1945 St. Louis Cardinals Statistics

National League (NL)
Team Record: 95-59
Finished 2nd in the NL
Attendance: 594,630, Avg. 10,164
Ballpark: Sportsman's Park IV
Manager: Billy Southworth (95-59)
Location: St. Louis, Missouri

1945 St. Louis Cardinals Roster
1945 St. Louis Cardinals Results

The St. Louis Cardinals of the National League ended the 1945 season with a record of 95 wins and 59 losses, finishing second in the NL.

The Cardinals plated 756 runs and surrendered 583 runs. Whitey Kurowski paced St. Louis with 21 home runs, while Buster Adams walloped 20 or more, too. Whitey Kurowski accounted for 102 RBI and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .323 clip. Red Barrett led the squad with 21 wins, plus Harry Brecheen and Ken Burkhart added 15 or more wins, too Harry Brecheen registered a 2.52 earned run average, tops among regularly-used pitchers.

Billy Southworth coached the team.

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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
Red Barrett	21	9	.700	2.74	36	29	6	22	3	0	246.7	244	84	75	12	38	63	1	0	1	1001
Ken Burkhart	18	8	.692	2.90	42	22	12	12	4	2	217.3	206	76	70	9	66	67	3	0	3	901
Harry Brecheen	15	4	.789	2.52	24	18	6	13	3	2	157.3	136	48	44	5	44	63	5	0	0	629
George Dockins	8	6	.571	3.21	31	12	7	5	2	0	126.3	132	53	45	4	38	33	0	1	1	546
Blix Donnelly	8	10	.444	3.52	31	23	6	9	4	2	166.3	157	79	65	10	87	76	6	0	3	732
Jack Creel	5	4	.556	4.14	26	8	10	2	0	2	87.0	78	41	40	5	45	34	6	1	0	374
Bud Byerly	4	5	.444	4.74	33	8	9	2	0	0	95.0	111	61	50	3	41	39	1	0	3	431
Ted Wilks	4	7	.364	2.93	18	16	1	4	1	0	98.3	103	39	32	9	29	28	1	0	0	417
Glenn Gardner	3	1	.750	3.29	17	4	4	2	1	1	54.7	50	21	20	2	27	20	0	0	0	237
Al Jurisich	3	3	.500	5.15	27	6	9	1	0	0	71.7	61	45	41	7	41	42	1	0	1	313
Mort Cooper	2	0	1.000	1.52	4	3	0	1	0	0	23.7	20	7	4	1	7	14	1	0	0	97
Max Lanier	2	2	.500	1.73	4	3	0	3	0	0	26.0	22	10	5	0	8	16	0	0	0	108
Art Lopatka	1	0	1.000	1.54	4	1	2	1	0	0	11.7	7	4	2	0	3	5	1	0	0	48
Bill Crouch	1	0	1.000	3.38	6	0	3	0	0	0	13.3	12	5	5	1	7	4	1	0	0	57
Stan Partenheimer	0	0		6.08	8	2	3	0	0	0	13.3	12	9	9	2	16	6	0	0	0	66
Totals	95	59	.617	3.24	311	155	78	77	18	9	1408.7	1351	582	507	70	497	510	27	2	12	5957

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH
Buster Adams	140	646	578	98	169	26	0	20	101	3	57	75	.292	.359	.441	.800	255	8	3	8
Emil Verban	155	635	597	59	166	22	8	0	72	4	19	15	.278	.304	.342	.645	204	9	3	16
Whitey Kurowski	133	573	511	84	165	27	3	21	102	1	45	45	.323	.383	.511	.894	261	10	5	12
Red Schoendienst	137	597	565	89	157	22	6	1	47	26	21	17	.278	.305	.343	.648	194	6	1	10
Ray Sanders	143	631	537	85	148	29	3	8	78	3	83	55	.276	.375	.385	.760	207	6	2	9
Johnny Hopp	124	505	446	67	129	22	8	3	44	14	49	24	.289	.363	.395	.758	176	4	3	7
Marty Marion	123	477	430	63	119	27	5	1	59	2	39	39	.277	.340	.370	.709	159	5	2	6
Augie Bergamo	94	358	304	51	96	17	2	3	44	0	43	21	.316	.401	.414	.815	126	0	0	11
Ken O'Dea	100	362	307	36	78	18	2	4	43	0	50	31	.254	.359	.365	.723	112	7	0	5
Del Rice	83	277	253	27	66	17	3	1	28	0	16	33	.261	.313	.364	.676	92	8	3	5
Debs Garms	74	180	146	23	49	7	2	0	18	0	31	3	.336	.452	.411	.863	60	3	0	3
Art Rebel	26	79	72	12	25	4	0	0	5	1	6	4	.347	.397	.403	.800	29	3	0	1
George Fallon	24	62	55	4	13	2	1	0	7	1	6	6	.236	.311	.309	.621	17	0	0	1
Lou Klein	19	72	57	12	13	4	1	1	6	0	14	9	.228	.389	.386	.775	22	0	1	0
Ken Burkhart	42	82	72	5	13	2	0	0	5	0	4	14	.181	.244	.208	.452	15	2	2	4
Dave Bartosch	24	53	47	9	12	1	0	0	1	0	6	3	.255	.340	.277	.616	13	0	0	0
Jim Mallory	13	44	43	3	10	2	0	0	5	0	0	2	.233	.233	.279	.512	12	0	0	1
Red Barrett	36	101	89	1	10	2	0	0	5	0	1	22	.112	.122	.135	.257	12	2	0	11
Walker Cooper	4	18	18	3	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	.389	.389	.389	.778	7	0	0	0
Glenn Gardner	17	23	21	1	7	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	.333	.364	.333	.697	7	0	0	1
Pep Young	27	50	47	5	7	1	0	1	4	0	1	8	.149	.167	.234	.401	11	1	0	2
Blix Donnelly	31	62	54	3	7	1	0	0	4	0	2	5	.130	.161	.148	.309	8	0	0	6
Harry Brecheen	24	64	57	1	7	2	0	0	7	0	4	11	.123	.194	.158	.351	9	0	1	2
George Dockins	31	44	34	4	6	0	0	0	1	0	6	11	.176	.300	.176	.476	6	0	0	4
Bud Byerly	33	31	23	4	5	0	0	0	4	0	3	5	.217	.308	.217	.525	5	0	0	5
Ted Wilks	18	35	30	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	4	7	.133	.235	.133	.369	4	1	0	1
Mort Cooper	4	9	6	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	.333	.500	.333	.833	2	0	0	1
Max Lanier	4	11	11	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.182	.182	.364	2	0	0	0
Al Jurisich	27	23	23	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	.087	.087	.087	.174	2	0	0	0
Jack Creel	35	31	26	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	7	.077	.111	.115	.226	3	0	0	4
Art Lopatka	4	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0
Gene Crumling	6	14	12	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	.083	.083	.083	.167	1	0	0	2
Bob Keely	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Stan Partenheimer	8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
John Antonelli	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Bill Crouch	6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Glenn Crawford	4	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	0
Totals	1776	6166	5487	756	1498	256	44	64	698	55	515	488	.273	.338	.371	.709	2034	75	26	138

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Ray Sanders	1B	142	1259	90	19	113	.986	9.500	0
Johnny Hopp	1B	15	131	11	2	11	.986	9.467	0
Augie Bergamo	1B	2	14	0	0	1	1.000	7.000	0
Pep Young	2B	3	5	4	0	1	1.000	3.000	0
Emil Verban	2B	155	398	406	18	95	.978	5.187	0
Red Schoendienst	2B	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Lou Klein	2B	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
George Fallon	2B	4	5	2	0	0	1.000	1.750	0
Pep Young	3B	9	3	5	1	0	.889	.889	0
Whitey Kurowski	3B	131	172	235	15	28	.964	3.107	0
Lou Klein	3B	4	5	8	1	0	.929	3.250	0
Debs Garms	3B	32	23	42	3	4	.956	2.031	0
John Antonelli	3B	1	2	0	1	0	.667	2.000	0
Del Rice	C	77	284	39	2	6	.994	4.195	7
Ken O'Dea	C	91	321	50	2	14	.995	4.077	4
Bob Keely	C	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Gene Crumling	C	6	16	4	0	1	1.000	3.333	0
Walker Cooper	C	4	27	1	1	0	.966	7.000	1
Red Schoendienst	OF	118	286	10	5	1	.983	2.508	0
Art Rebel	OF	18	37	4	1	0	.976	2.278	0
Jim Mallory	OF	11	23	1	2	0	.923	2.182	0
Lou Klein	OF	7	19	1	0	1	1.000	2.857	0
Johnny Hopp	OF	104	244	5	5	2	.980	2.394	0
Debs Garms	OF	10	7	1	0	0	1.000	.800	0
Glenn Crawford	OF	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Augie Bergamo	OF	77	146	9	5	3	.969	2.013	0
Dave Bartosch	OF	11	26	1	1	0	.964	2.455	0
Buster Adams	OF	140	382	9	9	3	.978	2.793	0
Ted Wilks	P	18	1	12	1	2	.929	.722	0
Stan Partenheimer	P	8	0	4	0	0	1.000	.500	0
Art Lopatka	P	4	1	0	0	0	1.000	.250	0
Max Lanier	P	4	0	4	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Al Jurisich	P	27	3	8	0	0	1.000	.407	0
Glenn Gardner	P	17	2	8	0	1	1.000	.588	0
Blix Donnelly	P	31	4	17	2	0	.913	.677	0
George Dockins	P	31	5	24	1	0	.967	.935	0
Bill Crouch	P	6	1	3	0	0	1.000	.667	0
Jack Creel	P	26	3	19	1	0	.957	.846	0
Mort Cooper	P	4	0	3	1	0	.750	.750	0
Bud Byerly	P	33	10	25	0	3	1.000	1.061	0
Ken Burkhart	P	42	6	41	2	0	.959	1.119	0
Harry Brecheen	P	24	6	26	1	2	.970	1.333	0
Red Barrett	P	36	22	40	1	1	.984	1.722	0
Pep Young	SS	11	23	21	1	3	.978	4.000	0
Red Schoendienst	SS	10	16	19	5	4	.875	3.500	0
Marty Marion	SS	122	237	372	21	70	.967	4.992	0
Whitey Kurowski	SS	6	2	3	1	0	.833	.833	0
Lou Klein	SS	7	12	14	2	3	.929	3.714	0
George Fallon	SS	20	34	39	4	8	.948	3.650	0
Totals		1664	4226	1641	137	381	.977	3.526	12

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