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1948 St. Louis Cardinals  (1947)  (1949) 97-57, 1st in National League Scored 776 runs, Allowed 631 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 93-61 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .704 Park Factor: Batting - 110 / Pitching - 108 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 87-67   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 85-69 Manager(s): Mike Rescigno Lost to Boston Red Sox 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
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 1B *Stan Musial          27  154  614  129  241  47  17  40  160   5   2   89   26  .393  .466  .720  206  13.9  2e10       33  
 OF *Enos Slaughter       32  154  584   82  187  27  11  14   82   3   5   91   33  .320  .407  .476  115   7.3  1(-3)e11    4  
 OF *Richie Ashburn       21  138  480   99  185  15   4   3   44  35  14   72   30  .385  .463  .452  110   9.4  2(+2)e9   105  
 3B  Ken Keltner          31  150  599   97  172  29   9  31  126   1   0   69   59  .287  .356  .521  105   6.1  2e14      -40  
 OF *Barney McCosky       31  154  545   55  140  21   6   0   67   0   3   74   24  .257  .340  .317   60   3.6  3(+2)e3  -134  
 SS  Johnny Lipon         25  124  480   75  125  15   5   5   56   0   3   42   24  .260  .323  .344   51   3.5  3e24     -116  
 2B  Granny Hamner        21  122  454   53  124  20   3   2   46   2   6   24   36  .273  .311  .344   43   3.2  4e30        7  
 C   Del Rice             25  115  339   35   69  10   0   4   45   0   1   46   56  .204  .309  .268   31   2.9  2(-3)e1     0  
 2B  Billy Hitchcock      31   56  135   25   49   4   2   2   23   0   0    5    7  .363  .380  .467   23   6.8  3e44      127  
 OF  Terry Moore          36   49  174   26   36  10   0   4   16   0   0   29   18  .207  .317  .333   20   3.8  2(-1)e3   -13  
 C   Bill Baker           37   63  132   15   41  12   3   0   15   0   0    9   10  .311  .350  .447   19   5.4  4(+1)e1    29  
 SS  Ralph Lapointe       26   55  195   24   33   5   0   0   13   1   2   15   18  .169  .226  .195    9   1.5  3e42     -101  
 2B  Don Lang             33   61   67   10   18   0   0   0    1   0   0   10   11  .269  .372  .269    7   4.0  4e71      -79  
 PH  Nippy Jones          23   58   56    7   14   2   0   2    8   0   0    6    7  .250  .317  .393    6   4.1              6  
 C   Len Okrie            24   21   69    6   17   3   1   0    7   0   0    4   13  .246  .288  .319    5   2.8  4(+2)e3    65  
 OF #Augie Galan          36    4   11    5    4   1   0   0    0   0   0    4    1  .364  .533  .455    2   9.5  3(+2)e12   62  
 3B  Whitey Kurowski      30   24   27    3    6   1   0   0    5   0   0    5    3  .222  .333  .259    2   3.1  5e31      -37  
 PH *Babe Young           33   24   21    3    6   0   0   0    3   0   0    3    0  .286  .375  .286    2   4.6            -17  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                           825                  -15

     * - 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       33  18   3  .857  34  34  10   0   0   0   1  243.2  219   71   66   7   46  160  2.44   81   3.0  -10  
  P *Lou Brissie          24  16  10  .615  34  34   2   0   0   0   1  211.2  217  102   93   8  104  143  3.95  107   4.6  -47  
  P *Howie Pollet         27  12   7  .632  30  30   6   0   0   0   1  205.0  211   98   83  16   69  107  3.64   97   4.2  -83  
  P  Red Embree           30  11   3  .786  51   0   0  18   4   5   0   82.0   89   37   32   9   30   33  3.51   45   5.0   37  
  P  Red Munger           29   9  13  .409  28  28   3   0   0   0   1  163.0  191   98   92  12   75   72  5.08  104   5.7  -11  
  P  Ted Wilks            32   6   2  .750  54   0   0  48  29   9   0   84.0   68   26   22   6   21   55  2.36   26   2.8   -7  
  P  Al Widmar            23   6   4  .600  52   0   0  25   2   0   0   89.1   89   42   39   6   43   47  3.93   46   4.6  -79  
  P *Kent Peterson        22   6   7  .462  31  17   0   8   2   0   0  127.0  130   66   62  14   56   70  4.39   74   5.3   16  
  P  Elmer Singleton      30   4   3  .571  38   6   0  15   5   1   0  100.1   92   36   33   5   29   57  2.96   36   3.3 -149  
  P  Frank Hiller         27   4   4  .500  32   1   0  16   3   2   0   58.1   53   38   35  10   28   21  5.40   31   4.9  -16  
  P *Ken Heintzelman      32   3   0 1.000   3   3   1   0   0   0   1   24.0   18    7    6   2    7   18  2.25    8   3.0 -120  
  P  Ken Burkhart         31   2   0 1.000   5   0   0   2   0   0   0   11.0    9    4    4   2    5    1  3.27    4   3.7 -132  
  P  Gerry Staley         27   0   1  .000   1   1   0   0   0   0   0    4.0    8    6    6   2    3    2 13.50    7  16.1  462  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                                      673        -36

     * - 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 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Del Rice 928 102 114 612 30 3 2 .995 7 4 Bill Baker 302 31 48 181 13 1 0 .995 10 3 Len Okrie 173 21 21 101 7 2 2 .982 5 3 Whitey Kurowski 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Stan Musial 1391 153 153 1460 160 9 154 .994 10.48 Nippy Jones 11 1 2 15 3 0 2 1.000 14.73 Babe Young 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Granny Hamner 934 104 106 275 312 15 75 .975 5.65 Billy Hitchcock 238 25 35 60 72 8 22 .943 4.99 Ralph Lapointe 98 11 11 23 23 2 7 .958 4.21 Johnny Lipon 87 10 11 29 23 1 7 .981 5.38 Don Lang 46 4 8 20 16 0 7 1.000 7.09 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ken Keltner 1350 148 149 98 355 11 31 .976 3.02 Whitey Kurowski 35 4 4 7 8 0 0 1.000 3.86 Ralph Lapointe 18 2 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Johnny Lipon 969 105 108 182 393 10 78 .983 5.34 Ralph Lapointe 324 38 38 70 140 11 26 .950 5.83 Granny Hamner 110 11 14 26 39 2 9 .970 5.32 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Barney McCosky 1382 153 153 277 10 3 1 .990 1.87 Richie Ashburn 8 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Terry Moore 8 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 Nippy Jones 3 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 Whitey Kurowski 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Del Rice 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Richie Ashburn 994 108 110 267 9 5 0 .982 2.50 Terry Moore 370 42 42 86 9 0 0 1.000 2.31 Enos Slaughter 36 4 4 12 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 Stan Musial 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Enos Slaughter 1367 150 150 293 7 6 2 .980 1.97 Augie Galan 27 3 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.67 Stan Musial 9 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1948 Draft

Round 1 (#8):	Augie Galan
Round 2 (#25):	Kent Peterson
Round 3 (#39):	Elmer Singleton
Round 4 (#50):	Red Embree
Round 5 (#60):	Frank Hiller
Round 6 (#69):	Al Widmar
Round 7 (#75):	Gerry Staley

Transactions

• 1948-12: traded SLN#3 to CHA for Ken Burkhart, Ken Heintzelman
• 1948-15: acquired Len Okrie as a free agent
• 1948 postseason: released Johnny Grodzicki, Granny Hamner, Nippy Jones, Johnny Lipon, Elmer Singleton, Gerry Staley

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