1943 St. Louis Cardinals Statistics

National League (NL)
Team Record: 105-49
Finished 1st in the NL
Attendance: 517,135, Avg. 8,376
Ballpark: Sportsman's Park IV
Won League Championship Series
World Series - Lost to New York Yankees 4-1
Manager: Billy Southworth (105-49)
Location: St. Louis, Missouri

1943 St. Louis Cardinals Roster
1943 St. Louis Cardinals Results

The St. Louis Cardinals of the National League ended the 1943 season with a record of 105 wins and 49 losses, finishing first in the NL.

The Cardinals yielded 475 runs, fewest in the league. St. Louis tallied 679 runs. Whitey Kurowski and Stan Musial paced the squad with 13 home runs apiece. Walker Cooper and Stan Musial each recorded 81 runs batted in. Stan Musial led batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .357 clip. Mort Cooper topped the squad with 21 wins, while Max Lanier, too added 15 or more wins, too Max Lanier recorded a 1.90 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.

Billy Southworth coached the team. The 1943 St. Louis Cardinals won the League Championship Series.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Mort Cooper	21	8	.724	2.30	37	32	5	24	6	3	274.0	228	81	70	5	79	141	5	2	4	1109
Max Lanier	15	7	.682	1.90	32	25	5	14	2	3	213.3	195	62	45	3	75	123	2	0	0	882
Howie Krist	11	5	.688	2.90	34	17	10	9	2	3	164.3	141	57	53	5	62	57	4	1	3	683
Harry Gumbert	10	5	.667	2.84	21	19	0	7	3	0	133.0	115	46	42	4	32	40	0	0	1	525
Red Munger	9	5	.643	3.95	32	9	14	5	0	2	93.3	101	47	41	2	42	45	0	0	2	412
Harry Brecheen	9	6	.600	2.26	29	13	12	8	1	4	135.3	98	41	34	4	39	68	3	0	2	527
Al Brazle	8	2	.800	1.53	13	9	2	8	1	0	88.0	74	18	15	0	29	26	0	0	2	352
Murry Dickson	8	2	.800	3.58	31	7	11	2	0	0	115.7	119	51	46	4	49	44	1	0	1	496
Howie Pollet	8	4	.667	1.75	16	14	2	12	5	0	118.3	83	26	23	2	32	61	2	1	2	456
Ernie White	5	5	.500	3.78	14	10	2	5	1	0	78.7	78	38	33	4	33	28	1	0	3	343
Bud Byerly	1	0	1.000	3.46	2	2	0	0	0	0	13.0	14	6	5	0	5	6	0	0	0	56
Totals	105	49	.682	2.57	261	157	63	94	21	15	1427.0	1246	473	407	33	477	639	18	4	20	5841

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH
Stan Musial	157	701	617	108	220	48	20	13	81	9	72	18	.357	.425	.562	.988	347	17	2	10
Lou Klein	154	694	627	91	180	28	14	7	62	9	50	70	.287	.342	.410	.752	257	4	2	15
Harry Walker	148	640	564	76	166	28	6	2	53	5	40	24	.294	.341	.376	.717	212	5	0	36
Whitey Kurowski	139	565	522	69	150	24	8	13	70	3	31	54	.287	.330	.439	.768	229	11	2	10
Walker Cooper	122	476	449	52	143	30	4	9	81	1	19	19	.318	.349	.463	.812	208	13	2	6
Ray Sanders	144	571	478	69	134	21	5	11	73	1	77	33	.280	.381	.414	.796	198	10	1	15
Marty Marion	129	463	418	38	117	15	3	1	52	1	32	37	.280	.334	.337	.671	141	4	2	11
Danny Litwhiler	80	283	258	40	72	14	3	7	31	1	19	31	.279	.333	.438	.771	113	3	2	4
Debs Garms	90	268	249	26	64	10	2	0	22	1	13	8	.257	.299	.313	.612	78	4	2	4
Ken O'Dea	71	227	203	15	57	11	2	3	25	0	19	25	.281	.345	.399	.744	81	2	1	4
Johnny Hopp	91	272	241	33	54	10	2	2	25	8	24	22	.224	.297	.307	.604	74	2	1	6
Frank Demaree	39	97	86	5	25	2	0	0	9	1	8	4	.291	.351	.314	.665	27	6	0	3
Jimmy Brown	34	120	110	6	20	4	2	0	8	0	6	1	.182	.224	.255	.479	28	0	0	4
George Fallon	36	87	78	6	18	1	0	0	5	0	2	9	.231	.259	.244	.503	19	3	1	6
Mort Cooper	37	107	100	7	17	3	0	1	11	0	2	14	.170	.186	.230	.416	23	2	0	5
Max Lanier	32	85	73	8	12	0	0	0	5	0	1	5	.164	.176	.164	.340	12	1	0	11
Howie Krist	34	65	60	7	10	1	0	0	2	0	1	13	.167	.180	.183	.364	11	1	0	4
Al Brazle	13	32	32	4	9	1	1	0	4	0	0	2	.281	.281	.375	.656	12	0	0	0
Murry Dickson	31	37	34	1	9	2	0	0	6	0	0	1	.265	.265	.324	.588	11	0	0	3
Harry Brecheen	29	49	42	4	8	2	0	0	3	0	2	8	.190	.244	.238	.483	10	0	1	4
Howie Pollet	16	45	43	3	7	1	0	0	1	0	1	9	.163	.182	.186	.368	8	0	0	1
Harry Gumbert	21	52	45	1	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	11	.156	.174	.156	.329	7	1	0	6
Red Munger	32	29	28	3	6	2	0	0	3	0	1	5	.214	.241	.286	.527	8	1	0	0
Ernie White	21	31	28	5	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.214	.241	.214	.456	6	1	0	2
Coaker Triplett	9	26	25	1	2	0	0	1	4	0	1	6	.080	.115	.200	.315	5	1	0	0
Sam Narron	10	12	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.091	.167	.091	.258	1	0	0	0
Buster Adams	8	18	11	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	4	4	.091	.333	.182	.515	2	0	0	3
Bud Byerly	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Totals	1729	6055	5435	679	1515	259	72	70	638	40	428	437	.279	.334	.392	.725	2128	92	19	173

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Ray Sanders	1B	141	1302	71	7	142	.995	9.738	0
Johnny Hopp	1B	27	173	16	6	13	.969	7.000	0
Harry Walker	2B	1	1	0	1	0	.500	1.000	0
Lou Klein	2B	126	301	356	18	99	.973	5.214	0
George Fallon	2B	36	65	86	5	18	.968	4.194	0
Jimmy Brown	2B	19	44	45	2	9	.978	4.684	0
Whitey Kurowski	3B	137	166	255	21	29	.952	3.073	0
Debs Garms	3B	23	18	22	7	5	.851	1.739	0
Jimmy Brown	3B	9	12	15	0	4	1.000	3.000	0
Ken O'Dea	C	56	237	32	3	6	.989	4.804	4
Sam Narron	C	3	8	1	0	0	1.000	3.000	0
Walker Cooper	C	112	504	49	14	5	.975	4.938	9
Harry Walker	OF	144	321	14	12	4	.965	2.326	0
Coaker Triplett	OF	6	13	0	0	0	1.000	2.167	0
Stan Musial	OF	155	376	15	7	4	.982	2.523	0
Danny Litwhiler	OF	70	139	7	0	1	1.000	2.086	0
Johnny Hopp	OF	52	113	1	6	3	.950	2.192	0
Debs Garms	OF	47	93	3	2	0	.980	2.043	0
Frank Demaree	OF	23	35	1	0	0	1.000	1.565	0
Buster Adams	OF	6	11	0	0	0	1.000	1.833	0
Ernie White	P	14	3	12	0	1	1.000	1.071	0
Howie Pollet	P	16	1	17	0	0	1.000	1.125	0
Red Munger	P	32	3	24	1	3	.964	.844	0
Max Lanier	P	32	8	43	1	2	.981	1.594	0
Howie Krist	P	34	1	13	3	1	.824	.412	0
Harry Gumbert	P	21	10	35	1	0	.978	2.143	0
Murry Dickson	P	31	6	21	2	3	.931	.871	0
Mort Cooper	P	37	7	46	3	3	.946	1.432	0
Bud Byerly	P	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Harry Brecheen	P	29	8	28	0	3	1.000	1.241	0
Al Brazle	P	13	3	20	0	1	1.000	1.769	0
Marty Marion	SS	128	232	424	20	93	.970	5.125	0
Whitey Kurowski	SS	2	1	2	0	0	1.000	1.500	0
Lou Klein	SS	51	55	88	9	19	.941	2.804	0
Debs Garms	SS	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Jimmy Brown	SS	6	9	16	0	1	1.000	4.167	0
Totals		1642	4280	1780	151	472	.976	3.691	13

Postseason - Pitching:

Player	Rnd	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	BF
Mort Cooper	WS	1	1	.500	2.81	2	2	0	1	16.0	11	5	5	1	3	0	10	1	62
Howie Krist	WS	0	0			1	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Murry Dickson	WS	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0.7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3
Max Lanier	WS	0	1	.000	1.76	3	2	0	0	15.3	13	5	3	1	3	0	13	1	62
Harry Brecheen	WS	0	1	.000	2.45	3	0	3	0	3.7	5	1	1	0	3	2	3	0	17
Al Brazle	WS	0	1	.000	3.68	1	1	0	0	7.3	5	6	3	0	2	1	4	0	31
Totals		1	4	.200	2.51	11	5	4	1	43.0	35	17	12	2	12	3	30	2	176

Postseason - Batting:

Player	Rnd	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	SH	IBB
Marty Marion	WS	5	18	14	1	5	2	1	2	1	0	3	1	.357	.471	.714	1.185	10	1	1	2
Walker Cooper	WS	5	18	17	1	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.294	.294	.294	.588	5	1	1	0
Ray Sanders	WS	5	20	17	3	5	0	1	2	0	0	3	4	.294	.400	.471	.871	8	0	0	1
Stan Musial	WS	5	20	18	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.278	.350	.278	.628	5	0	0	0
Danny Litwhiler	WS	5	17	15	0	4	1	0	2	0	0	2	4	.267	.353	.333	.686	5	0	0	0
Whitey Kurowski	WS	5	19	18	2	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	.222	.222	.278	.500	5	1	1	0
Harry Walker	WS	5	18	18	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.222	.389	4	0	0	0
Lou Klein	WS	5	23	22	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.136	.174	.136	.310	3	0	0	0
Ken O'Dea	WS	2	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	2	0	0	0
Max Lanier	WS	3	4	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0
Al Brazle	WS	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Mort Cooper	WS	2	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	0
Frank Demaree	WS	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Debs Garms	WS	2	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	0
Johnny Hopp	WS	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Sam Narron	WS	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Harry Brecheen	WS	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Murry Dickson	WS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Howie Krist	WS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Ernie White	WS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Totals		59	181	165	9	37	5	2	8	1	1	11	26	.224	.273	.291	.564	48	3	5	3

Postseason - Fielding:

Player	Rnd	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G
Ray Sanders	WS	1B	5	5	43.0	41	5	0	4	1.000	9.628	9.200
Lou Klein	WS	2B	5	5	43.0	10	13	2	4	.920	4.814	4.600
Whitey Kurowski	WS	3B	5	5	43.0	8	8	2	0	.889	3.349	3.200
Walker Cooper	WS	C	5	5	38.7	28	3	2	0	.939	7.216	6.200
Ken O'Dea	WS	C	1	0	4.3	2	0	0	0	1.000	4.154	2.000
Harry Walker	WS	CF	4	4	34.0	10	0	2	0	.833	2.647	2.500
Johnny Hopp	WS	CF	1	1	9.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000
Danny Litwhiler	WS	LF	4	4	34.0	12	0	0	0	1.000	3.176	3.000
Debs Garms	WS	LF	1	1	9.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000
Mort Cooper	WS	P	2	2	16.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	.563	.500
Max Lanier	WS	P	3	2	15.3	0	3	1	0	.750	1.761	1.000
Al Brazle	WS	P	1	1	7.3	1	2	0	0	1.000	3.682	3.000
Harry Brecheen	WS	P	3	0	3.7	0	2	0	0	1.000	4.909	.667
Murry Dickson	WS	P	1	0	0.7	1	0	0	0	1.000	13.500	1.000
Howie Krist	WS	P	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0			.000
Stan Musial	WS	RF	5	5	43.0	7	2	0	0	1.000	1.884	1.800
Marty Marion	WS	SS	5	5	43.0	7	14	1	4	.955	4.395	4.200
Totals			52	45	387.0	129	53	10	12	.948	4.233	3.500

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