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1951 St. Louis Cardinals (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1950/1952)
81-73, Finished 3rd in National League
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Scored 683 runs, Allowed 671 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 78-76
Managed by Marty Marion

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

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1951 Stats / Schedule (1950/1952) / Transactions

Game Results

Season Summary   81-73 , Final Rank: 3, GB:   15.0
Days in First:                   6 (last on May 7, counts the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day)

Most Games over  .500:           8 (last on September 30)
Most Games under .500:           5 (last on August 27)

Biggest Lead:                  0.5 (last on May 6)
Farthest Behind Leader:       19.5 (last on August 30)

Longest Winning Streak:          7 (August 28 to September 3)
Longest Losing Streak:           5 (May 7 to May 12 and July 25 to July 29)

Most Runs Allowed:              17 (May 9)
Most Runs Scored:               16 (August 7)

Times Shutout by Opponent:      12
Times Opponent Shutout:          9

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Overall        81  73     683     671    .526

Home/Road
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Home           44  34     370     323    .564
Road           37  39     313     348    .487

Month by Month
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
April           6   3      34      29    .667
May            16  14     135     148    .533
June           12  15     114     112    .444
July           12  16     117     151    .429
August         15  15     127     139    .500
September      20  10     156      92    .667

By Season Half
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
First Half     40  35     335     333    .533
Second Half    41  38     348     338    .519
One-Run Games
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
One Run        28  26     201     199    .519

Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Blowout        18  20     203     212    .474

Opponent
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
BRO             4  18      79     107    .182
BSN             9  13      85     110    .409
CHC            13   9     129      94    .591
CIN            14   8      88      76    .636
NYG            11  11      81     112    .500
PHI            13   9      96      83    .591
PIT            17   5     125      89    .773

Game Results

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
  1 Tue, Apr 17     STL @PIT  L   4-5        0-1     5     1.5  2:25 M Dickson                  25,894 -
  2 Fri, Apr 20     STL  CHC  W   5-1        1-1     5     1.0  2:26 J Staley                   15,592 +
  3 Sun, Apr 22     STL  CHC  L   5-10       1-2     5     2.0  2:48 B Schultz                  12,611 -
  4 Mon, Apr 23     STL  CIN  W   2-1        2-2     4     2.0  1:50 H Brecheen                  4,733 +
  5 Tue, Apr 24     STL  CIN  W   3-1        3-2     4     1.0  2:15 M Lanier                    3,481 ++
  6 Wed, Apr 25     STL  PIT  W   4-0        4-2     1    Tied  1:44 T Poholsky                  9,628 +++
  7 Fri, Apr 27     STL @CHC  W   3-0        5-2     2     0.5  2:15 J Staley                   11,018 ++++
  8 Sat, Apr 28     STL @CHC  L   2-8        5-3     3     1.5  2:20 B Rush                     21,593 -
  9 Sun, Apr 29     STL @CHC  W   6-3        6-3     3     1.0  2:00 H Brecheen                 29,866 +
 10 Tue, May  1     STL @BSN  W   5-2        7-3     1    Tied  1:55 T Poholsky                 15,213 ++
 11 Wed, May  2     STL @BSN  L   0-5        7-4     2     1.0  1:47 W Spahn                     4,145 -
 12 Thu, May  3     STL @PHI  W   8-4        8-4     1    Tied  2:15 J Presko                   14,289 +
 13 Fri, May  4     STL @PHI  L   4-6        8-5     2     1.0  2:35 R Meyer                    14,232 -
 14 Sat, May  5     STL @PHI  W   4-3        9-5     1    Tied  2:25 J Staley                   13,895 +
 15 Sun, May  6     STL @BRO  W  11-7       10-5     1  up 0.5  2:56 C Boyer                    32,200 ++
 16 Mon, May  7     STL @BRO  L   3-4       10-6     1    Tied  3:05 P Roe                      23,066 -
 17 Tue, May  8     STL @NYG  L   2-6       10-7     2     1.0  2:09 L Jansen                   20,379 --
 18 Wed, May  9     STL @NYG  L   3-17      10-8     2     2.0  2:35 S Maglie                    7,669 ---
 19 Thu, May 10     STL @NYG  L   2-3       10-9     4     2.0  2:37 R Bowman                    5,436 ----
 20 Sat, May 12     STL @CIN  L   2-7       10-10    3     2.0  1:52 K Raffensber                      -----
 21                 STL @CIN  W   8-6       11-10    3     2.0  2:50 J Staley                    6,203 +
 22 Sun, May 13     STL @CIN  L   2-7       11-11    5     2.5  2:06 H Fox                             -
 23                 STL @CIN  L   3-6       11-12    5     2.5  2:02 W Ramsdell                 17,415 --
 24 Tue, May 15     STL  PHI  L   4-5       11-13    6     3.5  2:26 R Meyer                    13,837 ---

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 25 Wed, May 16     STL  PHI  W   5-3       12-13    5     2.5  2:23 J Staley                    9,117 +
 26 Thu, May 17     STL  PHI  W   2-1       13-13    5     1.5  1:58 J Presko                    9,754 ++
 27 Fri, May 18     STL  BRO  L   3-6       13-14    5     2.5  2:40 P Roe                      26,010 -
 28 Sat, May 19     STL  BRO  W   6-4       14-14    4     1.5  2:26 M Lanier                   22,260 +
 29 Sun, May 20     STL  NYG  W   8-7       15-14    3     2.0  3:22 R Munger                   22,666 ++
 30 Mon, May 21     STL  NYG  W   5-2       16-14    3     1.5  1:58 J Staley                    6,744 +++
 31 Tue, May 22     STL  BSN  L   2-7       16-15    4     2.5  2:25 W Spahn                     7,492 -
 32 Wed, May 23     STL  BSN  W   6-5       17-15    2     2.5  2:04 T Poholsky                  5,454 +
 33 Thu, May 24     STL  CIN  W  11-3       18-15    2     2.0  2:08 J Presko                    9,443 ++
 34 Fri, May 25     STL  CIN  L   1-5       18-16    2     3.0  2:49 K Raffensber               11,922 -
 35 Sat, May 26     STL  CIN  L   2-5       18-17    3     3.0  1:51 H Fox                       9,523 --
 36 Sun, May 27     STL  CIN  W   6-1       19-17    2     2.5  1:51 J Staley                   11,083 +
 37 Mon, May 28     STL  PIT  W   6-5       20-17    2     2.5  2:19 T Poholsky                  9,757 ++
 38 Wed, May 30     STL  PIT  W   4-3       21-17    2     1.5  2:26 J Presko                          +++
 39                 STL  PIT  W   7-3       22-17    2     1.5  2:08 R Munger                   26,952 ++++
 40 Fri, Jun  1     STL @PHI  L   3-7       22-18    2     2.0  2:05 J Thompson                 16,372 -
 41 Sat, Jun  2     STL @PHI  L   2-5       22-19    2     3.0  1:59 K Heintzelma                4,874 --
 42 Sun, Jun  3     STL @NYG  L   0-1       22-20    2     4.0  1:44 D Koslo                    32,564 ---
 43                 STL @NYG  W   4-3       23-20    2     4.0  3:02 H Brecheen                 32,564 +
 44 Mon, Jun  4     STL @NYG  W   7-2       24-20    2     3.5  3:36 J Presko                    6,833 ++
 45 Tue, Jun  5     STL @BRO  L   2-3       24-21    2     4.5  2:14 C Erskine                   5,882 -
 46 Wed, Jun  6     STL @BRO  L   2-3       24-22    2     5.5  2:07 R Branca                   11,656 --
 47 Thu, Jun  7     STL @BRO  L   1-2       24-23    2     6.5  2:22 P Roe                      15,097 ---
 48 Fri, Jun  8     STL @BSN  W   2-1       25-23    2     6.0  1:58 J Presko                   10,697 +
 49 Sat, Jun  9     STL @BSN  L   1-6       25-24    3     6.0  2:05 C Nichols                   7,875 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 50 Sun, Jun 10     STL @BSN  W   5-4       26-24    2     5.5  2:05 H Brecheen                  8,858 +
 51 Tue, Jun 12     STL  BRO  L   2-6       26-25    3     6.5  2:19 P Roe                      30,524 -
 52 Wed, Jun 13     STL  BRO  L   4-7       26-26    3     7.5  2:29 C King                     23,987 --
 53 Thu, Jun 14     STL  BRO  L   1-2       26-27    3     8.5  2:10 C Erskine                  18,478 ---
 54 Fri, Jun 15     STL  PHI  W  10-2       27-27    3     8.5  2:14 M Lanier                    9,320 +
 55 Sat, Jun 16     STL  PHI  W   6-5       28-27    3     7.5  2:00 A Brazle                   12,932 ++
 56 Sun, Jun 17     STL  PHI  W   5-4       29-27    3     7.5  2:11 J Staley                   22,751 +++
 57 Mon, Jun 18     STL  NYG  L   4-5       29-28    3     8.0  3:32 S Maglie                   16,201 -
 58 Tue, Jun 19     STL  NYG  L   1-2       29-29    3     9.0  1:38 L Jansen                   13,742 --
 59 Wed, Jun 20     STL  NYG  W   4-2       30-29    3     8.0  0:00 R Munger                   15,483 +
 60 Thu, Jun 21     STL  NYG  W   2-0       31-29    3     8.0  2:46 J Staley                    8,706 ++
 61 Fri, Jun 22     STL  BSN  L   7-8       31-30    3     9.0  2:59 M Surkont                   9,311 -
 62 Sun, Jun 24     STL  BSN  W   6-5       32-30    3     8.0  3:27 M Lanier                   20,300 +
 63 Tue, Jun 26     STL  CHC  L   5-7       32-31    3     8.0  2:59 D Leonard                  11,605 -
 64 Wed, Jun 27     STL  CHC  W  14-2       33-31    3     8.0  2:14 H Brecheen                 10,614 +
 65 Thu, Jun 28     STL  CHC  L   0-8       33-32    3     8.0  1:57 F Hiller                    8,747 -
 66 Fri, Jun 29     STL  CHC  -   6-6       33-32    3     7.5  2:39                             9,019 -
 67 Sat, Jun 30     STL  PIT  W   8-4       34-32    3     7.5  2:29 C Chambers                 13,479 +
 68 Sun, Jul  1     STL  PIT  W   5-4       35-32    3     7.5  2:51 J Staley                   21,195 ++
 69 Mon, Jul  2     STL @CIN  W   8-2       36-32    3     7.5  2:28 M Lanier                   12,501 +++
 70 Tue, Jul  3     STL @CIN  L   4-10      36-33    3     7.5  2:09 K Raffensber                4,450 -
 71 Wed, Jul  4     STL @CHC  W  10-5       37-33    3     8.0  2:27 J Staley                   32,374 +
 72 Thu, Jul  5     STL @CHC  W  10-2       38-33    3     8.0  2:30 C Chambers                 12,709 ++
 73 Fri, Jul  6     STL @PIT  W   3-2       39-33    3     8.0  2:07 R Munger                   23,532 +++
 74 Sat, Jul  7     STL @PIT  L   1-5       39-34    3     9.0  2:18 V Law                      10,127 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 75 Sun, Jul  8     STL @PIT  L   2-6       39-35    3     9.5  2:26 B Friend                          --
 76                 STL @PIT  W   9-8       40-35    3     9.5  2:46 C Chambers                 31,085 +
 77 Thu, Jul 12     STL @NYG  W   2-0       41-35    3     9.5  1:43 J Staley                   13,448 ++
 78 Fri, Jul 13     STL @NYG  L   4-14      41-36    3    10.5  2:22 D Koslo                    22,730 -
 79 Sat, Jul 14     STL @NYG  W   4-3       42-36    3     9.0  2:42 A Brazle                   10,007 +
 80 Sun, Jul 15     STL @PHI  W   7-4       43-36    3     8.0  1:59 J Crimian                       0 ++
 81                 STL @PHI  L   4-6       43-37    3     8.0  2:06 K Heintzelma               25,551 -
 82 Mon, Jul 16     STL @PHI  L   2-5       43-38    3     9.0  2:27 R Meyer                    11,502 --
 83 Tue, Jul 17     STL @BSN  L   0-5       43-39    3     9.0  1:58 M Surkont                   6,403 ---
 84 Wed, Jul 18     STL @BSN  W   9-6       44-39    3     8.0  2:29 J Presko                    6,022 +
 85 Fri, Jul 20     STL @BRO  L   2-5       44-40    3     9.0  2:08 P Roe                      30,683 -
 86 Sat, Jul 21     STL @BRO  L   2-3       44-41    3    10.0  2:13 D Newcombe                 18,600 --
 87 Sun, Jul 22     STL @BRO  L   2-9       44-42    3    11.0  1:58 C Erskine                  20,044 ---
 88 Tue, Jul 24     STL  PHI  W   9-5       45-42    3    11.0  2:34 H Brecheen                 10,874 +
 89 Wed, Jul 25     STL  PHI  L   0-2       45-43    3    12.0  2:18 R Roberts                  10,239 -
 90 Thu, Jul 26     STL  PHI  L   0-7       45-44    3    13.0  2:17 K Johnson                   9,881 --
 91 Fri, Jul 27     STL  BRO  L   9-12      45-45    4    14.0  3:21 C King                     28,429 ---
 92 Sat, Jul 28     STL  BRO  L   2-3       45-46    4    15.0  2:59 R Branca                   32,792 ----
 93 Sun, Jul 29     STL  BRO  L   3-9       45-47    4    16.0  2:29 P Roe                      33,138 -----
 94 Mon, Jul 30     STL  BSN  W   4-3       46-47    4    15.5  2:03 C Chambers                  8,495 +
 95 Tue, Jul 31     STL  BSN  L   0-6       46-48    4    16.5  2:14 C Nichols                   8,192 -
 96 Wed, Aug  1     STL  BSN  L   1-2       46-49    4    16.5  2:19 W Spahn                     7,485 --
 97 Thu, Aug  2     STL  BSN  L   4-7       46-50    5    17.5  2:48 M Surkont                   7,140 ---
 98 Fri, Aug  3     STL  NYG  W   5-4       47-50    4    16.5  2:27 H Brecheen                 13,662 +
 99 Sat, Aug  4     STL  NYG  L   0-10      47-51    4    16.5  2:19 D Koslo                    17,842 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
100 Sun, Aug  5     STL  NYG  L   4-8       47-52    5    18.0  2:29 A Corwin                   28,769 --
101 Tue, Aug  7     STL  PIT  W  16-7       48-52    4    17.5  2:36 C Boyer                     7,465 +
102 Wed, Aug  8     STL  PIT  L   7-10      48-53    4    19.0  2:40 M Dickson                   7,482 -
103 Thu, Aug  9     STL  PIT  W   4-0       49-53    4    19.0  1:53 C Chambers                  6,855 +
104 Fri, Aug 10     STL  CIN  W   4-3       50-53    4    18.5  2:45 J Staley                    7,571 ++
105 Sat, Aug 11     STL  CIN  W   2-0       51-53    4    18.0  1:43 M Lanier                    8,421 +++
106 Sun, Aug 12     STL  CIN  W   4-3       52-53    4    18.0  2:26 H Brecheen                 11,550 ++++
107 Mon, Aug 13     STL  CHC  L   3-6       52-54    4    19.0  2:05 J Klippstein                9,653 -
108 Tue, Aug 14     STL  CHC  L   4-5       52-55    4    19.0  2:07 M Dubiel                   10,371 --
109 Wed, Aug 15     STL @PIT  L   0-7       52-56    4    19.0  1:51 B Friend                   17,853 ---
110 Thu, Aug 16     STL @PIT  W   9-6       53-56    4    18.0  2:32 J Staley                    6,619 +
111 Fri, Aug 17     STL @CIN  W   2-1       54-56    4    17.5  2:17 M Lanier                    8,662 ++
112 Sat, Aug 18     STL @CIN  L   0-1       54-57    4    18.5  2:46 E Blackwell                 4,486 -
113 Sun, Aug 19     STL @CIN  W   5-4       55-57    3    17.0  2:31 C Chambers                        +
114                 STL @CIN  W   5-1       56-57    3    17.0  2:05 A Brazle                          ++
115 Wed, Aug 22     STL @BRO  L   3-4       56-58    5    19.0  2:35 C King                     15,713 -
116                 STL @BRO  L   7-8       56-59    5    19.0  2:57 C King                     23,370 --
117 Thu, Aug 23     STL @BRO  W   4-2       57-59    4    18.0  2:02 M Lanier                   14,413 +
118 Fri, Aug 24     STL @NYG  L   5-6       57-60    5    19.0  3:15 S Jones                    10,559 -
119 Sun, Aug 26     STL @BSN  W  12-10      58-60    5    18.5  2:56 C Chambers                      0 +
120                 STL @BSN  L   1-9       58-61    5    18.5  1:48 J Wilson                   13,508 -
121 Mon, Aug 27     STL @BSN  L   3-6       58-62    5    19.5  2:22 W Spahn                         0 --
122                 STL @BSN  L   2-4       58-63    5    19.5  1:57 M Surkont                  10,337 ---
123 Tue, Aug 28     STL @PHI  W   2-0       59-63    5    19.5  1:58 M Lanier                    9,048 +
124 Wed, Aug 29     STL @PHI  W   3-2       60-63    5    19.5  2:29 J Staley                   20,717 ++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
125 Thu, Aug 30     STL @PHI  W   6-3       61-63    4    19.5  2:17 A Brazle                   10,297 +++
126 Sat, Sep  1     STL  PIT  W   6-2       62-63    4    18.5  2:15 C Chambers                 11,637 ++++
127 Sun, Sep  2     STL  PIT  W   6-1       63-63    4    17.5  2:07 T Poholsky                 12,852 +++++
128 Mon, Sep  3     STL  CIN  W   4-1       64-63    3    17.5  1:56 M Lanier                          ++++++
129                 STL  CIN  W   7-1       65-63    3    17.5  1:59 A Brazle                   18,086 +++++++
130 Wed, Sep  5     STL @CHC  L   2-3       65-64    3    18.0  2:28 B Kelly                           -
131                 STL @CHC  W   6-5       66-64    3    18.0  1:52 J Staley                    9,178 +
132 Thu, Sep  6     STL @CHC  W  10-2       67-64    3    17.5  2:23 C Chambers                  3,576 ++
133 Fri, Sep  7     STL @PIT  W  11-4       68-64    3    17.5  2:28 D Bokelmann                 7,371 +++
134 Sat, Sep  8     STL @PIT  W   4-2       69-64    3    17.5  2:05 A Brazle                    5,511 ++++
135 Sun, Sep  9     STL @PIT  W   2-1       70-64    3    16.0  2:16 M Lanier                          +++++
136                 STL @PIT  W   7-4       71-64    3    16.0  2:28 D Bokelmann                17,456 ++++++
137 Tue, Sep 11     STL  NYG  L   5-10      71-65    3    16.5  2:45 D Koslo                         0 -
138                 STL  NYG  W   4-3       72-65    3    16.5  2:18 C Chambers                 28,348 +
139 Thu, Sep 13     STL  NYG  W   6-4       73-65    3    16.0  2:26 D Bokelmann                 4,160 ++
140                 STL  BSN  L   0-2       73-66    3    16.0  1:48 W Spahn                     4,706 -
141 Fri, Sep 14     STL  BSN  L   5-6       73-67    3    17.0  2:36 C Nichols                   6,295 --
142 Sat, Sep 15     STL  BSN  W  10-1       74-67    3    16.0  2:17 C Chambers                  5,259 +
143 Sun, Sep 16     STL  PHI  W   9-2       75-67    3    16.0  2:16 J Staley                   11,942 ++
144 Mon, Sep 17     STL  PHI  L   1-2       75-68    3    16.0  2:14 R Roberts                   4,525 -
145 Tue, Sep 18     STL  BRO  W   7-1       76-68    3    15.0  2:11 T Poholsky                 22,054 +
146 Wed, Sep 19     STL  BRO  L   0-3       76-69    3    16.0  2:13 P Roe                      27,405 -
147 Thu, Sep 20     STL  BRO  L   3-4       76-70    3    17.0  2:19 C Erskine                  16,770 --
148 Fri, Sep 21     STL  CHC  W   6-0       77-70    3    16.0  1:57 J Collum                    4,794 +
149 Sat, Sep 22     STL  CHC  L   5-6       77-71    3    16.0  2:49 B Rush                      5,595 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
150 Sun, Sep 23     STL  CHC  W   9-3       78-71    3    15.5  2:37 T Poholsky                        +
151                 STL  CHC  W   5-2       79-71    3    15.5  2:08 J Staley                   16,013 ++
152 Tue, Sep 25     STL @CIN  L   3-7       79-72    3    15.0  2:40 K Raffensber                3,042 -
153 Sat, Sep 29     STL @CHC  W   4-3       80-72    3    14.5  2:21 J Collum                    4,272 +
154 Sun, Sep 30     STL @CHC  L   6-7       80-73    3    15.0  2:21 B Rush                            -
155                 STL @CHC  W   3-0       81-73    3    15.0  1:03 J Staley                   13,517 +

Rank and Games Behind are at the end of all games played on that date.


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