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1943 St. Louis Cardinals  (1942)  (1944) 102-52, 1st in National League Scored 708 runs, Allowed 487 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 105-49 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .705 Park Factor: Batting - 106 / Pitching - 103 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 104-50   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 105-49 Manager(s): Mike Rescigno Defeated New York Yankees in World Series, 4 games to 0.

Team Batting (ordered by runs created)    Glossary        Team Schedule and Splits            Photos

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 OF *Stan Musial          22  154  615  117  216  46  18  12   84   7   6   66   22  .351  .413  .543  130   8.1  3(0)e7    -32  
 C   Walker Cooper        28  117  442   62  167  30   2  13   78   2   3   33   23  .378  .419  .543   98   9.1  3(0)e9    150  
 SS  Whitey Kurowski      25  134  504   76  161  29   7  14   89   5   8   33   64  .319  .357  .488   83   6.0  4e38       77  
 1B *Ray Sanders          26  127  433   53  117  17   4  14   71   3   0   77   31  .270  .376  .425   74   6.0  3e7         5  
 2B  Jerry Priddy         23  150  573   90  149  29   2   8   57  12  10   70   84  .260  .339  .360   71   4.2  2e26      -10  
 3B  Ken Keltner          26  121  441   46  113  40   5   3   46   6   0   28   22  .256  .303  .390   51   3.9  3e15        1  
 OF  Joe Medwick          31   96  414   53  105  21   6   3   27   1   1   27   26  .254  .304  .355   43   3.7  3(+1)e9   -27  
 OF *Gene Moore           33   74  247   20   62  14   1   4   28   2   0   27   39  .251  .325  .364   31   4.4  3(-3)e9    -2  
 OF *Johnny Hopp          26   77  246   36   57  11   1   3   30  13   2   21   19  .232  .298  .321   25   3.5  3(+2)e17   15  
 OF  Coaker Triplett      31   73  278   30   62   8   6   6   37   5   1   13   36  .223  .255  .360   22   2.6  4(+1)e19 -136  
 C  *Ken O'Dea            30  104  217   24   59   7   1   2   30   0   0   12   31  .272  .313  .341   21   3.4  3(+1)e7   -90  
 UT  Dick Culler          28   33  100   18   29   3   2   0   11   5   2   15    5  .290  .381  .360   15   5.3            181  
 SS *Debs Garms           36   81  206   18   44   4   2   0   18   5   0    3   15  .214  .226  .252   12   1.9  4e38     -134  
 1B *Jimmy Wasdell        29   23   76    5   24   3   0   0    6   2   0   11    5  .316  .398  .355   10   5.2  2e18       84  
 OF *Paul Waner           40   10   38    7   14   4   0   0    1   0   0    8    4  .368  .478  .474    8   9.1  3(-1)e13  150  
 OF  Andy Pafko           22   10   43    8   16   3   0   0    2   2   0    2    9  .372  .400  .442    8   8.2  3(-1)e9    11  
 1B *Mickey Rocco         27   27   65    1   16   2   0   0    5   0   0    5    9  .246  .300  .277    4   2.5  2e7       -81  
 C   Gus Mancuso          37    9   17    3    6   4   0   0    4   0   0    1    0  .353  .389  .588    3   9.8  3(-1)e9   451  
 2B  George Fallon        28   13   15    4    5   2   0   0    2   0   0    0    2  .333  .375  .467    2   7.4  4e28      339  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                           721                    6

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary

     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P *Max Lanier           27  21   3  .875  32  32   4   0   0   0   3  223.1  210   56   52   3   66  169  2.10   75   3.0  -26  
  P  Mort Cooper          30  21   7  .750  33  33  12   0   0   0   5  251.2  218   85   68   7   69  173  2.43   83   3.0  -13  
  P *Oscar Judd           35  13   8  .619  25  25   7   0   0   0   4  176.0  167   57   53   2   56   71  2.71   64   3.3   -5  
  P  Howie Krist          27  10   7  .588  30  14   1  11   4   2   0  106.0  106   50   44   3   38   42  3.74   47   3.9   35  
  P *Howie Pollet         22   9   6  .600  44  11   2  28  21   7   0  123.1  104   52   40   3   37   71  2.92   37   2.7   12  
  P  Red Munger           24   8   5  .615  60   0   0  21   3   4   0   93.1   92   37   30   2   44   62  2.89   42   4.1  -71  
  P *Harry Brecheen       28   6   3  .667  33  16   4  14   5   1   1  146.0  108   47   33   3   40   94  2.03   39   2.5  -24  
  P *Clyde Shoun          31   5   3  .625  36   2   0  28  12   2   0   80.0   69   21   18   1   41   27  2.02   28   3.2   -8  
  P  Si Johnson           36   5   7  .417  29  15   1   6   1   1   1  126.2  135   50   46   4   32   61  3.27   53   3.7  -28  
  P *Ernie White          26   4   3  .571  40   6   1  14   3   0   0   81.1   81   32   29   5   41   45  3.21   40   4.4  -54  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                                      513        -17

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed

Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP OSB OCS +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Walker Cooper 1003 110 111 643 40 9 2 .987 25 18 Ken O'Dea 378 41 44 247 16 2 1 .992 9 6 Gus Mancuso 27 3 4 15 2 0 0 1.000 0 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ray Sanders 1084 121 122 1085 132 10 116 .992 10.11 Jimmy Wasdell 163 18 18 171 15 3 17 .984 10.27 Mickey Rocco 139 15 21 126 16 0 15 1.000 9.22 Johnny Hopp 12 0 3 12 2 0 3 1.000 10.22 Gene Moore 7 0 2 7 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 Joe Medwick 3 0 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 12.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jerry Priddy 1373 150 150 380 469 13 107 .985 5.57 Dick Culler 18 2 2 4 5 1 2 .900 4.50 George Fallon 17 2 2 6 3 0 0 1.000 4.76 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ken Keltner 1062 116 117 153 255 6 25 .986 3.46 Whitey Kurowski 165 18 18 18 43 3 3 .953 3.32 Dick Culler 144 16 18 19 40 3 6 .952 3.68 Debs Garms 36 4 5 6 11 1 2 .944 4.25 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Whitey Kurowski 954 103 107 214 302 21 65 .961 4.87 Debs Garms 363 41 41 76 108 12 21 .939 4.56 Dick Culler 90 10 11 18 24 3 5 .933 4.20 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Joe Medwick 850 95 95 203 5 6 0 .972 2.20 Coaker Triplett 535 59 60 120 2 2 0 .984 2.05 Debs Garms 17 0 8 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.08 Johnny Hopp 6 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Gene Moore 639 71 72 153 8 3 0 .982 2.27 Johnny Hopp 534 59 59 123 4 12 0 .914 2.14 Paul Waner 82 9 9 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.43 Andy Pafko 74 8 9 12 2 0 0 1.000 1.70 Coaker Triplett 57 6 9 10 1 0 0 1.000 1.73 Jimmy Wasdell 8 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 Joe Medwick 7 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57 Debs Garms 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Stan Musial 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Stan Musial 1395 153 153 263 6 9 1 .968 1.74 Andy Pafko 8 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.12 Jimmy Wasdell 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 Debs Garms 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1943 Draft

Round 1 (#14):	Si Johnson
Round 2 (#28):	Gene Moore
Round 3 (#41):	Dick Culler
Round 4 (#51):	Andy Pafko

Transactions

• 1943-12: traded Joe Medwick, Mickey Rocco to BRN for Jimmy Wasdell, Paul Waner
• 1943 postseason: released Gus Mancuso

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