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1953 St. Louis Cardinals (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1952/1954)
83-71, Finished 3rd in National League
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Scored 768 runs, Allowed 713 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 82-72
Managed by Eddie Stanky

Ballpark: Sportsman's Park IV (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 880,242 (3rd of 8)
Park Factors
  (multi-year):
Batting - 100, Pitching - 99
  (one-year): Batting - 102, Pitching - 101
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1953 Stats / Schedule (1952/1954) / Transactions

Game Results

Season Summary   83-71 , Final Rank: 3, GB:   22.0
Days in First:                   1 (last on April 22, counts the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day)

Most Games over  .500:          15 (last on September 13)
Most Games under .500:           1 (last on April 14)

Biggest Lead:                never led
Farthest Behind Leader:       22.0 (last on September 27)

Longest Winning Streak:          5 (June 10 to June 14 and June 16 to June 20)
Longest Losing Streak:           6 (July 12 to July 18)

Most Runs Allowed:              20 (August 30)
Most Runs Scored:               17 (September 13)

Times Shutout by Opponent:       7
Times Opponent Shutout:         11

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Overall        83  71     768     713    .539

Home/Road
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Home           48  30     418     323    .615
Road           35  41     350     390    .461

Month by Month
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
April           6   4      49      41    .600
May            17  11     156     128    .607
June           17  14     150     132    .548
July           13  15     135     147    .464
August         17  14     140     149    .548
September      13  13     138     116    .500

By Season Half
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
First Half     46  35     408     357    .568
Second Half    37  36     360     356    .507
One-Run Games
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
One Run        19  26     160     167    .422

Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Blowout        27  19     307     277    .587

Opponent
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
BRO             7  15     106     153    .318
CHC            11  11     117      96    .500
CIN            15   7     108      84    .682
MLN             9  13      87     102    .409
NYG            13   9     114     102    .591
PHI            11  11     105      90    .500
PIT            17   5     131      86    .773

Game Results

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
  1 Tue, Apr 14     STL @MLN  L   2-3        0-1     5     1.5  2:29 W Spahn                    34,357 -
  2 Thu, Apr 16     STL  CHC  W   3-0        1-1     3     1.0  1:41 H Haddix                   14,926 +
  3 Sun, Apr 19     STL  MLN  W   4-3        2-1     2     1.0  2:16 J Staley                    7,880 ++
  4 Mon, Apr 20     STL  MLN  W   9-4        3-1     2     0.5  2:13 J Presko                    4,391 +++
  5 Tue, Apr 21     STL  CIN  L   4-5        3-2     2     0.5  2:29 H Perkowski                 6,533 -
  6 Wed, Apr 22     STL  CIN  W   8-3        4-2     1    Tied  2:45 V Mizell                    7,382 +
  7 Sat, Apr 25     STL @CHC  L   6-10       4-3     2     2.0  2:25 P Minner                   13,435 -
  8 Sun, Apr 26     STL @CHC  L   5-7        4-4     4     3.5  2:46 J Klippstein                6,692 --
  9 Tue, Apr 28     STL @PHI  W   6-5        5-4     4     2.5  3:05 H Haddix                   12,281 +
 10 Wed, Apr 29     STL @PHI  W   1-0        6-4     3     1.5  2:25 A Brazle                   16,321 ++
 11 Thu, Apr 30     STL @PHI  -   1-1        6-4     3     1.5  1:34                            12,170 ++
 12 Fri, May  1     STL @NYG  W   3-2        7-4     3     1.0  2:10 J Staley                    3,123 +++
 13 Sun, May  3     STL @PIT  L   2-8        7-5     3     2.0  2:36 J Lindell                  26,001 -
 14 Mon, May  4     STL @PIT  W   5-0        8-5     3     2.0  2:38 V Mizell                   18,778 +
 15 Wed, May  6     STL @BRO  L   3-7        8-6     3     2.5  2:40 C Erskine                  18,178 -
 16 Fri, May  8     STL @CIN  W   5-3        9-6     3     2.0  2:34 J Staley                    9,869 +
 17 Sat, May  9     STL @CIN  W   4-2       10-6     3     1.5  2:22 H Haddix                    4,012 ++
 18 Sun, May 10     STL @CIN  L   2-4       10-7     4     2.5  2:01 B Church                          -
 19                 STL @CIN  L   2-5       10-8     4     2.5  2:59 K Raffensber               14,525 --
 20 Tue, May 12     STL  PHI  L   5-6       10-9     4     3.0  2:27 J Konstanty                 9,247 ---
 21 Thu, May 14     STL  BRO  W   8-3       11-9     4     2.5  2:27 J Staley                   17,653 +
 22 Fri, May 15     STL  BRO  W   9-3       12-9     4     2.5  2:28 H Haddix                   11,536 ++
 23 Sat, May 16     STL  NYG  W   5-2       13-9     3     2.5  2:13 V Mizell                   13,187 +++
 24 Sun, May 17     STL  NYG  L   6-9       13-10    4     3.0  3:07 J Hearn                    19,177 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 25 Mon, May 18     STL  NYG  L   6-8       13-11    4     3.0  3:08 A Corwin                    5,098 --
 26 Tue, May 19     STL  PIT  W   2-1       14-11    4     3.0  2:15 J Staley                    7,607 +
 27 Wed, May 20     STL  PIT  W  11-6       15-11    4     2.0  2:59 J Presko                    5,715 ++
 28 Thu, May 21     STL  CIN  W  11-9       16-11    3     1.0  2:40 A Brazle                    6,082 +++
 29 Fri, May 22     STL  CIN  W   4-2       17-11    2     0.5  2:18 V Mizell                    7,222 ++++
 30 Sat, May 23     STL  CIN  L   0-6       17-12    3     1.0  2:26 B Podbielan                 8,174 -
 31 Sun, May 24     STL  CIN  W   2-0       18-12    2     0.5  2:01 J Staley                   10,067 +
 32 Mon, May 25     STL @CHC  W  14-3       19-12    2     1.0  2:50 J Presko                    5,358 ++
 33 Tue, May 26     STL @CHC  W   6-3       20-12    2     1.5  2:43 H Haddix                          +++
 34                 STL @CHC  L   2-3       20-13    2     1.5  2:07 T Lown                     13,075 -
 35 Wed, May 27     STL @CIN  W   6-3       21-13    2     1.5  2:19 M Clark                     5,309 +
 36 Thu, May 28     STL @CIN  -  10-10      21-13    2     1.5  3:18                             5,219 +
 37 Fri, May 29     STL  MLN  W  11-7       22-13    2     0.5  2:31 J Staley                    6,366 ++
 38 Sat, May 30     STL  MLN  L   2-5       22-14    3     2.5  2:58 W Spahn                           -
 39                 STL  MLN  L   4-6       22-15    3     2.5  3:08 B Buhl                     30,105 --
 40 Sun, May 31     STL  CHC  W   6-2       23-15    3     2.5  2:15 H Haddix                   12,189 +
 41 Tue, Jun  2     STL @PHI  L   0-5       23-16    3     3.0  1:59 R Roberts                  15,064 -
 42 Wed, Jun  3     STL @PHI  W   5-3       24-16    3     3.5  2:31 V Mizell                   31,104 +
 43                 STL @PHI  L   5-6       24-17    3     3.5  2:52 S Ridzik                   31,104 -
 44 Thu, Jun  4     STL @PHI  L   5-6       24-18    4     3.5  3:15 S Ridzik                    8,994 --
 45 Fri, Jun  5     STL @BRO  L   4-5       24-19    4     4.5  2:18 J Black                    28,976 ---
 46 Sat, Jun  6     STL @BRO  L   4-5       24-20    4     5.0       C Labine                   17,148 ----
 47 Sun, Jun  7     STL @BRO  L   1-10      24-21    4     6.0  2:35 C Erskine                  16,752 -----
 48 Mon, Jun  8     STL @PIT  W   5-3       25-21    4     6.0  3:31 A Brazle                    7,643 +
 49 Tue, Jun  9     STL @PIT  L   4-7       25-22    4     7.0  2:30 B Hall                      1,894 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 50 Wed, Jun 10     STL @PIT  W   5-1       26-22    4     7.0  2:29 J Presko                    8,937 +
 51 Thu, Jun 11     STL @PIT  W   5-3       27-22    4     6.0  2:26 S Miller                    2,178 ++
 52 Fri, Jun 12     STL @NYG  W   3-1       28-22    4     6.0  2:25 J Staley                   23,529 +++
 53 Sun, Jun 14     STL @NYG  W   1-0       29-22    4     6.0  2:14 H Haddix                          ++++
 54                 STL @NYG  W   9-4       30-22    4     6.0  2:42 V Mizell                   21,615 +++++
 55 Mon, Jun 15     STL @NYG  L   2-3       30-23    4     6.0  2:11 J Hearn                     4,413 -
 56 Tue, Jun 16     STL  BRO  W   6-5       31-23    3     6.5  2:34 H White                    28,974 +
 57 Wed, Jun 17     STL  BRO  W   9-3       32-23    3     6.5  2:59 J Staley                   24,027 ++
 58 Thu, Jun 18     STL  BRO  W  12-4       33-23    3     6.0  2:36 H Haddix                   15,271 +++
 59 Fri, Jun 19     STL  PIT  W  10-2       34-23    3     5.0  2:54 V Mizell                    7,552 ++++
 60 Sat, Jun 20     STL  PIT  W   2-1       35-23    3     5.0  2:42 J Presko                    9,019 +++++
 61 Sun, Jun 21     STL  PIT  L   2-5       35-24    3     5.0  2:33 M Dickson                  10,451 -
 62 Mon, Jun 22     STL  PIT  W   6-3       36-24    3     4.5  2:58 J Staley                    5,625 +
 63 Tue, Jun 23     STL  NYG  W  15-8       37-24    3     3.5  2:41 H Haddix                   12,019 ++
 64 Wed, Jun 24     STL  NYG  L   0-3       37-25    3     3.5  2:42 S Maglie                   12,034 -
 65 Thu, Jun 25     STL  NYG  L   4-9       37-26    3     3.5  2:58 H Wilhelm                   5,846 --
 66 Fri, Jun 26     STL  PHI  W   7-0       38-26    3     2.5  2:19 S Miller                   11,317 +
 67 Sat, Jun 27     STL  PHI  W   7-4       39-26    3     1.0  2:23 J Staley                    7,407 ++
 68                 STL  PHI  W   4-3       40-26    3     1.0  2:26 H Haddix                   17,075 +++
 69 Sun, Jun 28     STL  PHI  L   3-4       40-27    3     2.0  3:00 J Konstanty                17,710 -
 70 Mon, Jun 29     STL  CHC  L   2-6       40-28    3     2.5  2:27 P Minner                    8,857 --
 71 Tue, Jun 30     STL  CHC  L   3-10      40-29    3     2.5  2:55 H Pollet                    8,719 ---
 72 Wed, Jul  1     STL  CHC  W  10-5       41-29    3     2.5  2:30 J Staley                    8,173 +
 73 Fri, Jul  3     STL @CHC  L   3-10      41-30    3     3.5  2:44 D Leonard                  10,623 -
 74 Sat, Jul  4     STL @CHC  W   7-3       42-30    3     3.5  2:35 H White                           +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 75                 STL @CHC  L   4-5       42-31    3     3.5  2:09 B Church                   33,546 -
 76 Sun, Jul  5     STL @MLN  L   0-4       42-32    3     3.0  2:57 W Spahn                           --
 77                 STL @MLN  W   4-1       43-32    3     3.0  2:05 S Miller                   34,251 +
 78 Tue, Jul  7     STL @CIN  W   7-6       44-32    3     4.0  3:07 H White                    12,245 ++
 79 Wed, Jul  8     STL @CIN  W   7-3       45-32    3     4.0  2:42 V Mizell                   10,381 +++
 80 Fri, Jul 10     STL  MLN  L   2-5       45-33    3     3.5  2:31 W Spahn                    22,664 -
 81 Sat, Jul 11     STL  MLN  W   5-0       46-33    3     2.5  2:10 S Miller                   25,219 +
 82 Sun, Jul 12     STL  MLN  L   1-10      46-34    3     4.0  2:28 J Antonelli                       -
 83                 STL  MLN  L   3-4       46-35    3     4.0  2:27 B Buhl                     31,030 --
 84 Thu, Jul 16     STL @BRO  L   2-9       46-36    4     5.0  2:43 P Roe                      22,029 ---
 85 Fri, Jul 17     STL @BRO  L   0-14      46-37    4     7.0  2:44 J Podres                          ----
 86                 STL @BRO  L   4-7       46-38    4     7.0  2:32 C Erskine                  29,793 -----
 87 Sat, Jul 18     STL @BRO  L   6-14      46-39    5     8.0  3:06 B Wade                     10,065 ------
 88 Sun, Jul 19     STL @PIT  W   8-2       47-39    5     8.0  2:31 H Haddix                          +
 89                 STL @PIT  L   4-6       47-40    5     8.0  2:39 P LaPalme                   9,045 -
 90 Mon, Jul 20     STL @PIT  W   9-4       48-40    4     8.0  2:39 C Chambers                  2,105 +
 91 Tue, Jul 21     STL @NYG  W  10-6       49-40    4     8.0  2:51 J Staley                   16,340 ++
 92 Wed, Jul 22     STL @NYG  L   5-6       49-41    4     9.5  3:02 D Koslo                     7,826 -
 93 Fri, Jul 24     STL @PHI  L   1-2       49-42    5     9.5  2:35 B Miller                   15,953 --
 94 Sat, Jul 25     STL @PHI  L   0-3       49-43    5    10.5  2:11 R Roberts                  27,003 ---
 95 Sun, Jul 26     STL @PHI  W   8-6       50-43    5    11.0  2:32 A Brazle                   14,436 +
 96 Tue, Jul 28     STL  PIT  W   6-4       51-43    4    11.0  2:10 C Chambers                  7,973 ++
 97 Wed, Jul 29     STL  PIT  W   8-2       52-43    4    11.0  2:29 H Haddix                    7,418 +++
 98 Thu, Jul 30     STL  PIT  W  10-4       53-43    4    10.0  2:31 E Erautt                    3,402 ++++
 99 Fri, Jul 31     STL  BRO  L   1-2       53-44    4    11.0  2:31 C Erskine                  24,918 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
100 Sat, Aug  1     STL  BRO  L   4-11      53-45    4    12.0  2:41 P Roe                      32,471 --
101 Sun, Aug  2     STL  BRO  W  10-1       54-45    4    11.0  2:13 H Haddix                   29,013 +
102 Mon, Aug  3     STL  PHI  W   8-3       55-45    3    11.0  2:58 V Mizell                   11,580 ++
103 Tue, Aug  4     STL  PHI  L   1-8       55-46    4    11.5  2:21 R Roberts                  12,636 -
104 Wed, Aug  5     STL  PHI  L   3-7       55-47    4    11.5  2:31 B Miller                    8,538 --
105 Thu, Aug  6     STL  PHI  W   2-0       56-47    4    11.0  2:06 H Haddix                    9,073 +
106 Fri, Aug  7     STL  NYG  W   2-1       57-47    4    11.0  2:26 V Mizell                    9,885 ++
107 Sat, Aug  8     STL  NYG  W   8-3       58-47    3    11.0  2:27 J Staley                   14,636 +++
108 Sun, Aug  9     STL  NYG  W   6-2       59-47    3    11.0  2:37 J Presko                   17,880 ++++
109 Mon, Aug 10     STL @MLN  L   2-8       59-48    3    11.5  2:35 W Spahn                    34,950 -
110 Tue, Aug 11     STL @MLN  W   4-3       60-48    3    11.5  2:29 S Miller                   34,436 +
111 Wed, Aug 12     STL @MLN  L   2-8       60-49    4    13.0  2:50 E Johnson                         -
112                 STL @MLN  L   3-5       60-50    4    13.0  2:12 L Burdette                 36,241 --
113 Fri, Aug 14     STL @CIN  L   1-2       60-51    4    14.0  2:41 J Nuxhall                   7,945 ---
114 Sat, Aug 15     STL @CIN  W  10-4       61-51    4    14.0  2:43 H Haddix                   11,234 +
115 Sun, Aug 16     STL @CIN  L   2-3       61-52    3    15.0  2:12 J Collum                          -
116                 STL @CIN  W   6-2       62-52    3    15.0  2:51 S Miller                   18,717 +
117 Tue, Aug 18     STL  CHC  W   5-1       63-52    3    15.5  2:18 J Staley                    9,946 ++
118 Wed, Aug 19     STL  CHC  L   3-5       63-53    3    16.5  2:30 W Hacker                   14,377 -
119 Thu, Aug 20     STL  CHC  W   5-3       64-53    3    16.5  2:30 V Mizell                    5,041 +
120 Fri, Aug 21     STL  CIN  W   4-0       65-53    3    15.5  2:54 H Haddix                    8,646 ++
121 Sat, Aug 22     STL  CIN  W   5-4       66-53    3    15.5  2:16 A Brazle                   10,921 +++
122 Sun, Aug 23     STL  CIN  L   3-5       66-54    4    17.0  2:06 K Raffensber               10,554 -
123 Tue, Aug 25     STL @NYG  L   0-3       66-55    4    17.0  1:55 R Gomez                         0 --
124                 STL @NYG  W   9-2       67-55    4    17.0  2:01 J Staley                   15,363 +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
125 Wed, Aug 26     STL @NYG  L   4-13      67-56    4    17.0  2:49 J Hearn                     4,235 -
126 Thu, Aug 27     STL @NYG  W   6-3       68-56    4    17.0  2:54 E Erautt                    3,469 +
127 Fri, Aug 28     STL @PIT  W  10-9       69-56    4    17.0  2:50 H White                     7,021 ++
128 Sat, Aug 29     STL @PIT  W   5-4       70-56    3    17.0  2:30 V Mizell                    3,145 +++
129 Sun, Aug 30     STL @BRO  L   4-20      70-57    4    18.0  3:04 C Erskine                  16,781 -
130 Mon, Aug 31     STL @BRO  L   3-6       70-58    4    19.0  2:09 B Milliken                 17,471 --
131 Tue, Sep  1     STL @BRO  L   5-12      70-59    4    20.0  2:59 P Roe                       5,449 ---
132 Wed, Sep  2     STL @PHI  W  10-7       71-59    4    19.0  3:09 H White                    11,964 +
133 Thu, Sep  3     STL @PHI  L   1-2       71-60    4    19.0  2:06 C Simmons                   8,151 -
134 Fri, Sep  4     STL @MLN  W   4-2       72-60    4    19.0  2:18 S Miller                   34,092 +
135 Sat, Sep  5     STL @MLN  W   7-5       73-60    4    19.0  2:40 C Chambers                 27,722 ++
136 Sun, Sep  6     STL @MLN  L   1-3       73-61    4    20.0  2:06 B Buhl                            -
137                 STL @MLN  -   3-3       73-61    4    20.0  2:11                            32,837 -
138 Mon, Sep  7     STL  CIN  W   4-3       74-61    3    20.0  2:31 A Brazle                          +
139                 STL  CIN  W   1-0       75-61    3    20.0  2:01 H Haddix                   15,530 ++
140 Wed, Sep  9     STL  NYG  L   3-8       75-62    3    21.0  2:24 D Koslo                     7,487 -
141 Thu, Sep 10     STL  NYG  W   7-6       76-62    3    20.0  2:54 H White                     2,927 +
142 Fri, Sep 11     STL  PIT  W   5-3       77-62    3    19.0  2:24 V Mizell                    4,728 ++
143 Sat, Sep 12     STL  PIT  L   7-8       77-63    3    20.0  3:17 M Dickson                   4,119 -
144 Sun, Sep 13     STL  PHI  W  17-3       78-63    3    19.0  2:59 H Haddix                   11,841 +
145 Mon, Sep 14     STL  PHI  L   5-6       78-64    3    19.0  2:57 J Lindell                   5,214 -
146 Tue, Sep 15     STL  BRO  L   3-4       78-65    3    20.0  2:08 C Labine                   16,143 --
147 Wed, Sep 16     STL  BRO  W   5-4       79-65    3    19.0  2:12 J Staley                   16,733 +
148 Thu, Sep 17     STL  BRO  L   3-4       79-66    3    20.0  2:05 C Erskine                   9,363 -
149 Sat, Sep 19     STL  CHC  L   2-5       79-67    3    21.0  3:23 J Klippstein                6,832 --

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
150 Sun, Sep 20     STL  CHC  W  11-6       80-67    3    20.5  2:13 J Staley                    8,569 +
151 Mon, Sep 21     STL  CHC  W   4-0       81-67    3    20.0  2:02 H Haddix                    3,112 ++
152 Tue, Sep 22     STL  MLN  L   3-4       81-68    3    20.5  2:17 L Burdette                        -
153                 STL  MLN  W  10-7       82-68    3    20.5  2:52 E Erautt                   11,599 +
154 Wed, Sep 23     STL  MLN  L   1-2       82-69    3    21.0  2:28 W Spahn                     6,439 -
155 Fri, Sep 25     STL @CHC  W  11-2       83-69    3    21.0  2:27 H Haddix                    2,706 +
156 Sat, Sep 26     STL @CHC  L   3-4       83-70    3    21.0  2:01 W Hacker                    6,308 -
157 Sun, Sep 27     STL @CHC  L   2-3       83-71    3    22.0  2:59 P Minner                   13,378 --

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