1951 Cleveland Indians season
The 1951 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished second in the American League with a record of 93–61, 5 games behind the New York Yankees.Offseason
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions
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 | | 133 | 416 | 99 | .238 | 6 | 43 |
1B | | 128 | 486 | 131 | .270 | 27 | 103 |
2B | | 141 | 542 | 165 | .304 | 10 | 58 |
SS | | 151 | 544 | 127 | .233 | 12 | 51 |
3B | | 154 | 573 | 152 | .265 | 24 | 102 |
OF | | 134 | 447 | 132 | .295 | 20 | 69 |
OF | | 108 | 321 | 79 | .246 | 7 | 29 |
OF | | 134 | 510 | 148 | .290 | 11 | 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 |
| 122 | 332 | 76 | .229 | 7 | 24 |
| 94 | 246 | 56 | .228 | 6 | 36 |
| 55 | 137 | 36 | .263 | 2 | 18 |
| 50 | 88 | 19 | .216 | 1 | 4 |
| 31 | 61 | 13 | .213 | 0 | 2 |
| 19 | 28 | 5 | .179 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 14 | 6 | .429 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | 13 | 3 | .231 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 12 | 2 | .167 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 10 | 3 | .300 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 8 | 2 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 6 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | --- | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| 37 | 274.1 | 20 | 13 | 3.02 | 133 |
| 42 | 263.1 | 17 | 14 | 3.52 | 132 |
| 47 | 254 | 20 | 13 | 3.15 | 118 |
| 33 | 249.2 | 22 | 8 | 3.50 | 111 |
| 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 18.00 | 2 |
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 |
| 27 | 107.1 | 7 | 4 | 2.77 | 40 |
| 17 | 68.1 | 3 | 4 | 4.74 | 32 |
| 2 | 8.2 | 0 | 1 | 2.08 | 4 |
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 |
| 54 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 3.20 | 50 |
| 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.33 | 14 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.93 | 5 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.76 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 |
Awards and records
- Bob Feller, American League leader, wins
Farm system
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Spartanburg