1951 Pacific Coast League season

The 1951 Pacific Coast League season was the 49th season in the league's history. It ended with the Seattle Rainiers winning their first league championship since 1942.

Final standings

Playoff teams in bold.

	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Seattle Rainiers	99	68	.593	--	Rogers Hornsby	None
Hollywood Stars	93	74	.557	6	Fred Haney	None
Los Angeles Angels	86	81	.515	13	Stan Hack	Chicago Cubs
Portland Beavers	83	85	.494	16½	Bill Sweeney	None
Oakland Oaks	80	88	.476	19½	Mel Ott	None
San Diego Padres	79	88	.476	20	Del Baker	Cleveland Indians
Sacramento Solons	75	92	.447	24	Joe Gordon	Chicago White Sox
San Francisco Seals	74	93	.443	25	Lefty O'Doul	New York Yankees

Playoffs

	First Round					Championship Finals
	1	Seattle Rainiers	2
	3	Los Angeles Angels	1
						1	Seattle Rainiers	3
						2	Hollywood Stars	2
	2	Hollywood Stars	2
	4	Portland Beavers	0

First Round

Seattle vs. Los Angeles Date Away Home September 11 Los Angeles 0 Seattle 7 September 12 Los Angeles 5 Seattle 2 September 13 Los Angeles 1 Seattle 3 Seattle wins series 2-1

Hollywood vs. Portland Date Away Home September 11 Portland 2 Hollywood 6 September 12 Portland 4 Hollywood 7 Hollywood wins series 2-0

Championship Finals

Seattle vs. Hollywood Date Away Home September 15 Hollywood 0 Seattle 3 September 16 Hollywood 4 Seattle 1 September 17 Seattle 3 Hollywood 0 September 18 Seattle 3 Hollywood 4 September 19 Hollywood 2 Seattle 9 Seattle wins series 3-2

League Leaders

Batting

• Batting Average Jim Rivera, Seattle, .352
• Hits Rivera, Seattle, 231
• Doubles Rivera, Seattle, 40
• Triples George Schmees, Hollywood, 17
• Home Runs Joe Gordon, Sacramento, 43
• RBI Gordon, Sacramento, 136

Pitching

• Wins Bill Ayers, Oakland & Marv Grissom, Seattle, 20
• Strikeouts Sam Jones, San Diego, 246
• Earned Run Average Ben Wade, Hollywood, 2.61

References

• W. Lloyd Johnson and Miles Wolff, eds.: The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, Baseball America, 1993.

Related Sites

• BR Minors page