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1951 Detroit Tigers season

Major League Baseball season

Field	Value
name	Detroit Tigers
season	1951
league	American League
ballpark	Briggs Stadium
city	Detroit, Michigan
record
league_place	5th
owners	Walter Briggs, Sr.
general_managers	Billy Evans
managers	Red Rolfe
television	WWJ
(Harry Heilmann, Paul Williams, Ty Tyson)
radio	WJBK/WXYZ
(Paul Williams, Ty Tyson)

(Harry Heilmann, Paul Williams, Ty Tyson) (Paul Williams, Ty Tyson) |}} The 1951 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fifth in the American League with a record of 73–81, 25 games behind the New York Yankees.

Offseason

January 20, 1951: Marv Grissom and George Vico were traded by the Tigers to the Seattle Rainiers for Wayne McLeland.

Regular season

On August 19, the Tigers played a doubleheader in St. Louis against the Browns. In the second game, after the Tigers had batted in the top of the first inning, the Browns sent midget Eddie Gaedel up to pinch-hit for leadoff batter Frank Saucier. Gaedel, at a height of 3'7", is to date the shortest player to appear in a Major League Baseball game. Umpire Ed Hurley challenged the decision to allow Gaedel to participate in an at-bat. Browns manager Zack Taylor produced a copy of Gaedel's contract. Tigers pitcher Bob Cain walked him. Jim Delsing pinch ran for Gaedel, but failed to score. The Tigers won the game, 6–2.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

All-Star Game

The 1951 All-Star Game was originally awarded to the Philadelphia Phillies. The City of Detroit was celebrating the 250th anniversary of its founding in 1701 and requested to host the year's All-Star Game. Although the National League was scheduled to host the game in '51, the game was moved to Detroit's Briggs Stadium to coincide with the city's celebration. The Phillies instead hosted the 1952 All-Star Game at Shibe Park.

Roster

1951 Detroit Tigers
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	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Joe Ginsberg	102	304	79	.260	8	37
1B	Dick Kryhoski	119	421	121	.287	12	57
2B	Jerry Priddy	154	584	152	.260	8	57
SS		129	487	129	.265	0	38
3B	George Kell	147	598	191	.319	2	59
OF	Hoot Evers	116	393	88	.224	11	46
OF	Vic Wertz	138	501	143	.285	27	94
OF	Johnny Groth	118	428	128	.299	3	49

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
Pat Mullin	110	295	83	.281	12	51
Don Kolloway	78	212	54	.255	1	17
Bud Souchock	91	188	46	.245	11	28
Neil Berry	67	157	36	.229	0	9
Bob Swift	44	104	20	.192	0	5
Aaron Robinson	36	82	17	.207	0	9
Charlie Keller	54	62	16	.258	3	21
Frank House	18	41	9	.220	1	4
Russ Sullivan	7	26	5	.192	1	1
Al Federoff	2	4	0	.000	0	0
Doc Daugherty	1	1	0	.000	0	0

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
Ted Gray	34	197.1	7	14	4.06	131
Fred Hutchinson	31	188.1	10	10	3.68	53
Hal Newhouser	15	96.1	6	6	3.92	37
Saul Rogovin	5	24.0	1	1	5.25	5

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
Dizzy Trout	42	191.2	9	14	4.04	89
Virgil Trucks	37	153.2	13	8	4.33	89
	35	149.1	11	10	4.70	58
Marlin Stuart	29	124.0	4	6	3.77	46
	6	11.0	0	1	8.18	0
Dick Marlowe	2	1.2	0	1	32.40	1

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
Hal White	38	3	4	4	4.74	23
	37	3	4	0	4.33	38
Hank Borowy	26	2	2	0	6.95	16
Earl Johnson	6	0	0	1	6.35	2
Ray Herbert	5	4	0	0	1.42	9
Paul Calvert	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

Farm system

Notes

References

1951 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/grissma01.shtml Marv Grissom] at ''Baseball Reference''
(2007). "Numbelievable!". Triumph Books.
''Numbelievable!'', p. 93
Vincent, David. (2001). "The Midsummer Classic: The Complete History of Baseball's All-Star Game". [[University of Nebraska Press]].

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