1949 St. Louis Cardinals Statistics

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          28  154  598  130  220  32  15  41  121   8   7  104   52  .368  .463  .677  188  12.6  3(0)e3     78  
 OF *Enos Slaughter       33  154  602   98  206  25  15  14  118   8   6   78   47  .342  .413  .503  126   8.0  2(0)e6    -12  
 OF *Richie Ashburn       22  154  663   94  192  24  15   4   42   8  22   56   45  .290  .344  .389   84   4.4  1(+2)e11   42  
 1B  Nippy Jones          24  123  423   51  133  24   0  11   88   1   0   19   23  .314  .343  .449   62   5.3  4e23       36  
 SS  Johnny Lipon         26  139  452   43  117  17  10   3   45   3   6   73   33  .259  .361  .361   61   4.4  2e28       29  
 3B  Eddie Kazak          28  120  346   28   82  14   1  11   46   1   1   36   29  .237  .315  .379   41   4.1  4e36      -92  
 3B  Ken Keltner          32   86  266   32   71  10   3   9   36   2   1   33   29  .267  .343  .429   41   5.4  3e20       55  
 C   Del Rice             26   94  280   34   70  19   2   6   40   0   0   32   46  .250  .334  .396   36   4.3  2(0)e7     69  
 C   Ray Mueller          37   82  264   26   76   6   2   6   38   5   2   21   24  .288  .337  .394   36   5.0  4(0)e7     93  
 OF  Bob Kennedy          28   76  161   31   53   9   4   5   35   3   2   14   18  .329  .374  .528   32   7.4  2(-2)e7   151  
 1B  Jack Phillips        27   56  125   17   44   8   4   0   19   3   2   18   15  .352  .441  .480   26   8.2  3e17      198  
 2B  Monty Basgall        27   83  337   43   76   7   0   0   15   0   1   27   31  .226  .284  .246   23   2.3  3e21      -33  
 2B *Nellie Fox           21   91  220   34   43   5   3   0   18   3   4   23    8  .195  .270  .245   15   2.1  2e22     -134  
 SS  Granny Hamner        22   47  104   15   30   4   1   2    9   1   1    2    5  .288  .308  .404   11   3.8  2e31       69  
 2B  Billy Hitchcock      32   30  110   23   26   4   0   0    8   1   0   13   13  .236  .315  .273   10   3.3  3e22       38  
 OF *Gene Woodling        26   25   34    5    8   2   1   1    2   0   0    2    1  .235  .278  .441    3   3.8  2(+1)e7   -74  
 3B *Merl Combs           29    4    7    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    0  .286  .545  .286    1   6.2  4e33      157  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                           804                   28

     * - 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 *Howie Pollet         28  19  10  .655  35  35   7   0   0   0   3  240.1  233   99   80  11   81  140  3.00   94   3.5  -62  
  P *Harry Brecheen       34  13  15  .464  35  35   4   0   0   0   1  233.0  228  112   91  23   78  130  3.52  107   4.1   -9  
  P  Red Munger           30  12  11  .522  29  28   2   1   0   0   0  191.2  177   87   72  16   99  102  3.38   90   4.2  -39  
  P *Lou Brissie          25  10   7  .588  23  21   3   1   0   0   1  143.0  118   67   62  16   65   88  3.90   60   3.8 -102  
  P  Ted Wilks            33   9   4  .692  55   0   0  43  24   8   0   70.0   72   28   23   8   30   45  2.96   37   4.6   66  
  P  Gerry Staley         28   9   8  .529  46  24   2  10   3   1   1  184.2  175   67   60   7   43   48  2.92   63   3.0  -20  
  P *Alex Kellner         24   6   6  .500  47  11   0  10   2   2   0  131.2  145   81   68  11   57   73  4.65   72   4.8    2  
  P  Fred Martin          34   5   2  .714  52   0   0  41  11   1   0   74.1   51   10   10   2   26   37  1.21   15   1.9 -161  
  P *Johnny Antonelli     19   4   4  .500  63   0   0  25   1   5   0   96.0  103   51   48   9   53   56  4.50   55   5.2   -4  
  P  Ken Burkhart         32   0   0  .000   4   0   0   1   0   0   0    7.2   11    8    5   1    3    3  5.87    5   6.6  179  
  P *Max Lanier           33   0   0  .000   9   0   0   4   0   0   0   15.1   10    1    1   0    5    9  0.59    3   1.7 -249  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                                      607        -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 738 80 93 460 25 4 4 .992 17 5 Ray Mueller 650 74 79 360 33 7 2 .982 12 17 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---
First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Nippy Jones 873 98 98 869 82 15 100 .984 9.81 Stan Musial 296 33 35 291 28 6 39 .982 9.69 Jack Phillips 218 23 27 237 19 6 24 .977 10.58 Billy Hitchcock 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Monty Basgall 696 80 82 177 244 12 60 .972 5.44 Nellie Fox 453 48 61 121 161 5 42 .983 5.60 Billy Hitchcock 233 26 28 63 69 4 21 .971 5.09 Eddie Kazak 5 0 3 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.38 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Eddie Kazak 711 80 85 88 176 24 15 .917 3.34 Ken Keltner 616 69 70 59 155 7 20 .968 3.13 Jack Phillips 31 3 4 5 9 1 1 .933 4.06 Merl Combs 18 2 2 2 5 0 0 1.000 3.57 Bob Kennedy 11 0 6 3 1 0 1 1.000 3.18 Monty Basgall 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Johnny Lipon 1172 130 136 286 457 23 103 .970 5.71 Granny Hamner 216 24 32 42 89 2 11 .985 5.46 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Stan Musial 1091 121 121 292 11 3 2 .990 2.50 Bob Kennedy 278 31 33 97 2 2 0 .980 3.20 Gene Woodling 18 2 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Richie Ashburn 1377 154 154 360 17 12 2 .969 2.46 Gene Woodling 9 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 Bob Kennedy 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Enos Slaughter 1388 154 154 276 10 5 2 .983 1.85 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1949 Draft

Round 1 (#3):	Ken Keltner
Round 2 (#18):	Nellie Fox
Round 3 (#30):	Ray Mueller
Round 4 (#46):	Ken Burkhart
Round 5 (#57):	Jack Phillips
Round 6 (#67):	Monty Basgall
Round 7 (#74):	Billy Hitchcock
Round 8 (#80):	Merl Combs

Transactions

1949-12: traded Bob Kennedy to CHA for Gene Woodling
1949 postseason: released Monty Basgall, Ken Burkhart, Merl Combs, Alex Kellner, Fred Martin, Jack Phillips, Gerry Staley

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