1951 Omaha Cardinals Statistics

Western League (WL) - Class: A
Team Record: 90-64
Finished 1st in the WL
Manager: George Kissell (90-64)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Omaha, Nebraska
Ballpark: Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium
Attendance: 162,247, Avg. 2,107
1951 Omaha Cardinals Roster

Playoffs - Sioux City Soos 3 games, Omaha Cardinals 1

The Omaha Cardinals of the Western League ended the 1951 season with a record of 90 wins and 64 losses, finishing first in the WL.

The Cardinals paced the circuit with just 558 runs allowed. Omaha scored 752 runs. Ken Boyer topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .306. Willard Schmidt paced the team with 19 wins, while George Eyrich, too added 15 or more wins, too Willard Schmidt registered a 2.11 earned run average, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Members of the 1951 Omaha Cardinals who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Ken Boyer, Lou Ciola, Joe Cunningham, George Eyrich, Johnny Grodzicki, Neal Hertweck, Stu Miller, Wally Moon, Willard Schmidt and Bob Stephenson.

George Kissell served as manager.


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Pitching:

Player W L W% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF
Willard Schmidt1914.5762.1144252.016980596108
George Eyrich1811.6212.3936275.025496731197
Lou Ciola115.6882.5846115.01034133535
Hal Coffman117.6112.9626143.01376547375
Jack Shirley92.8181.8316103.0722621342
Thomas Keating97.5623.0030144.012159482100
Roy Pounds55.5004.683098.01026851462
Joseph Chuka43.5714.581259.0663430527
Johnny Grodzicki11.5004.291221.02410108
Stu Miller004.501132.025171615
Totals8755.6132.81263000001242.0107349638839569000000

Batting:

Player GP PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB DP HBP SH SF IBB
Ken Boyer15156556517328714.306.306.455.761257
Russ Rac14148948914722417.301.301.466.767228
Earl Weaver1425065061413520.279.279.356.634180
Bob Stephenson1535235231181855.226.226.308.533161
Jim Neufeldt1214164161152044.276.276.373.649155
Harvey Zernia1053823821011836.264.264.374.639143
Roy Huff1123633639015510.248.248.399.647145
Nick Adzick117360360861725.239.239.339.578122
Jim Hercinger10430530581917.266.266.370.636113
Lewis Richardson102283283591522.208.208.297.50584
Buddy Phillips6015915933811.208.208.289.49746
Neal Hertweck27959524401.253.253.326.57931
Willard Schmidt46818115300.185.185.222.40718
George Eyrich37999914100.141.141.152.29315
Lou Ciola49484813301.271.271.396.66719
Ralph Lageman20525213001.250.250.308.55816
Joe Cunningham12414111210.268.268.366.63415
Wally Moon16494911311.224.224.388.61219
Karol Kwak15555511401.200.200.327.52718
Arnold Riesgo26585810401.172.172.293.46617
Jack Shirley1837377100.189.189.216.4058
Joseph Aliperto1530305100.167.167.200.3676
Roy Pounds3028284000.143.143.143.2864
Hal Coffman2754544201.074.074.167.2419
Stu Miller1110102000.200.200.200.4002
Thomas Keating3046462000.043.043.043.0872
Maurice Garlock1012121000.083.083.083.1671
Joseph Chuka1220201000.050.050.050.1001
Johnny Grodzicki12330000.000.000.000.0000
Totals17215169516901292233387800000.250.250.355.605183500000


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G
Lou CiolaP46.000
Willard SchmidtP44.000
George EyrichP36.000
Roy PoundsP30.000
Thomas KeatingP30.000
Hal CoffmanP26.000
Jack ShirleyP16.000
Johnny GrodzickiP12.000
Joseph ChukaP12.000
Stu MillerP11.000
Totals2630000.000

Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.





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