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The 1951 National League tie-breaker series was a best-of-three playoff series that extended Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1951 regular season to decide the winner of the National League (NL) pennant. The games were played on October 1, 2, and 3, 1951, between the New York Giants and Brooklyn Dodgers.
The 18th Major League Baseball All-Star Game was played on July 10, hosted by the Detroit Tigers at Briggs Stadium in Detroit, Michigan, with the National League winning, 8–3. On May 1, the Chicago White Sox become the sixth team in professional baseball to break the color line when they fielded future Hall-of-Famer Minnie Miñoso. [1]
(On the Yankees' side, the 1951 World Series was the first for Mickey Mantle and the final for Joe DiMaggio.) Mantle's bad luck with injuries in the Major Leagues began here. In the fifth inning of Game 2 at Yankee Stadium, Mays flied to deep right center. DiMaggio and Mantle converged on the ball, DiMaggio called Mantle off, and Mantle stutter ...
September 16 – Bill Klem, 77, Hall of Fame umpire known as the Old Arbitrator and the Father of Baseball Umpires, who officiated National League games during a 37-year career from 1905 to 1941 and introduced the inside chest protector, while working in 18 World Series to set a Major League Baseball record for umpires. [26]
The Shot Heard 'Round the World: Dotted line represents the approximate track of Thomson's game-winning line drive home run. In baseball, the "Shot Heard 'Round the World" was a walk-off home run hit by New York Giants outfielder and third baseman Bobby Thomson off Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Ralph Branca at the Polo Grounds in New York City on October 3, 1951, to win the National League (NL ...
This article will be updated throughout the day. MLB AL Division Series scores, results. Game 2: Tigers 3, Guardians 0 - Final (Series tied 1-1) Game 2: Royals 4, Yankees 2 - Final (Series tied 1 ...
But one of the biggest advancements in the game's history took place on this day in 1951. It was exactly 64 years ago that the first baseball game was broadcast on television in color.
The 1951 Tennessee baseball team had to wait four decades to be honored for the program's first trip to the College World Series.