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1944 St. Louis Cardinals

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding 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, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Game Results

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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 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* 27 154 682 601 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* 23 146 668 568 112 197 51 14 12 94 7 90 28 .347 .440 .549 .990 174 312 7 5 4
7 OF Johnny Hopp* 27 139 592 527 106 177 35 9 11 72 15 58 47 .336 .404 .499 .903 150 263 6 2 4
8 OF Danny Litwhiler 27 140 552 492 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 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
12 UT Debs Garms* 37 73 163 149 17 30 3 0 0 5 0 13 8 .201 .265 .221 .487 36 33 2 0 2
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 34 107 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 48 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 6172 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 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 31 22 7 .759 2.46 34 33 1 22 7 1 252.1 227 74 69 6 60 97 5 1 0 1023 145 1.137 8.1 0.2 2.1 3.5 1.62
2 SP Max Lanier* 28 17 12 .586 2.65 33 30 3 16 5 0 224.1 192 82 66 5 71 141 3 0 0 908 135 1.172 7.7 0.2 2.8 5.7 1.99
3 SP Ted Wilks 28 17 4 .810 2.64 36 21 10 16 4 0 207.2 173 61 61 12 49 70 1 0 1 820 135 1.069 7.5 0.5 2.1 3.0 1.43
4 SP Harry Brecheen* 29 16 5 .762 2.85 30 22 4 13 3 0 189.1 174 67 60 8 46 88 3 2 3 774 126 1.162 8.3 0.4 2.2 4.2 1.91
5 SP Red Munger 25 11 3 .786 1.34 21 12 8 7 2 2 121.0 92 23 18 2 41 55 2 0 0 479 268 1.099 6.8 0.1 3.0 4.1 1.34
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 CL Freddy Schmidt 28 7 3 .700 3.15 37 9 17 3 2 5 114.1 94 48 40 5 58 58 1 0 0 488 114 1.329 7.4 0.4 4.6 4.6 1.00
7 RP Al Jurisich 22 7 9 .438 3.39 30 14 7 5 2 1 130.0 102 53 49 7 65 53 5 0 2 540 106 1.285 7.1 0.5 4.5 3.7 0.82
8 RP Blix Donnelly 30 2 1 .667 2.12 27 4 12 2 1 2 76.1 61 26 18 2 34 45 2 0 3 322 169 1.245 7.2 0.2 4.0 5.3 1.32
9 RP Bud Byerly 23 2 2 .500 3.40 9 4 3 2 0 0 42.1 37 18 16 2 20 13 0 1 4 184 106 1.346 7.9 0.4 4.3 2.8 0.65
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 Harry Gumbert 34 4 2 .667 2.49 10 7 1 3 0 1 61.1 60 23 17 1 19 16 0 0 0 255 144 1.288 8.8 0.1 2.8 2.3 0.84
11 Bill Trotter 35 0 1 .000 13.50 2 1 1 0 0 0 6.0 14 14 9 5 4 0 0 0 0 37 28 3.000 21.0 7.5 6.0 0.0 0.00
12 Mike Naymick 26 0 0 4.50 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 8 96 1.500 9.0 0.0 4.5 4.5 1.00
Team Totals 28.1 105 49 .682 2.67 157 157 68 89 26 12 1427.0 1228 490 424 55 468 637 22 4 13 5838 134 1.189 7.7 0.3 3.0 4.0 1.36
Rank in 8 NL teams 1 8 1 2 1 5 1 1 1 1 2 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
John Antonelli 28 8 6 4 38 28 10 0 2 1.000 4.75 3B-1B-2B
Augie Bergamo 27 53 40 32 88 87 0 1 0 .989 1.67 OF-1B
Harry Brecheen 29 30 22 13 39 3 36 0 2 1.000 1.30 P
Bud Byerly 23 9 4 2 13 2 11 0 0 1.000 1.44 P
Mort Cooper 31 34 33 22 32 4 28 0 1 1.000 0.94 P
Walker Cooper 29 97 91 87 492 442 40 10 7 .980 4.97 4 22 16 42% 43% C
Blix Donnelly 30 27 4 2 21 3 17 1 0 .952 0.74 P
George Fallon 29 67 36 26 226 100 120 6 28 .973 3.24 2B-SS-3B
Debs Garms 37 41 24 18 65 48 16 1 1 .985 1.45 OF-3B
Harry Gumbert 34 10 7 3 21 6 14 1 5 .952 2.00 P
Johnny Hopp 27 135 123 111 357 352 4 1 1 .997 2.60 OF-1B
Al Jurisich 22 30 14 5 24 5 18 1 2 .958 0.77 P
Bob Keely 34 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 0 0 C
Whitey Kurowski 26 146 143 128 499 192 290 17 21 .966 3.09 3B-2B-SS
Max Lanier 28 33 30 16 50 8 39 3 3 .940 1.42 P
Danny Litwhiler 27 136 129 122 308 294 6 8 1 .974 2.21 OF
Marty Marion 26 144 141 132 750 268 461 21 90 .972 5.06 SS
Pepper Martin 40 29 22 12 50 48 1 1 0 .980 1.69 OF
Red Munger 25 21 12 7 43 8 33 2 5 .953 1.95 P
Stan Musial 23 146 146 123 374 353 16 5 2 .987 2.53 OF
Mike Naymick 26 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Ken O'Dea 31 69 66 60 362 326 34 2 4 .994 5.22 5 15 14 48% 43% C
Ray Sanders 27 152 150 146 1442 1370 64 8 142 .994 9.43 1B
Freddy Schmidt 28 37 9 3 20 3 17 0 2 1.000 0.54 P
Bill Trotter 35 2 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Emil Verban 28 146 139 112 722 319 380 23 105 .968 4.79 2B
Ted Wilks 28 36 21 16 26 6 20 0 3 1.000 0.72 P
Team Totals 27.6 157 1413 1202 6066 4276 1678 112 427 .982 3.60 9 37 30 45% 43%
Rank in 8 NL teams 8 1 1
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
John Antonelli 28 8 21 -2 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 1 -2 -0.2 .468 .498 -0.2 0.0 -2 /354
Augie Bergamo* 27 80 231 6 0 0 0 -2 3 0.3 7 10 1.0 .505 .502 1.1 -0.3 10 O79/38
Harry Brecheen* 29 31 81 -7 0 0 0 7 1 0.1 2 3 0.1 .502 .500 0.1 0.0 3 Purchased 1
Bud Byerly 23 9 12 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .493 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 Amateur Free Agent /1
Mort Cooper 31 34 107 -8 0 0 0 10 2 0.2 3 5 0.2 .506 .501 0.2 0.0 5 $15,000 1
Walker Cooper 29 112 426 17 -0 0 0 3 20 2.1 13 33 3.4 .519 .513 3.4 0.3 33 Amateur Free Agent 2
Blix Donnelly 30 27 21 -3 0 0 0 2 -1 -0.1 1 -0 -0.1 .497 .499 -0.1 0.0 -0 Minor Lg Working Ag 1
George Fallon 29 69 163 -8 -0 0 3 3 -2 -0.2 5 3 0.3 .497 .499 -0.1 0.7 -0 46/5
Debs Garms* 37 73 163 -12 0 0 -1 -1 -14 -1.5 5 -9 -1.0 .480 .491 -0.9 -0.2 -8 Purchased O59/78
Harry Gumbert 34 10 22 -2 0 0 0 2 -0 -0.0 1 0 0.0 .498 .500 0.0 0.0 0 Traded 1
Johnny Hopp* 27 139 592 34 -0 0 2 -1 35 3.6 18 52 5.4 .526 .523 5.2 0.1 50 Amateur Free Agent *O8/37
Al Jurisich 22 30 48 -6 0 0 0 4 -1 -0.1 1 0 -0.1 .495 .499 -0.1 0.0 0 1
Bob Keely 34 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 /2
Whitey Kurowski 26 149 625 13 0 0 3 0 17 1.7 19 36 3.6 .512 .511 3.3 0.4 32 *5/46
Max Lanier 28 33 87 -8 0 0 0 8 -0 -0.1 3 2 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 0.0 2 $10,000 Amateur Free Agent 1
Danny Litwhiler 27 140 552 5 0 0 6 -6 5 0.4 17 21 2.1 .504 .503 1.5 -0.0 15 Traded *7O
Marty Marion 26 144 565 -6 0 0 24 9 27 2.9 17 44 4.6 .521 .518 2.0 3.6 20 Amateur Free Agent *6
Pepper Martin 40 40 102 2 -0 0 -1 -1 0 0.0 3 4 0.3 .501 .500 0.5 -0.2 4 O98
Red Munger 25 21 44 -7 0 0 0 4 -3 -0.3 1 -2 -0.3 .483 .498 -0.3 0.0 -2 Amateur Free Agent 1
Stan Musial* 23 146 668 57 -1 0 14 -6 65 6.8 20 85 8.8 .547 .542 7.3 0.9 71 $10,000 Amateur Free Agent *O98
Mike Naymick 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 /1
Ken O'Dea* 31 85 310 0 0 0 1 2 4 0.4 9 13 1.3 .505 .502 1.2 0.3 12 Traded 2
Ray Sanders* 27 154 682 20 0 0 1 -7 14 1.5 20 35 3.5 .510 .509 3.4 -0.7 34 *3
Freddy Schmidt 28 37 36 -4 0 0 0 3 -1 -0.1 1 0 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 0.0 0 1
Bill Trotter 35 2 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .489 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 /1
Emil Verban 28 146 538 -24 0 0 16 6 -2 -0.2 16 14 1.4 .499 .499 -0.3 2.4 -2 Unknown *4
Ted Wilks 28 36 75 -9 0 0 0 7 -2 -0.2 2 0 -0.2 .495 .499 -0.2 0.0 0 Amateur Free Agent 1
Team Total 27.4 1757 6172 46 -0 0 68 49 163 16.8 185 349 33.8 .510 .504 26.7 7.3 281 $35,000
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
Harry Brecheen* 29 189.1 30 22 67 3.18 4.27 0.44 0.00 98.6 3.77 13 1.4 1.0 -0.1 2.8 30 .547 .509 Purchased
Bud Byerly 23 42.1 9 4 18 3.83 4.36 0.46 0.00 98.9 3.85 0 0.0 1.0 -0.0 0.3 4 .502 .500 Amateur Free Agent
Mort Cooper 31 252.1 34 33 74 2.64 4.14 0.45 0.00 98.9 3.66 29 3.3 1.0 -0.2 5.2 52 .598 .521 $15,000
Blix Donnelly 30 76.0 27 4 26 3.08 4.28 0.41 0.00 101.1 3.91 7 0.8 1.0 -0.1 1.4 14 .529 .505 Minor Lg Working Ag
Harry Gumbert 34 61.1 10 7 23 3.38 4.00 0.47 0.00 99.8 3.52 1 0.1 1.0 -0.0 0.6 7 .512 .501 Traded
Al Jurisich 22 130.0 30 14 53 3.67 4.14 0.42 0.00 98.6 3.67 0 0.0 1.0 -0.1 1.0 12 .501 .500
Max Lanier* 28 224.1 33 30 82 3.29 4.30 0.40 0.00 99.2 3.87 15 1.6 1.0 -0.2 3.3 36 .550 .510 $10,000 Amateur Free Agent
Red Munger 25 121.0 21 12 23 1.71 4.11 0.41 0.00 98.6 3.64 26 3.1 1.0 -0.1 4.0 38 .647 .519 Amateur Free Agent
Mike Naymick 26 2.0 1 0 1 4.50 4.50 0.40 0.00 98.0 4.03 -0 -0.0 1.0 -0.0 0.0 0 .489 .500
Freddy Schmidt 28 114.1 37 9 48 3.78 4.22 0.42 0.00 99.8 3.79 0 0.0 1.0 -0.1 0.9 11 .501 .500
Bill Trotter 35 6.0 2 1 14 21.00 4.25 0.61 0.00 99.8 3.63 -12 -0.7 1.0 -0.0 -0.7 -11 .138 .496
Ted Wilks 28 207.0 36 21 61 2.65 4.18 0.44 0.00 99.6 3.73 25 2.9 1.0 -0.1 4.4 44 .579 .518 Amateur Free Agent
Team Total 28.1 1426.0 270 157 490 3.09 4.20 0.43 0.00 99.2 3.74 104 12.6 1.0 -1.0 23.2 238 .547 .506 $25,000
Age IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Acquired

1943 / 1945 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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