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1939 St. Louis Cardinals Schedule, Box Scores and Splits
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1938 / 1940)
92-61, Finished 2nd in National League
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Scored 779 runs, Allowed 633 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 91-62
Manager: Ray Blades (92-61)
Ballpark: Sportsman's Park IV (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 400,245 (5th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 106, Pitching - 105;   one-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 103

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1938 / 1940 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Game Results

Season Summary 92-61, Final Rank:2, GB: 4.5
Days in First14last on Thursday, May 25, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day
 18last on May 25, counts all days of the season including off days
Biggest Lead1.5last on Tuesday, May 16, for days on which they played
Farthest Behind12last on Sunday, Jul 30, for days on which they played
Most Games over .50033last on Saturday, Sep 30
Most Games under .5001last on Tuesday, Apr 25
Longest Winning Streak10Sunday, Jul 30 to Wednesday, Aug 9
Longest Losing Streak5Wednesday, Jun 28 to Sunday, Jul 2
Most Runs Allowed16Friday, Jul 21
Most Runs Scored15Monday, Sep 18
Times Shutout by Opponent3 
Times Opponent Shutout18 

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
SplitWLRSRAWP
Overall 92 61 779 633 .601
Home/Road
SplitWLRSRAWP
Home 51 27 431 317 .654
Road 41 34 348 316 .547
Month by Month
SplitWLRSRAWP
April 5 4 30 26 .556
May 17 10 137 106 .630
June 11 13 126 117 .458
July 15 15 142 135 .500
August 20 9 147 119 .690
September 24 9 196 128 .727
October 0 1 1 2 .000
By Season Half
SplitWLRSRAWP
First Half 36 34 336 301 .514
Second Half 56 27 443 332 .675
One-Run Games
SplitWLRSRAWP
One Run 27 15 168 156 .643
Blowouts (5+ Runs)
SplitWLRSRAWP
Blowout 31 15 334 203 .674
Opponent
SplitWLRSRAWP
BRO 13 9 124 88 .591
BSN 13 9 90 92 .591
CHC 12 10 99 85 .545
CIN 11 11 97 94 .500
NYG 12 9 105 90 .571
PHI 17 5 139 83 .773
PIT 14 8 125 101 .636

Team Game-by-Game Schedule and Results

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Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
1 1 Tuesday, Apr 18 STL @ PIT W 3 2 1-0 1 Tied Weiland 2:16 15,783 +
2 2 Friday, Apr 21 STL CHC L 2 4 1-1 3 1.5 Lee 2:10 10,372 -
3 3 Saturday, Apr 22 STL CHC W 9 0 2-1 2 0.5 Warneke 2:18 5,260 +
4 4 Sunday, Apr 23 STL CHC L 5 6 2-2 5 0.5 Bryant 2:27 9,106 -
5 5 Tuesday, Apr 25 STL CIN L 1 5 2-3 5 2.0 Moore 2:27 2,559 --
6 6 Wednesday, Apr 26 STL CIN W 1 0 3-3 5 2.0 Davis 1:36 2,132 +
7 7 Thursday, Apr 27 STL PIT W 6 5 4-3 4 1.0 McGee 2:55 1,994 ++
8 8 Saturday, Apr 29 STL @ CHC W 2 0 5-3 3 1.0 Warneke 1:34 11,479 +++
9 9 Sunday, Apr 30 STL @ CHC L 1 4 5-4 4 1.5 Lillard 1:56 19,630 -
10 10 Tuesday, May 2 STL @ BSN W 2 1 6-4 2 1.0 Bowman 2:15 3,155 +
11 11 Thursday, May 4 STL @ NYG L 3 6 6-5 2 1.5 Salvo 2:38 8,932 -
12 12 Friday, May 5 STL @ NYG W 7 5 7-5 2 0.5 Davis 2:11 7,615 +
13 13 Saturday, May 6 STL @ NYG L 2 6 7-6 3 1.0 Gumbert 2:30 18,599 -
14 14 Sunday, May 7 STL @ BRO L 1 2 7-7 4 2.0 Tamulis 2:15 27,318 --
15 15 Monday, May 8 STL @ BRO W 1 0 8-7 2 1.0 Weiland 2:20 7,693 +
16 16 Tuesday, May 9 STL @ BRO W 13 1 9-7 2 1.0 Davis 2:07 7,356 ++
17 17 Wednesday, May 10 STL @ PHI W 4 3 10-7 1 Tied Warneke 2:05 7,000 +++
18 18 Friday, May 12 STL @ CIN W 8 7 11-7 1 up 1.5 Davis 2:22 5,785 ++++
19 19 Saturday, May 13 STL @ CIN L 1 2 11-8 1 up 0.5 Vander Meer 2:05 10,305 -
20 20 Sunday, May 14 STL @ CIN W 9 5 12-8 1 up 0.5 Warneke 2:17 27,000 +
21 21 Tuesday, May 16 STL NYG W 7 6 13-8 1 up 1.5 McGee 2:25 5,636 ++
22 22 Wednesday, May 17 STL NYG L 5 9 13-9 1 up 0.5 Schumacher 2:34 4,940 -
23 23 Thursday, May 18 STL NYG W 6 1 14-9 1 up 0.5 Davis 2:11 5,172 +
24 24 Saturday, May 20 STL BRO W 9 1 15-9 1 Tied Warneke 1:58 9,899 ++
25 25 Sunday, May 21 STL PHI W 5 2 16-9 1 Tied Bowman 1:42 7,663 +++
26 26 Monday, May 22 STL PHI W 2 1 17-9 1 Tied Cooper 1:44 1,065 ++++
27 27 Tuesday, May 23 STL PHI W 6 1 18-9 1 Tied McGee 1:43 1,347 +++++
28 28 Wednesday, May 24 STL BSN W 7 0 19-9 1 Tied Davis 1:47 2,098 ++++++
29 29 Thursday, May 25 STL BSN W 7 1 20-9 1 Tied Weiland 1:54 1,231 +++++++
30 30 Friday, May 26 STL CIN L 5 7 20-10 2 1.0 Walters 2:18 4,228 -
31 31 Saturday, May 27 STL CIN L 2 3 20-11 2 2.0 Grissom 1:53 6,022 --
32 32 Sunday, May 28 STL CIN W 6 5 21-11 2 2.0 Davis 2:19 0 +
33 33 Sunday, May 28 STL CIN L 4 8 21-12 2 2.0 Derringer 2:05 33,538 -
34 34 Monday, May 29 STL PIT L 0 7 21-13 2 3.0 Klinger 2:06 1,736 --
35 35 Tuesday, May 30 STL PIT W 7 2 22-13 2 2.0 Warneke 2:14 0 +
36 36 Tuesday, May 30 STL PIT L 8 14 22-14 2 2.0 Swift 2:26 14,178 -
37 37 Thursday, Jun 1 STL @ NYG W 1 0 23-14 2 2.0 McGee 2:13 5,070 +
38 38 Friday, Jun 2 STL @ NYG L 2 8 23-15 2 3.0 Lohrman 2:06 5,417 -
39 39 Saturday, Jun 3 STL @ NYG L 5 6 23-16 2 3.0 Brown 2:34 12,873 --
40 40 Monday, Jun 5 STL @ BSN L 4 10 23-17 2 4.5 Posedel 1:56 2,238 ---
41 41 Tuesday, Jun 6 STL @ BSN W 5 3 24-17 2 3.5 Davis 2:33 2,317 +
42 42 Wednesday, Jun 7 STL @ BRO W 7 3 25-17 2 3.5 McGee 2:35 33,299 ++
43 43 Friday, Jun 9 STL @ BRO L 4 7 25-18 2 4.5 Hutchinson 2:19 7,438 -
44 44 Saturday, Jun 10 STL @ PHI L 5 6 25-19 2 5.0 Higbe 2:06 0 --
45 45 Saturday, Jun 10 STL @ PHI L 3 5 25-20 2 5.0 Harrell 2:14 7,000 ---
46 46 Sunday, Jun 11 STL @ PHI L 4 5 25-21 2 5.0 Beck 2:47 0 ----
47 47 Sunday, Jun 11 STL @ PHI W 4 1 26-21 2 5.0 Warneke 2:10 17,047 +
48 48 Wednesday, Jun 14 STL BRO W 9 2 27-21 2 5.0 Weiland 2:15 12,533 ++
49 49 Thursday, Jun 15 STL BRO L 3 8 27-22 2 6.0 Casey 2:21 1,401 -
50 50 Friday, Jun 16 STL BRO W 7 6 28-22 2 5.5 Warneke 2:15 1,293 +
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
51 51 Saturday, Jun 17 STL NYG L 5 7 28-23 2 6.5 Gumbert 2:33 3,123 -
52 52 Sunday, Jun 18 STL NYG W 8 4 29-23 2 6.0 McGee 2:30 13,000 +
53 53 Wednesday, Jun 21 STL PHI W 14 2 30-23 2 5.5 Davis 1:53 1,359 ++
54 54 Thursday, Jun 22 STL PHI W 11 5 31-23 2 5.0 Cooper 2:30 1,025 +++
55 55 Saturday, Jun 24 STL BSN W 5 2 32-23 2 3.5 Weiland 2:01 3,264 ++++
56 56 Sunday, Jun 25 STL BSN L 5 8 32-24 2 4.0 Lanning 2:34 0 -
57 57 Sunday, Jun 25 STL BSN L 0 2 32-25 2 4.0 Posedel 1:37 10,379 --
58 58 Tuesday, Jun 27 STL CHC W 5 2 33-25 2 4.0 Warneke 2:00 3,076 +
59 59 Wednesday, Jun 28 STL CHC L 4 8 33-26 3 4.5 French 2:05 9,035 -
60 60 Thursday, Jun 29 STL CHC L 6 7 33-27 3 5.0 Lee 1:57 2,181 --
61 61 Saturday, Jul 1 STL PIT L 3 4 33-28 3 5.5 Brown 2:12 2,336 ---
62 62 Sunday, Jul 2 STL PIT L 5 8 33-29 4 6.5 Klinger 2:14 0 ----
63 63 Sunday, Jul 2 STL PIT L 3 6 33-30 4 6.5 Tobin 1:36 10,449 -----
64 64 Monday, Jul 3 STL @ CHC W 5 3 34-30 3 6.0 Bowman 1:59 12,749 +
65 65 Tuesday, Jul 4 STL @ CHC W 6 4 35-30 3 6.0 Cooper 2:13 0 ++
66 66 Tuesday, Jul 4 STL @ CHC L 2 3 35-31 3 6.0 Lillard 2:13 26,409 -
67 67 Wednesday, Jul 5 STL @ CIN L 2 6 35-32 3 7.0 Walters 2:04 7,257 --
68 68 Thursday, Jul 6 STL @ CIN L 4 7 35-33 3 8.0 Derringer 1:54 29,105 ---
69 69 Sunday, Jul 9 STL @ PIT W 7 3 36-33 3 8.0 Cooper 1:55 0 +
70 70 Sunday, Jul 9 STL @ PIT L 6 8 36-34 3 8.0 Tobin 2:30 29,000 -
71 71 Thursday, Jul 13 STL @ BSN W 5 3 37-34 4 8.5 Davis 2:18 +
72 72 Thursday, Jul 13 STL @ BSN L 1 3 37-35 4 8.5 MacFayden 1:39 6,102 -
73 73 Friday, Jul 14 STL @ BSN L 4 10 37-36 5 8.5 Lanning 2:07 1,531 --
74 74 Saturday, Jul 15 STL @ BSN L 3 7 37-37 5 9.5 Shoffner 2:10 4,063 ---
75 75 Sunday, Jul 16 STL @ NYG W 3 1 38-37 5 8.0 Cooper 2:04 15,143 +
76 76 Monday, Jul 17 STL @ NYG W 4 3 39-37 4 8.0 Davis 2:17 5,233 ++
77 77 Tuesday, Jul 18 STL @ NYG W 5 3 40-37 3 8.0 Weiland 2:25 5,353 +++
78 78 Wednesday, Jul 19 STL @ PHI W 4 2 41-37 2 8.0 Sunkel 2:25 11,554 ++++
79 79 Friday, Jul 21 STL @ PHI L 2 16 41-38 2 8.0 Higbe 2:10 0 -
80 80 Friday, Jul 21 STL @ PHI W 7 0 42-38 2 8.0 Cooper 1:58 6,000 +
81 81 Saturday, Jul 22 STL @ BRO L 2 7 42-39 3 9.0 Hamlin 2:15 6,111 -
82 82 Sunday, Jul 23 STL @ BRO W 12 0 43-39 2 9.0 Bowman 2:15 0 +
83 83 Sunday, Jul 23 STL @ BRO W 8 2 44-39 2 9.0 Davis 2:04 27,499 ++
84 84 Tuesday, Jul 25 STL NYG L 3 6 44-40 2 10.0 Hubbell 3:14 2,428 -
85 85 Wednesday, Jul 26 STL NYG W 10 0 45-40 3 9.5 Sunkel 2:31 2,053 +
86 86 Thursday, Jul 27 STL NYG W 9 4 46-40 2 10.0 Davis 2:24 1,833 ++
87 87 Friday, Jul 28 STL BRO L 4 5 46-41 3 10.5 Tamulis 2:21 942 -
88 88 Saturday, Jul 29 STL BRO L 3 7 46-42 4 12.0 Hamlin 2:03 4,127 --
89 89 Sunday, Jul 30 STL BRO W 5 2 47-42 2 12.0 Sunkel 2:14 0 +
90 90 Sunday, Jul 30 STL BRO W 5 2 48-42 2 12.0 Bowman 1:50 12,233 ++
91 91 Tuesday, Aug 1 STL BSN W 4 3 49-42 2 11.0 Davis 1:50 1,453 +++
92 92 Thursday, Aug 3 STL BSN W 5 1 50-42 2 9.5 Warneke 1:47 ++++
93 93 Thursday, Aug 3 STL BSN W 4 3 51-42 2 9.5 Cooper 1:44 3,376 +++++
94 94 Friday, Aug 4 STL PHI W 9 8 52-42 2 9.5 Bowman 2:02 1,041 ++++++
95 95 Saturday, Aug 5 STL PHI W 5 1 53-42 2 8.5 Davis 1:36 2,313 +++++++
96 96 Sunday, Aug 6 STL PHI W 11 0 54-42 2 7.5 Weiland 1:54 0 ++++++++
97 97 Sunday, Aug 6 STL PHI W 8 3 55-42 2 7.5 Cooper 1:45 10,430 +++++++++
98 98 Wednesday, Aug 9 STL PIT W 5 3 56-42 2 8.0 Sunkel 2:01 3,334 ++++++++++
99 99 Saturday, Aug 12 STL CIN L 4 8 56-43 2 8.5 Walters 2:21 9,847 -
100 100 Sunday, Aug 13 STL CIN W 4 2 57-43 2 6.5 Davis 1:38 0 +
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
101 101 Sunday, Aug 13 STL CIN W 4 3 58-43 2 6.5 Cooper 2:14 40,807 ++
102 102 Monday, Aug 14 STL CHC L 0 4 58-44 2 7.5 French 1:55 4,281 -
103 103 Tuesday, Aug 15 STL CHC W 7 6 59-44 2 7.5 Bowman 2:54 5,537 +
104 104 Wednesday, Aug 16 STL @ PIT W 4 3 60-44 2 6.0 Bowman 2:15 0 ++
105 105 Wednesday, Aug 16 STL @ PIT W 3 0 61-44 2 6.0 McGee 1:53 7,855 +++
106 106 Thursday, Aug 17 STL @ PIT W 4 2 62-44 2 6.0 Davis 1:50 2,737 ++++
107 107 Friday, Aug 18 STL @ PIT W 3 0 63-44 2 5.5 Bowman 2:05 2,586 +++++
108 108 Saturday, Aug 19 STL @ CIN T 3 3 63-44 2 5.5 2:13 16,728 +++++
109 109 Sunday, Aug 20 STL @ CIN W 7 1 64-44 2 3.5 Weiland 2:05 0 ++++++
110 110 Sunday, Aug 20 STL @ CIN W 7 5 65-44 2 3.5 Andrews 2:35 28,432 +++++++
111 111 Monday, Aug 21 STL @ BRO L 1 7 65-45 2 4.5 Hamlin 2:12 7,922 -
112 112 Tuesday, Aug 22 STL @ BRO L 5 8 65-46 2 4.5 Casey 2:26 9,375 --
113 113 Wednesday, Aug 23 STL @ BRO L 3 8 65-47 2 5.5 Hollingsworth 2:08 26,292 ---
114 114 Thursday, Aug 24 STL @ PHI L 5 6 65-48 2 5.5 Johnson 1:50 15,000 ----
115 115 Saturday, Aug 26 STL @ PHI W 5 0 66-48 2 4.5 Davis 1:57 0 +
116 116 Saturday, Aug 26 STL @ PHI W 11 4 67-48 2 4.5 Bowman 2:44 12,000 ++
117 117 Sunday, Aug 27 STL @ BSN L 4 10 67-49 2 5.0 Posedel 2:08 0 -
118 118 Sunday, Aug 27 STL @ BSN W 6 5 68-49 2 5.0 Shoun 2:25 12,979 +
119 119 Monday, Aug 28 STL @ BSN L 5 10 68-50 2 5.0 Moran 2:10 4,006 -
120 120 Tuesday, Aug 29 STL @ BSN L 1 2 68-51 2 5.5 Errickson 1:58 1,022 --
121 121 Saturday, Sep 2 STL PIT L 3 11 68-52 2 5.5 Brown 2:16 2,636 ---
122 122 Sunday, Sep 3 STL PIT W 14 6 69-52 2 5.0 Davis 1:59 0 +
123 123 Sunday, Sep 3 STL PIT W 3 0 70-52 2 5.0 Weiland 1:38 11,066 ++
124 124 Monday, Sep 4 STL CIN W 4 0 71-52 2 4.0 McGee +++
125 125 Monday, Sep 4 STL CIN T 6 6 71-52 2 4.0 +++
126 126 Tuesday, Sep 5 STL CIN L 1 3 71-53 2 5.0 Walters -
127 127 Wednesday, Sep 6 STL @ CHC L 3 11 71-54 2 5.5 French 1:56 7,006 --
128 128 Thursday, Sep 7 STL @ CHC W 4 2 72-54 2 4.5 Warneke 2:01 6,680 +
129 129 Friday, Sep 8 STL @ CHC W 10 3 73-54 2 4.5 Shoun 2:14 4,608 ++
130 130 Saturday, Sep 9 STL @ PIT W 12 2 74-54 2 3.5 Weiland 2:08 3,817 +++
131 131 Sunday, Sep 10 STL @ PIT W 9 3 75-54 2 3.0 Davis 1:49 0 ++++
132 132 Sunday, Sep 10 STL @ PIT W 11 4 76-54 2 3.0 Bowman 2:18 12,588 +++++
133 133 Monday, Sep 11 STL @ PIT L 6 8 76-55 2 3.5 Tobin 1:59 1,134 -
134 134 Tuesday, Sep 12 STL PHI W 4 3 77-55 2 3.5 Bowman 1:42 1,564 +
135 135 Wednesday, Sep 13 STL PHI W 10 9 78-55 2 3.5 McGee 2:20 1,428 ++
136 136 Thursday, Sep 14 STL BSN W 6 3 79-55 2 4.0 Davis 1:48 1,805 +++
137 137 Friday, Sep 15 STL BSN W 1 0 80-55 2 3.5 Warneke 3:01 1,259 ++++
138 138 Saturday, Sep 16 STL BSN W 6 5 81-55 2 3.5 Shoun 2:39 +++++
139 139 Sunday, Sep 17 STL NYG L 1 2 81-56 2 3.5 Hubbell 1:42 0 -
140 140 Sunday, Sep 17 STL NYG W 2 1 82-56 2 3.5 McGee 1:54 20,190 +
141 141 Monday, Sep 18 STL NYG L 2 7 82-57 2 3.5 Melton 1:57 0 -
142 142 Monday, Sep 18 STL NYG W 15 5 83-57 2 3.5 Warneke 2:26 6,043 +
143 143 Tuesday, Sep 19 STL BRO W 6 1 84-57 2 2.5 Lanier 2:20 1,717 ++
144 144 Wednesday, Sep 20 STL BRO W 10 4 85-57 2 2.5 Bowman 2:06 2,641 +++
145 145 Thursday, Sep 21 STL BRO W 6 5 86-57 2 2.5 Davis 1:51 2,494 ++++
146 146 Friday, Sep 22 STL CHC W 3 2 87-57 2 3.0 Cooper 1:39 3,656 +++++
147 147 Saturday, Sep 23 STL CHC W 7 3 88-57 2 3.5 McGee 2:03 6,615 ++++++
148 148 Sunday, Sep 24 STL CHC W 9 1 89-57 2 3.5 Lanier 1:53 17,542 +++++++
149 149 Tuesday, Sep 26 STL @ CIN L 1 3 89-58 2 3.5 Thompson 2:07 0 -
150 150 Tuesday, Sep 26 STL @ CIN W 6 0 90-58 2 3.5 Cooper 1:44 34,194 +
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
151 151 Wednesday, Sep 27 STL @ CIN W 4 0 91-58 2 2.5 McGee 1:49 15,902 ++
152 152 Thursday, Sep 28 STL @ CIN L 3 5 91-59 2 3.5 Derringer -
153 153 Saturday, Sep 30 STL @ CHC W 7 5 92-59 2 4.0 Cooper 2:18 0 +
154 154 Saturday, Sep 30 STL @ CHC L 1 5 92-60 2 4.0 Lee 1:46 4,209 -
155 155 Sunday, Oct 1 STL @ CHC L 1 2 92-61 2 4.5 Olsen 1:54 5,961 --
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
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Rank and Games Behind are at the end of all games played on that date.

1938 / 1940 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits