1951 Chicago White Sox season explained

Chicago White Sox
Season:	1951
League:	American League
Ballpark:	Comiskey Park
City:	Chicago
Owners:	Grace Comiskey
General Managers:	Frank Lane
Managers:	Paul Richards
Television:	WGN-TV (Jack Brickhouse, Harry Creighton)
Radio:	WJJD/WCFL (Bob Elson)

The 1951 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 51st season in the major leagues, and its 52nd season overall. They finished with a record of 81–73, good for fourth place in the American League, 17 games behind the first place New York Yankees.

Offseason

November 16, 1950: Joe DeMaestri was drafted by the White Sox from the Boston Red Sox in the 1950 rule 5 draft.^[1]
Prior to 1951 season: Jay Porter was signed as an amateur free agent by the White Sox.^[2]

Regular season

In 1951, the White Sox began using a bullpen car.^[3]

May 1, 1951: Mickey Mantle hit his first big league home run against the White Sox. The pitcher who gave up the home run was Randy Gumpert.

Notable transactions

April 30, 1951: Gus Zernial and Dave Philley were traded by the White Sox to the Philadelphia Athletics as part of a three-team trade. Minnie Miñoso was traded to the White Sox by the Cleveland Indians, and Paul Lehner was traded to the White Sox by the Athletics. The Athletics sent Lou Brissie to the Indians. The Indians sent Sam Zoldak and Ray Murray to the Athletics.^[4]
June 4, 1951: Hank Majeski was traded by the White Sox to the Philadelphia Athletics for Kermit Wahl.^[5]
June 4, 1951: Kermit Wahl and Paul Lehner were traded by the White Sox to the St. Louis Browns for Don Lenhardt.^[5]
July 31, 1951: Ray Coleman was selected off waivers by the White Sox from the St. Louis Browns.^[6]

Opening Day lineup

Roster

1951 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		ManagerCoaches

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
Floyd Baker, 3B,2B	82	133	24	35	6	1	0	14	25	12	.263	0
Bob Boyd, 1B	12	18	3	3	0	1	0	4	3	3	.167	0
Jim Busby, CF	143	477	59	135	15	2	5	68	40	46	.283	26
Chico Carrasquel, SS	147	538	41	142	22	4	2	58	46	39	.264	14
Ray Coleman, OF	51	181	21	50	8	7	3	21	15	14	.276	2
Joe DeMaestri, SS,2B	56	74	8	15	0	2	1	3	5	11	.203	0
Bob Dillinger, 3B	89	299	39	90	6	4	0	20	15	17	.301	5
Joe Erautt, C	16	25	3	4	1	0	0	0	3	2	.160	0
Nellie Fox, 2B	147	604	93	189	32	12	4	55	43	11	.313	9
Gordon Goldsberry, 1B	10	11	4	1	0	0	0	1	2	2	.091	0
Bert Haas, 1B,RF	23	43	1	7	0	1	1	2	5	4	.163	0
Sam Hairston, C	4	5	1	2	1	0	0	1	2	0	.400	0
Paul Lehner, OF	23	72	9	15	3	1	0	3	10	4	.208	0
Don Lenhardt, LF	64	199	23	53	9	1	10	45	24	25	.266	1
Hank Majeski, 3B	12	35	4	9	4	0	0	6	1	0	.257	0
Phil Masi, C	84	225	24	61	11	2	4	28	32	27	.271	1
Minnie Miñoso, 3B,RF,LF	138	516	107	167	32	14	10	74	71	41	.324	31
Rocky Nelson, PH	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	0
Gus Niarhos, C	66	168	27	43	6	0	1	10	47	9	.256	4
Dave Philley, LF	7	25	0	6	2	0	0	2	2	3	.240	0
Eddie Robinson, 1B	151	564	85	159	23	5	29	117	77	54	.282	2
Bud Sheely, C	34	89	2	16	2	0	0	7	6	7	.180	0
Bud Stewart, LF,RF	95	217	40	60	13	5	6	40	29	9	.276	1
Red Wilson, C	4	11	1	3	1	0	0	0	1	2	.273	0
Al Zarilla, RF,LF	120	382	56	98	21	2	10	60	60	57	.257	2
Gus Zernial, LF	4	19	2	2	0	0	0	4	2	2	.105	0

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
Luis Aloma, P	25	20	2	7	1	0	0	2	1	5	.350	0
Hal Brown, P	4	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.000	0
Bob Cain, P	4	9	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	.333	0
Joe Dobson, P	28	46	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	20	.065	0
Fritz Dorish, P	32	31	2	8	2	0	0	0	0	3	.258	0
Ross Grimsley, P	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0
Randy Gumpert, P	37	45	5	15	1	0	0	9	2	9	.333	0
Ken Holcombe, P	28	44	5	11	1	0	0	3	3	16	.250	0
Howie Judson, P	27	33	0	4	0	0	0	1	2	14	.121	0
Lou Kretlow, P	26	48	1	4	0	0	0	5	2	24	.083	0
Dick Littlefield, P	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000	0
Billy Pierce, P	39	79	10	16	1	0	0	3	9	17	.203	0
Saul Rogovin, P	24	74	7	15	3	0	0	0	5	8	.203	1
Marv Rotblatt, P	26	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	0
	155	5378	714	1453	229	64	86	668	594	525	.270	99

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K
Luis Aloma	6	0	1.82	25	1	3	69.1	52	14	14	3	24	25
Hal Brown	0	0	9.35	3	0	1	8.2	15	9	9	3	4	4
Bob Cain	1	2	3.76	4	4	0	26.1	25	14	11	3	13	3
Joe Dobson	7	6	3.62	28	21	3	146.2	136	68	59	17	51	67
Fritz Dorish	5	6	3.54	32	4	0	96.2	101	50	38	6	31	29
Ross Grimsley	0	0	3.86	7	0	0	14.0	12	8	6	1	10	8
Randy Gumpert	9	8	4.32	33	16	2	141.2	156	74	68	20	34	45
Ken Holcombe	11	12	3.78	28	23	0	159.1	142	69	67	9	68	39
Howie Judson	5	6	3.77	27	14	1	121.2	124	67	51	9	55	43
Lou Kretlow	6	9	4.20	26	18	0	137.0	129	77	64	7	74	89
Dick Littlefield	1	1	8.38	4	2	0	9.2	9	12	9	1	17	7
Bob Mahoney	0	0	5.40	3	0	0	6.2	5	4	4	1	5	3
Billy Pierce	15	14	3.03	37	28	2	240.1	237	93	81	14	73	113
Saul Rogovin	11	7	2.48	22	22	0	192.2	166	64	53	11	67	77
Marv Rotblatt	4	2	3.40	26	2	2	47.2	44	21	18	4	23	20
	81	73	3.50	155	155	14	1418.1	1353	644	552	109	549	572

Farm system

References

1951 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference

Notes and References

https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/demaejo01.shtml Joe DeMaestri
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/porteja01.shtml J. W. Porter
Web site: Paul. Lukas. Lukas: Long live the bullpen car - ESPN Page 2 . Espn.com . October 19, 2007 . February 24, 2018.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/minosmi01.shtml Minnie Miñoso
https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/wahlke01.shtml Kermit Wahl
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/colemra01.shtml Ray Coleman
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997