1951 Philadelphia Phillies | ||
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League | National League | |
Ballpark | Shibe Park | |
City | Philadelphia | |
Owners | R. R. M. Carpenter, Jr. | |
General managers | R. R. M. Carpenter, Jr. | |
Managers | Eddie Sawyer | |
Television | WPTZ WCAU WFIL | |
Radio | WPEN (Bill Brundige, Gene Kelly) | |
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The 1951 Philadelphia Phillies finished in fifth place. The team had won the 1950 National League pennant but in the United Press' annual preseason poll of sportswriters, only 18 out of 168 writers picked the team to repeat as pennant winners; the Giants received 81 votes and the Dodgers 55. [1] Those two teams wound up tied, with the Phillies 23 games behind.
The Phillies held spring training in Clearwater, Florida, stayed at the Fort Harrison Hotel, [3] and played at Clearwater Athletic Field. It was the team's fifth successive year training in Clearwater.
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Giants | 98 | 59 | 0.624 | — | 50–28 | 48–31 |
Brooklyn Dodgers | 97 | 60 | 0.618 | 1 | 49–29 | 48–31 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 81 | 73 | 0.526 | 15½ | 44–34 | 37–39 |
Boston Braves | 76 | 78 | 0.494 | 20½ | 42–35 | 34–43 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 73 | 81 | 0.474 | 23½ | 38–39 | 35–42 |
Cincinnati Reds | 68 | 86 | 0.442 | 28½ | 35–42 | 33–44 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 64 | 90 | 0.416 | 32½ | 32–45 | 32–45 |
Chicago Cubs | 62 | 92 | 0.403 | 34½ | 32–45 | 30–47 |
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Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
Boston | — | 10–12–1 | 10–12 | 10–12 | 8–14 | 12–10 | 13–9 | 13–9 | |||||
Brooklyn | 12–10–1 | — | 14–8 | 14–8 | 14–11 | 15–7 | 10–12 | 18–4 | |||||
Chicago | 12–10 | 8–14 | — | 10–12 | 7–15 | 7–15 | 9–13 | 9–13–1 | |||||
Cincinnati | 12–10 | 8–14 | 12–10 | — | 5–17 | 11–11 | 12–10–1 | 8–14 | |||||
New York | 14–8 | 11–14 | 15–7 | 17–5 | — | 16–6 | 14–8 | 11–11 | |||||
Philadelphia | 10–12 | 7–15 | 15–7 | 11–11 | 6–16 | — | 15–7 | 9–13 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 9–13 | 12–10 | 13–9 | 10–12–1 | 8–14 | 7–15 | — | 5–17 | |||||
St. Louis | 9–13 | 4–18 | 13–9–1 | 14–8 | 11–11 | 13–9 | 17–5 | — |
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. [5]
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1951 Philadelphia Phillies | |||||||||
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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 |
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C | Andy Seminick | 101 | 291 | 66 | .227 | 11 | 37 |
1B | Eddie Waitkus | 145 | 610 | 157 | .257 | 1 | 46 |
2B | Putsy Caballero | 84 | 161 | 30 | .186 | 1 | 11 |
SS | Granny Hamner | 150 | 589 | 150 | .255 | 9 | 72 |
3B | Willie Jones | 148 | 564 | 161 | .285 | 22 | 81 |
OF | Dick Sisler | 125 | 428 | 123 | .287 | 8 | 52 |
OF | Del Ennis | 144 | 532 | 142 | .267 | 15 | 73 |
OF | Richie Ashburn | 154 | 643 | 221 | .344 | 4 | 63 |
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 |
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Del Wilber | 84 | 245 | 68 | .278 | 8 | 34 |
Eddie Pellagrini | 86 | 197 | 46 | .234 | 5 | 30 |
Tommy Brown | 78 | 196 | 43 | .219 | 10 | 32 |
Bill Nicholson | 85 | 170 | 41 | .241 | 8 | 30 |
Mike Goliat | 41 | 138 | 31 | .225 | 4 | 15 |
Dick Young | 15 | 68 | 16 | .235 | 0 | 2 |
Jimmy Bloodworth | 21 | 42 | 6 | .143 | 0 | 1 |
Mel Clark | 10 | 31 | 10 | .323 | 1 | 3 |
Dick Whitman | 19 | 17 | 2 | .118 | 0 | 0 |
Ken Silvestri | 4 | 9 | 2 | .222 | 0 | 1 |
Jackie Mayo | 9 | 7 | 1 | .143 | 0 | 0 |
Stan Lopata | 3 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Ed Sanicki | 13 | 4 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 1 |
Stan Hollmig | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Robin Roberts | 44 | 315.0 | 21 | 15 | 3.03 | 127 |
Bubba Church | 38 | 247.0 | 15 | 11 | 3.53 | 104 |
Russ Meyer | 28 | 168.0 | 8 | 9 | 3.48 | 65 |
Ken Johnson | 20 | 106.1 | 5 | 8 | 4.57 | 58 |
Niles Jordan | 5 | 36.2 | 2 | 3 | 3.19 | 11 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Jocko Thompson | 29 | 119.1 | 4 | 8 | 3.85 | 60 |
Ken Heintzelman | 35 | 118.1 | 6 | 12 | 4.18 | 55 |
Karl Drews | 5 | 23.0 | 1 | 0 | 6.26 | 13 |
Lou Possehl | 2 | 6.0 | 0 | 1 | 6.00 | 6 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Jim Konstanty | 58 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 4.05 | 27 |
Andy Hansen | 24 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2.54 | 11 |
Milo Candini | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.70 | 10 |
Bob Miller | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6.82 | 10 |
Leo Cristante | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.91 | 6 |
Jack Brittin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 3 |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Wilmington, Grand Forks, Klamath Falls [19]
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[G]ame suspended for curfew and completed 8/21 with new umpires[.]