1951 St. Louis Cardinals roster

33 players appeared for the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1951 MLB season.

1951 Cardinals roster: batting

1951 St. Louis Cardinals batting
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
Stan Musial152578124205321084.355.4491.063
Red Schoendienst135553881606540.289.335.740
Solly Hemus120420681182327.281.395.776
Enos Slaughter123409481154647.281.386.777
Del Rice12237434949470.251.319.682
Peanuts Lowrey114370521125400.303.366.788
Nippy Jones8030020793411.263.287.620
Hal Rice6923620604380.254.323.687
Tommy Glaviano541042019143.183.356.606
Bill Sarni3686715021.174.253.439
Chuck Diering6485922080.259.308.649
Steve Bilko21725162120.222.309.670
Vern Benson1346812170.261.346.781
Don Richmond123433140.088.162.368
Eddie Kazak113326040.182.289.532
Harry Walker82668020.308.357.703
Don Bollweg6911020.111.111.333
Jay Vannoy6710000.000.125.125
Larry Ciaffone5500000.000.167.167

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · OPS

1951 Cardinals roster: pitching

1951 St. Louis Cardinals pitching
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.GS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
Gerry StaleyP423019133.81227.0671.403
Tom PoholskyP38267134.43195.0701.391
Max LanierP31231193.26160.0591.241
Al BrazleP568653.09154.1661.297
Harry BrecheenP2416843.25138.2571.362
Red MungerP2311465.3294.2441.610
Joe PreskoP1512743.4588.2381.202
Cloyd BoyerP198255.2663.1401.801
Dick BokelmannP201333.7852.1221.533
Jack CrimianP110109.0017.051.881
Jackie CollumP32211.5917.051.240
Bob HabenichtP30007.205.012.800
Kurt KriegerP200015.754.032.750
Dan LewandowskiP20019.001.014.000

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · WHIP · SV

Regular season. Player lines are the season lines ESPN files under this club; a player traded during the season may appear under his last club only. Age is the player’s age on June 30 of the season. Standings start in 1995, so this season shows no league or division placing.