⭐ Division Winner

1943 St. Louis Cardinals

105-49 • 0.682 Win% • 1st in NL

📊 Season Record

105 Wins
49 Losses
0.682 Win %
1st Rank
679 R 475 RA
Diff +204

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⚡ Quick Stats

679 Runs Scored
475 Runs Allowed
+204 Run Diff
544K Attendance

📈 vs. 1943 NL Average

Batting Avg .278 8% above the 1943 league average (.257)
OBP .331 3% above the 1943 league average (.322)
SLG .317 10% above the 1943 league average (.288)
Team ERA 2.57 24% better than the 1943 league average (3.39)
Runs Scored 679 11% above the 1943 league average (612 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumSportsman's Park IV
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 544,461
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Avg per Game 6,721

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Stan Musial 0.357 2 Walker Cooper 0.318 3 Harry Walker 0.294 4 Frank Demaree 0.291 5 Whitey Kurowski 0.287

Home Runs

1 Whitey Kurowski 13 2 Stan Musial 13 3 Ray Sanders 11 4 Walker Cooper 9 5 Lou Klein 7

RBI

1 Walker Cooper 81 2 Stan Musial 81 3 Ray Sanders 73 4 Whitey Kurowski 70 5 Lou Klein 62
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Lou Klein 154 627 91 180 0 0 7 62 50 70 9 0.287
Stan Musial 157 617 108 220 0 0 13 81 72 18 9 0.357
Harry Walker 148 564 76 166 0 0 2 53 40 24 5 0.294
Whitey Kurowski 139 522 69 150 0 0 13 70 31 54 3 0.287
Ray Sanders 144 478 69 134 0 0 11 73 77 33 1 0.280
Walker Cooper 122 449 52 143 0 0 9 81 19 19 1 0.318
Marty Marion 129 418 38 117 0 0 1 52 32 37 1 0.280
Danny Litwhiler 80 258 40 72 0 0 7 31 19 31 1 0.279
Debs Garms 90 249 26 64 0 0 0 22 13 8 1 0.257
Johnny Hopp 91 241 33 54 0 0 2 25 24 22 8 0.224
Ken O'Dea 71 203 15 57 0 0 3 25 19 25 0 0.281
Jimmy Brown 34 110 6 20 0 0 0 8 6 1 0 0.182
Mort Cooper 37 100 7 17 0 0 1 11 2 14 0 0.170
Frank Demaree 39 86 5 25 0 0 0 9 8 4 1 0.291
George Fallon 36 78 6 18 0 0 0 5 2 9 0 0.231
Max Lanier 32 73 8 12 0 0 0 5 1 5 0 0.164
Howie Krist 34 60 7 10 0 0 0 2 1 13 0 0.167
Harry Gumbert 21 45 1 7 0 0 0 1 1 11 0 0.156
Howie Pollet 16 43 3 7 0 0 0 1 1 9 0 0.163
Harry Brecheen 29 42 4 8 0 0 0 3 2 8 0 0.190
Murry Dickson 31 34 1 9 0 0 0 6 0 1 0 0.265
Al Brazle 13 32 4 9 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 0.281
Red Munger 32 28 3 6 0 0 0 3 1 5 0 0.214
Ernie White 21 28 5 6 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.214
Coaker Triplett 9 25 1 2 0 0 1 4 1 6 0 0.080
Buster Adams 8 11 1 1 0 0 0 1 4 4 0 0.091
Sam Narron 10 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.091
Bud Byerly 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Al Brazle 1.53 2 Howie Pollet 1.75 3 Max Lanier 1.90 4 Harry Brecheen 2.26 5 Mort Cooper 2.30

Wins

1 Mort Cooper 21 2 Max Lanier 15 3 Howie Krist 11 4 Harry Gumbert 10 5 Harry Brecheen 9

Strikeouts

1 Mort Cooper 141 2 Max Lanier 123 3 Harry Brecheen 68 4 Howie Pollet 61 5 Howie Krist 57
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Mort Cooper 21 8 2.30 37 32 3 274.0 79 141
Max Lanier 15 7 1.90 32 25 3 213.1 75 123
Howie Krist 11 5 2.90 34 17 3 164.1 62 57
Harry Brecheen 9 6 2.26 29 13 4 135.1 39 68
Harry Gumbert 10 5 2.84 21 19 0 133.0 32 40
Howie Pollet 8 4 1.75 16 14 0 118.1 32 61
Murry Dickson 8 2 3.58 31 7 0 115.2 49 44
Red Munger 9 5 3.95 32 9 2 93.1 42 45
Al Brazle 8 2 1.53 13 9 0 88.0 29 26
Ernie White 5 5 3.78 14 10 0 78.2 33 28
Bud Byerly 1 0 3.46 2 2 0 13.0 5 6

🏆 Postseason Results

World Series
Lost to NYA 4-1

👥 Roster (28)

Buster Adams Al Brazle Harry Brecheen Jimmy Brown Bud Byerly Mort Cooper Walker Cooper Frank Demaree Murry Dickson George Fallon Debs Garms Harry Gumbert +16 more

28 players

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