1951 International League season

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The 1951 International League season was the 66th in the league's history, and ended with the Montreal Royals winning their fourth Governors' Cup in six years. The Royals would go on to lose the Junior World Series.

Final standings

Playoff teams in bold.

	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Montreal Royals	95	59	.617	--	Walter Alston	Brooklyn Dodgers
Rochester Red Wings	83	69	.546	11	Johnny Keane	St. Louis Cardinals
Syracuse Chiefs	82	71	.536	12½	Bruno Betzel	None
Buffalo Bisons	79	75	.513	16	Specs Toporcer/Coaker Triplett	None
Toronto Maple Leafs	77	76	.503	17½	Joe Becker	St. Louis Browns
Baltimore Orioles	69	82	.457	24½	Nick Cullop	Philadelphia Phillies
Ottawa Giants	62	88	.413	31	Hugh Poland	New York Giants
Springfield Cubs	63	90	.412	31½	Bill Kelly	Chicago Cubs

Playoffs

	First Round					Governors' Cup Finals
	1	Montreal Royals	4
	4	Buffalo Bisons	0
						1	Montreal Royals	4
						3	Syracuse Chiefs	1
	2	Rochester Red Wings	1
	3	Syracuse Chiefs	4

First Round

Montreal vs. Buffalo Date Away Home September 11 Buffalo 0 Montreal 7 September 12 Buffalo 0 Montreal 5 September 14 Montreal 7 Buffalo 6 September 15 Montreal 3 Buffalo 1 Montreal wins series 4-0

Rochester vs. Syracuse Date Away Home September 11 Syracuse 6 Rochester 5 10 innings September 12 Syracuse 4 Rochester 1 September 13 Rochester 4 Syracuse 7 September 14 Rochester 3 Syracuse 2 September 15 Rochester 9 Syracuse 10 Syracuse wins series 4-1

Governors' Cup Finals

Montreal vs. Syracuse Date Away Home September 16 Syracuse 4 Montreal 6 September 17 Syracuse 11 Montreal 8 September 19 Montreal 4 Syracuse 3 September 20 Montreal 7 Syracuse 2 September 21 Montreal 18 Syracuse 9 Montreal wins series 4-1 and advances to Junior World Series

References

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