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1945 St. Louis Cardinals
Record: 57-105
Finish: 8th in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 598
Runs Allowed: 817
Exp W-L: 58-104
 
Ballpark: Sportsmans Park
Attendance: 794,114
Manager: Joel Roltgen

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 81-56, 1st in the NL
AA: 73-64, 2nd in the NL
A: 66-71, 6th in the NL
 
 
 
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
CF  Mike McCormick 28 156 552 79 166 39 2 7 70 9 7 70 37 .301 .381 .417 .798 83.1 16.9 3.4
LF  Eric Tipton 30 155 550 66 146 31 2 2 49 14 2 65 42 .265 .344 .340 .684 67.3 11.3 2.4
1B  Connie Ryan 25 155 545 51 128 21 3 9 65 10 7 61 82 .235 .311 .334 .645 54.2 6.0 2.9
2B *Bama Rowell 29 155 572 57 141 34 5 7 57 15 1 28 23 .247 .282 .360 .643 53.1 6.3 1.4
1B *Johnny McCarthy 35 157 554 59 135 24 5 3 56 8 4 25 65 .244 .274 .321 .596 43.6 2.9 2.8
SS  Skeeter Newsome 34 153 548 51 139 23 0 1 48 1 1 27 36 .254 .288 .301 .590 44.1 3.8 5.4
C  Mickey Livingston 30 143 448 62 98 13 3 10 59 0 0 48 42 .219 .296 .328 .624 43.4 4.1 10.4
RF *Vince Barton 37 123 322 38 61 2 1 16 46 0 0 36 78 .189 .279 .351 .630 33.2 2.7 2.6
2B  Mickey Haslin 35 121 331 35 88 9 1 4 34 6 5 14 30 .266 .295 .335 .630 31.7 3.8 2.3
RF *Johnny Barrett 29 117 184 23 43 7 4 5 29 8 8 24 19 .234 .325 .397 .722 24.1 3.5 0.8
C  Al Unser 32 71 157 15 36 8 0 5 16 0 0 11 17 .229 .278 .376 .654 16.1 1.8 2.2
RF  Glenn McQuillen 30 100 143 18 37 12 0 0 14 0 0 6 5 .259 .285 .343 .627 11.8 1.0 0.2
P  Randy Gumpert 27 32 73 6 11 1 0 0 6 0 0 4 19 .151 .195 .164 .359 1.5 0.0 0.0
P *Warren Spahn 24 30 75 7 16 3 0 0 7 0 0 0 15 .213 .208 .253 .461 4.0 0.0 0.0
3B  Mike Kreevich 37 59 74 6 13 2 1 0 5 0 0 7 18 .176 .247 .230 .477 3.5 0.0 0.6
P  Ted Olson 32 31 63 4 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 28 .079 .132 .079 .212 -1.1 0.0 0.0
RF  Ace Parker 33 58 69 4 8 3 0 0 3 0 0 5 13 .116 .176 .159 .335 0.6 0.0 0.7
P  Rube Melton 28 32 68 5 11 2 1 0 2 0 0 3 24 .162 .194 .221 .415 2.7 0.0 0.0
P  Ralph Branca 19 28 68 7 7 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 23 .103 .129 .147 .276 -0.6 0.0 0.0
P *Chubby Dean 28 33 19 4 5 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 .263 .263 .474 .737 2.5 0.4 0.0
P *Frank Biscan 25 77 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 .143 .143 .143 .286 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Max Butcher 34 14 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3 0.0 0.0
P #Hooks Iott 25 44 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.8 2044 5428 598 1296 238 28 70 572 71 36 440 620 .239 .296 .332 .628 518.5 64.4 38.2
  Rank among 8 NL teams 8 8 8 6 8 8 8 2 7 7 4 8 8 8 8 8  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
*Warren Spahn 24 10 13 .435 30 30 0 239.3 232 78 17 44 105 2.93 24.7
 Randy Gumpert 27 8 20 .286 32 32 0 236.7 241 145 21 159 88 5.51 3.0
 Ted Olson 32 9 19 .321 31 31 0 221.0 264 132 29 91 59 5.38 3.3
 Rube Melton 28 9 17 .346 32 32 0 216.7 204 110 14 138 99 4.57 10.7
 Ralph Branca 19 11 12 .478 28 28 0 206.7 196 113 15 83 94 4.92 8.0
*Frank Biscan 25 5 12 .294 77 1 4 105.7 119 51 6 60 24 4.34 6.0
*Chubby Dean 28 0 9 .000 33 8 1 85.7 86 54 9 63 30 5.67 0.5
*Hooks Iott 25 0 0 .000 39 0 0 44.3 44 23 2 27 34 4.67 2.2
 Junior Thompson 28 5 3 .625 42 0 11 43.0 34 15 1 30 17 3.14 8.4
 Max Butcher 34 0 0 .000 14 0 0 20.3 21 8 1 9 2 3.54 1.7
Team Totals 27.0 57 105 .352 358 162 16 1419.3 1441 729 115 704 552 4.62 68.4
Rank among 8 NL teams 8 8 8 8 8 3 4 7 8 7 7  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 27.3
M.Livingston 1112.3 126 137 466 50 0 0 1.000 36.2
A.Unser 307.0 36 38 110 12 2 0 .984 46.2
Team Total 1419.3 162 175 576 62 2 0 .997 38.3
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 12.28
C.Ryan 1169.0 133 138 1457 131 12 147 .993 12.23
M.Kreevich 112.3 13 16 135 13 1 10 .993 11.86
J.McCarthy 111.0 13 13 125 12 4 13 .972 11.11
V.Barton 26.0 3 5 35 1 0 4 1.000 12.46
A.Parker 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1419.3 162 173 1753 157 17 174 .991 12.11
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 6.20
B.Rowell 1267.3 147 153 330 524 43 127 .952 6.06
A.Parker 83.7 7 18 23 39 2 11 .969 6.67
M.Haslin 67.3 8 10 18 25 3 7 .935 5.75
S.Newsome 1.0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1419.3 162 182 371 590 48 145 .952 6.09
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .952 2.98
V.Barton 724.0 84 93 52 172 3 19 .987 2.78
M.Haslin 528.0 62 70 31 130 7 13 .958 2.74
C.Ryan 106.0 12 14 9 23 0 4 1.000 2.72
M.Kreevich 47.7 3 15 4 19 1 0 .958 4.34
A.Parker 13.7 1 4 0 3 0 1 1.000 1.98
Team Total 1419.3 162 196 96 347 11 37 .976 2.81
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .966 5.49
S.Newsome 1212.0 147 151 205 536 24 103 .969 5.50
M.Haslin 129.3 10 33 20 54 2 9 .974 5.15
A.Parker 73.0 5 27 18 38 2 9 .966 6.90
M.Kreevich 3.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
A.Unser 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
H.Iott 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1419.3 162 215 243 629 28 121 .969 5.53
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 1.98
E.Tipton 1240.3 144 151 284 8 8 0 .973 2.12
G.McQuillen 152.0 17 23 29 1 1 0 .968 1.78
M.McCormick 10.0 0 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.60
M.Kreevich 10.0 1 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
A.Parker 5.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60
B.Rowell 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1419.3 162 186 320 9 9 0 .973 2.09
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 2.68
M.McCormick 1268.0 146 146 373 7 5 3 .987 2.70
J.Barrett 120.0 13 14 35 0 1 0 .972 2.63
V.Barton 16.0 2 2 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.94
M.Kreevich 11.3 1 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.59
A.Parker 4.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1419.3 162 166 417 7 6 3 .986 2.69
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.21
J.McCarthy 1151.3 134 138 306 2 3 1 .990 2.41
J.Barrett 208.0 24 32 65 1 3 0 .957 2.86
V.Barton 38.0 3 9 4 1 0 0 1.000 1.18
A.Parker 12.0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
M.McCormick 8.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
M.Kreevich 2.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1419.3 162 187 379 4 6 1 .985 2.43
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 2.40
W.Spahn 239.3 30 30 14 44 2 3 .967 2.18
R.Gumpert 236.7 32 32 13 52 3 5 .956 2.47
T.Olson 221.0 31 31 16 54 1 1 .986 2.85
R.Melton 216.7 32 32 13 50 2 1 .969 2.62
R.Branca 206.7 28 28 19 35 0 2 1.000 2.35
F.Biscan 105.7 1 77 7 25 2 1 .941 2.73
C.Dean 85.7 8 33 5 21 1 0 .963 2.73
H.Iott 44.3 0 39 1 7 1 0 .889 1.62
J.Thompson 43.0 0 42 2 7 1 1 .900 1.88
M.Butcher 20.3 0 14 1 4 0 0 1.000 2.21
Team Total 1419.3 162 358 91 299 13 14 .968 2.47
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average McCormick .301
On-Base Pct McCormick .381
Slugging Pct McCormick .417
OPS McCormick .798
XR McCormick 83.1
Games McCarthy 157
At-Bats Rowell 572
Runs McCormick 79
Hits McCormick 166
Total Bases McCormick 230
Singles McCormick 118
Doubles McCormick 39
Triples McCarthy, Rowell 5
Homeruns Barton 16
RBIs McCormick 70
Stolen Bases Rowell 15
Caught Stealing Barrett 8
Walks McCormick 70
Strikeouts Ryan 82
ERA Spahn 2.93
Wins Branca 11
Losses Gumpert 20
Winning Pct Branca .478
Saves Thompson 11
Games Pitched Biscan 77
Games Started Gumpert, Melton 32
Complete Games Spahn 18
Shutouts Spahn 2
Innings Pitched Spahn 239.3
Hits Allowed Olson 264
Homeruns Allowed Olson 29
Strikeouts Spahn 105
Walks Allowed Gumpert 159
Walks per 9IP Spahn 1.7
Hits per 9IP Melton 8.5
Strikeouts per 9IP Melton 4.1
WHiP Spahn 1.15
OAVG Branca .247
OOBP Spahn .290
OSLG Melton .362
OOPS Spahn .661
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Rube Melton $ 2,285,714
Vince Barton $ 1,500,000
Bama Rowell $ 1,440,000
Mike McCormick $ 1,342,857
Junior Thompson $ 1,280,000
Hooks Iott $ 964,286
Mickey Livingston $ 878,571
Eric Tipton $ 845,000
Skeeter Newsome $ 500,000
Johnny McCarthy $ 400,000
Hank Helf $ 350,000
Randy Gumpert $ 350,000
Ken O'Dea $ 350,000
Frank Biscan $ 300,000
Ralph Branca $ 300,000
Max Butcher $ 300,000
Mickey Haslin $ 300,000
Mike Kreevich $ 300,000
Johnny Barrett $ 300,000
Connie Ryan $ 300,000
Al Unser $ 300,000
Glenn McQuillen $ 300,000
Ace Parker $ 300,000
Warren Spahn $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Billy Herman Boston (N) Don Savage
2/11 Signed     Johnny Mccarthy
2/13 Traded Debs Garms Oakland Ace Parker
2/13 Signed     Mike Kreevich
3/3 Traded Stan Musial Pittsburgh Bob Kennedy
3/3 Traded Max West Boston (N) Al Zarilla
Round Draft Pick.
Round Draft Pick.
4/2 Traded Ray Scarborough New York (A) Stew Hofferth
Round Draft Pick.
10/18 Released Chubby Dean    
10/18 Released Ted Olson    
 
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