🏆 World Series Champions

1944 St. Louis Cardinals

105-49 • 0.682 Win% • 1st in NL

📊 Season Record

105 Wins
49 Losses
0.682 Win %
1st Rank
772 R 490 RA
Diff +282

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⚡ Quick Stats

772 Runs Scored
490 Runs Allowed
+282 Run Diff
534K Attendance

📈 vs. 1944 NL Average

Batting Avg .275 6% above the 1944 league average (.260)
OBP .340 5% above the 1944 league average (.323)
SLG .330 10% above the 1944 league average (.300)
Team ERA 2.67 26% better than the 1944 league average (3.62)
Runs Scored 772 17% above the 1944 league average (662 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumSportsman's Park IV
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Home Games 77
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Total Attendance 534,539
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Avg per Game 6,942

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Stan Musial 0.347 2 Johnny Hopp 0.336 3 Walker Cooper 0.317 4 Ray Sanders 0.295 5 Augie Bergamo 0.286

Home Runs

1 Whitey Kurowski 20 2 Danny Litwhiler 15 3 Walker Cooper 13 4 Stan Musial 12 5 Ray Sanders 12

RBI

1 Ray Sanders 102 2 Stan Musial 94 3 Whitey Kurowski 87 4 Danny Litwhiler 82 5 Walker Cooper 72
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Ray Sanders 154 601 87 177 0 0 12 102 71 50 2 0.295
Stan Musial 146 568 112 197 0 0 12 94 90 28 7 0.347
Whitey Kurowski 149 555 95 150 0 0 20 87 58 40 2 0.270
Johnny Hopp 139 527 106 177 0 0 11 72 58 47 15 0.336
Marty Marion 144 506 50 135 0 0 6 63 43 50 1 0.267
Emil Verban 146 498 51 128 0 0 0 43 19 14 0 0.257
Danny Litwhiler 140 492 53 130 0 0 15 82 37 56 2 0.264
Walker Cooper 112 397 56 126 0 0 13 72 20 19 4 0.317
Ken O'Dea 85 265 35 66 0 0 6 37 37 29 1 0.249
Augie Bergamo 80 192 35 55 0 0 2 19 35 23 0 0.286
Debs Garms 73 149 17 30 0 0 0 5 13 8 0 0.201
George Fallon 69 141 16 28 0 0 1 9 16 11 1 0.199
Mort Cooper 34 94 9 19 0 0 0 13 7 12 0 0.202
Pepper Martin 40 86 15 24 0 0 2 4 15 11 2 0.279
Max Lanier 33 77 11 14 0 0 0 2 4 2 0 0.182
Harry Brecheen 31 68 8 11 0 0 0 4 9 12 0 0.162
Ted Wilks 36 64 6 9 0 0 0 6 5 15 0 0.141
Al Jurisich 30 45 2 8 0 0 0 1 1 13 0 0.178
Red Munger 21 44 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.114
Freddy Schmidt 37 34 3 7 0 0 0 3 1 16 0 0.206
John Antonelli 8 21 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0.190
Harry Gumbert 10 21 2 4 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0.190
Blix Donnelly 27 16 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0.062
Bud Byerly 9 12 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0.167
Bill Trotter 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Bob Keely 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mike Naymick 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Red Munger 1.34 2 Blix Donnelly 2.12 3 Mort Cooper 2.46 4 Harry Gumbert 2.49 5 Ted Wilks 2.64

Wins

1 Mort Cooper 22 2 Max Lanier 17 3 Ted Wilks 17 4 Harry Brecheen 16 5 Red Munger 11

Strikeouts

1 Max Lanier 141 2 Mort Cooper 97 3 Harry Brecheen 88 4 Ted Wilks 70 5 Freddy Schmidt 58
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Mort Cooper 22 7 2.46 34 33 1 252.1 60 97
Max Lanier 17 12 2.65 33 30 0 224.1 71 141
Ted Wilks 17 4 2.64 36 21 0 207.2 49 70
Harry Brecheen 16 5 2.85 30 22 0 189.1 46 88
Al Jurisich 7 9 3.39 30 14 1 130.0 65 53
Red Munger 11 3 1.34 21 12 2 121.0 41 55
Freddy Schmidt 7 3 3.15 37 9 5 114.1 58 58
Blix Donnelly 2 1 2.12 27 4 2 76.1 34 45
Harry Gumbert 4 2 2.49 10 7 1 61.1 19 16
Bud Byerly 2 2 3.40 9 4 0 42.1 20 13
Bill Trotter 0 1 13.50 2 1 0 6.0 4 0
Mike Naymick 0 0 4.50 1 0 0 2.0 1 1

🏆 Postseason Results

World Series
SLN def. SLA 4-2

👥 Roster (27)

John Antonelli Augie Bergamo Harry Brecheen Bud Byerly Mort Cooper Walker Cooper Blix Donnelly George Fallon Debs Garms Harry Gumbert Johnny Hopp Al Jurisich +15 more

27 players

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