1951 Omaha Cardinals Statistics

Western League (WL) - Class: A
Team Record: 90-64
Finished 1st in the WL
Manager: George Kissell (90-64)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Omaha, Nebraska
Ballpark: Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium
Attendance: 162,247, Avg. 2,107

1951 Omaha Cardinals Roster

Playoffs - Sioux City Soos 3 games, Omaha Cardinals 1

The Omaha Cardinals of the Western League ended the 1951 season with a record of 90 wins and 64 losses, finishing first in the WL.

The Cardinals paced the circuit with just 558 runs allowed. Omaha scored 752 runs. Ken Boyer topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .306. Willard Schmidt paced the team with 19 wins, while George Eyrich, too added 15 or more wins, too Willard Schmidt registered a 2.11 earned run average, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Members of the 1951 Omaha Cardinals who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Lou Ciola, Neal Hertweck, Joe Cunningham, Ken Boyer, Stu Miller, Wally Moon, George Eyrich, Willard Schmidt, Johnny Grodzicki and Bob Stephenson.

George Kissell served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Willard Schmidt	19	14	.576	2.11	44						252.0	169	80	59	6	108
George Eyrich	18	11	.621	2.39	36						275.0	254	96	73	11	97
Lou Ciola	11	5	.688	2.58	46						115.0	103	41	33	5	35
Hal Coffman	11	7	.611	2.96	26						143.0	137	65	47	3	75
Jack Shirley	9	2	.818	1.83	16						103.0	72	26	21	3	42
Thomas Keating	9	7	.562	3.00	30						144.0	121	59	48	2	100
Roy Pounds	5	5	.500	4.68	30						98.0	102	68	51	4	62
Joseph Chuka	4	3	.571	4.58	12						59.0	66	34	30	5	27
Johnny Grodzicki	1	1	.500	4.29	12						21.0	24	10	10		8
Stu Miller	0	0		4.50	11						32.0	25	17	16		15
Totals	87	55	.613	2.81	263	0	0	0	0	0	1242.0	1073	496	388	39	569	0	0	0	0	0	0

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Ken Boyer	151	565	565		173	28	7	14						.306	.306	.455	.761	257
Russ Rac	141	489	489		147	22	4	17						.301	.301	.466	.767	228
Earl Weaver	142	506	506		141	35	2	0						.279	.279	.356	.634	180
Bob Stephenson	153	523	523		118	18	5	5						.226	.226	.308	.533	161
Jim Neufeldt	121	416	416		115	20	4	4						.276	.276	.373	.649	155
Harvey Zernia	105	382	382		101	18	3	6						.264	.264	.374	.639	143
Roy Huff	112	363	363		90	15	5	10						.248	.248	.399	.647	145
Nick Adzick	117	360	360		86	17	2	5						.239	.239	.339	.578	122
Jim Hercinger	104	305	305		81	9	1	7						.266	.266	.370	.636	113
Lewis Richardson	102	283	283		59	15	2	2						.208	.208	.297	.505	84
Buddy Phillips	60	159	159		33	8	1	1						.208	.208	.289	.497	46
Neal Hertweck	27	95	95		24	4	0	1						.253	.253	.326	.579	31
Willard Schmidt	46	81	81		15	3	0	0						.185	.185	.222	.407	18
George Eyrich	37	99	99		14	1	0	0						.141	.141	.152	.293	15
Lou Ciola	49	48	48		13	3	0	1						.271	.271	.396	.667	19
Ralph Lageman	20	52	52		13	0	0	1						.250	.250	.308	.558	16
Joe Cunningham	12	41	41		11	2	1	0						.268	.268	.366	.634	15
Wally Moon	16	49	49		11	3	1	1						.224	.224	.388	.612	19
Karol Kwak	15	55	55		11	4	0	1						.200	.200	.327	.527	18
Arnold Riesgo	26	58	58		10	4	0	1						.172	.172	.293	.466	17
Jack Shirley	18	37	37		7	1	0	0						.189	.189	.216	.405	8
Joseph Aliperto	15	30	30		5	1	0	0						.167	.167	.200	.367	6
Roy Pounds	30	28	28		4	0	0	0						.143	.143	.143	.286	4
Hal Coffman	27	54	54		4	2	0	1						.074	.074	.167	.241	9
Stu Miller	11	10	10		2	0	0	0						.200	.200	.200	.400	2
Thomas Keating	30	46	46		2	0	0	0						.043	.043	.043	.087	2
Maurice Garlock	10	12	12		1	0	0	0						.083	.083	.083	.167	1
Joseph Chuka	12	20	20		1	0	0	0						.050	.050	.050	.100	1
Johnny Grodzicki	12	3	3		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1721	5169	5169	0	1292	233	38	78	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.355	.605	1835	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Lou Ciola	P	46					.000
Willard Schmidt	P	44					.000
George Eyrich	P	36					.000
Roy Pounds	P	30					.000
Thomas Keating	P	30					.000
Hal Coffman	P	26					.000
Jack Shirley	P	16					.000
Johnny Grodzicki	P	12					.000
Joseph Chuka	P	12					.000
Stu Miller	P	11					.000
Totals		263	0	0	0	0	.000

Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.

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