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1948 St. Louis Cardinals

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1947 / 1949

85-69, Finished 2nd in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Eddie Dyer (85-69)
Scored 742 runs, Allowed 646 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 87-67

Ballparks: Sportsman's Park III · Attendance: 1,111,440 (6th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 106, Pitching - 103 · one-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 98


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1947 / 1949 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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 Del Rice 25 100 338 290 24 57 10 1 4 34 1 37 46 .197 .298 .279 .578 53 81 6 5 6
2 1B Nippy Jones 23 132 523 481 58 122 21 9 10 81 2 36 45 .254 .307 .397 .704 85 191 25 1 5
3 2B Red Schoendienst# 25 119 438 408 64 111 21 4 4 36 1 28 16 .272 .319 .373 .691 82 152 6 0 2
4 SS Marty Marion 30 144 613 567 70 143 26 4 4 43 1 37 54 .252 .298 .333 .631 66 189 13 0 9
5 3B Don Lang 33 117 379 323 30 87 14 1 4 31 2 47 38 .269 .364 .356 .720 91 115 3 1 8
6 OF Stan Musial* 27 155 694 611 135 230 46 18 39 131 7 79 34 .376 .450 .702 1.152 200 429 18 3 1
7 OF Enos Slaughter* 32 146 637 549 91 176 27 11 11 90 4 81 29 .321 .409 .470 .879 131 258 11 1 6
8 OF Terry Moore 36 91 240 207 30 48 11 0 4 18 0 27 12 .232 .321 .343 .664 75 71 4 0 6
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 UT Erv Dusak 27 114 365 311 60 65 9 2 6 19 3 49 55 .209 .317 .309 .625 66 96 2 0 5
10 OF Ron Northey* 28 96 288 246 40 79 10 1 13 64 0 38 25 .321 .420 .528 .949 149 130 8 4 0
11 3B Whitey Kurowski 30 77 270 220 34 47 8 0 2 33 0 42 28 .214 .352 .277 .629 68 61 3 5 3
12 MI Ralph LaPointe 26 87 245 222 27 50 3 0 0 15 1 18 19 .225 .283 .239 .522 39 53 1 0 5
13 C Bill Baker 37 45 134 119 13 35 10 1 0 15 1 15 7 .294 .373 .395 .768 103 47 4 0 0
14 1B Babe Young* 32 41 127 111 14 27 5 2 1 13 0 16 6 .243 .339 .351 .690 82 39 3 0 0
15 C Joe Garagiola* 22 24 69 56 9 6 1 0 2 7 0 12 9 .107 .275 .232 .508 35 13 0 1 0
16 C Del Wilber 29 27 64 58 5 11 2 0 0 10 0 4 9 .190 .242 .224 .466 24 13 3 0 2
17 OF Hal Rice* 24 8 33 31 3 10 1 2 0 3 0 2 4 .323 .364 .484 .848 122 15 0 0 0
18 3B Eddie Kazak 27 6 22 22 1 6 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 .273 .273 .409 .682 78 9 1 0 0
19 OF Joe Medwick 36 20 20 19 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 .211 .250 .211 .461 23 4 1 0 0
20 OF Chuck Diering 25 7 9 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 .000 .222 .000 .222 -37 0 1 0 0
21 C Johnny Bucha 23 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 42 0 0 0 0
22 3B Bobby Young* 23 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
23 Larry Miggins 22 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
24 Jeff Cross 29 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 P Murry Dickson 31 43 101 96 7 27 2 0 0 11 0 1 1 .281 .289 .302 .591 56 29 3 0 4
26 P Harry Brecheen* 33 33 90 82 4 12 1 1 0 2 0 5 20 .146 .205 .183 .387 3 15 3 1 2
27 P Howie Pollet* 27 38 76 68 6 8 1 0 0 4 0 3 9 .118 .155 .132 .287 -23 9 2 0 5
28 P Red Munger 29 39 56 50 2 8 1 1 0 2 0 4 15 .160 .222 .220 .442 17 11 2 0 2
29 P Al Brazle* 34 45 56 55 5 8 1 0 0 7 0 1 9 .145 .161 .164 .324 -14 9 1 0 0
30 P Ted Wilks 32 57 36 30 1 5 1 0 0 4 0 3 7 .167 .242 .200 .442 18 6 0 0 3
31 P Jim Hearn 27 36 26 25 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 .200 .200 .200 .400 6 5 1 0 1
32 P Ken Johnson* 25 20 20 20 2 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 7 .300 .300 .400 .700 83 8 0 0 0
33 P Gerry Staley 27 31 11 9 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 .222 .300 .556 .856 121 5 0 0 1
34 P Ken Burkhart 31 21 4 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .500 .750 94 2 0 0 0
35 P Al Papai 31 11 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
36 P Clarence Beers 29 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 P Ray Yochim 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 28.7 155 5990 5302 742 1396 238 58 105 680 24 590 523 .263 .340 .389 .729 92 2065 125 22 76
Rank in 8 NL teams 3 3 3 3 1 3 8 1 4 8 2 2 3 3 3 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 Murry Dickson 31 12 16 .429 4.14 42 29 8 11 1 1 252.1 257 121 116 39 85 113 0 0 1 1064 99 1.355 9.2 1.4 3.0 4.0 1.33
2 SP Harry Brecheen* 33 20 7 .741 2.24 33 30 1 21 7 1 233.1 193 62 58 6 49 149 2 1 2 931 182 1.037 7.4 0.2 1.9 5.7 3.04
3 SP Howie Pollet* 27 13 8 .619 4.54 36 26 2 11 0 0 186.1 216 102 94 10 67 80 2 0 3 826 90 1.519 10.4 0.5 3.2 3.9 1.19
4 SP Red Munger 29 10 11 .476 4.50 39 25 3 7 2 0 166.0 179 91 83 13 74 72 1 0 2 738 91 1.524 9.7 0.7 4.0 3.9 0.97
5 SP Al Brazle* 34 10 6 .625 3.80 42 23 9 6 2 1 156.1 171 77 66 8 50 55 0 1 2 673 107 1.414 9.8 0.5 2.9 3.2 1.10
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 Ted Wilks 32 6 6 .500 2.62 57 2 28 1 0 13 130.2 113 40 38 5 39 71 0 0 3 529 156 1.163 7.8 0.3 2.7 4.9 1.82
7 RP Jim Hearn 27 8 6 .571 4.22 34 13 17 3 0 1 89.2 92 44 42 9 35 27 2 0 2 384 97 1.416 9.2 0.9 3.5 2.7 0.77
8 RP Gerry Staley 27 4 4 .500 6.92 31 3 9 0 0 0 52.0 61 44 40 5 21 23 0 0 1 237 59 1.577 10.6 0.9 3.6 4.0 1.10
9 RP Ken Johnson* 25 2 4 .333 4.76 13 4 2 0 0 0 45.1 43 27 24 1 30 20 1 0 2 198 86 1.610 8.5 0.2 6.0 4.0 0.67
10 RP Ken Burkhart 31 0 0 5.54 20 0 7 0 0 1 37.1 50 24 23 4 14 16 2 0 0 171 74 1.714 12.1 1.0 3.4 3.9 1.14
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
11 Al Papai 31 0 1 .000 5.06 10 0 7 0 0 0 16.0 14 10 9 3 7 8 0 0 1 67 82 1.313 7.9 1.7 3.9 4.5 1.14
12 Erv Dusak 27 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 1.000 0.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
13 Ray Yochim 25 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 6 3.000 0.0 0.0 27.0 9.0 0.33
14 Clarence Beers 29 0 0 13.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 3 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 7 47 6.000 40.5 0.0 13.5 0.0 0.00
Team Totals 30.4 85 69 .552 3.91 155 155 95 60 12 18 1368.0 1392 646 594 103 476 635 10 2 22 5835 105 1.365 9.2 0.7 3.1 4.2 1.33
Rank in 8 NL teams 2 7 3 4 2 5 5 6 2 3 4 2 3
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% PO Pos. Summary
Bill Baker 37 36 33 27 168 152 15 1 2 .994 4.64 3 4 6 60% C
Clarence Beers 29 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Al Brazle 34 42 23 6 50 5 45 0 1 1.000 1.19 P
Harry Brecheen 33 33 30 21 50 5 45 0 2 1.000 1.52 P
Johnny Bucha 23 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 0 0 C
Ken Burkhart 31 20 0 0 11 3 8 0 1 1.000 0.55 P
Murry Dickson 31 42 29 11 63 12 51 0 0 1.000 1.50 P
Chuck Diering 25 5 2 2 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 OF
Erv Dusak 27 100 74 61 276 191 80 5 13 .982 2.51 P-OF-2B-3B-SS
Joe Garagiola 22 23 17 14 98 83 14 1 1 .990 4.22 0 7 5 42% C
Jim Hearn 27 34 13 3 9 1 8 0 0 1.000 0.26 P
Ken Johnson 25 13 4 0 9 0 8 1 0 .889 0.62 P
Nippy Jones 23 128 124 119 1228 1148 63 17 98 .986 9.46 1B
Eddie Kazak 27 6 5 5 20 7 11 2 2 .900 3.00 3B
Whitey Kurowski 30 65 62 49 165 55 100 10 7 .939 2.38 3B
Don Lang 33 96 82 76 288 86 191 11 15 .962 2.86 3B-2B
Ralph LaPointe 26 69 48 44 313 143 158 12 36 .962 4.30 2B-SS-3B
Marty Marion 30 142 142 129 727 263 445 19 80 .974 4.99 SS
Joe Medwick 36 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 OF
Terry Moore 36 71 47 44 134 131 2 1 0 .993 1.87 OF
Red Munger 29 39 25 7 45 8 37 0 5 1.000 1.15 P
Stan Musial 27 155 155 119 372 354 11 7 3 .981 2.32 OF-1B
Ron Northey 28 67 64 25 88 85 2 1 0 .989 1.30 OF
Al Papai 31 10 0 0 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 0.50 P
Howie Pollet 27 36 26 11 51 5 44 2 2 .961 1.36 P
Del Rice 25 99 90 73 495 447 46 2 5 .996 4.98 3 9 17 65% C
Hal Rice 24 8 8 7 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 OF
Red Schoendienst 25 96 95 87 509 230 269 10 57 .980 5.20 2B
Enos Slaughter 32 146 146 145 349 330 9 10 1 .971 2.32 OF
Gerry Staley 27 31 3 0 16 0 15 1 1 .938 0.48 P
Del Wilber 29 26 15 13 78 67 7 4 1 .949 2.85 2 0 3 100% C
Ted Wilks 32 57 2 1 25 6 19 0 1 1.000 0.44 P
Ray Yochim 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Babe Young 32 35 31 27 275 266 8 1 23 .996 7.83 1B
Bobby Young 23 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 3B
Team Totals 28.8 155 1395 1126 5941 4107 1716 118 357 .980 3.33 8 20 31 61%
Rank in 8 NL teams 8 4 1
Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary
Bill Baker 37 134 2 0 0 0 0 1 5 8 0.8 8 0.8 0.0 $ 2
Al Brazle* 34 56 -9 0 0 0 0 4 2 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ Traded 1
Harry Brecheen* 33 90 -11 0 0 0 0 7 3 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Purchased 1
Johnny Bucha 23 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent /2
Ken Burkhart 31 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
Murry Dickson 31 101 -5 0 0 0 0 7 4 6 0.5 6 0.6 -0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Chuck Diering 25 9 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent /8O
Erv Dusak 27 365 -13 2 0 0 -4 0 13 -2 -0.2 2 0.2 -0.4 $ Amateur Free Agent O849/5716
Joe Garagiola* 22 69 -5 0 0 0 0 1 3 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent 2
Jim Hearn 27 26 -3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Ken Johnson* 25 20 -1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Nippy Jones 23 523 -9 0 0 0 -6 -6 19 -2 -0.2 4 0.4 -0.6 $ Amateur Free Agent *3
Eddie Kazak 27 22 -1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ Unknown /5
Whitey Kurowski 30 270 -7 0 0 0 -1 0 10 2 0.2 3 0.3 -0.1 $ 5
Don Lang 33 379 -1 -2 0 0 3 0 14 14 1.4 11 1.1 0.3 $ Traded 5/4
Ralph LaPointe 26 245 -17 0 0 0 -2 4 9 -6 -0.7 -4 -0.4 -0.3 $ Traded 46/5
Marty Marion 30 613 -24 1 0 0 5 9 21 12 1.1 7 0.7 0.4 $ Amateur Free Agent *6
Joe Medwick 36 20 -2 0 0 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Free Agency /O
Larry Miggins 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Waivers
Terry Moore 36 240 -6 0 0 0 -6 0 9 -3 -0.4 3 0.3 -0.7 $ 8O
Red Munger 29 56 -6 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Stan Musial* 27 694 87 2 0 0 5 -6 23 111 11.5 106 11.0 0.5 $37,500 Amateur Free Agent *O987/3
Ron Northey* 28 288 19 -1 0 0 -5 -3 11 21 2.2 26 2.7 -0.5 $ Traded O9
Al Papai 31 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Howie Pollet* 27 76 -11 0 0 0 0 5 3 -3 -0.4 -3 -0.3 -0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Del Rice 25 338 -17 -1 0 0 2 3 12 -1 -0.2 -3 -0.3 0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent 2
Hal Rice* 24 33 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent /7O
Red Schoendienst# 25 438 -8 2 0 0 2 4 16 16 1.6 14 1.5 0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent 4
Enos Slaughter* 32 637 30 0 0 0 4 -7 21 48 5.0 44 4.6 0.4 $ Amateur Free Agent *O79
Gerry Staley 27 11 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ MinorLg Draft 1
Del Wilber 29 64 -6 0 0 0 -1 1 2 -4 -0.4 -3 -0.3 -0.1 $ MinorLg Draft 2
Ted Wilks 32 36 -3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Babe Young* 32 127 -2 0 0 0 -2 -2 5 -1 -0.1 1 0.1 -0.2 $ Traded 3
Bobby Young* 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent /5
Team Total 28.7 5990 -30 3 0 0 -7 32 213 211 21.1 218 22.6 -1.5 $37,500
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired
Clarence Beers 29 0.2 0 4 0 0 1.0 -4 -0.4 $
Al Brazle* 34 156.1 23 77 91 -1 1.0 14 1.8 $ Traded
Harry Brecheen* 33 233.1 30 62 137 -1 1.0 75 8.0 $ Purchased
Ken Burkhart 31 37.1 0 24 22 0 1.0 -2 -0.1 $
Murry Dickson 31 252.1 29 121 148 -1 1.0 27 3.2 $ Amateur Free Agent
Erv Dusak 27 1.0 0 0 1 0 1.0 1 0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent
Jim Hearn 27 89.2 13 44 52 0 1.0 8 1.0 $ Amateur Free Agent
Ken Johnson* 25 45.1 4 27 27 0 1.0 0 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent
Red Munger 29 166.0 25 91 97 -1 1.0 6 1.0 $ Amateur Free Agent
Al Papai 31 16.0 0 10 9 0 1.0 -1 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent
Howie Pollet* 27 186.1 26 102 109 -1 1.0 7 1.1 $ Amateur Free Agent
Gerry Staley 27 52.0 3 44 30 0 1.0 -14 -1.3 $ MinorLg Draft
Ted Wilks 32 130.2 2 40 76 0 1.0 36 4.0 $ Amateur Free Agent
Ray Yochim 25 1.0 0 0 1 0 1.0 1 0.1 $
Team Total 30.4 1368.0 155 646 800 -5 1.0 154 18.5 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1947 / 1949 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics