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
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 Catchers
Infielders Outfielders Manager
Coaches
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.Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.95, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York,
All-Star Game
Stan Musial, Outfield, Starter Red Schoendeist, Second Base, Reserve Enos Slaughter, Outfield, Reserve
Farm system
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
External links 1951 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Reference 1951 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com