1951 American Association season

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The 1951 American Association season was the 50th in the league's history, and ended with the Milwaukee Brewers winning their first league championship since 1947. The Brewers would go on to win the Junior World Series.

Final standings

Playoff teams in bold.

	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Milwaukee Brewers	94	57	.623	--	Charlie Grimm	Boston Braves
St. Paul Saints	85	66	.563	9	Clay Hopper	Brooklyn Dodgers
Kansas City Blues	81	70	.536	13	George Selkirk	New York Yankees
Louisville Colonels	80	73	.523	15	Pinky Higgins	Boston Red Sox
Minneapolis Millers	77	75	.507	17½	Tommy Heath	New York Giants
Toledo Mud Hens	70	82	.461	24½	Jack Tighe	Detroit Tigers
Indianapolis Indians	68	84	.447	26½	Don Gutteridge	Pittsburgh Pirates
Columbus Red Birds	53	101	.344	42½	Harry Walker	St. Louis Cardinals

Playoffs

	First Round					Championship Finals
	1	Milwaukee Brewers	4
	3	Kansas City Blues	1
						1	Milwaukee Brewers	4
						2	St. Paul Saints	2
	2	St. Paul Saints	4
	4	Louisville Colonels	1

First Round

Milwaukee vs. Kansas City Date Away Home September 11 Kansas City 7 Milwaukee 10 September 13 Kansas City 5 Milwaukee 8 September 14 Kansas City 1 Milwaukee 0 September 15 Milwaukee 3 Kansas City 0 September 16 Milwaukee 11 Kansas City 3 Milwaukee wins series 4-1

St. Paul vs. Louisville Date Away Home September 13 Louisville 7 St. Paul 5 11 innings September 14 Louisville 1 St. Paul 8 September 15 Louisville 2 St. Paul 6 September 17 St. Paul 3 Louisville 2 September 18 St. Paul 4 Louisville 3 St. Paul wins series 4-1

Championship Finals

Milwaukee vs. St. Paul Date Away Home September 19 St. Paul 4 Milwaukee 8 September 20 St. Paul 2 Milwaukee 6 September 21 Milwaukee 5 St. Paul 7 September 22 Milwaukee 8 St. Paul 1 September 23 Milwaukee 5 St. Paul 7 September 24 St. Paul 2 Milwaukee 17 Milwaukee wins series 4-2 and advances to Junior World Series

References

The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Lloyd Johnson and Miles Wolff, editors. Baseball America, 1993.