1951 MLB season (Jayverse)

The 1951 MLB Season is the 51st Season for Major League Baseball

Expansion
Major League Baseball Added Four Teams (2 Teams in Each League), The American League now adds the Dallas Rangers and the Minnesota Twins while the National League adds the Cleveland Buckeyes and the Washington Nationals

The New Alignment Looked Like This

American League

East: Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Buffalo Bisons, Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees

West: Dallas Rangers, Los Angeles Angels, Minnesota Twins, New Orleans Browns, San Francisco Athletics, Seattle Rainiers

National League

East: Brooklyn Dodgers, Chicago Cubs, New York Giants, Philadephia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, Washington Senators

West: Atlanta Braves, Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Buckeyes, Kansas City Blues, Milwaukee Brewers, St. Louis Cardinals

Final Standings
AL East: Detroit Tigers (105-51), Chicago White Sox (85-71), Boston Red Sox (84-72), New York Yankees (78-78), Buffalo Bisons (74-82), Baltimore Orioles (62-94)

AL West: San Francisco Athletics (94-62), New Orleans Browns (92-64), Los Angeles Angels (89-67), Seattle Rainiers (66-90), Dallas Rangers (63-93), Minnesota Twins (44-112)

NL East: Philadelphia Phillies (97-59), Chicago Cubs (95-61), Pittsburgh Pirates (94-62), New York Giants (88-68), Brooklyn Dodgers (84-72), Washington Nationals (46-110)

NL West: Atlanta Braves (82-74), Cincinanti Reds (78-78), St. Louis Cardinals (73-83), Kansas City Blues (69-87), Milwaukee Brewers (68-88), Cleveland Buckeyes (62-94)

Playoffs

ALCS: Detroit Tigers def. San Francisco Athletics 4-3

NLCS: Philadelphia Phillies def. Atlanta Braves 4-3

World Series: Detroit Tigers def. Philadelphia Phillies 4-2

League Leaders
Batting Average - Andy de los Rios (Los Angeles) & George Kell (Detroit) .351

Home Runs - Harry Simpson (New Orleans) 42

RBI - Larry Doby (Boston) & Vic Wertz (Los Angeles) 121

Stolen Bases - Red Schoendienst (Cincinnati) 24

ERA - Samuel Jones (Atlanta) 2.56

Wins - Tomofumi Tatsunami (Brooklyn) 22

Strikeouts - Bill Miller (Kansas City) 264