1951 St. Louis Cardinals season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 St. Louis Cardinals 1951 National League Sportsman's Park St. Louis, Missouri 81–73 (.526) 3rd Fred Saigh William Walsingham Jr. Marty Marion KSD WIL(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.Larry Jackson page at Baseball Reference Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents STL Notable transactions May 14, 1951: Don Bollweg and $15,000 were traded by the Cardinals to the New York Yankees for Billy Johnson.Billy Johnson page at Baseball Reference 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.Joe Garagiola page at Baseball Reference Roster 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 = 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 Billy Johnson Billy Johnson (baseball) 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 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 Dick Cole (baseball) 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 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 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 Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SO 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 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.Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.95, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, 978-0-451-22363-0 All-Star Game Stan Musial, Outfield, Starter Red Schoendeist, Second Base, Reserve Enos Slaughter, Outfield, Reserve Farm system Minor League Baseball 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-SalemJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007 References 2 External links 1951 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Reference 1951 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:St. Louis Cardinals seasons Saint Louis Cardinals season Category:1951 in sports in Missouri