Franchise Encyclopedia: 1940 / 1942
97-56, Finished 2nd in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Billy Southworth (97-56)
Scored 734 runs, Allowed 589 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 92-61
Ballpark: Sportsman's Park IV (ballparks.com) · Attendance: 633,645 (4th of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 107, Pitching - 104 · one-year: Batting - 110, Pitching - 107
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| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C | Gus Mancuso | 35 | 106 | 375 | 328 | 25 | 75 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 37 | 0 | 37 | 19 | .229 | .309 | .293 | .601 | 65 | 96 | 9 | 1 | 9 | |||
| 2 | 1B | Johnny Mize* | 28 | 126 | 547 | 473 | 67 | 150 | 39 | 8 | 16 | 100 | 4 | 70 | 45 | .317 | .406 | .535 | .941 | 156 | 253 | 8 | 1 | 3 | |||
| 3 | 2B | Creepy Crespi | 23 | 146 | 635 | 560 | 85 | 156 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 46 | 3 | 57 | 58 | .279 | .355 | .350 | .705 | 93 | 196 | 11 | 9 | 9 | |||
| 4 | SS | Marty Marion | 23 | 155 | 619 | 547 | 50 | 138 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 58 | 8 | 42 | 48 | .252 | .308 | .320 | .628 | 72 | 175 | 10 | 2 | 28 | |||
| 5 | 3B | Jimmy Brown# | 31 | 132 | 610 | 549 | 81 | 168 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 56 | 2 | 45 | 22 | .306 | .363 | .406 | .769 | 110 | 223 | 8 | 4 | 12 | |||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
| 6 | Terry Moore | 29 | 122 | 556 | 493 | 86 | 145 | 26 | 4 | 6 | 68 | 3 | 52 | 31 | .294 | .364 | .400 | .763 | 109 | 197 | 8 | 2 | 9 | ||||
| 7 | 1B | Johnny Hopp* | 24 | 134 | 509 | 445 | 83 | 135 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 50 | 15 | 50 | 63 | .303 | .378 | .436 | .813 | 122 | 194 | 5 | 3 | 11 | |||
| 8 | Enos Slaughter* | 25 | 113 | 484 | 425 | 71 | 132 | 22 | 9 | 13 | 76 | 4 | 53 | 28 | .311 | .390 | .496 | .886 | 141 | 211 | 5 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| 9 | C | Don Padgett* | 29 | 107 | 346 | 324 | 39 | 80 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 44 | 0 | 21 | 16 | .247 | .293 | .349 | .642 | 75 | 113 | 8 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 10 | C | Walker Cooper | 26 | 68 | 215 | 200 | 19 | 49 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 13 | 14 | .245 | .291 | .315 | .606 | 66 | 63 | 7 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 11 | Coaker Triplett | 29 | 76 | 206 | 185 | 29 | 53 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 18 | 27 | .286 | .350 | .400 | .750 | 105 | 74 | 6 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| 12 | 3B | Estel Crabtree* | 37 | 77 | 198 | 167 | 27 | 57 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 1 | 26 | 24 | .341 | .439 | .503 | .942 | 157 | 84 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |||
| 13 | IF | Eddie Lake | 25 | 45 | 92 | 76 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 22 | .105 | .253 | .132 | .384 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 14 | 3B | Steve Mesner | 23 | 24 | 76 | 69 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 6 | .145 | .203 | .159 | .362 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 15 | Stan Musial* | 20 | 12 | 49 | 47 | 8 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .426 | .449 | .574 | 1.023 | 179 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 16 | Ernie Koy | 31 | 13 | 41 | 40 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .200 | .220 | .375 | .595 | 61 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 17 | Harry Walker* | 24 | 7 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .267 | .353 | .333 | .686 | 89 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 18 | Erv Dusak | 20 | 6 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | .143 | .250 | .143 | .393 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 19 | Walter Sessi* | 22 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .071 | .000 | .071 | -79 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 20 | 3B | Whitey Kurowski | 23 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .333 | .400 | .556 | .956 | 160 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 21 | Pep Young | 33 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 22 | C | Charlie Marshall | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 23 | P | Lon Warneke | 32 | 37 | 96 | 77 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 18 | .117 | .227 | .117 | .344 | -4 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 8 | |||
| 24 | P | Ernie White | 24 | 33 | 85 | 79 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .190 | .220 | .241 | .460 | 26 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| 25 | P | Mort Cooper | 28 | 29 | 75 | 70 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 10 | .186 | .230 | .186 | .415 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 26 | P | Harry Gumbert | 31 | 34 | 56 | 53 | 7 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .321 | .345 | .453 | .798 | 117 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 27 | P | Max Lanier | 25 | 35 | 55 | 52 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .192 | .208 | .192 | .400 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 28 | P | Howie Krist* | 25 | 37 | 42 | 38 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .237 | .275 | .263 | .538 | 48 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 29 | P | Howie Pollet* | 20 | 9 | 30 | 28 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .179 | .207 | .214 | .421 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 30 | P | Sam Nahem | 25 | 26 | 29 | 23 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .174 | .174 | .174 | .348 | -5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |||
| 31 | P | Clyde Shoun* | 29 | 26 | 26 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .182 | .217 | .273 | .490 | 34 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| 32 | P | Bill Crouch# | 30 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .000 | .071 | .000 | .071 | -79 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 33 | P | Ira Hutchinson | 30 | 29 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 34 | P | Bill McGee | 31 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 35 | P | Johnny Grodzicki | 24 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 36 | P | Hank Gornicki | 30 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 37 | P | Johnny Beazley | 23 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 38 | P | Hersh Lyons | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Team Totals | 27.3 | 155 | 6152 | 5457 | 734 | 1482 | 254 | 56 | 70 | 664 | 47 | 541 | 543 | .272 | .340 | .377 | .717 | 96 | 2058 | 102 | 28 | 126 | |||||
| Rank in 8 NL teams | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SP | Lon Warneke | 32 | 17 | 9 | .654 | 3.15 | 37 | 30 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 246.0 | 227 | 100 | 86 | 19 | 82 | 83 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1014 | 120 | 1.256 | 8.3 | 0.7 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.01 | |
| 2 | SP | Ernie White* | 24 | 17 | 7 | .708 | 2.40 | 32 | 25 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 210.0 | 169 | 72 | 56 | 12 | 70 | 117 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 866 | 157 | 1.138 | 7.2 | 0.5 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 1.67 | |
| 3 | SP | Mort Cooper | 28 | 13 | 9 | .591 | 3.91 | 29 | 25 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 186.2 | 175 | 88 | 81 | 15 | 69 | 118 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 800 | 97 | 1.307 | 8.4 | 0.7 | 3.3 | 5.7 | 1.71 | |
| 4 | SP | Max Lanier* | 25 | 10 | 8 | .556 | 2.82 | 35 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 153.0 | 126 | 59 | 48 | 4 | 59 | 93 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 628 | 134 | 1.209 | 7.4 | 0.2 | 3.5 | 5.5 | 1.58 | |
| 5 | SP | Harry Gumbert | 31 | 11 | 5 | .688 | 2.74 | 33 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 144.1 | 139 | 52 | 44 | 7 | 30 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 596 | 138 | 1.171 | 8.7 | 0.4 | 1.9 | 3.3 | 1.77 | |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 6 | CL | Bill Crouch | 30 | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.00 | 18 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 45.0 | 45 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 14 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 186 | 126 | 1.311 | 9.0 | 0.4 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 1.07 | |
| 7 | RP | Howie Krist | 25 | 10 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.03 | 37 | 8 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 114.0 | 107 | 57 | 51 | 10 | 35 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 476 | 94 | 1.246 | 8.4 | 0.8 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 1.03 | |
| 8 | RP | Sam Nahem | 25 | 5 | 2 | .714 | 2.98 | 26 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 81.2 | 76 | 35 | 27 | 2 | 38 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 359 | 127 | 1.396 | 8.4 | 0.2 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 0.82 | |
| 9 | RP | Clyde Shoun* | 29 | 3 | 5 | .375 | 5.66 | 26 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70.0 | 98 | 48 | 44 | 9 | 20 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 320 | 67 | 1.686 | 12.6 | 1.2 | 2.6 | 4.4 | 1.70 | |
| 10 | RP | Ira Hutchinson | 30 | 1 | 5 | .167 | 3.86 | 29 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 46.2 | 32 | 23 | 20 | 3 | 19 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 185 | 98 | 1.093 | 6.2 | 0.6 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 1.00 | |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 11 | Howie Pollet* | 20 | 5 | 2 | .714 | 1.93 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 70.0 | 55 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 27 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 295 | 196 | 1.171 | 7.1 | 0.1 | 3.5 | 4.8 | 1.37 | ||
| 12 | Bill McGee | 31 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.14 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 73 | 2.143 | 10.9 | 0.6 | 8.4 | 1.3 | 0.15 | ||
| 13 | Johnny Grodzicki | 24 | 2 | 1 | .667 | 1.35 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 280 | 1.275 | 4.1 | 0.0 | 7.4 | 6.8 | 0.91 | ||
| 14 | Hank Gornicki | 30 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11.1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 119 | 1.324 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 7.1 | 4.8 | 0.67 | ||
| 15 | Johnny Beazley | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 378 | 1.444 | 10.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 1.33 | ||
| 16 | Hersh Lyons | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3.000 | 6.8 | 0.0 | 20.3 | 6.8 | 0.33 | ||||
| Team Totals | 27.4 | 97 | 56 | .634 | 3.19 | 155 | 155 | 91 | 64 | 15 | 20 | 1416.1 | 1289 | 589 | 502 | 85 | 502 | 659 | 22 | 3 | 26 | 5948 | 118 | 1.265 | 8.2 | 0.5 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 1.31 | |||
| Rank in 8 NL teams | 2 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 4412 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
| Age | G | GS | Inn | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | Rtot | Rtot/yr | Rtz | Rtzrd | Rtzhm | Rof | Rdp | Rctch | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% | Pos. Summary | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Beazley | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.00 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Jimmy Brown | 31 | 134 | 478 | 157 | 304 | 17 | 31 | .964 | 3.44 | 3B-2B | ||||||||||||||||
| Mort Cooper | 28 | 29 | 39 | 6 | 32 | 1 | 3 | .974 | 1.31 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Walker Cooper | 26 | 63 | 296 | 247 | 39 | 10 | 11 | .966 | 4.54 | 3 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Estel Crabtree | 37 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.00 | 3B | ||||||||||||||||
| Creepy Crespi | 23 | 145 | 835 | 382 | 421 | 32 | 94 | .962 | 5.54 | 2B | ||||||||||||||||
| Bill Crouch | 30 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.39 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Hank Gornicki | 30 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.25 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Johnny Grodzicki | 24 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.40 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Harry Gumbert | 31 | 33 | 58 | 9 | 47 | 2 | 2 | .966 | 1.70 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Johnny Hopp | 24 | 39 | 350 | 329 | 17 | 4 | 23 | .989 | 8.87 | 1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Ira Hutchinson | 30 | 29 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 3 | .857 | 0.41 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Howie Krist | 25 | 37 | 23 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.62 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Whitey Kurowski | 23 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.25 | 3B | ||||||||||||||||
| Eddie Lake | 25 | 35 | 105 | 40 | 56 | 9 | 11 | .914 | 2.74 | 3B-SS-2B | ||||||||||||||||
| Max Lanier | 25 | 35 | 47 | 10 | 37 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.34 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Hersh Lyons | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | P | |||||||||||||||||
| Gus Mancuso | 35 | 105 | 546 | 482 | 58 | 6 | 6 | .989 | 5.14 | 2 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Marty Marion | 23 | 155 | 826 | 299 | 489 | 38 | 85 | .954 | 5.08 | SS | ||||||||||||||||
| Charlie Marshall | 21 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.00 | 0 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Bill McGee | 31 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.75 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Steve Mesner | 23 | 22 | 71 | 23 | 45 | 3 | 8 | .958 | 3.09 | 3B | ||||||||||||||||
| Johnny Mize | 28 | 122 | 1247 | 1157 | 82 | 8 | 104 | .994 | 10.16 | 1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Sam Nahem | 25 | 26 | 28 | 6 | 21 | 1 | 0 | .964 | 1.04 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Don Padgett | 29 | 20 | 84 | 74 | 6 | 4 | 1 | .952 | 4.00 | 1 | C-1B | |||||||||||||||
| Howie Pollet | 20 | 9 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.00 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Clyde Shoun | 29 | 26 | 23 | 1 | 20 | 2 | 2 | .913 | 0.81 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Lon Warneke | 32 | 37 | 51 | 8 | 43 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.38 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Ernie White | 24 | 32 | 38 | 10 | 25 | 3 | 0 | .921 | 1.09 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 27.3 | 155 | 6266 | 4256 | 1839 | 171 | 394 | .973 | 3.62 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank in 8 NL teams | 5 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Age | G | GS | Inn | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | Rtot | Rtot/yr | Rtz | Rtzrd | Rtzhm | Rof | Rdp | Rctch | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% | Pos. Summary |