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1944 World Series (4-2): St. Louis Cardinals (105-49) over St. Louis Browns (89-65)

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Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 4, 1944 at Sportsman Pk (St. Louis Cardinals)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    St. Louis Browns             0  0  0    2  0  0    0  0  0     2  2  0
    St. Louis Cardinals          0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1     1  7  0

    PITCHERS: SLB - Galehouse
              STL - Cooper, Donnelly (8)

               WP - Denny Galehouse
	       LP - Mort Cooper
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: SLB - McQuinn
              STL - none

  ATTENDANCE: 33,242

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 5, 1944 at Sportsman Pk (St. Louis Cardinals)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9   10 11     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -     -  -  -
    St. Louis Browns             0  0  0    0  0  0    2  0  0    0  0     2  7  4
    St. Louis Cardinals          0  0  1    1  0  0    0  0  0    0  1     3  7  0

    PITCHERS: SLB - Potter, Muncrief (7)
              STL - Lanier, Donnelly (8)

               WP - Blix Donnelly
	       LP - Bob Muncrief
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: SLB - none
              STL - none

  ATTENDANCE: 35,076

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 6, 1944 at Sportsman Pk (St. Louis Browns)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    St. Louis Cardinals          1  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0     2  7  0
    St. Louis Browns             0  0  4    0  0  0    2  0  x     6  8  2

    PITCHERS: STL - Wilks, Schmidt (3), Jurisich (7), Byerly (7)
              SLB - Kramer

               WP - Jack Kramer
	       LP - Ted Wilks
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: STL - none
              SLB - none

  ATTENDANCE: 34,737

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 7, 1944 at Sportsman Pk (St. Louis Browns)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    St. Louis Cardinals          2  0  2    0  0  1    0  0  0     5 12  0
    St. Louis Browns             0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0     1  9  1

    PITCHERS: STL - Brecheen
              SLB - Jakucki, Hollingsworth (4), Shirley (8)

               WP - Harry Brecheen
	       LP - Sig Jakucki
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: STL - Musial
              SLB - none

  ATTENDANCE: 35,455

Game 5 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 8, 1944 at Sportsman Pk (St. Louis Browns)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    St. Louis Cardinals          0  0  0    0  0  1    0  1  0     2  6  1
    St. Louis Browns             0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  7  1

    PITCHERS: STL - Cooper
              SLB - Galehouse

               WP - Mort Cooper
	       LP - Denny Galehouse
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: STL - Litwhiler, Sanders
              SLB - none

  ATTENDANCE: 36,568

Game 6 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 9, 1944 at Sportsman Pk (St. Louis Cardinals)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    St. Louis Browns             0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     1  3  2
    St. Louis Cardinals          0  0  0    3  0  0    0  0  x     3 10  0

    PITCHERS: SLB - Potter, Muncrief (4), Kramer (7)
              STL - Lanier, Wilks (6)

               WP - Max Lanier
	       LP - Nels Potter
             SAVE - Ted Wilks

   HOME RUNS: SLB - none
              STL - none

  ATTENDANCE: 31,630

Series Batting Stats

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St. Louis Cardinals

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
*Augie Bergamo       3   6  0  0  0  0  0   1  2  3  .000  .250  .000  0 | 192  55  2  .286  .779   0
*Harry Brecheen      1   4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  68  11  0  .162  .451   0
 Bud Byerly          1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  12   2  0  .167  .334   0
 Mort Cooper         2   4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  .000  .000  .000  0 |  94  19  0  .202  .491   0
 Walker Cooper       6  22  1  7  2  1  0   2  3  2  .318  .400  .500  0 | 397 126 13  .317  .856   4
 Blix Donnelly       2   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  16   1  0  .063  .274   0
 George Fallon       2   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 | 141  28  1  .199  .547   1
*Debs Garms          2   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 | 149  30  0  .201  .486   0
*Johnny Hopp         6  27  2  5  0  0  0   0  0  8  .185  .185  .185  0 | 527 177 11  .336  .903  15
 Al Jurisich         1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  45   8  0  .178  .396   0
 Whitey Kurowski     6  23  2  5  1  0  0   1  1  4  .217  .250  .261  0 | 555 150 20  .270  .790   2
 Max Lanier          2   4  0  2  0  0  0   1  0  0  .500  .500  .500  0 |  77  14  0  .182  .417   0
 Danny Litwhiler     5  20  2  4  1  0  1   1  2  7  .200  .273  .400  0 | 492 130 15  .264  .755   2
 Marty Marion        6  22  1  5  3  0  0   2  2  3  .227  .292  .364  0 | 506 135  6  .267  .686   1
*Stan Musial         6  23  2  7  2  0  1   2  2  0  .304  .360  .522  0 | 568 197 12  .347  .989   7
*Ken O'Dea           3   3  0  1  0  0  0   2  0  0  .333  .333  .333  0 | 265  66  6  .249  .717   1
*Ray Sanders         6  21  5  6  0  0  1   1  5  8  .286  .423  .429  0 | 601 177 12  .295  .812   2
 Freddy Schmidt      1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  34   7  0  .206  .435   0
 Emil Verban         6  17  1  7  0  0  0   2  2  0  .412  .474  .412  0 | 498 128  0  .257  .580   0
 Ted Wilks           2   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  .000  .000  .000  0 |  64   9  0  .141  .375   0
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               6 204 16 49  9  1  3  15 19 43  .240  .305  .338  0 |        100  .275  .742  37

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

St. Louis Browns

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
*Floyd Baker         2   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  .000  .000  .000  0 |  97  17  0  .175  .465   2
*Milt Byrnes         3   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  1  2  .000  .333  .000  0 | 407 120  4  .295  .789   1
*Mike Chartak        2   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  .000  .000  .000  0 |  72  17  1  .236  .637   0
 Mark Christman      6  22  0  2  0  0  0   1  0  6  .091  .091  .091  0 | 547 148  6  .271  .685   5
 Ellis Clary         1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  49  13  0  .265  .737   1
 Denny Galehouse     2   5  0  1  0  0  0   0  1  1  .200  .333  .200  0 |  48   3  0  .063  .181   0
 Don Gutteridge      6  21  1  3  1  0  0   0  3  5  .143  .250  .190  0 | 603 148  3  .245  .646  20
 Red Hayworth        6  17  1  2  1  0  0   1  3  1  .118  .250  .176  0 | 270  60  1  .222  .534   0
*Al Hollingsworth    1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  28   2  0  .071  .259   0
 Sig Jakucki         1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  73  11  1  .151  .395   0
 Jack Kramer         2   4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  .000  .000  .000  0 |  85  14  2  .165  .504   0
 Mike Kreevich       6  26  0  6  3  0  0   0  0  5  .231  .231  .346  0 | 402 121  5  .301  .753   3
 Chet Laabs          5  15  1  3  1  1  0   0  2  6  .200  .294  .400  0 | 201  47  5  .234  .708   3
 Frank Mancuso       2   3  0  2  0  0  0   1  0  0  .667  .667  .667  0 | 244  50  1  .205  .533   1
*George McQuinn      6  16  2  7  2  0  1   5  7  2  .438  .609  .750  0 | 516 129 11  .250  .733   4
*Gene Moore          6  22  4  4  0  0  0   0  3  6  .182  .280  .182  0 | 390  93  6  .238  .633   0
 Bob Muncrief        2   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  78  18  0  .231  .515   1
*Nels Potter         2   4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  82  13  0  .159  .378   0
#Tex Shirley         2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  28   4  0  .143  .286   0
 Vern Stephens       6  22  2  5  1  0  0   0  3  3  .227  .320  .273  0 | 559 164 20  .293  .827   2
 Tom Turner          1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |+138  34  2  .246  .624   0
*Al Zarilla          4  10  1  1  0  0  0   1  0  4  .100  .100  .100  0 | 288  86  6  .299  .823   1
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               6 197 12 36  9  1  1   9 23 49  .183  .268  .254  0 |         72  .252  .673  44

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Series Pitching Stats

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St. Louis Cardinals

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Mort Cooper         2   1.12 1-1  0  1 16.0  9  2  5 16 | 22-7  252  2.46  1.14  97  1
*Max Lanier          2   2.19 1-0  0  0 12.3  8  3  8 11 | 17-12 224  2.65  1.17 141   
*Harry Brecheen      1   1.00 1-0  0  1  9.0  9  1  4  4 | 16-5  189  2.85  1.16  88   
 Ted Wilks           2   5.68 0-1  1  0  6.3  5  4  3  7 | 17-4  208  2.64  1.07  70   
 Blix Donnelly       2   0.00 1-0  0  0  6.0  2  0  1  9 |  2-1   76  2.12  1.24  45  2
 Freddy Schmidt      1   0.00 0-0  0  0  3.3  1  0  1  1 |  7-3  114  3.15  1.33  58  5
 Bud Byerly          1   0.00 0-0  0  0  1.3  0  0  0  1 |  2-2   42  3.40  1.35  13   
 Al Jurisich         1  27.00 0-0  0  0  0.7  2  2  1  0 |  7-9  130  3.39  1.28  53  1
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   1.96 4-2  1  2 55.0 36 12 23 49 |            2.67 1.190   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

St. Louis Browns

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Denny Galehouse     2   1.50 1-1  0  2 18.0 13  3  5 15 |  9-10 153  3.12  1.35  80   
 Jack Kramer         2   0.00 1-0  0  1 11.0  9  0  4 12 | 17-13 257  2.49  1.20 124   
 Nels Potter         2   0.93 0-1  0  0  9.7 10  1  3  6 | 19-7  232  2.83  1.21  91   
 Bob Muncrief        2   1.35 0-1  0  0  6.7  5  1  4  4 | 13-8  219  3.08  1.21  88  1
*Al Hollingsworth    1   2.25 0-0  0  0  4.0  5  1  2  1 |  5-7   93  4.47  1.56  22  1
 Sig Jakucki         1   9.00 0-1  0  0  3.0  5  3  0  4 | 13-9  198  3.55  1.34  67  3
 Tex Shirley         1   0.00 0-0  0  0  2.0  2  0  1  1 |  5-4   80  4.15  1.53  35   
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   1.49 2-4  0  3 54.3 49  9 19 43 |            3.17 1.330   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

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