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1951 MLB AL standings
The New York Yankees won the 1951 American League pennant race at 98-56, 5 games ahead of the Cleveland Indians.
🏆The 1951 playoffs, series by series
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AL standings, 1951
| Team | W | L | Pct | GB | L10 | Streak |
|---|
| New York Yankees (NYY) z | 98 | 56 | .636 | - | 8-2 | W5 |
| Cleveland Indians (CLE) | 93 | 61 | .604 | 5 | 3-7 | L1 |
| Boston Red Sox (BOS) | 87 | 67 | .565 | 11 | 1-9 | L9 |
| Chicago White Sox (CWS) | 81 | 73 | .526 | 17 | 5-5 | L1 |
| Detroit Tigers (DET) | 73 | 81 | .474 | 25 | 6-4 | W1 |
| Philadelphia Athletics (PHA) | 70 | 84 | .455 | 28 | 7-3 | W1 |
| Washington Senators (WAS) | 62 | 92 | .403 | 36 | 5-5 | L1 |
| St. Louis Browns (SLB) | 52 | 102 | .338 | 46 | 6-4 | W1 |
Final standings.
Clinch key- z
- clinched the best record in the American League
Turning points
- The lead changed hands 21 times.
- The New York Yankees trailed by as many as 4.5 games on June 6, 1951.
- The New York Yankees took first place for good on September 16, 1951.
- The Chicago White Sox won 14 games in a row from May 15, 1951 to May 30, 1951, the longest run of the race.
- The Chicago White Sox led by 4.5 games as late as June 14, 1951.
- The New York Yankees went 23-10 from August 23, 1951 to September 30, 1951, turning a deficit of 3 games into a lead of 5 games.
- The top two ended the day within one game of each other on 90 of the 156 days played.
- Eight teams held first place.
- The New York Yankees spent 83 of the season's 171 charted days in first place.