1951 Chicago White Sox season

1951 Chicago White Sox
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Comiskey Park (since 1910)
Chicago (since 1900)
Other information
Owner(s)	Grace Comiskey
General manager(s)	Frank Lane
Manager(s)	Paul Richards
Local television	WGN-TV (Jack Brickhouse, Harry Creighton)
Local radio	WJJD/WCFL (Bob Elson)
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The 1951 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 51st season in the major leagues, and its 52nd season overall. They finished with a record 81–73, good for fourth place in the American League, 17 games behind the first place New York Yankees.

Offseason

November 16, 1950: Joe DeMaestri was drafted by the White Sox from the Boston Red Sox in the 1950 rule 5 draft.^[1]
Prior to 1951 season: Jay Porter was signed as an amateur free agent by the White Sox.^[2]

Regular season

May 1, 1951: Mickey Mantle hit his first big league home run against the White Sox. The pitcher who gave up the home run was Randy Gumpert.

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	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

Record vs. opponents

1951 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	WSH
Boston	—	11–11	8–14	12–10	11–11	15–7	15–7	15–7
Chicago	11–11	—	12–10–1	12–10	8–14	9–13	15–7	14–8
Cleveland	14–8	10–12–1	—	17–5	7–15	16–6	16–6	13–9
Detroit	10–12	10–12	5–17	—	10–12	13–9	12–10	13–9
New York	11–11	14–8	15–7	12–10	—	13–9	17–5	16–6
Philadelphia	7–15	13–9	6–16	9–13	9–13	—	14–8	12–10
St. Louis	7–15	7–15	6–16	10–12	5–17	8–14	—	9–13
Washington	7–15	8–14	9–13	9–13	6–16	10–12	13–9	—

Notable transactions

April 30, 1951: Gus Zernial and Dave Philley were traded by the White Sox to the Philadelphia Athletics as part of a three-team trade. Minnie Miñoso was traded to the White Sox by the Cleveland Indians, and Paul Lehner was traded to the White Sox by the Athletics. The Athletics sent Lou Brissie to the Indians. The Indians sent Sam Zoldak and Ray Murray to the Athletics.^[3]
June 4, 1951: Hank Majeski was traded by the White Sox to the Philadelphia Athletics for Kermit Wahl.^[4]
June 4, 1951: Kermit Wahl and Paul Lehner were traded by the White Sox to the St. Louis Browns for Don Lenhardt.^[4]
July 31, 1951: Ray Coleman was selected off waivers by the White Sox from the St. Louis Browns.^[5]

Opening Day lineup

Roster

1951 Chicago White Sox

Roster

Pitchers

59 Luis Aloma

27 Hal Brown

56 Bob Cain

29 Joe Dobson

12 Harry Dorish

27 Ross Grimsley

18 Randy Gumpert

34 Ken Holcombe

48 Howie Judson

23 Lou Kretlow

39 Dick Littlefield

16 Bob Mahoney

19 Billy Pierce

35 Saul Rogovin

49 Marv Rotblatt

Catchers

45 Joe Erautt

27 Sammy Hairston

38 Phil Masi

24 Gus Niarhos

45 Bud Sheely

16 Red Wilson

Infielders

8 Floyd Baker

5 Bob Boyd

17 Chico Carrasquel

14 Joe DeMaestri

25 Bob Dillinger

26 Nellie Fox

25 Gordon Goldsberry

5 Bert Haas

5 Hank Majeski

46 Eddie Robinson

Outfielders

3 Jim Busby

39 Ray Coleman

15 Paul Lehner

6 Don Lenhardt

9 Minnie Miñoso

9 Dave Philley

7 Bud Stewart

2 Al Zarilla

6 Gus Zernial

Other batters

49 Rocky Nelson

Manager

22 Paul Richards

Coaches

33 Jimmy Adair

44 Ray Berres

28 Doc Cramer

40 Luman Harris

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
Floyd Baker, 3B,2B	82	133	24	35	6	1	0	14	25	12	.263	0
Bob Boyd, 1B	12	18	3	3	0	1	0	4	3	3	.167	0
Jim Busby, CF	143	477	59	135	15	2	5	68	40	46	.283	26
Chico Carrasquel, SS	147	538	41	142	22	4	2	58	46	39	.264	14
Ray Coleman, OF	51	181	21	50	8	7	3	21	15	14	.276	2
Joe DeMaestri, SS,2B	56	74	8	15	0	2	1	3	5	11	.203	0
Bob Dillinger, 3B	89	299	39	90	6	4	0	20	15	17	.301	5
Joe Erautt, C	16	25	3	4	1	0	0	0	3	2	.160	0
Nellie Fox, 2B	147	604	93	189	32	12	4	55	43	11	.313	9
Gordon Goldsberry, 1B	10	11	4	1	0	0	0	1	2	2	.091	0
Bert Haas, 1B,RF	23	43	1	7	0	1	1	2	5	4	.163	0
Sam Hairston, C	4	5	1	2	1	0	0	1	2	0	.400	0
Paul Lehner, OF	23	72	9	15	3	1	0	3	10	4	.208	0
Don Lenhardt, LF	64	199	23	53	9	1	10	45	24	25	.266	1
Hank Majeski, 3B	12	35	4	9	4	0	0	6	1	0	.257	0
Phil Masi, C	84	225	24	61	11	2	4	28	32	27	.271	1
Minnie Miñoso, 3B,RF,LF	138	516	107	167	32	14	10	74	71	41	.324	31
Rocky Nelson, PH	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	0
Gus Niarhos, C	66	168	27	43	6	0	1	10	47	9	.256	4
Dave Philley, LF	7	25	0	6	2	0	0	2	2	3	.240	0
Eddie Robinson, 1B	151	564	85	159	23	5	29	117	77	54	.282	2
Bud Sheely, C	34	89	2	16	2	0	0	7	6	7	.180	0
Bud Stewart, LF,RF	95	217	40	60	13	5	6	40	29	9	.276	1
Red Wilson, C	4	11	1	3	1	0	0	0	1	2	.273	0
Al Zarilla, RF,LF	120	382	56	98	21	2	10	60	60	57	.257	2
Gus Zernial, LF	4	19	2	2	0	0	0	4	2	2	.105	0

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
Luis Aloma, P	25	20	2	7	1	0	0	2	1	5	.350	0
Hal Brown, P	4	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.000	0
Bob Cain, P	4	9	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	.333	0
Joe Dobson, P	28	46	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	20	.065	0
Fritz Dorish, P	32	31	2	8	2	0	0	0	0	3	.258	0
Ross Grimsley, P	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0
Randy Gumpert, P	37	45	5	15	1	0	0	9	2	9	.333	0
Ken Holcombe, P	28	44	5	11	1	0	0	3	3	16	.250	0
Howie Judson, P	27	33	0	4	0	0	0	1	2	14	.121	0
Lou Kretlow, P	26	48	1	4	0	0	0	5	2	24	.083	0
Dick Littlefield, P	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000	0
Billy Pierce, P	39	79	10	16	1	0	0	3	9	17	.203	0
Saul Rogovin, P	24	74	7	15	3	0	0	0	5	8	.203	1
Marv Rotblatt, P	26	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	0
Team totals	155	5378	714	1453	229	64	86	668	594	525	.270	99

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K
Luis Aloma	6	0	1.82	25	1	3	69.1	52	14	14	3	24	25
Hal Brown	0	0	9.35	3	0	1	8.2	15	9	9	3	4	4
Bob Cain	1	2	3.76	4	4	0	26.1	25	14	11	3	13	3
Joe Dobson	7	6	3.62	28	21	3	146.2	136	68	59	17	51	67
Fritz Dorish	5	6	3.54	32	4	0	96.2	101	50	38	6	31	29
Ross Grimsley	0	0	3.86	7	0	0	14.0	12	8	6	1	10	8
Randy Gumpert	9	8	4.32	33	16	2	141.2	156	74	68	20	34	45
Ken Holcombe	11	12	3.78	28	23	0	159.1	142	69	67	9	68	39
Howie Judson	5	6	3.77	27	14	1	121.2	124	67	51	9	55	43
Lou Kretlow	6	9	4.20	26	18	0	137.0	129	77	64	7	74	89
Dick Littlefield	1	1	8.38	4	2	0	9.2	9	12	9	1	17	7
Bob Mahoney	0	0	5.40	3	0	0	6.2	5	4	4	1	5	3
Billy Pierce	15	14	3.03	37	28	2	240.1	237	93	81	14	73	113
Saul Rogovin	11	7	2.48	22	22	0	192.2	166	64	53	11	67	77
Marv Rotblatt	4	2	3.40	26	2	2	47.2	44	21	18	4	23	20
Team totals	81	73	3.50	155	155	14	1418.1	1353	644	552	109	549	572

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Sacramento Solons	Pacific Coast League	Joe Gordon
AA	Memphis Chicks	Southern Association	Luke Appling
A	Colorado Springs Sky Sox	Western League	Skeeter Webb and Otto Denning
B	Waterloo White Hawks	Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League	Otto Denning, Ed Taylor and Skeeter Webb
C	Hot Springs Bathers	Cotton States League	Rex Carr
C	Superior Blues	Northern League	Buster Mills
D	Madisonville Miners	KITTY League	Burl Storie
D	Wisconsin Rapids White Sox	Wisconsin State League	Ira Hutchinson

Notes

↑ Joe DeMaestri at Baseball-Reference
↑ J. W. Porter at Baseball-Reference
↑ Minnie Miñoso at Baseball-Reference
1 2 Kermit Wahl at Baseball-Reference
↑ Ray Coleman at Baseball-Reference
↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

References

1951 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference

1951 MLB season by team

American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington

National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

1951 All-Star Game 1951 National League tie-breaker series 1951 World Series

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