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1940 St. Louis Cardinals (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1939/1941)
84-69, Finished 3rd in National League
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Scored 747 runs, Allowed 699 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 81-72
Managed by Ray Blades, Mike Gonzalez, and Billy Southworth

Ballpark: Sportsman's Park IV (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 324,078 (6th of 8)
Park Factors
  (multi-year):
Batting - 106, Pitching - 104
  (one-year): Batting - 102, Pitching - 101
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1940 Stats / Schedule (1939/1941) / Transactions

Game Results

Season Summary   84-69 , Final Rank: 3, GB:   16.0
Days in First:               never

Most Games over  .500:          15 (last on September 29)
Most Games under .500:          14 (last on July 11)

Biggest Lead:                never led
Farthest Behind Leader:       19.5 (last on July 26)

Longest Winning Streak:          9 (August 16 to August 24)
Longest Losing Streak:           6 (May 11 to May 17 and July 5 to July 11)

Most Runs Allowed:              17 (September 12)
Most Runs Scored:               18 (May 7)

Times Shutout by Opponent:      12
Times Opponent Shutout:         10

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Overall        84  69     747     699    .549

Home/Road
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Home           41  36     368     364    .532
Road           43  33     379     335    .566

Month by Month
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
April           4   6      40      58    .400
May             9  14     107     125    .391
June           11  14     125     125    .440
July           20  11     164     132    .645
August         19  11     131     108    .633
September      21  13     180     151    .618

By Season Half
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
First Half     27  40     310     357    .403
Second Half    57  29     437     342    .663
One-Run Games
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
One Run        25  17     175     167    .595

Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Blowout        24  24     294     275    .500

Opponent
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
BRO            13   9     113      96    .591
BSN            14   8     131     112    .636
CHC            14   8      97      80    .636
CIN            10  12      72     103    .455
NYG            10  11      96     100    .476
PHI            16   6     114      54    .727
PIT             7  15     124     154    .318

Game Results

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
  1 Tue, Apr 16     STL  PIT  L   4-6        0-1     5     1.0       B Klinger                  16,600 -
  2 Fri, Apr 19     STL @CHC  L   0-5        0-2     7     2.0       L French                    9,029 --
  3 Sat, Apr 20     STL @CHC  L   3-4        0-3     8     2.5       K Raffensber                5,626 ---
  4 Sun, Apr 21     STL @CHC  W   5-4        1-3     7     2.0       M Lanier                          +
  5 Mon, Apr 22     STL @CIN  L   1-6        1-4     8     3.0       B Walters                   5,197 -
  6 Thu, Apr 25     STL @PIT  W  10-9        2-4     6     3.5       C Shoun                     3,394 +
  7 Fri, Apr 26     STL @PIT  L   4-10       2-5     6     4.5       M Brown                     3,912 -
  8 Sat, Apr 27     STL  CHC  L   0-4        2-6     7     5.5       L French                    3,709 --
  9 Sun, Apr 28     STL  CHC  W   7-5        3-6     6     5.5       C Shoun                     9,691 +
 10 Mon, Apr 29     STL  CHC  W   6-5        4-6     6     5.0       J Russell                   2,935 ++
 11 Thu, May  2     STL  NYG  L   4-7        4-7     7     5.5       C Melton                    2,330 -
 12 Fri, May  3     STL  BSN  L   2-4        4-8     7     6.0       B Posedel                     835 --
 13 Sat, May  4     STL  BSN  W   3-1        5-8     6     5.5       B McGee                     2,071 +
 14 Sun, May  5     STL  BRO  L   6-9        5-9     7     6.5       M Macon                    13,119 -
 15 Mon, May  6     STL  BRO  L   2-6        5-10    8     7.5       L Hamlin                    2,267 --
 16 Tue, May  7     STL  BRO  W  18-2        6-10    7     6.5       L Warneke                   2,298 +
 17 Wed, May  8     STL  PHI  W   7-4        7-10    6     6.0       B McGee                     1,333 ++
 18 Thu, May  9     STL  PHI  W   8-4        8-10    5     6.0       E White                     1,161 +++
 19 Sat, May 11     STL  CIN  L   5-12       8-11    5     6.0       J Thompson                  4,079 -
 20 Sun, May 12     STL  CIN  L   1-7        8-12    6     8.0       P Derringer                       --
 21                 STL  CIN  L   4-13       8-13    6     8.0       J Turner                   18,507 ---
 22 Mon, May 13     STL @CIN  -   8-8        8-13    5     8.0                                   6,606 ---
 23 Tue, May 14     STL @PHI  L   0-4        8-14    6     8.5       H Mulcahy                   1,500 ----
 24 Wed, May 15     STL @PHI  L   3-6        8-15    6     9.0       K Higbe                     6,000 -----

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 25 Fri, May 17     STL @BRO  L   3-4        8-16    6    10.0       W Wyatt                    11,068 ------
 26 Sat, May 18     STL @BRO  W   6-2        9-16    6     9.0       B McGee                    22,965 +
 27 Sun, May 19     STL @NYG  W   6-5       10-16    6     9.0       J Russell                  23,874 ++
 28 Mon, May 20     STL @NYG  L   0-6       10-17    6     9.0       C Melton                    4,289 -
 29 Sat, May 25     STL @CIN  L   2-7       10-18    6     8.5       B Walters                         --
 30                 STL @CIN  W   5-1       11-18    6     8.5       B McGee                    19,730 +
 31 Sun, May 26     STL @CIN  L   0-4       11-19    6     9.5       P Derringer                19,490 -
 32 Mon, May 27     STL @CHC  L   1-7       11-20    7    11.0       C Passeau                   1,419 --
 33 Tue, May 28     STL @CHC  W   5-0       12-20    6    10.5       M Lanier                    3,138 +
 34 Wed, May 29     STL @CHC  W   8-2       13-20    6    10.0       L Warneke                   3,269 ++
 35 Sat, Jun  1     STL  PHI  L   4-5       13-21    6    12.0       H Mulcahy                   2,027 -
 36 Sun, Jun  2     STL  PHI  L   2-4       13-22    6    12.0       B Beck                            --
 37                 STL  PHI  W   9-2       14-22    6    12.0       B Bowman                    7,061 +
 38 Tue, Jun  4     STL  BRO  L   1-10      14-23    6    12.5       V Tamulis                  23,500 -
 39 Thu, Jun  6     STL  BRO  L   5-9       14-24    6    13.5       L Hamlin                    1,802 --
 40 Fri, Jun  7     STL  NYG  W   3-2       15-24    5    12.5       L Warneke                   1,219 +
 41 Sat, Jun  8     STL  NYG  L   2-4       15-25    7    14.0       R Joiner                          -
 42                 STL  NYG  L   2-5       15-26    7    14.0       C Melton                    4,843 --
 43 Sun, Jun  9     STL  NYG  L   9-11      15-27    7    15.0       H Schumacher                      ---
 44                 STL  NYG  L   4-7       15-28    7    15.0       R Lynn                     11,823 ----
 45 Mon, Jun 10     STL  BSN  L   2-12      15-29    7    15.5       J Sullivan                    894 -----
 46 Fri, Jun 14     STL @PHI  W   6-2       16-29    7    15.5       B Bowman                    3,000 +
 47 Sat, Jun 15     STL @PHI  W  14-1       17-29    5    15.5       M Cooper                    1,000 ++
 48 Sun, Jun 16     STL @PHI  W   9-3       18-29    5    13.5       J Russell                         +++
 49                 STL @PHI  W   3-1       19-29    5    13.5       L Warneke                   9,847 ++++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 50 Mon, Jun 17     STL @BRO  W   3-1       20-29    5    13.5       C Shoun                     8,420 +++++
 51 Tue, Jun 18     STL @BRO  W   7-5       21-29    5    12.5       M Cooper                    6,460 ++++++
 52 Wed, Jun 19     STL @BRO  L   3-8       21-30    5    13.0       W Wyatt                    31,249 -
 53 Sat, Jun 22     STL @BSN  W   9-2       22-30    5    12.0       M Cooper                    4,441 +
 54 Sun, Jun 23     STL @BSN  L   5-7       22-31    5    14.0       M Salvo                           -
 55                 STL @BSN  L   5-10      22-32    5    14.0       J Sullivan                 10,342 --
 56 Wed, Jun 26     STL @NYG  L   9-10      22-33    6    14.5       H Gumbert                  17,322 ---
 57 Fri, Jun 28     STL @PIT  W   8-2       23-33    5    13.5       B McGee                    20,490 +
 58 Sun, Jun 30     STL @PIT  W   1-0       24-33    5    15.0       M Cooper                          ++
 59                 STL @PIT  L   0-2       24-34    5    15.0       M Butcher                  25,096 -
 60 Mon, Jul  1     STL  CIN  W   3-2       25-34    5    14.0       L Warneke                   1,706 +
 61 Tue, Jul  2     STL  CIN  W   4-0       26-34    5    13.5       B McGee                    14,944 ++
 62 Thu, Jul  4     STL  CHC  L   3-4       26-35    5    15.0       L French                          -
 63                 STL  CHC  W   5-2       27-35    5    15.0       C Shoun                    17,804 +
 64 Fri, Jul  5     STL  CHC  L   5-11      27-36    5    16.0       V Olsen                     1,770 -
 65 Sat, Jul  6     STL  PIT  L   8-15      27-37    5    17.5       B Klinger                         --
 66                 STL  PIT  L   3-4       27-38    5    17.5       M Brown                     3,537 ---
 67 Sun, Jul  7     STL  PIT  L   6-7       27-39    6    18.0       R Sewell                          ----
 68                 STL  PIT  L   1-4       27-40    6    18.0       K Heintzelma                7,303 -----
 69 Thu, Jul 11     STL  NYG  L   6-8       27-41    6    19.0       R Lynn                     10,363 ------
 70 Sat, Jul 13     STL  NYG  W   7-6       28-41    6    18.0       M Lanier                          +
 71                 STL  NYG  W   4-3       29-41    6    18.0       M Cooper                    3,056 ++
 72 Sun, Jul 14     STL  BSN  W   8-7       30-41    5    18.0       I Hutchinson                      +++
 73                 STL  BSN  W   3-1       31-41    5    18.0       B McGee                     6,760 ++++
 74 Mon, Jul 15     STL  BSN  W  12-2       32-41    5    18.0       L Warneke                     711 +++++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 75 Tue, Jul 16     STL  BSN  W   4-3       33-41    5    17.5       C Shoun                     9,819 ++++++
 76 Wed, Jul 17     STL  PHI  L   0-3       33-42    5    18.5       H Mulcahy                   7,113 -
 77 Fri, Jul 19     STL  PHI  W   3-2       34-42    5    17.0       B McGee                           +
 78                 STL  PHI  W   5-3       35-42    5    17.0       B Bowman                    1,630 ++
 79 Sat, Jul 20     STL  BRO  W   3-2       36-42    5    17.0       L Warneke                   3,304 +++
 80 Sun, Jul 21     STL  BRO  L   1-3       36-43    5    18.0       F Fitzsimmon                      -
 81                 STL  BRO  W   5-2       37-43    5    18.0       M Cooper                   16,877 +
 82 Tue, Jul 23     STL @PHI  W   7-3       38-43    5    18.5       B McGee                     4,000 ++
 83 Fri, Jul 26     STL @BRO  -   3-3       38-43    5    19.5                                   4,876 ++
 84 Sat, Jul 27     STL @BRO  W   4-2       39-43    5    18.0       M Lanier                          +++
 85                 STL @BRO  W   6-3       40-43    5    18.0       C Shoun                    14,568 ++++
 86 Sun, Jul 28     STL @BRO  L   0-3       40-44    6    19.0       W Wyatt                           -
 87                 STL @BRO  L   4-7       40-45    6    19.0       F Fitzsimmon               19,802 --
 88 Mon, Jul 29     STL @BSN  W   8-3       41-45    5    18.0       B Bowman                      747 +
 89 Tue, Jul 30     STL @BSN  W  13-5       42-45    5    18.0       L Warneke                     753 ++
 90 Wed, Jul 31     STL @BSN  W   3-1       43-45    5    16.5       C Shoun                           +++
 91                 STL @BSN  W  17-8       44-45    5    16.5       B McGee                     2,010 ++++
 92 Fri, Aug  2     STL @NYG  L   4-5       44-46    5    15.5       R Joiner                          -
 93                 STL @NYG  W   3-1       45-46    5    15.5       C Doyle                    22,904 +
 94 Sat, Aug  3     STL @NYG  W   8-3       46-46    5    15.0       L Warneke                   7,431 ++
 95 Sun, Aug  4     STL @NYG  L   2-3       46-47    5    15.0       H Schumacher                      -
 96                 STL @NYG  W   6-3       47-47    5    15.0       B McGee                    22,984 +
 97 Tue, Aug  6     STL @PIT  L   1-3       47-48    5    15.5       K Heintzelma                8,582 -
 98 Wed, Aug  7     STL @PIT  L   9-10      47-49    6    16.0       B Klinger                         --
 99                 STL @PIT  L   6-12      47-50    6    16.0       M Butcher                   5,640 ---

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
100 Fri, Aug  9     STL @CIN  L   2-7       47-51    6    17.5       J Thompson                 28,325 ----
101 Sat, Aug 10     STL @CIN  L   0-5       47-52    6    18.5       W Moore                     9,091 -----
102 Sun, Aug 11     STL @CIN  W   3-2       48-52    6    16.5       M Cooper                          +
103                 STL @CIN  W   3-1       49-52    6    16.5       L Warneke                  28,762 ++
104 Tue, Aug 13     STL @CHC  W   5-1       50-52    6    16.0       C Shoun                     7,367 +++
105 Wed, Aug 14     STL  PIT  W   7-6       51-52    5    15.5       C Shoun                    11,077 ++++
106 Fri, Aug 16     STL  PIT  L   5-6       51-53    5    16.0       J Lanning                         -
107                 STL  PIT  W   9-5       52-53    5    16.0       L Warneke                   4,218 +
108 Sun, Aug 18     STL  CIN  W   3-1       53-53    4    14.0       M Cooper                          ++
109                 STL  CIN  W   5-4       54-53    4    14.0       B McGee                    15,836 +++
110 Tue, Aug 20     STL  BRO  W   3-0       55-53    4    13.0       C Shoun                           ++++
111                 STL  BRO  W   4-3       56-53    4    13.0       L Warneke                   9,451 +++++
112 Wed, Aug 21     STL  BRO  W   7-5       57-53    4    12.0       C Doyle                     4,659 ++++++
113 Thu, Aug 22     STL  PHI  W   9-0       58-53    3    12.0       M Cooper                    2,136 +++++++
114 Fri, Aug 23     STL  PHI  W   5-2       59-53    3    11.0       B Bowman                    1,095 ++++++++
115 Sat, Aug 24     STL  PHI  W   1-0       60-53    3    11.0       L Warneke                   2,423 +++++++++
116 Sun, Aug 25     STL  BSN  L   1-4       60-54    3    12.0       B Posedel                         -
117                 STL  BSN  W   8-5       61-54    3    12.0       M Lanier                   12,591 +
118 Mon, Aug 26     STL  BSN  L   1-3       61-55    3    12.5       N Strincevic                8,472 -
119 Tue, Aug 27     STL  BSN  W   4-3       62-55    3    12.0       B Bowman                      734 +
120 Wed, Aug 28     STL  NYG  L   2-5       62-56    3    12.5       C Melton                    2,681 -
121 Thu, Aug 29     STL  NYG  W   5-0       63-56    3    12.5       B McGee                     2,239 +
122 Sun, Sep  1     STL @PIT  L   0-10      63-57    3    14.0       K Heintzelma                      -
123                 STL @PIT  -   5-5       63-57    3    14.0                                  20,945 -
124 Mon, Sep  2     STL @CIN  L   1-2       63-58    3    14.0       P Derringer                       --

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
125                 STL @CIN  W   7-4       64-58    3    14.0       L Warneke                  27,863 +
126 Tue, Sep  3     STL @CIN  L   3-4       64-59    3    15.0       J Beggs                     8,250 -
127 Wed, Sep  4     STL  CHC  W   4-2       65-59    3    15.0       M Lanier                   16,197 +
128 Fri, Sep  6     STL  CHC  W   6-4       66-59    3    15.0       C Shoun                     1,237 ++
129 Sat, Sep  7     STL  PIT  L   9-14      66-60    3    16.0       D MacFayden                 2,065 -
130 Sun, Sep  8     STL  PIT  L  14-16      66-61    4    16.5       D Lanahan                         --
131                 STL  PIT  L   4-5       66-62    4    16.5       B Klinger                  10,718 ---
132 Wed, Sep 11     STL @NYG  W   7-4       67-62    4    16.5       C Shoun                           +
133                 STL @NYG  W   3-2       68-62    4    16.5       B McGee                     5,275 ++
134 Thu, Sep 12     STL @BSN  L   7-17      68-63    4    18.0       J Tobin                           -
135                 STL @BSN  L   1-6       68-64    4    18.0       B Posedel                   2,711 --
136 Fri, Sep 13     STL @BSN  W   9-3       69-64    4    18.0       L Warneke                   1,166 +
137 Sat, Sep 14     STL @BSN  W   6-5       70-64    3    18.0       C Shoun                     1,307 ++
138 Sun, Sep 15     STL @PHI  W   7-0       71-64    3    17.5       B McGee                           +++
139                 STL @PHI  W   3-1       72-64    3    17.5       B Bowman                    7,929 ++++
140 Mon, Sep 16     STL @PHI  L   2-3       72-65    3    18.0       S Johnson                         -
141                 STL @PHI  W   7-1       73-65    3    18.0       I Hutchinson                1,000 +
142 Tue, Sep 17     STL @BRO  W   5-0       74-65    3    18.0       M Lanier                    3,784 ++
143 Wed, Sep 18     STL @BRO  W  14-7       75-65    3    18.0       C Doyle                     3,632 +++
144 Thu, Sep 19     STL @PIT  W   2-1       76-65    3    17.5       B McGee                           ++++
145                 STL @PIT  W   8-2       77-65    3    17.5       I Hutchinson                5,048 +++++
146 Sat, Sep 21     STL @CHC  L   3-4       77-66    3    18.0       V Olsen                     5,005 -
147 Sun, Sep 22     STL @CHC  W   8-1       78-66    3    17.0       M Cooper                          +
148                 STL @CHC  W   2-1       79-66    3    17.0       M Lanier                   26,759 ++
149 Mon, Sep 23     STL @CHC  L   0-10      79-67    3    17.0       C Passeau                   1,843 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
150 Wed, Sep 25     STL  CIN  L   0-5       79-68    3    17.0       J Thompson                        --
151                 STL  CIN  W   4-3       80-68    3    17.0       I Hutchinson                1,898 +
152 Thu, Sep 26     STL  CIN  L   3-4       80-69    3    17.0       J Vander Mee                      -
153                 STL  CIN  W   5-1       81-69    3    17.0       N Kimball                   1,408 +
154 Fri, Sep 27     STL  CHC  W  11-1       82-69    3    16.0       L Warneke                     753 ++
155 Sat, Sep 28     STL  CHC  W   4-3       83-69    3    16.0       M Lanier                    1,623 +++
156 Sun, Sep 29     STL  CHC  W   6-0       84-69    3    16.0       M Cooper                    6,111 ++++

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


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