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1943 St. Louis Cardinals (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1942/1944) 105-49, Finished 1st in National League View League Standings and Leaders Won NL Pennant Scored 679 runs, Allowed 475 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 101-53 Managed by Billy Southworth Ballpark: Sportsman's Park IV (ballparks.com) Attendance: 517,135 (4th of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 105, Pitching - 100   (one-year): Batting - 105, Pitching - 101   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. Postseason:   Lost World Series (4-1) to New York Yankees 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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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1943 Stats (1942/1944) / Schedule / Transactions

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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   Walker Cooper       28  122  449   52  143  30  4   9   81  19   19  .318  .349  .463   1      13   2   6          129
1B *Ray Sanders         26  144  478   69  134  21  5  11   73  77   33  .280  .381  .414   1      10   1  15          125
2B  Lou Klein           24  154  627   91  180  28 14   7   62  50   70  .287  .342  .410   9       4   2  15          112
3B  Whitey Kurowski     25  139  522   69  150  24  8  13   70  31   54  .287  .330  .439   3      11   2  10          117
SS  Marty Marion        25  129  418   38  117  15  3   1   52  32   37  .280  .334  .337   1       4   2  11           90
OF *Stan Musial         22  157  617  108  220  48 20  13   81  72   18  .357  .425  .562   9      17   2  10          178
OF *Harry Walker        26  148  564   76  166  28  6   2   53  40   24  .294  .341  .376   5       5   0  36          103
OF  Danny Litwhiler     26   80  258   40   72  14  3   7   31  19   31  .279  .333  .438   1       3   2   4          117
   *Debs Garms          36   90  249   26   64  10  2   0   22  13    8  .257  .299  .313   1       4   2   4           73
   *Johnny Hopp         26   91  241   33   54  10  2   2   25  24   22  .224  .297  .307   8       2   1   6           71
   *Ken O'Dea           30   71  203   15   57  11  2   3   25  19   25  .281  .345  .399   0       2   1   4          110
   #Jimmy Brown         33   34  110    6   20   4  2   0    8   6    1  .182  .224  .255   0       0   0   4           35
    Frank Demaree       33   39   86    5   25   2  0   0    9   8    4  .291  .351  .314   1       6   0   3           89
    George Fallon       28   36   78    6   18   1  0   0    5   2    9  .231  .259  .244   0       3   1   6           43
    Coaker Triplett     31    9   25    1    2   0  0   1    4   1    6  .080  .115  .200   0       1   0   0          -12
    Buster Adams        28    8   11    1    1   1  0   0    1   4    4  .091  .333  .182   0       0   0   3           48
    Sam Narron          29   10   11    0    1   0  0   0    0   1    2  .091  .167  .091   0       0   0   0          -26

    Mort Cooper         30   37  100    7   17   3  0   1   11   2   14  .170  .186  .230   0       2   0   5           17
    Max Lanier          27   32   73    8   12   0  0   0    5   1    5  .164  .176  .164   0       1   0  11           -4
   *Howie Krist         27   34   60    7   10   1  0   0    2   1   13  .167  .180  .183   0       1   0   4            3
    Harry Gumbert       33   21   45    1    7   0  0   0    1   1   11  .156  .174  .156   0       1   0   6           -6
   *Howie Pollet        22   16   43    3    7   1  0   0    1   1    9  .163  .182  .186   0       0   0   1            4
   *Harry Brecheen      28   29   42    4    8   2  0   0    3   2    8  .190  .244  .238   0       0   1   4           37
    Murry Dickson       26   31   34    1    9   2  0   0    6   0    1  .265  .265  .324   0       0   0   3           66
   *Al Brazle           29   13   32    4    9   1  1   0    4   0    2  .281  .281  .375   0       0   0   0           85
    Red Munger          24   32   28    3    6   2  0   0    3   1    5  .214  .241  .286   0       1   0   0           49
    Ernie White         26   21   28    5    6   0  0   0    0   1    2  .214  .241  .214   0       1   0   2           29
    Bud Byerly          22    2    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0       0   0   0         -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 26.5  157 5438  679 1515 259 72  70  638 428  438  .279  .331  .391  40      92  19 173          113
    Rank among 8 NL teams          1    2    1   2  2   2        8    7     1     4     1   6                        
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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  Mort Cooper         30  37   2.30  21   8  3  32   5  24   6  274.0  228   81   70   5   79  141 1109   4   5  2     147
SP *Max Lanier          27  32   1.90  15   7  3  25   5  14   2  213.3  195   62   45   3   75  123  882   0   2  0     178
SP  Harry Gumbert       33  21   2.84  10   5  0  19   0   7   3  133.0  115   46   42   4   32   40  525   1   0  0     119
SP *Howie Pollet        22  16   1.75   8   4  0  14   2  12   5  118.3   83   26   23   2   32   61  456   2   2  1     193
SP *Ernie White         26  14   3.78   5   5  0  10   2   5   1   78.7   78   38   33   4   33   28  343   3   1  0      89
SP *Al Brazle           29  13   1.53   8   2  0   9   2   8   1   88.0   74   18   15   0   29   26  352   2   0  0     220

RP  Murry Dickson       26  31   3.58   8   2  0   7  11   2   0  115.7  119   51   46   4   49   44  496   1   1  0      94
RP  Red Munger          24  32   3.95   9   5  2   9  14   5   0   93.3  101   47   41   2   42   45  412   2   0  0      85
RP  Howie Krist         27  34   2.90  11   5  3  17  10   9   2  164.3  141   57   53   5   62   57  683   3   4  1     116
RP *Harry Brecheen      28  29   2.26   9   6  4  13  12   8   1  135.3   98   41   34   4   39   68  527   2   3  0     149

    Bud Byerly          22   2   3.46   1   0  0   2   0   0   0   13.0   14    6    5   0    5    6   56   0   0  0      97
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.6 157   2.57 105  49 15 157  63  94  21 1427.0 1246  475  407  33  477  639 5841  20  18  4     131
    Rank among 8 NL teams           1   1   8  4           1   1      1    1    1        1    5    1

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

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- WCooper 112 504 49 14 5 .975 9 KO'Dea 56 237 32 3 6 .989 4 SNarron 3 8 1 0 0 1.000 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 157 749 82 17 11 .980 13 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .992 9.99 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RSanders 141 1302 71 7 142 .995 9.74 JHopp 27 173 16 6 13 .969 7.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 157 1475 87 13 155 .992 9.85 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .969 5.40 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- LKlein 126 301 356 18 99 .973 5.21 GFallon 36 65 86 5 18 .968 4.19 JBrown 19 44 45 2 9 .978 4.68 HWalker 1 1 0 1 0 .500 1.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 157 411 487 26 126 .972 5.66 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .948 2.97 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- WKurowski 137 166 255 21 29 .952 3.07 DGarms 23 18 22 7 5 .851 1.74 JBrown 9 12 15 0 4 1.000 3.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 157 196 292 28 38 .946 3.08 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .954 4.97 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MMarion 128 232 424 20 93 .970 5.12 LKlein 51 55 88 9 19 .941 2.80 JBrown 6 9 16 0 1 1.000 4.17 WKurowski 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.50 DGarms 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 157 298 530 29 113 .966 5.22 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .977 2.27 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- SMusial 155 376 15 7 4 .982 2.52 34 10 117 HWalker 144 321 14 12 4 .965 2.33 0 143 1 DLitwhiler 70 139 7 0 1 1.000 2.09 70 0 0 JHopp 52 113 1 6 3 .950 2.19 40 12 0 DGarms 47 93 3 2 0 .980 2.04 18 0 29 FDemaree 23 35 1 0 0 1.000 1.57 12 0 12 BAdams 6 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.83 0 6 0 CTriplett 6 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.17 2 0 4 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 157 1101 41 27 12 .977 2.40 157 157 157 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .961 2.27 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MCooper 37 7 46 3 3 .946 1.74 MLanier 32 8 43 1 2 .981 2.15 HKrist 34 1 13 3 1 .824 0.77 HBrecheen 29 8 28 0 3 1.000 2.39 HGumbert 21 10 35 1 0 .978 3.05 HPollet 16 1 17 0 0 1.000 1.37 MDickson 31 6 21 2 3 .931 2.10 RMunger 32 3 24 1 3 .964 2.60 ABrazle 13 3 20 0 1 1.000 2.35 EWhite 14 3 12 0 1 1.000 1.72 BByerly 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.38 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 157 50 261 11 17 .966 1.96 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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.

Team Leaders
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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Musial .357 On-base % Musial .425 Slugging % Musial .562 OPS Musial .987 Games Musial 157 At Bats Klein 627 Plate Appearances (approx.) Musial 701 Runs Musial 108 Hits Musial 220 Total Bases Musial 347 Doubles Musial 48 Triples Musial 20 Home Runs Kurowski and Musial 13 RBI Cooper and Musial 81 Bases on Balls Sanders 77 Strikeouts Klein 70 Stolen Bases Klein and Musial 9 Singles Musial 139 Adjusted OPS+ Musial 178 Runs Created Musial 147 Adjusted Batting Runs Musial 63 Batting Wins Musial 6.6 Extra-Base Hits Musial 81 Times on Base Musial 294 Offensive Win% Musial .829 Hit By Pitch Cooper, Garms, Klein, Kurowski, and Litwhiler 2 Sac. Hits Walker 36 Grounded into Double Plays Musial 17 Power/Speed Number Musial 10.6 At Bats per Strikeout Musial 34.3 At Bats per Home Run Kurowski 40.2 Outs Klein 466

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Lanier 1.90 Wins Cooper 21 Won-Loss % Cooper .724 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Cooper 1.120 Hits Allowed/9IP Cooper 7.49 Bases on Balls/9IP Cooper 2.59 Strikeouts/9IP Lanier 5.19 Games Cooper 37 Saves Brecheen 4 Innings Cooper 274.0 Strikeouts Cooper 141 Games Started Cooper 32 Comp. Games Cooper 24 Shutouts Cooper 6 Home Runs Allow. Cooper and Krist 5 Bases On Balls Allow. Cooper 79 Hits Allowed Cooper 228 SO to Walk Cooper 1.78 Losses Cooper 8 Earned Runs Allow. Cooper 70 Wild Pitches Cooper 4 Hit Batsmen Cooper 5 Batters Faced Cooper 1109 Games Finished Munger 14 Adjusted ERA+ Lanier 178

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Mort Cooper (Starting P)
Walker Cooper (Starting C)
Whitey Kurowski
Max Lanier
Marty Marion (Starting SS)
Stan Musial (Starting LF)
Howie Pollet
Harry Walker (Starting CF)

1942/1944

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