
1947 St. Louis Cardinals Statistics
Team Record: 89-65
Finished 2nd in the NL
Attendance: 1,247,913, Avg. 17,595
Ballpark: Sportsman's Park IV
Manager: Eddie Dyer (89-65)
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
1947 St. Louis Cardinals Results
The St. Louis Cardinals of the National League ended the 1947 season with a record of 89 wins and 65 losses, finishing second in the NL.
The Cardinals scored 780 runs and surrendered 634 runs. Whitey Kurowski led St. Louis with 27 home runs, while Stan Musial and Ron Northey walloped 20 or more also. Whitey Kurowski accounted for 104 RBI. Stan Musial paced all regular hitters by connecting at a .312 clip. Harry Brecheen and Red Munger topped the team with 16 wins each, and Al Brazle earned a 2.84 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Eddie Dyer 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 | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
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Red Munger | 16 | 5 | .762 | 3.37 | 40 | 31 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 224.3 | 218 | 94 | 84 | 12 | 76 | 0 | 123 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 936 |
Harry Brecheen | 16 | 11 | .593 | 3.30 | 29 | 28 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 223.3 | 220 | 92 | 82 | 20 | 66 | 0 | 89 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 927 |
Al Brazle | 14 | 8 | .636 | 2.84 | 44 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 168.0 | 186 | 65 | 53 | 7 | 48 | 0 | 85 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 713 |
Murry Dickson | 13 | 16 | .448 | 3.07 | 47 | 25 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 231.7 | 211 | 101 | 79 | 16 | 88 | 0 | 111 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 970 |
Jim Hearn | 12 | 7 | .632 | 3.22 | 37 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 162.0 | 151 | 67 | 58 | 9 | 63 | 0 | 57 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 681 |
Howie Pollet | 9 | 11 | .450 | 4.34 | 37 | 24 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 176.3 | 195 | 96 | 85 | 11 | 87 | 0 | 73 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 784 |
Ted Wilks | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.01 | 37 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 50.3 | 57 | 33 | 28 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 221 |
Ken Burkhart | 3 | 6 | .333 | 5.21 | 34 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 95.0 | 108 | 55 | 55 | 13 | 23 | 0 | 44 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 404 |
Ken Johnson | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 38 |
Gerry Staley | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.76 | 18 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29.3 | 33 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 126 |
Freddy Schmidt | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | |
Johnny Grodzicki | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.40 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.3 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 107 |
Totals | 89 | 65 | .578 | 3.53 | 343 | 156 | 91 | 65 | 12 | 20 | 1397.7 | 1407 | 634 | 548 | 106 | 495 | 0 | 642 | 21 | 1 | 20 | 5923 |
Batting:
Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Stan Musial | 149 | 677 | 587 | 113 | 183 | 30 | 13 | 19 | 95 | 4 | 0 | 80 | 24 | .312 | .398 | .504 | .902 | 296 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Red Schoendienst | 151 | 710 | 659 | 91 | 167 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 48 | 6 | 0 | 48 | 27 | .253 | .304 | .332 | .636 | 219 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Enos Slaughter | 147 | 619 | 551 | 100 | 162 | 31 | 13 | 10 | 86 | 4 | 0 | 59 | 27 | .294 | .366 | .452 | .818 | 249 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Whitey Kurowski | 146 | 614 | 513 | 108 | 159 | 27 | 6 | 27 | 104 | 4 | 0 | 87 | 56 | .310 | .420 | .544 | .964 | 279 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Marty Marion | 149 | 599 | 540 | 57 | 147 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 74 | 3 | 0 | 49 | 58 | .272 | .334 | .352 | .686 | 190 | 16 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
Terry Moore | 127 | 508 | 460 | 61 | 130 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 39 | .283 | .339 | .370 | .708 | 170 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
Erv Dusak | 111 | 383 | 328 | 56 | 93 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 34 | .284 | .378 | .378 | .756 | 124 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Ron Northey | 110 | 361 | 311 | 52 | 91 | 19 | 3 | 15 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 29 | .293 | .391 | .518 | .908 | 161 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Del Rice | 97 | 301 | 261 | 28 | 57 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 40 | .218 | .315 | .406 | .722 | 106 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Joe Garagiola | 77 | 228 | 183 | 20 | 47 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 14 | .257 | .398 | .415 | .814 | 76 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Joe Medwick | 75 | 166 | 150 | 19 | 46 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 12 | .307 | .373 | .467 | .840 | 70 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Del Wilber | 51 | 104 | 99 | 7 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13 | .232 | .269 | .333 | .603 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Harry Brecheen | 29 | 95 | 83 | 5 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | .241 | .308 | .289 | .597 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Nippy Jones | 23 | 77 | 73 | 6 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .247 | .267 | .342 | .609 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Murry Dickson | 47 | 83 | 80 | 4 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .213 | .222 | .238 | .460 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Chuck Diering | 105 | 97 | 74 | 22 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 22 | .216 | .383 | .365 | .748 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Howie Pollet | 37 | 66 | 65 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .231 | .242 | .308 | .550 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dick Sisler | 46 | 77 | 74 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .203 | .234 | .257 | .491 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Red Munger | 40 | 89 | 81 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 28 | .185 | .233 | .222 | .455 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Al Brazle | 44 | 68 | 64 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .219 | .231 | .234 | .465 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Hearn | 37 | 59 | 55 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | .145 | .175 | .182 | .357 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Harry Walker | 10 | 29 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | .200 | .310 | .240 | .550 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jeff Cross | 51 | 59 | 49 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | .102 | .254 | .122 | .377 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bernie Creger | 15 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .188 | .235 | .250 | .485 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Ken Burkhart | 34 | 26 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Ken Johnson | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ted Wilks | 37 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .167 | .286 | .167 | .452 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Johnny Grodzicki | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gerry Staley | 18 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Freddy Schmidt | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 1983 | 6131 | 5422 | 780 | 1462 | 235 | 65 | 115 | 718 | 28 | 0 | 612 | 511 | .270 | .347 | .401 | .747 | 2172 | 136 | 29 | 68 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
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Dick Sisler | 1B | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 76 | 6 | 2 | 3 | .976 | 8.200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Stan Musial | 1B | 149 | 0 | 0.0 | 1360 | 77 | 8 | 138 | .994 | 9.644 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Red Schoendienst | 2B | 142 | 0 | 0.0 | 357 | 404 | 19 | 109 | .976 | 5.359 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Nippy Jones | 2B | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | 32 | 40 | 5 | 5 | .935 | 5.538 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jeff Cross | 2B | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Red Schoendienst | 3B | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ron Northey | 3B | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 4.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Whitey Kurowski | 3B | 141 | 0 | 0.0 | 140 | 250 | 19 | 17 | .954 | 2.766 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Erv Dusak | 3B | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jeff Cross | 3B | 15 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .947 | 1.200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Del Wilber | C | 34 | 0 | 0.0 | 108 | 10 | 2 | 2 | .983 | 3.471 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Del Rice | C | 94 | 0 | 0.0 | 380 | 33 | 8 | 7 | .981 | 4.394 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Joe Garagiola | C | 74 | 0 | 0.0 | 281 | 23 | 4 | 2 | .987 | 4.108 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Harry Walker | OF | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .938 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Enos Slaughter | OF | 142 | 0 | 0.0 | 306 | 15 | 6 | 5 | .982 | 2.261 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Dick Sisler | OF | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Red Schoendienst | OF | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ron Northey | OF | 94 | 0 | 0.0 | 122 | 8 | 7 | 1 | .949 | 1.383 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Terry Moore | OF | 120 | 0 | 0.0 | 292 | 6 | 5 | 2 | .983 | 2.483 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Joe Medwick | OF | 43 | 0 | 0.0 | 56 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.372 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Nippy Jones | OF | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Erv Dusak | OF | 89 | 0 | 0.0 | 178 | 13 | 6 | 2 | .970 | 2.146 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Chuck Diering | OF | 75 | 0 | 0.0 | 55 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .773 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ted Wilks | P | 37 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .297 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Gerry Staley | P | 18 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .556 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Freddy Schmidt | P | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Howie Pollet | P | 37 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 33 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 1.027 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Red Munger | P | 40 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 55 | 2 | 1 | .968 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ken Johnson | P | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jim Hearn | P | 37 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 25 | 1 | 2 | .969 | .838 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Johnny Grodzicki | P | 16 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .438 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Murry Dickson | P | 47 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 47 | 4 | 3 | .938 | 1.277 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ken Burkhart | P | 34 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .765 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Harry Brecheen | P | 29 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 47 | 1 | 0 | .983 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Al Brazle | P | 44 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 47 | 1 | 1 | .981 | 1.159 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Marty Marion | SS | 141 | 0 | 0.0 | 329 | 452 | 15 | 104 | .981 | 5.539 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jeff Cross | SS | 14 | 0 | 0.0 | 15 | 30 | 4 | 9 | .918 | 3.214 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bernie Creger | SS | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 18 | 5 | 2 | .828 | 1.846 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 1780 | 0 | 0.0 | 4192 | 1740 | 128 | 428 | .979 | 3.333 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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