1949 St. Louis Cardinals Statistics

National League (NL)
Team Record: 96-58
Finished 2nd in the NL
Attendance: 1,430,676, Avg. 19,076
Ballpark: Sportsman's Park IV
Manager: Eddie Dyer (96-58)
Location: St. Louis, Missouri

1949 St. Louis Cardinals Roster
1949 St. Louis Cardinals Results

The St. Louis Cardinals of the National League ended the 1949 season with a record of 96 wins and 58 losses, finishing second in the NL.

The Cardinals yielded 616 runs, fewest in the league. St. Louis plated 766 runs. Stan Musial walloped 36 home runs for the squad and drove in 123 runs, while leading all regular batters by connecting at a .338 clip. Howie Pollet topped the squad with 20 wins, plus Red Munger, too added 15 or more wins, too Gerry Staley recorded a 2.73 ERA, tops 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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Howie Pollet	20	9	.690	2.77	39	28	7	17	5	1	230.7	228	80	71	9	59	108	2	0	2	964
Red Munger	15	8	.652	3.87	35	28	4	12	2	2	188.3	179	86	81	13	87	82	2	0	3	802
Al Brazle	14	8	.636	3.18	39	25	7	9	1	0	206.3	208	85	73	18	61	75	6	0	2	869
Harry Brecheen	14	11	.560	3.35	32	31	1	14	2	1	214.7	207	96	80	18	65	88	7	0	3	906
Ted Wilks	10	3	.769	3.73	59	0	30	0	0	9	118.3	105	52	49	7	38	71	0	0	0	484
Gerry Staley	10	10	.500	2.73	45	17	14	5	2	6	171.3	154	65	52	7	41	55	3	0	2	699
Fred Martin	6	0	1.000	2.44	21	5	8	3	0	0	70.0	65	24	19	3	20	30	0	0	1	292
Max Lanier	5	4	.556	3.82	15	15	0	4	1	0	92.0	92	42	39	5	35	37	0	0	0	396
Bill Reeder	1	1	.500	5.08	21	1	10	0	0	0	33.7	33	22	19	2	30	21	1	0	1	158
Jim Hearn	1	3	.250	5.14	17	4	4	0	0	0	42.0	48	27	24	3	23	18	2	0	0	196
Kurt Krieger	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	4
Cloyd Boyer	0	0		10.80	4	1	2	0	0	0	3.3	5	4	4	0	7	0	0	0	2	21
Ray Yochim	0	0		15.43	3	0	3	0	0	0	2.3	3	4	4	1	4	3	0	0	1	15
Ken Johnson	0	1	.000	6.42	14	2	2	0	0	0	33.7	29	28	24	1	35	18	3	1	3	160
Totals	96	58	.623	3.45	345	157	93	64	13	19	1407.7	1356	615	539	87	506	606	26	1	21	5966

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	721	612	128	207	41	13	36	123	3	107	38	.338	.438	.624	1.062	382	12	2	0
Enos Slaughter	151	654	568	92	191	34	13	13	96	3	79	37	.336	.418	.511	.929	290	7	1	6
Red Schoendienst	151	702	640	102	190	25	2	3	54	8	51	18	.297	.351	.356	.707	228	10	2	9
Marty Marion	134	571	515	61	140	31	2	5	70	0	37	42	.272	.323	.369	.692	190	17	2	17
Nippy Jones	110	402	380	51	114	20	2	8	62	1	16	20	.300	.330	.426	.756	162	11	1	5
Eddie Kazak	92	364	326	43	99	15	3	6	42	0	29	17	.304	.362	.423	.786	138	9	1	8
Chuck Diering	131	409	369	60	97	21	8	3	38	1	35	49	.263	.328	.388	.716	143	4	1	4
Tommy Glaviano	87	308	258	32	69	16	1	6	36	0	41	35	.267	.380	.407	.787	105	7	6	3
Ron Northey	90	297	265	28	69	18	2	7	50	0	31	15	.260	.338	.423	.760	112	9	0	1
Del Rice	92	325	284	25	67	16	1	4	29	0	30	40	.236	.320	.342	.661	97	6	5	6
Joe Garagiola	81	275	241	25	63	14	0	3	26	0	31	19	.261	.348	.357	.705	86	6	1	2
Rocky Nelson	82	260	244	28	54	8	4	4	32	1	11	12	.221	.258	.336	.594	82	5	1	4
Lou Klein	58	142	114	25	25	6	0	2	12	0	22	20	.219	.355	.325	.680	37	2	2	4
Harry Brecheen	32	84	77	8	21	3	1	0	6	0	4	14	.273	.309	.338	.646	26	1	0	3
Red Munger	35	75	66	6	17	2	0	1	10	0	4	16	.258	.300	.333	.633	22	3	0	5
Howie Pollet	39	93	82	10	16	1	0	0	6	0	8	18	.195	.267	.207	.474	17	2	0	3
Solly Hemus	20	40	33	8	11	1	0	0	2	0	7	3	.333	.450	.364	.814	12	1	0	0
Al Brazle	39	83	82	7	11	0	0	0	2	0	0	6	.134	.134	.134	.268	11	5	0	1
Ed Sauer	24	49	45	5	10	2	1	0	1	0	3	8	.222	.271	.311	.582	14	1	0	1
Hal Rice	40	49	46	3	9	2	1	1	9	0	3	7	.196	.245	.348	.593	16	0	0	0
Fred Martin	21	21	20	2	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	.300	.300	.300	.600	6	0	0	1
Steve Bilko	6	22	17	3	5	2	0	0	2	0	5	6	.294	.455	.412	.866	7	0	0	0
Gerry Staley	45	54	41	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	7	12	.122	.250	.122	.372	5	2	0	6
Bill Howerton	9	13	13	1	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	.308	.308	.385	.692	5	0	0	0
Bill Baker	20	32	30	2	4	1	0	0	4	0	2	2	.133	.188	.167	.354	5	0	0	0
Ken Johnson	21	8	8	3	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	.250	.250	.375	.625	3	0	0	0
Whitey Kurowski	10	15	14	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.143	.200	.143	.343	2	1	0	0
Max Lanier	15	34	27	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	.074	.167	.074	.241	2	3	0	4
Del Wilber	2	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0
Jim Hearn	17	11	10	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	.100	.182	.100	.282	1	0	0	0
Ted Wilks	59	29	27	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	15	.037	.071	.037	.108	1	0	0	1
Bill Reeder	21	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Russ Derry	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Cloyd Boyer	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Erv Dusak	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Kurt Krieger	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Ray Yochim	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Totals	1902	6151	5463	766	1513	281	54	102	720	17	569	482	.277	.348	.404	.752	2208	124	25	94

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Rocky Nelson	1B	70	564	24	0	48	1.000	8.400	0
Stan Musial	1B	1	11	1	0	0	1.000	12.000	0
Nippy Jones	1B	98	876	40	15	85	.984	9.347	0
Steve Bilko	1B	5	42	3	0	1	1.000	9.000	0
Red Schoendienst	2B	138	399	424	11	105	.987	5.964	0
Lou Klein	2B	9	14	13	0	3	1.000	3.000	0
Eddie Kazak	2B	5	10	12	4	2	.846	4.400	0
Solly Hemus	2B	16	29	24	1	4	.981	3.313	0
Tommy Glaviano	2B	7	14	9	1	3	.958	3.286	0
Red Schoendienst	3B	6	4	14	1	0	.947	3.000	0
Whitey Kurowski	3B	2	3	2	0	0	1.000	2.500	0
Lou Klein	3B	7	2	8	1	0	.909	1.429	0
Eddie Kazak	3B	80	64	175	19	20	.926	2.988	0
Tommy Glaviano	3B	73	67	181	19	15	.929	3.397	0
Del Wilber	C	2	5	1	0	0	1.000	3.000	0
Del Rice	C	92	355	29	3	4	.992	4.174	2
Joe Garagiola	C	80	332	35	6	1	.984	4.588	6
Bill Baker	C	10	16	1	0	1	1.000	1.700	0
Enos Slaughter	OF	150	330	10	6	1	.983	2.267	0
Red Schoendienst	OF	2	4	0	1	0	.800	2.000	0
Ed Sauer	OF	10	12	1	0	0	1.000	1.300	0
Hal Rice	OF	10	8	1	0	0	1.000	.900	0
Ron Northey	OF	73	93	4	2	2	.980	1.329	0
Stan Musial	OF	156	326	10	3	5	.991	2.154	0
Bill Howerton	OF	6	9	0	1	0	.900	1.500	0
Chuck Diering	OF	124	300	7	4	1	.987	2.476	0
Ray Yochim	P	3	1	0	1	0	.500	.333	0
Ted Wilks	P	59	4	10	4	0	.778	.237	0
Gerry Staley	P	45	11	46	1	2	.983	1.267	0
Bill Reeder	P	21	1	6	1	0	.875	.333	0
Howie Pollet	P	39	9	33	2	2	.955	1.077	0
Red Munger	P	35	4	38	1	2	.977	1.200	0
Fred Martin	P	21	4	13	1	0	.944	.810	0
Max Lanier	P	15	2	12	0	2	1.000	.933	0
Kurt Krieger	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Ken Johnson	P	14	1	13	2	1	.875	1.000	0
Jim Hearn	P	17	4	8	1	0	.923	.706	0
Harry Brecheen	P	32	5	37	3	0	.933	1.313	0
Al Brazle	P	39	4	39	2	1	.956	1.103	0
Cloyd Boyer	P	4	1	0	0	1	1.000	.250	0
Red Schoendienst	SS	14	21	33	2	5	.964	3.857	0
Marty Marion	SS	134	242	441	17	74	.976	5.097	0
Lou Klein	SS	21	17	64	10	7	.890	3.857	0
Totals		1746	4220	1822	146	398	.976	3.460	8

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