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
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
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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 | 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 | |||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
| 6 | 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 | 2B | 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 | Danny Litwhiler | 26 | 80 | 283 | 258 | 40 | 72 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 31 | 1 | 19 | 31 | .279 | .333 | .438 | .771 | 117 | 113 | 3 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| 9 | 1B | 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 | 3B | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 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 | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 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 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4063 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||||||||||||
| 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 | 24 | 48 | 19 | 22 | 7 | 5 | .854 | 1.71 | 3B-SS | ||||||||||||||||
| Harry Gumbert | 33 | 21 | 46 | 10 | 35 | 1 | 0 | .978 | 2.14 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Johnny Hopp | 26 | 27 | 195 | 173 | 16 | 6 | 13 | .969 | 7.00 | 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| Harry Walker | 26 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.00 | 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 | 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 |