1951 St. Louis Cardinals season

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Offseason

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

Regular season

Season standings

National League		 W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Giants 98 59 0.624 — 50–28 48–31
Brooklyn Dodgers 97 60 0.618 1 49–29 48–31
St. Louis Cardinals 81 73 0.526 15½ 44–34 37–39
Boston Braves 76 78 0.494 20½ 42–35 34–43
Philadelphia Phillies 73 81 0.474 23½ 38–39 35–42
Cincinnati Reds 68 86 0.442 28½ 35–42 33–44
Pittsburgh Pirates 64 90 0.416 32½ 32–45 32–45
Chicago Cubs 62 92 0.403 34½ 32–45 30–47


Record vs. opponents

1951 National League Records

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

Roster

1951 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
3B Billy Johnson 124 442 116 .262 14 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
Hal Rice 69 236 60 .254 4 38
Chuck Diering 64 85 22 .259 0 8
Joe Garagiola 27 72 14 .194 2 9
Bill Howerton 24 65 17 .262 1 4
Dick Cole 15 36 7 .194 0 3
Don Bollweg 6 9 1 .111 0 2

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

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
Cloyd Boyer 19 63.1 2 5 5.26 40

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

Awards and honors

  • 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
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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External links

  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
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