1951

1951 in baseball
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Championships, events, culture, births, and deaths that occurred in 1951.

Club competitions

Professional

Asia and Australia

• Nippon Professional Baseball
  • Nippon Series: Yomiuri Giants (CL) over the Nankai Hawks (PL), 4 - 1 - 0 (Details)
    • Central League: Yomiuri Giants (Details)
    • Pacific League: Nankai Hawks (Details)
• Claxton Shield: New South Wales

Europe

• Baseball-Bundesliga: Baseball Club Stuttgart Phillies
• Hoofdklasse Honkbal: OVVO Amsterdam
• Serie A1: Nettuno B.C.

North America

• Major League Baseball
  • World Series: New York Yankees (AL) over the New York Giants (NL), 4 - 2 (Details)
    • American League: New York Yankees (Details)
    • National League: New York Giants (Details)

• Minor League Baseball
  • Junior World Series: Milwaukee Brewers (AA) over the Montreal Royals (IL), 4 - 2 (Details)
  • Alabama-Florida League: Dothan Browns
  • American Association: Milwaukee Brewers (Details)
  • Appalachian League: Kingsport Cherokees
  • Big State League: Gainesville Owls
  • Border League: Kingston Ponies
  • California League: Santa Barbara Dodgers
  • Canadian-American League: Oneonta Red Sox
  • Carolina League: Winston-Salem Cardinals
  • Central League: Dayton Indians
  • Coastal Plain League: New Bern Bears
  • Cotton States League: Natchez Indians
  • Eastern League: Scranton Red Sox
  • Evangeline League: Hammond Berries
  • Far West League: Klamath Falls Gems
  • Florida International League: St. Petersburg Saints
  • Florida State League: DeLand Red Hats
  • Georgia State League: Douglas Trojans
  • Georgia-Alabama League: LaGrange Troupers
  • Georgia-Florida League: Waycross Bears
  • Gulf Coast League: Brownsville Charros
  • International League: Montreal Royals (Details)
  • Interstate League: Wilmington Blue Rocks
  • Kansas-Oklahoma-Missouri League: Carthage Cubs
  • Kitty League: Fulton Railroaders
  • Longhorn League: Odessa Oilers
  • Middle Atlantic League: Niagara Falls Citizens
  • Mississippi-Ohio Valley League: Danville Dans
  • Mountain States League: Hazard Bombers
  • North Carolina State League: High Point-Thomasville Hi-Toms
  • Northern League: Grand Forks Chiefs
  • Ohio-Indiana League: Marion Red Sox
  • Pacific Coast League: Seattle Rainiers (Details)
  • Piedmont League: Norfolk Tars
  • Pioneer League: Great Falls Electrics
  • PONY League: Hornell Dodgers
  • Provincial League: Sherbrooke Athletics
  • Sooner State League: McAlester Rockets
  • South Atlantic League: Montgomery Rebels
  • Southern Association: Birmingham Barons
  • Southwest International League: Mexicali Eagles
  • Texas League: Houston Buffaloes
  • Three-I League: Quincy Gems
  • Tri-State League: Spartanburg Peaches
  • Virginia League: Elizabeth City Albemarles
  • West Texas-New Mexico League: Abilene Blue Sox
  • Western Carolina League: Shelby Farmers
  • Western Association: Topeka Owls
  • Western International League: Spokane Indians
  • Western League: Sioux City Soos
  • Wisconsin State League: Sheboygan Indians

• Liga Mexicana de Béisbol: Azules de Veracruz México defeated the Tuneros de San Luis in the finals, 4 - 1

• Negro Leagues
  • East-West Game: The team representing the East defeated the team representing the West by a score of 3 - 1 at Comiskey Park (Details)

• American Girls' Baseball League: South Bend Blue Sox defeated the Rockford Peaches in the playoff finals, 3 - 2 (Details)

Winter Leagues

• Serie del Caribe: in Caracas, Venezuela; Cangrejeros de Santurce (Puerto Rico) (Details)
  • Cuban Winter League: Habana
  • Panamanian League: Spur Cola
  • Liga de Béisbol Profesional de Puerto Rico: Cangrejeros de Santurce
  • Liga Venezolana de Béisbol Profesional: Navegantes del Magallanes
• Liga de Béisbol Profesional de la República Dominicana: Tigres del Licey defeated the Leones del Escogido in the league's finals, 4 - 1
• Mexican Pacific Coast League: Guaymas

Amateur

• College World Series (National Collegiate Athletic Association): The University of Oklahoma defeated the University of Tennessee in the best-of-three finals, 3 - 2 (Details)
• Community College League of California: Sacramento City College beat El Camino College in the finals
• National Baseball Congress World Series: Plymouth Oilers (Details)
• Japan High School Baseball Federation
  • National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament: Naruto High School (Tokushima) defeat Naruo High School (Hyogo), 3 - 2 in the championship (Details)
  • National High School Baseball Championship: Heian High School (Kyoto) defeat Kumagaya High School (Saitama), 7 - 4 in the championship (Details)
• Little League
  • Little League World Series: Stamford (Stamford, CT) defeat North Austin Lions (Austin, TX), 3 - 0 in the championship (Details)
• National Girls Baseball League: Tony Piet Queens

International competitions

• Baseball World Cup in Mexico (Details)
  • Puerto Rico (Gold); Venezuela (Silver); Cuba (Bronze)
• Pan American Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina (Details)
  • Cuba (Gold); United States (Silver); Mexico (Bronze)

Culture

Literature

• The Official Encyclopedia of Baseball, by S.C. Thompson and Hy Turkin

Film

• Angels in the Outfield
• Rhubarb

Births

Further information: Births in 1951

Deaths

Further information: Deaths in 1951

Further Reading

• Warren Corbett: "Voices for the Voiceless: Ross Horning, Cy Block, and the Unwelcome Truth", Baseball Research Journal, SABR, Vol. 47, Nr. 2 (Fall 2018), pp. 78-82.