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1947 St. Louis Cardinals  (1946)  (1948)
89-65, 1st in National League
Scored 759 runs, Allowed 692 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 84-70
Defensive Efficiency Rating: .691
Park Factor: Batting - 96 / Pitching - 95 (over 100 favors batters)
Pyth2 W-L: 74-80   (What is this?)

Actual W-L record in MLB: 89-65
Manager(s): Mike Rescigno

Lost to Boston Red Sox in World Series, 4 games to 3.

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
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 3B  Whitey Kurowski      29  152  553  119  174  19   6  40  117   2   6  108   73  .315  .424  .588  140   9.2  2e20       48  
 1B *Stan Musial          26  154  632  111  189  33   9  28  109   9   3   71   31  .299  .369  .513  114   6.4  2e8       -20  
 OF *Enos Slaughter       31  153  570   73  174  31  15   8   96   8   7   80   35  .305  .396  .454  102   6.4  2(0)e6     32  
 OF *Barney McCosky       30  152  590   81  197  25  11   7   97   0   2   60   35  .334  .395  .449  102   6.5  2(+1)e7    50  
 OF #Augie Galan          35  106  377   70  121  19   3   8   31   3   2   98   21  .321  .459  .451   85   8.6  3(+1)e4    45  
 OF  Terry Moore          35   94  255   44   79  15   3   9   36   0   0   17   23  .310  .357  .498   46   6.9  1(0)e6    147  
 2B  Jerry Priddy         27  142  545   66  118  16   7   3   41  10   3   62   98  .217  .294  .288   42   2.4  2e16       -2  
 C   Del Rice             24   88  220   32   50   8   1  11   44   3   2   31   34  .227  .323  .423   31   4.6  2(0)e7     24  
 SS  Skeeter Newsome      36   92  322   23   75   7   3   0   24   3   5   23   33  .233  .282  .273   24   2.4  2e29      -16  
 C   Les Moss             22  105  324   27   57  10   4   8   28   0   1   34   73  .176  .255  .306   24   2.3  4(+2)e6    50  
 SS  Bobby Sturgeon       27   83  259   24   67   8   7   0   23   0   0    7   16  .259  .275  .344   23   2.9  3e29        2  
 3B  Ken Keltner          30   72   79   13   26   6   0   2   23   3   0    8    9  .329  .385  .481   15   7.3  3e12      152  
 PH  Joe Medwick          35   74   73    9   23   5   0   1   10   1   0   10   12  .315  .388  .425   12   6.4            -27  
 OF *Johnny Hopp          30   86   97   19   27   2   1   0    6   2   1   12   11  .278  .355  .320   11   4.2  3(+2)e7   -60  
 SS  Eddie Bockman        26   11   50    9   14   3   0   0    5   0   0    4    9  .280  .345  .340    5   3.6  4e29      -18  
 2B  Jeff Cross           28   15   33    3    6   1   0   0    4   0   0   10    7  .182  .372  .212    2   2.6  4e22      208  
 PH *Dick Sisler          26    8    9    0    3   1   0   0    3   0   0    0    0  .333  .400  .444    1   4.9            354  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                           788                   29

     * - 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       32  20   9  .690  33  33   9   0   0   0   3  240.2  236  102   97  20   64  119  3.63  101   3.8  -76  
  P  Charley Schanz       28  11   4  .733  44   6   1  20   4   2   0   97.0   98   40   37   6   43   49  3.43   50   4.8  -28  
  P  Red Munger           28  11   8  .579  34  33   1   1   0   0   0  214.2  221   98   87  15   63  135  3.65   96   4.0  -27  
  P *Kent Peterson        21  11   8  .579  42  13   0  12   2   3   0  115.1  126   61   50   4   52   67  3.90   56   4.4  -41  
  P *Howie Pollet         26   9  12  .429  31  30   3   0   0   0   3  189.1  204   99   89  13   85   88  4.23  103   4.9  -35  
  P  Harry Dorish         25   8   6  .571  76   0   0  53  29   9   0  118.1  136   70   61   4   52   44  4.64   64   4.8  -20  
  P  Karl Drews           27   6   2  .750  54   1   0  24   5   2   0   88.0   86   50   47  11   54   51  4.81   52   5.3   35  
  P *Ken Heintzelman      31   6   3  .667  44  17   2  12   2   0   1  153.2  152   68   60  11   65   82  3.51   73   4.2  -80  
  P  Ken Burkhart         30   5   9  .357  33  20   2   5   1   0   0  148.2  183   78   74  19   50   66  4.48   96   5.9  -13  
  P  Freddy Schmidt       31   2   4  .333  22   1   1   6   1   5   0   34.2   41   21   18   3   16   10  4.67   21   5.5   11  
  P  Ted Wilks            31   0   0  .000   4   0   0   2   1   0   0   10.1    7    5    5   1    5    8  4.35    3   3.1 -243  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                                      719        -37

     * - 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
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---
 Les Moss              858 100 103  511   65   6   3  .990  48  43
 Del Rice              553  54  82  309   32   3   4  .991  22  15
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---

First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Stan Musial 1411 154 154 1506 146 7 161 .996 10.54 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jerry Priddy 1258 141 142 335 425 10 116 .987 5.44 Jeff Cross 57 6 8 16 24 1 6 .976 6.32 Skeeter Newsome 49 5 8 14 19 1 7 .971 6.10 Bobby Sturgeon 47 2 12 11 18 1 4 .967 5.55 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Whitey Kurowski 1365 149 149 137 408 24 48 .958 3.59 Ken Keltner 46 5 5 5 17 0 2 1.000 4.34 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Skeeter Newsome 731 82 84 140 242 16 56 .960 4.71 Bobby Sturgeon 542 58 70 117 192 7 37 .978 5.13 Eddie Bockman 98 11 11 22 32 2 5 .964 4.98 Jeff Cross 33 3 7 7 9 0 2 1.000 4.32 Dick Sisler 7 0 1 1 3 0 0 1.000 5.14 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

 Left Field            Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP   FP    RF
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
 Barney McCosky       1357 149 149  335   14   9   4  .975  2.32
 Johnny Hopp            41   4   6   13    1   1   0  .933  3.10
 Joe Medwick            11   1   3    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
 Augie Galan             2   0   1    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Augie Galan 852 99 99 190 10 6 0 .971 2.11 Terry Moore 506 51 73 134 9 3 1 .979 2.55 Johnny Hopp 43 4 13 17 0 1 0 .944 3.59 Joe Medwick 10 0 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.87 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Enos Slaughter 1402 153 153 311 7 9 1 .972 2.04 Joe Medwick 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1947 Draft


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