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1944 St. Louis Cardinals

Batting Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1943 / 1945

105-49, Finished 1st in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Billy Southworth (105-49)
Scored 772 runs, Allowed 490 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 107-47

Ballparks: Sportsman's Park III · Attendance: 461,968 (5th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 99 · one-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 97

Postseason:  Won World Series (4-2) over St. Louis Browns

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1943 / 1945 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 29 112 426 397 56 126 25 5 13 72 4 20 19 .317 .352 .504 .855 136 200 15 1 8
2 1B Ray Sanders* 27 154 683 601 87 177 34 9 12 102 2 71 50 .295 .371 .441 .812 125 265 12 2 9
3 2B Emil Verban 28 146 538 498 51 128 14 2 0 43 0 19 14 .257 .287 .293 .580 62 146 5 2 19
4 SS Marty Marion 26 144 565 506 50 135 26 2 6 63 1 43 50 .267 .324 .362 .686 90 183 9 0 16
5 3B Whitey Kurowski 26 149 625 555 95 150 25 7 20 87 2 58 40 .270 .341 .449 .790 118 249 12 2 10
6 OF Stan Musial* 23 146 667 568 112 197 51 14 12 94 7 90 28 .347 .440 .549 .990 174 312 7 5 4
7 OF Johnny Hopp* 27 139 591 527 106 177 35 9 11 72 15 58 47 .336 .404 .499 .903 150 263 6 2 4
8 OF Danny Litwhiler 27 140 551 492 53 130 25 5 15 82 2 37 56 .264 .328 .427 .755 109 210 11 10 12
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 C Ken O'Dea* 31 85 310 265 35 66 11 2 6 37 1 37 29 .249 .343 .374 .717 99 99 2 1 7
10 OF Augie Bergamo* 27 80 231 192 35 55 6 3 2 19 0 35 23 .286 .399 .380 .779 117 73 2 1 3
11 UT Debs Garms* 37 73 164 149 17 30 3 0 0 5 0 13 8 .201 .265 .221 .487 36 33 2 0 2
12 MI George Fallon 29 69 163 141 16 28 6 0 1 9 1 16 11 .199 .285 .262 .547 53 37 5 1 5
13 OF Pepper Martin 40 40 102 86 15 24 4 0 2 4 2 15 11 .279 .386 .395 .781 118 34 3 0 1
14 IF John Antonelli 28 8 21 21 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 .190 .190 .238 .429 19 5 0 0 0
15 C Bob Keely 34 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 P Mort Cooper 31 34 105 94 9 19 3 0 0 13 0 7 12 .202 .257 .234 .491 37 22 2 0 4
17 P Max Lanier 28 33 87 77 11 14 1 0 0 2 0 4 2 .182 .222 .195 .417 17 15 1 0 6
18 P Harry Brecheen* 29 31 81 68 8 11 0 1 0 4 0 9 12 .162 .260 .191 .451 27 13 1 0 4
19 P Ted Wilks 28 36 75 64 6 9 2 0 0 6 0 5 15 .141 .203 .172 .375 5 11 0 0 6
20 P Al Jurisich 22 30 47 45 2 8 1 0 0 1 0 1 13 .178 .196 .200 .396 10 9 0 0 1
21 P Red Munger 25 21 44 44 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 .114 .114 .136 .250 -31 6 0 0 0
22 P Freddy Schmidt 28 37 36 34 3 7 0 0 0 3 0 1 16 .206 .229 .206 .434 21 7 0 0 1
23 P Harry Gumbert 34 10 22 21 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 .190 .227 .190 .418 17 4 0 0 0
24 P Blix Donnelly 30 27 21 16 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 .063 .211 .063 .273 -22 1 1 0 2
25 P Bud Byerly 23 9 12 12 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 .167 .167 .167 .333 -7 2 0 0 0
26 P Bill Trotter 35 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
27 P Mike Naymick 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 27.4 157 6168 5474 772 1507 274 59 100 722 37 543 471 .275 .344 .402 .745 107 2199 96 27 124
Rank in 8 NL teams 1 1 1 1 2 1 6 1 2 6 1 1 1 1 1 2 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 Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary
John Antonelli 28 21 -2 0 0 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ /354
Augie Bergamo* 27 231 6 0 0 0 0 -2 7 11 1.2 11 1.1 0.1 $ O79/38
Harry Brecheen* 29 81 -7 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Purchased 1
Bud Byerly 23 12 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent /1
Mort Cooper 31 105 -8 0 0 0 0 6 3 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $15,000 1
Walker Cooper 29 426 16 0 0 0 0 3 13 32 3.4 32 3.3 0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent 2
Blix Donnelly 30 21 -3 0 0 0 0 1 1 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ Minor Lg Working Ag 1
George Fallon 29 163 -9 0 0 0 3 3 5 2 0.1 -1 -0.1 0.2 $ 46/5
Debs Garms* 37 164 -12 0 0 0 -1 -1 5 -9 -1.0 -8 -0.8 -0.2 $ Purchased O59/78
Harry Gumbert 34 22 -2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ Traded 1
Johnny Hopp* 27 591 34 4 0 0 2 -1 18 57 6.0 55 5.7 0.3 $ Amateur Free Agent *O8/37
Al Jurisich 22 47 -6 0 0 0 0 3 1 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ 1
Whitey Kurowski 26 625 11 1 0 0 3 0 19 34 3.5 31 3.2 0.3 $ *5/46
Max Lanier 28 87 -8 1 0 0 0 5 3 1 0.0 1 0.1 -0.1 $10,000 Amateur Free Agent 1
Danny Litwhiler 27 551 3 -2 0 0 6 -6 17 18 1.8 12 1.2 0.6 $ Traded *7O
Marty Marion 26 565 -8 -2 0 0 24 9 18 41 4.0 17 1.8 2.2 $ Amateur Free Agent *6
Pepper Martin 40 102 2 0 0 0 -1 -1 3 3 0.3 4 0.4 -0.1 $ O98
Red Munger 25 44 -8 0 0 0 0 3 1 -4 -0.4 -4 -0.4 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Stan Musial* 23 667 58 1 0 0 14 -6 19 86 9.1 72 7.5 1.6 $10,000 Amateur Free Agent *O98
Ken O'Dea* 31 310 0 0 0 0 1 2 10 13 1.3 12 1.2 0.1 $ Traded 2
Ray Sanders* 27 683 19 0 0 0 1 -7 20 33 3.4 32 3.3 0.1 $ *3
Freddy Schmidt 28 36 -4 0 0 0 0 2 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
Bill Trotter 35 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
Emil Verban 28 538 -25 0 0 0 16 7 17 15 1.3 -1 -0.1 1.4 $ Unknown *4
Ted Wilks 28 75 -8 0 0 0 0 4 2 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Team Total 27.4 6168 37 3 0 0 68 31 187 326 32.9 258 26.7 6.2 $35,000
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary

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
John Antonelli 28 21 17 1 1.6 97 .235 .190 .272 .190 .339 .238 .381 .429 .720 19 .143 -2.4 -0.2 .294 .048 .048 /354
Augie Bergamo* 27 231 142 29 5.5 97 .317 .286 .272 .399 .339 .380 .381 .779 .721 117 .620 6.2 0.6 .784 .276 .094 .0 O79/38
Harry Brecheen* 29 81 62 3 1.3 97 .196 .162 .272 .260 .339 .191 .381 .451 .721 27 .105 -6.8 -0.7 .379 .162 .029 1
Bud Byerly 23 12 10 0 0.0 97 .222 .167 .272 .167 .339 .167 .381 .333 .720 -7 .000 -1.8 -0.2 .200 .000 .000 /1
Mort Cooper 31 105 81 6 2.0 97 .232 .202 .272 .257 .339 .234 .381 .491 .721 37 .203 -8.0 -0.8 .377 .106 .032 1
Walker Cooper 29 426 294 70 6.4 97 .310 .317 .272 .352 .339 .504 .381 .855 .721 136 .683 16.8 1.7 .787 .247 .186 6.1 2
Blix Donnelly 30 21 18 0 0.0 97 .071 .063 .272 .211 .339 .063 .381 .273 .720 -22 .000 -2.6 -0.3 .250 .188 .000 1
George Fallon 29 163 123 10 2.2 97 .209 .199 .272 .285 .339 .262 .381 .547 .720 53 .232 -8.7 -0.9 .466 .184 .064 1.0 46/5
Debs Garms* 37 164 123 9 2.0 97 .213 .201 .272 .265 .339 .221 .381 .487 .721 36 .200 -12.8 -1.3 .380 .107 .020 O59/78
Harry Gumbert 34 22 17 1 1.6 97 .200 .190 .272 .227 .339 .190 .381 .418 .720 17 .143 -2.4 -0.2 .294 .048 .000 1
Johnny Hopp* 27 591 360 106 7.9 97 .354 .336 .271 .404 .339 .499 .381 .903 .721 150 .761 36.1 3.7 .949 .302 .163 12.7 *O8/37
Al Jurisich 22 47 38 2 1.4 97 .250 .178 .272 .196 .339 .200 .381 .396 .721 10 .120 -5.6 -0.6 .270 .044 .022 1
Bob Keely 34 0 0 0.0 0.0 /2
Whitey Kurowski 26 625 427 84 5.3 97 .263 .270 .271 .341 .339 .449 .381 .790 .720 118 .603 12.1 1.2 .746 .286 .178 3.6 *5/46
Max Lanier 28 87 70 3 1.2 97 .187 .182 .272 .222 .339 .195 .381 .417 .721 17 .086 -8.8 -0.9 .297 .065 .013 1
Danny Litwhiler 27 551 385 66 4.6 97 .273 .264 .272 .328 .339 .427 .381 .755 .721 109 .542 4.4 0.4 .694 .242 .163 3.5 *7O
Marty Marion 26 565 396 59 4.0 97 .287 .267 .272 .324 .339 .362 .381 .686 .720 90 .478 -6.7 -0.7 .597 .182 .095 1.7 *6
Pepper Martin 40 102 66 13 5.3 97 .301 .279 .272 .386 .339 .395 .381 .781 .720 118 .604 2.7 0.3 .785 .314 .116 2.0 O98
Red Munger 25 44 39 1 0.7 97 .125 .114 .272 .114 .339 .136 .381 .250 .720 -31 .035 -7.8 -0.8 .154 .023 .023 1
Stan Musial* 23 667 382 136 9.6 97 .350 .347 .272 .440 .339 .549 .381 .990 .720 174 .818 61.0 6.1 1.095 .373 .202 8.8 *O98
Mike Naymick 26 0 0 0.0 0.0 /1
Ken O'Dea* 31 310 208 34 4.4 97 .261 .249 .272 .343 .339 .374 .381 .717 .720 99 .520 0.3 0.0 .687 .268 .125 1.7 2
Ray Sanders* 27 683 445 98 5.9 97 .306 .295 .272 .371 .339 .441 .381 .812 .720 125 .651 20.9 2.1 .780 .268 .146 3.4 *3
Freddy Schmidt 28 36 28 2 1.9 97 .389 .206 .272 .229 .339 .206 .381 .434 .721 21 .193 -3.7 -0.4 .296 .029 .000 1
Bill Trotter 35 1 1 0 0.0 96 .000 .272 .000 .339 .000 .381 .000 .720 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000 /1
Emil Verban 28 538 394 42 2.9 97 .264 .257 .272 .287 .339 .293 .381 .580 .720 62 .331 -27.0 -2.8 .445 .074 .036 *4
Ted Wilks 28 75 61 2 0.9 97 .184 .141 .272 .203 .339 .172 .381 .375 .721 5 .054 -8.3 -0.9 .291 .109 .031 1
League Average 4.2 94 .276 .260 .268 .326 .335 .362 .376 .688 .712 93 .498 .616 .204 .102
Team Total 27.5 6168 4187 777 5.0 97 .287 .275 .272 .344 .339 .402 .381 .745 .720 107 .578 46.9 4.4 .691 .232 .126 54.0
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
John Antonelli 28 8 22 22 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 .182 .182 .227 .409 1 8 8
Augie Bergamo* 27 83 236 199 36 57 6 3 2 20 0 36 24 .286 .398 .377 .775 30 80 80
Harry Brecheen* 29 32 79 70 7 11 0 1 0 4 0 9 12 .157 .253 .186 .439 3 31 31
Bud Byerly 23 9 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 9 9
Mort Cooper 31 35 105 98 10 20 3 0 0 14 0 7 12 .204 .257 .235 .492 6 34 34
Walker Cooper 29 116 435 413 59 132 26 5 14 76 4 21 20 .320 .354 .508 .862 74 112 112
Blix Donnelly 30 28 20 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 .000 .150 .000 .150 0 27 27
George Fallon 29 72 162 145 16 28 6 0 1 9 1 16 11 .193 .278 .255 .533 10 69 69
Debs Garms* 37 76 170 156 18 32 3 0 0 5 0 14 8 .205 .271 .224 .495 9 73 73
Harry Gumbert 34 35 79 75 4 9 3 0 0 3 0 4 19 .120 .165 .160 .325 2 34 34
Johnny Hopp* 27 144 611 548 111 185 37 9 11 76 16 61 49 .338 .406 .498 .904 111 139 139
Al Jurisich 22 31 48 47 2 9 1 0 0 1 0 1 14 .191 .208 .213 .421 2 30 30
Whitey Kurowski 26 155 639 577 99 156 26 7 21 91 2 60 42 .270 .341 .449 .790 88 149 149
Max Lanier 28 34 83 79 10 14 1 0 0 2 0 4 2 .177 .217 .190 .407 3 33 33
Danny Litwhiler 27 145 561 512 56 136 26 5 16 86 2 39 58 .266 .330 .430 .759 70 140 140
Marty Marion 26 150 571 526 53 141 27 2 6 66 1 45 52 .268 .326 .361 .687 62 144 144
Pepper Martin 40 42 105 89 15 25 4 0 2 4 2 16 11 .281 .390 .393 .784 14 40 40
Red Munger 25 22 46 46 3 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 .130 .130 .152 .283 1 21 21
Stan Musial* 23 152 689 590 117 205 53 15 12 98 7 94 29 .347 .441 .549 .990 142 146 146
Mike Naymick 26 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 8 8
Ken O'Dea* 31 88 316 276 37 69 12 2 6 39 1 39 30 .250 .345 .373 .718 35 85 85
Ray Sanders* 27 160 701 625 91 185 36 9 13 107 2 74 52 .296 .372 .445 .817 103 154 154
Freddy Schmidt 28 38 37 36 4 8 0 0 0 4 0 1 17 .222 .243 .222 .465 2 37 37
Bill Trotter 35 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2 2
Emil Verban 28 152 540 518 54 134 15 2 0 45 0 20 15 .259 .289 .295 .584 44 146 146
Ted Wilks 28 37 71 66 6 9 2 0 0 6 0 5 16 .136 .197 .167 .364 2 36 36
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
John Antonelli 28 1 21 8 21 21 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 .190 .190 .238 .429 19 5 0 0 0
Augie Bergamo* 27 1 231 80 231 192 35 55 6 3 2 19 0 35 23 .286 .399 .380 .779 117 73 2 1 3
Harry Brecheen* 29 3 130 63 130 110 12 19 2 1 0 7 0 11 20 .173 .254 .209 .463 30 23 1 1 8
Bud Byerly 23 2 15 11 15 15 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 .133 .133 .133 .267 -26 2 0 0 0
Mort Cooper 31 7 577 226 577 528 35 99 13 0 3 50 0 18 95 .188 .214 .229 .443 22 121 11 0 31
Walker Cooper 29 5 1612 433 1612 1503 188 447 97 17 30 240 11 83 83 .297 .336 .444 .780 117 668 53 4 22
Blix Donnelly 30 1 21 27 21 16 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 .063 .211 .063 .273 -22 1 1 0 2
George Fallon 29 3 259 109 259 227 22 48 8 0 1 14 1 19 20 .211 .278 .260 .538 51 59 10 2 11
Debs Garms* 37 11 3281 936 3281 2965 415 861 134 37 17 310 18 8 257 158 .290 .350 .378 .728 101 1120 29 16 43
Harry Gumbert 34 10 664 323 664 622 45 113 13 3 4 42 0 15 161 .182 .201 .232 .432 18 144 12 0 27
Johnny Hopp* 27 6 1894 545 1894 1683 288 490 94 33 21 200 55 178 194 .291 .361 .424 .785 117 713 17 7 26
Al Jurisich 22 1 47 30 47 45 2 8 1 0 0 1 0 1 13 .178 .196 .200 .396 10 9 0 0 1
Bob Keely 34 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Whitey Kurowski 26 4 1618 408 1618 1452 216 396 68 18 42 201 12 122 156 .273 .334 .431 .765 114 626 29 11 33
Max Lanier 28 7 342 194 342 303 33 59 1 0 0 11 0 14 23 .195 .230 .198 .428 19 60 9 0 25
Danny Litwhiler 27 5 2392 594 2392 2212 257 627 101 25 59 269 8 136 199 .283 .331 .432 .763 119 955 49 22 22
Marty Marion 26 5 2669 700 2669 2391 248 645 119 14 13 273 27 186 219 .270 .324 .348 .671 86 831 44 5 87
Pepper Martin 40 13 4521 1189 4521 4117 756 1227 270 75 59 501 146 369 438 .298 .358 .443 .801 113 1824 44 13 22
Red Munger 25 2 73 53 73 72 5 11 3 0 0 3 0 1 9 .153 .164 .194 .359 0 14 1 0 0
Stan Musial* 23 4 1953 455 1953 1699 315 584 135 44 36 254 23 226 72 .344 .423 .539 .962 169 915 27 9 19
Mike Naymick 26 4 29 52 29 26 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 .154 .185 .154 .339 -3 4 0 0 2
Ken O'Dea* 31 10 2039 698 2039 1799 220 468 81 18 35 275 3 207 208 .260 .337 .384 .721 97 690 37 3 30
Ray Sanders* 27 3 1582 393 1582 1361 193 382 72 16 28 214 5 190 114 .281 .370 .419 .789 121 570 29 4 27
Freddy Schmidt 28 1 36 37 36 34 3 7 0 0 0 3 0 1 16 .206 .229 .206 .434 21 7 0 0 1
Bill Trotter 35 7 142 163 142 109 6 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 19 63 .055 .195 .064 .260 -31 7 3 0 14
Emil Verban 28 1 538 146 538 498 51 128 14 2 0 43 0 19 14 .257 .287 .293 .580 62 146 5 2 19
Ted Wilks 28 1 75 36 75 64 6 9 2 0 0 6 0 5 15 .141 .203 .172 .375 5 11 0 0 6
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

1943 / 1945 Batting Statistics

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