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1951 St. Louis Cardinals  (1950)  (1952) 84-70, 3rd in National League Scored 744 runs, Allowed 694 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 82-72 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .707 Park Factor: Batting - 102 / Pitching - 101 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 80-74   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 81-73 Manager(s): Mike Rescigno

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 OF *Stan Musial          30  154  598  122  217  22   8  26  109   5   3  108   52  .363  .464  .557  159  10.6  3(0)e10   -42  
 OF *Richie Ashburn       24  154  673  115  233  30   7   7   56  24  10   61   44  .346  .401  .443  123   7.0  1(+2)e7    24  
 1B *Mickey Vernon        33  150  562   60  185  28   6   9   77   5   3   65   62  .329  .399  .448   98   6.5  2e9        67  
 3B  Billy Johnson        32  133  460   60  131  21   0  12   71   3   3   47   52  .285  .348  .409   66   5.1  2e12        1  
 OF *Enos Slaughter       35  129  421   62  116  18   4   8   80  16   6   58   39  .276  .360  .394   60   4.8  2(0)e1    -23  
 2B  George Strickland    25  136  462   54  104   8   6  12   65   6   2   75  107  .225  .332  .346   55   3.8  3e20       28  
 SS  Johnny Lipon         28  126  510   64  144  11   0   0   41   4   2   35   38  .282  .330  .304   54   3.7  2e40       -1  
 3B  Billy Hitchcock      34  107  229   30   68  11   2   4   34   2   0   31   22  .297  .380  .415   37   6.0  4e37       23  
 OF  Wally Westlake       30  113  287   33   68   5   1  15   55   0   0   24   60  .237  .303  .418   35   4.2  3(0)e7    -66  
 C   Del Rice             28  102  367   39   75   5   0  12   40   0   0   27   32  .204  .261  .316   28   2.5  2(0)e5   -105  
 SS  Granny Hamner        24   66  163   24   40   2   2   2   20   7   1    6   11  .245  .269  .319   13   2.7  2e31      -65  
 2B  Snuffy Stirnweiss    32   19   59    8   17   4   0   2    8   0   1   10   20  .288  .391  .458   10   6.5  2e19      215  
 C   Johnny Pramesa       25   58  204   15   39   4   2   2   12   0   0    4   16  .191  .210  .260    9   1.5  4(+1)e10 -124  
 UT  Stan Rojek           32   35   42    5   12   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    1  .286  .295  .286    3   3.3            -59  
 OF *Earl Rapp            30   15   11    2    5   0   0   0    2   0   1    4    2  .455  .600  .455    2   9.1  3(+1)e9   219  
 3B  Eddie Kazak          30    9   21    3    3   2   0   0    2   0   0    4    4  .143  .280  .238    1   2.5  4e30      -14  
 1B  Nippy Jones          26   13   29    3    3   1   0   0    4   0   0    3    2  .103  .176  .138    1   1.0  4e16     -306  
 C  *Bud Sheely           30   17   27    2    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .111  .172  .111    0    .5  4(-1)e7  -158  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                           762                  -10

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary

     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P  Gerry Staley         30  13   5  .722  33  33   3   0   0   0   3  219.2  229   95   81  19   71   60  3.32  109   4.4  -22  
  P *Max Lanier           35  12   7  .632  27  27   6   0   0   0   3  170.2  170   77   73  20   55   69  3.85   75   3.9  -32  
  P  Marlin Stuart        32  10   9  .526  70   0   0  35   6   5   0  127.1  121   56   49  10   80   44  3.46   69   4.9  -21  
  P *Alex Kellner         26   9  10  .474  33  33   2   0   0   0   2  188.1  204  105   88  20   80  110  4.21  111   5.3    4  
  P *Cliff Chambers       29   9  11  .450  28  28   1   0   0   0   0  175.2  180  105   93  16   88   71  4.76   99   5.0   -6  
  P  Tom Poholsky         21   9  12  .429  32  32   3   0   0   0   0  199.2  215  101   89  14   76   89  4.01  100   4.4  -17  
  P *Harry Brecheen       36   6   2  .750  41   0   0  24   4   0   0   59.2   66   31   27   3   39   30  4.07   37   5.5   40  
  P *Howie Pollet         30   6   5  .545  67   1   0  20   2   3   0  126.1  125   69   64  19   55   65  4.56   67   4.7 -131  
  P  Joe Presko           22   5   3  .625  37   0   0  28  17   3   0   48.1   49   21   20   6   13   26  3.72   22   4.2  -10  
  P *Leo Kiely            21   4   2  .667  41   0   0  21   8   2   0   61.0   51   18   17   5   16   33  2.51   22   3.3  -64  
  P  Red Munger           32   1   2  .333   9   0   0   6   0   1   0   13.1   15    8    6   0    8    6  4.05    7   5.0  -84  
  P  Ted Wilks            35   0   2  .000  10   0   0   5   2   3   0   12.1   12    8    8   1    6    5  5.84    6   4.6   46  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                                      730        -25

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed

Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP OSB OCS +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Del Rice 879 95 101 444 39 13 1 .974 43 20 Johnny Pramesa 454 52 52 214 32 7 2 .972 28 20 Bud Sheely 69 7 16 38 1 1 0 .975 0 1 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Mickey Vernon 1328 147 148 1338 150 10 138 .993 10.08 Nippy Jones 59 7 7 59 3 0 8 1.000 9.46 Stan Musial 7 0 3 5 1 0 0 1.000 7.71 Wally Westlake 7 0 1 7 1 0 0 1.000 10.29 Billy Hitchcock 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- George Strickland 1165 131 132 301 403 16 104 .978 5.44 Snuffy Stirnweiss 146 16 17 31 51 3 13 .965 5.04 Billy Hitchcock 74 5 20 17 20 0 3 1.000 4.50 Stan Rojek 17 2 2 4 8 2 3 .857 6.35 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Billy Johnson 1009 111 112 147 296 4 25 .991 3.95 Billy Hitchcock 347 38 40 50 85 10 13 .931 3.50 Eddie Kazak 38 5 5 2 11 1 1 .929 3.11 Wally Westlake 9 0 3 2 3 0 1 1.000 5.19 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Johnny Lipon 1100 121 121 247 373 33 68 .949 5.07 Granny Hamner 291 33 36 77 100 4 25 .978 5.48 Stan Rojek 9 0 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 4.00 George Strickland 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 7.71 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Stan Musial 1395 154 154 378 7 10 1 .975 2.48 Enos Slaughter 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Earl Rapp 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Richie Ashburn 1375 154 154 437 18 4 4 .991 2.98 Wally Westlake 15 0 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 Enos Slaughter 12 0 4 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Enos Slaughter 912 99 101 195 9 2 0 .990 2.01 Wally Westlake 487 55 55 107 3 3 1 .973 2.03 Eddie Kazak 4 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1951 Draft

Round 1 (#7):	Johnny Lipon
Round 2 (#24):	Johnny Pramesa
Round 3 (#38):	Snuffy Stirnweiss
Round 4 (#51):	Earl Rapp

Transactions

• 1951-12: traded Leo Kiely, Curt Simmons to BRN for Ted Wilks, BRN#2
• 1951 postseason: released George Strickland, Marlin Stuart

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