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1951 St. Louis Cardinals season

Major League Baseball season

Field	Value
name	St. Louis Cardinals
season	1951
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)

(Harry Caray, Gus Mancuso, Stretch Miller) 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

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

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

May 14, 1951: Don Bollweg and $15,000 were traded by the Cardinals to the New York Yankees for Billy Johnson.
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.

Roster

1951 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers

Player stats

	= Indicates team leader

	= Indicates league leader

Batting

Starters by position

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
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		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

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
Wally Westlake	73	267	68	.255	6	39
	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
	64	85	22	.259	0	8
	27	72	14	.194	2	9
Steve Bilko	21	72	16	.222	2	12
	24	65	17	.262	1	4
Vern Benson	13	46	12	.261	1	7
	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
	6	9	1	.111	0	2
Jay Van Noy	6	7	0	.000	0	0
Larry Ciaffone	5	5	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
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

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Red Munger	23	94.2	4	6	5.32	44
	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

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
	56	6	5	7	3.09	66
	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

Sporting News Player of the Year - Stan Musial
Stan Musial, National League leader, triples. It was the fifth time in his career that he would lead the NL in triples.

All-Star Game

Stan Musial, Outfield, Starter
Red Schoendeist, Second Base, Reserve
Enos Slaughter, Outfield, Reserve

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Houston, Winston-Salem

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/jacksla01.shtml Larry Jackson page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/johnsbi03.shtml Billy Johnson page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/garagjo01.shtml Joe Garagiola page at Baseball Reference]
''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
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball'', 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

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