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1947 St. Louis Cardinals
Record: 86-76
Finish: 4th in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 685
Runs Allowed: 703
Exp W-L: 79-83
 
Ballpark: Sportsmans Park
Attendance: 767,492
Manager: Joel Roltgen

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 62-75, 6th in the NL
AA: 73-64, 2nd in the NL
A: 71-66, 4th in the NL
 
 
 
 
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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
RF *Barney McCosky 30 158 591 101 172 29 4 6 70 29 6 77 15 .291 .371 .384 .755 89.3 16.4 5.5
LF  Ralph Kiner 24 158 516 81 116 15 3 33 93 0 0 120 85 .225 .371 .457 .829 92.1 16.4 4.2
1B *Earl Torgeson 23 129 403 84 117 25 5 19 70 7 6 115 61 .290 .445 .519 .964 94.0 21.9 3.3
CF  Sam Mele 24 128 469 69 143 24 3 13 75 0 0 42 25 .305 .358 .452 .810 72.0 13.5 5.5
1B  Bob Repass 29 142 461 50 115 18 3 6 41 2 1 46 55 .249 .323 .341 .664 49.7 5.4 4.4
2B *Jim Bucher 36 127 473 43 112 21 3 6 58 1 0 27 43 .237 .275 .332 .607 39.6 1.4 3.1
C  Del Rice 24 116 398 39 93 21 2 9 48 0 0 39 60 .234 .301 .364 .665 42.7 4.5 5.1
1B  Connie Ryan 27 123 295 40 81 16 3 4 34 6 2 53 52 .275 .382 .390 .772 47.1 8.7 2.2
2B *Stu Martin 33 98 296 35 62 18 2 3 35 2 1 45 19 .209 .316 .314 .630 29.6 2.6 4.3
CF  Mike McCormick 30 101 236 31 54 11 1 2 24 3 2 20 11 .229 .292 .309 .601 19.9 1.0 1.8
2B  Ed Busch 29 85 224 17 53 4 1 0 16 1 2 16 4 .237 .285 .263 .549 16.4 0.0 2.8
C  Mickey Livingston 32 75 178 24 36 9 0 5 26 0 0 36 19 .202 .335 .337 .672 23.1 3.0 2.3
SS  Skeeter Newsome 36 71 161 10 34 7 0 0 14 1 0 9 22 .211 .251 .255 .506 8.3 0.0 2.0
RF *Al Zarilla 28 91 152 14 37 6 2 4 22 2 1 14 10 .243 .304 .388 .692 17.8 2.0 0.9
P *Warren Spahn 26 44 132 11 29 4 0 0 5 0 0 3 37 .220 .237 .250 .487 7.5 0.0 0.0
P *Vic Lombardi 24 37 108 6 20 2 0 0 6 0 0 2 8 .185 .200 .204 .404 3.2 0.0 0.0
P  Joe Coleman 24 39 94 3 16 3 0 1 9 0 0 1 34 .170 .179 .234 .413 3.0 0.0 0.0
2B  Mickey Haslin 37 53 95 16 23 2 0 1 11 2 1 3 6 .242 .265 .295 .560 6.7 0.0 1.0
P *Curt Simmons 18 29 68 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 .074 .074 .074 .147 -2.9 0.0 0.0
P *Paul Minner 23 22 32 0 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 .156 .156 .188 .344 0.4 0.0 0.0
C  Al Unser 34 9 21 2 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 .333 .417 .333 .750 2.9 0.5 0.3
RF  Ace Parker 35 6 14 3 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 .286 .333 .286 .619 1.6 0.3 0.2
P  Ken Raffensberger 29 10 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Junior Thompson 30 45 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3 0.0 0.0
RF *Johnny Barrett 31 8 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Cliff Melton 35 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.9 1905 5428 683 1337 236 32 112 663 57 22 672 599 .246 .329 .363 .692 664.3 97.6 48.9
  Rank among 8 NL teams 8 7 8 8 5 7 7 3 4 2 6 8 5 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 26 26 13 .667 44 44 0 375.7 339 111 5 84 201 2.66 46.1
*Vic Lombardi 24 17 16 .515 37 37 0 297.0 300 134 29 108 125 4.06 20.3
 Joe Coleman 24 16 19 .457 39 39 0 287.3 293 169 30 148 115 5.29 8.8
*Curt Simmons 18 12 14 .462 29 29 0 212.3 203 105 14 90 67 4.45 9.4
*Paul Minner 23 3 6 .333 22 12 0 108.3 101 47 10 36 27 3.90 6.5
 Junior Thompson 30 9 4 .692 45 0 3 59.3 51 16 4 33 23 2.43 10.0
*Frank Biscan 27 1 0 1.000 28 0 0 37.7 36 14 2 25 14 3.35 3.5
*Ken Raffensberger 29 1 0 1.000 10 1 0 27.3 38 10 0 12 2 3.29 1.6
*Hooks Iott 27 1 2 .333 25 0 15 24.7 23 7 0 20 17 2.55 5.0
*Whitey Wilshere 34 0 2 .000 9 0 1 9.7 15 13 2 10 6 12.11 0.0
*Cliff Melton 35 0 0 .000 1 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.2
*Chubby Dean 30 0 0 .000 1 0 0 1.0 2 1 0 0 0 9.00 0.0
Team Totals 27.3 86 76 .531 290 163 19 1441.3 1401 627 96 566 597 3.92 111.4
Rank among 8 NL teams 4 4 8 4 3 3 1 2 3 6 2  
* - 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 .989 31.3
D.Rice 975.0 110 111 444 36 3 3 .994 18.6
M.Livingston 418.3 47 52 191 21 2 1 .991 36.4
A.Unser 44.0 5 5 14 6 0 0 1.000 28.6
M.McCormick 2.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
A.Zarilla 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0
M.Haslin 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0
Team Total 1441.3 162 171 651 63 5 4 .993 25.0
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 12.32
E.Torgeson 1017.3 112 127 1294 84 8 120 .994 12.19
C.Ryan 406.0 48 52 482 45 4 37 .992 11.68
A.Parker 18.0 2 2 24 1 0 2 1.000 12.50
Team Total 1441.3 162 181 1800 130 12 159 .994 12.05
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 6.15
B.Repass 1055.3 127 127 251 411 12 100 .982 5.65
S.Martin 172.0 19 20 31 80 3 11 .974 5.81
C.Ryan 122.3 9 27 29 43 4 12 .947 5.30
S.Newsome 39.3 4 6 10 18 0 4 1.000 6.41
E.Busch 25.3 2 5 8 6 1 1 .933 4.97
J.Bucher 13.0 1 5 4 6 0 3 1.000 6.92
M.Haslin 12.0 0 10 2 5 0 0 1.000 5.25
B.McCosky 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 1441.3 162 202 335 569 20 131 .978 5.64
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 3.05
J.Bucher 1015.3 123 123 73 269 14 15 .961 3.03
M.Haslin 226.0 26 29 21 64 4 5 .955 3.38
C.Ryan 121.0 6 35 7 37 0 6 1.000 3.27
S.Newsome 60.0 6 13 3 11 1 0 .933 2.10
A.Parker 12.0 1 3 1 5 0 0 1.000 4.50
B.Repass 6.0 0 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 4.50
D.Rice 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1441.3 162 206 106 389 19 26 .963 3.09
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .963 5.54
S.Martin 549.7 62 72 89 256 8 52 .977 5.65
E.Busch 538.0 64 72 83 226 17 39 .948 5.17
S.Newsome 309.0 34 50 54 140 13 25 .937 5.65
B.Repass 22.3 1 11 3 8 1 2 .917 4.43
M.Haslin 16.3 1 4 1 12 1 1 .929 7.16
A.Parker 5.0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.60
M.Livingston 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1441.3 162 211 230 644 40 119 .956 5.46
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 2.02
R.Kiner 1286.3 143 154 263 15 3 4 .989 1.95
M.McCormick 128.0 17 20 30 2 1 1 .970 2.25
A.Zarilla 25.0 2 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
B.Repass 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.McCosky 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1441.3 162 181 298 17 4 5 .987 1.97
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 2.59
S.Mele 1031.7 119 124 305 16 1 5 .997 2.80
M.McCormick 329.0 38 45 89 1 5 0 .947 2.46
A.Zarilla 69.3 5 20 17 0 1 0 .944 2.21
J.Bucher 6.3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.McCosky 5.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
Team Total 1441.3 162 194 412 17 7 5 .984 2.68
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 2.13
B.McCosky 1295.3 146 150 346 9 7 6 .981 2.47
A.Zarilla 133.0 15 17 34 1 0 0 1.000 2.37
M.McCormick 11.0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.82
S.Mele 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
J.Barrett 1.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1441.3 162 171 384 10 7 6 .983 2.46
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.33
W.Spahn 375.7 44 44 28 72 4 7 .962 2.40
V.Lombardi 297.0 37 37 23 53 0 3 1.000 2.30
J.Coleman 287.3 39 39 18 59 0 4 1.000 2.41
C.Simmons 212.3 29 29 8 46 1 4 .982 2.29
P.Minner 108.3 12 22 1 22 0 2 1.000 1.91
J.Thompson 59.3 0 45 5 5 0 0 1.000 1.52
F.Biscan 37.7 0 28 3 11 0 1 1.000 3.35
K.Raffensberger 27.3 1 10 3 4 0 0 1.000 2.31
H.Iott 24.7 0 25 3 4 0 0 1.000 2.55
W.Wilshere 9.7 0 9 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.93
C.Melton 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
C.Dean 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1441.3 163 290 92 277 5 21 .987 2.30
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Mele .305
On-Base Pct Torgeson .445
Slugging Pct Torgeson .519
OPS Torgeson .964
XR Torgeson 94.0
Games Kiner, McCosky 158
At-Bats McCosky 591
Runs McCosky 101
Hits McCosky 172
Total Bases Kiner 236
Singles McCosky 133
Doubles McCosky 29
Triples Torgeson 5
Homeruns Kiner 33
RBIs Kiner 93
Stolen Bases McCosky 29
Caught Stealing McCosky, Torgeson 6
Walks Kiner 120
Strikeouts Kiner 85
ERA Spahn 2.66
Wins Spahn 26
Losses Coleman 19
Winning Pct Spahn .667
Saves Iott 15
Games Pitched Thompson 45
Games Started Spahn 44
Complete Games Spahn 33
Shutouts Simmons 2
Innings Pitched Spahn 375.7
Hits Allowed Spahn 339
Homeruns Allowed Coleman 30
Strikeouts Spahn 201
Walks Allowed Coleman 148
Walks per 9IP Spahn 2.0
Hits per 9IP Spahn 8.1
Strikeouts per 9IP Spahn 4.8
WHiP Spahn 1.13
OAVG Spahn .241
OOBP Spahn .282
OSLG Spahn .326
OOPS Spahn .608
Team All-Stars
Hooks Iott
Warren Spahn
Player Salaries
Cliff Melton $ 7,480,000
Barney McCosky $ 6,000,000
Mike McCormick $ 3,000,000
Junior Thompson $ 2,150,000
Connie Ryan $ 1,221,429
Eric Tipton $ 845,000
Jim Bucher $ 608,000
Randy Gumpert $ 507,143
Skeeter Newsome $ 500,000
Mickey Livingston $ 420,000
Chubby Dean $ 400,000
Johnny Barrett $ 350,000
Al Unser $ 350,000
Ken Raffensberger $ 350,000
Ralph Kiner $ 300,000
Frank Biscan $ 300,000
Earl Torgeson $ 300,000
Ed Busch $ 300,000
Joe Coleman $ 300,000
Warren Spahn $ 300,000
Curt Simmons $ 300,000
Whitey Wilshere $ 300,000
Hooks Iott $ 300,000
Paul Minner $ 300,000
Del Rice $ 300,000
Vic Lombardi $ 300,000
Stu Martin $ 300,000
Sam Mele $ 300,000
Bob Repass $ 300,000
Al Zarilla $ 300,000
Mickey Haslin $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/3 Signed     Stu Martin
2/3 Signed     Mickey Livingston
2/4 Signed     Barney Mccosky
4/2 Traded Frank Drews
$6,259,708		 New York (N) Bob Repass
Gene Bearden
4/2 Signed     Jim Bucher
4/2 Signed     Hooks Iott
7/31 Traded Ace Parker Brooklyn Cliff Melton
7/31 Traded Rex Cecil
Rube Melton		 Cleveland Bobby Brown
 
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