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1943 St. Louis Cardinals Batting Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1942 / 1944)
105-49, Finished 1st in National League
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Scored 679 runs, Allowed 475 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 101-53
Manager: Billy Southworth (105-49)
Ballpark: Sportsman's Park IV (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 517,135 (4th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 100;   one-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 101
Won NL Pennant
Postseason:  Lost World Series (4-1) to New York Yankees

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1942 / 1944 Batting Statistics

Team Batting

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Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 C Walker Cooper 28 122 476 449 52 143 30 4 9 81 1 19 19 .318 .349 .463 .812 129 208 13 2 6
2 1B Ray Sanders* 26 144 571 478 69 134 21 5 11 73 1 77 33 .280 .381 .414 .796 125 198 10 1 15
3 2B Lou Klein 24 154 694 627 91 180 28 14 7 62 9 50 70 .287 .342 .410 .752 112 257 4 2 15
4 SS Marty Marion 25 129 463 418 38 117 15 3 1 52 1 32 37 .280 .334 .337 .671 90 141 4 2 11
5 3B Whitey Kurowski 25 139 565 522 69 150 24 8 13 70 3 31 54 .287 .330 .439 .768 117 229 11 2 10
6 OF Stan Musial* 22 157 701 617 108 220 48 20 13 81 9 72 18 .357 .425 .562 .988 178 347 17 2 10
7 OF Harry Walker* 26 148 640 564 76 166 28 6 2 53 5 40 24 .294 .341 .376 .717 103 212 5 0 36
8 OF Danny Litwhiler 26 80 283 258 40 72 14 3 7 31 1 19 31 .279 .333 .438 .771 117 113 3 2 4
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
9 UT Johnny Hopp* 26 91 272 241 33 54 10 2 2 25 8 24 22 .224 .297 .307 .604 71 74 2 1 6
10 UT Debs Garms* 36 90 268 249 26 64 10 2 0 22 1 13 8 .257 .299 .313 .612 73 78 4 2 4
11 C Ken O'Dea* 30 71 227 203 15 57 11 2 3 25 0 19 25 .281 .345 .399 .744 110 81 2 1 4
12 IF Jimmy Brown# 33 34 120 110 6 20 4 2 0 8 0 6 1 .182 .224 .255 .479 35 28 0 0 4
13 OF Frank Demaree 33 39 97 86 5 25 2 0 0 9 1 8 4 .291 .351 .314 .665 89 27 6 0 3
14 2B George Fallon 28 36 87 78 6 18 1 0 0 5 0 2 9 .231 .259 .244 .503 43 19 3 1 6
15 OF Coaker Triplett 31 9 26 25 1 2 0 0 1 4 0 1 6 .080 .115 .200 .315 -12 5 1 0 0
16 OF Buster Adams 28 8 18 11 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 4 .091 .333 .182 .515 48 2 0 0 3
17 C Sam Narron 29 10 12 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .091 .167 .091 .258 -26 1 0 0 0
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
18 P Mort Cooper 30 37 107 100 7 17 3 0 1 11 0 2 14 .170 .186 .230 .416 17 23 2 0 5
19 P Max Lanier 27 32 85 73 8 12 0 0 0 5 0 1 5 .164 .176 .164 .340 -4 12 1 0 11
20 P Howie Krist* 27 34 65 60 7 10 1 0 0 2 0 1 13 .167 .180 .183 .364 3 11 1 0 4
21 P Harry Gumbert 33 21 52 45 1 7 0 0 0 1 0 1 11 .156 .174 .156 .329 -6 7 1 0 6
22 P Harry Brecheen* 28 29 49 42 4 8 2 0 0 3 0 2 8 .190 .244 .238 .483 37 10 0 1 4
23 P Howie Pollet* 22 16 45 43 3 7 1 0 0 1 0 1 9 .163 .182 .186 .368 4 8 0 0 1
24 P Murry Dickson 26 31 37 34 1 9 2 0 0 6 0 0 1 .265 .265 .324 .588 66 11 0 0 3
25 P Al Brazle* 29 13 32 32 4 9 1 1 0 4 0 0 2 .281 .281 .375 .656 85 12 0 0 0
26 P Ernie White 26 21 31 28 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .214 .241 .214 .456 29 6 1 0 2
27 P Red Munger 24 32 29 28 3 6 2 0 0 3 0 1 5 .214 .241 .286 .527 49 8 1 0 0
28 P Bud Byerly 22 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 26.3 157 6055 5435 679 1515 259 72 70 638 40 428 437 .279 .334 .392 .725 105 2128 92 19 173
Rank in 8 NL teams 1 2 1 2 2 2 6 8 7 1 4 1 1 1
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Advanced Batting

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Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary
Buster Adams 28 18 13 1 2.1 93 .143 .091 .271 .333 .340 .182 .367 .515 .707 48 .236 -0.5 -0.1 .600 .455 .091 /O
*Al Brazle 29 32 23 3 3.5 93 .300 .281 .270 .281 .340 .375 .367 .656 .707 85 .447 -0.9 -0.1 .522 .094 .094 1
*Harry Brecheen 28 49 38 2 1.4 93 .235 .190 .270 .244 .340 .238 .367 .483 .707 37 .133 -3.5 -0.4 .382 .095 .048 1
#Jimmy Brown 33 120 94 6 1.7 93 .183 .182 .270 .224 .340 .255 .367 .479 .707 35 .179 -9.9 -1.1 .378 .127 .073 4/56
Bud Byerly 22 3 3 0 0.0 93 .000 .000 .271 .000 .340 .000 .367 .000 .707 -100 .000 -0.8 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 /1
Mort Cooper 30 107 90 4 1.2 93 .188 .170 .270 .186 .340 .230 .367 .416 .707 17 .102 -11.3 -1.2 .294 .080 .060 .0 1
Walker Cooper 28 476 325 72 6.0 93 .318 .318 .271 .349 .340 .463 .367 .812 .707 129 .681 14.6 1.6 .721 .189 .145 1.8 *2
Frank Demaree 33 97 70 9 3.5 93 .305 .291 .270 .351 .340 .314 .367 .665 .707 89 .441 -1.1 -0.1 .537 .128 .023 .0 O
Murry Dickson 26 37 28 3 2.9 93 .273 .265 .270 .265 .340 .324 .367 .588 .707 66 .361 -1.7 -0.2 .440 .059 .059 1
George Fallon 28 87 69 5 2.0 93 .261 .231 .270 .259 .340 .244 .367 .503 .707 43 .217 -6.1 -0.7 .349 .038 .013 4
*Debs Garms 36 268 193 23 3.2 93 .266 .257 .270 .299 .340 .313 .367 .612 .707 73 .408 -9.2 -1.0 .497 .112 .056 .0 O5/6
Harry Gumbert 33 52 45 1 0.6 93 .206 .156 .271 .174 .340 .156 .367 .329 .707 -6 .031 -6.5 -0.7 .205 .022 .000 1
*Johnny Hopp 26 272 195 22 3.0 93 .240 .224 .270 .297 .340 .307 .367 .604 .707 71 .382 -9.3 -1.0 .566 .216 .083 3.2 O3
Lou Klein 24 694 466 87 5.0 93 .315 .287 .271 .342 .340 .410 .367 .752 .707 112 .610 7.6 0.8 .705 .217 .123 7.9 *46
*Howie Krist 27 65 55 2 1.0 93 .213 .167 .270 .180 .340 .183 .367 .364 .707 3 .072 -7.8 -0.8 .235 .033 .017 1
Whitey Kurowski 25 565 393 75 5.2 93 .301 .287 .270 .330 .340 .439 .367 .768 .707 117 .619 8.0 0.9 .692 .216 .151 4.9 *5/6
Max Lanier 27 85 73 2 0.7 93 .176 .164 .270 .176 .340 .164 .367 .340 .707 -4 .045 -10.2 -1.1 .210 .014 .000 1
Danny Litwhiler 26 283 193 37 5.2 93 .295 .279 .270 .333 .340 .438 .367 .771 .707 117 .621 4.8 0.5 .714 .236 .159 1.8 O
Marty Marion 25 463 316 47 4.0 93 .305 .280 .270 .334 .340 .337 .367 .671 .707 90 .507 -5.6 -0.6 .577 .136 .057 1.0 *6
Red Munger 24 29 23 2 2.4 93 .261 .214 .270 .241 .340 .286 .367 .527 .707 49 .279 -1.9 -0.2 .391 .107 .071 1
*Stan Musial 22 701 424 147 9.4 93 .353 .357 .270 .425 .340 .562 .367 .988 .707 178 .829 63.0 6.6 1.039 .337 .206 10.6 *O
Sam Narron 29 12 10 0 0.0 93 .111 .091 .271 .167 .340 .091 .367 .258 .707 -26 .000 -1.8 -0.2 .200 .091 .000 /2
*Ken O'Dea 30 227 152 28 5.0 93 .309 .281 .271 .345 .340 .399 .367 .744 .707 110 .604 2.6 0.3 .682 .212 .118 .0 2
*Howie Pollet 22 45 37 1 0.7 93 .206 .163 .271 .182 .340 .186 .367 .368 .707 4 .044 -5.5 -0.6 .250 .047 .023 1
*Ray Sanders 26 571 369 75 5.5 93 .283 .280 .270 .381 .340 .414 .367 .796 .707 125 .646 17.9 1.9 .782 .297 .134 1.8 *3
Coaker Triplett 31 26 24 1 1.1 93 .056 .080 .270 .115 .340 .200 .367 .315 .707 -12 .091 -3.9 -0.4 .250 .160 .120 .0 /O
*Harry Walker 26 640 439 72 4.4 93 .305 .294 .270 .341 .340 .376 .367 .717 .707 103 .552 1.0 0.1 .638 .161 .082 2.9 *O/4
Ernie White 26 31 25 1 1.1 93 .231 .214 .270 .241 .340 .214 .367 .456 .707 29 .085 -2.7 -0.3 .304 .036 .000 1
League Average 3.9 89 .276 .257 .265 .323 .333 .347 .359 .670 .692 94 .500 .593 .193 .091
Team Total 6055 4185 728 4.7 93 .293 .279 .271 .334 .340 .392 .367 .725 .707 105 .578 19.4 1.8 .652 .199 .113 50.9
Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary

Team Neutralized Batting

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Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact
Buster Adams 28 124 507 458 59 123 17 8 5 47 2 49 74 .269 .339 .373 .713 57 119 119
*Al Brazle 29 14 33 33 5 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 4 13 13
*Harry Brecheen 28 30 47 44 4 8 2 0 0 3 0 2 8 .182 .234 .227 .461 2 29 29
#Jimmy Brown 33 36 123 116 7 22 4 2 0 9 0 7 1 .190 .236 .259 .494 7 34 34
Bud Byerly 22 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2 2
Mort Cooper 30 39 108 106 9 19 3 0 1 13 0 2 15 .179 .194 .236 .430 5 37 37
Walker Cooper 28 128 499 476 58 156 33 4 10 91 1 21 20 .328 .359 .477 .836 80 122 122
Frank Demaree 33 41 100 91 6 27 2 0 0 10 1 9 4 .297 .360 .319 .679 10 39 39
Murry Dickson 26 32 36 36 1 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 3 31 31
George Fallon 28 38 85 82 7 19 1 0 0 6 0 2 9 .232 .259 .244 .503 5 36 36
*Debs Garms 36 94 278 262 28 69 11 2 0 24 1 14 8 .263 .306 .321 .626 25 90 90
Harry Gumbert 33 22 48 47 1 7 0 0 0 1 0 1 11 .149 .167 .149 .316 1 21 21
*Johnny Hopp 26 95 280 253 36 58 11 2 2 28 9 26 23 .229 .304 .312 .616 24 91 91
Lou Klein 24 161 718 662 101 195 30 15 8 69 10 54 73 .295 .350 .421 .771 97 154 154
*Howie Krist 27 36 63 62 7 10 1 0 0 2 0 1 14 .161 .175 .177 .352 2 34 34
Whitey Kurowski 25 145 588 552 77 163 26 9 14 78 3 34 56 .295 .338 .451 .790 84 139 139
Max Lanier 27 33 77 76 8 12 0 0 0 5 0 1 5 .158 .169 .158 .327 2 32 32
Danny Litwhiler 26 121 456 421 72 119 22 3 13 55 2 33 47 .283 .338 .442 .780 63 116 116
Marty Marion 25 135 479 442 43 127 16 3 1 58 1 35 39 .287 .342 .344 .686 52 129 129
Red Munger 24 33 30 29 3 6 2 0 0 3 0 1 5 .207 .233 .276 .509 2 32 32
*Stan Musial 22 164 736 655 121 240 52 22 14 90 10 79 19 .366 .436 .577 1.013 164 157 157
Sam Narron 29 10 12 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .083 .000 .083 0 10 10
*Ken O'Dea 30 74 237 215 17 62 12 2 3 28 0 21 26 .288 .354 .405 .759 31 71 71
*Howie Pollet 22 17 48 47 4 9 1 0 0 1 0 1 9 .191 .208 .213 .421 2 16 16
*Ray Sanders 26 151 589 505 77 145 23 5 12 81 1 83 34 .287 .389 .424 .813 84 144 144
Coaker Triplett 31 119 446 413 55 115 18 5 17 67 2 33 36 .278 .332 .470 .802 65 114 114
*Harry Walker 26 155 639 596 85 180 30 7 2 59 5 43 25 .302 .349 .386 .735 80 148 148
Ernie White 26 22 32 31 7 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .258 .281 .258 .539 2 21 21
Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact

Team Cumulative Batting

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Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
Buster Adams 28 2 485 121 485 430 50 108 15 7 4 39 2 43 71 .251 .319 .347 .666 95 149 8 0 12
*Al Brazle 29 1 32 13 32 32 4 9 1 1 0 4 0 0 2 .281 .281 .375 .656 85 12 0 0 0
*Harry Brecheen 28 2 49 32 49 42 4 8 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 8 .190 .244 .238 .483 37 10 0 1 4 0 0
#Jimmy Brown 33 7 3569 811 3569 3271 442 922 140 42 9 307 36 213 105 .282 .328 .359 .687 86 1173 56 12 73
Bud Byerly 22 1 3 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
Mort Cooper 30 6 472 192 472 434 26 80 10 0 3 37 0 11 83 .184 .204 .228 .433 19 99 9 0 27
Walker Cooper 28 4 1186 321 1186 1106 132 321 72 12 17 168 7 63 64 .290 .330 .423 .753 111 468 38 3 14
Frank Demaree 33 11 4558 1139 4558 4093 574 1228 188 36 72 585 33 353 266 .300 .358 .416 .774 111 1704 132 14 98
Murry Dickson 26 4 81 70 81 77 7 17 4 0 0 7 0 0 0 5 .221 .221 .273 .494 39 21 1 0 4 0 0
George Fallon 28 2 96 40 96 86 6 20 2 0 0 5 0 3 9 .233 .267 .256 .522 47 22 5 1 6
*Debs Garms 36 10 3117 863 3117 2816 398 831 131 37 17 305 18 8 244 150 .295 .355 .386 .741 104 1087 27 16 41
Harry Gumbert 33 9 582 289 582 549 41 104 10 3 4 39 0 11 143 .189 .205 .240 .446 22 132 9 0 22
*Johnny Hopp 26 5 1303 406 1303 1156 182 313 59 24 10 128 40 120 147 .271 .342 .389 .731 103 450 11 5 22
Lou Klein 24 1 694 154 694 627 91 180 28 14 7 62 9 50 70 .287 .342 .410 .752 112 257 4 2 15
*Howie Krist 27 5 161 114 161 149 17 25 3 0 0 7 0 0 4 41 .168 .190 .188 .377 6 28 1 0 8 0 0
Whitey Kurowski 25 3 993 259 993 897 121 246 43 11 22 114 10 64 116 .274 .329 .420 .749 111 377 17 9 23
Max Lanier 27 6 255 161 255 226 22 45 0 0 0 9 0 10 21 .199 .233 .199 .432 20 45 8 0 19
Danny Litwhiler 26 4 1841 454 1841 1720 204 497 76 20 44 187 6 99 143 .289 .332 .433 .765 121 745 38 12 10
Marty Marion 25 4 2104 556 2104 1885 198 510 93 12 7 210 26 143 169 .271 .324 .344 .667 85 648 35 5 71
Red Munger 24 1 29 32 29 28 3 6 2 0 0 3 0 1 5 .214 .241 .286 .527 49 8 1 0 0
*Stan Musial 22 3 1286 309 1286 1131 203 387 84 30 24 160 16 136 44 .342 .415 .533 .948 167 603 20 4 15
Sam Narron 29 3 29 24 29 28 0 8 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 .286 .310 .286 .596 66 8 0 0 0
*Ken O'Dea 30 9 1729 613 1729 1534 185 402 70 16 29 238 2 170 179 .262 .336 .385 .722 97 591 35 2 23
*Howie Pollet 22 3 115 52 115 102 5 19 4 0 0 11 0 9 28 .186 .252 .225 .478 35 23 0 0 4
*Ray Sanders 26 2 899 239 899 760 106 205 38 7 16 112 3 119 64 .270 .370 .401 .771 118 305 17 2 18
Coaker Triplett 31 4 828 266 828 760 97 204 31 12 19 102 3 64 77 .268 .325 .416 .741 110 316 23 0 4
*Harry Walker 26 4 894 236 894 797 119 235 43 8 2 76 7 53 41 .295 .340 .376 .716 102 300 6 1 43
Ernie White 26 4 173 90 173 155 17 32 2 1 0 13 1 8 14 .206 .245 .232 .478 33 36 2 0 10
Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

1942 / 1944 Batting Statistics

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