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1943 St. Louis Cardinals

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1942 / 1944

105-49, Finished 1st in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Billy Southworth (105-49)
Scored 679 runs, Allowed 475 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 101-53

Ballparks: Sportsman's Park III · Attendance: 517,135 (4th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 106, Pitching - 101 · one-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 101

Postseason:  Lost World Series (4-1) to New York Yankees


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1942 / 1944 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Buster Adams 28 R R 6' 0" 180 Jun 24, 1915 2 8 5 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 6 0 2 -0.1 $
Al Brazle 29 L L 6' 2" 185 Oct 19, 1913 1st 13 9 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.7 $
Harry Brecheen 28 L L 5' 10" 160 Oct 14, 1914 2 29 13 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 $
Jimmy Brown 33 B R 5' 8" 165 Apr 25, 1910 7 34 26 34 33 0 0 0 19 9 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.4 $
Bud Byerly 22 R R 6' 2" 185 Oct 26, 1920 1st 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Mort Cooper 30 R R 6' 2" 210 Mar 2, 1913 6 37 32 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.5 $ All-Star
Walker Cooper 28 R R 6' 3" 210 Jan 8, 1915 4 122 104 122 112 0 112 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 2.8 $ All-Star
Frank Demaree 33 R R 5' 11" 185 Jun 10, 1910 11 39 19 39 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 12 23 16 0 -0.1 $
Murry Dickson 26 R R 5' 10" 157 Aug 21, 1916 4 31 7 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
George Fallon 28 R R 5' 9" 155 Jul 8, 1914 2 36 24 36 36 0 0 0 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Debs Garms 36 L R 5' 8" 165 Jun 26, 1907 10 90 51 90 68 0 0 0 0 23 1 18 0 29 47 21 1 -0.6 $
Harry Gumbert 33 R R 6' 2" 185 Nov 5, 1909 9 21 19 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 $
Johnny Hopp 26 L L 5' 10" 170 Jul 18, 1916 5 91 61 91 79 0 0 27 0 0 0 43 9 0 52 4 8 -0.4 $
Lou Klein 24 R R 5' 11" 167 Oct 22, 1918 1st 154 151 154 153 0 0 0 126 0 41 0 0 0 0 1 0 5.3 $
Howie Krist 27 L R 6' 1" 175 Feb 28, 1916 5 34 17 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.6 $
Whitey Kurowski 25 R R 5' 11" 193 Apr 19, 1918 3 139 135 139 137 0 0 0 0 137 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2.3 $ All-Star
Max Lanier 27 R L 5' 11" 180 Aug 18, 1915 6 32 25 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.5 $ All-Star
Danny Litwhiler 26 R R 5' 10" 198 Aug 31, 1916 4 80 65 80 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 70 0 0 70 9 1 1.5 $
Marty Marion 25 R R 6' 2" 170 Dec 1, 1917 4 129 121 129 128 0 0 0 0 0 128 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.5 $ All-Star
Red Munger 24 R R 6' 2" 200 Oct 4, 1918 1st 32 9 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Stan Musial HOF 22 L L 6' 0" 175 Nov 21, 1920 3 157 155 157 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 10 123 155 2 0 8.9 $6,500 All-Star
Sam Narron 29 R R 5' 10" 180 Aug 25, 1913 3 10 1 10 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 -0.2 $
Ken O'Dea 30 L R 6' 0" 180 Mar 16, 1913 9 71 52 71 55 0 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 1.0 $
Howie Pollet 22 L L 6' 1" 175 Jun 26, 1921 3 16 14 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.9 $ All-Star
Ray Sanders 26 L R 6' 2" 185 Dec 4, 1916 2 144 139 144 141 0 0 141 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2.6 $
Coaker Triplett 31 R R 5' 11" 185 Dec 18, 1911 4 9 6 9 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 6 3 0 -0.4 $
Harry Walker 26 L R 6' 2" 175 Oct 22, 1916 4 148 141 148 144 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 143 1 144 4 0 1.5 $ All-Star
Ernie White 26 R L 5' 11" 175 Sep 5, 1916 4 21 10 21 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 -0.2 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary

Whitey Kurowski

Lou Klein

Jimmy Brown

Marty Marion

Ray Sanders

Stan Musial

George Fallon

Buster Adams
Danny Litwhiler

Debs Garms

Harry Walker

Al Brazle
Howie Pollet

Johnny Hopp

Mort Cooper

Buster Adams

Walker Cooper

Ken O'Dea

Frank Demaree

Red Munger

Harry Gumbert

Coaker Triplett

Max Lanier

Murry Dickson

Max Lanier

Bud Byerly

Ernie White

Howie Krist

Harry Brecheen

Sam Narron

Howie Krist

1942 / 1944 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers