1944 St. Louis Cardinals Statistics

National League (NL)
Team Record: 105-49
Finished 1st in the NL
Attendance: 534,539, 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 IBB SO HBP BK WP BF
Mort Cooper227.7592.46343312271252.322774696600975101023
Ted Wilks174.8102.643621101640207.717361611249070101820
Max Lanier1712.5862.65333031650224.319282665710141300908
Harry Brecheen165.7622.85302241330189.31746760846088323774
Red Munger113.7861.3421128722121.0922318241055200479
Freddy Schmidt73.7003.1537917325114.3944840558058100488
Al Jurisich79.4383.3930147521130.01025349765053502540
Harry Gumbert42.6672.49107130161.3602317119016000255
Blix Donnelly21.6672.122741221276.3612618234045203322
Bud Byerly22.5003.4094320042.3371816220013014184
Mike Naymick004.501010002.021101010008
Bill Trotter01.00013.502110006.014149540000037
Totals10549.6822.67270157688926121427.01228490424554680637224135838

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 Musial14666756811219751141294709028.347.440.549.99031275400
Johnny Hopp13959152710617735911721505847.336.404.499.90326362400
Ray Sanders1546836018717734912102207150.295.371.441.812265122900
Whitey Kurowski149625555951502572087205840.270.341.449.7902491221000
Marty Marion14456550650135262663104350.267.324.362.686183901600
Danny Litwhiler140551492531302551582203756.264.328.427.75521011101200
Emil Verban14653849851128142043001914.257.287.293.580146521900
Walker Cooper112426397561262551372402019.317.352.504.855200151800
Ken O'Dea853102653566112637103729.249.343.374.7179921700
Augie Bergamo80231192355563219003523.286.399.380.7797321300
Debs Garms731641491730300500138.201.265.221.4873320200
George Fallon6916314116286019101611.199.285.262.5473751500
Pepper Martin401028615244024201511.279.386.395.7813430100
Mort Cooper34105949193001300712.202.257.234.4912220400
Max Lanier338777111410020042.182.222.195.4171510600
Harry Brecheen318168811010400912.162.260.191.4511310400
Ted Wilks36756469200600515.141.203.172.3751100600
Al Jurisich30474528100100113.178.196.200.396900100
Freddy Schmidt37363437000300116.206.229.206.434700100
Red Munger2144442510000004.114.114.136.250600000
Harry Gumbert1022212400020011.190.227.190.418400000
John Antonelli821210410010004.190.190.238.429500000
Bud Byerly912121200010003.167.167.167.333200000
Blix Donnelly2721160100000032.063.211.063.273110200
Bill Trotter2110000000001.000.000.000.000000000
Mike Naymick1000000000000000000
Bob Keely1000000000000000000
Totals175761685474772150727459100722370543471.275.344.402.7452199962712400


Fielding:

Player Pos GP GS Inn. PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS%
Ray Sanders1B15200.01370648142.9949.4340000
Johnny Hopp1B600.0362001.0006.3330000
Augie Bergamo1B200.040001.0002.0000000
John Antonelli1B300.0233021.0008.6670000
Emil Verban2B14600.031938023105.9684.7880000
Whitey Kurowski2B900.047011.0001.2220000
George Fallon2B3800.05753311.9732.8950000
John Antonelli2B200.022001.0002.0000000
Whitey Kurowski3B14600.01882811720.9653.2120000
Debs Garms3B2100.0141611.9681.4290000
George Fallon3B600.0510031.0002.5000000
John Antonelli3B300.035001.0002.6670000
Ken O'DeaC6900.03263424.9945.2175000
Bob KeelyC100.010001.0001.0000000
Walker CooperC9700.044240107.9804.9694000
Stan MusialOF14600.03531652.9872.5270000
Pepper MartinOF2900.048110.9801.6900000
Danny LitwhilerOF13600.0294681.9742.2060000
Johnny HoppOF13100.0316211.9972.4270000
Debs GarmsOF2300.0340001.0001.4780000
Augie BergamoOF5000.083010.9881.6600000
Ted WilksP3600.0620031.000.7220000
Bill TrotterP200.002001.0001.0000000
Freddy SchmidtP3700.0317021.000.5410000
Mike NaymickP100.001001.0001.0000000
Red MungerP2100.083325.9531.9520000
Max LanierP3300.083933.9401.4240000
Al JurisichP3000.051812.958.7670000
Harry GumbertP1000.061415.9522.0000000
Blix DonnellyP2700.031710.952.7410000
Mort CooperP3400.0428011.000.9410000
Bud ByerlyP900.0211001.0001.4440000
Harry BrecheenP3000.0336021.0001.3000000
Marty MarionSS14400.02684612190.9725.0630000
Whitey KurowskiSS100.002001.0002.0000000
George FallonSS2400.03857314.9693.9580000
Totals165500.042761678112427.9823.5989000

Postseason - Pitching:

Player Rnd W L W% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF
Blix DonnellyWS101.0000.002020006.0200011900021
Harry BrecheenWS101.0001.001101009.0911040400038
Max LanierWS101.0002.1922000012.38330811100153
Mort CooperWS11.5001.1322011016.09221501600062
Bud ByerlyWS000.001010001.300000010004
Freddy SchmidtWS000.001000003.3100011100111
Al JurisichWS0027.001000000.722201000005
Ted WilksWS01.0005.682110016.3544030700027
Totals42.6671.96126421155.0361212123349002221

Postseason - Batting:

Player Rnd GP PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB DP HBP SH SF IBB
Emil VerbanWS619171700020020.412.474.412.885700001
Walker CooperWS626221721020032.318.400.500.9001110102
Stan MusialWS626232720120020.304.360.522.8821210100
Ray SandersWS626215600110058.286.423.429.852900001
Marty MarionWS625221530020023.227.292.364.655800102
Whitey KurowskiWS625232510010014.217.250.261.511600100
Johnny HoppWS627272500000008.185.185.185.370500000
Danny LitwhilerWS522202410110027.200.273.400.673800000
Max LanierWS2540200010000.500.500.5001.000200100
Ken O'DeaWS3330100020000.333.333.333.667100000
Mort CooperWS2540000000002.000.000.000.000010100
Ted WilksWS2320000000002.000.000.000.000000100
George FallonWS2220000000001.000.000.000.000000000
Harry BrecheenWS1440000000001.000.000.000.000000000
Freddy SchmidtWS1110000000001.000.000.000.000000000
Debs GarmsWS2220000000000.000.000.000.000000000
Blix DonnellyWS2110000000001.000.000.000.000000000
Augie BergamoWS3860000010023.000.250.000.250000000
Al JurisichWS1000000000000000000
Bud ByerlyWS1000000000000000000
Totals69230204164991315001943.240.305.338.6436930706

Postseason - Fielding:

Player Rnd Pos GP GS Inn. PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G PB SB CS CS%
Ray SandersWS1B6655.0512031.0008.6738.833000
Emil VerbanWS2B6651.0157021.0003.8823.667000
George FallonWS2B204.00000.000.000000
Whitey KurowskiWS3B6655.0415011.0003.1093.167000
Walker CooperWSC6655.0550001.0009.0009.167100
Johnny HoppWSCF6655.0140001.0002.2912.333000
Danny LitwhilerWSLF5542.050001.0001.0711.000000
Augie BergamoWSLF2113.010001.000.692.500000
Mort CooperWSP2216.006001.0003.3753.000000
Max LanierWSP2212.311001.0001.4591.000000
Harry BrecheenWSP119.013001.0004.0004.000000
Ted WilksWSP216.301001.0001.421.500000
Blix DonnellyWSP206.002001.0003.0001.000000
Freddy SchmidtWSP103.30000.000.000000
Bud ByerlyWSP101.30000.000.000000
Al JurisichWSP100.70000.000.000000
Stan MusialWSRF6655.011010.9171.8001.833000
Marty MarionWSSS6655.0722021.0004.7454.833000
Totals6354495.01655918.9964.0733.556100




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