1944 St. Louis Cardinals Statistics

National League (NL)
Team Record: 105-49
Finished 1st in the NL
Attendance: 461,968, Avg. 8,763
Ballpark: Sportsman's Park IV
Won World Series
World Series - Defeated St. Louis Browns 4-2
Manager: Billy Southworth (105-49)
Location: St. Louis, Missouri

1944 St. Louis Cardinals Roster
1944 St. Louis Cardinals Results

The St. Louis Cardinals of the National League ended the 1944 season with a record of 105 wins and 49 losses, finishing first in the NL.

The Cardinals paced the league with 772 runs, powered by 100 home runs. St. Louis allowed 490 runs, least in the league. Whitey Kurowski led the squad with 20 home runs, while Danny Litwhiler walloped 20 or more also. Ray Sanders drove in 102 runs. Stan Musial topped hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .347 clip. Mort Cooper paced the squad with 22 wins, plus Harry Brecheen, Max Lanier and Ted Wilks each, too added 15 or more wins, too Mort Cooper recorded a 2.46 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Billy Southworth coached the team. The 1944 St. Louis Cardinals won the World 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	22	7	.759	2.46	34	33	1	22	7	1	252.3	227	74	69	6	60	97	5	1	0	1023
Ted Wilks	17	4	.810	2.64	36	21	10	16	4	0	207.7	173	61	61	12	49	70	1	0	1	820
Max Lanier	17	12	.586	2.65	33	30	3	16	5	0	224.3	192	82	66	5	71	141	3	0	0	908
Harry Brecheen	16	5	.762	2.85	30	22	4	13	3	0	189.3	174	67	60	8	46	88	3	2	3	774
Red Munger	11	3	.786	1.34	21	12	8	7	2	2	121.0	92	23	18	2	41	55	2	0	0	479
Freddy Schmidt	7	3	.700	3.15	37	9	17	3	2	5	114.3	94	48	40	5	58	58	1	0	0	488
Al Jurisich	7	9	.438	3.39	30	14	7	5	2	1	130.0	102	53	49	7	65	53	5	0	2	540
Harry Gumbert	4	2	.667	2.49	10	7	1	3	0	1	61.3	60	23	17	1	19	16	0	0	0	255
Blix Donnelly	2	1	.667	2.12	27	4	12	2	1	2	76.3	61	26	18	2	34	45	2	0	3	322
Bud Byerly	2	2	.500	3.40	9	4	3	2	0	0	42.3	37	18	16	2	20	13	0	1	4	184
Mike Naymick	0	0		4.50	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	8
Bill Trotter	0	1	.000	13.50	2	1	1	0	0	0	6.0	14	14	9	5	4	0	0	0	0	37
Totals	105	49	.682	2.67	270	157	68	89	26	12	1427.0	1228	490	424	55	468	637	22	4	13	5838

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH
Stan Musial	146	667	568	112	197	51	14	12	94	7	90	28	.347	.440	.549	.990	312	7	5	4
Johnny Hopp	139	591	527	106	177	35	9	11	72	15	58	47	.336	.404	.499	.903	263	6	2	4
Ray Sanders	154	683	601	87	177	34	9	12	102	2	71	50	.295	.371	.441	.812	265	12	2	9
Whitey Kurowski	149	625	555	95	150	25	7	20	87	2	58	40	.270	.341	.449	.790	249	12	2	10
Marty Marion	144	565	506	50	135	26	2	6	63	1	43	50	.267	.324	.362	.686	183	9	0	16
Danny Litwhiler	140	551	492	53	130	25	5	15	82	2	37	56	.264	.328	.427	.755	210	11	10	12
Emil Verban	146	538	498	51	128	14	2	0	43	0	19	14	.257	.287	.293	.580	146	5	2	19
Walker Cooper	112	426	397	56	126	25	5	13	72	4	20	19	.317	.352	.504	.855	200	15	1	8
Ken O'Dea	85	310	265	35	66	11	2	6	37	1	37	29	.249	.343	.374	.717	99	2	1	7
Augie Bergamo	80	231	192	35	55	6	3	2	19	0	35	23	.286	.399	.380	.779	73	2	1	3
Debs Garms	73	164	149	17	30	3	0	0	5	0	13	8	.201	.265	.221	.487	33	2	0	2
George Fallon	69	163	141	16	28	6	0	1	9	1	16	11	.199	.285	.262	.547	37	5	1	5
Pepper Martin	40	102	86	15	24	4	0	2	4	2	15	11	.279	.386	.395	.781	34	3	0	1
Mort Cooper	34	105	94	9	19	3	0	0	13	0	7	12	.202	.257	.234	.491	22	2	0	4
Max Lanier	33	87	77	11	14	1	0	0	2	0	4	2	.182	.222	.195	.417	15	1	0	6
Harry Brecheen	31	81	68	8	11	0	1	0	4	0	9	12	.162	.260	.191	.451	13	1	0	4
Ted Wilks	36	75	64	6	9	2	0	0	6	0	5	15	.141	.203	.172	.375	11	0	0	6
Al Jurisich	30	47	45	2	8	1	0	0	1	0	1	13	.178	.196	.200	.396	9	0	0	1
Freddy Schmidt	37	36	34	3	7	0	0	0	3	0	1	16	.206	.229	.206	.434	7	0	0	1
Red Munger	21	44	44	2	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	.114	.114	.136	.250	6	0	0	0
Harry Gumbert	10	22	21	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	.190	.227	.190	.418	4	0	0	0
John Antonelli	8	21	21	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	.190	.190	.238	.429	5	0	0	0
Bud Byerly	9	12	12	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	.167	.167	.167	.333	2	0	0	0
Blix Donnelly	27	21	16	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	.063	.211	.063	.273	1	1	0	2
Bill Trotter	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Mike Naymick	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Bob Keely	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Totals	1757	6168	5474	772	1507	274	59	100	722	37	543	471	.275	.344	.402	.745	2199	96	27	124

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Ray Sanders	1B	152	1370	64	8	142	.994	9.434	0
Johnny Hopp	1B	6	36	2	0	0	1.000	6.333	0
Augie Bergamo	1B	2	4	0	0	0	1.000	2.000	0
John Antonelli	1B	3	23	3	0	2	1.000	8.667	0
Emil Verban	2B	146	319	380	23	105	.968	4.788	0
Whitey Kurowski	2B	9	4	7	0	1	1.000	1.222	0
George Fallon	2B	38	57	53	3	11	.973	2.895	0
John Antonelli	2B	2	2	2	0	0	1.000	2.000	0
Whitey Kurowski	3B	146	188	281	17	20	.965	3.212	0
Debs Garms	3B	21	14	16	1	1	.968	1.429	0
George Fallon	3B	6	5	10	0	3	1.000	2.500	0
John Antonelli	3B	3	3	5	0	0	1.000	2.667	0
Ken O'Dea	C	69	326	34	2	4	.994	5.217	5
Bob Keely	C	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Walker Cooper	C	97	442	40	10	7	.980	4.969	4
Stan Musial	OF	146	353	16	5	2	.987	2.527	0
Pepper Martin	OF	29	48	1	1	0	.980	1.690	0
Danny Litwhiler	OF	136	294	6	8	1	.974	2.206	0
Johnny Hopp	OF	131	316	2	1	1	.997	2.427	0
Debs Garms	OF	23	34	0	0	0	1.000	1.478	0
Augie Bergamo	OF	50	83	0	1	0	.988	1.660	0
Ted Wilks	P	36	6	20	0	3	1.000	.722	0
Bill Trotter	P	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Freddy Schmidt	P	37	3	17	0	2	1.000	.541	0
Mike Naymick	P	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Red Munger	P	21	8	33	2	5	.953	1.952	0
Max Lanier	P	33	8	39	3	3	.940	1.424	0
Al Jurisich	P	30	5	18	1	2	.958	.767	0
Harry Gumbert	P	10	6	14	1	5	.952	2.000	0
Blix Donnelly	P	27	3	17	1	0	.952	.741	0
Mort Cooper	P	34	4	28	0	1	1.000	.941	0
Bud Byerly	P	9	2	11	0	0	1.000	1.444	0
Harry Brecheen	P	30	3	36	0	2	1.000	1.300	0
Marty Marion	SS	144	268	461	21	90	.972	5.063	0
Whitey Kurowski	SS	1	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.000	0
George Fallon	SS	24	38	57	3	14	.969	3.958	0
Totals		1655	4276	1678	112	427	.982	3.598	9

Postseason - Pitching:

Player	Rnd	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	BF
Blix Donnelly	WS	1	0	1.000	0.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	6.0	2	0	0	0	1	1	9	0	21
Harry Brecheen	WS	1	0	1.000	1.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	9	1	1	0	4	0	4	0	38
Max Lanier	WS	1	0	1.000	2.19	2	2	0	0	0	0	12.3	8	3	3	0	8	1	11	1	53
Mort Cooper	WS	1	1	.500	1.13	2	2	0	1	1	0	16.0	9	2	2	1	5	0	16	0	62
Freddy Schmidt	WS	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.3	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	11
Bud Byerly	WS	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4
Al Jurisich	WS	0	0		27.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.7	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	5
Ted Wilks	WS	0	1	.000	5.68	2	1	1	0	0	1	6.3	5	4	4	0	3	0	7	0	27
Totals		4	2	.667	1.96	12	6	4	2	1	1	55.0	36	12	12	1	23	3	49	2	221

Postseason - Batting:

Player	Rnd	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	SH	IBB
Emil Verban	WS	6	19	17	1	7	0	0	0	2	2	0	.412	.474	.412	.885	7	0	0	1
Walker Cooper	WS	6	26	22	1	7	2	1	0	2	3	2	.318	.400	.500	.900	11	1	1	2
Stan Musial	WS	6	26	23	2	7	2	0	1	2	2	0	.304	.360	.522	.882	12	1	1	0
Ray Sanders	WS	6	26	21	5	6	0	0	1	1	5	8	.286	.423	.429	.852	9	0	0	1
Marty Marion	WS	6	25	22	1	5	3	0	0	2	2	3	.227	.292	.364	.655	8	0	1	2
Whitey Kurowski	WS	6	25	23	2	5	1	0	0	1	1	4	.217	.250	.261	.511	6	0	1	0
Johnny Hopp	WS	6	27	27	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	8	.185	.185	.185	.370	5	0	0	0
Danny Litwhiler	WS	5	22	20	2	4	1	0	1	1	2	7	.200	.273	.400	.673	8	0	0	0
Max Lanier	WS	2	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	2	0	1	0
Ken O'Dea	WS	3	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0
Augie Bergamo	WS	3	8	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	0
Harry Brecheen	WS	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Mort Cooper	WS	2	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	1	0
Blix Donnelly	WS	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
George Fallon	WS	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Debs Garms	WS	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Freddy Schmidt	WS	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Ted Wilks	WS	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	0
Bud Byerly	WS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Al Jurisich	WS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Totals		69	230	204	16	49	9	1	3	15	19	43	.240	.305	.338	.643	69	3	7	6

Postseason - Fielding:

Player	Rnd	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	PB
Ray Sanders	WS	1B	6	6	55.0	51	2	0	3	1.000	8.673	8.833	0
Emil Verban	WS	2B	6	6	51.0	15	7	0	2	1.000	3.882	3.667	0
George Fallon	WS	2B	2	0	4.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0
Whitey Kurowski	WS	3B	6	6	55.0	4	15	0	1	1.000	3.109	3.167	0
Walker Cooper	WS	C	6	6	55.0	55	0	0	0	1.000	9.000	9.167	1
Johnny Hopp	WS	CF	6	6	55.0	14	0	0	0	1.000	2.291	2.333	0
Danny Litwhiler	WS	LF	5	5	42.0	5	0	0	0	1.000	1.071	1.000	0
Augie Bergamo	WS	LF	2	1	13.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	.692	.500	0
Mort Cooper	WS	P	2	2	16.0	0	6	0	0	1.000	3.375	3.000	0
Max Lanier	WS	P	2	2	12.3	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.459	1.000	0
Harry Brecheen	WS	P	1	1	9.0	1	3	0	0	1.000	4.000	4.000	0
Ted Wilks	WS	P	2	1	6.3	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.421	.500	0
Blix Donnelly	WS	P	2	0	6.0	0	2	0	0	1.000	3.000	1.000	0
Freddy Schmidt	WS	P	1	0	3.3	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0
Bud Byerly	WS	P	1	0	1.3	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0
Al Jurisich	WS	P	1	0	0.7	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0
Stan Musial	WS	RF	6	6	55.0	11	0	1	0	.917	1.800	1.833	0
Marty Marion	WS	SS	6	6	55.0	7	22	0	2	1.000	4.745	4.833	0
Totals			63	54	495.0	165	59	1	8	.996	4.073	3.556	1

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