1944 St. Louis Cardinals Statistics

1943 Season 1945 Season

Record: 105-49-3, Finished 1st in National League (Schedule and Results)

Postseason: Won World Series (4-2) over St. Louis Browns

Manager: Billy Southworth (105-49-3)

Ballpark: Sportsman's Park III

Attendance: 461,968 (5th of 8)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 99
One-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 97

Pythagorean W-L: 107-47, 772 Runs, 490 Runs Allowed

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	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	Walker Cooper	29	112	426	397	56	126	25	5	13	72	4	0	20	19	.317	.352	.504	.855	136	200	15	1	8		6
2	1B	Ray Sanders*	27	154	683	601	87	177	34	9	12	102	2	2	71	50	.295	.371	.441	.812	125	265	12	2	9		6
3	2B	Emil Verban	28	146	538	498	51	128	14	2	0	43	0	3	19	14	.257	.287	.293	.580	62	146	5	2	19		10
4	SS	Marty Marion	27	144	565	506	50	135	26	2	6	63	1	3	43	50	.267	.324	.362	.686	90	183	9	0	16		9
5	3B	Whitey Kurowski	26	149	625	555	95	150	25	7	20	87	2	6	58	40	.270	.341	.449	.790	118	249	12	2	10		5
6	OF	Stan Musial*	23	146	668	568	112	197	51	14	12	94	7	7	90	28	.347	.440	.549	.990	174	312	7	5	4		9
7	OF	Johnny Hopp*	27	139	592	527	106	177	35	9	11	72	15	5	58	47	.336	.404	.499	.903	150	263	6	2	4		0
8	OF	Danny Litwhiler	27	140	552	492	53	130	25	5	15	82	2	2	37	56	.264	.328	.427	.755	109	210	11	10	12		7
Rk	Pos	Name	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	C	Ken O'Dea*	31	85	310	265	35	66	11	2	6	37	1	0	37	29	.249	.343	.374	.717	99	99	2	1	7		6
10	OF	Augie Bergamo*	27	80	231	192	35	55	6	3	2	19	0	0	35	23	.286	.399	.380	.779	117	73	2	1	3		0
11	UT	Debs Garms*	37	73	164	149	17	30	3	0	0	5	0	1	13	8	.201	.265	.221	.487	36	33	2	0	2		2
12	MI	George Fallon	29	69	163	141	16	28	6	0	1	9	1	0	16	11	.199	.285	.262	.547	53	37	5	1	5		1
13	OF	Pepper Martin	40	40	102	86	15	24	4	0	2	4	2	1	15	11	.279	.386	.395	.781	118	34	3	0	1		1
14	IF	John Antonelli	28	8	21	21	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.190	.190	.238	.429	19	5	0	0	0		0
15	C	Bob Keely	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0		0
16	P	Mort Cooper	31	34	107	94	9	19	3	0	0	13	0	0	7	12	.202	.257	.234	.491	37	22	2	0	4		0
17	P	Max Lanier	28	33	87	77	11	14	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	2	.182	.222	.195	.417	17	15	1	0	6		0
18	P	Harry Brecheen*	29	31	81	68	8	11	0	1	0	4	0	0	9	12	.162	.260	.191	.451	27	13	1	0	4		0
19	P	Ted Wilks	28	36	75	64	6	9	2	0	0	6	0	0	5	15	.141	.203	.172	.375	5	11	0	0	6		0
20	P	Al Jurisich	22	30	49	45	2	8	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	13	.178	.196	.200	.396	10	9	0	0	1		0
21	P	Red Munger	25	21	44	44	2	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.114	.114	.136	.250	-31	6	0	0	0		0
22	P	Freddy Schmidt	28	37	36	34	3	7	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	16	.206	.229	.206	.434	21	7	0	0	1		0
23	P	Harry Gumbert	34	10	22	21	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	.190	.227	.190	.418	17	4	0	0	0		0
24	P	Blix Donnelly	30	27	21	16	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	.063	.211	.063	.273	-22	1	1	0	2		0
25	P	Bud Byerly	24	9	12	12	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.167	.167	.167	.333	-7	2	0	0	0		0
26	P	Bill Trotter	35	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
27	P	Mike Naymick	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0		0
		Team Totals	27.6	157	6175	5474	772	1507	274	59	100	722	37	30	543	471	.275	.344	.402	.745	107	2199	96	27	124		62
		Rank in 8 NL teams				1	1	1	1	2	1		6	2	2	3	1	1	1	1		1		2
		Non-Pitcher Totals	27.6	157	5640	4998	728	1427	266	58	100	690	37	30	512	390	.286	.355	.422	.777	115	2109	91	27	100		62
		Pitcher Totals	28.2	157	535	476	44	80	8	1	0	32	0	0	31	81	.168	.219	.189	.408	14	90	5	0	24		0
Rk	Pos	Name	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

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Mort Cooper	31	22	7	.759	2.46	34	33	1	22	7	1	252.1	227	74	69	6	60	9	97	5	1	0	1023	145	2.99	1.137	8.1	0.2	2.1	3.5	1.62
2	SP	Max Lanier*	28	17	12	.586	2.65	33	30	3	16	5	0	224.1	192	82	66	5	71	12	141	3	0	0	908	135	2.70	1.172	7.7	0.2	2.8	5.7	1.99
3	SP	Ted Wilks	28	17	4	.810	2.64	36	21	10	16	4	0	207.2	173	61	61	12	49	3	70	1	0	1	820	135	3.48	1.069	7.5	0.5	2.1	3.0	1.43
4	SP	Harry Brecheen*	29	16	5	.762	2.85	30	22	4	13	3	0	189.1	174	67	60	8	46	8	88	3	2	3	774	126	3.08	1.162	8.3	0.4	2.2	4.2	1.91
5	SP	Red Munger	25	11	3	.786	1.34	21	12	8	7	2	2	121.0	92	23	18	2	41	5	55	2	0	0	479	268	3.05	1.099	6.8	0.1	3.0	4.1	1.34
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
6	CL	Freddy Schmidt	28	7	3	.700	3.15	37	9	17	3	2	5	114.1	94	48	40	5	58	4	58	1	0	0	488	114	3.78	1.329	7.4	0.4	4.6	4.6	1.00
7	RP	Al Jurisich	22	7	9	.438	3.39	30	14	7	5	2	1	130.0	102	53	49	7	65	5	53	5	0	2	540	106	4.18	1.285	7.1	0.5	4.5	3.7	0.82
8	RP	Blix Donnelly	30	2	1	.667	2.12	27	4	12	2	1	2	76.1	61	26	18	2	34	3	45	2	0	3	322	169	3.26	1.245	7.2	0.2	4.0	5.3	1.32
9	RP	Bud Byerly	24	2	2	.500	3.40	9	4	3	2	0	0	42.1	37	18	16	2	20	2	13	0	1	4	184	106	4.10	1.346	7.9	0.4	4.3	2.8	0.65
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
10		Harry Gumbert	34	4	2	.667	2.49	10	7	1	3	0	1	61.1	60	23	17	1	19	0	16	0	0	0	255	144	3.30	1.288	8.8	0.1	2.8	2.3	0.84
11		Bill Trotter	35	0	1	.000	13.50	2	1	1	0	0	0	6.0	14	14	9	5	4	2	0	0	0	0	37	28	15.51	3.000	21.0	7.5	6.0	0.0	0.00
12		Mike Naymick	26	0	0		4.50	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	8	96	3.18	1.500	9.0	0.0	4.5	4.5	1.00
		Team Totals	28.1	105	49	.682	2.67	157	157	68	89	26	12	1427.0	1228	490	424	55	468	53	637	22	4	13	5838	134	3.32	1.189	7.7	0.3	3.0	4.0	1.36
		Rank in 8 NL teams		1	8		1				2	1	5	1	1	1	1	2	5		1
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W