The following are the baseball events of the year 1951 throughout the world.
Baseball's Shot Heard 'Round the World gives the New York Giants the National League Pennant in the third game of a best-of-three-games tiebreaker series over the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Although the Negro American League would last until 1960, 1951 was, notably, the last season in which the Negro American League was considered major-league caliber, which was itself the last major Negro league baseball organization.
Winter Leagues
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Type | Name | Stat | Name | Stat |
AVG | Ferris Fain PHA | .344 | Stan Musial SLC | .355 |
HR | Gus Zernial PHA | 33 | Ralph Kiner PIT | 42 |
RBI | Gus Zernial PHA | 129 | Monte Irvin NYG | 121 |
Wins | Bob Feller CLE | 22 | Larry Jansen NYG & Sal Maglie NYG |
23 |
ERA | Saul Rogovin CHW | 2.78 | Chet Nichols BSB | 2.88 |
Ks | Vic Raschi NYY | 164 | Don Newcombe BKN & Warren Spahn BSB |
164 |
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National League final standings edit
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