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1951 St. Louis Cardinals

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1950 / 1952

81-73, Finished 3rd in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Marty Marion (81-73)
Scored 683 runs, Allowed 671 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 78-76

Ballparks: Sportsman's Park III · Attendance: 1,013,429 (3rd of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 100, Pitching - 100 · one-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 100

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1950 / 1952 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Vern Benson 26 L R 5' 10" 160 Sep 19, 1924 3 13 11 13 13 0 0 0 0 9 0 4 0 0 4 0 0 0.3 $
Steve Bilko 22 R R 6' 1" 230 Nov 13, 1928 3 21 19 21 19 0 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.1 $
Dick Bokelmann 24 R R 6' 0" 180 Oct 26, 1926 1st 20 1 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Don Bollweg 30 L L 6' 1" 190 Feb 12, 1921 2 6 1 6 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 -0.1 $
Cloyd Boyer 23 R R 6' 1" 188 Sep 1, 1927 3 19 8 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
Al Brazle 37 L L 6' 2" 185 Oct 19, 1913 7 56 8 56 56 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.3 $
Harry Brecheen 36 L L 5' 10" 160 Oct 14, 1914 10 24 16 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.7 $
Cliff Chambers 29 L L 6' 3" 208 Jan 10, 1922 4 21 16 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4 $
Larry Ciaffone 26 R R 5' 9" 185 Aug 17, 1924 1st 5 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 0 -0.1 $
Dick Cole 25 R R 6' 2" 175 May 6, 1926 1st 15 11 15 14 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 $
Jackie Collum 24 L L 5' 7" 160 Jun 21, 1927 1st 3 2 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $
Jack Crimian 25 R R 5' 10" 180 Feb 17, 1926 1st 11 0 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 $
Chuck Diering 28 R R 5' 10" 165 Feb 5, 1923 5 64 17 64 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 34 5 44 9 13 -0.6 $
Erv Dusak 30 R R 6' 2" 185 Jul 29, 1920 8 5 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Joe Garagiola 25 L R 6' 0" 190 Feb 12, 1926 6 27 20 27 23 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.1 $14,000
Tommy Glaviano 27 R R 5' 9" 175 Oct 26, 1923 3 54 23 54 26 0 0 0 9 0 0 2 13 2 17 28 1 0.2 $
Bob Habenicht 25 R R 6' 2" 185 Feb 13, 1926 1st 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Solly Hemus 28 L R 5' 9" 165 Apr 17, 1923 3 120 114 120 116 0 0 0 12 0 105 0 0 0 0 4 0 3.9 $
Bill Howerton 29 L R 5' 11" 185 Dec 12, 1921 3 24 16 24 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 13 17 7 0 0.2 $
Billy Johnson 32 R R 5' 10" 180 Aug 30, 1918 7 124 121 124 124 0 0 0 0 124 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 $
Nippy Jones 26 R R 6' 1" 185 Jun 29, 1925 6 80 70 80 71 0 0 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 -0.9 $
Eddie Kazak 30 R R 6' 0" 175 Jul 18, 1920 4 11 9 11 10 0 0 0 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.2 $
Kurt Krieger 24 R R 6' 3" 212 Sep 16, 1926 2 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Max Lanier 35 R L 5' 11" 180 Aug 18, 1915 12 31 23 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.9 $
Dan Lewandowski 23 R R 6' 0" 180 Jan 6, 1928 1st 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Peanuts Lowrey 33 R R 5' 8" 170 Aug 27, 1917 9 114 90 114 94 0 0 0 3 11 0 13 74 1 85 20 1 1.9 $
Red Munger 32 R R 6' 2" 200 Oct 4, 1918 8 23 11 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
Stan Musial HOF 30 L L 6' 0" 175 Nov 21, 1920 10 152 151 152 151 0 0 60 0 0 0 83 11 1 91 1 0 8.7 $80,000 All-Star
Rocky Nelson 26 L L 5' 10" 175 Nov 18, 1924 3 9 4 9 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 0 0.0 $
Tom Poholsky 21 R R 6' 3" 205 Aug 26, 1929 2 38 26 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Howie Pollet 30 L L 6' 1" 175 Jun 26, 1921 9 6 2 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Joe Presko 22 R R 5' 9" 165 Oct 7, 1928 1st 15 12 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 $
Del Rice 28 R R 6' 2" 190 Oct 27, 1922 7 122 108 122 120 0 120 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1.0 $
Hal Rice 27 L R 6' 1" 195 Feb 11, 1924 4 69 62 69 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 48 0 16 63 7 0 -0.3 $
Don Richmond 31 L R 6' 1" 175 Oct 27, 1919 4 12 9 12 11 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 -0.3 $
Stan Rojek 32 R R 5' 10" 170 Apr 21, 1919 7 51 45 51 51 0 0 0 0 0 51 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.4 $
Bill Sarni 23 R R 5' 11" 180 Sep 19, 1927 1st 36 22 36 35 0 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.6 $
Bob Scheffing 37 R R 6' 2" 180 Aug 11, 1913 8 12 5 12 11 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.2 $
Red Schoendienst HOF 28 B R 6' 0" 170 Feb 2, 1923 7 135 131 135 132 0 0 0 124 0 8 0 0 0 0 4 0 3.3 $ All-Star
Enos Slaughter HOF 35 L R 5' 9" 180 Apr 27, 1916 11 123 106 123 106 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 106 106 17 0 2.2 $22,500 All-Star
Gerry Staley 30 R R 6' 0" 195 Aug 21, 1920 5 42 30 42 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.8 $
Jay Van Noy 22 L R 6' 1" 200 Nov 4, 1928 1st 6 1 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 0 -0.2 $
Harry Walker 34 L R 6' 2" 175 Oct 22, 1916 10 8 7 8 7 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 5 0 6 1 0 0.1 $
Wally Westlake 30 R R 6' 0" 186 Nov 8, 1920 5 73 67 73 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 39 20 68 5 0 0.5 $ All-Star
Ted Wilks 35 R R 5' 9" 178 Nov 13, 1915 8 17 0 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary

Billy Johnson
Eddie Kazak

Red Schoendienst

Nippy Jones

Steve Bilko

Stan Musial

Solly Hemus

Enos Slaughter

Howie Pollet

Tommy Glaviano

Gerry Staley

Dick Cole

Bill Sarni

Joe Garagiola
Wally Westlake

Del Rice

Rocky Nelson
Stan Rojek

Red Munger

Jackie Collum
Joe Presko

Bob Habenicht

Max Lanier

Cloyd Boyer

Dick Bokelmann
Jack Crimian
Erv Dusak

Al Brazle

Cliff Chambers
Ted Wilks

Tom Poholsky

Kurt Krieger
Bob Scheffing

Harry Brecheen

Chuck Diering

Larry Ciaffone
Dan Lewandowski

Vern Benson
Bill Howerton
Jay Van Noy

Peanuts Lowrey

Don Richmond
Harry Walker

Hal Rice

Don Bollweg

Kurt Krieger

1950 / 1952 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers