1951 Washington Senators season

1951 Washington Senators
League	American League
Ballpark	Griffith Stadium
City	Washington, D.C.
Owners	Clark Griffith (majority owner)
Managers	Bucky Harris
Television	WTTG (Arch McDonald, Bob Wolff)
Radio	WWDC (FM) (Arch McDonald, Bob Wolff)
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The 1951 Washington Senators won 62 games, lost 92, and finished in seventh place in the American League. They were managed by Bucky Harris and played home games at Griffith Stadium.

Offseason

• December 4, 1950: Rubén Gómez was drafted by the Senators from the St. Jean Braves in the 1950 minor league draft.^[1]

Regular season

Season standings

v t e American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	98	56	0.636	—	56–22	42–34
Cleveland Indians	93	61	0.604	5	53–24	40–37
Boston Red Sox	87	67	0.565	11	50–25	37–42
Chicago White Sox	81	73	0.526	17	39–38	42–35
Detroit Tigers	73	81	0.474	25	36–41	37–40
Philadelphia Athletics	70	84	0.455	28	38–41	32–43
Washington Senators	62	92	0.403	36	32–44	30–48
St. Louis Browns	52	102	0.338	46	24–53	28–49

Record vs. opponents

1951 American League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHA	SLB	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

• June 1951: Rubén Gómez was returned by the Washington Senators to the St. Jean Braves.^[1]

Roster

1951 Washington Senators
Roster
Pitchers 19 Gene Bearden 24 Alton Brown 30 Sandy Consuegra 21 Tom Ferrick 17 Mickey Harris 18 Joe Haynes 20 Sid Hudson 24 Don Johnson 21 Bob Kuzava 22 Connie Marrero 23 Julio Moreno 19,29 Bob Porterfield 29 Bob Ross 27 Fred Sanford 28 Al Sima 27,31 Dick Starr 19 Hank Wyse		Catchers 11 Mickey Grasso 15 Mike Guerra 10 Clyde Kluttz 10 Len Okrie 25 Frank Sacka Infielders  4 Sam Dente 26 Roy Hawes  7 Cass Michaels 16 Willy Miranda 35 Pete Runnels 36 Fred Taylor  6 Gene Verble  3 Mickey Vernon  1 Eddie Yost		Outfielders 25 Frank Campos  2 Gil Coan 12 Mike McCormick 14 Sam Mele  8 Irv Noren 29 Dan Porter  5 Sherry Robertson		Manager 50 Bucky Harris Coaches 54 Nick Altrock 52 Joe Fitzgerald 51 Clyde Milan 53 George Myatt

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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
C	Mike Guerra	72	214	43	.201	1	20
1B	Mickey Vernon	141	546	160	.293	9	87
2B	Cass Michaels	138	485	125	.258	4	45
SS	Pete Runnels	78	273	76	.278	0	25
3B	Eddie Yost	154	568	161	.283	12	65
OF	Sam Mele	143	558	153	.274	5	94
OF	Irv Noren	129	509	142	.279	8	86
OF	Gil Coan	135	538	163	.303	9	62

Other batters

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
Sam Dente	88	273	65	.238	0	29
Mike McCormick	81	243	70	.288	1	23
Gene Verble	68	177	36	.203	0	15
Mickey Grasso	52	175	36	.206	1	14
Clyde Kluttz	53	159	49	.308	1	22
Sherry Robertson	62	111	21	.189	1	10
Frank Campos	8	26	11	.423	0	3
Dan Porter	13	19	4	.211	0	0
Frank Sacka	7	16	4	.250	0	3
Fred Taylor	6	12	2	.167	0	0
Willy Miranda	7	9	4	.444	0	0
Len Okrie	5	8	1	.125	0	0
Roy Hawes	3	6	1	.167	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Connie Marrero	25	187.0	11	9	3.90	66
Don Johnson	21	143.2	7	11	3.95	52
Sid Hudson	23	138.2	5	12	5.13	43
Bob Porterfield	19	133.1	9	8	3.24	53
Dick Starr	11	61.1	1	7	5.58	17
Bob Kuzava	8	52.1	3	3	5.50	22
Fred Sanford	7	37.0	2	3	6.57	12
Gene Bearden	1	2.2	0	0	16.88	1

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Sandy Consuegra	40	146.0	7	8	4.01	31
Julio Moreno	31	132.2	5	11	4.88	37
Al Sima	18	77.0	3	7	4.79	26
Hank Wyse	3	9.1	0	0	9.64	3

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Mickey Harris	41	6	8	4	3.81	47
Joe Haynes	26	1	4	2	4.56	18
Tom Ferrick	22	2	0	2	2.38	17
Bob Ross	11	0	1	0	6.54	23
Alton Brown	7	0	0	0	9.26	7

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Chattanooga Lookouts	Southern Association	Jack Onslow
B	Havana Cubanos	Florida International League	Adolfo Luque
B	Charlotte Hornets	Tri-State League	Cal Ermer
C	Erie Sailors	Middle Atlantic League	Pete Appleton
D	Roanoke Rapids Jays	Coastal Plain League	Morrie Aderholt
D	Orlando Senators	Florida State League	Ed Levy
D	Fulton Railroaders	KITTY League	Sam Lamitina

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Fulton

References

External links

• 1951 Washington Senators at Baseball-Reference
• 1951 Washington Senators team page at www.baseball-almanac.com