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1939 St. Louis Cardinals (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
Managed by Ray Blades

Ballpark: Sportsman's Park IV (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 400,245 (5th of 8)
Park Factors
  (multi-year):
Batting - 106, Pitching - 105
  (one-year): Batting - 105, Pitching - 103
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Game Results

Season Summary   92-61 , Final Rank: 2, GB:    4.5
Days in First:                  14 (last on May 25, counts the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day)

Most Games over  .500:          33 (last on September 30)
Most Games under .500:           1 (last on April 25)

Biggest Lead:                  1.5 (last on May 16)
Farthest Behind Leader:       12.0 (last on July 30)

Longest Winning Streak:         10 (July 30 to August 9)
Longest Losing Streak:           5 (June 28 to July 2)

Most Runs Allowed:              16 (July 21)
Most Runs Scored:               15 (September 18)

Times Shutout by Opponent:       3
Times Opponent Shutout:         18

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Overall        92  61     779     633    .601

Home/Road
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Home           51  27     431     317    .654
Road           41  34     348     316    .547

Month by Month
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
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
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
First Half     36  34     336     301    .514
Second Half    56  27     443     332    .675
One-Run Games
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
One Run        27  15     168     156    .643

Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Blowout        31  15     334     203    .674

Opponent
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
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

Game Results

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
  1 Tue, Apr 18     STL @PIT  W   3-2        1-0     1    Tied  2:16 B Weiland                  15,783 +
  2 Fri, Apr 21     STL  CHC  L   2-4        1-1     3     1.5  2:10 B Lee                      10,372 -
  3 Sat, Apr 22     STL  CHC  W   9-0        2-1     2     0.5  2:18 L Warneke                   5,260 +
  4 Sun, Apr 23     STL  CHC  L   5-6        2-2     5     0.5  2:27 C Bryant                    9,106 -
  5 Tue, Apr 25     STL  CIN  L   1-5        2-3     5     2.0  2:27 W Moore                     2,559 --
  6 Wed, Apr 26     STL  CIN  W   1-0        3-3     5     2.0  1:36 C Davis                     2,132 +
  7 Thu, Apr 27     STL  PIT  W   6-5        4-3     4     1.0  2:55 B McGee                     1,994 ++
  8 Sat, Apr 29     STL @CHC  W   2-0        5-3     3     1.0  1:34 L Warneke                  11,479 +++
  9 Sun, Apr 30     STL @CHC  L   1-4        5-4     4     1.5  1:56 G Lillard                  19,630 -
 10 Tue, May  2     STL @BSN  W   2-1        6-4     2     1.0  2:15 B Bowman                    3,155 +
 11 Thu, May  4     STL @NYG  L   3-6        6-5     2     1.5  2:38 M Salvo                     8,932 -
 12 Fri, May  5     STL @NYG  W   7-5        7-5     2     0.5  2:11 C Davis                     7,615 +
 13 Sat, May  6     STL @NYG  L   2-6        7-6     3     1.0  2:30 H Gumbert                  18,599 -
 14 Sun, May  7     STL @BRO  L   1-2        7-7     4     2.0  2:15 V Tamulis                  27,318 --
 15 Mon, May  8     STL @BRO  W   1-0        8-7     2     1.0  2:20 B Weiland                   7,693 +
 16 Tue, May  9     STL @BRO  W  13-1        9-7     2     1.0  2:07 C Davis                     7,356 ++
 17 Wed, May 10     STL @PHI  W   4-3       10-7     1    Tied  2:05 L Warneke                   7,000 +++
 18 Fri, May 12     STL @CIN  W   8-7       11-7     1  up 1.5  2:22 C Davis                     5,785 ++++
 19 Sat, May 13     STL @CIN  L   1-2       11-8     1  up 0.5  2:05 J Vander Mee               10,305 -
 20 Sun, May 14     STL @CIN  W   9-5       12-8     1  up 0.5  2:17 L Warneke                  27,000 +
 21 Tue, May 16     STL  NYG  W   7-6       13-8     1  up 1.5  2:25 B McGee                     5,636 ++
 22 Wed, May 17     STL  NYG  L   5-9       13-9     1  up 0.5  2:34 H Schumacher                4,940 -
 23 Thu, May 18     STL  NYG  W   6-1       14-9     1  up 0.5  2:11 C Davis                     5,172 +
 24 Sat, May 20     STL  BRO  W   9-1       15-9     1    Tied  1:58 L Warneke                   9,899 ++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 25 Sun, May 21     STL  PHI  W   5-2       16-9     1    Tied  1:42 B Bowman                    7,663 +++
 26 Mon, May 22     STL  PHI  W   2-1       17-9     1    Tied  1:44 M Cooper                    1,065 ++++
 27 Tue, May 23     STL  PHI  W   6-1       18-9     1    Tied  1:43 B McGee                     1,347 +++++
 28 Wed, May 24     STL  BSN  W   7-0       19-9     1    Tied  1:47 C Davis                     2,098 ++++++
 29 Thu, May 25     STL  BSN  W   7-1       20-9     1    Tied  1:54 B Weiland                   1,231 +++++++
 30 Fri, May 26     STL  CIN  L   5-7       20-10    2     1.0  2:18 B Walters                   4,228 -
 31 Sat, May 27     STL  CIN  L   2-3       20-11    2     2.0  1:53 L Grissom                   6,022 --
 32 Sun, May 28     STL  CIN  W   6-5       21-11    2     2.0  2:19 C Davis                         0 +
 33                 STL  CIN  L   4-8       21-12    2     2.0  2:05 P Derringer                33,538 -
 34 Mon, May 29     STL  PIT  L   0-7       21-13    2     3.0  2:06 B Klinger                   1,736 --
 35 Tue, May 30     STL  PIT  W   7-2       22-13    2     2.0  2:14 L Warneke                       0 +
 36                 STL  PIT  L   8-14      22-14    2     2.0  2:26 B Swift                    14,178 -
 37 Thu, Jun  1     STL @NYG  W   1-0       23-14    2     2.0  2:13 B McGee                     5,070 +
 38 Fri, Jun  2     STL @NYG  L   2-8       23-15    2     3.0  2:06 B Lohrman                   5,417 -
 39 Sat, Jun  3     STL @NYG  L   5-6       23-16    2     3.0  2:34 J Brown                    12,873 --
 40 Mon, Jun  5     STL @BSN  L   4-10      23-17    2     4.5  1:56 B Posedel                   2,238 ---
 41 Tue, Jun  6     STL @BSN  W   5-3       24-17    2     3.5  2:33 C Davis                     2,317 +
 42 Wed, Jun  7     STL @BRO  W   7-3       25-17    2     3.5  2:35 B McGee                    33,299 ++
 43 Fri, Jun  9     STL @BRO  L   4-7       25-18    2     4.5  2:19 I Hutchinson                7,438 -
 44 Sat, Jun 10     STL @PHI  L   5-6       25-19    2     5.0  2:06 K Higbe                         0 --
 45                 STL @PHI  L   3-5       25-20    2     5.0  2:14 R Harrell                   7,000 ---
 46 Sun, Jun 11     STL @PHI  L   4-5       25-21    2     5.0  2:47 B Beck                          0 ----
 47                 STL @PHI  W   4-1       26-21    2     5.0  2:10 L Warneke                  17,047 +
 48 Wed, Jun 14     STL  BRO  W   9-2       27-21    2     5.0  2:15 B Weiland                  12,533 ++
 49 Thu, Jun 15     STL  BRO  L   3-8       27-22    2     6.0  2:21 H Casey                     1,401 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 50 Fri, Jun 16     STL  BRO  W   7-6       28-22    2     5.5  2:15 L Warneke                   1,293 +
 51 Sat, Jun 17     STL  NYG  L   5-7       28-23    2     6.5  2:33 H Gumbert                   3,123 -
 52 Sun, Jun 18     STL  NYG  W   8-4       29-23    2     6.0  2:30 B McGee                    13,000 +
 53 Wed, Jun 21     STL  PHI  W  14-2       30-23    2     5.5  1:53 C Davis                     1,359 ++
 54 Thu, Jun 22     STL  PHI  W  11-5       31-23    2     5.0  2:30 M Cooper                    1,025 +++
 55 Sat, Jun 24     STL  BSN  W   5-2       32-23    2     3.5  2:01 B Weiland                   3,264 ++++
 56 Sun, Jun 25     STL  BSN  L   5-8       32-24    2     4.0  2:34 J Lanning                       0 -
 57                 STL  BSN  L   0-2       32-25    2     4.0  1:37 B Posedel                  10,379 --
 58 Tue, Jun 27     STL  CHC  W   5-2       33-25    2     4.0  2:00 L Warneke                   3,076 +
 59 Wed, Jun 28     STL  CHC  L   4-8       33-26    3     4.5  2:05 L French                    9,035 -
 60 Thu, Jun 29     STL  CHC  L   6-7       33-27    3     5.0  1:57 B Lee                       2,181 --
 61 Sat, Jul  1     STL  PIT  L   3-4       33-28    3     5.5  2:12 M Brown                     2,336 ---
 62 Sun, Jul  2     STL  PIT  L   5-8       33-29    4     6.5  2:14 B Klinger                       0 ----
 63                 STL  PIT  L   3-6       33-30    4     6.5  1:36 J Tobin                    10,449 -----
 64 Mon, Jul  3     STL @CHC  W   5-3       34-30    3     6.0  1:59 B Bowman                   12,749 +
 65 Tue, Jul  4     STL @CHC  W   6-4       35-30    3     6.0  2:13 M Cooper                        0 ++
 66                 STL @CHC  L   2-3       35-31    3     6.0  2:13 G Lillard                  26,409 -
 67 Wed, Jul  5     STL @CIN  L   2-6       35-32    3     7.0  2:04 B Walters                   7,257 --
 68 Thu, Jul  6     STL @CIN  L   4-7       35-33    3     8.0  1:54 P Derringer                29,105 ---
 69 Sun, Jul  9     STL @PIT  W   7-3       36-33    3     8.0  1:55 M Cooper                        0 +
 70                 STL @PIT  L   6-8       36-34    3     8.0  2:30 J Tobin                    29,000 -
 71 Thu, Jul 13     STL @BSN  W   5-3       37-34    4     8.5  2:18 C Davis                           +
 72                 STL @BSN  L   1-3       37-35    4     8.5  1:39 D MacFayden                 6,102 -
 73 Fri, Jul 14     STL @BSN  L   4-10      37-36    5     8.5  2:07 J Lanning                   1,531 --
 74 Sat, Jul 15     STL @BSN  L   3-7       37-37    5     9.5  2:10 M Shoffner                  4,063 ---

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 75 Sun, Jul 16     STL @NYG  W   3-1       38-37    5     8.0  2:04 M Cooper                   15,143 +
 76 Mon, Jul 17     STL @NYG  W   4-3       39-37    4     8.0  2:17 C Davis                     5,233 ++
 77 Tue, Jul 18     STL @NYG  W   5-3       40-37    3     8.0  2:25 B Weiland                   5,353 +++
 78 Wed, Jul 19     STL @PHI  W   4-2       41-37    2     8.0  2:25 T Sunkel                   11,554 ++++
 79 Fri, Jul 21     STL @PHI  L   2-16      41-38    2     8.0  2:10 K Higbe                         0 -
 80                 STL @PHI  W   7-0       42-38    2     8.0  1:58 M Cooper                    6,000 +
 81 Sat, Jul 22     STL @BRO  L   2-7       42-39    3     9.0  2:15 L Hamlin                    6,111 -
 82 Sun, Jul 23     STL @BRO  W  12-0       43-39    2     9.0  2:15 B Bowman                        0 +
 83                 STL @BRO  W   8-2       44-39    2     9.0  2:04 C Davis                    27,499 ++
 84 Tue, Jul 25     STL  NYG  L   3-6       44-40    2    10.0  3:14 C Hubbell                   2,428 -
 85 Wed, Jul 26     STL  NYG  W  10-0       45-40    3     9.5  2:31 T Sunkel                    2,053 +
 86 Thu, Jul 27     STL  NYG  W   9-4       46-40    2    10.0  2:24 C Davis                     1,833 ++
 87 Fri, Jul 28     STL  BRO  L   4-5       46-41    3    10.5  2:21 V Tamulis                     942 -
 88 Sat, Jul 29     STL  BRO  L   3-7       46-42    4    12.0  2:03 L Hamlin                    4,127 --
 89 Sun, Jul 30     STL  BRO  W   5-2       47-42    2    12.0  2:14 T Sunkel                        0 +
 90                 STL  BRO  W   5-2       48-42    2    12.0  1:50 B Bowman                   12,233 ++
 91 Tue, Aug  1     STL  BSN  W   4-3       49-42    2    11.0  1:50 C Davis                     1,453 +++
 92 Thu, Aug  3     STL  BSN  W   5-1       50-42    2     9.5  1:47 L Warneke                         ++++
 93                 STL  BSN  W   4-3       51-42    2     9.5  1:44 M Cooper                    3,376 +++++
 94 Fri, Aug  4     STL  PHI  W   9-8       52-42    2     9.5  2:02 B Bowman                    1,041 ++++++
 95 Sat, Aug  5     STL  PHI  W   5-1       53-42    2     8.5  1:36 C Davis                     2,313 +++++++
 96 Sun, Aug  6     STL  PHI  W  11-0       54-42    2     7.5  1:54 B Weiland                       0 ++++++++
 97                 STL  PHI  W   8-3       55-42    2     7.5  1:45 M Cooper                   10,430 +++++++++
 98 Wed, Aug  9     STL  PIT  W   5-3       56-42    2     8.0  2:01 T Sunkel                    3,334 ++++++++++
 99 Sat, Aug 12     STL  CIN  L   4-8       56-43    2     8.5  2:21 B Walters                   9,847 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
100 Sun, Aug 13     STL  CIN  W   4-2       57-43    2     6.5  1:38 C Davis                         0 +
101                 STL  CIN  W   4-3       58-43    2     6.5  2:14 M Cooper                   40,807 ++
102 Mon, Aug 14     STL  CHC  L   0-4       58-44    2     7.5  1:55 L French                    4,281 -
103 Tue, Aug 15     STL  CHC  W   7-6       59-44    2     7.5  2:54 B Bowman                    5,537 +
104 Wed, Aug 16     STL @PIT  W   4-3       60-44    2     6.0  2:15 B Bowman                        0 ++
105                 STL @PIT  W   3-0       61-44    2     6.0  1:53 B McGee                     7,855 +++
106 Thu, Aug 17     STL @PIT  W   4-2       62-44    2     6.0  1:50 C Davis                     2,737 ++++
107 Fri, Aug 18     STL @PIT  W   3-0       63-44    2     5.5  2:05 B Bowman                    2,586 +++++
108 Sat, Aug 19     STL @CIN  -   3-3       63-44    2     5.5  2:13                            16,728 +++++
109 Sun, Aug 20     STL @CIN  W   7-1       64-44    2     3.5  2:05 B Weiland                       0 ++++++
110                 STL @CIN  W   7-5       65-44    2     3.5  2:35 N Andrews                  28,432 +++++++
111 Mon, Aug 21     STL @BRO  L   1-7       65-45    2     4.5  2:12 L Hamlin                    7,922 -
112 Tue, Aug 22     STL @BRO  L   5-8       65-46    2     4.5  2:26 H Casey                     9,375 --
113 Wed, Aug 23     STL @BRO  L   3-8       65-47    2     5.5  2:08 A Hollingswo               26,292 ---
114 Thu, Aug 24     STL @PHI  L   5-6       65-48    2     5.5  1:50 S Johnson                  15,000 ----
115 Sat, Aug 26     STL @PHI  W   5-0       66-48    2     4.5  1:57 C Davis                         0 +
116                 STL @PHI  W  11-4       67-48    2     4.5  2:44 B Bowman                   12,000 ++
117 Sun, Aug 27     STL @BSN  L   4-10      67-49    2     5.0  2:08 B Posedel                       0 -
118                 STL @BSN  W   6-5       68-49    2     5.0  2:25 C Shoun                    12,979 +
119 Mon, Aug 28     STL @BSN  L   5-10      68-50    2     5.0  2:10 H Moran                     4,006 -
120 Tue, Aug 29     STL @BSN  L   1-2       68-51    2     5.5  1:58 D Errickson                 1,022 --
121 Sat, Sep  2     STL  PIT  L   3-11      68-52    2     5.5  2:16 M Brown                     2,636 ---
122 Sun, Sep  3     STL  PIT  W  14-6       69-52    2     5.0  1:59 C Davis                         0 +
123                 STL  PIT  W   3-0       70-52    2     5.0  1:38 B Weiland                  11,066 ++
124 Mon, Sep  4     STL  CIN  W   4-0       71-52    2     4.0       B McGee                           +++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
125                 STL  CIN  -   6-6       71-52    2     4.0                                         +++
126 Tue, Sep  5     STL  CIN  L   1-3       71-53    2     5.0       B Walters                         -
127 Wed, Sep  6     STL @CHC  L   3-11      71-54    2     5.5  1:56 L French                    7,006 --
128 Thu, Sep  7     STL @CHC  W   4-2       72-54    2     4.5  2:01 L Warneke                   6,680 +
129 Fri, Sep  8     STL @CHC  W  10-3       73-54    2     4.5  2:14 C Shoun                     4,608 ++
130 Sat, Sep  9     STL @PIT  W  12-2       74-54    2     3.5  2:08 B Weiland                   3,817 +++
131 Sun, Sep 10     STL @PIT  W   9-3       75-54    2     3.0  1:49 C Davis                         0 ++++
132                 STL @PIT  W  11-4       76-54    2     3.0  2:18 B Bowman                   12,588 +++++
133 Mon, Sep 11     STL @PIT  L   6-8       76-55    2     3.5  1:59 J Tobin                     1,134 -
134 Tue, Sep 12     STL  PHI  W   4-3       77-55    2     3.5  1:42 B Bowman                    1,564 +
135 Wed, Sep 13     STL  PHI  W  10-9       78-55    2     3.5  2:20 B McGee                     1,428 ++
136 Thu, Sep 14     STL  BSN  W   6-3       79-55    2     4.0  1:48 C Davis                     1,805 +++
137 Fri, Sep 15     STL  BSN  W   1-0       80-55    2     3.5  3:01 L Warneke                   1,259 ++++
138 Sat, Sep 16     STL  BSN  W   6-5       81-55    2     3.5  2:39 C Shoun                           +++++
139 Sun, Sep 17     STL  NYG  L   1-2       81-56    2     3.5  1:42 C Hubbell                       0 -
140                 STL  NYG  W   2-1       82-56    2     3.5  1:54 B McGee                    20,190 +
141 Mon, Sep 18     STL  NYG  L   2-7       82-57    2     3.5  1:57 C Melton                        0 -
142                 STL  NYG  W  15-5       83-57    2     3.5  2:26 L Warneke                   6,043 +
143 Tue, Sep 19     STL  BRO  W   6-1       84-57    2     2.5  2:20 M Lanier                    1,717 ++
144 Wed, Sep 20     STL  BRO  W  10-4       85-57    2     2.5  2:06 B Bowman                    2,641 +++
145 Thu, Sep 21     STL  BRO  W   6-5       86-57    2     2.5  1:51 C Davis                     2,494 ++++
146 Fri, Sep 22     STL  CHC  W   3-2       87-57    2     3.0  1:39 M Cooper                    3,656 +++++
147 Sat, Sep 23     STL  CHC  W   7-3       88-57    2     3.5  2:03 B McGee                     6,615 ++++++
148 Sun, Sep 24     STL  CHC  W   9-1       89-57    2     3.5  1:53 M Lanier                   17,542 +++++++
149 Tue, Sep 26     STL @CIN  L   1-3       89-58    2     3.5  2:07 J Thompson                      0 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
150                 STL @CIN  W   6-0       90-58    2     3.5  1:44 M Cooper                   34,194 +
151 Wed, Sep 27     STL @CIN  W   4-0       91-58    2     2.5  1:49 B McGee                    15,902 ++
152 Thu, Sep 28     STL @CIN  L   3-5       91-59    2     3.5       P Derringer                       -
153 Sat, Sep 30     STL @CHC  W   7-5       92-59    2     4.0  2:18 M Cooper                        0 +
154                 STL @CHC  L   1-5       92-60    2     4.0  1:46 B Lee                       4,209 -
155 Sun, Oct  1     STL @CHC  L   1-2       92-61    2     4.5  1:54 V Olsen                     5,961 --

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