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1946 St. Louis Cardinals (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1945/1947) 98-58, Finished 1st in National League View League Standings and Leaders World Series Champs Scored 712 runs, Allowed 545 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 97-59 Managed by Eddie Dyer Ballpark: Sportsman's Park IV (ballparks.com) Attendance: 1,061,807 (4th of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 104, Pitching - 101   (one-year): Batting - 107, Pitching - 103   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. Postseason:   Won World Series (4-3) over Boston Red Sox BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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The Cardinals of Musial and Slaughter edged Brooklyn for the NL Pennant and beat Ted Williams’ Red Sox in the World Series. Slaughter’s “mad dash” in game 7 capped a 21-year run that included 9 NL Pennants and 6 World Series titles.

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Team Batting    Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C  *Joe Garagiola       20   74  211   21   50   4  1   3   22  23   25  .237  .312  .308   0       4   0   1           73
1B *Stan Musial         25  156  624  124  228  50 20  16  103  73   31  .365  .434  .587   7       7   3   2          183
2B #Red Schoendienst    23  142  606   94  170  28  5   0   34  37   27  .281  .322  .343  12      11   0   7           86
3B  Whitey Kurowski     28  142  519   76  156  32  5  14   89  72   47  .301  .391  .462   2      10   5   5          138
SS  Marty Marion        28  146  498   51  116  29  4   3   46  59   53  .233  .318  .325   1       9   3  15           80
OF *Enos Slaughter      30  156  609  100  183  30  8  18  130  69   41  .300  .374  .465   9       7   2   5          133
OF *Harry Walker        29  112  346   53   82  14  6   3   27  30   29  .237  .300  .338  12       3   1   8           78
OF  Erv Dusak           25  100  275   38   66   9  1   9   42  33   63  .240  .321  .378   7       6   0   5           95
    Terry Moore         34   91  278   32   73  14  1   3   28  18   26  .263  .312  .353   0       1   2   5           85
   *Dick Sisler         25   83  235   17   61  11  2   3   42  14   28  .260  .307  .362   0       4   2   9           86
    Buster Adams        31   81  173   21   32   6  0   5   22  29   27  .185  .312  .306   3       3   3   4           73
    Del Rice            23   55  139   10   38   8  1   1   12   8   16  .273  .313  .367   0       5   0   3           89
    Clyde Kluttz        28   52  136    8   36   7  0   0   14  10   10  .265  .315  .316   0       1   0   5           76
    Lou Klein           27   23   93   12   18   3  0   1    4   9    7  .194  .265  .258   1       0   0   3           46
    Jeff Cross          27   49   69   17   15   3  0   0    6  10    8  .217  .316  .261   4       1   0   1           62
   *Ken O'Dea           33   22   57    2    7   2  0   1    3   8    8  .123  .231  .211   0       4   0   3           24
   *Bill Endicott       27   20   20    2    4   3  0   0    3   4    4  .200  .333  .350   0       1   0   0           91
   *Walter Sessi        27   15   14    2    2   0  0   1    2   1    4  .143  .200  .357   0       0   0   0           54
    Nippy Jones         21   16   12    3    4   0  0   0    1   2    2  .333  .429  .333   0       2   0   0          114
    Danny Litwhiler     29    6    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    1  .000  .167  .000   0       0   0   0          -51
    Del Wilber          27    4    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    0  .000  .200  .000   0       0   0   0          -42
    Emil Verban         30    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0       0   0   0         -100

   *Howie Pollet        25   40   87    2   14   4  0   0    7   6   23  .161  .215  .207   0       2   0   7           18
   *Harry Brecheen      31   37   83    2   11   1  0   0    6   3   17  .133  .163  .145   0       4   0   1          -14
    Murry Dickson       29   47   65    8   18   5  1   0    6   1    6  .277  .288  .385   0       0   0   1           87
   *Al Brazle           32   37   52    5   11   0  0   0    2   0    2  .212  .212  .212   0       6   0   2           18
    Ken Burkhart        29   25   34    2    5   1  1   0    3   1    8  .147  .171  .235   0       1   0   0           13
    Johnny Beazley      28   19   33    2    8   1  0   0    4   2    9  .242  .286  .273   0       1   0   3           56
    Max Lanier          30    6   25    1    5   0  0   0    2   1    1  .200  .231  .200   0       1   0   0           21
    Ted Wilks           30   40   24    5    5   0  0   0    1   1    5  .208  .240  .208   0       0   0   0           26
    Red Barrett         31   23   17    1    1   0  0   0    1   1    4  .059  .111  .059   0       1   0   2          -52
    Red Munger          27   10   16    1    4   0  0   0    3   2    3  .250  .333  .250   0       0   0   0           64
    Fred Martin         31    6   11    0    3   0  0   0    0   0    1  .273  .273  .273   0       0   0   0           52
    Freddy Schmidt      30   16    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0       0   0   0         -100
    Blix Donnelly       32   13    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    0       1.000         0       0   0   0             
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.2  156 5372  712 1426 265 56  81  665 530  537  .265  .331  .381  58      95  21  97          106
    Rank among 8 NL teams          1    1    1   1  2   2        6    7     1     3     1   4                        
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP *Howie Pollet        25  40   2.10  21  10  5  32   7  22   4  266.0  228   84   62  12   86  107 1083   1   5  0     164
SP *Harry Brecheen      31  36   2.49  15  15  3  30   3  14   5  231.3  212   73   64   8   67  117  954   1   4  0     138
SP  Johnny Beazley      28  19   4.46   7   5  0  18   0   5   0  103.0  109   55   51   6   55   36  460   3   4  1      77
SP  Ken Burkhart        29  25   2.88   6   3  2  13   7   5   2  100.0  111   34   32   4   36   32  434   2   2  0     120
SP  Red Munger          27  10   3.33   2   2  1   7   1   2   0   48.7   47   19   18   0   12   28  199   1   0  0     104
SP *Max Lanier          30   6   1.93   6   0  0   6   0   6   2   56.0   45   13   12   1   19   36  221   0   1  0     179

RP  Ted Wilks           30  40   3.41   8   0  1   4  18   0   0   95.0   88   41   36  13   38   40  404   0   2  0     101
RP  Murry Dickson       29  47   2.88  15   6  1  19   9  12   2  184.3  160   71   59   8   56   82  756   3   4  0     120
RP *Al Brazle           32  37   3.29  11  10  0  15   8   6   2  153.3  152   69   56   1   55   58  651   5   2  0     105
RP  Freddy Schmidt      30  16   3.29   1   0  0   0   5   0   0   27.3   27   11   10   0   15   14  121   0   3  0     105

    Red Barrett         31  23   4.03   3   2  2   9   9   1   1   67.0   75   35   30   5   24   22  298   2   2  0      86
    Fred Martin         31   6   4.08   2   1  0   3   2   2   0   28.7   29   13   13   0    8   19  123   0   0  0      84
    Howie Krist         30  15   6.75   0   2  0   0   5   0   0   18.7   22   15   14   3    8    3   84   0   1  0      51
    Blix Donnelly       32  13   3.95   1   2  0   0   7   0   0   13.7   17    7    6   1   10   11   63   0   1  0      87
    Johnny Grodzicki    29   3   9.00   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    4.0    4    5    4   1    4    2   20   1   0  0      38
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.1 156   3.01  98  58 15 156  81  75  18 1397.0 1326  545  467  63  493  607 5871  19  31  1     115
    Rank among 8 NL teams           1   1   8  3           1   1      3    4    1        4    3    3

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- JGaragiola 70 260 25 3 6 .990 4 DRice 53 196 12 5 0 .977 1 CKluttz 49 177 24 4 4 .980 1 KO'Dea 22 99 14 1 0 .991 3 DWilber 4 13 0 0 0 1.000 1 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 156 745 75 13 10 .984 10 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .991 9.28 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- SMusial 114 1056 65 13 119 .989 9.83 DSisler 37 292 28 4 31 .988 8.65 HWalker 8 58 4 1 3 .984 7.75 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 156 1406 97 18 153 .988 9.68 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .970 5.09 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RSchoendien 128 340 354 11 87 .984 5.42 LKlein 23 58 60 3 18 .975 5.13 JCross 8 16 9 2 0 .926 3.12 NJones 3 2 2 1 1 .800 1.33 EDusak 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 1.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 156 417 426 17 107 .980 5.43 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .952 2.84 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- WKurowski 138 175 249 15 17 .966 3.07 RSchoendien 12 18 19 2 6 .949 3.08 EDusak 11 6 19 1 3 .962 2.27 JCross 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 156 199 288 18 26 .964 3.14 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .957 4.67 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MMarion 145 290 480 21 105 .973 5.31 JCross 17 25 40 2 10 .970 3.82 RSchoendien 4 5 6 0 3 1.000 2.75 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 156 320 526 23 118 .974 5.45 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .977 2.16 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- ESlaughter 156 284 23 6 6 .981 1.97 0 0 156 HWalker 92 215 11 6 2 .974 2.46 13 79 0 EDusak 77 139 12 1 1 .993 1.96 72 5 0 TMoore 66 158 5 3 0 .982 2.47 0 66 0 BAdams 58 95 1 1 1 .990 1.66 24 35 0 SMusial 42 110 4 2 0 .983 2.71 42 0 0 DSisler 29 42 3 2 0 .957 1.55 29 0 0 BEndicott 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 2 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 156 1047 59 21 10 .981 2.38 156 156 156 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .960 2.24 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- HPollet 40 8 59 4 9 .944 2.27 HBrecheen 36 11 50 1 6 .984 2.37 MDickson 47 13 52 1 5 .985 3.17 ABrazle 37 5 33 2 1 .950 2.23 JBeazley 19 10 16 1 1 .963 2.27 KBurkhart 25 1 15 2 1 .889 1.44 TWilks 40 2 16 1 3 .947 1.71 RBarrett 23 4 17 0 1 1.000 2.82 MLanier 6 1 10 0 1 1.000 1.77 RMunger 10 1 16 0 3 1.000 3.14 FMartin 6 2 7 1 1 .900 2.82 FSchmidt 16 1 7 0 0 1.000 2.64 HKrist 15 0 4 0 1 1.000 1.93 BDonnelly 13 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.66 JGrodzicki 3 0 2 1 0 .667 4.50 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 156 59 305 14 33 .963 2.35 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Musial .365 On-base % Musial .434 Slugging % Musial .587 OPS Musial 1.021 Games Musial and Slaughter 156 At Bats Musial 624 Plate Appearances (approx.) Musial 702 Runs Musial 124 Hits Musial 228 Total Bases Musial 366 Doubles Musial 50 Triples Musial 20 Home Runs Slaughter 18 RBI Slaughter 130 Bases on Balls Musial 73 Strikeouts Dusak 63 Stolen Bases Schoendienst and Walker 12 Singles Musial 142 Adjusted OPS+ Musial 183 Runs Created Musial 158 Adjusted Batting Runs Musial 69 Batting Wins Musial 7.1 Extra-Base Hits Musial 86 Times on Base Musial 304 Offensive Win% Musial .850 Hit By Pitch Kurowski 5 Sac. Hits Marion 15 Grounded into Double Plays Schoendienst 11 Power/Speed Number Slaughter 12.0 At Bats per Strikeout Schoendienst 22.4 At Bats per Home Run Slaughter 33.8 Outs Schoendienst 454

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Pollet 2.10 Wins Pollet 21 Won-Loss % Dickson .714 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Dickson 1.172 Hits Allowed/9IP Pollet 7.71 Bases on Balls/9IP Brecheen 2.61 Strikeouts/9IP Brecheen 4.55 Games Dickson 47 Saves Pollet 5 Innings Pollet 266.0 Strikeouts Brecheen 117 Games Started Pollet 32 Comp. Games Pollet 22 Shutouts Brecheen 5 Home Runs Allow. Wilks 13 Bases On Balls Allow. Pollet 86 Hits Allowed Pollet 228 SO to Walk Brecheen 1.75 Losses Brecheen 15 Earned Runs Allow. Brecheen 64 Wild Pitches Brazle 5 Hit Batsmen Pollet 5 Batters Faced Pollet 1083 Games Finished Wilks 18 Adjusted ERA+ Pollet 164

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Whitey Kurowski (Starting 3B)
Marty Marion (Starting SS)
Stan Musial (Starting LF)
Howie Pollet
Red Schoendienst (Starting 2B)
Enos Slaughter

1945/1947

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