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) with the addition of the Dallas Rangers and the Seattle Rainiers to the American League and the Washington Nationals and the Los Angeles Knights to the National League ushering the start of Divisional Play

American League

East: Boston Red Sox, Philadelphia Athletics, New York Yankees, Detroit Tigers, Cleveland Buckeyes, Baltimore Orioles

West: San Francisco Seals, Chicago White Sox, Kansas City Monarchs, Los Angeles Angels, Seattle Rainiers, Dallas Rangers

National League

East: Atlanta Braves, Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Giants, Pittsburgh Pirates, Philadelphia Phillies, Washington Nationals

West: Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals, Minnesota Twins, Cincinnati Reds, Milwaukee Brewers, Los Angeles Knights

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