1951 American League Stats

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1951 American League Standings

1951 National League

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Rank	Team	W-L	Games Behind	Runs Scored	Runs Allowed	Expected W-L	Shark WAR W-L	Attendance	Shark WAR	Batting WAR	Fielding WAR	Pitching WAR
1	New York Yankees	98-56 (0.636)	-	798	621	94-60 (0.613)	95-59 (0.617)	1,950,107	50.3	25.4	2.9	22.0
2	Cleveland Indians	93-61 (0.604)	5.0	696	594	88-66 (0.572)	90-64 (0.584)	1,704,984	44.8	20.1	0.9	23.8
3	Boston Red Sox	87-67 (0.565)	11.0	804	725	84-70 (0.547)	85-69 (0.552)	1,312,282	40.0	18.3	2.9	18.7
4	Chicago White Sox	81-73 (0.526)	17.0	714	644	84-70 (0.547)	88-66 (0.571)	1,328,234	43.2	20.3	0.7	22.1
5	Detroit Tigers	73-81 (0.474)	25.0	685	741	71-83 (0.464)	73-81 (0.474)	1,132,641	27.6	13.6	2.0	12.0
6	Philadelphia Athletics	70-84 (0.455)	28.0	736	745	76-78 (0.494)	80-74 (0.519)	465,469	35.2	18.0	7.6	9.6
7	Washington Senators	62-92 (0.403)	36.0	672	764	68-86 (0.442)	60-94 (0.390)	695,167	14.5	10.2	-0.9	5.2
8	St. Louis Browns	52-102 (0.338)	46.0	611	882	52-102 (0.338)	44-110 (0.286)	293,790	-0.8	1.5	0.7	-3.0

Batting WAR Leaders

Rank	Player Name	Team	Pos	Age	Batting WAR	Shark WAR	G	PA	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SB	CS	wRC	OBP	SLG
1	Ted Williams	BOS	LF	32	7.9	7.9	148	675	169	28	4	30	144	1	1	145.999	0.464	0.556
2	Minnie Miñoso	2 teams	1B	27	6.3	6.8	146	622	173	34	14	10	72	31	10	114.320	0.420	0.500
3	Larry Doby	CLE	CF	27	5.9	6.4	134	551	132	27	5	20	101	4	1	105.177	0.428	0.512
4	Eddie Yost	WS1	3B	24	5.4	3.9	154	716	161	36	4	12	126	6	4	117.651	0.423	0.424
5	Eddie Joost	PHA	SS	35	4.9	6.5	140	667	160	28	5	19	106	10	8	112.978	0.409	0.461
6	Ferris Fain	PHA	1B	30	4.8	4.8	117	511	146	30	3	6	80	0	3	96.309	0.451	0.471
7	Eddie Robinson	CHA	1B	30	4.6	3.0	151	649	159	23	5	29	77	2	5	104.689	0.371	0.495
8	Vic Wertz	DET	RF	26	4.4	5.0	138	581	143	24	4	27	78	0	3	99.613	0.383	0.511
9	Gil McDougald	NYA	3B	23	4.1	2.7	131	473	123	23	4	14	56	14	5	79.003	0.396	0.488
10	Al Rosen	CLE	3B	27	4.0	3.0	154	661	152	30	1	24	85	7	5	96.404	0.362	0.447
11	Gus Zernial	2 teams	LF	28	3.9	4.4	143	638	153	30	5	33	63	2	2	99.583	0.345	0.511
12	Elmer Valo	PHA	RF	30	3.9	4.1	123	530	134	27	8	7	75	11	6	87.789	0.412	0.446
13	Yogi Berra	NYA	C	26	3.8	6.7	141	594	161	19	4	27	44	5	4	90.862	0.350	0.492
14	George Kell	DET	3B	28	3.5	5.0	147	674	191	36	3	2	61	10	3	94.239	0.386	0.400
15	Nellie Fox	CHA	2B	23	3.4	4.5	147	681	189	32	12	4	43	9	12	94.517	0.372	0.425
16	Bobby Avila	CLE	2B	27	3.4	3.7	141	615	165	21	3	10	60	14	8	84.177	0.374	0.410
17	Johnny Pesky	BOS	SS	32	3.2	4.2	131	573	150	20	6	3	84	2	2	88.360	0.417	0.398
18	Gene Woodling	NYA	LF	28	3.0	3.5	120	485	118	15	8	15	62	0	4	74.294	0.373	0.462
19	Luke Easter	CLE	1B	35	3.0	3.8	128	532	131	12	5	27	37	0	1	76.086	0.333	0.481
20	Dale Mitchell	CLE	LF	29	2.8	2.8	134	570	148	21	7	11	53	7	7	77.123	0.358	0.423
21	Dom DiMaggio	BOS	CF	34	2.7	2.6	146	718	189	34	4	12	73	4	7	100.321	0.370	0.418
22	Gil Coan	WS1	LF	29	2.7	3.8	135	591	163	25	7	9	39	8	5	79.576	0.357	0.426
23	Hank Bauer	NYA	RF	28	2.6	2.7	118	394	103	19	3	10	42	5	2	59.452	0.373	0.454
24	Mickey Vernon	WS1	1B	33	2.6	3.5	141	602	160	30	7	9	53	7	6	81.905	0.358	0.423
25	Joe DiMaggio	NYA	CF	36	2.6	3.1	116	482	109	22	4	12	61	0	0	67.778	0.365	0.422
26	Bobby Doerr	BOS	2B	33	2.5	3.3	106	463	116	21	2	13	57	2	1	70.296	0.378	0.448
27	Vern Stephens	BOS	3B	30	2.5	4.8	109	415	113	21	2	17	38	1	2	66.901	0.364	0.501
28	Billy Goodman	BOS	1B	25	2.4	1.2	141	638	162	34	4	0	79	7	4	85.596	0.388	0.374
29	Phil Rizzuto	NYA	SS	33	2.1	4.3	144	629	148	21	6	2	58	18	3	67.731	0.350	0.346
30	Pat Mullin	DET	LF	33	2.1	1.6	110	336	83	11	6	12	40	2	2	52.473	0.367	0.481
31	Irv Noren	WS1	CF	26	2.0	3.3	129	564	142	33	5	8	51	10	7	71.251	0.345	0.411
32	Al Zarilla	CHA	RF	32	1.9	1.3	120	449	98	21	2	10	60	2	4	59.939	0.363	0.401
33	Clyde Vollmer	BOS	RF	29	1.9	2.0	115	445	97	9	2	22	55	0	0	62.713	0.346	0.456
34	Mickey Mantle	NYA	RF	19	1.8	1.8	96	386	91	11	5	13	43	8	7	53.235	0.349	0.443
35	Joe Collins	NYA	1B	28	1.8	1.8	125	298	75	8	5	9	34	9	7	44.622	0.368	0.458
36	Bobby Brown	NYA	3B	26	1.7	2.2	103	369	84	15	2	6	47	1	1	48.256	0.369	0.387
37	Dick Kryhoski	DET	1B	26	1.6	1.0	119	455	121	19	4	12	28	1	2	58.806	0.335	0.437
38	Don Lenhardt	2 teams	LF	28	1.6	1.7	95	336	80	12	1	15	30	2	1	46.137	0.333	0.460
39	Jackie Jensen	NYA	CF	24	1.5	1.5	56	188	50	8	1	8	18	8	2	30.513	0.369	0.500
40	Dave Philley	2 teams	CF	31	1.5	1.4	132	565	129	20	7	7	65	9	6	67.767	0.349	0.373
41	Hank Majeski	2 teams	3B	34	1.4	3.9	101	400	101	23	4	5	36	1	2	51.524	0.347	0.411
42	Johnny Groth	DET	CF	24	1.4	1.4	118	465	128	29	1	3	31	1	1	57.072	0.349	0.393
43	Bud Stewart	CHA	LF	35	1.3	1.2	95	253	60	13	5	6	29	1	6	37.726	0.367	0.465
44	Johnny Mize	NYA	1B	38	1.3	1.4	113	372	86	14	1	10	36	1	0	45.542	0.339	0.398
45	Ray Coleman	2 teams	CF	29	1.3	2.1	142	564	146	24	12	8	39	5	7	68.415	0.328	0.418
46	Jim Busby	CHA	CF	24	1.3	1.9	143	524	135	15	2	5	40	26	11	58.010	0.344	0.354
47	Jerry Priddy	DET	2B	31	1.2	2.8	154	665	152	22	6	8	69	4	3	72.563	0.338	0.360
48	Phil Masi	CHA	C	35	1.2	0.5	84	262	61	11	2	4	32	1	0	34.396	0.367	0.391
49	Billy Hitchcock	PHA	3B	34	1.1	1.4	77	249	68	10	4	1	21	2	0	33.269	0.371	0.401
50	Sherm Lollar	SLA	C	26	1.1	1.8	98	359	78	21	0	8	43	1	0	45.588	0.350	0.397

Pitching WAR Leaders

Rank	Player Name	Team	Age	Pitching WAR	Shark WAR	G	GS	IP	W	L	CG	SV	R	BB	SO	Pitch Runs Saved	ERA	WHIP	SOper9
1	Early Wynn	CLE	31	6.7	6.3	37	34	274.33	20	13	21	1	102	107	133	69.19	3.02	1.22	4.36
2	Eddie Lopat	NYA	33	6.6	6.3	31	31	234.67	21	9	20	0	86	71	93	64.74	2.91	1.19	3.57
3	Billy Pierce	CHA	24	6.2	5.9	37	28	240.33	15	14	18	2	93	73	113	64.18	3.03	1.29	4.23
4	Saul Rogovin	2 teams	29	5.9	5.6	27	26	216.67	12	8	17	0	79	74	82	61.13	2.78	1.21	3.41
5	Mike Garcia	CLE	27	5.8	5.6	47	30	254.00	20	13	15	6	101	82	118	59.83	3.15	1.26	4.18
6	Allie Reynolds	NYA	34	5.7	5.4	40	26	221.00	17	8	16	7	84	100	126	55.79	3.05	1.23	5.13
7	Mel Parnell	BOS	29	5.5	5.7	36	29	221.00	18	11	11	2	99	77	77	52.82	3.26	1.38	3.14
8	Vic Raschi	NYA	32	5.5	5.0	35	34	258.33	21	10	15	0	110	103	164	53.89	3.27	1.30	5.71
9	Ned Garver	SLA	25	5.3	5.8	33	30	246.00	20	12	24	0	114	96	84	49.19	3.73	1.35	3.07
10	Mickey McDermott	BOS	22	4.4	4.4	34	19	172.00	8	8	9	3	72	92	127	42.06	3.35	1.35	6.65
11	Bob Feller	CLE	32	4.4	3.6	33	32	249.67	22	8	16	0	105	95	111	44.86	3.50	1.34	4.00
12	Fred Hutchinson	DET	31	4.0	3.4	31	20	188.33	10	10	9	2	84	27	53	38.15	3.68	1.23	2.53
13	Bobby Shantz	PHA	25	4.0	4.1	32	25	205.33	18	10	13	0	96	70	77	33.98	3.94	1.38	3.38
14	Ellis Kinder	BOS	36	4.0	3.5	63	2	127.00	11	2	1	14	42	46	84	38.27	2.55	1.21	5.95
15	Bob Lemon	CLE	30	3.9	3.8	42	34	263.33	17	14	17	2	119	124	132	39.80	3.52	1.40	4.51
16	Sam Zoldak	PHA	32	3.8	3.2	26	18	128.00	6	10	8	0	51	24	18	31.76	3.16	1.18	1.27
17	Bob Porterfield	2 teams	27	3.1	2.5	21	19	136.33	9	8	10	0	57	57	55	28.31	3.50	1.25	3.63
18	Connie Marrero	WS1	40	2.9	2.4	25	25	187.00	11	9	16	0	87	71	66	26.52	3.90	1.44	3.18
19	Leo Kiely	BOS	21	2.9	2.6	17	16	113.33	7	7	4	0	48	39	46	27.20	3.34	1.28	3.65
20	Dizzy Trout	DET	36	2.6	2.9	42	22	191.67	9	14	7	5	98	75	89	24.24	4.04	1.29	4.18
21	Ken Holcombe	CHA	32	2.4	2.4	28	23	159.33	11	12	12	0	69	68	39	24.78	3.78	1.32	2.20
22	Luis Aloma	CHA	28	2.4	2.5	25	1	69.33	6	0	1	3	14	24	25	24.49	1.82	1.10	3.25
23	Ted Gray	DET	26	2.3	1.8	34	28	197.33	7	14	9	1	103	95	131	21.98	4.06	1.46	5.97
24	Bob Hooper	PHA	29	2.1	1.8	38	23	189.00	12	10	9	5	98	61	64	18.10	4.38	1.34	3.05
25	Steve Gromek	CLE	31	2.1	2.3	27	8	107.33	7	4	4	1	41	29	40	21.70	2.77	1.18	3.35
26	Joe Dobson	CHA	34	2.1	1.3	28	21	146.67	7	6	6	3	68	51	67	21.44	3.62	1.27	4.11
27	Tom Morgan	NYA	21	2.0	2.0	27	16	124.67	9	3	4	2	56	36	57	19.43	3.68	1.24	4.12
28	Bob Kuzava	2 teams	28	1.8	1.7	31	16	134.67	11	7	7	5	61	55	72	18.26	3.61	1.40	4.81
29	Marlin Stuart	DET	32	1.6	1.6	29	15	124.00	4	6	5	1	60	71	46	15.45	3.77	1.53	3.34
30	Hal Newhouser	DET	30	1.6	1.8	15	14	96.33	6	6	7	0	47	19	37	15.03	3.92	1.21	3.46
31	Morrie Martin	PHA	28	1.6	1.3	35	13	138.00	11	4	3	0	70	63	35	13.32	3.78	1.46	2.28
32	Alex Kellner	PHA	26	1.4	1.0	33	29	209.67	11	14	11	2	118	93	94	11.70	4.46	1.48	4.04
33	Lou Brissie	2 teams	27	1.4	1.3	56	6	125.67	4	5	1	9	54	69	53	14.88	3.58	1.42	3.80
34	Sandy Consuegra	WS1	30	1.4	1.2	40	12	146.00	7	8	5	3	71	63	31	12.64	4.01	1.39	1.91
35	Joe Ostrowski	NYA	34	1.4	1.0	34	3	95.33	6	4	2	5	44	18	30	13.27	3.49	1.27	2.83
36	Walt Masterson	BOS	31	1.2	1.1	30	1	59.33	3	0	0	2	24	32	39	11.45	3.34	1.43	5.92
37	Virgil Trucks	DET	34	1.2	0.9	37	18	153.67	13	8	6	1	81	75	89	11.14	4.33	1.48	5.21
38	Tommy Byrne	2 teams	31	1.1	1.3	28	20	143.67	6	11	7	0	73	150	71	10.29	4.26	1.88	4.45
39	Stubby Overmire	2 teams	32	1.0	0.9	23	11	98.00	2	7	4	0	53	39	27	9.11	4.04	1.53	2.48
40	Mickey Harris	WS1	34	0.9	0.9	41	0	87.33	6	8	0	4	45	43	47	8.70	3.81	1.49	4.84
41	Fritz Dorish	CHA	29	0.9	0.8	32	4	96.67	5	6	2	0	50	31	29	9.61	3.54	1.37	2.70
42	Ray Scarborough	BOS	33	0.9	0.4	37	22	184.00	12	9	8	0	106	61	71	8.80	5.09	1.42	3.47
43	Chuck Stobbs	BOS	21	0.9	0.5	34	25	170.00	10	9	6	0	100	74	75	8.57	4.76	1.49	3.97
44	Howie Judson	CHA	26	0.9	0.5	27	14	121.67	5	6	3	1	67	55	43	9.20	3.77	1.47	3.18
45	Randy Gumpert	CHA	33	0.9	1.0	33	16	141.67	9	8	7	2	74	34	45	8.85	4.32	1.34	2.86
46	Johnny Kucab	PHA	31	0.8	0.6	30	1	74.67	4	3	0	4	37	23	23	7.13	4.22	1.33	2.77
47	Jim McDonald	SLA	24	0.8	0.6	16	11	84.00	4	7	5	1	48	46	28	7.27	4.07	1.55	3.00
48	Carl Scheib	PHA	24	0.8	1.4	46	11	143.00	1	12	3	10	78	71	49	6.34	4.47	1.42	3.08
49	Marv Rotblatt	CHA	23	0.7	0.5	26	2	47.67	4	2	0	2	21	23	20	6.91	3.40	1.41	3.78
50	Lou Kretlow	CHA	30	0.7	-0.1	26	18	137.00	6	9	7	0	77	74	89	6.87	4.20	1.48	5.85

Fielding WAR Leaders

		Player Name	Team	Age	Fielding WAR	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Def Runs Saved
POS	Rank
C	1	Yogi Berra	NYA	26	2.8	141.0	1182.5	693.0	82.0	13.0	25.0	24.035
	2	Joe Ginsberg	DET	24	1.8	95.0	688.4	388.0	56.0	10.0	7.0	15.530
	3	Joe Tipton	PHA	29	1.7	72.0	582.0	230.0	52.0	9.0	12.0	17.554
	4	Jim Hegan	CLE	30	1.5	129.0	1019.8	597.0	66.0	6.0	8.0	12.356
	5	Gus Niarhos	CHA	30	0.9	59.0	445.1	240.0	31.0	4.0	5.0	7.563
	6	Sherm Lollar	SLA	26	0.8	85.0	719.0	361.0	48.0	2.0	8.0	7.697
	7	Ray Murray	2 teams	33	0.4	40.0	323.2	111.0	25.0	2.0	5.0	3.901
	8	Mickey Grasso	WS1	31	0.4	49.0	389.2	182.0	26.0	7.0	6.0	3.861
1B	1	Mickey Vernon	WS1	33	0.9	137.0	1199.9	1157.0	87.0	8.0	121.0	9.597
	2	Luke Easter	CLE	35	0.8	125.0	950.4	1043.0	68.0	14.0	108.0	6.648
	3	Hank Arft	SLA	29	0.6	97.0	815.5	820.0	86.0	10.0	100.0	5.331
	4	Ferris Fain	PHA	30	0.2	108.0	878.2	931.0	113.0	11.0	124.0	2.430
	5	Johnny Mize	NYA	38	0.1	93.0	548.0	632.0	44.0	4.0	86.0	0.795
	6	Joe Collins	NYA	28	0.1	114.0	671.7	556.0	56.0	8.0	65.0	0.791
	7	Sam Mele	WS1	29	0.0	15.0	131.4	122.0	7.0	0.0	11.0	0.318
	8	Don Kolloway	DET	32	-0.0	59.0	474.7	452.0	49.0	4.0	53.0	-0.009
2B	1	Pete Suder	PHA	35	2.1	103.0	808.5	274.0	313.0	8.0	93.0	21.181
	2	Jerry Priddy	DET	31	1.6	154.0	1284.0	437.0	463.0	18.0	118.0	13.706
	3	Nellie Fox	CHA	23	1.1	147.0	1279.1	413.0	449.0	17.0	112.0	9.141
	4	Jerry Coleman	NYA	26	1.0	102.0	774.6	245.0	268.0	17.0	84.0	8.643
	5	Bobby Young	SLA	26	0.9	147.0	1291.3	361.0	462.0	17.0	118.0	8.459
	6	Bobby Doerr	BOS	33	0.8	106.0	938.6	303.0	311.0	12.0	99.0	7.096
	7	Bobby Avila	CLE	27	0.3	136.0	1175.3	349.0	417.0	14.0	87.0	2.507
	8	Sam Dente	WS1	29	0.1	10.0	87.0	32.0	30.0	2.0	9.0	0.956
3B	1	Vern Stephens	BOS	30	2.5	89.0	741.1	105.0	207.0	7.0	19.0	21.412
	2	Hank Majeski	2 teams	34	2.4	97.0	779.1	86.0	232.0	9.0	19.0	25.084
	3	Fred Hatfield	BOS	26	1.6	49.0	408.0	40.0	124.0	7.0	15.0	13.687
	4	George Kell	DET	28	1.5	147.0	1295.8	175.0	310.0	20.0	34.0	13.060
	5	Minnie Miñoso	CHA	27	0.9	68.0	479.8	82.0	122.0	14.0	10.0	7.395
	6	Billy Hitchcock	PHA	34	0.6	45.0	365.9	45.0	99.0	11.0	14.0	6.389
	7	Bobby Brown	NYA	26	0.5	90.0	657.9	80.0	151.0	11.0	14.0	4.014
	8	Fred Marsh	SLA	27	0.5	117.0	977.6	137.0	225.0	28.0	31.0	4.246
SS	1	Chico Carrasquel	CHA	25	4.3	147.0	1171.3	300.0	477.0	20.0	107.0	36.263
	2	Phil Rizzuto	NYA	33	2.2	144.0	1157.9	317.0	407.0	24.0	113.0	18.501
	3	Eddie Joost	PHA	35	1.5	140.0	1203.3	325.0	422.0	20.0	115.0	15.934
	4	Johnny Pesky	BOS	32	1.2	106.0	909.8	204.0	340.0	22.0	74.0	10.518
	5	Ray Boone	CLE	27	0.5	151.0	1258.0	311.0	425.0	33.0	108.0	4.007
	6	Bill Jennings	SLA	25	0.4	64.0	476.6	141.0	165.0	15.0	39.0	3.572
	7	Al Richter	BOS	24	0.2	3.0	25.7	8.0	10.0	0.0	5.0	1.503
	8	Lou Boudreau	BOS	33	0.1	52.0	446.3	80.0	153.0	12.0	45.0	0.873
LF	1	Gil Coan	WS1	29	1.1	132.0	1118.7	374.0	17.0	14.0	2.0	11.197
	2	Gene Woodling	NYA	28	0.5	98.3	815.1	224.6	4.2	1.7	0.0	4.002
	3	Gus Zernial	2 teams	28	0.4	142.0	1232.8	334.0	18.0	10.0	3.0	4.022
	4	Ray Coleman	2 teams	29	0.3	62.0	493.8	143.8	5.6	3.6	0.9	2.898
	5	Hoot Evers	DET	30	0.3	63.6	500.4	137.9	5.3	3.5	0.6	2.216
	6	Don Lenhardt	2 teams	28	0.2	80.0	627.6	170.0	2.0	3.0	0.0	1.821
	7	Jack Maguire	SLA	26	0.1	26.0	209.4	61.0	2.0	2.0	1.0	1.026
	8	Roy Sievers	SLA	24	0.1	11.6	93.5	29.2	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.885
CF	1	Irv Noren	WS1	26	1.3	126.0	1101.3	420.0	15.0	10.0	1.0	13.540
	2	Jim Delsing	SLA	25	0.7	116.1	958.4	318.4	14.0	5.6	4.7	6.698
	3	Jim Busby	CHA	24	0.6	139.0	1140.2	360.0	16.0	7.0	4.0	5.207
	4	Larry Doby	CLE	27	0.5	132.0	996.8	321.0	12.0	8.0	3.0	4.580
	5	Joe DiMaggio	NYA	36	0.5	113.0	930.4	288.0	11.0	3.0	3.0	4.186
	6	Ray Coleman	2 teams	29	0.1	27.0	222.0	71.8	1.8	1.6	0.5	1.097
	7	Dave Philley	PHA	31	0.0	117.0	1014.5	291.5	14.6	6.8	3.9	0.361
	8	Paul Lehner	2 teams	30	0.0	25.7	211.4	61.9	1.3	0.4	0.0	0.301
RF	1	Vic Wertz	DET	26	0.6	131.0	1055.6	254.0	7.0	3.0	1.0	4.939
	2	Sam Mele	WS1	29	0.4	103.3	874.5	219.2	6.7	1.7	0.8	4.176
	3	Elmer Valo	PHA	30	0.4	89.5	752.4	190.5	3.9	3.9	0.0	4.141
	4	Ray Coleman	2 teams	29	0.4	48.9	401.2	110.4	4.6	2.8	0.6	3.318
	5	Hank Bauer	NYA	28	0.3	59.1	403.9	103.9	3.9	1.1	0.6	2.820
	6	Clyde Vollmer	BOS	29	0.2	96.1	819.3	186.7	4.5	2.7	0.0	2.003
	7	Harry Simpson	CLE	25	0.2	55.4	423.3	107.5	2.4	3.3	0.8	1.799
	8	Wally Moses	PHA	40	0.2	27.0	227.1	62.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	2.018