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1946 St. Louis Cardinals  (1945)  (1947) 89-65, 2nd in National League Scored 717 runs, Allowed 628 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 87-67 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .693 Park Factor: Batting - 103 / Pitching - 102 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 85-69   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 98-58 Manager(s): Mike Rescigno

 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          25  154  621  133  240  42  21  17   94  14   6   80   37  .386  .455  .604  171  11.4  2(0)e8     38  
 3B  Whitey Kurowski      28  148  565   70  165  28   4  14  123   9   5   71   79  .292  .367  .430   94   6.0  2e16      -56  
 OF *Enos Slaughter       30  154  603   76  165  20   6  18   97   7   4   69   47  .274  .347  .416   88   5.2  1(0)e6    -75  
 2B  Jerry Priddy         26  138  551   90  145  28   8  12   49  23   3   59  106  .263  .339  .408   77   4.8  2e35       52  
 OF *Barney McCosky       29  129  424   69  138  26   2   4   46  13   8   62   27  .325  .414  .425   77   6.8  2(+1)e8    23  
 1B *Johnny Hopp          29  134  461   61  141  25  12   2   57  13   5   38   39  .306  .358  .425   67   5.2  2e24      -44  
 OF  Terry Moore          34   91  319   47   84  14   0   7   25   0   1   17   47  .263  .300  .373   34   3.8  1(0)e8      8  
 SS  Bobby Sturgeon       26  102  304   31   82   9   0   0   33   0   0   10   28  .270  .291  .299   27   3.0  3e40      -89  
 SS  Skeeter Newsome      35   96  295   33   66  10   5   1   26   6   2   18   31  .224  .278  .302   26   2.9  2e32       13  
 C  *Don Padgett          34   38  128   17   31  11   0   2   12   0   0   11   13  .242  .300  .375   14   3.8  4(+3)e10   54  
 C  *Ken O'Dea            33   36  122    9   27   3   0   3   16   2   1   15   14  .221  .312  .320   12   3.5  3(+1)e8   132  
 C   Del Rice             23   38  103    7   27   6   1   0   10   0   0    9   19  .262  .319  .340   11   4.2  2(0)e8    -21  
 C   Walker Cooper        31   27  100    4   27   7   1   0   16   0   0    6    6  .270  .308  .360   10   3.7  3(0)e9    -38  
 2B  Lou Stringer         29   50   70   14   21   5   0   1   10   0   0    7   13  .300  .362  .414   10   5.1  3e31      138  
 1B *Mickey Rocco         30   65   96   11   24   0   0   0    7   0   0   16   16  .250  .354  .250    9   3.4  2e15      -68  
 3B  Ken Keltner          29   77  107    7   21   4   0   3   15   0   0    6   11  .196  .243  .318    7   2.2  3e15     -120  
 C  #George Dickey        30   37  108    9   23   4   0   0   10   0   0    7   19  .213  .256  .250    7   2.3  4(+2)e7     1  
 2B  Emil Verban          30    4   19    4    7   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .368  .368  .421    2   5.2  2e30      153  
 UT *Dick Sisler          25   35   60    1    8   1   1   0    3   0   0    0    8  .133  .133  .183    1    .7           -352  
 C   Les Moss             21    3   10    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    0  .200  .333  .200    0   1.9  4(+2)e12 -360  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                           754                  -13

     * - 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       31  18  12  .600  35  35   3   0   0   0   0  245.0  253  119  103  19   91  175  3.78  118   4.3   40  
  P  Denny Galehouse      34  14  10  .583  31  31   1   0   0   0   0  186.2  193   80   64  14   48   89  3.09   88   4.1  -66  
  P *Howie Pollet         25  11  11  .500  31  31   7   0   0   0   2  221.1  189   89   73   9   79  102  2.97   75   3.0  -34  
  P *Clyde Shoun          34   8   1  .889  35   0   0  18   1   2   0   57.1   52   16   16   1   18   19  2.51   23   3.7  -93  
  P  Mort Cooper          33   7   1  .875   9   9   1   0   0   0   0   65.1   60   15   12   2   11   31  1.65   20   2.8  -86  
  P  Bill Lee             36   6   5  .545  21  19   0   2   1   0   0  111.2  133   59   54  10   43   31  4.35   72   5.8   67  
  P  Ted Wilks            30   5   2  .714  67   0   0  55  34   5   0   89.1   69   23   19   5   37   46  1.91   28   2.8 -139  
  P *Max Lanier           30   4   1  .800   6   6   2   0   0   0   1   46.1   35    9    6   0   16   41  1.17   11   2.2  -91  
  P  Freddy Schmidt       30   4   2  .667  18   0   0   6   0   1   0   34.2   26    6    4   0   18   22  1.04   10   2.7 -184  
  P  Ken Burkhart         29   4   5  .444  60   0   0  26   4   4   0   95.1  117   70   53   6   30   47  5.00   53   4.9   28  
  P  Charley Schanz       27   4  11  .267  23  23   0   0   0   0   0  124.0  137   93   78  13   74   82  5.66   85   6.0   25  
  P  Al Jurisich          24   2   1  .667  37   0   0  18   5   1   0   63.0   65   30   26   1   27   48  3.71   31   4.4  -88  
  P  Red Munger           27   2   3  .400  24   0   0  14   4   1   0   43.2   42   16   12   0   17   37  2.47   16   3.2  -22  
  P *Ernie White          29   0   0  .000   9   0   0   1   0   0   0   18.0   14    3    2   0    9   13  1.00    5   2.9 -123  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                                      641        -26

     * - 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 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Ken O'Dea 328 36 36 186 17 6 1 .971 25 11 Don Padgett 310 36 37 203 19 4 1 .982 33 12 George Dickey 262 28 32 160 16 5 0 .972 32 12 Walker Cooper 240 26 27 160 14 0 2 1.000 7 3 Del Rice 236 25 33 134 14 5 0 .967 19 7 Les Moss 27 3 3 24 1 1 0 .962 4 1 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Johnny Hopp 1011 114 115 1032 95 20 112 .983 10.03 Stan Musial 191 21 21 187 16 3 25 .985 9.58 Mickey Rocco 168 16 30 168 11 0 15 1.000 9.59 Dick Sisler 31 3 5 29 4 0 2 1.000 9.58 Ken Keltner 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jerry Priddy 1210 134 136 298 465 26 102 .967 5.68 Lou Stringer 82 8 14 17 35 0 9 1.000 5.71 Bobby Sturgeon 77 8 10 20 32 1 10 .981 6.08 Emil Verban 33 4 4 12 13 1 1 .962 6.82 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Whitey Kurowski 1299 142 142 152 307 16 26 .966 3.18 Ken Keltner 103 12 12 8 30 0 2 1.000 3.32 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Skeeter Newsome 742 82 93 157 232 24 59 .942 4.72 Bobby Sturgeon 628 69 81 160 194 19 44 .949 5.07 Lou Stringer 32 3 10 6 13 0 6 1.000 5.34 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Stan Musial 1202 132 132 257 11 9 0 .968 2.01 Barney McCosky 182 20 20 37 2 0 0 1.000 1.93 Dick Sisler 18 2 2 3 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Barney McCosky 700 79 82 184 4 2 0 .989 2.42 Terry Moore 657 71 86 172 12 4 0 .979 2.52 Johnny Hopp 19 1 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.42 Stan Musial 9 1 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00 Enos Slaughter 9 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 Dick Sisler 8 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Enos Slaughter 1391 153 153 343 10 6 1 .983 2.28 Dick Sisler 9 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 Barney McCosky 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1946 Draft

Round 1 (#9):	Denny Galehouse
Round 1 (#13):	Clyde Shoun
Round 2 (#27):	Bill Lee
Round 3 (#39):	Mickey Rocco
Round 4 (#48):	Al Jurisich
Round 5 (#57):	Don Padgett
Round 6 (#64):	Lou Stringer
Round 7 (#70):	Ernie White

Transactions

• 1946-01: traded Jeff Cross to CHA for George Dickey
• 1946-12: traded SLN#1 to BON for Mort Cooper
• 1946-12: traded Del Rice, SLN#2 to NY2 for Walker Cooper
• 1946-12: traded Bill Lee, SLN#3 to BON for Ray Sanders, Emil Verban
• 1946 postseason: released Dave Bartosch

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