1940 St. Louis Cardinals
84 - 69
1939 / 1941 (Organization)
3rd place in the NL (16 GB)
Home Record:
Away Record:
41 - 36 (.532)
43 - 33 (.566)
+0.2 wins
+7.2 wins
   
Scored/Expected: 747 / 710 ( +37 )
Allowed/Expected: 699 / 715 ( +16 )
Pyth Record: 81 - 72 (+3)
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Sportsman's Park IV
Attendance: 324,078 Avg Att: 4,209 (0.59)
Att Rank: 6 / 8 Lg Avg: 7,115
       
Park Factor: 1.05    
HR Factor: 1.15 R/L HR: 1.06 / 1.25
Notes:


Top Prospects (as of March 1st)

Filters
Positions
# Pos
Age
 
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
  Acquired Via M D Y
1
LF
19.6
128.1
604.3
374.9
 
0.6
5.3
9.4
8.8
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1938
2
SP
23.9
46.6
196.9
88.0
 
-0.2
2.0
0.6
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1937
3
SP
25.7
42.1
168.5
100.9
 
0.1
3.1
3.0
 
Purchased
1
1
1938
4
SP
19.0
34.6
150.2
75.1
 
2.5
2.5
3.6
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1939
5
SS
22.6
31.8
176.7
33.4
 
0.7
2.8
4.7
4.3
4.7
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1936
6
SP
25.3
30.1
139.4
71.9
 
2.7
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1938
7
C
25.5
29.3
168.8
52.9
 
0.1
-0.1
2.4
3.2
3.5
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1935
8
CF
24.0
22.7
158.2
68.2
 
-0.1
3.2
0.4
-0.5
5.5
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1936
9
RP
24.6
16.6
80.5
46.0
 
4.3
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1938
10
SP
21.7
15.4
79.5
35.8
 
-0.3
3.7
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1937
11
RF
21.0
11.9
117.7
27.1
 
-0.4
-1.0
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1937
12
CF
23.7
11.0
83.3
24.9
 
-0.3
0.0
0.9
1.8
 
Unknown
1
1
1940
13
SS
24.3
10.7
81.7
10.2
 
0.2
-0.7
1.2
-0.0
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1937
14
SP
18.0
8.8
54.1
11.6
 
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1938
15
SP
26.4
7.9
44.0
19.4
 
1.3
 
Obtained through Minor Lg Agreement
1
1
1937
16
1B
19.7
7.8
69.6
17.7
 
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
2
17
1939
17
2B
21.7
7.0
35.0
10.9
 
5.8
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1940
18
2B
22.7
6.3
61.4
-2.3
 
-0.7
0.7
2.2
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1937
19
C
22.6
5.3
50.0
2.1
 
0.7
0.1
0.8
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1938
20
RP
19.7
5.1
28.0
8.6
 
-0.1
0.3
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1940
21
2B
24.8
4.5
59.4
-9.6
 
1.5
 
Unknown
1
1
1938
22
SW
25.0
2.2
11.0
4.9
 
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1935
23
SP
21.9
2.0
18.2
5.4
 
 
Unknown
1
1
1939
24
3B
22.5
2.0
37.0
-0.2
 
-0.6
1.0
0.3
 
Trade
12
27
1939
25
LF
19.9
1.7
31.1
5.9
 
-0.0
0.0
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1938
26
C
20.0
0.4
6.5
0.2
 
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1938
27
C
21.4
0.2
16.8
-0.8
 
 
Draft (Minor League)
10
1
1939
28
DH
18.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
 
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1940
29
SW
24.4
-0.1
5.1
0.1
 
0.0
 
Draft (Minor League)
12
1
1937
30
RP
18.4
-0.3
1.5
-0.8
 
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1940
31
SW
22.7
-0.3
0.6
-0.5
 
-0.5
 
Free Agency
4
15
1938
32
SW
23.2
-0.4
6.6
-2.2
 
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1940
33
CF
21.1
-2.4
1.4
-6.8
 
-2.1
-0.2
 
Free Agency
4
15
1938
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