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
Top Draft Choices
Ted Abernathy (SP) - Washington Nationals
Ed Bouchee (1B) - Philadelphia Phillies
Bob Bruce (SP) - Detroit Tigers
Arnold Earley (RP) - Boston Red Sox
John Easton (LF) - Philadelphia Phillies
Carroll Hardy (LF) - Cincinnati Reds
Joe Hicks (LF) - Chicago White Sox
Ken Johnson (SP) - Philadelphia Athletics
Paul Jones (RP) - Pittsburgh Pirates
Bill Kern (LF) - Philadelphia Athletics
Don Lassetter (CF) - St. Louis Cardinals
Charlie Lau (C) - Detroit Tigers
Ramon Monzant (SP) - New York Giants
Final Standings
AL East: Boston Red Sox (108-58), Baltimore Orioles (97-69), New York Yankees (87-79), Cleveland Buckeyes (86-80), Philadelphia Athletics (82-84), Detroit Tigers (60-106)
AL West: San Francisco Seals (112-54), Kansas City Monarchs (101-65), Chicago White Sox (91-75), Los Angeles Angels (70-96), Seattle Rainiers (55-111), Dallas Rangers (47-119)
NL East: Atlanta Braves (95-71), New York Giants (88-78), Philadelphia Phillies (87-79), Brooklyn Dodgers (84-82), Pittsburgh Pirates (77-89), Washington Nationals (61-105)
NL West: Chicago Cubs (103-63), Minnesota Twins (100-66), St. Louis Cardinals (98-68), Cincinnati Reds (83-83), Milwaukee Brewers (77-89), Los Angeles Knights (43-123)
ALCS: San Francisco def. Boston 4-0
NLCS: Chicago Cubs def. Atlanta 4-0
WS: Chicago Cubs def. San Francisco 4-1
League Leaders
Batting Average - Mickey Mantle (BOS) .338
Home Runs - Ken Landenberger (PIT) 33
RBI - Mickey Mantle (BOS) 111
Stolen Bases - Art Pennington (BRO) 31
OBP + Slugging % - Mickey Mantle (BOS) .981
ERA - Alejandro Araujo (PHI) 2.24
Wins - Ferry Keunen (BOS) 23
Strikeouts - Dave Cole (ATL) 258