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1948 St. Louis Cardinals

1948 > Class Major League > 1948 National League
Overall: 85-69
Scored 742 runs, Allowed 646 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 87-67

Affiliation: none or n/a
Manager: Eddie Dyer
Represented: St. Louis, MO
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1947 / 1949

Team Batting

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer
Rk Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 Bill Baker 37 45 134 119 13 35 10 1 0 15 1 15 7 .294 .373 .395 .768 47 4 0 0
2 Al Brazle* 34 45 56 55 5 8 1 0 0 7 0 1 9 .145 .161 .164 .324 9 1 0 0
3 Harry Brecheen* 33 33 90 82 4 12 1 1 0 2 0 5 20 .146 .205 .183 .387 15 3 1 2
4 Johnny Bucha 23 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 0 0 0
5 Murry Dickson 31 43 101 96 7 27 2 0 0 11 0 1 1 .281 .289 .302 .591 29 3 0 4
6 Chuck Diering 25 7 9 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 .000 .222 .000 .222 0 1 0 0
7 Erv Dusak 27 114 365 311 60 65 9 2 6 19 3 49 55 .209 .317 .309 .625 96 2 0 5
8 Joe Garagiola* 22 24 69 56 9 6 1 0 2 7 0 12 9 .107 .275 .232 .508 13 0 1 0
9 Jim Hearn 27 36 26 25 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 .200 .200 .200 .400 5 1 0 1
10 Ken Johnson* 25 20 20 20 2 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 7 .300 .300 .400 .700 8 0 0 0
11 Nippy Jones 23 132 523 481 58 122 21 9 10 81 2 36 45 .254 .307 .397 .704 191 25 1 5
12 Eddie Kazak 27 6 22 22 1 6 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 .273 .273 .409 .682 9 1 0 0
13 Whitey Kurowski 30 77 270 220 34 47 8 0 2 33 0 42 28 .214 .352 .277 .629 61 3 5 3
14 Don Lang 33 117 379 323 30 87 14 1 4 31 2 47 38 .269 .364 .356 .720 115 3 1 8
15 Ralph LaPointe 26 87 245 222 27 50 3 0 0 15 1 18 19 .225 .283 .239 .522 53 1 0 5
16 Marty Marion 30 144 613 567 70 143 26 4 4 43 1 37 54 .252 .298 .333 .631 189 13 0 9
17 Joe Medwick 36 20 20 19 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 .211 .250 .211 .461 4 1 0 0
18 Larry Miggins 22 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
19 Terry Moore 36 91 240 207 30 48 11 0 4 18 0 27 12 .232 .321 .343 .664 71 4 0 6
20 Red Munger 29 39 56 50 2 8 1 1 0 2 0 4 15 .160 .222 .220 .442 11 2 0 2
21 Stan Musial* 27 155 694 611 135 230 46 18 39 131 7 79 34 .376 .450 .702 1.152 429 18 3 1
22 Ron Northey* 28 96 288 246 40 79 10 1 13 64 0 38 25 .321 .420 .528 .949 130 8 4 0
23 Al Papai 31 11 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
24 Howie Pollet* 27 38 76 68 6 8 1 0 0 4 0 3 9 .118 .155 .132 .287 9 2 0 5
25 Del Rice 25 100 338 290 24 57 10 1 4 34 1 37 46 .197 .298 .279 .578 81 6 5 6
26 Hal Rice* 24 8 33 31 3 10 1 2 0 3 0 2 4 .323 .364 .484 .848 15 0 0 0
27 Red Schoendienst# 25 119 438 408 64 111 21 4 4 36 1 28 16 .272 .319 .373 .691 152 6 0 2
28 Enos Slaughter* 32 146 637 549 91 176 27 11 11 90 4 81 29 .321 .409 .470 .879 258 11 1 6
29 Gerry Staley 27 31 11 9 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 .222 .300 .556 .856 5 0 0 1
30 Del Wilber 29 27 64 58 5 11 2 0 0 10 0 4 9 .190 .242 .224 .466 13 3 0 2
31 Ted Wilks 32 57 36 30 1 5 1 0 0 4 0 3 7 .167 .242 .200 .442 6 0 0 3
32 Bobby Young* 23 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
32 Players 28.7 155 5994 5302 742 1396 238 58 105 680 24 594 521 .263 .340 .389 .729 2065 125 22 76
Only players for whom we have stats are shown. See roster for more complete team list.

Team Pitching

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer
Rk Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 Clarence Beers 29 0 0 13.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 3 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 7 6.000 40.5 0.0 13.5 0.0 0.00
2 Al Brazle* 34 10 6 .625 3.80 42 23 9 6 2 1 156.1 171 77 66 8 50 55 0 1 2 673 1.414 9.8 0.5 2.9 3.2 1.10
3 Harry Brecheen* 33 20 7 .741 2.24 33 30 1 21 7 1 233.1 193 62 58 6 49 149 2 1 2 931 1.037 7.4 0.2 1.9 5.7 3.04
4 Murry Dickson 31 12 16 .429 4.14 42 29 8 11 1 1 252.1 257 121 116 39 85 113 0 0 1 1064 1.355 9.2 1.4 3.0 4.0 1.33
5 Erv Dusak 27 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 1.000 0.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
6 Jim Hearn 27 8 6 .571 4.22 34 13 17 3 0 1 89.2 92 44 42 9 35 27 2 0 2 384 1.416 9.2 0.9 3.5 2.7 0.77
7 Ken Johnson* 25 2 4 .333 4.76 13 4 2 0 0 0 45.1 43 27 24 1 30 20 1 0 2 198 1.610 8.5 0.2 6.0 4.0 0.67
8 Red Munger 29 10 11 .476 4.50 39 25 3 7 2 0 166.0 179 91 83 13 74 72 1 0 2 738 1.524 9.7 0.7 4.0 3.9 0.97
9 Al Papai 31 0 1 .000 5.06 10 0 7 0 0 0 16.0 14 10 9 3 7 8 0 0 1 67 1.312 7.9 1.7 3.9 4.5 1.14
10 Howie Pollet* 27 13 8 .619 4.54 36 26 2 11 0 0 186.1 216 102 94 10 67 80 2 0 3 826 1.519 10.4 0.5 3.2 3.9 1.19
11 Gerry Staley 27 4 4 .500 6.92 31 3 9 0 0 0 52.0 61 44 40 5 21 23 0 0 1 237 1.577 10.6 0.9 3.6 4.0 1.10
12 Ted Wilks 32 6 6 .500 2.62 57 2 28 1 0 13 130.2 113 40 38 5 39 71 0 0 3 529 1.163 7.8 0.3 2.7 4.9 1.82
13 Ray Yochim 25 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 6 3.000 0.0 0.0 27.0 9.0 0.33
13 Players 30.2 85 69 .552 3.91 155 155 95 60 13 18 1368.0 1392 646 594 103 476 625 10 2 22 5885 1.365 9.2 0.7 3.1 4.1 1.31

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS% lgCS% PO
Del Rice 99 447 46 2 5 .996 4.98 3 9 17 65%
Bill Baker 36 152 15 1 2 .994 4.64 3 4 6 60%
Del Wilber 26 67 7 4 1 .949 2.85 2 0 3 100%
Joe Garagiola 23 83 14 1 1 .990 4.22 0 7 5 42%
Johnny Bucha 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 0 0

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Nippy Jones 128 1148 63 17 98 .986 9.46
Stan Musial 2 7 1 0 0 1.000 4.00

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Red Schoendienst 96 230 269 10 57 .980 5.20
Ralph LaPointe 44 114 108 8 24 .965 5.05
Erv Dusak 29 56 63 3 11 .975 4.10
Don Lang 2 5 3 1 2 .889 4.00

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Don Lang 95 81 188 10 13 .964 2.83
Whitey Kurowski 65 55 100 10 7 .939 2.38
Erv Dusak 9 6 12 1 0 .947 2.00
Eddie Kazak 6 7 11 2 2 .900 3.00
Ralph LaPointe 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
Bobby Young 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Marty Marion 142 263 445 19 80 .974 4.99
Ralph LaPointe 25 28 50 4 12 .951 3.12
Erv Dusak 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.00

LF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Enos Slaughter 107 0.00
Stan Musial 41 0.00
Hal Rice 8 0.00
Chuck Diering 5 0.00
Erv Dusak 2 0.00

CF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Terry Moore 71 0.00
Stan Musial 64 0.00
Erv Dusak 55 0.00

RF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Stan Musial 76 0.00
Ron Northey 67 0.00
Enos Slaughter 39 0.00
Erv Dusak 12 0.00
Joe Medwick 1 0.00

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Stan Musial 155 347 10 7 3 .981 2.30
Enos Slaughter 146 330 9 10 1 .971 2.32
Terry Moore 71 131 2 1 0 .993 1.87
Erv Dusak 68 128 3 1 2 .992 1.93
Ron Northey 67 85 2 1 0 .989 1.30
Hal Rice 8 16 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
Chuck Diering 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 1.00
Joe Medwick 1 0 0 0 0 0.00

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Ted Wilks 57 6 19 0 1 1.000 0.44
Al Brazle 42 5 45 0 1 1.000 1.19
Murry Dickson 42 12 51 0 0 1.000 1.50
Red Munger 39 8 37 0 5 1.000 1.15
Howie Pollet 36 5 44 2 2 .961 1.36
Jim Hearn 34 1 8 0 0 1.000 0.26
Harry Brecheen 33 5 45 0 2 1.000 1.52
Gerry Staley 31 0 15 1 1 .938 0.48
Ken Johnson 13 0 8 1 0 .889 0.62
Al Papai 10 1 4 0 0 1.000 0.50
Clarence Beers 1 0 0 0 0 0.00
Erv Dusak 1 0 0 0 0 0.00
Ray Yochim 1 0 0 0 0 0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Bill Baker 37 R R 6' 0.0" 200 Feb 22, 1911 Paw Creek, NC, US
Clarence Beers 29 R R 6' 0.0" 175 Dec 9, 1918 El Dorado, KS, US
Al Brazle 34 L L 6' 2.0" 185 Oct 19, 1913 Loyal, OK, US
Harry Brecheen 33 L L 5' 10.0" 160 Oct 14, 1914 Broken Bow, OK, US
Johnny Bucha 23 R R 5' 11.0" 190 Jan 22, 1925 Allentown, PA, US
Ken Burkhart 31 R R 6' 1.0" 190 Nov 18, 1916 Knoxville, TN, US
Jeff Cross 29 R R 5' 11.0" 160 Aug 28, 1918 Tulsa, OK, US
Murry Dickson 31 R R 5' 10.0" 157 Aug 21, 1916 Tracy, MO, US
Chuck Diering 25 R R 5' 10.0" 165 Feb 5, 1923 St. Louis, MO, US
Erv Dusak 27 R R 6' 2.0" 185 Jul 29, 1920 Chicago, IL, US
Joe Garagiola 22 L R 6' 0.0" 190 Feb 12, 1926 St. Louis, MO, US
Jim Hearn 27 R R 6' 3.0" 205 Apr 11, 1921 Atlanta, GA, US
Ken Johnson 25 L L 6' 1.0" 185 Jan 14, 1923 Topeka, KS, US
Nippy Jones 23 R R 6' 1.0" 185 Jun 29, 1925 Los Angeles, CA, US
Eddie Kazak 27 R R 6' 0.0" 175 Jul 18, 1920 Steubenville, OH, US
Whitey Kurowski 30 R R 5' 11.0" 193 Apr 19, 1918 Reading, PA, US
Don Lang 33 R R 6' 0.0" 175 Mar 15, 1915 Selma, CA, US
Ralph LaPointe 26 R R 5' 11.0" 185 Jan 8, 1922 Winooski, VT, US
Marty Marion 30 R R 6' 2.0" 170 Dec 1, 1917 Richburg, SC, US
Joe Medwick 36 R R 5' 10.0" 187 Nov 24, 1911 Carteret, NJ, US
Larry Miggins 22 R R 6' 4.0" 198 Aug 20, 1925 Bronx, NY, US
Terry Moore 36 R R 5' 11.0" 195 May 27, 1912 Vernon, AL, US
Red Munger 29 R R 6' 2.0" 200 Oct 4, 1918 Houston, TX, US
Stan Musial 27 L L 6' 0.0" 175 Nov 21, 1920 Donora, PA, US
Ron Northey 28 L R 5' 10.0" 195 Apr 26, 1920 Mahanoy City, PA, US
Al Papai 31 R R 6' 3.0" 185 May 7, 1917 Divernon, IL, US
Howie Pollet 27 L L 6' 1.0" 175 Jun 26, 1921 New Orleans, LA, US
Del Rice 25 R R 6' 2.0" 190 Oct 27, 1922 Portsmouth, OH, US
Hal Rice 24 L R 6' 1.0" 195 Feb 11, 1924 Morganette, WV, US
Red Schoendienst 25 S R 6' 0.0" 170 Feb 2, 1923 Germantown, IL, US
Enos Slaughter 32 L R 5' 9.0" 180 Apr 27, 1916 Roxboro, NC, US
Gerry Staley 27 R R 6' 0.0" 195 Aug 21, 1920 Brush Prairie, WA, US
Del Wilber 29 R R 6' 3.0" 200 Feb 24, 1919 Lincoln Park, MI, US
Ted Wilks 32 R R 5' 9.0" 178 Nov 13, 1915 Fulton, NY, US
Ray Yochim 25 R R 6' 1.0" 170 Jul 19, 1922 New Orleans, LA, US
Babe Young 32 L L 6' 2.0" 185 Jul 1, 1915 Astoria, NY, US
Bobby Young 23 L R 6' 1.0" 175 Jan 22, 1925 Granite, MD, US

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