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1945 St. Louis Cardinals  (1944)  (1946) 66-88, 7th in National League Scored 589 runs, Allowed 703 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 64-90 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .685 Park Factor: Batting - 100 / Pitching - 101 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 66-88   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 95-59 Manager(s): Mike Rescigno

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 3B  Whitey Kurowski      27  151  555   77  196  30   2  24   92   5   2   47   58  .353  .400  .544  121   8.6  2e17       50  
 1B *Mickey Rocco         29  124  444   56  131  28   8  11   53   0   2   37   39  .295  .348  .468   73   6.1  2e11      103  
 OF *Johnny Hopp          28  135  480   88  139  31  10   2   45  20   4   49   40  .290  .353  .408   72   5.4  3(+2)e7     4  
 2B  Emil Verban          29  154  650   74  183  31  10   0   59   7   7   30   36  .282  .312  .360   70   3.8  2e17       27  
 OF *Augie Bergamo        28  125  334   35  104  19   4   6   39   0   0   43   30  .311  .389  .446   58   6.5  3(+1)e10   20  
 OF  Coaker Triplett      33  113  395   41  100  19   1  10   53  12   6   37   41  .253  .315  .382   47   4.0  4(+1)e20   49  
 C  *Ken O'Dea            32   95  308   30   66  15   3   5   32   2   0   54   35  .214  .332  .331   35   3.7  3(+1)e7   -60  
 OF *Debs Garms           38   87  157   31   55   8   3   0   26   0   0   29    3  .350  .450  .439   33   8.3  4(+2)e8    26  
 1B *Ray Sanders          28   86  230   27   58  10   2   5   30   3   2   26   28  .252  .326  .378   27   4.1  3e20      -56  
 SS  Bitsy Mott           27   89  285   22   68   8   1   0   19   7   4   24   27  .239  .298  .274   24   2.9  2e45       32  
 OF  Jake Powell          36   77  281   26   54   9   0   0   18   5   2   11   20  .192  .226  .224   14   1.6  2(+1)e8   -66  
 OF *Art Rebel            31   70   80   11   27   4   0   0    4   2   0    6    4  .338  .384  .388   12   5.9  4(-3)e8   -29  
 C   Hal Spindel          32   51  157   10   34   7   0   0   11   0   1   16   15  .217  .287  .261   10   2.2  4(-1)e9     5  
 OF  Walt Chipple         26   32  123   11   20   5   0   0    7   0   0   22   15  .163  .297  .203    9   2.3  4(-3)e12  140  
 SS  Steve Shemo          30   27   95    7   24   4   0   0    3   1   0    3    5  .253  .283  .295    7   2.7  4e44       61  
 SS  Pep Young            37   41  120   11   20   3   0   4   14   0   0    0   25  .167  .174  .292    5   1.4  4e44       65  
 OF *Red Durrett          24   24   81    3   13   4   0   0   11   0   0   12   23  .160  .263  .210    5   1.9  4(+1)e8    85  
 SS  George Fallon        31   33   58    2   12   1   0   0    4   0   1    6    6  .207  .281  .224    3   2.2  4e44     -115  
 C   Joe Just             29   25   84    4   16   1   0   0    4   0   0    3   26  .190  .218  .202    3   1.3  4(+1)e10   37  
 SS  Elmer Weingartner    26    7   24    0    5   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    9  .208  .240  .208    1   1.4  4e67     -110  
 C   Walker Cooper        30    6   15    2    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .200  .200  .267    0   1.1  3(0)e16  -311  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                           636                   21

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary

     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P  Ken Burkhart         28  14   8  .636  34  34   3   0   0   0   0  230.1  226   94   82  14   53   95  3.20   91   3.6  -44  
  P  Al Jurisich          23   9  10  .474  32  22   4   2   1   1   1  162.1  134   69   62   8   65  141  3.44   61   3.4  -72  
  P *Harry Brecheen       30   8   8  .500  48  16   2  27  11   4   1  163.1  154   58   51   8   52   81  2.81   64   3.5  -14  
  P  Jack Creel           29   7   4  .636  51   0   0  23   6   5   0   71.2   79   42   35   4   45   29  4.40   42   5.1   20  
  P  Charley Schanz       26   7  12  .368  27  27   1   0   0   0   1  134.2  169   91   75   7   81   64  5.01   98   6.4   30  
  P  Sandy Ullrich        23   5   2  .714  50   0   0  20   1   0   0   72.2  101   65   60   4   45   33  7.43   60   7.3   97  
  P *George Dockins       28   4  10  .286  38  14   2   9   0   1   0  120.1  136   65   61   5   40   45  4.56   59   4.5   20  
  P  Ted Wilks            29   3   6  .333  52   1   0  40  14   5   0   76.1   93   36   30   2   23   40  3.54   40   4.7  -37  
  P  Mort Cooper          32   3  11  .214  26  14   2  10   2   2   0   92.0  112   51   42   5   35   62  4.11   58   5.7   66  
  P  Don Hendrickson      31   3  14  .176  54  19   0   6   0   0   0  153.2  161   95   84  13   73   56  4.92   90   5.3  -19  
  P  Glenn Gardner        29   2   1  .667   3   3   0   0   0   0   0   23.0   18    5    4   1   10   10  1.57    8   3.3  -66  
  P  Walter Wilson        31   1   1  .500  26   1   0   3   0   0   0   41.1   45   25   23   2   27   20  5.01   25   5.8  -15  
  P *Max Lanier           29   0   1  .000   3   3   0   0   0   0   0   19.0   21    7    7   0    9   16  3.32    8   4.0  100  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                                      710         -4

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed

Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP OSB OCS +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Ken O'Dea 763 85 89 420 33 9 3 .981 54 17 Hal Spindel 370 41 51 215 13 3 4 .987 17 6 Joe Just 204 25 25 135 4 2 0 .986 14 1 Walker Cooper 24 3 3 10 4 2 0 .875 4 1 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Mickey Rocco 905 102 105 945 91 4 91 .996 10.31 Ray Sanders 451 52 54 474 48 2 53 .996 10.42 Johnny Hopp 3 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.75 Augie Bergamo 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 7.71 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Emil Verban 1359 154 154 345 464 10 112 .988 5.36 Bitsy Mott 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Whitey Kurowski 1274 146 146 202 340 14 31 .975 3.83 Bitsy Mott 43 5 6 6 11 2 1 .895 3.56 Pep Young 24 3 4 1 5 0 0 1.000 2.22 Debs Garms 13 0 8 2 5 0 1 1.000 4.85 Steve Shemo 6 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bitsy Mott 657 77 80 140 203 20 49 .945 4.70 Pep Young 258 28 36 51 71 12 13 .910 4.26 Steve Shemo 221 26 26 47 79 6 19 .955 5.12 George Fallon 153 16 30 38 48 3 11 .966 5.07 Elmer Weingartner 60 7 7 11 22 2 4 .943 4.95 Whitey Kurowski 12 0 7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Augie Bergamo 421 47 52 113 2 0 0 1.000 2.46 Johnny Hopp 304 36 36 85 3 1 1 .989 2.61 Walt Chipple 280 32 32 61 2 2 0 .969 2.02 Debs Garms 228 26 27 55 0 1 0 .982 2.17 Jake Powell 49 6 6 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.39 Art Rebel 45 3 16 9 0 1 0 .900 1.81 Coaker Triplett 26 3 5 7 0 1 0 .875 2.39 Red Durrett 8 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.24 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jake Powell 582 68 69 161 10 3 1 .983 2.64 Johnny Hopp 486 55 59 121 17 2 1 .986 2.56 Augie Bergamo 287 31 35 63 6 0 1 1.000 2.17 Debs Garms 5 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60 Coaker Triplett 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Coaker Triplett 848 97 98 153 4 9 1 .946 1.67 Johnny Hopp 295 34 35 56 0 1 0 .982 1.71 Red Durrett 187 22 22 30 0 0 0 1.000 1.44 Augie Bergamo 11 0 6 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.59 Jake Powell 8 1 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 Art Rebel 5 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.69 Debs Garms 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 Walt Chipple 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1945 Draft

Round 4 (#47):	Bitsy Mott
Round 5 (#59):	Coaker Triplett
Round 6 (#70):	Hal Spindel
Round 7 (#79):	Jake Powell
Round 8 (#85):	Don Hendrickson
Round 9 (#89):	Sandy Ullrich
Round 10 (#91):	Steve Shemo
Round 11 (#93):	Joe Just
Round 12 (#94):	Walter Wilson
Round 13 (#95):	Elmer Weingartner

Transactions

• 1945-12: acquired Walt Chipple as a free agent
• 1945-13: acquired Red Durrett as a free agent
• 1945 postseason: released Denny Galehouse, Steve Shemo

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