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1948 St. Louis Cardinals (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1947/1949) 85-69, Finished 2nd in National League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 742 runs, Allowed 646 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 87-67 Managed by Eddie Dyer Ballpark: Sportsman's Park IV (ballparks.com) Attendance: 1,111,440 (6th of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 106, Pitching - 103   (one-year): Batting - 101, Pitching - 99   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. 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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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   Del Rice            25  100  290   24   57  10  1   4   34  37   46  .197  .298  .279   1       6   5   6           53
1B  Nippy Jones         23  132  481   58  122  21  9  10   81  36   45  .254  .307  .397   2      25   1   5           85
2B #Red Schoendienst    25  119  408   64  111  21  4   4   36  28   16  .272  .319  .373   1       6   0   2           82
3B  Don Lang            33  117  323   30   87  14  1   4   31  47   38  .269  .364  .356   2       3   1   8           91
SS  Marty Marion        30  144  567   70  143  26  4   4   43  37   54  .252  .298  .333   1      13   0   9           66
OF *Stan Musial         27  155  611  135  230  46 18  39  131  79   34  .376  .450  .702   7      18   3   1          200
OF *Enos Slaughter      32  146  549   91  176  27 11  11   90  81   29  .321  .409  .470   4      11   1   6          132
OF  Terry Moore         36   91  207   30   48  11  0   4   18  27   12  .232  .321  .343   0       4   0   6           75
    Erv Dusak           27  114  311   60   65   9  2   6   19  49   55  .209  .317  .309   3       2   0   5           66
   *Ron Northey         28   96  246   40   79  10  1  13   64  38   25  .321  .420  .528   0       8   4   0          149
    Ralph LaPointe      26   87  222   27   50   3  0   0   15  18   19  .225  .283  .239   1       1   0   5           39
    Whitey Kurowski     30   77  220   34   47   8  0   2   33  42   28  .214  .352  .277   0       3   5   3           68
    Bill Baker          37   45  119   13   35  10  1   0   15  15    7  .294  .373  .395   1       4   0   0          103
   *Babe Young          32   41  111   14   27   5  2   1   13  16    6  .243  .339  .351   0       3   0   0           82
    Del Wilber          29   27   58    5   11   2  0   0   10   4    9  .190  .242  .224   0       3   0   2           24
   *Joe Garagiola       22   24   56    9    6   1  0   2    7  12    9  .107  .275  .232   0       0   1   0           35
   *Hal Rice            24    8   31    3   10   1  2   0    3   2    4  .323  .364  .484   0       0   0   0          122
    Eddie Kazak         27    6   22    1    6   3  0   0    2   0    2  .273  .273  .409   0       1   0   0           78
    Joe Medwick         36   20   19    0    4   0  0   0    2   1    2  .211  .250  .211   0       1   0   0           23
    Chuck Diering       25    7    7    2    0   0  0   0    0   2    2  .000  .222  .000   1       1   0   0          -37
    Johnny Bucha        23    2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    0  .000  .500  .000   0       0   0   0           42
    Larry Miggins       22    1    1    1    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0       0   0   0         -100
   *Bobby Young         23    3    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0       0   0   0         -100
    Jeff Cross          29    2    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0                     0       0   0   0             

    Murry Dickson       31   43   96    7   27   2  0   0   11   1    1  .281  .289  .302   0       3   0   4           56
   *Harry Brecheen      33   33   82    4   12   1  1   0    2   5   20  .146  .205  .183   0       3   1   2            3
   *Howie Pollet        27   38   68    6    8   1  0   0    4   3    9  .118  .155  .132   0       2   0   5          -23
   *Al Brazle           34   45   55    5    8   1  0   0    7   1    9  .145  .161  .164   0       1   0   0          -14
    Red Munger          29   39   50    2    8   1  1   0    2   4   15  .160  .222  .220   0       2   0   2           17
    Ted Wilks           32   57   30    1    5   1  0   0    4   3    7  .167  .242  .200   0       0   0   3           18
    Jim Hearn           27   36   25    1    5   0  0   0    1   0    7  .200  .200  .200   0       1   0   1            6
   *Ken Johnson         25   20   20    2    6   2  0   0    1   0    7  .300  .300  .400   0       0   0   0           83
    Jerry Staley        27   31    9    1    2   0  0   1    1   1    2  .222  .300  .556   0       0   0   1          121
    Ken Burkhart        31   21    4    2    1   1  0   0    0   0    2  .250  .250  .500   0       0   0   0           94
    Al Papai            31   11    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0       0   0   0         -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.7  155 5302  742 1396 238 58 105  680 594  521  .263  .338  .389  24     125  22  76           99
    Rank among 8 NL teams          3    3    3   3  1   3        4    8     2     2     3   8                        
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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 *Harry Brecheen      33  33   2.24  20   7  1  30   1  21   7  233.3  193   62   58   6   49  149  931   2   2  1     182
SP  Murry Dickson       31  42   4.14  12  16  1  29   8  11   1  252.3  257  121  116  39   85  113 1064   1   0  0      98
SP *Howie Pollet        27  36   4.54  13   8  0  26   2  11   0  186.3  216  102   94  10   67   80  826   3   2  0      90
SP  Red Munger          29  39   4.50  10  11  0  25   3   7   2  166.0  179   91   83  13   74   72  738   2   1  0      91
SP *Al Brazle           34  42   3.80  10   6  1  23   9   6   2  156.3  171   77   66   8   50   55  673   2   0  1     107

CL  Ted Wilks           32  57   2.62   6   6 13   2  28   1   0  130.7  113   40   38   5   39   71  529   3   0  0     156
RP  Jerry Staley        27  31   6.92   4   4  0   3   9   0   0   52.0   61   44   40   5   21   23  237   1   0  0      59
RP  Jim Hearn           27  34   4.22   8   6  1  13  17   3   0   89.7   92   44   42   9   35   27  384   2   2  0      97
RP  Ken Burkhart        31  20   5.54   0   0  1   0   7   0   0   37.3   50   24   23   4   14   16  171   0   2  0      73
RP  Al Papai            31  10   5.06   0   1  0   0   7   0   0   16.0   14   10    9   3    7    8   67   1   0  0      80

   *Ken Johnson         25  13   4.76   2   4  0   4   2   0   0   45.3   43   27   24   1   30   20  198   2   1  0      85
    Erv Dusak           27   1   0.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    1.0    0    0    0   0    1    0    4   1   0  0        
    Ray Yochim          25   1   0.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    1.0    0    0    0   0    3    1    6   1   0  0        
    Clarence Beers      29   1  13.50   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    0.7    3    4    1   0    1    0    7   1   0  0      30
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 30.2 155   3.91  85  69 18 155  95  60  13 1368.0 1392  646  594 103  476  625 5835  22  10  2     104
    Rank among 8 NL teams           3   2   7  5           4   2      5    6    2        4    2    3

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

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- DRice 99 447 46 2 5 .996 3 BBaker 36 152 15 1 2 .994 3 DWilber 26 67 7 4 1 .949 2 JGaragiola 23 83 14 1 1 .990 0 JBucha 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 155 750 82 8 9 .990 8 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .990 8.94 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- NJones 128 1148 63 17 98 .986 9.46 BYoung 35 266 8 1 23 .996 7.83 SMusial 2 7 1 0 0 1.000 4.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 1421 72 18 121 .988 9.82 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .971 4.83 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RSchoendien 96 230 269 10 57 .980 5.20 RLaPointe 44 114 108 8 24 .965 5.05 EDusak 29 56 63 3 11 .975 4.10 DLang 2 5 3 1 2 .889 4.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 405 443 22 94 .975 5.58 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .941 2.81 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DLang 95 81 188 10 13 .964 2.83 WKurowski 65 55 100 10 7 .939 2.38 EDusak 9 6 12 1 0 .947 2.00 EKazak 6 7 11 2 2 .900 3.00 RLaPointe 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 BYoung 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 152 311 23 22 .953 3.05 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .959 4.59 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MMarion 142 263 445 19 80 .974 4.99 RLaPointe 25 28 50 4 12 .951 3.12 EDusak 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 292 497 23 92 .972 5.19 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .978 2.20 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- SMusial 155 347 10 7 3 .981 2.30 41 64 76 ESlaughter 146 330 9 10 1 .971 2.32 107 0 39 TMoore 71 131 2 1 0 .993 1.87 0 71 0 EDusak 68 128 3 1 2 .992 1.93 2 55 12 RNorthey 67 85 2 1 0 .989 1.30 0 0 67 HRice 8 16 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 8 0 0 CDiering 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 5 0 0 JMedwick 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 1 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 155 1041 27 20 6 .982 2.34 155 155 155 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .963 2.11 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MDickson 42 12 51 0 0 1.000 2.25 HBrecheen 33 5 45 0 2 1.000 1.93 HPollet 36 5 44 2 2 .961 2.37 RMunger 39 8 37 0 5 1.000 2.44 ABrazle 42 5 45 0 1 1.000 2.88 TWilks 57 6 19 0 1 1.000 1.72 JHearn 34 1 8 0 0 1.000 0.90 JStaley 31 0 15 1 1 .937 2.60 KJohnson 13 0 8 1 0 .889 1.59 KBurkhart 20 3 8 0 1 1.000 2.65 APapai 10 1 4 0 0 1.000 2.81 EDusak 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 RYochim 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 CBeers 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 46 284 4 13 .988 2.17 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Musial .376 On-base % Musial .450 Slugging % Musial .702 OPS Musial 1.152 Games Musial 155 At Bats Musial 611 Plate Appearances (approx.) Musial 694 Runs Musial 135 Hits Musial 230 Total Bases Musial 429 Doubles Musial 46 Triples Musial 18 Home Runs Musial 39 RBI Musial 131 Bases on Balls Slaughter 81 Strikeouts Dusak 55 Stolen Bases Musial 7 Singles Musial and Slaughter 127 Adjusted OPS+ Musial 200 Runs Created Musial 192 Adjusted Batting Runs Musial 87 Batting Wins Musial 8.4 Extra-Base Hits Musial 103 Times on Base Musial 312 Offensive Win% Musial .873 Hit By Pitch Kurowski and Rice 5 Sac. Hits Marion 9 Grounded into Double Plays Jones 25 Power/Speed Number Musial 11.9 At Bats per Strikeout Schoendienst 25.5 At Bats per Home Run Musial 15.7 Outs Marion 446

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Brecheen 2.24 Wins Brecheen 20 Won-Loss % Brecheen .741 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Brecheen 1.037 Hits Allowed/9IP Brecheen 7.44 Bases on Balls/9IP Brecheen 1.89 Strikeouts/9IP Brecheen 5.75 Games Wilks 57 Saves Wilks 13 Innings Dickson 252.3 Strikeouts Brecheen 149 Games Started Brecheen 30 Comp. Games Brecheen 21 Shutouts Brecheen 7 Home Runs Allow. Dickson 39 Bases On Balls Allow. Dickson 85 Hits Allowed Dickson 257 SO to Walk Brecheen 3.04 Losses Dickson 16 Earned Runs Allow. Dickson 116 Wild Pitches Pollet and Wilks 3 Hit Batsmen Brecheen, Burkhart, Hearn, and Pollet 2 Batters Faced Dickson 1064 Games Finished Wilks 28 Adjusted ERA+ Brecheen 182

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Harry Brecheen
Marty Marion
Stan Musial (Starting LF)
Red Schoendienst (Starting 2B)
Enos Slaughter (Starting RF)

1947/1949

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