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1944 St. Louis Cardinals  (1943)  (1945) 102-52, 1st in National League Scored 791 runs, Allowed 554 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 103-51 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .702 Park Factor: Batting - 103 / Pitching - 100 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 106-48   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 105-49 Manager(s): Mike Rescigno Defeated Washington Senators in World Series, 4 games to 1.

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          23  154  600  142  223  51  16  14  103  14  16   96   37  .372  .458  .580  159  10.5  3(0)e5     48  
 OF *Johnny Hopp          27  144  557  106  185  27   9   9   50  23   8   76   59  .332  .412  .461  111   7.5  3(+2)e1   -30  
 3B  Ken Keltner          27  154  593   72  183  44   9  15  111   9   5   48   35  .309  .358  .489  100   6.1  3e18       27  
 1B *Ray Sanders          27  154  594   85  186  31   5   7   80  10  12   71   68  .313  .385  .418   93   5.8  3e8       -10  
 OF  Joe Medwick          32  138  498   78  169  40   3   8   81   7   5   53   40  .339  .403  .480   92   7.1  3(+1)e2    56  
 SS  Whitey Kurowski      26  149  592   84  146  20   7  20  110   5   3   49   51  .247  .307  .405   69   3.9  4e39      -78  
 C   Walker Cooper        29  109  387   45  110  15   2  11   64   5   5   20   32  .284  .311  .419   49   4.4  3(0)e7   -126  
 2B  Emil Verban          28  115  496   50  128  13   3   0   50   4   0    6   24  .258  .267  .296   38   2.5  2e24      -17  
 OF *Augie Bergamo        27   85  203   28   63   3   4   2   24   1   0   35   27  .310  .408  .394   34   6.4  3(+1)e7    23  
 C  *Ken O'Dea            31   79  214   30   48   5   1   8   26   3   2   36   26  .224  .331  .369   26   4.0  3(+1)e7   -17  
 2B  Eddie Basinski       21   40  134   15   39   9   0   0   15   1   0    8   11  .291  .329  .358   14   3.8  4e33       63  
 PH *Mickey Rocco         28   63   52   10    9   1   0   1    5   0   2    8    5  .173  .283  .250    3   2.1           -184  
 OF  Coaker Triplett      32   10   26    3    7   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    4  .269  .345  .308    2   3.7  4(+1)e7    59  
 UT  George Fallon        30   13   40    3    5   2   0   1    3   0   1    3    3  .125  .186  .250    1    .9           -111  
 PH  Gus Mancuso          38    8    7    1    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    0  .286  .375  .286    0   4.6             12  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                           799                  -10

     * - 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 *Harry Brecheen       29  16   4  .800  27  27   6   0   0   0   2  202.0  188   67   62   4   50  123  2.76   72   3.2  -25  
  P *Max Lanier           28  15   5  .750  31  30   9   1   0   0   4  211.1  207   83   73   6   83  161  3.11   88   3.7   38  
  P  Mort Cooper          31  15   7  .682  33  33   7   0   0   0   1  233.2  243   91   81   4   83  118  3.12  102   3.9    0  
  P  Ted Wilks            28  15   8  .652  30  30   7   0   0   0   1  220.2  202   83   80  15   60   83  3.26   84   3.4  -26  
  P *Clyde Shoun          32  15  12  .556  30  30   6   0   0   0   2  203.0  230   96   86  10   37   88  3.81   98   4.4   37  
  P  Al Jurisich          22   8   4  .667  42   1   0  29   6   1   0   73.0   46   21   18   2   51   25  2.22   21   2.7 -108  
  P  Charley Schanz       25   8   5  .615  32   3   0  15   2   0   0   73.0   65   33   26   1   34   30  3.21   26   3.2  -84  
  P *Oscar Judd           36   3   0 1.000  16   0   0   7   0   1   0   29.0   26   14   13   1   23   12  4.03   14   4.4  -57  
  P  Freddy Schmidt       28   3   1  .750  20   0   0   9   1   1   0   31.2   28   12   12   0   13   20  3.41    9   2.8  -61  
  P *Chet Covington       33   2   2  .500  28   0   0   7   0   1   0   47.0   73   33   32   2    9   21  6.13   35   6.8   46  
  P  Red Munger           25   2   4  .333  54   0   0  51  35   8   0   64.1   61   21   16   1   30   30  2.24   25   3.4   39  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                                      579         -5

     * - 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 863 95 96 500 42 10 4 .982 31 16 Ken O'Dea 526 59 60 294 26 6 2 .982 21 14 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ray Sanders 1383 154 154 1422 95 7 118 .995 9.87 Mickey Rocco 5 0 3 3 2 0 3 1.000 8.44 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Emil Verban 1023 114 115 314 339 17 73 .975 5.74 Eddie Basinski 329 37 40 75 100 7 15 .962 4.79 George Fallon 37 3 7 12 14 0 3 1.000 6.32 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ken Keltner 1389 154 154 232 370 10 31 .984 3.90 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Whitey Kurowski 1337 148 148 305 416 27 75 .964 4.85 George Fallon 52 6 6 10 18 1 4 .966 4.85 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Joe Medwick 1103 122 124 293 4 2 0 .993 2.42 Augie Bergamo 276 31 34 51 1 1 0 .981 1.69 Coaker Triplett 7 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.23 Johnny Hopp 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Johnny Hopp 1192 134 134 270 13 1 1 .996 2.14 Augie Bergamo 133 13 17 26 3 1 0 .967 1.96 Coaker Triplett 42 5 5 11 1 0 0 1.000 2.57 Joe Medwick 22 2 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.25 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Stan Musial 1389 154 154 281 7 6 1 .980 1.87 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1944 Draft

Round 1 (#2):	Joe Medwick
Round 2 (#18):	Oscar Judd
Round 3 (#31):	Gus Mancuso
Round 4 (#42):	Chet Covington
Round 5 (#52):	Eddie Basinski

Transactions

• 1944 postseason: released George Dickey

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