1943 St. Louis Cardinals
Record: 61-101
Finish: 8th in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 643
Runs Allowed: 861
Exp W-L: 60-102
 
Ballpark: Sportsmans Park
Attendance: 1,156,161
Manager: Joel Roltgen

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 72-65, 4th in the NL
AA: 71-66, 4th in the NL
A: 52-85, 8th in the NL
 
 
 
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
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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
CF *Stan Musial 22 155 560 86 149 39 4 17 84 6 1 54 53 .266 .330 .441 .771 78.1 13.3 3.4
SS  Skeeter Newsome 32 153 513 41 136 27 3 1 54 0 0 18 29 .265 .290 .335 .625 42.9 3.5 4.9
3B  Jimmy Outlaw 30 145 479 55 130 24 2 4 61 6 3 32 42 .271 .316 .355 .671 51.9 7.3 3.0
2B  Billy Herman 33 140 426 52 117 15 7 1 41 5 4 44 25 .275 .340 .350 .690 50.4 7.3 2.1
1B *Max West 26 146 419 56 90 27 4 9 54 0 0 42 74 .215 .284 .363 .647 42.4 4.0 2.5
CF  Mike McCormick 26 123 373 48 113 22 1 1 34 2 3 19 17 .303 .335 .375 .710 44.5 7.7 2.4
C  Tom Padden 34 85 308 28 80 15 1 2 29 0 0 11 36 .260 .284 .334 .619 26.6 2.2 3.4
RF *Les Fleming 27 78 273 45 80 18 2 6 36 7 3 42 32 .293 .388 .440 .828 45.5 9.5 1.5
LF  Eric Tipton 28 135 271 27 74 13 1 0 27 2 0 24 20 .273 .333 .328 .662 28.0 3.6 1.5
1B  Connie Ryan 23 56 212 24 45 6 0 6 21 2 0 22 34 .212 .285 .325 .611 18.7 0.9 0.4
2B  Mickey Haslin 33 98 203 30 55 7 0 4 28 2 2 10 11 .271 .305 .365 .670 22.0 3.0 1.5
CF *Wally Judnich 26 53 184 27 46 11 2 4 25 0 0 25 23 .250 .335 .397 .732 24.5 3.8 1.3
2B *Bama Rowell 27 106 182 20 48 15 2 0 20 2 1 12 7 .264 .305 .368 .673 20.1 2.5 0.6
SS *Debs Garms 35 67 180 15 52 11 3 0 21 1 0 14 7 .289 .344 .383 .727 22.2 3.9 1.3
LF *Enos Slaughter 27 56 158 21 44 6 4 1 19 1 1 28 13 .278 .390 .386 .776 23.2 4.2 1.2
C  Mickey Livingston 28 57 148 11 30 2 0 0 11 0 1 16 13 .203 .277 .216 .493 9.2 0.0 1.7
C  Hank Helf 29 53 135 19 28 11 0 5 22 0 0 14 26 .207 .287 .400 .687 15.0 1.9 1.4
P  Rube Melton 26 38 89 5 7 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 40 .079 .117 .101 .218 -1.7 0.0 0.0
2B *Babe Barna 28 47 74 8 21 3 0 0 14 1 1 13 8 .284 .386 .324 .711 9.9 1.6 0.8
P  Ken Heintzelman 27 22 54 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 .056 .055 .056 .110 -2.3 0.0 0.0
P  Bobo Newsom 35 51 49 2 6 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 7 .122 .122 .143 .265 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Sam Nahem 27 21 43 4 6 2 0 0 4 0 0 2 6 .140 .178 .186 .364 1.1 0.0 0.0
P  Ray Scarborough 25 16 39 2 9 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 12 .231 .244 .231 .475 2.1 0.0 0.0
P  Randy Gumpert 25 13 36 1 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 12 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.3 0.0 0.0
RF *Johnny Barrett 27 40 31 11 7 1 0 0 0 1 3 2 6 .226 .273 .258 .531 1.4 0.0 0.2
P  Danny Macfayden 38 18 24 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 8 .083 .120 .083 .203 -0.5 0.0 0.0
RF  Glenn McQuillen 28 15 15 3 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .467 .800 2.0 0.6 0.0
P  Ted Olson 30 27 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .100 .100 .100 .200 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P *Chubby Dean 26 83 11 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .091 .091 .182 .273 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Junior Thompson 26 14 12 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.1 0.0 0.0
P #Hooks Iott 23 62 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .143 .143 .143 .286 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Max Butcher 32 54 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.4 2227 5522 643 1394 279 37 61 624 38 24 449 585 .252 .308 .350 .658 576.1 80.7 34.9
  Rank among 8 NL teams 8 8 8 2 7 7 8 4 6 6 5 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
 Rube Melton 26 12 22 .353 38 38 0 268.3 270 130 11 171 134 4.36 14.2
 Bobo Newsom 35 8 10 .444 51 22 0 192.3 225 116 14 94 62 5.43 6.7
*Ken Heintzelman 27 4 12 .250 22 17 0 172.0 175 83 7 72 54 4.34 7.9
 Sam Nahem 27 7 6 .538 21 9 0 134.7 134 67 7 65 57 4.48 8.0
 Ray Scarborough 25 5 6 .455 16 16 0 123.3 129 58 12 45 58 4.23 8.1
*Chubby Dean 26 6 12 .333 83 4 7 121.3 161 69 12 59 36 5.12 5.0
 Randy Gumpert 25 3 8 .273 13 13 0 95.3 117 61 5 58 32 5.76 1.4
 Danny Macfayden 38 4 6 .400 18 14 0 90.0 114 53 9 37 16 5.30 1.8
 Max Butcher 32 1 2 .333 54 0 1 61.0 82 44 9 17 19 6.49 0.3
*Hooks Iott 23 6 8 .429 62 0 22 60.0 59 24 2 43 36 3.60 9.1
 Ted Olson 30 3 6 .333 27 6 0 55.7 76 46 9 30 17 7.44 0.0
 Junior Thompson 26 2 3 .400 14 2 1 51.3 45 18 2 25 23 3.16 4.9
Team Totals 28.3 61 101 .377 419 141 31 1425.3 1587 769 99 716 544 4.86 67.3
Rank among 8 NL teams 8 8 2 8 8 6 3 7 8 5 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 .991 31.0
T.Padden 719.3 83 83 304 36 3 1 .991 37.3
H.Helf 360.0 41 49 142 15 3 1 .981 26.7
M.Livingston 346.0 38 47 146 17 2 1 .988 31.6
Team Total 1425.3 162 179 592 68 8 3 .988 34.1
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 12.36
C.Ryan 489.3 56 56 580 53 5 54 .992 11.64
L.Fleming 308.4 36 37 406 31 0 39 1.000 12.75
S.Musial 219.0 25 26 277 14 1 27 .997 11.96
M.West 70.0 8 11 86 8 4 8 .959 12.09
W.Judnich 2.4 0 1 2 0 0 1 1.000 7.50
T.Padden 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1090.1 125 132 1352 106 10 129 .993 12.04
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 6.25
B.Herman 916.3 103 130 246 412 16 88 .976 6.46
M.Haslin 328.3 42 48 78 135 9 28 .959 5.84
B.Rowell 173.7 17 38 59 65 4 16 .969 6.43
B.Barna 5.0 0 5 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80
S.Newsome 2.0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1425.3 162 223 383 615 29 132 .972 6.30
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 3.16
J.Outlaw 919.3 107 113 75 248 19 22 .944 3.16
D.Garms 388.4 45 51 27 109 7 10 .951 3.15
M.Haslin 103.0 10 22 5 33 3 2 .927 3.32
B.Barna 48.0 3 15 5 19 0 1 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1458.7 165 201 112 409 29 35 .947 3.21
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .965 5.61
S.Newsome 1204.7 146 150 210 576 36 109 .956 5.87
M.Haslin 92.0 7 26 18 49 2 8 .971 6.55
J.Outlaw 61.0 4 22 9 15 2 2 .923 3.54
B.Barna 37.0 3 8 7 20 0 2 1.000 6.57
D.Garms 15.8 1 6 3 7 0 2 1.000 5.70
B.Rowell 5.0 0 2 1 3 0 0 1.000 7.20
M.McCormick 4.0 0 2 3 2 0 1 1.000 11.25
Team Total 1419.5 161 216 251 672 40 124 .958 5.85
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 2.02
S.Musial 797.3 93 95 182 8 0 2 1.000 2.14
E.Tipton 448.0 49 62 118 4 2 1 .984 2.45
E.Slaughter 242.2 32 33 63 1 1 0 .985 2.38
B.Rowell 142.7 18 20 27 0 5 0 .844 1.70
M.West 14.3 0 8 4 1 0 0 1.000 3.14
B.Barna 12.0 2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
M.McCormick 6.0 0 4 0 1 0 1 1.000 1.50
D.Garms 2.5 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1665.0 194 225 396 15 8 4 .981 2.22
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 2.63
M.McCormick 538.3 64 66 161 1 3 0 .982 2.71
W.Judnich 421.4 49 50 107 2 1 1 .991 2.33
S.Musial 234.7 26 29 61 4 0 1 1.000 2.49
M.West 146.0 16 20 40 2 3 1 .933 2.59
B.Barna 33.0 3 7 14 0 0 0 1.000 3.82
J.Barrett 29.0 3 7 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.79
J.Outlaw 12.3 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.19
Team Total 1414.7 162 182 395 9 7 3 .983 2.57
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 2.18
M.West 665.3 75 85 153 8 6 0 .964 2.18
L.Fleming 322.7 37 39 92 2 0 1 1.000 2.62
M.McCormick 238.3 28 32 43 1 7 0 .863 1.66
E.Slaughter 137.5 18 20 35 2 1 1 .974 2.42
B.Barna 51.0 6 7 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.59
S.Musial 27.0 3 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.33
J.Barrett 25.0 3 4 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.88
J.Outlaw 21.0 2 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.14
D.Garms 8.0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
E.Tipton 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1498.9 173 199 348 13 14 2 .963 2.17
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 2.31
R.Melton 268.3 38 38 12 43 3 4 .948 1.84
B.Newsom 192.3 22 51 3 31 0 1 1.000 1.59
K.Heintzelman 172.0 17 22 10 43 1 1 .981 2.77
S.Nahem 134.7 9 21 5 27 1 2 .970 2.14
R.Scarborough 123.3 16 16 5 24 2 4 .935 2.12
C.Dean 121.3 4 83 7 19 0 1 1.000 1.93
R.Gumpert 95.3 13 13 9 20 1 2 .967 2.74
D.Macfayden 90.0 14 18 7 14 1 2 .955 2.10
M.Butcher 61.0 0 54 5 18 0 2 1.000 3.39
H.Iott 60.0 0 62 3 9 0 0 1.000 1.80
T.Olson 55.7 6 27 5 11 0 0 1.000 2.59
J.Thompson 51.3 2 14 3 10 2 0 .867 2.28
Team Total 1425.3 141 419 74 269 11 19 .969 2.17
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Outlaw .271
On-Base Pct Musial .330
Slugging Pct Musial .441
OPS Musial .771
XR Musial 78.1
Games Musial 155
At-Bats Musial 560
Runs Musial 86
Hits Musial 149
Total Bases Musial 247
Singles Newsome 105
Doubles Musial 39
Triples Herman 7
Homeruns Musial 17
RBIs Musial 84
Stolen Bases Fleming 7
Caught Stealing Herman 4
Walks Musial 54
Strikeouts West 74
ERA Heintzelman 4.34
Wins Melton 12
Losses Melton 22
Winning Pct Newsom .444
Saves Iott 22
Games Pitched Dean 83
Games Started Melton 38
Complete Games Melton 7
Shutouts No Qualifiers
Innings Pitched Melton 268.3
Hits Allowed Melton 270
Homeruns Allowed Newsom 14
Strikeouts Melton 134
Walks Allowed Melton 171
Walks per 9IP Heintzelman 3.8
Hits per 9IP Melton 9.1
Strikeouts per 9IP Melton 4.5
WHiP Heintzelman 1.44
OAVG Heintzelman .261
OOBP Heintzelman .331
OSLG Heintzelman .357
OOPS Heintzelman .687
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Bobo Newsom $ 7,500,000
Billy Herman $ 6,000,000
Debs Garms $ 4,010,010
Danny Macfayden $ 3,000,000
Ted Olson $ 2,135,714
Skeeter Newsome $ 1,892,857
Jimmy Outlaw $ 1,342,857
Max West $ 882,143
Max Butcher $ 635,714
Mickey Haslin $ 350,000
Chubby Dean $ 350,000
Hal Schumacher $ 350,000
Hank Helf $ 350,000
Mike McCormick $ 350,000
Ken O'Dea $ 350,000
Stan Musial $ 300,000
Randy Gumpert $ 300,000
Hooks Iott $ 300,000
Johnny Barrett $ 300,000
Mickey Livingston $ 300,000
Babe Barna $ 300,000
Rube Melton $ 300,000
Tom Padden $ 300,000
Bama Rowell $ 300,000
Connie Ryan $ 300,000
Ray Scarborough $ 300,000
Junior Thompson $ 300,000
Eric Tipton $ 300,000
Glenn McQuillen $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
6/1 Traded Wally Judnich
$9,000,000
New York (N) Ray Scarborough
7/1 Traded George Scharein New York (N) Debs Garms
Round Draft Pick.
7/1 Traded Les Fleming
Ken Heintzelman
Sam Nahem
Enos Slaughter
Tampa Bay Connie Ryan
Babe Barna
Junior Thompson
Ed Klieman
7/1 Traded Hi Bithorn
Dario Lodigiani
Mickey Rocco
Tampa Bay Ed Busch
Randy Gumpert
Danny Macfayden