1951 St. Louis Cardinals | ||
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League | National League | |
Ballpark | Sportsman's Park | |
City | St. Louis, Missouri | |
Record | 81–73 (.526) | |
League place | 3rd | |
Owners | Fred Saigh | |
General managers | William Walsingham Jr. | |
Managers | Marty Marion | |
Television | KSD | |
Radio | WIL (Harry Caray, Gus Mancuso, Stretch Miller) | |
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The 1951 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 70th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 60th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 81–73 during the season and finished third in the National League.
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Giants | 98 | 59 | 0.624 | — | 50–28 | 48–31 |
Brooklyn Dodgers | 97 | 60 | 0.618 | 1 | 49–29 | 48–31 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 81 | 73 | 0.526 | 15½ | 44–34 | 37–39 |
Boston Braves | 76 | 78 | 0.494 | 20½ | 42–35 | 34–43 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 73 | 81 | 0.474 | 23½ | 38–39 | 35–42 |
Cincinnati Reds | 68 | 86 | 0.442 | 28½ | 35–42 | 33–44 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 64 | 90 | 0.416 | 32½ | 32–45 | 32–45 |
Chicago Cubs | 62 | 92 | 0.403 | 34½ | 32–45 | 30–47 |
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Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
Boston | — | 10–12–1 | 10–12 | 10–12 | 8–14 | 12–10 | 13–9 | 13–9 | |||||
Brooklyn | 12–10–1 | — | 14–8 | 14–8 | 14–11 | 15–7 | 10–12 | 18–4 | |||||
Chicago | 12–10 | 8–14 | — | 10–12 | 7–15 | 7–15 | 9–13 | 9–13–1 | |||||
Cincinnati | 12–10 | 8–14 | 12–10 | — | 5–17 | 11–11 | 12–10–1 | 8–14 | |||||
New York | 14–8 | 11–14 | 15–7 | 17–5 | — | 16–6 | 14–8 | 11–11 | |||||
Philadelphia | 10–12 | 7–15 | 15–7 | 11–11 | 6–16 | — | 15–7 | 9–13 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 9–13 | 12–10 | 13–9 | 10–12–1 | 8–14 | 7–15 | — | 5–17 | |||||
St. Louis | 9–13 | 4–18 | 13–9–1 | 14–8 | 11–11 | 13–9 | 17–5 | — |
1951 St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||
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Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Del Rice | 122 | 374 | 94 | .251 | 9 | 47 |
1B | Nippy Jones | 80 | 300 | 79 | .263 | 3 | 41 |
2B | Red Schoendienst | 135 | 553 | 160 | .289 | 6 | 54 |
SS | Solly Hemus | 120 | 420 | 118 | .281 | 2 | 32 |
3B | Billy Johnson | 124 | 442 | 116 | .262 | 14 | 64 |
OF | Stan Musial | 152 | 578 | 205 | .355 | 32 | 108 |
OF | Peanuts Lowrey | 114 | 370 | 112 | .303 | 5 | 40 |
OF | Enos Slaughter | 123 | 409 | 115 | .281 | 4 | 64 |
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Wally Westlake | 73 | 267 | 68 | .255 | 6 | 39 |
Hal Rice | 69 | 236 | 60 | .254 | 4 | 38 |
Stan Rojek | 51 | 186 | 51 | .274 | 0 | 14 |
Tommy Glaviano | 54 | 104 | 19 | .183 | 1 | 4 |
Bill Sarni | 36 | 86 | 15 | .174 | 0 | 2 |
Chuck Diering | 64 | 85 | 22 | .259 | 0 | 8 |
Joe Garagiola | 27 | 72 | 14 | .194 | 2 | 9 |
Steve Bilko | 21 | 72 | 16 | .222 | 2 | 12 |
Bill Howerton | 24 | 65 | 17 | .262 | 1 | 4 |
Vern Benson | 13 | 46 | 12 | .261 | 1 | 7 |
Dick Cole | 15 | 36 | 7 | .194 | 0 | 3 |
Don Richmond | 12 | 34 | 3 | .088 | 1 | 4 |
Eddie Kazak | 11 | 33 | 6 | .182 | 0 | 4 |
Harry Walker | 8 | 26 | 8 | .308 | 0 | 2 |
Bob Scheffing | 12 | 18 | 2 | .111 | 0 | 2 |
Rocky Nelson | 9 | 18 | 4 | .222 | 0 | 1 |
Don Bollweg | 6 | 9 | 1 | .111 | 0 | 2 |
Jay Van Noy | 6 | 7 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Larry Ciaffone | 5 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Gerry Staley | 42 | 227.0 | 19 | 13 | 3.81 | 67 |
Tom Poholsky | 38 | 195.0 | 7 | 13 | 4.43 | 70 |
Max Lanier | 31 | 160.0 | 11 | 9 | 3.26 | 59 |
Harry Brecheen | 24 | 138.2 | 8 | 4 | 3.25 | 57 |
Cliff Chambers | 21 | 129.1 | 11 | 6 | 3.83 | 45 |
Joe Presko | 15 | 88.2 | 7 | 4 | 3.45 | 38 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Red Munger | 23 | 94.2 | 4 | 6 | 5.32 | 44 |
Cloyd Boyer | 19 | 63.1 | 2 | 5 | 5.26 | 40 |
Jackie Collum | 3 | 17.0 | 2 | 1 | 1.59 | 5 |
Howie Pollet | 6 | 12.1 | 0 | 3 | 4.38 | 10 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Al Brazle | 56 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 3.09 | 66 |
Dick Bokelmann | 20 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3.78 | 22 |
Ted Wilks | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.00 | 5 |
Jack Crimian | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 5 |
Erv Dusak | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.20 | 8 |
Bob Habenicht | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.20 | 1 |
Kurt Krieger | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.75 | 3 |
Dan Lewandowski | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 |
See also: Minor League Baseball |
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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AAA | Columbus Red Birds | American Association | Harry Walker |
AAA | Rochester Red Wings | International League | Johnny Keane |
AA | Houston Buffaloes | Texas League | Al Hollingsworth |
A | Columbus Cardinals | Sally League | Hal Anderson |
A | Omaha Cardinals | Western League | George Kissell |
B | Winston-Salem Cardinals | Carolina League | Harold Olt |
B | Allentown Cardinals | Interstate League | Whitey Kurowski |
B | Lynchburg Cardinals | Piedmont League | Skeeter Scalzi |
B | Tri-City Braves | Western International League | Charles Peterson |
C | Fresno Cardinals | California League | Larry Barton, Sr. |
C | Pocatello Cardinals | Pioneer League | Norm Shope and Bob Comiskey |
C | St. Joseph Cardinals | Western Association | Gene Corbett |
D | Johnson City Cardinals | Appalachian League | Ben Catchings |
D | Goldsboro Cardinals | Coastal Plain League | George Ferrell |
D | Albany Cardinals | Georgia–Florida League | Sheldon "Chief" Bender |
D | Hamilton Cardinals | PONY League | Vedie Himsl |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Houston, Winston-Salem[5]