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1951 National League  Previous Year / Next Year Expanded Standings Team W L WL% GB NewYorkG NYG 98 59 .624 -- Brooklyn BRO 97 60 .618 1.0 St.Louis STL 81 73 .526 15.5 BostonBr BSN 76 78 .494 20.5 Phildlpa PHI 73 81 .474 23.5 Cincnnti CIN 68 86 .442 28.5 Pittsbgh PIT 64 90 .416 32.5 ChicagoC CHC 62 92 .403 34.5 Race Charts from BaseballRace.com: NL Postseason World Series (4-2):   New York Yankees over New York Giants BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this league (what's this?)

1951 AL | NL League Yearly Summary - Expanded Standings: AL | NL - Expanded Leaderboards: AL | ML | NL -
  Players: Batting - Pitching - Fielding -
  Other: New Debuts - Final Year - Born this year - Died this year - Transactions - Amateur Draft - League Splits

League Batting    Glossary

 Tm    R/G    R    G    AB    H    2B   3B  HR   BB    SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS  OPS+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 BRO  5.41   855  158  5492  1511  249  37  184  603   649  .275  .347  .434   89   70 117  5.28  5.54
 NYG  4.97   781  157  5360  1396  201  53  179  671   624  .260  .343  .418   55   34 114  5.12  4.84
 BSN  4.66   723  155  5293  1385  234  37  130  565   617  .262  .333  .394   80   34 108  4.71  4.62
 PIT  4.45   689  155  5318  1372  218  56  137  557   615  .258  .328  .397   29   27  97  4.97  3.91
 STL  4.41   683  155  5317  1404  230  57   95  569   492  .264  .335  .382   30   30 101  4.68  4.12
 PHI  4.21   648  154  5332  1384  199  47  108  505   525  .260  .324  .375   63   28  94  4.05  4.36
 CHC  3.96   614  155  5307  1327  200  47  103  477   647  .250  .312  .364   63   30  87  3.95  3.97
 CIN  3.61   559  155  5285  1309  215  33   88  415   577  .248  .302  .351   44   40  79  3.75  3.46
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 Tot  4.46  5552 1244 42704 11088 1746 367 1024 4362  4746  .260  .331  .390  453  293

League Pitching    Glossary

 Tm   R/G    RA    G   ERA    IP    H    H/G    BB  BB/G  HR    SO   CG  cgSHO tmSHO  SV ERA+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 NYG  4.08   641  157  3.48  1412  1334   8.5   482  3.1  148   625   64     9     0  18 113  3.95  4.22
 CIN  4.30   667  155  3.70  1390  1357   8.8   490  3.2  119   584   55    14     0  23 110  4.16  4.45
 BSN  4.27   662  155  3.75  1389  1378   8.9   595  3.8   96   604   73    16     0  12  98  3.97  4.57
 PHI  4.18   644  154  3.81  1384  1373   8.9   497  3.2  110   570   57    18     0  15 101  3.96  4.40
 BRO  4.25   672  158  3.88  1423  1360   8.6   549  3.5  150   693   64    10     0  13 101  4.05  4.45
 STL  4.33   671  155  3.95  1387  1391   9.0   568  3.7  119   546   58     9     0  23 100  4.09  4.58
 CHC  4.84   750  155  4.34  1385  1416   9.1   572  3.7  125   544   48    10     0  10  94  4.73  4.95
 PIT  5.45   845  155  4.79  1380  1479   9.5   609  3.9  157   580   40     9     0  22  88  5.96  4.94
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 TOT  4.46  5552 1244  3.96 11150 11088   8.9  4362  3.5 1024  4746  459          96 136

League Miscellaneous Stats    Glossary

 Tm    E   DP  Fldg% DefEff Attendance  Att/G    pW-pL  hmW-L rdW-L BPF PPF AgeB AgeP HOF  AS aAS Managers 
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------------------
 NYG  170  175  .972   .721  1,059,539  13,584   93-64  50-28 48-31 101  99 27.8 29.8   2   3  18 Durocher
 BRO  128  192  .979   .718  1,282,628  16,444   96-61  49-29 48-31 102  99 28.5 27.4   4   7  17 Dressen
 STL  125  187  .980   .711  1,013,429  12,828   78-76  44-34 37-39 101 100 29.5 29.5   3   4  19 Marion
 BSN  145  157  .976   .707    487,475   6,250   83-71  42-35 34-43  93  93 29.9 28.0   1   2  16 Southworth and Holmes
 PHI  138  146  .977   .712    937,658  12,177   77-77  38-39 35-42  99  97 27.6 28.2   2   4  11 Sawyer
 CIN  140  141  .977   .717    588,268   7,640   65-89  35-42 33-44 102 103 28.0 29.3   0   2  15 Sewell
 PIT  170  178  .972   .697    980,590  12,572   63-91  32-45 32-45 103 106 28.0 28.9   1   1  15 Meyer
 CHC  181  161  .971   .703    894,415  11,616   63-91  32-45 30-47 102 103 28.3 27.6   0   2  12 Frisch and Cavarretta
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------------------

League Awards
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Batting stats are BA/OBP/SLG.
Pitching stats are W-L ERA.

Award-Winners Complete Voting Results Most Valuable Player Roy Campanella BRO .325/.393/.590 Rookie of the Year Willie Mays NYG .274/.356/.472

League Leaderboards    Expanded Leaderboard (MLB Leaders) - Glossary
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Batting Average Musial-STL .355 Ashburn-PHI .344 Robinson-BRO .338 Campanella-BRO .325 Irvin-NYG .312	On-base % Kiner-PIT .452 Musial-STL .449 Robinson-BRO .429 Irvin-NYG .415 Stanky-NYG .401	Slugging % Kiner-PIT .627 Musial-STL .614 Campanella-BRO .590 Thomson-NYG .562 Hodges-BRO .527	OPS Kiner-PIT 1.079 Musial-STL 1.063 Campanella-BRO .983 Robinson-BRO .957 Thomson-NYG .947
Games Furillo-BRO 158 Hodges-BRO 158 Dark-NYG 156 Torgeson-BSN 155 Ashburn-PHI 154 Kluszewski-CIN 154 Reese-BRO 154	At Bats Furillo-BRO 667 Dark-NYG 646 Ashburn-PHI 643 Reese-BRO 616 Lockman-NYG 614	Plate Appearances (approx.) Furillo-BRO 724 Ashburn-PHI 712 Reese-BRO 711 Dark-NYG 700 Torgeson-BSN 690	Runs Kiner-PIT 124 Musial-STL 124 Hodges-BRO 118 Dark-NYG 114 Robinson-BRO 106
Hits Ashburn-PHI 221 Musial-STL 205 Furillo-BRO 197 Dark-NYG 196 Robinson-BRO 185	Total Bases Musial-STL 355 Kiner-PIT 333 Hodges-BRO 307 Campanella-BRO 298 Dark-NYG 293 Snider-BRO 293	Doubles Dark-NYG 41 Kluszewski-CIN 35 Campanella-BRO 33 Robinson-BRO 33 Furillo-BRO 32 Schoendienst-STL 32	Triples Bell-PIT 12 Musial-STL 12 Irvin-NYG 11 Baumholtz-CHC 10 Jethroe-BSN 10
Home Runs Kiner-PIT 42 Hodges-BRO 40 Campanella-BRO 33 Musial-STL 32 Thomson-NYG 32	RBI Irvin-NYG 121 Gordon-BSN 109 Kiner-PIT 109 Campanella-BRO 108 Musial-STL 108	Bases on Balls Kiner-PIT 137 Stanky-NYG 127 Westrum-NYG 104 Torgeson-BSN 102 Musial-STL 98	Strikeouts Hodges-BRO 99 Snider-BRO 97 Westrum-NYG 93 Jethroe-BSN 88 Strickland-PIT 83
Stolen Bases Jethroe-BSN 35 Ashburn-PHI 29 Robinson-BRO 25 Reese-BRO 20 Torgeson-BSN 20	Singles Ashburn-PHI 181 Furillo-BRO 145 Reese-BRO 138 Dark-NYG 134 Musial-STL 131 Wyrostek-CIN 131	Adjusted OPS+ Kiner-PIT 184 Musial-STL 182 Campanella-BRO 159 Robinson-BRO 154 Thomson-NYG 150	Runs Created Musial-STL 157 Kiner-PIT 150 Robinson-BRO 124 Irvin-NYG 118 Campanella-BRO 115
Adjusted Batting Runs Kiner-PIT 71 Musial-STL 70 Robinson-BRO 46 Campanella-BRO 42 Irvin-NYG 40	Batting Wins Kiner-PIT 6.9 Musial-STL 6.8 Robinson-BRO 4.5 Campanella-BRO 4.1 Irvin-NYG 3.9	Extra-Base Hits Kiner-PIT 79 Musial-STL 74 Hodges-BRO 68 Campanella-BRO 67 Thomson-NYG 67	Times on Base Musial-STL 304 Kiner-PIT 303 Ashburn-PHI 273 Robinson-BRO 273 Irvin-NYG 272
Offensive Win% Musial-STL .835 Kiner-PIT .828 Robinson-BRO .765 Campanella-BRO .762 Irvin-NYG .735	Hit By Pitch Pafko-TOT 12 Jethroe-BSN 11 Irvin-NYG 9 Robinson-BRO 9 Furillo-BRO 7	Sac. Hits Jones-PHI 19 Ashburn-PHI 17 Castiglione-PIT 16 Roberts-PHI 14 Cox-BRO 13 Meyer-PHI 13	Grounded into Double Plays Gordon-BSN 28 Adcock-CIN 25 Snider-BRO 23 Jackson-CHC 21 Hamner-PHI 20
Caught Stealing Reese-BRO 14 Torgeson-BSN 11 Adams-CIN 10 Snider-BRO 10 Robinson-BRO 8 Thompson-BRO 8	Power/Speed Number Jethroe-BSN 23.8 Torgeson-BSN 21.8 Robinson-BRO 21.6 Snider-BRO 18.9 Irvin-NYG 16.0	At Bats per Strikeout Mueller-NYG 36.1 Waitkus-PHI 27.7 Marshall-BSN 26.1 Schoendienst-STL 24.0 Robinson-BRO 20.3	At Bats per Home Run Kiner-PIT 12.6 Hodges-BRO 14.6 Pafko-TOT 15.2 Campanella-BRO 15.3 Thomson-NYG 16.2
Outs Furillo-BRO 499 Reese-BRO 485 Snider-BRO 475 Dark-NYG 474 Hamner-PHI 471	ERA Nichols-BSN 2.88 Maglie-NYG 2.93 Spahn-BSN 2.98 Roberts-PHI 3.03 Jansen-NYG 3.04 Roe-BRO 3.04	Wins Jansen-NYG 23 Maglie-NYG 23 Roe-BRO 22 Spahn-BSN 22 Roberts-PHI 21	Won-Loss % Roe-BRO .880 Maglie-NYG .793 Spencer-NYG .714 Newcombe-BRO .690 Jansen-NYG .676
BB + H per IP (WHIP) Raffensberger-CIN 1.086 Roberts-PHI 1.105 Jansen-NYG 1.112 Maglie-NYG 1.141 Newcombe-BRO 1.199	Hits Allowed/9IP Maglie-NYG 7.67 Newcombe-BRO 7.78 Blackwell-CIN 7.89 Branca-BRO 7.94 Queen-PIT 7.97	Bases on Balls/9IP Raffensberger-CIN 1.38 Jansen-NYG 1.81 Roberts-PHI 1.83 Roe-BRO 2.24 Sain-BSN 2.53	Strikeouts/9IP Queen-PIT 6.58 Rush-CHC 5.49 Newcombe-BRO 5.43 Branca-BRO 5.21 Spahn-BSN 4.75
Games Wilks-TOT 65 Werle-PIT 59 Konstanty-PHI 58 Spencer-NYG 57 Brazle-STL 56	Saves Wilks-TOT 13 Smith-CIN 11 Konstanty-PHI 9 Brazle-STL 7 King-BRO 6 Spencer-NYG 6 Werle-PIT 6	Innings Roberts-PHI 315.0 Spahn-BSN 310.7 Maglie-NYG 298.0 Dickson-PIT 288.7 Jansen-NYG 278.7	Strikeouts Newcombe-BRO 164 Spahn-BSN 164 Maglie-NYG 146 Jansen-NYG 145 Rush-CHC 129
Games Started Roberts-PHI 39 Maglie-NYG 37 Newcombe-BRO 36 Spahn-BSN 36 Dickson-PIT 35	Comp. Games Spahn-BSN 26 Maglie-NYG 22 Roberts-PHI 22 Dickson-PIT 19 Roe-BRO 19	Shutouts Spahn-BSN 7 Roberts-PHI 6 Raffensberger-CIN 5 Church-PHI 4 Fox-CIN 4 Staley-STL 4	Home Runs Allow. Dickson-PIT 32 Raffensberger-CIN 30 Roe-BRO 30 Maglie-NYG 27 Jansen-NYG 26
Bases On Balls Allow. Spahn-BSN 109 Dickson-PIT 101 Queen-PIT 99 Blackwell-CIN 97 Newcombe-BRO 91	Hits Allowed Dickson-PIT 294 Roberts-PHI 284 Spahn-BSN 278 Jansen-NYG 254 Maglie-NYG 254	SO to Walk Jansen-NYG 2.59 Raffensberger-CIN 2.13 Roberts-PHI 1.98 Rush-CHC 1.90 Newcombe-BRO 1.80	Losses Minner-CHC 17 Raffensberger-CIN 17 Ramsdell-CIN 17 Dickson-PIT 16 Surkont-BSN 16
Earned Runs Allow. Dickson-PIT 129 Roberts-PHI 106 Surkont-BSN 105 Spahn-BSN 103 Newcombe-BRO 99	Wild Pitches Meyer-PHI 9 Ramsdell-CIN 9 Jones-NYG 8 Nichols-BSN 8 Kelly-CHC 7 Lown-CHC 7 Newcombe-BRO 7 Rush-CHC 7 Spahn-BSN 7	Hit Batsmen Blackwell-CIN 9 Hiller-CHC 9 Ramsdell-CIN 8 Staley-STL 8 Surkont-BSN 7	Batters Faced Spahn-BSN 1289 Roberts-PHI 1274 Dickson-PIT 1241 Maglie-NYG 1210 Jansen-NYG 1133
Games Finished Konstanty-PHI 45 Wilks-TOT 40 Smith-CIN 35 King-BRO 31 Brazle-STL 28 Leonard-CHC 28	Adjusted ERA+ Maglie-NYG 134 Jansen-NYG 129 Roe-BRO 129 Brazle-STL 128 Nichols-BSN 128	Oldest Player Leonard-CHC 1909-03-25 (42) Mueller-BSN 1912-03-08 (39) Scheffing-TOT 1913-08-11 (37) Brazle-STL 1913-10-19 (37) Donnelly-BSN 1914-01-21 (37)	Youngest Player Chiti-CHC 1932-11-16 (18) Bolger- 1932-02-23 (19) Koski-PIT 1932-02-06 (19) Pettit-PIT 1931-11-29 (19) Mays-NYG 1931-05-06 (20)

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Box Score and Play-by-Play
Starters P. Robin Roberts (PHI) C. Roy Campanella (BRO) 1B. Gil Hodges (BRO) 2B. Jackie Robinson (BRO) 3B. Bob Elliott (BSN) SS. Alvin Dark (NYG) LF. Stan Musial (STL) CF. Richie Ashburn (PHI) RF. Del Ennis (PHI)		Ewell Blackwell* (CIN) Bruce Edwards (CHC) Larry Jansen (NYG) Willie Jones* (PHI) Ralph Kiner* (PIT) Dutch Leonard (CHC) Sal Maglie* (NYG) Don Newcombe* (BRO) Pee Wee Reese* (BRO)		Preacher Roe (BRO) Red Schoendienst* (STL) Enos Slaughter* (STL) Duke Snider* (BRO) Warren Spahn (BSN) Wally Westlake* (STL) Johnny Wyrostek* (CIN)

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