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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

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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
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 38 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 11 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 -30 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 22 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 -21 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 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 1 2 1 5 1 1 1 1 2 5 3940
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 1B-3B-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