1945 St. Louis Cardinals

95-59 • 0.617 Win% • 2nd in NL

📊 Season Record

95 Wins
59 Losses
0.617 Win %
2nd Rank
756 R 583 RA
Diff +173

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⚡ Quick Stats

756 Runs Scored
583 Runs Allowed
+173 Run Diff
599K Attendance

📈 vs. 1945 NL Average

Batting Avg .273 3% above the 1945 league average (.264)
OBP .335 2% above the 1945 league average (.329)
SLG .308 1% above the 1945 league average (.305)
Team ERA 3.24 15% better than the 1945 league average (3.80)
Runs Scored 756 10% above the 1945 league average (689 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumSportsman's Park IV
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Home Games 78
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Total Attendance 599,697
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Avg per Game 7,688

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Art Rebel 0.347 2 Debs Garms 0.336 3 Whitey Kurowski 0.323 4 Augie Bergamo 0.316 5 Buster Adams 0.292

Home Runs

1 Whitey Kurowski 21 2 Buster Adams 20 3 Ray Sanders 8 4 Ken O'Dea 4 5 Augie Bergamo 3

RBI

1 Whitey Kurowski 102 2 Buster Adams 101 3 Ray Sanders 78 4 Emil Verban 72 5 Marty Marion 59
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Emil Verban 155 597 59 166 0 0 0 72 19 15 4 0.278
Buster Adams 140 578 98 169 0 0 20 101 57 75 3 0.292
Red Schoendienst 137 565 89 157 0 0 1 47 21 17 26 0.278
Ray Sanders 143 537 85 148 0 0 8 78 83 55 3 0.276
Whitey Kurowski 133 511 84 165 0 0 21 102 45 45 1 0.323
Johnny Hopp 124 446 67 129 0 0 3 44 49 24 14 0.289
Marty Marion 123 430 63 119 0 0 1 59 39 39 2 0.277
Ken O'Dea 100 307 36 78 0 0 4 43 50 31 0 0.254
Augie Bergamo 94 304 51 96 0 0 3 44 43 21 0 0.316
Del Rice 83 253 27 66 0 0 1 28 16 33 0 0.261
Debs Garms 74 146 23 49 0 0 0 18 31 3 0 0.336
Red Barrett 36 89 1 10 0 0 0 5 1 22 0 0.112
Ken Burkhart 42 72 5 13 0 0 0 5 4 14 0 0.181
Art Rebel 26 72 12 25 0 0 0 5 6 4 1 0.347
Harry Brecheen 24 57 1 7 0 0 0 7 4 11 0 0.123
Lou Klein 19 57 12 13 0 0 1 6 14 9 0 0.228
George Fallon 24 55 4 13 0 0 0 7 6 6 1 0.236
Blix Donnelly 31 54 3 7 0 0 0 4 2 5 0 0.130
Dave Bartosch 24 47 9 12 0 0 0 1 6 3 0 0.255
Pep Young 27 47 5 7 0 0 1 4 1 8 0 0.149
Jim Mallory 13 43 3 10 0 0 0 5 0 2 0 0.233
George Dockins 31 34 4 6 0 0 0 1 6 11 0 0.176
Ted Wilks 18 30 2 4 0 0 0 1 4 7 0 0.133
Jack Creel 35 26 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 7 0 0.077
Bud Byerly 33 23 4 5 0 0 0 4 3 5 0 0.217
Al Jurisich 27 23 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 0.087
Glenn Gardner 17 21 1 7 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0.333
Walker Cooper 4 18 3 7 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.389
Gene Crumling 6 12 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.083
Max Lanier 4 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.182
Mort Cooper 4 6 2 2 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0.333
Art Lopatka 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.250
John Antonelli 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Glenn Crawford 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000
Stan Partenheimer 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Bill Crouch 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Bob Keely 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Harry Brecheen 2.52 2 Red Barrett 2.74 3 Ken Burkhart 2.90 4 Ted Wilks 2.93 5 George Dockins 3.21

Wins

1 Red Barrett 21 2 Ken Burkhart 18 3 Harry Brecheen 15 4 George Dockins 8 5 Blix Donnelly 8

Strikeouts

1 Blix Donnelly 76 2 Ken Burkhart 67 3 Red Barrett 63 4 Harry Brecheen 63 5 Al Jurisich 42
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Red Barrett 21 9 2.74 36 29 0 246.2 38 63
Ken Burkhart 18 8 2.90 42 22 2 217.1 66 67
Blix Donnelly 8 10 3.52 31 23 2 166.1 87 76
Harry Brecheen 15 4 2.52 24 18 2 157.1 44 63
George Dockins 8 6 3.21 31 12 0 126.1 38 33
Ted Wilks 4 7 2.93 18 16 0 98.1 29 28
Bud Byerly 4 5 4.74 33 8 0 95.0 41 39
Jack Creel 5 4 4.14 26 8 2 87.0 45 34
Al Jurisich 3 3 5.15 27 6 0 71.2 41 42
Glenn Gardner 3 1 3.29 17 4 1 54.2 27 20
Max Lanier 2 2 1.73 4 3 0 26.0 8 16
Mort Cooper 2 0 1.52 4 3 0 23.2 7 14
Bill Crouch 1 0 3.38 6 0 0 13.1 7 4
Stan Partenheimer 0 0 6.08 8 2 0 13.1 16 6
Art Lopatka 1 0 1.54 4 1 0 11.2 3 5

👥 Roster (37)

Buster Adams John Antonelli Red Barrett Dave Bartosch Augie Bergamo Harry Brecheen Ken Burkhart Bud Byerly Mort Cooper Walker Cooper Glenn Crawford Jack Creel +25 more

37 players

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