1945 St. Louis Cardinals
95 - 59
1944 / 1946 (Organization)
2nd place in the NL (3 GB)
Home Record:
Away Record: 		48 - 29 (.623)
47 - 30 (.610)		 +4.3 wins
+13.7 wins
   
Scored/Expected: 756 / 691 ( +65 )
Allowed/Expected: 583 / 700 ( +117 )
Pyth Record: 95 - 59 (-0)
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Sportsman's Park IV
Attendance: 594,630 Avg Att: 7,623 (0.90)
Att Rank: 5 / 8 Lg Avg: 8,512
       
Park Factor: 1.00    
HR Factor: 0.90 R/L HR: 0.87 / 0.94
Notes:


Formation
Filters
Home Grown
Positions
#
via
1 Mort Cooper
SP
32.3
0.7
3.1
2.3
8
Y
Not Available
2 Max Lanier
SP
29.9
0.4
2.5
1.6
8
Y
1
1
1934
 Free Agency (Amateur)
3 Johnny Hopp
RF
29.0
2.4
16.1
6.7
7
Y
1
1
1936
 Free Agency (Amateur)
4 Walker Cooper
C
30.5
0.1
0.8
0.3
6
Y
1
1
1935
 Free Agency (Amateur)
5 Marty Marion
SS
27.6
2.9
16.9
5.7
6
Y
1
1
1936
 Free Agency (Amateur)
6 Whitey Kurowski
3B
27.2
4.8
26.0
13.9
5
Y
Not Available
7 Ray Sanders
1B
28.6
2.1
17.6
6.7
4
Y
Not Available
8 Harry Brecheen
SP
30.7
4.3
17.1
11.7
4
N
1
1
1938
 Purchased CHN NL
9 Ken O'Dea
C
32.3
1.9
13.8
5.6
4
N
12
11
1941
 Trade NY1 NL
10 George Fallon
SS
31.0
0.1
1.6
0.2
3
N
Not Available
11 Bud Byerly
SW
24.7
-0.7
1.8
-1.4
3
Y
1
1
1940
 Free Agency (Amateur)
12 Debs Garms
3B
38.0
1.3
7.5
4.2
3
N
12
5
1941
 Purchased PIT NL
13 John Antonelli
3B
30.0
-0.2
0.0
-0.1
2
Y
Not Available
14 Augie Bergamo
RF
28.4
2.0
13.0
6.7
2
Y
Not Available
15 Al Jurisich
SW
23.9
-1.1
1.1
-1.3
2
Y
Not Available
16 Bob Keely
C
35.9
-0.0
0.0
-0.0
2
Y
Not Available
17 Blix Donnelly
SP
31.4
0.5
9.8
4.1
2
Y
1
1
1937
 Obtained through Minor Lg Agreement Duluth (Northern)
18 Emil Verban
2B
29.8
1.1
13.3
-0.2
2
N
1
1
1938
 Unknown CIN NL
19 Ted Wilks
SP
29.6
1.3
7.0
3.7
2
Y
1
1
1938
 Free Agency (Amateur)
20 Lou Klein
SS
26.7
0.3
2.7
1.3
2
Y
1
1
1940
 Free Agency (Amateur)
21 Pep Young
SS
37.8
-0.5
0.6
-0.5
2
N
5
14
1941
 Purchased CIN NL
22 Bill Crouch
RP
34.9
0.2
1.1
0.6
2
N
6
21
1941
 Waivers PHI NL
23 Art Rebel
RF
31.3
0.6
2.7
1.3
1
N
Not Available
24 Dave Bartosch
RF
28.3
-0.1
1.0
0.0
1
Y
Not Available
25 Ken Burkhart
SP
28.6
4.7
20.2
12.7
1
Y
Not Available
26 Glenn Crawford
LF
31.6
-0.1
0.0
-0.1
1
N
Not Available
27 Jack Creel
SP
29.2
0.5
4.9
1.9
1
Y
Not Available
28 Gene Crumling
C
23.2
-0.2
0.4
0.1
1
Y
Not Available
29 George Dockins
SP
28.2
2.3
9.1
4.8
1
Y
Not Available
30 Art Lopatka
SW
26.1
0.3
1.3
0.9
1
Y
Not Available
31 Del Rice
C
22.7
0.5
8.4
1.9
1
Y
1
1
1941
 Free Agency (Amateur)
32 Red Schoendienst
LF
22.4
0.5
12.5
1.6
1
Y
1
1
1942
 Free Agency (Amateur)
33 Jim Mallory
LF
26.8
-0.3
0.2
-0.7
1
N
3
1
1943
 Free Agency
34 Glenn Gardner
SW
29.4
0.9
4.8
2.9
1
N
11
6
1943
 Draft (Minor League) Nashville (Southern Asso
35 Stan Partenheimer
SW
22.7
-0.2
0.0
-0.5
1
N
6
10
1944
 Trade BOS AL
36 Buster Adams
CF
30.0
2.8
22.5
9.6
1
N
5
8
1945
 Trade PHI NL
37 Red Barrett
SP
30.4
4.7
23.3
14.9
1
N
5
23
1945
 Trade BSN NL
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com


Player Pos Hometown
Buster Adams CF Trinidad, CO (USA)
John Antonelli 3B Memphis, TN (US)
Red Barrett SP Simi Valley, CA (US)
Dave Bartosch RF St. Louis, MO (USA)
Augie Bergamo RF Detroit, MI (US)
Harry Brecheen SP Ada, OK (US)
Ken Burkhart SP Knoxville, TN (USA)
Bud Byerly SW Webster Groves, MO (US)
Mort Cooper SP Independence, MO (US)
Walker Cooper C Independence, MO (US)
Glenn Crawford LF North Branch, MI (USA)
Jack Creel SP Kyle, TX (USA)
Bill Crouch RP Wilmington, DE (USA)
Gene Crumling C Wrightsville, PA (USA)
George Dockins SP Clyde, KS (USA)
Blix Donnelly SP Olivia, MN (US)
George Fallon SS Jersey City, NJ (USA)
Glenn Gardner SW Burnsville, NC (USA)
Debs Garms 3B Bangs, TX (USA)
Johnny Hopp RF Hastings, NE (US)
Al Jurisich SW New Orleans, LA (US)
Bob Keely C St. Louis, MO (USA)
Lou Klein SS New Orleans, LA (US)
Whitey Kurowski 3B Reading, PA (USA)
Max Lanier SP Denton, NC (USA)
Art Lopatka SW Chicago, IL (US)
Jim Mallory LF Lawrenceville, VA (USA)
Marty Marion SS Atlanta, GA (US)
Ken O'Dea C Lima, NY (USA)
Stan Partenheimer SW Sewickley, PA (US)
Art Rebel RF Cincinnati, OH (USA)
Del Rice C Portsmouth, OH (US)
Ray Sanders 1B Bonne Terre, MO (USA)
Red Schoendienst LF Germantown, IL (USA)
Emil Verban 2B Lincoln, IL (USA)
Ted Wilks SP Fulton, NY (USA)
Pep Young SS Jamestown, NC (USA)

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