1951 Washington Senators season

The 1951 Washington Senators won 62 games, lost 92, and finished in seventh place in the American League. They were managed by Bucky Harris and played home games at Griffith Stadium.

1951 Washington Senators
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Clark Griffith (majority owner)
Manager(s)Bucky Harris
Local televisionWTTG
(Arch McDonald, Bob Wolff)
Local radioWWDC (FM)
(Arch McDonald, Bob Wolff)
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Offseason
  • December 4, 1950: Rubén Gómez was drafted by the Senators from the St. Jean Braves in the 1950 minor league draft.[1]

Regular season

Season standings
American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 9856 0.636 — 56–22 42–34
Cleveland Indians 9361 0.604 5 53–24 40–37
Boston Red Sox 8767 0.565 11 50–25 37–42
Chicago White Sox 8173 0.526 17 39–38 42–35
Detroit Tigers 7381 0.474 25 36–41 37–40
Philadelphia Athletics 7084 0.455 28 38–41 32–43
Washington Senators 6292 0.403 36 32–44 30–48
St. Louis Browns 52102 0.338 46 24–53 28–49

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—

Notable transactions
  • June 1951: Rubén Gómez was returned by the Washington Senators to the St. Jean Braves.[1]

Roster
1951 Washington Senators
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
1BMickey Vernon141546160.293987

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
Mike McCormick8124370.288123
Fred Taylor6122.16700

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
Don Johnson21143.27113.9552
Gene Bearden12.20016.881

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

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
Alton Brown70009.267

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AA Chattanooga Lookouts Southern Association Jack Onslow
B Havana Cubanos Florida International League Adolfo Luque
B Charlotte Hornets Tri-State League Cal Ermer
C Erie Sailors Middle Atlantic League Pete Appleton
D Roanoke Rapids Jays Coastal Plain League Morrie Aderholt
D Orlando Senators Florida State League Ed Levy
D Fulton Railroaders KITTY League Sam Lamitina

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Fulton

References
  1. Rubén Gómez page at Baseball Reference
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