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1944 St. Louis Cardinals Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1943 / 1945)
105-49, Finished 1st in National League
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Scored 772 runs, Allowed 490 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 107-47
Manager: Billy Southworth (105-49)
Ballpark: Sportsman's Park IV (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 461,968 (5th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 98;   one-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 95
World Series Champs
Postseason:  Won World Series (4-2) over St. Louis Browns

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1943 / 1945 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 29 112 426 397 56 126 25 5 13 72 4 20 19 .317 .352 .504 .855 137 200 15 1 8
2 1B Ray Sanders* 27 154 683 601 87 177 34 9 12 102 2 71 50 .295 .371 .441 .812 126 265 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 91 183 9 0 16
5 3B Whitey Kurowski 26 149 625 555 95 150 25 7 20 87 2 58 40 .270 .341 .449 .790 119 249 12 2 10
6 OF Stan Musial* 23 146 667 568 112 197 51 14 12 94 7 90 28 .347 .440 .549 .990 175 312 7 5 4
7 OF Johnny Hopp* 27 139 591 527 106 177 35 9 11 72 15 58 47 .336 .404 .499 .903 151 263 6 2 4
8 OF Danny Litwhiler 27 140 551 492 53 130 25 5 15 82 2 37 56 .264 .328 .427 .755 110 210 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 .717 100 99 2 1 7
10 OF Augie Bergamo* 27 80 231 192 35 55 6 3 2 19 0 35 23 .286 .399 .380 .779 118 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 37 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
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
15 P Mort Cooper 31 34 105 94 9 19 3 0 0 13 0 7 12 .202 .257 .234 .491 38 22 2 0 4
16 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
17 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
18 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
19 P Al Jurisich 22 30 47 45 2 8 1 0 0 1 0 1 13 .178 .196 .200 .396 11 9 0 0 1
20 P Red Munger 25 21 44 44 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 .114 .114 .136 .250 -30 6 0 0 0
21 P Freddy Schmidt 28 37 36 34 3 7 0 0 0 3 0 1 16 .206 .229 .206 .434 22 7 0 0 1
22 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
23 P Blix Donnelly 30 27 21 16 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 .063 .211 .063 .273 -21 1 1 0 2
24 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
25 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
Team Totals 27.4 157 6168 5474 772 1507 274 59 100 722 37 0 543 471 .275 .344 .402 .745 108 2199 96 27 124 0 0
Rank in 8 NL teams 1 1 1 1 2 1 6 2 6 1 1 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 31 22 7 .759 2.46 34 33 1 22 7 1 252.1 227 74 69 6 60 97 5 1 0 1023 144 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 0 908 134 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 1 820 134 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 3 774 124 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 0 479 264 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 0 488 112 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 2 540 104 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 3 322 167 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 4 184 104 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 0 255 142 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 26 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 79 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 132 1.189 7.7 0.3 3.0 4.0 1.36
Rank in 8 NL teams 1 8 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
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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
John Antonelli 28 8 38 28 10 0 2 1.000 4.75 3B-1B-2B
Augie Bergamo 27 52 31 1 19 88 87 0 1 0 .989 1.67 OF-1B
Harry Brecheen 29 30 39 3 36 0 2 1.000 1.30 P
Bud Byerly 23 9 13 2 11 0 0 1.000 1.44 P
Mort Cooper 31 34 32 4 28 0 1 1.000 0.94 P
Walker Cooper 29 97 492 442 40 10 7 .980 4.97 4 C
Blix Donnelly 30 27 21 3 17 1 0 .952 0.74 P
George Fallon 29 68 226 100 120 6 28 .973 3.24 2B-SS-3B
Debs Garms 37 44 3 2 18 65 48 16 1 1 .985 1.45 OF-3B
Harry Gumbert 34 10 21 6 14 1 5 .952 2.00 P
Johnny Hopp 27 137 1 130 0 357 352 4 1 1 .997 2.60 OF-1B
Al Jurisich 22 30 24 5 18 1 2 .958 0.77 P
Bob Keely 34 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 C
Whitey Kurowski 26 156 499 192 290 17 21 .966 3.09 3B-2B-SS
Max Lanier 28 33 50 8 39 3 3 .940 1.42 P
Danny Litwhiler 27 136 136 0 0 308 294 6 8 1 .974 2.21 OF
Marty Marion 26 144 750 268 461 21 90 .972 5.06 SS
Pepper Martin 40 29 0 7 22 50 48 1 1 0 .980 1.69 OF
Red Munger 25 21 43 8 33 2 5 .953 1.95 P
Stan Musial 23 146 1 38 124 374 353 16 5 2 .987 2.53 OF
Mike Naymick 26 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Ken O'Dea 31 69 362 326 34 2 4 .994 5.22 5 C
Ray Sanders 27 152 1442 1370 64 8 142 .994 9.43 1B
Freddy Schmidt 28 37 20 3 17 0 2 1.000 0.54 P
Bill Trotter 35 2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Emil Verban 28 146 722 319 380 23 105 .968 4.79 2B
Ted Wilks 28 36 26 6 20 0 3 1.000 0.72 P
Team Totals 27.6 157 6066 4276 1678 112 427 .982 3.60 9
Rank in 8 NL teams 8 1 1
Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary

1943 / 1945 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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