The 1951 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fifth in the American League with a record of 73–81, 25 games behind the New York Yankees.

Offseason January 20, 1951: Marv Grissom and George Vico were traded by the Tigers to the Seattle Rainiers for Wayne McLeland.Marv Grissom at Baseball Reference

Regular season On August 19, the Tigers played a doubleheader in St. Louis against the Browns. In the second game, after the Tigers had batted in the top of the first inning, the Browns sent midget Eddie Gaedel up to pinch-hit for leadoff batter Frank Saucier. Gaedel, at a height of 3'7", is to date the shortest player to appear in a Major League Baseball game. Umpire Ed Hurley challenged the decision to allow Gaedel to participate in an at-bat. Browns manager Zack Taylor produced a copy of Gaedel's contract. Tigers pitcher Bob Cain walked him.Numbelievable!, p. 93 Jim Delsing pinch ran for Gaedel, but failed to score. The Tigers won the game, 6–2.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

All-Star Game The 1951 All-Star Game was originally awarded to the Philadelphia Phillies. The City of Detroit was celebrating the 250th anniversary of its founding in 1701 and requested to host the year's All-Star Game. Although the National League was scheduled to host the game in '51, the game was moved to Detroit's Briggs Stadium to coincide with the city's celebration. The Phillies instead hosted the 1952 All-Star Game at Shibe Park.

Roster 1951 Detroit Tigers Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders

Other batters Manager

Coaches

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 Joe Ginsberg 102 304 79 .260 8 37 1B Dick Kryhoski 119 421 121 .287 12 57 2B Jerry Priddy 154 584 152 .260 8 57 SS 129 487 129 .265 0 38 3B George Kell 147 598 191 .319 2 59 OF Hoot Evers 116 393 88 .224 11 46 OF Vic Wertz 138 501 143 .285 27 94 OF Johnny Groth 118 428 128 .299 3 49

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 Pat Mullin 110 295 83 .281 12 51 Don Kolloway 78 212 54 .255 1 17 Bud Souchock 91 188 46 .245 11 28 Neil Berry 67 157 36 .229 0 9 Bob Swift 44 104 20 .192 0 5 Aaron Robinson 36 82 17 .207 0 9 Charlie Keller 54 62 16 .258 3 21 Frank House 18 41 9 .220 1 4 Russ Sullivan 7 26 5 .192 1 1 Al Federoff 2 4 0 .000 0 0 Doc Daugherty 1 1 0 .000 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 Ted Gray 34 197.1 7 14 4.06 131 Fred Hutchinson 31 188.1 10 10 3.68 53 Hal Newhouser 15 96.1 6 6 3.92 37 Saul Rogovin 5 24.0 1 1 5.25 5

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 Dizzy Trout 42 191.2 9 14 4.04 89 Virgil Trucks 37 153.2 13 8 4.33 89 35 149.1 11 10 4.70 58 Marlin Stuart 29 124.0 4 6 3.77 46 6 11.0 0 1 8.18 0 Dick Marlowe 2 1.2 0 1 32.40 1

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 Hal White 38 3 4 4 4.74 23 37 3 4 0 4.33 38 Hank Borowy 26 2 2 0 6.95 16 Earl Johnson 6 0 0 1 6.35 2 Ray Herbert 5 4 0 0 1.42 9 Paul Calvert 1 0 0 0 0.00 0

Farm system

Notes

References

1951 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference