1951
World Series
1951
World Series
Brooklyn
vs. Cleveland
Game 1, at Municipal Stadium: Roe vs. Garcia
DOBY, GARCIA PUSH TRIBE PAST DODGERS IN SERIES OPENER
CF Belts 2 HRs; Right-Hander Tosses CG, Drive in
Game-Winner
CLEVELAND, Oct. 4 (AP) - Larry Doby hit a pair of solo home runs and Mike Garcia
fired a complete game and drove home the game-winning run as the Cleveland
Indians slipped past the Brooklyn Dodgers in a tight, well-played game before a
huge throng at Municipal Stadium. More than 77,000 fans packed the
cavernous venue for Game 1 of the 1951 World Series, and they weren't
disappointed.
Doby, who tore the cover off the ball down the stretch for Cleveland, had only
one multi-home run game during the regular season (July 8 vs. Detroit), and
matched the feat in his first two plate appearances against the Dodgers in the
World Series opener. Facing Dodgers starter Preacher Roe with two outs and
the bases empty in a scoreless bottom of the first inning, the Indians center
fielder hammered a 3-2 pitch deep into the lower seats in right field, giving
Cleveland a 1-0 lead. With the bases empty and two outs again in the
third, Doby crushed a 1-1 Roe fastball to right, just missing the facade of the
upper deck. That blast was estimated at 450 feet.
Garcia, meanwhile, kept the Dodgers off the scoreboard through three innings,
but in the top of the fourth, Brooklyn broke through. Pee Wee Reese led
off with a triple to right-center, just out of reach of the diving Doby.
Duke Snider's grounder to second with the infield back brought Reese home and
allowed the Dodgers to pull within 2-1.
Neither team scored again until the seventh, when the Dodgers evened the
contest. Gil Hodges walked on a 3-2 pitch to lead off the frame.
Billy Cox rolled out to first, with Hodges advancing to second. Cal Abrams
pinch hit for Roe and grounded out to short, with Hodges holding. But Carl
Furillo came up with a big single to right field, with Hodges just beating the
throw to the plate from Bob Kennedy to tie the game. Reese dropped a
single into shallow right-center and Snider walked, filling the bases.
Jackie Robinson followed by driving Doby to the warning track in center field,
but the catch was made and the attempt by the Dodgers to take the lead for the
first time was snuffed out.
Carl Erskine replaced Roe on the mound in the top of the seventh and faced Harry
Simpson, who was sent in to pinch hit for Kennedy. Simpson slashed a
double past Hodges down the right field line. Ray Boone attempted to
sacrifice Simpson to third but his bunt was a poor one and Erskine alertly cut
Boone down. Hegan struck out. Al Lopez decided to allow Garcia to
hit and the decision paid off. The Cleveland starter drove the first pitch
he saw from Erskine into the gap in left-center field and all the way to the
wall. Boone came all the way around from first to score on the double and
the Indians had regained the lead, 3-2. Dale Mitchell flied to right to
end the inning.
Garcia went on to retire the Dodgers in order over the final two innings to nail
down the win.
Game 2 will be tomorrow and is expected to feature Ralph Branca for the Dodgers
and Early Wynn for the Indians.
10/4/1951, Brk51-Cle51, Cleveland Municipal Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1951 Dodgers 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 6 0 8 1 1951 Indians 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 x 3 8 0 4 0 Dodgers AB R H BI AVG Indians AB R H BI AVG Furillo rf 5 0 1 1 .200 Mitchell lf 4 0 0 0 .000 Reese ss 4 1 2 0 .500 Avila 2b 4 0 0 0 .000 Snider cf 3 0 1 1 .333 Doby cf 4 2 3 2 .750 Robinson,J 2b 3 0 0 0 .000 Easter 1b 4 0 0 0 .000 Campanella c 4 0 1 0 .250 Rosen 3b 3 0 0 0 .000 Pafko lf 3 0 0 0 .000 Kennedy,Bo rf 2 0 1 0 .500 Hodges 1b 3 1 0 0 .000 Simpson ph 1 0 1 0 1.000 Cox 3b 4 0 1 0 .250 Boone ss 3 1 1 0 .333 Roe p 2 0 0 0 .000 Hegan c 3 0 1 0 .333 Abrams ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Garcia p 2 0 1 1 .500 Erskine p 0 0 0 0 .000 30 3 8 3 Schmitz p 0 0 0 0 .000 Thompson,D ph 1 0 0 0 .000 33 2 6 2 Dodgers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Roe 6.0 5 2 2 0 3 85 54 3.00 Erskine L 0-1 1.1 3 1 1 0 2 18 12 6.75 Schmitz 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.00 8.0 8 3 3 0 5 104 67 Indians INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Garcia W 1-0 9.0 6 2 2 4 4 120 76 2.00 9.0 6 2 2 4 4 120 76 Brk: Abrams batted for Roe in the 7th Thompson,D batted for Schmitz in the 9th Cle: Simpson batted for Kennedy,Bo in the 7th Simpson moved to rf in the 8th 2B-Kennedy,Bo(1), Garcia(1), Simpson(1). 3B-Reese(1). HR-Doby 2(2). RBI-Furillo(1), Snider(1), Doby 2(2), Garcia(1). K-Hodges 2, Roe 2, Mitchell, Avila, Rosen, Kennedy,Bo, Hegan. BB-Snider, Robinson,J, Pafko, Hodges. SH-Garcia. GWRBI: Garcia Temperature: 68, Sky: clear, Wind: left to right at 11 MPH. Attendance: 77,297
Game 2, at Municipal Stadium: Branca vs. Wynn
TRIBE TAKES 2-0 LEAD
Wynn's Pitches Club Past Dodgers
CLEVELAND, Oct. 5 (AP) - Early Wynn tossed a complete game as the Cleveland
Indians slipped past the Brooklyn Dodgers, 3-2, to take a 2-0 World Series lead
before 77,596 at Municipal Stadium. The Indians made a three-run first
inning hold up, but just barely. The 3-2 score matched that of Game
1. The series will now head to Brooklyn, following a day off for travel.
Cleveland scored all the runs it would need in the bottom of the first inning
off Dodgers starter Ralph Branca. With one out, Bobby Avila reached on an
infield single to short. Larry Doby drew a base on balls and Branca
clipped Luke Easter with a pitch to load the bases. Al Rosen followed with
a line drive single to right-center, scoring Avila and Doby and chasing Easter
to third. Harry Simpson's weak grounder to second resulted in the second
out of the inning, but Easter scored on the play to make it 3-0.
Wynn ran into trouble with two outs in the top of the second, but pitched out of
it. Andy Pafko drew a free pass and moved to second on Gil Hodges' single
to right. Billy Cox followed with a four-pitch walk to load the bases, but
Wynn struck out Branca to end the inning.
The Dodgers got back in the game in the fourth. Robinson lined a double
off the right-center field wall to lead off the frame and Roy Campanella
followed with Brooklyn's first home run of the series, to cut Cleveland's lead
to 3-2.
The Indians put two runners on base in each of their next three innings, but
Branca rose to the occasion each time. The Dodgers didn't seriously
threaten again until the seventh when they put runners on first and second with
one out. Cal Abrams pinch hit for Branca and flied to left and Carl
Furillo followed by grounding out to end the inning.
In the top of the ninth, Wynn retired Hodges and Cox, but pinch hitter Rube
Walker looped a single to left and ended up on second when Dale Mitchell
misplayed the ball. Walker was replaced at second by speedy pinch runner
Don Thompson. With the tying run in scoring position, Furillo drove a ball
to the right-center field gap, but Harry Simpson made a running catch to seal
the win.
Bob Lemon is expected to start Game 3 for Cleveland; Don Newcombe is slated to
take the ball for Brooklyn.
10/5/1951, Brk51-Cle51, Cleveland Municipal Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1951 Dodgers 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 0 8 2 1951 Indians 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 x 3 7 1 7 1 Dodgers AB R H BI AVG Indians AB R H BI AVG Furillo rf 4 0 0 0 .111 Mitchell lf 4 0 0 0 .000 Reese ss 4 0 0 0 .250 Avila 2b 3 1 2 0 .286 Snider cf 4 0 1 0 .286 Doby cf 3 1 2 0 .714 Robinson,J 2b 2 1 1 0 .200 Easter 1b 3 1 0 0 .000 Campanella c 4 1 1 2 .250 Rosen 3b 4 0 2 2 .286 Pafko lf 3 0 1 0 .167 Simpson rf 3 0 0 1 .250 Hodges 1b 4 0 1 0 .143 Boone ss 3 0 1 0 .333 Cox 3b 3 0 1 0 .286 Hegan c 2 0 0 0 .200 Branca p 2 0 0 0 .000 Wynn p 3 0 0 0 .000 Abrams ph 1 0 0 0 .000 28 3 7 3 King p 0 0 0 0 .000 Walker,R ph 1 0 1 0 1.000 Thompson,D pr 0 0 0 0 .000 32 2 7 2 Dodgers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Branca L 0-1 6.0 6 3 3 3 5 109 63 4.50 King 2.0 1 0 0 1 0 24 13 0.00 8.0 7 3 3 4 5 133 76 Indians INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Wynn W 1-0 9.0 7 2 2 5 4 137 76 2.00 9.0 7 2 2 5 4 137 76 Brk: Abrams batted for Branca in the 7th Walker,R batted for King in the 9th Thompson,D ran for Walker,R in the 9th E-Mitchell. 2B-Robinson,J(1). HR-Campanella(1). RBI-Campanella 2(2), Rosen 2(2), Simpson(1). SB-Snider(1). CS-Robinson,J. K-Campanella, Hodges 2, Branca, Doby, Boone, Hegan 2, Wynn. BB-Furillo, Robinson,J 2, Pafko, Cox, Avila, Doby, Simpson, Hegan. SH-Boone. HBP-Easter. HB-Branca. GWRBI: Rosen Temperature: 49, Sky: clear, Wind: none. Attendance: 77,596 Game Time: 2:01
Game 3, at Ebbets Field: Newcombe vs. Lemon
NEWCOMBE STYMIES TRIBE, DODGERS TAKE GAME 3
Right-Hander Shuts Out Cleveland; Tribe Series Lead
Cut to 2-1
BROOKLYN, N.Y., Oct. 7 (AP) - Don Newcombe fired a complete game six-hit shutout
and the Brooklyn bats came alive as the Dodgers defeated the Cleveland Indians,
9-0, in Game 3 of the World Series at Ebbets Field. Cleveland leads the
series, two games to one. Newcombe walked three and struck out eight while
holding the Indians without an extra base hit. The Dodgers, meanwhile,
beat up on Cleveland starter Bob Lemon to the tune of six runs in the first
three innings and then knocked around the bullpen a bit for good measure.
The Indians might have had their best scoring chance in the very first inning
when a pair of walks put runners and first and second and only one out but Luke
Easter rolled into a 3-6-3 double play to end the inning.
The Dodgers took the lead for good with two runs in the second. Roy
Campanella doubled with one out and Andy Pafko drew a walk. Gil Hodges
then drove both baserunners home with a double to left-center.
Brooklyn seized firm control of the game with a four-run rally in the
third. Carl Furillo led off the frame with a single to left and was
sacrificed to second by Pee Wee Reese. Duke Snider dropped a single into
shallow left, advancing Furillo to third. Jackie Robinson singled to
center, scoring Furillo and moving Snider to third and Campanella's single to
left drove home Snider with Robinson moving to second. Both runners
advanced 90 feet on Pafko's grounder to third and they both scored when Hodges'
singled. The 6-0 lead the Dodgers accumulated all but iced the game.
The Dodgers added a couple of tack-on runs in the seventh off reliever Lou
Brissie and capped the scoring with a eighth-inning run off Steve Gromek.
Two of the three runs scored against Cleveland's bullpen were unearned.
Newcombe did a find job of scattering baserunners through the first five
innings, but he got stronger as the game went along, retiring 13 of the final 14
batters he faced, five of them on strikes. The Indians never advanced a
runner past second base during the entire game.
Game 4 is tomorrow at Ebbets Field. A rematch of the first game
starters--Mike Garcia for Cleveland and Preacher Roe for Brooklyn--is
anticipated.
10/7/1951, Cle51-Brk51, Ebbets Field 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1951 Indians 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 7 1 1951 Dodgers 0 2 4 0 0 0 2 1 x 9 10 0 9 2 Indians AB R H BI AVG Dodgers AB R H BI AVG Mitchell lf 3 0 0 0 .000 Furillo rf 4 1 1 0 .154 Avila 2b 4 0 1 0 .273 Reese ss 3 1 0 0 .182 Doby cf 3 0 1 0 .600 Snider cf 4 2 1 0 .273 Easter 1b 4 0 0 0 .000 Robinson,J 2b 4 2 1 1 .222 Rosen 3b 3 0 0 0 .200 Campanella c 5 2 2 2 .308 Simpson rf 4 0 2 0 .375 Pafko lf 4 1 1 1 .200 Boone ss 4 0 2 0 .400 Hodges 1b 4 0 2 5 .273 Hegan c 3 0 0 0 .125 Cox 3b 3 0 2 0 .400 Lemon p 2 0 0 0 .000 Newcombe p 3 0 0 0 .000 Kennedy,Bo ph 1 0 0 0 .333 34 9 10 9 Brissie p 0 0 0 0 .000 Gromek p 0 0 0 0 .000 31 0 6 0 Indians INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Lemon L 0-1 6.0 10 6 6 3 0 83 46 9.00 Brissie 0.2 0 2 1 3 0 30 12 13.50 Gromek 1.1 0 1 0 1 0 20 9 0.00 8.0 10 9 7 7 0 133 67 Dodgers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Newcombe W 1-0 9.0 6 0 0 3 8 128 78 0.00 9.0 6 0 0 3 8 128 78 Cle: Kennedy,Bo batted for Lemon in the 7th E-Easter, Simpson. 2B-Campanella(1), Hodges(1). RBI-Robinson,J(1), Campanella 2(4), Pafko(1), Hodges 5(5). K-Avila, Easter, Rosen 2, Hegan 2, Lemon, Kennedy,Bo. BB-Mitchell, Doby, Rosen, Furillo, Reese, Snider, Robinson,J, Pafko, Cox, Newcombe. SH-Reese. PB-Hegan. GWRBI: Hodges Temperature: 56, Sky: clear, Wind: left to right at 10 MPH. Attendance: 32,004 Game Time: 2:17
Game 4, at Ebbets Field: Garcia vs. Roe
TRIBE WINS WILD GAME 4, 1 WIN AWAY FROM TITLE
Poor Defense Overcome; Doby Belts 3rd HR of Series
BROOKLYN, N.Y., Oct. 8 (AP) - The Cleveland Indians blew a two-run lead late as
a result of some poor defense, then scored twice in the top of the ninth and
held on for a narrow 5-4 victory over the Brooklyn Dodgers in Game 4 of the
World Series at Ebbets Field. Larry Doby had three more hits including his
third home run of the Series, and is now 9-for-14 in the four games.
Cleveland is now only one win away from a world championship.
The Indians methodically moved out to a 3-0 lead with single runs in the first,
third and fifth innings off Brooklyn starter Preacher Roe. In the first,
Bobby Avila doubled with one out, moved to third on Doby's ground out and scored
on Luke Easter's first hit of the series. In the third, Avila led off with
a walk and advanced to second on Doby's single. Easter bounced into a
5-4-3 double play, but Al Rosen came through with a two-out single to put
Cleveland ahead by two runs. In the fifth, Doby's leadoff home run pushed
the advantage to three runs.
Mike Garcia shut the Dodgers out through four, but Brooklyn broke through in the
fifth. Gil Hodges led off with a double past Rosen at third and scored
after a pair of ground outs. Garcia stiffened from that point and held the
Dodgers scoreless in the sixth and seventh innings.
With the score still 3-1, the Dodgers roared to life in the bottom of the
eighth. Carl Furillo led off with a single and moved to second when Pee
Wee Reese drew a base on balls. Duke Snider than doubled down the right
field line. Furillo scored easily, but the Indians cut down Reese trying
to score on a relay from Harry Simpson to Avila to catcher Jim Hegan. It
appeared as though Garcia would escape the inning with the lead intact when
Jackie Robinson grounded to second for out number two. Roy Campanella was
walked intentionally and Andy Pafko rolled one to Avila. But the second
baseman booted the easy ground ball for an error, allowing Snider to score with
the tying run. Hodges flied to right for the third out, but the game was
now tied at three.
Refusing to be discouraged, Cleveland rallied in the top of the ninth against
reliever Carl Erskine. Avila singled with one out and Doby followed with
his third hit of the game, a single to left, leaving runners at first and
second. Easter followed by dropping a single into center field in front of
the onrushing Snider and when the Duke overran the ball, Avila scored easily and
Doby and Easter ended up at second and third respectively. Clyde King
replaced Erskine, but Al Rosen greeted him with a single to center. Doby
scored and Easter held at third. Simpson grounded into an inning-ending
double play, but the Indians now held a 5-3 lead. It would barely prove
enough.
Billy Cox opened the bottom of the ninth by reaching on an infield single,
bringing the tying run to the plate. Don Thompson, who had entered the
game in the eighth as part of a double switch that brought King in to pitch,
forced Cox at second for the first out. But Furillo's potential double
play ball to third was booted by Rosen and suddenly the Dodgers had the tying
runs on base. Garcia was replaced on the mound by Bob Feller, who made
only one relief appearance during the regular season, and he struck out Reese
for the second out. Feller then induced Snider to ground to Easter, but
the first baseman bobbled the ball, leaving all hands safe. The bases were
now loaded, with the potential winning run at first base, following the second
error of the frame. The Indians had given the Dodgers three extra
outs. Robinson followed by lining a one-hope bullet of a single to center
field. Thompson scored, but the ball was hit too sharply to give Furillo
any chance to score, so the bases remained loaded with the winning run in
scoring position. Roy Campanella ran the count full and then grounded
sharply to Easter, who handled the ball cleanly this time and flipped to Feller
covering first to end the game.
Game 5 will be tomorrow at Ebbets Field with a rematch of Game 2 starters--Early
Wynn and Ralph Branca--expected.
10/8/1951, Cle51-Brk51, Ebbets Field 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1951 Indians 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 5 14 3 10 2 1951 Dodgers 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 4 10 1 10 3 Indians AB R H BI AVG Dodgers AB R H BI AVG Mitchell lf 4 0 1 0 .067 Furillo rf 5 1 1 0 .167 Avila 2b 3 3 2 0 .357 Reese ss 3 0 0 0 .143 Doby cf 4 2 3 1 .643 Snider cf 5 1 2 1 .313 Easter 1b 5 0 2 1 .125 Robinson,J 2b 5 0 1 1 .214 Rosen 3b 5 0 3 2 .333 Campanella c 4 0 3 0 .412 Kennedy,Bo rf 3 0 1 0 .333 Pafko lf 4 0 0 1 .143 Simpson ph 2 0 1 0 .400 King p 0 0 0 0 .000 Boone ss 4 0 0 0 .286 Hodges 1b 4 1 1 0 .267 Hegan c 3 0 1 0 .182 Cox 3b 3 0 2 0 .462 Garcia p 3 0 0 0 .200 Roe p 0 0 0 0 .000 Feller p 0 0 0 0 .000 Abrams ph 1 0 0 1 .000 36 5 14 4 Labine p 0 0 0 0 .000 Walker,R ph 1 0 0 0 .500 Erskine p 0 0 0 0 .000 Thompson,D lf 1 1 0 0 .000 36 4 10 4 Indians INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Garcia W 2-0 8.1 9 4 2 4 3 123 75 2.08 Feller S 1 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 16 9 0.00 9.0 10 4 2 4 4 139 84 Dodgers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Roe 5.0 9 3 3 2 1 75 48 4.09 Labine 2.0 0 0 0 2 0 24 14 0.00 Erskine L 0-2 1.1 4 2 1 0 1 28 17 6.75 King 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 6 4 0.00 9.0 14 5 4 4 2 133 83 Cle: Simpson batted for Kennedy,Bo in the 8th Simpson moved to rf in the 8th Brk: Abrams batted for Roe in the 5th Walker,R batted for Labine in the 7th Thompson,D inserted at lf in the 9th E-Avila, Easter, Rosen, Snider. 2B-Avila(1), Kennedy,Bo(2), Snider(1), Hodges(2). HR-Doby(3). RBI-Doby(3), Easter(1), Rosen 2(4), Snider(2), Robinson,J(2), Pafko(2), Abrams(1). K-Boone, Hegan, Reese, Robinson,J, Pafko, Walker,R. BB-Mitchell, Avila, Doby, Hegan, Reese 2, Campanella, Cox. SH-Avila, Garcia, Roe. Temperature: 50, Sky: threatening, Wind: left to right at 11 MPH. Attendance: 32,435 Game Time: 2:19
Game 5, at Ebbets Field: Wynn vs. Branca
TRIBE TRIUMPHANT; ROSEN BELTS PAIR OF BOMBS IN SERIES
CLINCHER
Wynn's CG Convincingly Finishes Off Dodgers; Doby
Named Series MVP
BROOKLYN, N.Y., Oct. 9 (AP) - Al Rosen hit a pair of home runs and drove in four
and Early Wynn tossed a complete game six-hitter as the Cleveland Indians
finished off a World Series title with a 7-1 victory over the Brooklyn Dodgers
in Game 5 at Ebbets Field. The outcome was never seriously in doubt as the
Indians never trailed in the game and outhit the Dodgers 14-6. Larry Doby
tripled and walked in five plate appearances and was named the World Series Most
Valuable Player on the strength of a .556 batting average (10-18), a .636 on
base percentage, a slugging percentage of 1.167 including three home runs.
Doby was the only player on either team to hit safely in all five games.
The Indians seized the lead in the very first inning. Bobby Avila lined a
one-out single to left and scored two batters later on Luke Easter's double to
left-center.
In the third, Cleveland took firm control of the game off Brooklyn starter Ralph
Branca. Dale Mitchell reached on an infield single and moved to second on
Avila's single to left. Doby grounded into a 6-4-3 double play, with
Mitchell taking third. Easter was hit by a pitch, leaving runners on first
and third with two outs and Rosen followed by driving a 1-2 pitch from Branca 10
or so rows into the lower stands in left field for a three-run home run and a
4-0 Indians lead.
The Dodgers did get a run back in the bottom half of the third. With the
team's back against the wall, manager Charlie Dressen sent Cal Abrams up to
pinch hit for Branca and he drew a leadoff walk. Carl Furillo grounded
out, with Abrams taking second, and Pee Wee Reese drove the runner home with a
single to left. Duke Snider flied to left for the second out, but Jackie
Robinson kept the rally alive with a base hit to left-center, chasing Reese to
third. Wynn, however, struck out Roy Campanella to preserve Cleveland's
4-1 lead.
A sense of inevitability of the outcome began to set in when Rosen led off the
top of the seventh with his second home run of the contest, a drive that landed
in the lower deck just inside the left field foul pole. When Bob Kennedy
hit for Harry Simpson in the eighth with Rosen on first and two outs and belted
the third Cleveland home run of the game for a 7-1 lead, it appeared all over
but the shouting.
After the Dodgers scored their third inning run, Wynn kept a Brooklyn baserunner
from advancing as far as second until the ninth. In the bottom of the
final inning, Campanella reached on Avila's one-out error. Andy Pafko
followed with a double to left, putting runners at second and third with one
out. But Wynn rose to the occasion one final time, retiring Gil Hodges on
a shallow fly to center field and taking care of Billy Cox on a bouncer to third
to end the game and the Series.
Both teams scored exactly 18 runs in the five-game series, but the Indians--who
had the best pitching performance in the major leagues during the regular
season, held the top-scoring Dodgers to a .234 batting average and a paltry .299
slugging percentage. Half of Brooklyn's runs came in their lone victory.
In the four games the Dodgers lost, they tallied only nine runs. Cleveland
outhomered Brooklyn 6-1, while hitting a robust .299 off Dodgers pitching.
Rosen (.368) led all hitters with eight runs batted in. Wynn and Mike
Garcia each tallied a pair of wins for the Indians. Wynn posted a 1.50 ERA
while Garcia was close behind at 2.08. Cleveland led the major leagues in
complete games during the regular season and fired three more in five contests
during the Series, with Wynn getting two of them and Garcia one.
10/9/1951, Cle51-Brk51, Ebbets Field 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1951 Indians 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 2 0 7 14 1 7 2 1951 Dodgers 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 7 2 Indians AB R H BI AVG Dodgers AB R H BI AVG Mitchell lf 5 1 1 0 .100 Furillo rf 4 0 2 0 .227 Chapman lf 0 0 0 0 .000 Reese ss 4 0 1 1 .167 Avila 2b 5 1 2 0 .368 Snider cf 4 0 0 0 .250 Doby cf 4 0 1 0 .556 Robinson,J 2b 3 0 2 0 .294 Easter 1b 4 1 3 1 .250 Campanella c 4 0 0 0 .333 Rosen 3b 5 3 2 4 .350 Pafko lf 4 0 1 0 .167 McCosky rf 0 0 0 0 .000 Hodges 1b 3 0 0 0 .222 Simpson rf 3 0 0 0 .308 Cox 3b 4 0 0 0 .353 Kennedy,Bo ph 1 1 1 2 .429 Branca p 0 0 0 0 .000 Stirnweiss 3b 0 0 0 0 .000 Abrams ph 0 1 0 0 .000 Boone ss 4 0 2 0 .333 Haugstad p 0 0 0 0 .000 Hegan c 4 0 1 0 .200 Bridges ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Wynn p 4 0 1 0 .143 Podbielan p 0 0 0 0 .000 39 7 14 7 Thompson,D ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Schmitz p 0 0 0 0 .000 King p 0 0 0 0 .000 32 1 6 1 Indians INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Wynn W 2-0 9.0 6 1 1 3 3 133 78 1.50 9.0 6 1 1 3 3 133 78 Dodgers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Branca L 0-2 3.0 6 4 4 0 2 48 32 7.00 Haugstad 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 13 8 0.00 Podbielan 3.0 2 1 1 0 1 34 20 3.00 Schmitz 0.2 2 2 2 0 0 7 5 13.50 King 1.1 4 0 0 1 0 27 16 0.00 9.0 14 7 7 1 3 129 81 Cle: Kennedy,Bo batted for Simpson in the 8th Chapman inserted at lf in the 8th Kennedy,Bo moved to rf in the 8th McCosky inserted at rf in the 9th Stirnweiss inserted at 3b in the 9th Brk: Abrams batted for Branca in the 3rd Bridges batted for Haugstad in the 4th Thompson,D batted for Podbielan in the 7th E-Avila. 2B-Easter(1), Pafko(1). 3B-Doby(1). HR-Rosen 2(2), Kennedy,Bo(1). RBI-Easter(2), Rosen 4(8), Kennedy,Bo 2(2), Reese(1). K-Avila, Simpson, Wynn, Snider, Robinson,J, Campanella. BB-Doby, Robinson,J, Hodges, Abrams. HBP-Easter. HB-Branca. GWRBI: Easter Temperature: 64, Sky: partly cloudy, Wind: out to center at 8 MPH. Attendance: 32,342 Game Time: 2:09