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1951 St. Louis Cardinals
Major league affiliations
National League (Since 1892)
Location
Sportsman's Park (Since 1920) St. Louis, Missouri (Since 1882)
1951 Information
Owner(s)	Fred Saigh
Manager(s)	Marty Marion
Local television	KSD
Local radio	WIL (Harry Caray)
Stats	ESPN.com BB-reference

The St. Louis Cardinals 1951 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 3rd in the National League.

1 Offseason
2 Regular season
3 Player stats
- 3.1 Batting
  - 3.1.1 Starters by position
  - 3.1.2 Other batters
- 3.2 Pitching
4 Awards and honors
5 Farm system
6 Notes
7 References

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	GB	Pct.
New York Giants	98	59	--	.624
Brooklyn Dodgers	97	60	1	.618
St. Louis Cardinals	81	73	15.5	.526
Boston Braves	76	78	20.5	.494
Philadelphia Phillies	73	81	23.5	.474
Cincinnati Reds	68	86	28.5	.442
Pittsburgh Pirates	64	90	32.5	.416
Chicago Cubs	62	92	34.5	.403

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

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

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

4 Marty Marion

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	Johnson, BillyBilly 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
Rice, HalHal Rice	69	236	60	.254	4	38
Diering, ChuckChuck Diering	64	85	22	.259	0	8
Garagiola, JoeJoe Garagiola	27	72	14	.194	2	9
Howerton, BillBill Howerton	24	65	17	.262	1	4
Bollweg, DonDon Bollweg	6	9	1	.111	0	2

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Boyer, CloydCloyd Boyer	19	63.1	2	5	5.26	40

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Bokelmann, DickDick 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

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

Notes

^ Larry Jackson page at Baseball Reference
^ Billy Johnson page at Baseball Reference
^ 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, NY, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References

1951 MLB season by team

American League	Boston • Chicago • Cleveland • Detroit • New York • Philadelphia • St. Louis • Washington

National League	Boston • Brooklyn • Chicago • Cincinnati • New York • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh • St. Louis

1951 All-Star Game • 1951 World Series

St. Louis Cardinals

Based in St. Louis, Missouri

Franchise

History · Seasons · Records · Awards & League Leaders · Roster · Players · Managers · General Managers and Owners · Broadcasters · Opening Day starting pitchers · All articles

Ballparks

Robison Field · Sportsman's Park · Busch Memorial Stadium · Busch Stadium ·
Spring Training: McKechnie Field · City Island Ball Park · Al Lang Stadium · Roger Dean Stadium

Culture/Lore

Brock for Broglio · Cardinal Nation · The Call · Curse of Keith Hernandez · Fredbird · Gashouse Gang · Slaughter's Mad Dash · Seat Cushion Night · Whiteyball · KMOX · Home Run Chase

Rivalries

Chicago Cubs · Houston Astros

Important Figures

Jim Bottomley · Ken Boyer · Lou Brock · Jack Buck · August "Gussie" Busch · Harry Caray · Steve Carlton · Mort Cooper · Dizzy Dean · Bing Devine · Curt Flood · Frankie Frisch · Bob Gibson · Jesse Haines · Keith Hernandez · Whitey Herzog · Rogers Hornsby · George Kissell · Tony La Russa · Mark McGwire · Joe Medwick · Stan Musial · Albert Pujols · Branch Rickey · Red Schoendienst · Mike Shannon · Ted Simmons · Enos Slaughter · Ozzie Smith · Billy Southworth · Bruce Sutter

Retired Numbers

1 · 2 · 6 · 9 · 14 · 20 · 42 · 42 · 45 · 85

Key Personnel

Owner: Bill DeWitt, Jr. · General Manager: John Mozeliak · Manager: Tony La Russa

Minors

AAA: Memphis Redbirds · AA: Springfield Cardinals · A: (high) Palm Beach Cardinals · (low) Quad Cities River Bandits · (short-season) Batavia Muckdogs · Rookie: Johnson City Cardinals · Gulf Coast League Cardinals · Dominican · Venezuelan

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