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1951 Cleveland Indians season

Field	Value
name	Cleveland Indians
season	1951
league	American League
ballpark	Cleveland Municipal Stadium
city	Cleveland, Ohio
owners	Ellis Ryan
general_managers	Hank Greenberg
managers	Al López
television	WXEL
(Hal Newell)
radio	WERE
(Jack Graney, Jimmy Dudley)

(Hal Newell) (Jack Graney, Jimmy Dudley) |}} The 1951 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished second in the American League with a record of 93–61, 5 games behind the New York Yankees.

Offseason

March 20, 1951: Grant Dunlap was purchased from the Indians by the Shreveport Sports.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

April 30, 1951: Minnie Miñoso was traded by the Indians to the Chicago White Sox, and Sam Zoldak and Ray Murray were traded by the Indians to the Philadelphia Athletics as part of a three-team trade. The Athletics sent Lou Brissie to the Indians, and sent Paul Lehner to the White Sox. The White Sox sent Gus Zernial and Dave Philley to the Athletics.

Roster

1951 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers

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	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	133	416	99	.238	6	43
1B	128	486	131	.270	27	103
2B	141	542	165	.304	10	58
SS	151	544	127	.233	12	51
3B	154	573	152	.265	24	102
OF	134	447	132	.295	20	69
OF	108	321	79	.246	7	29
OF	134	510	148	.290	11	62

Other batters

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

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
122	332	76	.229	7	24
94	246	56	.228	6	36
55	137	36	.263	2	18
50	88	19	.216	1	4
31	61	13	.213	0	2
19	28	5	.179	0	2
8	14	6	.429	0	2
12	13	3	.231	0	1
11	12	2	.167	0	0
3	10	3	.300	1	3
3	8	2	.250	0	0
16	6	0	.000	0	0
2	2	0	.000	0	0
1	1	1	1.000	0	1
1	1	0	.000	0	0
3	0	0	----	0	0

Pitching

	= Indicates league leader

Starting pitchers

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
37	274.1	20	13	3.02	133
42	263.1	17	14	3.52	132
47	254.0	20	13	3.15	118
33	249.2	22	8	3.50	111
1	3.0	0	1	18.00	2

Other pitchers

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
27	107.1	7	4	2.77	40
17	68.1	3	4	4.74	32
2	8.2	0	1	2.08	4

Relief pitchers

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

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
54	4	3	9	3.20	50
16	0	0	0	5.33	14
7	0	0	0	2.93	5
5	0	0	0	4.76	0
2	0	0	0	4.50	1

Awards and records

League leaders

Bob Feller, American League leader, wins

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Spartanburg

Notes

References

1951 Cleveland Indians season at Baseball Reference

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/dunlagr01.shtml Grant Dunlap page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/minosmi01.shtml Minnie Miñoso page at Baseball Reference]
''Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures'', 2008 Edition, p. 99, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, {{ISBN. 978-0-451-22363-0
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition''. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

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