1951 Boston Red Sox season

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, 11 games behind the New York Yankees, who went on to win the 1951 World Series.

1951 Boston Red Sox
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record87–67 (.565)
League place3rd (11 GB)
Other information
Owner(s)Tom Yawkey
General manager(s)Joe Cronin
Manager(s)Steve O'Neill
Local televisionWBZ-TV, Ch. 4, and WNAC-TV, Ch. 7
Local radioWHDH-AM 850
(Curt Gowdy, Bob DeLaney, Tom Hussey)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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Offseason

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 11–1112–10–112–108–149–1315–714–8
Cleveland 14–810–12–117–57–1516–616–613–9
Detroit 10–1210–125–1710–1213–912–1013–9
New York 11–1114–815–712–1013–917–516–6
Philadelphia 7–1513–96–169–139–1314–812–10
St. Louis 7–157–156–1610–125–178–149–13
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

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
CLes Moss7120240.198326
1BWalt Dropo9936086.2391157
2BBobby Doerr106402116.2891373
SSJohnny Pesky131480150.313341
3BVern Stephens109377113.3001778
OFTed Williams148531169.31830126
OFDom DiMaggio146639189.2961272
OFClyde Vollmer11538697.2512285

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
Lou Boudreau8227373.267547
Buddy Rosar5817039.229113
Fred Hatfield8016328.172214
Charlie Maxwell498015.188312
Aaron Robinson267415.20327
Tom Wright286314.22219
Mike Guerra10325.15602
Matt Batts11294.13802
Al Evans12243.12502
Mel Hoderlein9145.35701
Norm Zauchin5122.16700
Sammy White4112.18200
Al Richter5111.09100
Bob DiPietro4111.09100
Karl Olson5101.10000

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
Mel Parnell3622118113.2677
Chuck Stobbs341701094.7675
Leo Kiely17113.1773.3446
Harley Hisner16014.503

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
Ray Scarborough371841295.0971
Mickey McDermott34172883.35127
Willard Nixon33125744.9070
Bill Wight34118.1775.1038
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
Ellis Kinder63112162.5584
Walt Masterson303023.3439
Bill Evans90004.113
Paul Hinrichs400021.601
Ben Flowers10000.002

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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