1951 St. Louis Cardinals Statistics

National League (NL)
Team Record: 81-73
Finished 3rd in the NL
Attendance: 1,013,429, Avg. 13,513
Ballpark: Sportsman's Park IV
Manager: Marty Marion (81-73)
Location: St. Louis, Missouri

1951 St. Louis Cardinals Roster
1951 St. Louis Cardinals Results

The St. Louis Cardinals of the National League ended the 1951 season with a record of 81 wins and 73 losses, finishing third in the NL.

The Cardinals scored 683 runs and allowed 671 runs. Stan Musial walloped 32 home runs for St. Louis and drove in 108 runs, while leading hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .355 clip. Gerry Staley topped the team with 19 wins, and Al Brazle earned a 3.09 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Marty Marion coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Gerry Staley	19	13	.594	3.81	42	30	10	10	4	3	227.0	244	108	96	14	74	67	8	1	1	975
Cliff Chambers	11	6	.647	3.83	21	16	1	9	1	0	129.3	120	59	55	13	56	45	0	0	2	543
Max Lanier	11	9	.550	3.26	31	23	6	9	2	1	160.0	149	60	58	14	50	59	1	1	2	660
Harry Brecheen	8	4	.667	3.25	24	16	7	5	0	2	138.7	134	54	50	11	54	57	1	1	0	582
Joe Presko	7	4	.636	3.45	15	12	3	5	0	2	88.7	86	36	34	9	20	38	2	0	2	367
Tom Poholsky	7	13	.350	4.43	38	26	5	10	1	1	195.0	204	106	96	15	68	70	0	0	2	830
Al Brazle	6	5	.545	3.09	56	8	28	5	0	7	154.3	139	61	53	13	60	66	5	1	1	650
Red Munger	4	6	.400	5.32	23	11	5	3	0	0	94.7	106	58	56	13	46	44	0	0	1	425
Dick Bokelmann	3	3	.500	3.78	20	1	8	0	0	3	52.3	49	30	22	2	31	22	1	0	3	235
Jackie Collum	2	1	.667	1.59	3	2	1	1	1	0	17.0	11	3	3	0	10	5	0	0	0	66
Cloyd Boyer	2	5	.286	5.26	19	8	3	1	0	1	63.3	68	42	37	9	46	40	3	0	4	288
Jack Crimian	1	0	1.000	9.00	11	0	5	0	0	1	17.0	24	17	17	3	8	5	0	0	0	80
Ted Wilks	0	0		3.00	17	0	6	0	0	1	18.0	19	7	6	1	5	5	0	0	0	74
Bob Habenicht	0	0		7.20	3	0	0	0	0	0	5.0	5	4	4	0	9	1	0	0	0	27
Erv Dusak	0	0		7.20	5	0	4	0	0	0	10.0	14	8	8	0	7	8	0	0	0	49
Kurt Krieger	0	0		15.75	2	0	2	0	0	0	4.0	6	7	7	1	5	3	0	0	0	23
Dan Lewandowski	0	1	.000	9.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	3	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	8
Howie Pollet	0	3	.000	4.38	6	2	2	0	0	1	12.3	10	10	6	1	8	10	0	0	0	56
Totals	81	73	.526	3.95	338	155	97	58	9	23	1387.7	1391	671	609	119	558	546	21	4	18	5938

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH
Stan Musial	152	678	578	124	205	30	12	32	108	4	5	98	40	.355	.449	.614	1.063	355	6	1	1
Red Schoendienst	135	602	553	88	160	32	7	6	54	0	1	35	23	.289	.335	.405	.740	224	13	3	11
Solly Hemus	120	507	420	68	118	18	9	2	32	7	7	75	31	.281	.395	.381	.776	160	6	4	8
Billy Johnson	124	502	442	52	116	23	1	14	64	5	3	46	49	.262	.340	.414	.754	183	12	6	8
Enos Slaughter	123	483	409	48	115	17	8	4	64	7	2	67	25	.281	.386	.391	.777	160	10	3	4
Peanuts Lowrey	114	419	370	52	112	19	5	5	40	0	1	35	12	.303	.366	.422	.788	156	12	2	12
Del Rice	122	419	374	34	94	13	1	9	47	0	0	34	26	.251	.319	.364	.682	136	11	3	8
Nippy Jones	80	312	300	20	79	12	0	3	41	1	2	9	13	.263	.287	.333	.620	100	13	1	2
Wally Westlake	73	299	267	36	68	8	5	6	39	1	2	24	42	.255	.325	.390	.715	104	7	4	4
Hal Rice	69	260	236	20	60	12	1	4	38	0	1	24	22	.254	.323	.364	.687	86	8	0	0
Stan Rojek	51	202	186	21	51	7	3	0	14	0	3	10	10	.274	.318	.344	.662	64	7	2	4
Chuck Diering	64	91	85	9	22	5	1	0	8	0	1	6	15	.259	.308	.341	.649	29	1	0	0
Tommy Glaviano	54	132	104	20	19	4	0	1	4	3	0	26	18	.183	.356	.250	.606	26	4	2	0
Bill Howerton	24	75	65	10	17	4	1	1	4	0	1	10	12	.262	.360	.400	.760	26	2	0	0
Steve Bilko	21	82	72	5	16	4	0	2	12	0	0	9	10	.222	.309	.361	.670	26	1	0	1
Bill Sarni	36	97	86	7	15	1	0	0	2	1	0	9	13	.174	.253	.186	.439	16	4	0	2
Tom Poholsky	38	74	67	5	14	1	0	0	3	1	0	1	14	.209	.221	.224	.444	15	2	0	6
Joe Garagiola	27	82	72	9	14	3	2	2	9	0	0	9	7	.194	.284	.375	.659	27	3	0	1
Gerry Staley	42	88	81	3	13	1	0	0	5	0	0	3	14	.160	.190	.173	.363	14	2	0	4
Vern Benson	13	52	46	8	12	3	1	1	7	0	0	6	8	.261	.346	.435	.781	20	0	0	0
Harry Brecheen	24	57	55	4	12	2	0	1	3	0	0	1	11	.218	.232	.309	.541	17	2	0	1
Harry Walker	8	28	26	6	8	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	.308	.357	.346	.703	9	0	0	0
Cliff Chambers	21	54	49	3	8	1	0	0	4	0	0	4	13	.163	.226	.184	.410	9	2	0	1
Max Lanier	31	57	53	2	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	.151	.167	.151	.318	8	1	0	3
Dick Cole	15	42	36	4	7	1	0	0	3	0	0	6	5	.194	.310	.222	.532	8	0	0	0
Eddie Kazak	11	38	33	2	6	2	0	0	4	0	0	5	5	.182	.289	.242	.532	8	1	0	0
Joe Presko	15	37	37	2	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.162	.162	.189	.351	7	1	0	0
Red Munger	23	31	29	2	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	4	.172	.200	.207	.407	6	0	0	1
Al Brazle	56	46	46	1	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	.109	.109	.109	.217	5	0	0	0
Rocky Nelson	9	19	18	3	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	.222	.263	.278	.541	5	1	0	0
Cloyd Boyer	19	21	20	5	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	9	.200	.200	.250	.450	5	0	0	1
Jackie Collum	3	7	7	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.429	.429	.429	.857	3	0	0	0
Don Richmond	12	37	34	3	3	1	0	1	4	0	1	3	3	.088	.162	.206	.368	7	1	0	0
Bob Scheffing	12	22	18	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	5	.111	.238	.111	.349	2	1	0	1
Erv Dusak	5	2	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	2.000	2.500	4	0	0	0
Jack Crimian	11	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0
Don Bollweg	6	9	9	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.111	.111	.222	.333	2	0	0	0
Ted Wilks	17	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Dick Bokelmann	20	16	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2
Jay Van Noy	6	8	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.000	.125	.000	.125	0	0	0	0
Larry Ciaffone	5	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	0	0	0
Howie Pollet	6	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	.000	.750	.000	.750	0	0	0	0
Bob Habenicht	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0
Kurt Krieger	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Dan Lewandowski	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Totals	1824	6003	5317	683	1404	230	57	95	629	30	30	569	492	.264	.339	.382	.721	2033	134	31	86

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Harry Walker	1B	1	10	1	0	2	1.000	11.000	0
Rocky Nelson	1B	4	29	1	0	5	1.000	7.500	0
Stan Musial	1B	60	600	32	4	60	.994	1.533	0
Nippy Jones	1B	71	698	48	7	78	.991	1.507	0
Don Bollweg	1B	2	16	0	1	2	.941	8.000	0
Steve Bilko	1B	19	170	13	3	18	.984	9.632	0
Red Schoendienst	2B	124	339	386	7	113	.990	5.847	0
Peanuts Lowrey	2B	3	5	1	0	0	1.000	2.000	0
Solly Hemus	2B	12	40	32	2	14	.973	6.000	0
Tommy Glaviano	2B	9	18	25	1	6	.977	4.778	0
Dick Cole	2B	14	21	41	2	10	.969	4.429	0
Don Richmond	3B	11	14	28	0	3	1.000	3.818	0
Peanuts Lowrey	3B	11	5	18	5	2	.821	2.091	0
Eddie Kazak	3B	10	11	17	2	1	.933	2.800	0
Billy Johnson	3B	124	99	316	10	32	.976	3.347	0
Vern Benson	3B	9	1	18	1	3	.950	2.111	0
Bob Scheffing	C	11	32	2	0	0	1.000	3.091	0
Bill Sarni	C	35	107	13	2	3	.984	3.429	1
Del Rice	C	120	447	66	8	12	.985	4.275	5
Joe Garagiola	C	23	81	6	0	2	1.000	3.783	2
Wally Westlake	OF	68	154	7	3	1	.982	2.368	0
Harry Walker	OF	6	10	0	0	0	1.000	1.667	0
Jay Van Noy	OF	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000	0
Enos Slaughter	OF	106	198	10	1	3	.995	1.962	0
Hal Rice	OF	63	116	6	6	0	.953	1.937	0
Rocky Nelson	OF	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Stan Musial	OF	91	216	13	6	4	.974	2.516	0
Peanuts Lowrey	OF	85	220	6	4	3	.983	2.659	0
Bill Howerton	OF	17	35	2	2	1	.949	2.176	0
Tommy Glaviano	OF	17	35	0	1	0	.972	2.059	0
Chuck Diering	OF	44	67	3	0	0	1.000	1.591	0
Larry Ciaffone	OF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Vern Benson	OF	4	9	1	1	0	.909	2.500	0
Ted Wilks	P	17	1	1	0	0	1.000	.118	0
Gerry Staley	P	42	14	54	1	2	.986	1.619	0
Joe Presko	P	15	4	11	1	0	.938	1.000	0
Howie Pollet	P	6	0	3	0	0	1.000	.500	0
Tom Poholsky	P	38	10	43	3	2	.946	1.395	0
Red Munger	P	23	7	25	1	2	.970	1.391	0
Dan Lewandowski	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Max Lanier	P	31	9	28	2	5	.949	1.194	0
Kurt Krieger	P	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	.500	0
Bob Habenicht	P	3	1	1	0	1	1.000	.667	0
Erv Dusak	P	5	0	3	0	0	1.000	.600	0
Jack Crimian	P	11	1	1	0	0	1.000	.182	0
Jackie Collum	P	3	2	4	0	0	1.000	2.000	0
Cliff Chambers	P	21	4	20	3	0	.889	1.143	0
Harry Brecheen	P	24	5	25	2	1	.938	1.250	0
Al Brazle	P	56	4	19	2	1	.920	.411	0
Cloyd Boyer	P	19	1	4	1	0	.833	.263	0
Dick Bokelmann	P	20	2	7	2	0	.818	.450	0
Red Schoendienst	SS	8	15	33	3	7	.941	6.000	0
Stan Rojek	SS	51	95	131	6	36	.974	4.431	0
Solly Hemus	SS	105	181	344	19	72	.965	5.000	0
Totals		1679	4162	1870	125	507	.980	3.593	8

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