	5.42	1441.3	1562	9.6	812	5.0	723	4.5	25
BRK	6.0	972	162	5.56	1427.3	1631	10.1	724	4.5	506	3.1	17
Totals	5.2	6734	1296	4.81	11519.6	11907	9.2	5551	4.3	5481	4.2	184
Average		842	162		1440	1488		694		685		23

League Miscellaneous Stats     Help
Team	ExpW	ExpL	Diff	AS	aAS	BAW	PAW	RAW	FAW	PRF	PHrF	Attendance		Manager
SDP	108	54	4	8	12	1	9	1	24	0.98	0.87	2,384,985		Jamie D'Agostini
MON	104	58	-1	4	13	2	2	1	10	0.96	0.94	2,397,614		Hyram the Camel Jockey
STL	90	72	-7	4	11	2	10	3	13	1.01	1.16	1,459,016		Joel Roltgen
NYG	70	92	-4	3	20	0	1	1	22	1.08	1.19	1,813,620		Matt Ida
PIT	92	70	1	3	16	1	1	3	20	0.98	1.08	1,377,422		Jay Zorn
BSN	58	104	1	2	11	3	1	2	14	1.01	1.10	1,988,412		Ben Thompson
CIN	61	101	-4	1	12	1	1	0	12	1.06	1.22	1,424,192		Freddy Wills
BRK	57	105	-1	0	13	8	0	2	16	0.98	0.95	1,001,203		Ty Kubick

League Win Shares     Help
Team	Total	Offensive	Pitching	Fielding	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	OF
SDP	336	144.39	140.49	51.09	12.15	3.57	6.64	5.94	6.68	16.12
MON	309	148.53	112.07	48.38	13.37	1.94	4.99	5.94	8.20	13.94
PIT	279	145.39	92.15	41.43	4.51	2.61	9.04	7.28	6.93	11.07
STL	249	119.73	90.63	38.61	4.34	3.62	6.99	4.16	5.75	13.76
NYG	198	91.69	67.65	38.62	5.24	5.27	4.94	4.79	6.98	11.41
BSN	177	79.92	58.85	38.20	10.38	2.72	6.37	3.97	8.26	6.51
CIN	171	73.76	62.45	34.76	0.66	2.75	5.76	6.20	8.71	10.69
BRK	168	80.48	57.49	30.00	4.99	1.24	5.99	2.57	6.37	8.86

League Award Winners
Silver Slugger:	Gus Zernial	PIT	.341, 45 HR, 151 RBI
Platinum Arm:	Warren Spahn	STL	26-10, 2.16, 374.7 IP, 306 K
Bronze Rookie:	Bob Friend	PIT	25-10, 3.56, 326.3 IP, 95 K
Gold Glove Winners
P	Bob Gillespie	BRK	.970, 13 PO, 52 A, 2 E
C	Paul Gillespie	MON	.996, 454 PO, 44 A, 2 E 50.0% (20-40) Runners Thrown Out
1B	Earl Torgeson	STL	.987, 1566 PO, 121 A, 23 E
2B	Jerry Coleman	CIN	.981, 307 PO, 552 A, 17 E
3B	Tommy Glaviano	STL	.946, 91 PO, 368 A, 26 E
SS	Al Cuccinello	BSN	.987, 219 PO, 563 A, 10 E
LF	Roy Sievers	PIT	.993, 266 PO, 5 A, 2 E
CF	Sam Mele	STL	.994, 344 PO, 13 A, 2 E
RF	Larry Doby	SDP	.986, 329 PO, 15 A, 5 E

League Batting Leaderboards     Help

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

Batting Average Cuccinello BSN .346 Zernial PIT .341 Kurowski SDP .340 Dillinger SDP .325* Reese MON .317	On-Base Pct Fain MON .440 Reese MON .429 Kiner STL .428 Yost PIT .425 Torgeson STL .425	Slugging Pct Zernial PIT .625 Seerey NYG .592 Torgeson STL .559 Mele STL .531 Kiner STL .529	OPS Zernial PIT 1.043 Seerey NYG 1.013 Torgeson STL .984 Kiner STL .956 Kurowski SDP .938
XR Zernial PIT 129.7 Seerey NYG 118.6 Torgeson STL 118.1 Kiner STL 117.9 Kurowski SDP 116.4	Games Doby SDP 158 Kurowski SDP 157 Lake SDP 157 Sievers PIT 157 Ashburn BSN 156	At-Bats Bell CIN 607 Mele STL 604 Kell STL 599 Westlake SDP 599 Kurowski SDP 589	Runs Reese MON 132 Valo PIT 129 Torgeson STL 122 Zernial PIT 115 Lake SDP 113
Hits Kurowski SDP 200 Zernial PIT 191 Mele STL 187 Cuccinello BSN 183 Valo PIT 179	Total Bases Zernial PIT 350 Mele STL 321 Kurowski SDP 305 Seerey NYG 295 Sievers PIT 287	Singles Cuccinello BSN 151 Ashburn BSN 148 Kurowski SDP 147 Valo PIT 139 Hodgin CIN 138	Doubles Sievers PIT 42 Kell STL 40 Wakefield MON 37 Boudreau SDP 36 Fain MON 36
Triples Bell CIN 9 Kurowski SDP 8 Boudreau SDP 7 Dillinger SDP 7 Coleman CIN 6	Homeruns Zernial PIT 45 Seerey NYG 44 Torgeson STL 37 Kiner STL 34 Mele STL 32	RBIs Zernial PIT 151 Kiner STL 117 Wakefield MON 117 Irvin MON 116 Seerey NYG 114	Stolen Bases Ashburn BSN 43 Valo PIT 39 Mays CIN 28 Coleman CIN 27 Lupien BSN 25
Caught Stealing Ashburn BSN 19 Hopp   16 Valo PIT 16 Brown STL 13 Coleman CIN 13	Walks Yost PIT 157 Torgeson STL 133 Lake SDP 131 Kiner STL 130 Glaviano STL 122	Strikeouts Glaviano STL 103 Lopata PIT 103 Seerey NYG 103 Zernial PIT 101 Rosen MON 99

League Pitching Leaderboards     Help

ERA Spahn STL 2.16 Stobbs SDP 2.30 Roberts SDP 2.84 Johnson MON 3.28 Pollet   3.36	Wins Stobbs SDP 29 Roberts SDP 27 Spahn STL 26 Friend PIT 25 Overmire SDP 25	Losses Gumpert BSN 25 Jordan BRK 22 Church BRK 20 Gillespie BRK 20 Nuxhall STL 20	Winning Pct Stobbs SDP .853 Overmire SDP .758 Roberts SDP .730 Spahn STL .722 Friend PIT .714
Saves Banta PIT 18 Consuegra SDP 15 Albosta STL 14 Bankhead CIN 11 Johnson MON 11	Games Pitched Johnson MON 84 Banta PIT 78 White BSN 77 Thompson STL 76 Collum PIT 70	Games Started Meyer PIT 44 Nuxhall STL 44 Peterson PIT 44 Spahn STL 44 Brissie NYG 43	Complete Games Spahn STL 28 Roberts SDP 27 Stobbs SDP 22 Brissie NYG 19 Ferriss SDP 18
Shutouts Spahn STL 10 Stobbs SDP 5 Johnson MON 3 Kuzava MON 3 Friend PIT 2	Innings Pitched Spahn STL 374.7 Brissie NYG 345.7 Roberts SDP 339.7 Stobbs SDP 332.0 Friend PIT 326.3	Hits Allowed Meyer PIT 367 Jordan BRK 366 Friend PIT 349 Brissie NYG 343 Roberts SDP 336	Homeruns Allowed Ferriss SDP 42 Gumpert BSN 42 White MON 42 Brissie NYG 41 Brown BSN 39
Strikeouts Spahn STL 306 Peterson PIT 280 White MON 191 Meyer PIT 181 Pollet   176	Walks Allowed Nuxhall STL 189 Gumpert BSN 180 Antonelli NYG 158 Brissie NYG 152 Simmons STL 151	Walks per 9IP Roberts SDP 1.0 Stobbs SDP 1.0 Spahn STL 2.5 Ferriss SDP 2.6 Friend PIT 2.8	Hits per 9IP Spahn STL 6.7 Peterson PIT 6.7 Pollet   6.8 Stobbs SDP 7.9 Gray CIN 8.1
Strikeouts per 9IP Peterson PIT 8.4 Pollet   8.2 Gray CIN 7.7 Spahn STL 7.4 White MON 5.4	WHiP Stobbs SDP 0.99 Spahn STL 1.02 Roberts SDP 1.10 Peterson PIT 1.22 White MON 1.24	OAVG Spahn STL .207 Peterson PIT .207 Pollet   .213 Stobbs SDP .234 Gray CIN .240	OOBP Stobbs SDP .258 Spahn STL .264 Roberts SDP .274 White MON .298 Peterson PIT .299
OSLG Spahn STL .290 Stobbs SDP .303 Johnson MON .306 Peterson PIT .323 Pollet   .332	OOPS Spahn STL .554 Stobbs SDP .561 Peterson PIT .622 Johnson MON .623 Roberts SDP .633

League All-Stars
Gus Bell	Lou Boudreau	Bobby Brown
Paul Calvert	Al Cuccinello	Larry Doby
Monte Irvin	Earl Johnson	Whitey Kurowski
Eddie Lake	Cuddles Marshall	Stubby Overmire
Frank Papish	Kent Peterson	Del Rice
Robin Roberts	Bill Salkeld	Pat Seerey
Roy Sievers	Warren Spahn	Chuck Stobbs
Earl Torgeson	Dick Wakefield	Bill Wight
Gus Zernial

League Top Salaries
Rank	Name	Team	Salary
1.	Warren Spahn	STL	$ 29,426,120
2.	Elmer Valo	PIT	$ 12,785,000
3.	Lou Boudreau	SDP	$ 10,100,000
4.	Hank Sauer	MON	$ 10,000,000
	Johnny Mize	BSN	$ 10,000,000
6.	Earl Johnson	MON	$ 9,500,000
7.	Whitey Kurowski	SDP	$ 8,500,000
8.	Monte Irvin	MON	$ 8,300,000
9.	Pat Seerey	NYG	$ 8,000,000
10.	Pee Wee Reese	MON	$ 6,650,000
11.	Sherry Robertson	MON	$ 6,500,000
12.	Elbie Fletcher	BRK	$ 6,300,000
13.	Harry Brecheen	CIN	$ 6,250,000
14.	Chuck Stobbs	SDP	$ 6,042,857
15.	Johnny Vander Meer	BSN	$ 6,000,000
	Max Lanier	CIN	$ 6,000,000
17.	Stubby Overmire	SDP	$ 5,800,000
18.	Johnny Hopp	BRK	$ 5,350,000
19.	Ernie White	MON	$ 5,280,000
20.	Kent Peterson	PIT	$ 4,785,714
21.	Dick Wakefield	MON	$ 4,750,000
22.	Larry Doby	SDP	$ 4,642,857
23.	Lou Stringer	NYG	$ 4,500,000
	Frank Barrett	NYG	$ 4,500,000
	Jack Bolling	PIT	$ 4,500,000

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