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1943 St. Louis Cardinals

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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 - 100 · one-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 101

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

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1942 / 1944 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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 28 122 475 449 52 143 30 4 9 81 1 19 19 .318 .349 .463 .812 128 208 13 2 6
2 1B Ray Sanders* 26 144 572 478 69 134 21 5 11 73 1 77 33 .280 .381 .414 .796 124 198 10 1 15
3 2B Lou Klein 24 154 696 627 91 180 28 14 7 62 9 50 70 .287 .342 .410 .752 111 257 4 2 15
4 SS Marty Marion 25 129 463 418 38 117 15 3 1 52 1 32 37 .280 .334 .337 .671 89 141 4 2 11
5 3B Whitey Kurowski 25 139 565 522 69 150 24 8 13 70 3 31 54 .287 .330 .439 .768 116 229 11 2 10
6 OF Stan Musial* 22 157 700 617 108 220 48 20 13 81 9 72 18 .357 .425 .562 .988 177 347 17 2 10
7 OF Harry Walker* 26 148 640 564 76 166 28 6 2 53 5 40 24 .294 .341 .376 .717 102 212 5 0 36
8 OF Danny Litwhiler 26 80 284 258 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 70 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 88 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 42 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 47 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 37 108 100 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 -7 7 1 0 6
22 P Harry Brecheen* 28 29 48 42 4 8 2 0 0 3 0 2 8 .190 .244 .238 .483 36 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 65 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 84 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 48 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 6057 5435 679 1515 259 72 70 638 40 428 437 .279 .334 .392 .725 104 2128 92 19 173
Rank in 8 NL teams 1 2 1 2 2 2 6 1 8 7 1 4 1 1 1 5 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
* - 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 2 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 90 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 2 527 150 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 95 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 86 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 2 352 221 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 56 101 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 20 15 1427.0 1246 473 407 33 477 639 18 4 20 5841 132 1.207 7.9 0.2 3.0 4.0 1.34
Rank in 8 NL teams 1 8 1 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
* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Pos Summary
Buster Adams 28 6 5 3 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.83 OF
Al Brazle 29 13 9 8 23 3 20 0 1 1.000 1.77 P
Harry Brecheen 28 29 13 8 36 8 28 0 3 1.000 1.24 P
Jimmy Brown 33 33 26 24 143 65 76 2 14 .986 4.15 2B-3B-SS
Bud Byerly 22 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Mort Cooper 30 37 32 24 56 7 46 3 3 .946 1.43 P
Walker Cooper 28 112 104 101 567 504 49 14 5 .975 4.94 9 21 20 49% 44% C
Frank Demaree 33 23 19 13 36 35 1 0 0 1.000 1.57 OF
Murry Dickson 26 31 7 2 29 6 21 2 3 .931 0.87 P
George Fallon 28 36 24 15 156 65 86 5 18 .968 4.19 2B
Debs Garms 36 68 51 47 146 112 25 9 5 .938 1.93 OF-3B-SS
Harry Gumbert 33 21 19 7 46 10 35 1 0 .978 2.14 P
Johnny Hopp 26 79 61 56 315 286 17 12 16 .962 3.84 OF-1B
Lou Klein 24 153 151 128 827 356 444 27 118 .967 4.52 2B-SS
Howie Krist 27 34 17 9 17 1 13 3 1 .824 0.41 P
Whitey Kurowski 25 137 135 125 445 167 257 21 29 .953 3.05 3B-SS
Max Lanier 27 32 25 14 52 8 43 1 2 .981 1.59 P
Danny Litwhiler 26 70 65 60 146 139 7 0 1 1.000 2.09 OF
Marty Marion 25 128 121 109 676 232 424 20 93 .970 5.13 SS
Red Munger 24 32 9 5 28 3 24 1 3 .964 0.84 P
Stan Musial 22 155 155 147 398 376 15 7 4 .982 2.52 OF
Sam Narron 29 3 1 1 9 8 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 0 C
Ken O'Dea 30 55 52 42 272 237 32 3 6 .989 4.80 4 9 13 59% 44% C
Howie Pollet 22 16 14 12 18 1 17 0 0 1.000 1.13 P
Ray Sanders 26 141 139 130 1380 1302 71 7 142 .995 9.74 1B
Coaker Triplett 31 6 6 3 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.17 OF
Harry Walker 26 144 141 134 349 322 14 13 4 .963 2.32 OF-2B
Ernie White 26 14 10 5 15 3 12 0 1 1.000 1.07 P
Team Totals 26.5 157 1413 1232 6211 4280 1780 151 472 .976 3.69 13 30 33 52% 44%
Rank in 8 NL teams 7 2 2
Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Pos Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Age G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Acquired Pos Summary
Buster Adams 28 8 18 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -0 0.0 .488 .499 0.0 0.0 -0 /8O
Al Brazle* 29 13 32 -1 0 0 0 3 2 0.2 1 3 0.2 .517 .501 0.2 0.0 3 Traded 1
Harry Brecheen* 28 29 48 -4 0 0 0 4 0 0.1 1 2 0.1 .502 .500 0.1 0.0 2 Purchased 1
Jimmy Brown# 33 34 120 -9 0 0 2 1 -6 -0.7 4 -2 -0.3 .481 .496 -0.5 0.4 -4 4/56
Bud Byerly 22 2 3 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .477 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 Amateur Free Agent /1
Mort Cooper 30 37 108 -11 0 0 0 9 -2 -0.2 3 2 -0.2 .494 .499 -0.2 0.0 2 1
Walker Cooper 28 122 475 14 0 0 -3 4 15 1.7 14 30 3.1 .514 .511 3.5 0.1 33 Amateur Free Agent *2
Frank Demaree 33 39 97 -1 -0 0 -1 -1 -3 -0.4 3 -0 -0.1 .491 .498 0.1 -0.2 1 Free Agency O79
Murry Dickson 26 31 37 -2 0 0 0 3 2 0.2 1 3 0.2 .506 .501 0.2 0.0 3 Amateur Free Agent 1
George Fallon 28 36 87 -6 0 0 4 1 -1 -0.1 3 2 0.2 .497 .499 -0.3 0.6 -2 4
Debs Garms* 36 90 268 -8 0 0 -2 -2 -12 -1.5 8 -4 -0.6 .484 .491 -0.4 -0.5 -2 Purchased O957/6
Harry Gumbert 33 21 52 -7 0 0 0 4 -2 -0.3 2 -1 -0.3 .486 .498 -0.3 0.0 -1 Traded 1
Johnny Hopp* 26 91 272 -9 0 0 0 -3 -12 -1.4 8 -4 -0.6 .485 .492 -0.5 -0.4 -4 Amateur Free Agent O73/8
Lou Klein 24 154 696 7 -0 0 17 9 32 3.7 21 53 5.8 .524 .523 3.8 2.9 36 Amateur Free Agent *46
Howie Krist* 27 34 65 -8 0 0 0 5 -2 -0.3 2 -0 -0.3 .492 .498 -0.3 0.0 -0 1
Whitey Kurowski 25 139 565 8 -0 0 -1 0 7 0.8 17 24 2.5 .506 .505 2.7 -0.1 26 *5/6
Max Lanier 27 32 85 -10 0 0 0 7 -3 -0.4 3 -1 -0.4 .488 .498 -0.4 0.0 -1 Amateur Free Agent 1
Danny Litwhiler 26 80 284 5 0 0 4 -3 5 0.6 9 14 1.4 .508 .504 1.0 0.1 10 Traded 7O
Marty Marion 25 129 463 -6 0 0 22 8 24 2.8 14 38 4.2 .522 .518 1.7 3.4 16 Amateur Free Agent *6
Red Munger 24 32 29 -2 0 0 0 2 0 0.1 1 1 0.1 .502 .500 0.1 0.0 1 Amateur Free Agent 1
Stan Musial* 22 157 700 59 -1 0 13 -7 65 7.2 21 86 9.3 .546 .545 7.9 0.7 73 $6,500 Amateur Free Agent *O978
Sam Narron 29 10 12 -2 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 0 -1 -0.1 .481 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 /2
Ken O'Dea* 30 71 227 2 0 0 1 2 5 0.6 7 12 1.3 .508 .504 1.2 0.3 11 Traded 2
Howie Pollet* 22 16 45 -5 0 0 0 4 -2 -0.2 1 -0 -0.2 .489 .499 -0.2 0.0 -0 Amateur Free Agent 1
Ray Sanders* 26 144 572 17 0 0 -1 -7 9 1.0 17 27 2.8 .507 .507 2.9 -0.9 28 *3
Coaker Triplett 31 9 26 -4 0 0 0 -0 -4 -0.4 1 -3 -0.4 .450 .497 -0.4 -0.0 -3 /O97
Harry Walker* 26 148 640 1 -0 0 -2 -1 -2 -0.3 19 17 1.6 .498 .499 1.9 -0.4 19 Unknown *O8/49
Ernie White 26 21 31 -3 0 0 0 3 0 0.0 1 1 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 1 1
Team Total 26.3 1729 6057 17 0 0 53 44 114 12.5 183 297 29.2 .507 .503 23.6 6.0 244 $6,500
Age G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Acquired Pos Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Age IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Acquired
Al Brazle* 29 87.0 13 9 18 1.86 3.93 0.35 0.00 100.0 3.58 17 2.1 1.0 -0.1 2.8 24 .664 .513 Traded
Harry Brecheen* 28 135.1 29 13 41 2.73 4.05 0.31 0.00 100.3 3.75 15 1.9 1.0 -0.1 2.9 27 .564 .511 Purchased
Bud Byerly 22 13.0 2 2 6 4.15 3.74 0.35 0.00 100.0 3.39 -1 -0.1 -0.0 0.0 0 .440 .499 Amateur Free Agent
Mort Cooper 30 274.0 37 32 81 2.66 3.95 0.33 0.00 100.0 3.62 29 3.6 1.0 -0.2 5.6 53 .597 .522
Murry Dickson 26 115.2 31 7 51 3.97 3.91 0.35 0.00 100.5 3.58 -5 -0.6 1.0 -0.1 0.3 5 .482 .497 Amateur Free Agent
Harry Gumbert 33 132.0 21 19 46 3.14 3.76 0.35 0.00 99.7 3.40 4 0.5 1.0 -0.1 1.5 15 .522 .503 Traded
Howie Krist 27 164.1 34 17 57 3.12 3.82 0.35 0.00 99.6 3.47 6 0.7 1.0 -0.1 2.0 21 .522 .505
Max Lanier* 27 213.1 32 25 62 2.62 3.99 0.32 0.00 99.9 3.66 25 3.0 1.0 -0.1 4.6 43 .595 .519 Amateur Free Agent
Red Munger 24 93.1 32 9 47 4.53 3.84 0.35 0.00 100.5 3.51 -11 -1.2 1.0 -0.1 -0.5 -2 .463 .493 Amateur Free Agent
Howie Pollet* 22 118.1 16 14 26 1.98 3.94 0.31 0.00 100.0 3.63 22 2.8 1.0 -0.1 3.7 32 .675 .517 Amateur Free Agent
Ernie White* 26 78.2 14 10 38 4.35 3.88 0.36 0.00 98.7 3.47 -8 -0.8 1.0 -0.1 -0.2 -1 .441 .495
Team Total 27.6 1425.0 261 157 473 2.99 3.91 0.33 0.00 99.9 3.58 94 12.0 1.0 -0.9 22.7 218 .546 .507
Age IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Acquired

1942 / 1944 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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