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1946 St. Louis Cardinals

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1945 / 1947

98-58, Finished 1st in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Eddie Dyer (98-58)
Scored 712 runs, Allowed 545 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 97-59

Ballparks: Sportsman's Park III · Attendance: 1,061,807 (4th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 104, Pitching - 101 · one-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 102

Postseason:  Won World Series (4-3) over Boston Red Sox


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1945 / 1947 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Buster Adams 31 R R 6' 0" 180 Jun 24, 1915 5 81 42 81 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 32 0 58 23 0 -0.3 $
Red Barrett 31 R R 5' 11" 183 Feb 14, 1915 8 23 9 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Johnny Beazley 28 R R 6' 1" 190 May 25, 1918 3 19 18 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Al Brazle 32 L L 6' 2" 185 Oct 19, 1913 2 37 15 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $
Harry Brecheen 31 L L 5' 10" 160 Oct 14, 1914 5 37 30 37 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4.5 $
Ken Burkhart 29 R R 6' 1" 190 Nov 18, 1916 2 25 13 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.8 $
Jeff Cross 27 R R 5' 11" 160 Aug 28, 1918 2 49 17 49 25 0 0 0 8 1 17 0 0 0 0 4 20 0.3 $
Murry Dickson 29 R R 5' 10" 157 Aug 21, 1916 5 47 19 47 47 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 $
Blix Donnelly 32 R R 5' 10" 166 Jan 21, 1914 3 13 0 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Erv Dusak 25 R R 6' 2" 185 Jul 29, 1920 3 100 68 100 89 0 0 0 2 11 0 74 4 0 77 10 1 1.0 $
Bill Endicott 27 L L 5' 11" 175 Sep 4, 1918 1st 20 2 20 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 17 1 0.1 $
Joe Garagiola 20 L R 6' 0" 190 Feb 12, 1926 1st 74 57 74 70 0 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.4 $
Johnny Grodzicki 29 R R 6' 1" 200 Feb 26, 1917 2 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Nippy Jones 21 R R 6' 1" 185 Jun 29, 1925 1st 16 0 16 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 2 0.1 $
Lou Klein 27 R R 5' 11" 167 Oct 22, 1918 3 23 22 23 23 0 0 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Clyde Kluttz 28 R R 6' 0" 193 Dec 12, 1917 5 52 39 52 49 0 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.4 $
Howie Krist 30 L R 6' 1" 175 Feb 28, 1916 6 15 0 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
Whitey Kurowski 28 R R 5' 11" 193 Apr 19, 1918 6 142 137 142 138 0 0 0 0 138 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 5.1 $13,500 All-Star
Max Lanier 30 R L 5' 11" 180 Aug 18, 1915 9 6 6 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.8 $10,500
Danny Litwhiler 29 R R 5' 10" 198 Aug 31, 1916 6 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 -0.1 $
Marty Marion 28 R R 6' 2" 170 Dec 1, 1917 7 146 145 146 145 0 0 0 0 0 145 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.6 $ All-Star
Fred Martin 31 R R 6' 1" 185 Jun 27, 1915 1st 6 3 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Terry Moore 34 R R 5' 11" 195 May 27, 1912 9 91 65 91 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 66 0 66 25 0 0.8 $
Red Munger 27 R R 6' 2" 200 Oct 4, 1918 3 10 7 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $
Stan Musial HOF 25 L L 6' 0" 175 Nov 21, 1920 5 156 156 156 156 0 0 114 0 0 0 42 0 0 42 0 0 9.8 $18,500 All-Star
Ken O'Dea 33 L R 6' 0" 180 Mar 16, 1913 12 22 16 22 22 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Howie Pollet 25 L L 6' 1" 175 Jun 26, 1921 4 40 32 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.6 $ All-Star
Del Rice 23 R R 6' 2" 190 Oct 27, 1922 2 55 43 55 53 0 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.4 $
Freddy Schmidt 30 R R 6' 1" 185 Feb 9, 1916 2 16 0 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Red Schoendienst HOF 23 B R 6' 0" 170 Feb 2, 1923 2 142 140 142 141 0 0 0 128 12 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.8 $ All-Star
Walter Sessi 27 L L 6' 3" 225 Jul 23, 1918 2 15 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 -0.1 $
Dick Sisler 25 L R 6' 2" 205 Nov 2, 1920 1st 83 63 83 66 0 0 37 0 0 0 29 0 0 29 15 2 0.0 $
Enos Slaughter HOF 30 L R 5' 9" 180 Apr 27, 1916 6 156 156 156 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 156 156 0 0 5.0 $ All-Star
Emil Verban 30 R R 5' 11" 165 Aug 27, 1915 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 $
Harry Walker 29 L R 6' 2" 175 Oct 22, 1916 5 112 79 112 99 0 0 8 0 0 0 12 80 0 92 12 1 0.9 $
Del Wilber 27 R R 6' 3" 200 Feb 24, 1919 1st 4 1 4 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Ted Wilks 30 R R 5' 9" 178 Nov 13, 1915 3 40 4 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary

Whitey Kurowski

Red Schoendienst

Emil Verban

Marty Marion

Harry Walker

Stan Musial

Nippy Jones
Lou Klein

Terry Moore

Clyde Kluttz
Enos Slaughter

Ken Burkhart

Howie Pollet

Red Barrett

Buster Adams

Dick Sisler

Al Brazle
Ken O'Dea

Joe Garagiola

Del Rice

Erv Dusak

Blix Donnelly
Red Munger

Johnny Beazley
Max Lanier

Murry Dickson

Del Wilber

Bill Endicott

Johnny Beazley
Al Brazle

Ted Wilks

Howie Krist

Harry Brecheen

Johnny Grodzicki

Fred Martin

Jeff Cross

Al Brazle

Freddy Schmidt

Walter Sessi

Clyde Kluttz
Red Munger

Ken Burkhart
Danny Litwhiler

1945 / 1947 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers