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The 1951 season of the American League was the fifty-first season of the league.

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Standings

Bold indicates league champion, Italics indicates World Series champion

Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS (RS/G)	RA (RA/G)	AVG	OBP	SLG	ERA	FPCT
1	New York Yankees	154	98	56	0	.636	-.-	798 (5.18)	621 (4.03)	0.269	0.345	0.408	3.56	0.975
2	Cleveland Indians	155	93	61	1	.600	5.0	696 (4.49)	594 (3.83)	0.256	0.333	0.389	3.38	0.978
3	Boston Red Sox	154	87	67	0	.565	11.0	804 (5.22)	725 (4.71)	0.266	0.356	0.392	4.14	0.977
4	Chicago White Sox	155	81	73	1	.523	17.0	714 (4.61)	644 (4.15)	0.270	0.343	0.385	3.50	0.975
5	Detroit Tigers	154	73	81	0	.474	25.0	685 (4.45)	741 (4.81)	0.265	0.336	0.380	4.29	0.974
6	Philadelphia Athletics	154	70	84	0	.455	28.0	736 (4.78)	745 (4.84)	0.262	0.346	0.386	4.47	0.978
7	Washington Senators	154	62	92	0	.403	36.0	672 (4.36)	764 (4.96)	0.263	0.333	0.355	4.49	0.973
8	St. Louis Browns	154	52	102	0	.338	46.0	611 (3.97)	882 (5.73)	0.247	0.315	0.357	5.18	0.971

League leaders

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Jerry Priddy Al Rosen Eddie Yost	Detroit Tigers Cleveland Indians Washington Senators	154
At Bats	Dom DiMaggio	Boston Red Sox	639
Runs Scored	Dom DiMaggio	Boston Red Sox	113
Hits	George Kell	Detroit Tigers	191
Doubles	George Kell Sam Mele Eddie Yost	Detroit Tigers Washington Senators Washington Senators	36
Triples	Minnie Minoso	Cleveland Indians/Chicago White Sox	14
Home Runs	Gus Zernial	Chicago White Sox/Philadelphia Athletics	33
Total Bases	Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	295
Runs Batted In	Gus Zernial	Chicago White Sox/Philadelphia Athletics	129
Stolen Bases	Minnie Minoso	Cleveland Indians/Chicago White Sox	31
Caught Stealing	Nellie Fox	Chicago White Sox	12
Walks	Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	144
Hit by Pitch	Minnie Minoso	Cleveland Indians/Chicago White Sox	16
Strikeouts	Gus Zernial	Chicago White Sox/Philadelphia Athletics	101
Sacrifice Hits	Phil Rizzuto	New York Yankees	26
Grounded into Double Plays	Sam Mele Vern Stephens	Washington Senators Boston Red Sox	22
Batting Average	Ferris Fain	Philadelphia Athletics	0.344
On-Base Percentage	Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	0.464
Slugging Percentage	Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	0.556
On-Base plus Slugging	Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	1.020
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	164

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Bob Feller	Cleveland Indians	22
Losses	Ted Gray Alex Kellner Bob Lemon Billy Pierce Duane Pillette Dizzy Trout	Detroit Tigers Philadelphia Athletics Cleveland Indians Chicago White Sox St. Louis Browns Detroit Tigers	14
Win-Loss Percentage	Ellis Kinder	Boston Red Sox	0.846
Appearances	Ellis Kinder	Boston Red Sox	63
Games Started	Bob Lemon Vic Raschi Early Wynn	Cleveland Indians New York Yankees Cleveland Indians	34
Complete Games	Ned Garver	St. Louis Browns	24
Shutouts	Allie Reynolds	New York Yankees	7
Games Finished	Ellis Kinder	Boston Red Sox	41
Saves	Ellis Kinder	Boston Red Sox	14
Innings Pitched	Early Wynn	Cleveland Indians	274.1
Batters Faced	Bob Lemon	Cleveland Indians	1139
Hits Allowed	Bob Lemon	Cleveland Indians	244
Home Runs Allowed	Bob Feller Dick Starr	Cleveland Indians St. Louis Browns/Washington Senators	22
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Tommy Byrne	New York Yankees/St. Louis Browns	150
Hit Batsmen	Tommy Byrne	New York Yankees/St. Louis Browns	15
Strikeouts	Vic Raschi	New York Yankees	164
Wild Pitches	Alex Kellner	Philadelphia Athletics	9
Balks	Dick Starr	St. Louis Browns/Washington Senators	4
Runs Allowed	Bob Lemon	Cleveland Indians	119
Earned Runs Allowed	Duane Pillette	St. Louis Browns	106
Earned Run Average	Saul Rogovin	Detroit Tigers/Chicago White Sox	2.78
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Ed Lopat	New York Yankees	1.193

All-Star Game

The American League lost the eighteenth midsummer classic at Briggs Stadium in Detroit, MI on Tuesday, July 10, 1951 by a score of 8 to 3. The league's manager was Casey Stengel.

Postseason

In the World Series, the American League champion New York Yankees defeated the National League's New York Giants, 4 games to 2.

Award winners

The winner of the league's Most Valuable Player Award, given its Most Valuable Player, was Yogi Berra, a catcher with the New York Yankees. In the award's voting, he had 184 out of a possible 336 points and 6 first place votes.

The winner of the league's Rookie of the Year Award, given its best rookie player, was Gil McDougald, a third baseman with the New York Yankees. In the award's voting, he had 13 out of a possible 24 points and 13 first place votes.

Hall of Fame Game

The tenth annual Hall of Fame Game was played on July 23 at Doubleday Field in Cooperstown, NY near the National Baseball Hall of Fame. In the game, the American League's Philadelphia Athletics lost to the Brooklyn Dodgers of the National League by a score of 9 to 4.

Umpires

• Charlie Berry
• Jim Duffy
• Bill Grieve
• Jim Honochick
• Cal Hubbard
• Eddie Hurley
• Bill McGowan
• Bill McKinley
• Larry Napp
• Joe Paparella
• Art Passarella
• Eddie Rommel
• Hank Soar
• Johnny Stevens
• Bill Summers