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1943 St. Louis Cardinals Batting, Pitching, & Fielding 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, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
Redesign Note: Summary Batting, Pitching and Fielding Stats are below. Detailed Batting, Pitching, and Fielding Stats are available using the navigation bar just above this note or the "Detailed" links beside the table headers. Leaderboards have been removed since all tables are now sortable by clicking the headers. The all-stars and salaries are on the roster page linked above.

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 Pitching

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Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Mort Cooper 30 21 8 .724 2.30 37 32 5 24 6 3 274.0 228 81 70 5 79 141 5 2 4 1109 147 1.120 7.5 0.2 2.6 4.6 1.78
2 SP Max Lanier* 27 15 7 .682 1.90 32 25 5 14 2 3 213.1 195 62 45 3 75 123 2 0 0 882 178 1.266 8.2 0.1 3.2 5.2 1.64
3 SP Harry Gumbert 33 10 5 .667 2.84 21 19 0 7 3 0 133.0 115 46 42 4 32 40 0 0 1 525 119 1.105 7.8 0.3 2.2 2.7 1.25
4 SP Howie Pollet* 22 8 4 .667 1.75 16 14 2 12 5 0 118.1 83 26 23 2 32 61 2 1 2 456 193 0.972 6.3 0.2 2.4 4.6 1.91
5 SP Ernie White* 26 5 5 .500 3.78 14 10 2 5 1 0 78.2 78 38 33 4 33 28 1 0 3 343 89 1.411 8.9 0.5 3.8 3.2 0.85
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
6 RP Howie Krist 27 11 5 .688 2.90 34 17 10 9 2 3 164.1 141 57 53 5 62 57 4 1 3 683 116 1.235 7.7 0.3 3.4 3.1 0.92
7 RP Harry Brecheen* 28 9 6 .600 2.26 29 13 12 8 1 4 135.1 98 41 34 4 39 68 3 0 2 527 149 1.012 6.5 0.3 2.6 4.5 1.74
8 RP Murry Dickson 26 8 2 .800 3.58 31 7 11 2 0 0 115.2 119 51 46 4 49 44 1 0 1 496 94 1.452 9.3 0.3 3.8 3.4 0.90
9 RP Red Munger 24 9 5 .643 3.95 32 9 14 5 0 2 93.1 101 47 41 2 42 45 0 0 2 412 85 1.532 9.7 0.2 4.1 4.3 1.07
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
10 Al Brazle* 29 8 2 .800 1.53 13 9 2 8 1 0 88.0 74 18 15 0 29 26 0 0 2 352 220 1.170 7.6 0.0 3.0 2.7 0.90
11 Bud Byerly 22 1 0 1.000 3.46 2 2 0 0 0 0 13.0 14 6 5 0 5 6 0 0 0 56 97 1.462 9.7 0.0 3.5 4.2 1.20
Team Totals 27.6 105 49 .682 2.57 157 157 63 94 21 15 1427.0 1246 473 407 33 477 639 18 4 20 5841 131 1.207 7.9 0.2 3.0 4.0 1.34
Rank in 8 NL teams 1 8 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 5 1
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary
Buster Adams 28 6 0 6 0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.83 OF
Al Brazle 29 13 23 3 20 0 1 1.000 1.77 P
Harry Brecheen 28 29 36 8 28 0 3 1.000 1.24 P
Jimmy Brown 33 34 143 65 76 2 14 .986 4.15 2B-3B-SS
Bud Byerly 22 2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Mort Cooper 30 37 56 7 46 3 3 .946 1.43 P
Walker Cooper 28 112 567 504 49 14 5 .975 4.94 9 C
Frank Demaree 33 23 12 0 12 36 35 1 0 0 1.000 1.57 OF
Murry Dickson 26 31 29 6 21 2 3 .931 0.87 P
George Fallon 28 36 156 65 86 5 18 .968 4.19 2B
Debs Garms 36 71 18 0 29 146 112 25 9 5 .938 1.93 OF-3B-SS
Harry Gumbert 33 21 46 10 35 1 0 .978 2.14 P
Johnny Hopp 26 79 40 12 0 315 286 17 12 16 .962 3.84 OF-1B
Lou Klein 24 177 827 356 444 27 118 .967 4.52 2B-SS
Howie Krist 27 34 17 1 13 3 1 .824 0.41 P
Whitey Kurowski 25 139 445 167 257 21 29 .953 3.05 3B-SS
Max Lanier 27 32 52 8 43 1 2 .981 1.59 P
Danny Litwhiler 26 70 70 0 0 146 139 7 0 1 1.000 2.09 OF
Marty Marion 25 128 676 232 424 20 93 .970 5.13 SS
Red Munger 24 32 28 3 24 1 3 .964 0.84 P
Stan Musial 22 155 34 10 117 398 376 15 7 4 .982 2.52 OF
Sam Narron 29 3 9 8 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 C
Ken O'Dea 30 56 272 237 32 3 6 .989 4.80 4 C
Howie Pollet 22 16 18 1 17 0 0 1.000 1.13 P
Ray Sanders 26 141 1380 1302 71 7 142 .995 9.74 1B
Coaker Triplett 31 6 2 0 4 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.17 OF
Harry Walker 26 145 0 143 1 349 322 14 13 4 .963 2.32 OF-2B
Ernie White 26 14 15 3 12 0 1 1.000 1.07 P
Team Totals 26.5 157 6211 4280 1780 151 472 .976 3.69 13
Rank in 8 NL teams 7 2 2
Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary

1942 / 1944 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics