1951 St. Louis Cardinals season

Major League Baseball season

Major League Baseball team season

1951 St. Louis Cardinals

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)
| <- 1950 | Seasons | 1952 ->

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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.

## Offseason

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* Prior to 1951 season: Larry Jackson was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cardinals.[1]

## Regular season

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### Season standings

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National League Team  | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road

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New York Giants | 98 | 59  | .624  | —  | 50‍–‍28  | 48‍–‍31
Brooklyn Dodgers | 97 | 60  | .618  | 1  | 49‍–‍29  | 48‍–‍31
St. Louis Cardinals | 81 | 73  | .526  | 15½  | 44‍–‍34  | 37‍–‍39
Boston Braves | 76 | 78  | .494  | 20½  | 42‍–‍35  | 34‍–‍43
Philadelphia Phillies | 73 | 81  | .474  | 23½  | 38‍–‍39  | 35‍–‍42
Cincinnati Reds | 68 | 86  | .442  | 28½  | 35‍–‍42  | 33‍–‍44
Pittsburgh Pirates | 64 | 90  | .416  | 32½  | 32‍–‍45  | 32‍–‍45
Chicago Cubs | 62 | 92  | .403  | 34½  | 32‍–‍45  | 30‍–‍47

### Record vs. opponents

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1951 National League record

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

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 | —

### Notable transactions

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* May 14, 1951: Don Bollweg and $15,000 were traded by the Cardinals to the New York Yankees for Billy Johnson.[2]
* June 15, 1951: Joe Garagiola, Dick Cole, Bill Howerton, Howie Pollet, and Ted Wilks were traded by the Cardinals to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Cliff Chambers and Wally Westlake.[3]

### Roster

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1951 St. Louis Cardinals

Roster
Pitchers

* 25 Dick Bokelmann
* 24 Cloyd Boyer
* 27 Al Brazle
* 31 Harry Brecheen
* 28 Cliff Chambers
* 32 Jackie Collum
* 25,26 Jack Crimian
* 25 Erv Dusak
* 22 Bob Habenicht
* 30 Kurt Krieger
* 23 Max Lanier
* 34 Dan Lewandowski
* 20 Red Munger
* 29 Tom Poholsky
* 11 Howie Pollet
* 21 Joe Presko
* 14 Gerry Staley
* 28 Ted Wilks

|  | Catchers

* 17 Joe Garagiola
* 18 Del Rice
* 16 Bill Sarni
* 30 Bob Scheffing

Infielders

* 36 Vern Benson
* 5 Steve Bilko
* 40 Don Bollweg
* 15 Dick Cole
* 7 Solly Hemus
* 1 Billy Johnson
* 3 Nippy Jones
* 1 Eddie Kazak
* 19 Rocky Nelson
* 38 Don Richmond
* 19 Stan Rojek
* 2 Red Schoendienst

|  | Outfielders

* 34 Larry Ciaffone
* 32 Chuck Diering
* 12 Tommy Glaviano
* 36 Bill Howerton
* 37 Peanuts Lowrey
* 6 Stan Musial
* 39 Hal Rice
* 9 Enos Slaughter
* 36 Jay Van Noy
* 38 Harry Walker
* 17 Wally Westlake

|  | Manager

* 4 Marty Marion

Coaches

* 33 Ray Blades
* 8 Terry Moore
* 35 Mike Ryba
* 26 Buzzy Wares

## Player stats

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### Batting

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#### Starters by position

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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

#### Other batters

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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

### Pitching

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#### Starting pitchers

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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

#### Other pitchers

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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

#### Relief pitchers

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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

## Awards and honors

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* Stan Musial, National League leader, triples. It was the fifth time in his career that he would lead the NL in triples.[4]

## Farm system

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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]

## References

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1. ^ Larry Jackson page at Baseball Reference
2. ^ Billy Johnson page at Baseball Reference
3. ^ Joe Garagiola page at Baseball Reference
4. ^ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.95, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
5. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

## External links

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* 1951 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Reference
* 1951 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

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