1951 St. Louis Cardinals season explained

St. Louis Cardinals
Season:	1951
League:	National League
Ballpark:	Sportsman's Park
City:	St. Louis, Missouri
Record:	81–73 (.526)
League Place:	3rd
Owners:	Fred Saigh
General Managers:	William Walsingham Jr.
Managers:	Marty Marion
Television:	KSD
Radio:	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.^[1]

Regular season

Notable transactions

May 14, 1951: Don Bollweg and $15,000 were traded by the Cardinals to the New York Yankees for Billy Johnson.^[2]
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.^[3]

Roster

1951 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches

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	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	122	374	94	.251	9	47
1B	80	300	79	.263	3	41
2B	135	553	160	.289	6	54
SS	120	420	118	.281	2	32
3B	124	442	116	.262	14	64
OF	152	578	205	.355	32	108
OF	114	370	112	.303	5	40
OF	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

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
73	267	68	.255	6	39
69	236	60	.254	4	38
51	186	51		.274	0	14
54	104	19	.183	1	4
36	86	15	.174	0	2
64	85	22	.259	0	8
27	72	14	.194	2	9
21	72	16	.222	2	12
24	65	17	.262	1	4
13	46	12	.261	1	7
15	36	7	.194	0	3
12	34	3	.088	1	4
11	33	6	.182	0	4
8	26	8	.308	0	2
12	18	2	.111	0	2
9	18	4	.222	0	1
6	9	1	.111	0	2
6	7	0	.000	0	0
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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
42	227.0	19	13	3.81	67
38	195.0	7	13	4.43	70
31	160.0	11	9	3.26	59
24	138.2	8	4	3.25	57
21	129.1	11	6	3.83	45
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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
23	94.2	4	6	5.32	44
19	63.1	2	5	5.26	40
3	17.0	2	1	1.59	5
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

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
56	6	5	7	3.09	66
20	3	3	3	3.78	22
17	0	0	1	3.00	5
11	1	0	0	9.00	5
5	0	0	0	7.20	8
3	0	0	0	7.20	1
2	0	0	0	15.75	3
2	0	1	0	9.00	1

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

External links

Notes and References

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/jacksla01.shtml Larry Jackson page at Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/johnsbi03.shtml Billy Johnson page at Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/garagjo01.shtml Joe Garagiola page at Baseball Reference
Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.95, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York,
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007