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1944 St. Louis Cardinals (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1943/1945) 105-49, Finished 1st in National League View League Standings and Leaders World Series Champs Scored 772 runs, Allowed 490 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 107-47 Managed by Billy Southworth Ballpark: Sportsman's Park IV (ballparks.com) Attendance: 461,968 (5th of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 102, Pitching - 98   (one-year): Batting - 101, Pitching - 95   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. Postseason:   Won World Series (4-2) over St. Louis Browns 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   Walker Cooper       29  112  397   56  126  25  5  13   72  20   19  .317  .352  .504   4      15   1   8          137
1B *Ray Sanders         27  154  601   87  177  34  9  12  102  71   50  .295  .371  .441   2      12   2   9          126
2B  Emil Verban         28  146  498   51  128  14  2   0   43  19   14  .257  .287  .293   0       5   2  19           62
3B  Whitey Kurowski     26  149  555   95  150  25  7  20   87  58   40  .270  .341  .449   2      12   2  10          119
SS  Marty Marion        26  144  506   50  135  26  2   6   63  43   50  .267  .324  .362   1       9   0  16           91
OF *Stan Musial         23  146  568  112  197  51 14  12   94  90   28  .347  .440  .549   7       7   5   4          175
OF  Danny Litwhiler     27  140  492   53  130  25  5  15   82  37   56  .264  .328  .427   2      11  10  12          110
OF *Johnny Hopp         27  139  527  106  177  35  9  11   72  58   47  .336  .404  .499  15       6   2   4          151
   *Ken O'Dea           31   85  265   35   66  11  2   6   37  37   29  .249  .343  .374   1       2   1   7          100
   *Augie Bergamo       27   80  192   35   55   6  3   2   19  35   23  .286  .399  .380   0       2   1   3          118
   *Debs Garms          37   73  149   17   30   3  0   0    5  13    8  .201  .265  .221   0       2   0   2           37
    George Fallon       29   69  141   16   28   6  0   1    9  16   11  .199  .285  .262   1       5   1   5           53
    Pepper Martin       40   40   86   15   24   4  0   2    4  15   11  .279  .386  .395   2       3   0   1          118
    John Antonelli      28    8   21    0    4   1  0   0    1   0    4  .190  .190  .238   0       0   0   0           19
    Bob Keely           34    1    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0                     0       0   0   0             

    Mort Cooper         31   34   94    9   19   3  0   0   13   7   12  .202  .257  .234   0       2   0   4           38
    Max Lanier          28   33   77   11   14   1  0   0    2   4    2  .182  .222  .195   0       1   0   6           17
   *Harry Brecheen      29   31   68    8   11   0  1   0    4   9   12  .162  .260  .191   0       1   0   4           27
    Ted Wilks           28   36   64    6    9   2  0   0    6   5   15  .141  .203  .172   0       0   0   6            5
    Al Jurisich         22   30   45    2    8   1  0   0    1   1   13  .178  .196  .200   0       0   0   1           11
    Red Munger          25   21   44    2    5   1  0   0    0   0    4  .114  .114  .136   0       0   0   0          -30
    Freddy Schmidt      28   37   34    3    7   0  0   0    3   1   16  .206  .229  .206   0       0   0   1           22
    Harry Gumbert       34   10   21    2    4   0  0   0    2   1    1  .190  .227  .190   0       0   0   0           17
    Blix Donnelly       30   27   16    0    1   0  0   0    0   3    2  .063  .211  .063   0       1   0   2          -21
    Bud Byerly          23    9   12    1    2   0  0   0    1   0    3  .167  .167  .167   0       0   0   0           -7
    Bill Trotter        35    2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0       0   0   0         -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.5  157 5475  772 1507 274 59 100  722 544  473  .275  .341  .402  37      96  27 124          116
    Rank among 8 NL teams          1    1    1   1  2   1        2    6     1     1     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         31  34   2.46  22   7  1  33   1  22   7  252.3  227   74   69   6   60   97 1023   0   5  1     144
SP *Max Lanier          28  33   2.65  17  12  0  30   3  16   5  224.3  192   82   66   5   71  141  908   0   3  0     134
SP *Harry Brecheen      29  30   2.85  16   5  0  22   4  13   3  189.3  174   67   60   8   46   88  774   3   3  2     124
SP  Ted Wilks           28  36   2.64  17   4  0  21  10  16   4  207.7  173   61   61  12   49   70  820   1   1  0     134
SP  Red Munger          25  21   1.34  11   3  2  12   8   7   2  121.0   92   23   18   2   41   55  479   0   2  0     264
SP  Harry Gumbert       34  10   2.49   4   2  1   7   1   3   0   61.3   60   23   17   1   19   16  255   0   0  0     142

CL  Freddy Schmidt      28  37   3.15   7   3  5   9  17   3   2  114.3   94   48   40   5   58   58  488   0   1  0     112
RP  Blix Donnelly       30  27   2.12   2   1  2   4  12   2   1   76.3   61   26   18   2   34   45  322   3   2  0     167
RP  Al Jurisich         22  30   3.39   7   9  1  14   7   5   2  130.0  102   53   49   7   65   53  540   2   5  0     104
RP  Bud Byerly          23   9   3.40   2   2  0   4   3   2   0   42.3   37   18   16   2   20   13  184   4   0  1     104

    Bill Trotter        35   2  13.50   0   1  0   1   1   0   0    6.0   14   14    9   5    4    0   37   0   0  0      26
    Mike Naymick        26   1   4.50   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    2.0    2    1    1   0    1    1    8   0   0  0      79
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.1 157   2.67 105  49 12 157  68  89  26 1427.0 1228  490  423  55  468  637 5838  13  22  4     132
    Rank among 8 NL teams           1   1   8  5           2   1      1    1    1        2    5    1

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

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- WCooper 97 442 40 10 7 .980 4 KO'Dea 69 326 34 2 4 .994 5 BKeely 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 157 769 74 12 11 .986 9 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .990 9.66 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RSanders 152 1370 64 8 142 .994 9.43 JHopp 6 36 2 0 0 1.000 6.33 JAntonelli 3 23 3 0 2 1.000 8.67 ABergamo 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 157 1433 69 8 144 .995 9.47 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .963 5.04 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- EVerban 146 319 380 23 105 .968 4.79 GFallon 38 57 53 3 11 .973 2.89 WKurowski 9 4 7 0 1 1.000 1.22 JAntonelli 2 2 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 157 382 442 26 117 .969 5.20 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .948 3.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- WKurowski 146 188 281 17 20 .965 3.21 DGarms 21 14 16 1 1 .968 1.43 GFallon 6 5 10 0 3 1.000 2.50 JAntonelli 3 3 5 0 0 1.000 2.67 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 157 210 312 18 24 .967 3.29 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .954 4.85 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MMarion 144 268 461 21 90 .972 5.06 GFallon 24 38 57 3 14 .969 3.96 WKurowski 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 157 306 520 24 104 .972 5.21 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .980 2.31 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- SMusial 146 353 16 5 2 .987 2.53 1 38 124 DLitwhiler 136 294 6 8 1 .974 2.21 136 0 0 JHopp 131 316 2 1 1 .997 2.43 1 130 0 ABergamo 50 83 0 1 0 .988 1.66 31 1 19 PMartin 29 48 1 1 0 .980 1.69 0 7 22 DGarms 23 34 0 0 0 1.000 1.48 3 2 18 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 157 1128 25 16 4 .986 2.42 157 157 157 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .961 2.14 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MCooper 34 4 28 0 1 1.000 1.14 MLanier 33 8 39 3 3 .940 1.89 TWilks 36 6 20 0 3 1.000 1.13 HBrecheen 30 3 36 0 2 1.000 1.85 AJurisich 30 5 18 1 2 .958 1.59 RMunger 21 8 33 2 5 .953 3.05 FSchmidt 37 3 17 0 2 1.000 1.57 BDonnelly 27 3 17 1 0 .952 2.36 HGumbert 10 6 14 1 5 .952 2.94 BByerly 9 2 11 0 0 1.000 2.77 BTrotter 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.00 MNaymick 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 157 48 236 8 23 .973 1.79 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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 .347 On-base % Musial .440 Slugging % Musial .549 OPS Musial .989 Games Sanders 154 At Bats Sanders 601 Plate Appearances (approx.) Sanders 683 Runs Musial 112 Hits Musial 197 Total Bases Musial 312 Doubles Musial 51 Triples Musial 14 Home Runs Kurowski 20 RBI Sanders 102 Bases on Balls Musial 90 Strikeouts Litwhiler 56 Stolen Bases Hopp 15 Singles Hopp and Sanders 122 Adjusted OPS+ Musial 175 Runs Created Musial 136 Adjusted Batting Runs Musial 62 Batting Wins Musial 6.2 Extra-Base Hits Musial 77 Times on Base Musial 292 Offensive Win% Musial .818 Hit By Pitch Litwhiler 10 Sac. Hits Verban 19 Grounded into Double Plays Cooper 15 Power/Speed Number Hopp 12.7 At Bats per Strikeout Verban 35.6 At Bats per Home Run Kurowski 27.8 Outs Sanders 445

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Cooper 2.46 Wins Cooper 22 Won-Loss % Wilks .810 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Wilks 1.069 Hits Allowed/9IP Wilks 7.50 Bases on Balls/9IP Wilks 2.12 Strikeouts/9IP Lanier 5.66 Games Schmidt 37 Saves Schmidt 5 Innings Cooper 252.3 Strikeouts Lanier 141 Games Started Cooper 33 Comp. Games Cooper 22 Shutouts Cooper 7 Home Runs Allow. Wilks 12 Bases On Balls Allow. Lanier 71 Hits Allowed Cooper 227 SO to Walk Lanier 1.99 Losses Lanier 12 Earned Runs Allow. Cooper 69 Wild Pitches Byerly 4 Hit Batsmen Cooper and Jurisich 5 Batters Faced Cooper 1023 Games Finished Schmidt 17 Adjusted ERA+ Cooper 144

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Walker Cooper (Starting C)
Whitey Kurowski
Max Lanier
Marty Marion (Starting SS)
Red Munger
Stan Musial (Starting CF)

1943/1945

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