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1951 St. Louis Cardinals
Record: 83-79
Finish: 4th in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 898
Runs Allowed: 795
Exp W-L: 90-72
 
Ballpark: Sportsmans Park
Attendance: 1,459,016
Manager: Joel Roltgen

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 73-64, 3rd in the NL
AA: 69-68, 4th in the NL
A: 70-67, 4th in the NL
 
 
 
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
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Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
LF  Ralph Kiner 28 156 535 109 156 23 1 34 117 0 0 130 97 .292 .428 .529 .956 117.9 20.5 3.1
2B  Tommy Glaviano 27 155 537 102 136 24 1 17 74 7 0 122 103 .253 .395 .397 .792 93.7 14.1 3.7
CF  Sam Mele 28 150 604 102 187 26 6 32 109 0 0 49 50 .310 .361 .531 .892 107.8 17.5 5.6
1B *Bobby Brown 26 156 563 92 166 25 3 15 100 17 13 87 13 .295 .386 .430 .816 96.5 14.5 5.1
1B *Earl Torgeson 27 152 512 122 142 25 4 37 100 6 3 133 61 .277 .425 .559 .984 118.1 21.0 3.1
SS  George Kell 28 155 599 85 153 40 3 7 86 2 0 39 14 .255 .303 .367 .670 62.0 5.2 6.3
C  Del Rice 28 136 483 75 136 24 0 11 75 0 0 65 57 .282 .367 .400 .766 68.9 8.9 3.3
CF  Chuck Diering 28 129 358 48 97 16 2 2 41 0 0 59 47 .271 .371 .344 .715 49.2 5.6 2.6
C  Matt Batts 29 110 286 39 92 27 1 4 55 0 0 24 29 .322 .371 .465 .836 43.7 6.8 1.5
CF  Mike McCormick 34 99 177 28 37 6 0 3 19 5 5 24 12 .209 .302 .294 .596 14.6 0.0 1.1
RF  Roberto Ortiz 36 74 175 24 42 4 1 3 26 4 2 20 36 .240 .313 .326 .639 19.2 1.1 1.0
CF  Johnny Groth 24 56 128 17 31 5 3 4 23 0 0 20 21 .242 .345 .422 .766 17.7 2.1 1.3
P *Warren Spahn 30 44 137 8 22 2 0 0 9 1 0 2 42 .161 .173 .175 .348 1.2 0.0 0.0
P *Joe Nuxhall 22 44 114 10 24 2 0 1 7 1 0 0 19 .211 .211 .254 .465 5.8 0.0 0.0
P *Curt Simmons 22 42 102 5 15 1 1 1 10 0 0 1 22 .147 .163 .206 .369 1.8 0.0 0.0
C  Al Evans 34 49 94 10 24 5 0 1 7 0 0 5 12 .255 .290 .340 .630 8.4 0.3 0.6
P *Harry Perkowski 28 32 88 7 13 2 0 0 7 0 0 3 23 .148 .183 .170 .353 1.7 0.0 0.0
2B  Dutch Meyer 35 44 44 7 17 0 1 0 5 0 0 3 2 .386 .426 .432 .857 6.9 1.2 0.2
1B *Bob Addis 25 30 32 6 12 1 0 1 5 0 0 1 2 .375 .394 .500 .894 5.0 0.9 0.1
P  Bill McCahan 30 32 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Bill Sayles 33 40 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Junior Thompson 34 76 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.0 0.0
P *Frank Fanovich 29 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.9 1978 5577 896 1504 258 27 173 875 43 23 787 663 .270 .359 .419 .778 840.4 119.7 38.6
  Rank among 8 NL teams 3 4 2 3 6 3 4 6 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 3  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
*Warren Spahn 30 26 10 .722 44 44 0 374.7 277 90 10 104 306 2.16 44.5
*Joe Nuxhall 22 16 20 .444 44 44 0 316.0 322 180 29 189 139 5.13 12.0
*Curt Simmons 22 15 20 .429 42 42 0 305.7 326 162 30 151 111 4.77 14.2
*Harry Perkowski 28 14 10 .583 32 32 0 237.7 258 130 23 128 117 4.92 11.0
 Junior Thompson 34 4 9 .308 76 0 4 91.7 82 47 2 72 33 4.61 6.1
 Bill Sayles 33 5 4 .556 40 0 0 43.7 41 30 16 40 33 6.18 1.5
 Bill McCahan 30 2 1 .667 32 0 0 40.0 48 25 4 20 13 5.63 1.4
 Ed Albosta 32 1 5 .167 29 0 14 18.7 28 27 5 27 17 13.02 0.0
*Frank Fanovich 29 0 0 .000 17 0 1 18.0 25 16 3 11 18 8.00 0.0
Team Totals 28.9 83 79 .512 356 162 19 1446.0 1407 707 122 742 787 4.40 90.6
Rank among 8 NL teams 4 4 7 4 3 2 3 3 5 1 3  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 30.0
D.Rice 1069.0 120 122 616 43 10 2 .985 24.6
M.Batts 348.3 39 43 188 16 2 0 .990 31.8
A.Evans 28.7 3 7 21 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1446.0 162 172 825 59 12 2 .987 26.3
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 12.01
E.Torgeson 1249.0 137 150 1566 121 23 150 .987 12.16
M.Batts 179.0 23 23 223 14 2 29 .992 11.92
J.Groth 18.0 2 2 16 0 0 1 1.000 8.00
Team Total 1446.0 162 175 1805 135 25 180 .987 12.07
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 6.28
G.Kell 1292.3 147 152 307 582 21 130 .977 6.19
J.Groth 104.7 13 17 31 40 1 8 .986 6.11
D.Meyer 32.0 2 8 8 9 1 1 .944 4.78
T.Glaviano 10.7 0 5 2 5 0 0 1.000 5.91
B.Brown 6.3 0 4 2 5 0 2 1.000 9.95
Team Total 1446.0 162 186 350 641 23 141 .977 6.17
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 2.99
T.Glaviano 1243.0 146 147 91 368 26 38 .946 3.32
A.Evans 172.0 16 30 16 43 0 2 1.000 3.09
D.Rice 27.0 0 10 1 6 1 0 .875 2.33
G.Kell 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Brown 2.0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1446.0 162 189 108 417 28 40 .949 3.27
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 5.51
B.Brown 1291.0 146 149 184 548 11 111 .985 5.10
J.Groth 131.0 16 17 21 64 3 11 .966 5.84
D.Meyer 16.0 0 9 4 8 0 2 1.000 6.75
T.Glaviano 8.0 0 3 0 4 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1446.0 162 178 209 624 14 124 .983 5.18
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.00
R.Kiner 1303.7 148 153 227 10 7 2 .971 1.64
C.Diering 71.0 8 11 13 1 0 0 1.000 1.77
J.Groth 34.0 4 7 8 0 1 0 .889 2.12
R.Ortiz 27.7 2 8 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.65
M.McCormick 6.3 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Addis 3.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1446.0 162 183 250 11 8 2 .970 1.62
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 2.49
S.Mele 1240.3 142 143 344 13 2 3 .994 2.59
M.McCormick 191.0 20 26 53 1 0 1 1.000 2.54
J.Groth 12.7 0 7 2 1 0 0 1.000 2.13
C.Diering 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
B.Addis 1.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1446.0 162 178 402 15 2 4 .995 2.60
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 1.98
C.Diering 833.0 95 101 156 8 2 1 .988 1.77
R.Ortiz 394.0 48 53 74 3 4 0 .951 1.76
M.McCormick 154.7 12 29 30 1 5 0 .861 1.80
S.Mele 25.0 3 4 5 0 1 0 .833 1.80
J.Groth 18.0 2 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
B.Addis 18.0 2 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
A.Evans 3.3 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 5.41
Team Total 1446.0 162 195 276 12 12 1 .960 1.79
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 2.27
W.Spahn 374.7 44 44 31 77 3 3 .973 2.59
J.Nuxhall 316.0 44 44 17 49 2 3 .971 1.88
C.Simmons 305.7 42 42 24 56 2 8 .976 2.36
H.Perkowski 237.7 32 32 11 38 2 1 .961 1.86
J.Thompson 91.7 0 76 7 16 0 0 1.000 2.26
B.Sayles 43.7 0 40 2 10 2 1 .857 2.47
B.McCahan 40.0 0 32 3 10 0 3 1.000 2.93
E.Albosta 18.7 0 29 1 4 1 0 .833 2.41
F.Fanovich 18.0 0 17 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.50
Team Total 1446.0 162 356 97 262 12 19 .968 2.23
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Mele .310
On-Base Pct Kiner .428
Slugging Pct Torgeson .559
OPS Torgeson .984
XR Torgeson 118.1
Games Kiner, Brown 156
At-Bats Mele 604
Runs Torgeson 122
Hits Mele 187
Total Bases Mele 321
Singles Brown, Mele 123
Doubles Kell 40
Triples Mele 6
Homeruns Torgeson 37
RBIs Kiner 117
Stolen Bases Brown 17
Caught Stealing Brown 13
Walks Torgeson 133
Strikeouts Glaviano 103
ERA Spahn 2.16
Wins Spahn 26
Losses Nuxhall, Simmons 20
Winning Pct Spahn .722
Saves Albosta 14
Games Pitched Thompson 76
Games Started Nuxhall, Spahn 44
Complete Games Spahn 28
Shutouts Spahn 10
Innings Pitched Spahn 374.7
Hits Allowed Simmons 326
Homeruns Allowed Simmons 30
Strikeouts Spahn 306
Walks Allowed Nuxhall 189
Walks per 9IP Spahn 2.5
Hits per 9IP Spahn 6.7
Strikeouts per 9IP Spahn 7.4
WHiP Spahn 1.02
OAVG Spahn .207
OOBP Spahn .264
OSLG Spahn .290
OOPS Spahn .554
Team All-Stars
Bobby Brown
Del Rice
Warren Spahn
Earl Torgeson
Player Salaries
Warren Spahn $ 29,426,120
Ralph Kiner $ 4,400,000
Earl Torgeson $ 3,785,714
Del Rice $ 3,592,857
Joe Nuxhall $ 3,592,857
Junior Thompson $ 2,620,000
Curt Simmons $ 2,078,571
Dutch Meyer $ 2,000,000
Mike McCormick $ 1,500,000
George Kell $ 1,378,571
Sam Mele $ 870,000
Bill Sayles $ 500,000
Al Evans $ 350,000
Harry Perkowski $ 300,000
Bob Addis $ 300,000
Johnny Groth $ 300,000
Tommy Glaviano $ 300,000
Frank Fanovich $ 300,000
Chuck Diering $ 300,000
Bobby Brown $ 300,000
Matt Batts $ 300,000
Ed Albosta $ 300,000
Bill McCahan $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/4 Signed     Bill Sayles
7/31 Released Roberto Ortiz    
 
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