1951 Boston Red Sox season

1951 Boston Red Sox
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s) Tom Yawkey
General manager(s) Joe Cronin
Manager(s) Steve O'Neill
Local television WBZ-TV, Ch. 4, and WNAC-TV, Ch. 7
Local radio WHDH-AM 850
(Curt Gowdy, Bob DeLaney, Tom Hussey)
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The 1951 Boston Red Sox season was the 51st season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished third in the American League (AL) with a record of 87 wins and 67 losses.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB
New York Yankees9856.636--
Cleveland Indians9361.6045
Boston Red Sox8767.56511
Chicago White Sox8173.52617
Detroit Tigers7381.47425
Philadelphia Athletics7084.45528
Washington Senators6292.40336
St. Louis Browns52102.33846

Record vs. opponents

1951 American League Records

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHI STL WSH
Boston —11–118–1412–1011–1115–715–715–7
Chicago 11–11—12–10–112–108–149–1315–714–8
Cleveland 14–810–12–1—17–57–1516–616–613–9
Detroit 10–1210–125–17—10–1213–912–1013–9
New York 11–1114–815–712–10—13–917–516–6
Philadelphia 7–1513–96–169–139–13—14–812–10
St. Louis 7–157–156–1610–125–178–14—9–13
Washington 7–158–149–139–136–1610–1213–9—

Opening Day lineup

  7Dom DiMaggio    CF
10Billy GoodmanRF
  9Ted WilliamsLF
  5Vern StephensSS
  3Walt Dropo3B
  1Bobby Doerr2B
  4Lou BoudreauSS
11Buddy RosarC
15Bill WightP

Roster

1951 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
OFDom DiMaggio146639189.2961272

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Billy Goodman141546162.297050

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Harry Taylor3181.1495.7522

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Bill Evans90004.113

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Louisville Colonels American Association Pinky Higgins
AA Birmingham Barons Southern Association Red Marion
A Scranton Red Sox Eastern League Jack Burns
B Roanoke Red Sox Piedmont League Wally Millies
C San Jose Red Sox California League Marv Owen
C Oneonta Red Sox Canadian–American League Owen Scheetz
D High Point-Thomasville Hi-Toms North Carolina State League Jim Gruzdis
D Marion Red Sox Ohio–Indiana League Elmer Yoter

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Birmingham, Oneonta, High Point-Thomasville, Marion[3]

Notes

  1. ↑ Joe DeMaestri page at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ Bob Smith page at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

References


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