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1944 World Series

Game 1 @ SLN: Cardinals 7, Senators 4
Game 2 @ SLN: Cardinals 4, Senators 2
Game 3 @ WAA: Cardinals 5, Senators 2
Game 4 @ WAA: Senators 5, Cardinals 0
Game 5 @ WAA: Cardinals 5, Senators 3

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BOXSCORE: 1944 Washington Senators At 1944 St. Louis NL Cardinals   10/4/1944
*** 1944 World Series Game 1 ***

  Senators           AB  R  H RBI AVG     Cardinals          AB  R  H RBI AVG
  C.Ryan 2B           5  1  2  0 .400     J.Hopp CF           5  1  3  0 .600  
  B.Johnson LF        4  0  2  1 .500     W.Cooper C          5  1  2  1 .400  
  S.Spence RF         4  2  2  1 .500     S.Musial RF         2  2  1  1 .500  
  O.Hockett CF        5  1  2  0 .400     W.Kurowski SS       4  1  0  0 .000  
  J.Grant 3B          5  0  2  0 .400     R.Sanders 1B        4  0  1  1 .250  
  R.Mueller C         4  0  1  0 .250     J.Medwick LF        4  1  2  1 .500  
  G.McQuinn 1B        3  0  0  1 .000     K.Keltner 3B        3  1  1  2 .333  
  J.Sullivan SS       2  0  0  0 .000     E.Verban 2B         4  0  1  0 .250  
B-E.Boland PH         1  0  0  0 .000     M.Cooper P          3  0  0  0 .000  
C-L.Handley SS        0  0  0  0 ----     R.Munger P          1  0  1  01.000  
E-C.Clemens PH        1  0  0  1 .000                                          
G-G.Torres SS         0  0  0  0 ----                                          
  S.Gromek P          0  0  0  0 ----                                          
  M.Haefner P         1  0  0  0 .000                                          
A-G.Myatt PH          1  0  0  0 .000                                          
  B.Byerly P          0  0  0  0 ----                                          
D-G.Case PH           1  0  0  0 .000                                          
  A.Carrasquel P      0  0  0  0 ----                                          
F-G.Rosen PH          1  0  0  0 .000                                          
  D.Leonard P         0  0  0  0 ----                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      38  4 11  4                 Totals      35  7 12  6

A-Pinch Hit For Haefner In 5th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Sullivan In 6th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Boland In 6th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Byerly In 7th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Handley In 8th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Carrasquel In 8th Inning
G-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Clemens In 8th Inning

Senators........ 0 0 1  0 0 0  0 2 1  -  4 11  1
Cardinals....... 6 1 0  0 0 0  0 0    -  7 12  0

Senators (0-1)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
S.Gromek LOSS(0-1)        0 1/3   4   6   5   1   0   1  27 135.00  A1 A7
M.Haefner                 3 2/3   5   1   1   1   1   1  55   2.45  A8 C5
B.Byerly                  2       1   0   0   1   1   0  18   0.00  C6 D4
A.Carrasquel              1       1   0   0   1   0   0  24   0.00  D5 D8
D.Leonard                 1       1   0   0   1   0   0   9   0.00  D9
Totals                    8      12   7   6   5   2   2

Cardinals (1-0)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
M.Cooper WIN(1-0)         7       9   3   3   2   3   0 122   3.86  A1 D5
R.Munger                  2       2   1   1   1   2   1  35   4.50  D6
Totals                    9      11   4   4   3   5   1

ATTENDANCE- 40,000 DATE- Wednesday, October 4th 1944 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad
T- 3:06
LEFT ON BASE- Senators:10  Cardinals: 9
DOUBLE PLAYS- Senators: 1  Cardinals: 0
ERRORS- C.Ryan
DOUBLES- J.Hopp(1st), R.Munger
TRIPLES- J.Hopp(1st)
HOME RUNS- S.Spence(1st), S.Musial(1st), K.Keltner(1st)
STOLEN BASES- C.Ryan(1st), W.Cooper(1st)
CAUGHT STEALING- J.Medwick
WALKS- B.Johnson, S.Spence, G.McQuinn, S.Musial-3, W.Kurowski, K.Keltner
STRIKE OUTS- C.Ryan, S.Spence, R.Mueller, G.McQuinn, M.Haefner, W.Kurowski, J.Medwick


BOXSCORE: 1944 Washington Senators At 1944 St. Louis NL Cardinals 10/5/1944 *** 1944 World Series Game 2 *** Senators AB R H RBI AVG Cardinals AB R H RBI AVG C.Ryan 2B 5 0 0 0 .200 J.Hopp CF 4 2 3 3 .667 B.Johnson LF 4 0 0 0 .250 W.Cooper C 4 0 2 1 .444 S.Spence RF 3 0 1 0 .429 S.Musial RF 4 0 0 0 .167 O.Hockett CF 4 1 1 0 .333 W.Kurowski SS 3 0 1 0 .143 J.Grant 3B 4 1 2 0 .444 J.Medwick LF 4 0 1 0 .375 R.Mueller C 2 0 0 0 .167 R.Sanders 1B 2 1 0 0 .167 G.McQuinn 1B 4 0 2 2 .286 K.Keltner 3B 3 1 1 0 .333 J.Sullivan SS 2 0 0 0 .000 E.Verban 2B 3 0 1 0 .286 A-G.Myatt PH 1 0 1 0 .500 T.Wilks P 1 0 0 0 .000 C-L.Handley SS 0 0 0 0 ---- D-M.Rocco PH 1 0 0 0 .000 E-G.Case PH 1 0 0 0 .000 R.Munger P 0 0 0 01.000 K.Raffensberger P 2 0 0 0 .000 B-G.Rosen PH 1 0 0 0 .000 D.Leonard P 0 0 0 0 ---- F-E.Boland PH 0 0 0 0 .000 G-G.Torres PR 0 0 0 0 ---- -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 33 2 7 2 Totals 29 4 9 4 A-Pinch Hit For Sullivan In 7th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Raffensberger In 7th Inning C-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Myatt In 7th Inning D-Pinch Hit For Wilks In 7th Inning E-Pinch Hit For Handley In 9th Inning F-Pinch Hit For Leonard In 9th Inning G-Pinch Ran For Boland In 9th Inning Senators........ 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 7 0 Cardinals....... 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 9 0 Senators (0-2) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET K.Raffensber LOSS(0-1) 6 6 4 4 1 1 1 98 6.00 A1 C7 D.Leonard 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 36 0.00 C8 Totals 8 9 4 4 1 1 1 Cardinals (2-0) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET T.Wilks WIN(1-0) 7 6 2 2 2 3 0 99 2.57 A1 D2 R.Munger SAVE(1st) 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 26 2.25 D3 Totals 9 7 2 2 3 3 0 ATTENDANCE- 39,769 DATE- Thursday, October 5th 1944 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad T- 2:18 LEFT ON BASE- Senators: 8 Cardinals: 4 DOUBLE PLAYS- Senators: 2 Cardinals: 1 DOUBLES- G.McQuinn(1st), J.Hopp(2nd), W.Cooper(1st) HOME RUNS- J.Hopp(1st) SACRIFICE HITS- T.Wilks WALKS- S.Spence, R.Mueller-2, R.Sanders HIT BY PITCH- E.Boland, W.Kurowski STRIKE OUTS- B.Johnson, R.Mueller, K.Raffensberger, W.Cooper GIDP- J.Grant, J.Medwick WILD PITCHES- D.Leonard 2-out RBI- J.Hopp-2, W.Cooper, G.McQuinn-2 RLISP 2-out- J.Sullivan, W.Kurowski, G.McQuinn, B.Johnson, W.Cooper, C.Ryan
BOXSCORE: 1944 St. Louis NL Cardinals At 1944 Washington Senators 10/7/1944 *** 1944 World Series Game 3 *** Cardinals AB R H RBI AVG Senators AB R H RBI AVG J.Hopp CF 5 0 1 0 .200 C.Ryan 2B 4 1 1 0 .250 W.Cooper C 5 1 1 0 .200 B.Johnson LF 3 0 0 0 .000 S.Musial RF 5 1 1 0 .200 B-G.Case LF 1 0 1 01.000 W.Kurowski SS 3 1 1 2 .333 S.Spence RF 3 0 0 0 .000 R.Sanders 1B 4 1 2 1 .500 C-G.Rosen RF 1 0 1 01.000 J.Medwick LF 3 0 0 0 .000 O.Hockett CF 4 1 1 0 .250 K.Keltner 3B 4 1 1 2 .250 J.Grant 3B 3 0 1 0 .333 E.Verban 2B 3 0 1 0 .333 R.Mueller C 3 0 2 2 .667 C.Shoun P 2 0 0 0 .000 A-D.Williams C 1 0 1 01.000 R.Munger P 0 0 0 0 ---- G.McQuinn 1B 4 0 0 0 .000 J.Sullivan SS 4 0 0 0 .000 J.Niggeling P 3 0 0 0 .000 D-E.Boland PH 1 0 0 0 .000 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 34 5 8 5 Totals 35 2 8 2 A-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Mueller In 8th Inning B-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Johnson In 8th Inning C-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Spence In 8th Inning D-Pinch Hit For Niggeling In 9th Inning Cardinals....... 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 - 5 8 2 Senators........ 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 8 0 Cardinals (1-0) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET C.Shoun WIN(1-0) 8 8 2 0 1 8 0 105 0.00 A1 D6 R.Munger SAVE(1st) 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 11 0.00 D7 Totals 9 8 2 0 1 10 0 Senators (0-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET J.Niggeling LOSS(0-1) 9 8 5 5 5 6 1 154 5.00 A1 Totals 9 8 5 5 5 6 1 ATTENDANCE- 45,515 DATE- Saturday, October 7th 1944 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good T- 2:08 LEFT ON BASE- Cardinals: 7 Senators: 7 DOUBLE PLAYS- Cardinals: 1 Senators: 0 ERRORS- W.Cooper, W.Kurowski DOUBLES- R.Sanders(1st), C.Ryan(1st), R.Mueller(1st) HOME RUNS- K.Keltner(1st) WALKS- W.Kurowski, J.Medwick, E.Verban, C.Shoun-2, J.Grant STRIKE OUTS- J.Hopp-2, S.Musial, W.Kurowski, K.Keltner, E.Verban, B.Johnson, R.Mueller, G.McQuinn-2, J.Sullivan-2, J.Niggeling-3, E.Boland GIDP- O.Hockett 2-out RBI- R.Mueller-2, R.Sanders, K.Keltner-2 RLISP 2-out- W.Kurowski, G.McQuinn-3, J.Hopp-2, B.Johnson, J.Medwick, J.Grant, E.Boland
BOXSCORE: 1944 St. Louis NL Cardinals At 1944 Washington Senators 10/8/1944 *** 1944 World Series Game 4 *** Cardinals AB R H RBI AVG Senators AB R H RBI AVG J.Hopp CF 4 0 1 0 .222 C.Ryan 2B 4 1 1 0 .250 W.Cooper C 4 0 1 0 .222 B.Johnson LF 3 1 1 0 .167 S.Musial RF 4 0 0 0 .111 S.Spence RF 4 1 1 1 .143 W.Kurowski SS 3 0 1 0 .333 O.Hockett CF 4 0 2 1 .375 R.Sanders 1B 3 0 0 0 .286 J.Grant 3B 3 1 0 0 .167 J.Medwick LF 4 0 0 0 .000 R.Mueller C 4 1 1 1 .429 K.Keltner 3B 3 0 0 0 .143 G.McQuinn 1B 3 0 0 0 .000 E.Verban 2B 3 0 0 0 .167 J.Sullivan SS 4 0 2 0 .250 M.Cooper P 2 0 0 0 .000 S.Gromek P 3 0 1 1 .333 F.Schmidt P 1 0 0 0 .000 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 31 0 3 0 Totals 32 5 9 4 Cardinals....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 3 1 Senators........ 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 - 5 9 1 Cardinals (1-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET M.Cooper LOSS(0-1) 6 1/3 8 5 4 3 4 0 113 5.68 A1 D3 F.Schmidt 1 2/3 1 0 0 0 2 0 15 0.00 D4 Totals 8 9 5 4 3 6 0 Senators (1-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET S.Gromek WIN(1-0) 9 3 0 0 2 7 0 114 0.00 A1 Totals 9 3 0 0 2 7 0 ATTENDANCE- 48,415 DATE- Sunday, October 8th 1944 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average T- 2:30 LEFT ON BASE- Cardinals: 6 Senators: 6 DOUBLE PLAYS- Cardinals: 1 Senators: 0 ERRORS- W.Kurowski, S.Gromek DOUBLES- C.Ryan(2nd), O.Hockett(1st) TRIPLES- S.Spence(1st) STOLEN BASES- B.Johnson(1st), J.Grant(1st) WALKS- W.Kurowski, R.Sanders, B.Johnson, J.Grant, G.McQuinn STRIKE OUTS- J.Hopp-2, S.Musial, J.Medwick, K.Keltner, M.Cooper, F.Schmidt, C.Ryan, S.Spence, J.Grant, G.McQuinn-2, S.Gromek GIDP- J.Sullivan 2-out RBI- S.Gromek RLISP 2-out- C.Ryan-2, J.Grant-2, J.Medwick
BOXSCORE: 1944 St. Louis NL Cardinals At 1944 Washington Senators 10/9/1944 *** 1944 World Series Game 5 *** Cardinals AB R H RBI AVG Senators AB R H RBI AVG J.Hopp CF 5 1 2 0 .286 C.Ryan 2B 5 1 3 1 .385 W.Cooper C 5 1 3 1 .357 B.Johnson LF 4 2 3 2 .400 S.Musial RF 3 1 1 1 .167 S.Spence RF 5 0 0 0 .083 W.Kurowski SS 4 1 2 0 .400 O.Hockett CF 3 0 1 0 .364 J.Medwick LF 3 1 2 2 .200 J.Grant 3B 4 0 2 0 .300 R.Sanders 1B 4 0 1 1 .273 R.Mueller C 4 0 0 0 .273 K.Keltner 3B 3 0 0 0 .100 G.McQuinn 1B 2 0 1 0 .111 E.Verban 2B 4 0 1 0 .200 J.Sullivan SS 4 0 0 0 .167 T.Wilks P 3 0 1 0 .333 K.Raffensberger P 1 0 0 0 .000 F.Schmidt P 1 0 0 0 .000 A-G.Myatt PH 1 0 0 0 .000 R.Munger P 0 0 0 0 ---- A.Carrasquel P 0 0 0 0 ---- B-E.Boland PH 1 0 0 0 .000 D.Leonard P 0 0 0 0 ---- C-G.Rosen PH 1 0 0 0 .500 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 35 5 13 5 Totals 35 3 10 3 A-Pinch Hit For Raffensberger In 5th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Carrasquel In 6th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Leonard In 9th Inning Cardinals....... 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 - 5 13 0 Senators........ 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 3 10 0 Cardinals (2-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET T.Wilks 6 10 3 3 3 3 3 120 4.50 A1 D2 F.Schmidt WIN(1-0) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0.00 D3 D8 R.Munger SAVE(2nd) 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 18 0.00 D9 Totals 9 10 3 3 4 6 3 Senators (1-2) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET K.Raffensber 5 7 3 3 1 3 1 80 5.40 A1 C4 A.Carrasquel 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 26 0.00 C5 C9 D.Leonard LOSS(0-1) 3 4 2 2 2 1 0 44 6.00 D1 Totals 9 13 5 5 3 4 1 ATTENDANCE- 48,471 DATE- Monday, October 9th 1944 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good T- 2:46 LEFT ON BASE- Cardinals: 8 Senators: 9 DOUBLE PLAYS- Cardinals: 0 Senators: 2 DOUBLES- W.Cooper(1st), S.Musial(1st), W.Kurowski(1st), J.Medwick(1st) HOME RUNS- W.Cooper(1st), C.Ryan(1st), B.Johnson-2(2nd) CAUGHT STEALING- J.Grant SACRIFICE FLIES- S.Musial, J.Medwick WALKS- S.Musial, W.Kurowski, K.Keltner, B.Johnson, O.Hockett, G.McQuinn-2 STRIKE OUTS- J.Hopp, E.Verban, T.Wilks, F.Schmidt, C.Ryan, B.Johnson, S.Spence, R.Mueller, G.Myatt, G.Rosen GIDP- W.Kurowski, K.Keltner RLISP 2-out- J.Medwick, J.Hopp, R.Mueller, T.Wilks, B.Johnson, W.Kurowski
St. Louis Cardinals Statistics
                                       
 Player               G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB 
+-------------------+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 Johnny Hopp          5  23  4 10  2  1  1   3  0  5  .435  .435  .739  0
 Walker Cooper        5  23  3  9  2  0  1   3  0  1  .391  .391  .609  1
 Stan Musial          5  18  4  3  1  0  1   2  4  2  .167  .304  .389  0
 Joe Medwick          5  18  2  5  1  0  0   3  1  2  .278  .300  .333  0
 Whitey Kurowski      5  17  3  5  1  0  0   2  4  2  .294  .455  .353  0
 Ray Sanders          5  17  2  4  1  0  0   3  2  0  .235  .316  .294  0
 Emil Verban          5  17  0  4  0  0  0   0  1  2  .235  .278  .235  0
 Ken Keltner          5  16  3  3  0  0  2   4  2  2  .188  .278  .562  0
 Mickey Rocco         1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0
                         

Pitcher G ERA W-L SV GS IP H ER BB SO +-------------------+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+ Ted Wilks 2 3.46 1-0 0 2 13.0 16 5 5 6 Clyde Shoun 1 0.00 1-0 0 1 8.0 8 0 1 8 Freddy Schmidt 2 0.00 1-0 0 0 3.2 1 0 0 2 Mort Cooper 2 4.73 1-1 0 2 13.1 17 7 5 7 Red Munger 4 1.50 0-0 3 0 6.0 3 1 3 7

Washington Senators Statistics
                                       
 Player               G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB 
+-------------------+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 Connie Ryan          5  23  4  7  2  0  1   1  0  3  .304  .304  .522  1
 Oris Hockett         5  20  3  7  1  0  0   1  1  0  .350  .381  .400  0
 Jimmy Grant          5  19  2  7  0  0  0   0  2  1  .368  .429  .368  1
 Stan Spence          5  19  3  4  0  1  1   2  2  3  .211  .286  .474  0
 Bob Johnson          5  18  3  6  0  0  2   3  3  3  .333  .429  .667  1
 Ray Mueller          5  17  1  4  1  0  0   3  2  4  .235  .316  .294  0
 George McQuinn       5  16  0  3  1  0  0   3  4  5  .188  .350  .250  0
 John Sullivan        5  16  0  2  0  0  0   0  0  2  .125  .125  .125  0
 Goody Rosen          4   4  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  1  .250  .250  .250  0
 Ed Boland            4   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .250  .000  0
 George Case          3   3  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  .333  .333  .333  0
 George Myatt         3   3  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  1  .333  .333  .333  0
 Lee Handley          2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0
 Gil Torres           2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0
 Dewey Williams       1   1  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  0 1.000 1.000 1.000  0
 Chet Clemens         1   1  0  0  0  0  0   1  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0
 

Pitcher G ERA W-L SV GS IP H ER BB SO +-------------------+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+ Steve Gromek 2 4.82 1-1 0 2 9.1 7 5 3 7 Mickey Haefner 1 2.45 0-0 0 0 3.2 5 1 1 1 Bud Byerly 1 0.00 0-0 0 0 2.0 1 0 1 1 Alex Carrasquel 2 0.00 0-0 0 0 2.0 3 0 1 0 Ken Raffensberger 2 5.73 0-1 0 2 11.0 13 7 2 4 Johnny Niggeling 1 5.00 0-1 0 1 9.0 8 5 5 6 Dutch Leonard 3 3.00 0-1 0 0 6.0 8 2 3 1

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