$Unique_ID{BAS00121} $Title{Postseason Play: World Series 1951} $Subtitle{} $Author{ Ivor-Campbell, Frederick} $Subject{World Series 1951 New York Yankees Giants} $Log{} Total Baseball: The Highlights of the Game Postseason Play: World Series 1951 Frederick Ivor-Campbell New York Yankees (AL), 4; New York Giants (NL), 2 GAME 1 AT NY-A OCT 4 ---------------------------------------- NY-N 200 003 000 5 10 1 NY-A 010 000 000 1 7 1 Pitchers: KOSLO vs REYNOLDS, Hogue (7), Morgan (8) Home Runs: Dark-NY (N) Attendance: 65,673 GAME 2 AT NY-A OCT 5 ---------------------------------------- NY-N 000 000 100 1 5 1 NY-A 110 000 01X 3 6 0 Pitchers: JANSEN, Spencer (7) vs LOPAT Home Runs: Collins-NY (A) Attendance: 66,018 GAME 3 AT NY-N OCT 6 ---------------------------------------- NY-A 000 000 011 2 5 2 NY-N 010 050 00X 6 7 2 Pitchers: RASCHI, Hogue (5), Ostrowski (7) vs HEARN, Jones (8) Home Runs: Lockman-NY (N), Woodling-NY (A) Attendance: 52,035 GAME 4 AT NY-N OCT 8 ---------------------------------------- NY-A 010 120 200 6 12 0 NY-N 100 000 001 2 8 2 Pitchers: REYNOLDS vs MAGLIE, Jones (6), Kennedy (9) Home Runs: DiMaggio-NY (A) Attendance: 49,010 GAME 5 AT NY-N OCT 9 ---------------------------------------- NY-A 005 202 400 13 12 1 NY-N 100 000 000 1 5 3 Pitchers: LOPAT vs JANSEN, Kennedy (4), Spencer (6), Corwin (7),Konikowski (9) Home Runs: McDougald-NY (A), Rizzuto-NY(A) Attendance: 47,530 GAME 6 AT NY-A OCT 10 ---------------------------------------- NY-N 000 010 002 3 11 1 NY-A 100 003 00X 4 7 0 Pitchers: KOSLO, Hearn (7), Jansen (8) VS RASCHI, Sain (7), Kuzava (9) Attendance: 61,711 The Giants--who caught Brooklyn with a tremendous late-season drive, then defeated them for the pennant on Bobby Thomson's ninth-inning home run in Game Three of the tie-breaker playoff series--carried their momentum through Game Three of the World Series before bowing to the Yankees. Dave Koslo (the only Giant starter not to see action in the playoff) pitched the Series opener and held the Yankees to one run. Monte Irvin's steal of home for the Giants' second run in the top of the first was enough for the win, but Al Dark made Koslo's lead more secure with a three-run homer in the sixth. The Yankees evened the Series in Game Two, scoring two early runs (one of them Joe Collins' home run) off Larry Jansen, and holding on for the win behind Ed Lopat's five-hit pitching. But the Giants regained the lead in Game Three with five unearned runs (three of them on Whitey Lockman's homer) in a fifth inning prolonged by two Yankee errors, as pitchers Jim Hearn and Sheldon Jones combined to hold the Bronx Bombers to five hits and a pair of runs (though Hearn issued eight walks). But that was the end of the Giants' drive. Although they scored first in games Four and Five with first-inning runs, they couldn't hold the lead either time. In Game Four Allie Reynolds held the Giants to two runs as his Yankees scored six--including a two-run homer by Joe DiMaggio in the fifth inning that proved to be the last home run of his career. DiMag drove in three more Yankee runs in Game Five, as did Phil Rizzuto, and rookie infielder Gil McDougald contributed a grand slam as the Bombers earned their nickname in obliterating Giant pitching with 13 runs. Ed Lopat, meanwhile, hurled his second five-hitter of the Series for his second win. Yankee Hank Bauer tripled with the bases full in the sixth inning of Game Six to break a tie and give the Yankees a 4-1 lead. The Giants loaded the bases with three straight singles to open the top of the ninth, and scored two runners on successive flies to left, to come within one run of a tie. But pinch hitter Sal Yvars (in his only Series at-bat) lined out to right and the Yankees had their fourteenth world title. NY (A) ============================================================================== PLAYER/POS AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RB BB SO SB ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hank Bauer, of .167 6 18 0 3 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 Yogi Berra, c .261 6 23 4 6 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 Bobby Brown, 3b-4 .357 5 14 1 5 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 Gerry Coleman, 2b .250 5 8 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 Joe Collins, 1b-6,of-1 .222 6 18 2 4 0 0 1 3 2 1 0 Joe Di Maggio, of .261 6 23 3 6 2 0 1 5 2 4 0 Bobby Hogue, p .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Johnny Hopp, ph .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Bob Kuzava, p .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ed Lopat, p .125 2 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 Mickey Mantle, of .200 2 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 Billy Martin, pr .000 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Gil Mc Dougald, 3b-5,2b-4 .261 6 23 2 6 1 0 1 7 2 2 0 Johnny Mize, 1b-2 .286 4 7 2 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 Tom Morgan, p .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Joe Ostrowski, p .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Vic Raschi, p .000 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 Allie Reynolds, p .333 2 6 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 Phil Rizzuto, ss .320 6 25 5 8 0 0 1 3 2 3 0 Johnny Sain, p .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Gene Woodling, of-5 .167 6 18 6 3 1 1 1 1 5 3 0 TOTAL .246 199 29 49 7 2 5 25 26 23 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PITCHER W L ERA G GS CG SV SHO IP H ER BB SO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bobby Hogue 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 2.2 1 0 0 0 Bob Kuzava 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 Ed Lopat 2 0 0.50 2 2 2 0 0 18.0 10 1 3 4 Tom Morgan 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 0 1 3 Joe Ostrowski 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 1 Vic Raschi 1 1 0.87 2 2 0 0 0 10.1 12 1 8 4 Allie Reynolds 1 1 4.20 2 2 1 0 0 15.0 16 7 11 8 Johnny Sain 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 4 2 2 2 TOTAL 4 2 1.87 12 6 3 1 0 53.0 46 11 25 22 NY (N) ============================================================================== PLAYER/POS AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RB BB SO SB ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Al Corwin, p .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Alvin Dark, ss .417 6 24 5 10 3 0 1 4 2 3 0 Clint Hartung, of .000 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jim Hearn, p .000 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Monte Irvin, of .458 6 24 3 11 0 1 0 2 2 1 2 Larry Jansen, p .000 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sheldon Jones, p .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Monte Kennedy, p .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Alex Konikowski, p .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dave Koslo, p .000 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Whitey Lockman, 1b .240 6 25 1 6 2 0 1 4 1 2 0 Jack Lohrke, ph .000 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Sal Maglie, p .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Willie Mays, of .182 6 22 1 4 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 Ray Noble, c .000 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Bill Rigney, ph .250 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 Hank Schenz, pr .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 George Spencer, p .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Eddie Stanky, 2b .136 6 22 3 3 0 0 0 1 3 2 0 Hank Thompson, of .143 5 14 3 2 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 Bobby Thomson, 3b .238 6 21 1 5 1 0 0 2 5 0 0 Wes Westrum, c .235 6 17 1 4 1 0 0 0 5 3 0 Davey Williams, ph .000 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sal Yvars, ph .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TOTAL .237 194 18 46 7 1 2 15 25 22 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PITCHER W L ERA G GS CG SV SHO IP H ER BB SO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Al Corwin 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.2 1 0 0 1 Jim Hearn 1 0 1.04 2 1 0 0 0 8.2 5 1 8 1 Larry Jansen 0 2 6.30 3 2 0 0 0 10.0 8 7 4 6 Sheldon Jones 0 0 2.08 2 0 0 1 0 4.1 5 1 1 2 Monte Kennedy 0 0 6.00 2 0 0 0 0 3.0 3 2 1 4 Alex Konikowski 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 Dave Koslo 1 1 3.00 2 2 1 0 0 15.0 12 5 7 6 Sal Maglie 0 1 7.20 1 1 0 0 0 5.0 8 4 2 3 George Spencer 0 0 18.90 2 0 0 0 0 3.1 6 7 3 0 TOTAL 2 4 4.67 16 6 1 1 0 52.0 49 27 26 23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------