1951 IN BASEBALL

Headline Event of the Year

Baseball's Shot Heard 'Round the World gives the New York Giants the National League Pennant in the third game of a best-of-three-games tiebreaker series over the Brooklyn Dodgers.

Champions

Major League Baseball

★ World Series: New York Yankees over New York Giants (4-2)

★ All-Star Game, July 10 at Briggs Stadium: National League, 8-3

Other champions

★ Caribbean World Series: Cangrejeros de Santurce (Puerto Rico)

★ College World Series: Oklahoma

★ Japan Series: Yomiuri Giants over Nankai Hawks (4-2)

★ Little League World Series: Stamford, Connecticut

★ All-American Girls Professional Baseball League: South Bend Blue Sox

Awards and honors

★ MLB Most Valuable Player Award

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★ Yogi Berra, New York Yankees, C

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★ Roy Campanella, Brooklyn Dodgers, C

★ MLB Rookie of the Year Award

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★ Gil McDougald, New York Yankees, 3B

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★ Willie Mays, New York Giants, OF

★ The Sporting News Player of the Year Award

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★ Stan Musial St. Louis Cardinals

★ The Sporting News Manager of the Year Award

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★ Leo Durocher New York Giants

Statistical Leaders

	'American League'		'National League'
Type	Name	Stat	Name	Stat
AVG	Ferris Fain PHA	.344	Stan Musial STL	.355
HR	Gus Zernial PHA	33	Ralph Kiner NYG	42
RBI	Gus Zernial PHA	129	Monte Irvin NYG	121
Wins	Bob Feller CLE	22	Larry Jansen NYG & Sal Maglie NYG	23
ERA	Saul Rogovin CHW	2.78	Chet Nichols BSB	2.88
Ks	Vic Raschi NYY	164	Don Newcombe BRK & Warren Spahn BSB	164

Major League Baseball final standings

American League final standings

'American League'
'Club'	'Wins'	'Losses'	'Win %'	'GB'
New York Yankees	98	56	.636	--
Cleveland Indians	93	61	.604	5
Boston Red Sox	87	67	.565	11
Chicago White Sox	81	73	.526	17
Detroit Tigers	73	81	.474	25
Philadelphia Athletics	70	84	.455	28
Washington Senators	62	92	.403	36
St. Louis Browns	52	102	.338	46

National League final standings

'National League'
'Club'	'Wins'	'Losses'	'Win %'	'GB'
New York Giants	98	59	.624	--
Brooklyn Dodgers	97	60	.618	1
St. Louis Cardinals	81	73	.526	15.5
Boston Braves	76	78	.494	20.5
Philadelphia Phillies	73	81	.474	23.5
Cincinnati Reds	68	86	.442	28.5
Pittsburgh Pirates	64	90	.416	32.5
Chicago Cubs	62	92	.403	33.5

Events

January-March

★ January 23 - Guido Rugo sells his interest in the Boston Braves to copartners Lou Perini and treasurer Joe Maney.

★ January 26 - The baseball writers vote Mel Ott and Jimmie Foxx into the Hall Of Fame.

★ March 10 - The St. Louis Browns reveal plans to move the club to Milwaukee because of poor attendance.

★ March 21 - Pittsburgh Pirates' lefty first baseman Dale Long makes his first appearance as a catcher in an exhibition game against San Diego.

April-June

July-September

★ July 10 - Exploding for a record four home runs, the National League trounces the American League 8-3 at the annual All-Star Game, at Briggs Stadium in Detroit. Pittsburgh Pirates' slugger Ralph Kiner hits a home run for the 3rd year in a row.

★ July 17 - After pitching for Bill Veeck in Cleveland in 1948, Satchel Paige rejions him with the St. Louis Browns.

★ August 11 - Robin Roberts of the Philadelphia Phillies beat the New York Giants, 4-0, dropping the Giants 13.5 games behind the first-place Brooklyn Dodgers.

October-December

★ October 10 - Hank Bauer's bases-loaded triple propels the New York Yankees to a 4-3 win over the Giants and with it their 3rd straight championship. The Yankees beat the New York Giants 4 games to 2. Just before the game, Giants manager Leo Durocher turns over a letter he received to Ford Frick that offer the Giants manager a $15,000 bribe "if the Giants managed to lose the next 3 games".

★ October 17 - the Yomiuri Giants win the Japan Series over the Nankai Hawks. Incredibly, they will win the pennant 19 times in the next 23 years, including 9 in succession (1965-1973).

Movies

★ ''Rhubarb''

★ ''Angels in the Outfield''

Births

Deaths

★ January 26 - Bill Barrett, 50, outfielder for the Philadelphia Athletics, Chicago White Sox, Boston Red Sox and Washington Senators between 1921 and 1930

★ February 6 - Gabby Street, 68, manager of the Cardinals' 1931 World Series champions, previously a catcher for Walter Johnson

★ February 25 - Smokey Joe Williams, 64, fireballing Negro Leagues pitcher

★ March 25 - Eddie Collins, 63, Hall of Fame second baseman and career .333 hitter for the Athletics and White Sox, the 1914 AL MVP, the sixth player to make 3000 hits, and second to Ty Cobb in career steals

★ July 9 - Harry Heilmann, 56, right fielder and 4-time AL batting champion who batted .342 in his career, primarily with the Detroit Tigers

★ August 2 - Guy Cooper, 68, pitcher for the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox in the 1910s

★ September 16 - Bill Klem, 77, "father of baseball umpires" who worked in a record 18 World Series during a 37-year career, and introduced the inside chest protector

★ November 26 - Pete Hill, 71, baseball's first great black outfielder

★ December 5 - Shoeless Joe Jackson, 63, career .356 hitter who was the most prominent of the eight players banned from baseball after the Black Sox scandal

★ December 8 - Bobby Lowe, 86, second baseman for multiple Boston champions in the 1890s

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