1951 Boston Red Sox

87-67 • 0.565 Win% • 3rd in AL

📊 Season Record

87 Wins
67 Losses
0.565 Win %
3rd Rank
804 R 725 RA
Diff +79

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804 Runs Scored
725 Runs Allowed
+79 Run Diff
1,311K Attendance

📈 vs. 1951 AL Average

Batting Avg .265 1% above the 1951 league average (.262)
OBP .356 5% above the 1951 league average (.338)
SLG .336 5% above the 1951 league average (.321)
Team ERA 4.14 equal to the 1951 league average (4.13)
Runs Scored 804 13% above the 1951 league average (714 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumFenway Park II
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Home Games 75
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Total Attendance 1,311,663
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Avg per Game 17,488

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Ted Williams 0.318 2 Johnny Pesky 0.312 3 Mel Parnell 0.309 4 Vern Stephens 0.300 5 Billy Goodman 0.297

Home Runs

1 Ted Williams 30 2 Clyde Vollmer 22 3 Vern Stephens 17 4 Bobby Doerr 13 5 Dom DiMaggio 12

RBI

1 Ted Williams 126 2 Clyde Vollmer 85 3 Vern Stephens 78 4 Bobby Doerr 73 5 Dom DiMaggio 72
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Dom DiMaggio 146 639 113 189 0 0 12 72 73 53 4 0.296
Billy Goodman 141 546 92 162 0 0 0 50 79 37 7 0.297
Ted Williams 148 531 109 169 0 0 30 126 144 45 1 0.318
Johnny Pesky 131 480 93 150 0 0 3 41 84 15 2 0.312
Bobby Doerr 106 402 60 116 0 0 13 73 57 33 2 0.289
Clyde Vollmer 115 386 66 97 0 0 22 85 55 66 0 0.251
Vern Stephens 109 377 62 113 0 0 17 78 38 33 1 0.300
Walt Dropo 99 360 37 86 0 0 11 57 38 52 0 0.239
Lou Boudreau 82 273 37 73 0 0 5 47 30 12 1 0.267
Les Moss 71 202 18 40 0 0 3 26 25 34 0 0.198
Buddy Rosar 58 170 11 39 0 0 1 13 19 14 0 0.229
Fred Hatfield 80 163 23 28 0 0 2 14 22 27 1 0.172
Mel Parnell 37 81 12 25 0 0 0 5 7 10 0 0.309
Charlie Maxwell 49 80 8 15 0 0 3 12 9 18 0 0.188
Aaron Robinson 26 74 9 15 0 0 2 7 17 10 0 0.203
Ray Scarborough 37 68 10 13 0 0 0 4 4 16 0 0.191
Mickey McDermott 43 66 8 18 0 0 1 6 3 14 0 0.273
Tom Wright 28 63 8 14 0 0 1 9 11 8 0 0.222
Chuck Stobbs 34 61 7 11 0 0 0 7 5 12 0 0.180
Willard Nixon 34 45 7 13 0 0 1 8 3 9 0 0.289
Bill Wight 34 41 1 3 0 0 0 1 3 16 0 0.073
Leo Kiely 18 35 1 5 0 0 0 4 7 9 0 0.143
Ellis Kinder 63 34 1 4 0 0 0 2 1 16 0 0.118
Mike Guerra 10 32 1 5 0 0 0 2 6 5 1 0.156
Matt Batts 11 29 1 4 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0.138
Harry Taylor 31 29 4 3 0 0 0 2 1 7 0 0.103
Al Evans 12 24 1 3 0 0 0 2 4 2 0 0.125
Mel Hoderlein 9 14 1 5 0 0 0 1 6 2 0 0.357
Norm Zauchin 5 12 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.167
Bob DiPietro 4 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.091
Walt Masterson 30 11 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0.182
Al Richter 5 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0.091
Sammy White 4 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.182
Karl Olson 5 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.100
Bill Evans 9 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Harley Hisner 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.500
Ben Flowers 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Paul Hinrichs 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Ellis Kinder 2.55 2 Mel Parnell 3.26 3 Leo Kiely 3.34 4 Walt Masterson 3.34 5 Mickey McDermott 3.35

Wins

1 Mel Parnell 18 2 Ray Scarborough 12 3 Ellis Kinder 11 4 Chuck Stobbs 10 5 Mickey McDermott 8

Strikeouts

1 Mickey McDermott 127 2 Ellis Kinder 84 3 Mel Parnell 77 4 Chuck Stobbs 75 5 Ray Scarborough 71
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Mel Parnell 18 11 3.26 36 29 2 221.0 77 77
Ray Scarborough 12 9 5.09 37 22 0 184.0 61 71
Mickey McDermott 8 8 3.35 34 19 3 172.0 92 127
Chuck Stobbs 10 9 4.76 34 25 0 170.0 74 75
Ellis Kinder 11 2 2.55 63 2 14 127.0 46 84
Willard Nixon 7 4 4.90 33 14 1 125.0 56 70
Bill Wight 7 7 5.10 34 17 0 118.1 63 38
Leo Kiely 7 7 3.34 17 16 0 113.1 39 46
Harry Taylor 4 9 5.75 31 8 2 81.1 42 22
Walt Masterson 3 0 3.34 30 1 2 59.1 32 39
Bill Evans 0 0 4.11 9 0 0 15.1 8 3
Harley Hisner 0 1 4.50 1 1 0 6.0 4 3
Paul Hinrichs 0 0 21.60 4 0 0 3.1 4 1
Ben Flowers 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 3.0 1 2

👥 Roster (38)

Matt Batts Lou Boudreau Dom DiMaggio Bob DiPietro Bobby Doerr Walt Dropo Al Evans Bill Evans Ben Flowers Billy Goodman Mike Guerra Fred Hatfield +26 more

38 players

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