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1948 St. Louis Cardinals
Record: 95-67
Finish: 3rd in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 843
Runs Allowed: 725
Exp W-L: 92-70
 
Ballpark: Sportsmans Park
Attendance: 1,763,054
Manager: Joel Roltgen

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 74-63, 3rd in the NL
AA: 83-54, 2nd in the NL
A: 82-55, 2nd 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  Sam Mele 25 155 599 77 179 23 4 23 96 0 2 59 38 .299 .361 .466 .827 94.6 16.4 5.6
LF  Ralph Kiner 25 156 522 102 152 28 4 45 143 0 0 135 85 .291 .434 .619 1.053 131.9 30.1 3.3
1B *Earl Torgeson 24 152 512 110 167 30 4 26 97 8 4 130 63 .326 .461 .553 1.014 124.3 29.4 2.8
RF *Barney McCosky 31 144 540 92 153 23 6 9 68 20 8 61 15 .283 .358 .398 .756 74.5 10.8 3.2
SS  Al Cuccinello 33 152 562 72 152 21 3 17 83 0 1 27 80 .270 .310 .409 .719 65.3 6.5 5.7
2B *Cecil Travis 34 141 483 63 155 29 7 3 60 0 1 37 40 .321 .368 .429 .797 68.3 11.9 6.0
2B *Jim Bucher 37 113 338 47 87 11 2 9 45 0 0 25 24 .257 .307 .382 .689 38.7 4.0 2.1
SS  Cookie Lavagetto 35 109 297 41 84 16 1 1 32 6 4 38 44 .283 .363 .354 .717 38.1 5.4 1.6
C  Matt Batts 26 70 261 38 68 11 1 7 33 0 0 29 19 .261 .333 .391 .724 31.7 3.6 4.9
C  Al Evans 31 71 256 34 62 8 2 3 44 2 2 24 25 .242 .305 .324 .629 25.0 1.2 5.1
1B  Connie Ryan 28 115 227 40 52 12 0 8 30 6 4 44 30 .229 .357 .388 .744 32.8 4.5 1.6
CF  Mike McCormick 31 106 195 45 55 8 0 2 20 4 4 24 8 .282 .361 .354 .715 23.9 2.8 0.7
2B  Billy Myers 37 60 164 21 43 7 0 0 12 0 1 17 34 .262 .330 .305 .635 16.3 1.1 2.1
P *Warren Spahn 27 44 125 10 17 4 0 0 10 1 0 5 37 .136 .168 .168 .336 2.3 0.0 0.0
C  Del Rice 25 44 126 11 22 6 0 2 9 0 0 14 18 .175 .257 .270 .527 8.4 0.0 2.7
P *Cliff Melton 36 43 102 10 17 1 0 3 11 0 0 2 31 .167 .179 .265 .444 5.9 0.0 0.0
P *Mickey McDermott 19 41 115 13 30 3 0 0 10 0 0 2 24 .261 .274 .287 .560 8.3 0.0 0.0
1B  Bob Repass 30 49 55 12 18 4 0 2 9 0 0 5 6 .327 .377 .509 .886 10.5 2.2 0.3
P *Curt Simmons 19 42 35 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 8 .171 .216 .171 .388 1.2 0.0 0.0
P  Joe Coleman 25 18 26 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .115 .115 .115 .231 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P *Paul Minner 24 20 18 2 7 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 6 .389 .389 .556 .944 3.5 0.8 0.0
P  Lou Kretlow 27 36 12 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .083 .083 .167 .250 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P *Frank Biscan 28 42 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Junior Thompson 31 57 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Vic Lombardi 25 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.5 1986 5574 843 1530 246 34 161 816 47 31 680 644 .274 .353 .417 .770 804.5 130.7 47.6
  Rank among 8 NL teams 4 6 3 4 6 3 6 3 7 4 5 2 4 3 3 3  
* - 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 27 31 10 .756 44 44 0 378.3 308 99 12 82 256 2.36 45.3
*Cliff Melton 36 14 11 .560 43 43 0 332.3 326 124 35 103 180 3.36 27.3
*Mickey McDermott 19 16 13 .552 41 41 0 288.3 306 188 25 192 141 5.87 6.9
*Curt Simmons 19 10 9 .526 41 12 13 124.0 120 54 14 52 39 3.92 12.8
 Joe Coleman 25 4 5 .444 18 10 1 89.3 84 59 13 51 36 5.94 0.2
*Paul Minner 24 4 4 .500 20 7 1 71.7 82 33 6 26 23 4.14 5.4
 Lou Kretlow 27 5 6 .455 36 5 5 61.0 66 36 4 39 40 5.31 2.4
 Junior Thompson 31 5 7 .417 57 0 3 54.3 66 40 2 30 21 6.63 0.9
*Frank Biscan 28 6 2 .750 42 0 4 51.3 50 22 4 25 18 3.86 5.5
*Vic Lombardi 25 0 0 .000 6 0 0 7.0 9 8 1 7 0 10.29 0.0
Team Totals 26.1 95 67 .586 348 162 27 1457.6 1417 663 116 607 754 4.09 106.6
Rank among 8 NL teams 3 3 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 2 3  
* - 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 30.9
M.Batts 590.3 67 69 319 21 4 0 .988 44.4
A.Evans 567.3 63 66 295 26 2 0 .994 47.1
D.Rice 300.0 32 38 159 14 1 0 .994 55.6
Team Total 1457.7 162 173 773 61 7 0 .992 47.7
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 12.13
E.Torgeson 1232.7 134 149 1638 108 17 145 .990 12.75
C.Ryan 217.0 28 29 283 16 5 26 .984 12.40
B.Repass 8.0 0 3 17 2 0 0 1.000 21.38
Team Total 1457.7 162 181 1938 126 22 171 .989 12.74
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 6.10
C.Travis 1004.7 121 123 253 474 16 99 .978 6.51
B.Myers 257.3 30 35 66 106 3 29 .983 6.02
C.Ryan 142.0 8 44 37 63 0 12 1.000 6.34
J.Bucher 29.7 3 6 5 19 2 3 .923 7.28
B.Repass 11.0 0 6 4 6 1 3 .909 8.18
B.McCosky 8.0 0 4 1 3 0 1 1.000 4.50
A.Cuccinello 5.0 0 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 3.60
Team Total 1457.7 162 220 367 672 22 148 .979 6.42
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 3.04
J.Bucher 702.0 84 84 40 202 7 13 .972 3.10
C.Lavagetto 608.0 71 81 42 192 22 19 .914 3.46
C.Ryan 104.7 4 29 8 33 1 0 .976 3.53
B.Repass 35.0 3 6 1 9 0 1 1.000 2.57
C.Travis 5.0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.60
D.Rice 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
A.Cuccinello 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1457.7 162 205 93 438 30 33 .947 3.28
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 5.50
A.Cuccinello 1264.3 144 148 189 604 11 110 .986 5.64
B.Myers 145.0 18 20 18 78 1 9 .990 5.96
C.Travis 19.3 0 9 3 8 0 2 1.000 5.12
B.Repass 18.0 0 9 1 6 0 1 1.000 3.50
C.Lavagetto 11.0 0 5 1 4 0 1 1.000 4.09
Team Total 1457.7 162 191 212 700 12 123 .987 5.63
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.03
R.Kiner 1301.7 146 151 232 11 6 1 .976 1.68
M.McCormick 143.0 15 24 15 0 1 0 .938 0.94
J.Bucher 13.0 1 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.08
Team Total 1457.7 162 179 250 11 7 1 .974 1.61
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 2.63
S.Mele 1327.3 149 150 343 14 0 5 1.000 2.42
M.McCormick 126.3 13 19 21 1 0 0 1.000 1.57
J.Bucher 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1457.7 162 171 364 15 0 5 1.000 2.34
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.06
B.McCosky 1228.7 139 140 222 7 3 2 .987 1.68
M.McCormick 147.0 16 24 29 1 6 0 .833 1.84
J.Bucher 39.0 4 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.38
C.Travis 17.0 1 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.59
A.Cuccinello 9.0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
R.Kiner 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
C.Simmons 4.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
S.Mele 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
C.Lavagetto 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1457.7 162 180 263 8 9 2 .968 1.67
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 2.29
W.Spahn 378.3 44 44 10 67 2 5 .975 1.83
C.Melton 332.3 43 43 27 66 4 5 .959 2.52
M.McDermott 288.3 41 41 20 54 5 4 .937 2.31
C.Simmons 124.0 12 41 7 22 1 4 .967 2.10
J.Coleman 89.3 10 18 10 18 3 2 .903 2.82
P.Minner 71.7 7 20 8 15 1 1 .958 2.89
L.Kretlow 61.0 5 36 1 9 0 0 1.000 1.48
J.Thompson 54.3 0 57 5 13 1 2 .947 2.98
F.Biscan 51.3 0 42 4 13 0 1 1.000 2.98
V.Lombardi 7.0 0 6 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.86
Team Total 1457.6 162 348 92 280 17 24 .956 2.30
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Torgeson .326
On-Base Pct Torgeson .461
Slugging Pct Kiner .619
OPS Kiner 1.053
XR Kiner 131.9
Games Kiner 156
At-Bats Mele 599
Runs Torgeson 110
Hits Mele 179
Total Bases Kiner 323
Singles Mele 129
Doubles Torgeson 30
Triples Travis 7
Homeruns Kiner 45
RBIs Kiner 143
Stolen Bases McCosky 20
Caught Stealing McCosky 8
Walks Kiner 135
Strikeouts Kiner 85
ERA Spahn 2.36
Wins Spahn 31
Losses McDermott 13
Winning Pct Spahn .756
Saves Simmons 13
Games Pitched Thompson 57
Games Started Spahn 44
Complete Games Spahn 30
Shutouts Spahn 5
Innings Pitched Spahn 378.3
Hits Allowed Melton 326
Homeruns Allowed Melton 35
Strikeouts Spahn 256
Walks Allowed McDermott 192
Walks per 9IP Spahn 2.0
Hits per 9IP Spahn 7.3
Strikeouts per 9IP Spahn 6.1
WHiP Spahn 1.03
OAVG Spahn .217
OOBP Spahn .261
OSLG Spahn .316
OOPS Spahn .577
Team All-Stars
Ralph Kiner
Barney McCosky
Curt Simmons
Warren Spahn
Earl Torgeson
Player Salaries
Barney McCosky $ 6,000,000
Warren Spahn $ 5,278,571
Cecil Travis $ 4,500,000
Cliff Melton $ 3,150,000
Mike McCormick $ 3,000,000
Al Cuccinello $ 2,500,000
Frank Biscan $ 2,240,000
Junior Thompson $ 2,150,000
Al Evans $ 1,560,000
Connie Ryan $ 1,375,714
Cookie Lavagetto $ 1,250,000
Eric Tipton $ 845,000
Bob Repass $ 750,000
Jim Bucher $ 600,000
Randy Gumpert $ 507,143
Skeeter Newsome $ 500,000
Mickey Livingston $ 420,000
Vito Tamulis $ 400,000
Ken Raffensberger $ 350,000
Johnny Barrett $ 350,000
Marv Breuer $ 300,000
Kirby Higbe $ 300,000
Matt Batts $ 300,000
Ralph Kiner $ 300,000
Lou Kretlow $ 300,000
Joe Coleman $ 300,000
Vic Lombardi $ 300,000
Stu Martin $ 300,000
Archie McKain $ 300,000
Bill Zuber $ 300,000
Sam Mele $ 300,000
Paul Minner $ 300,000
Billy Myers $ 300,000
Sam Nahem $ 300,000
Del Rice $ 300,000
Curt Simmons $ 300,000
Earl Torgeson $ 300,000
Mickey McDermott $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/2 Signed     Vito Tamulis
2/3 Signed     Marv Breuer
2/4 Signed     Al Cuccinello
2/4 Signed     Al Evans
2/6 Signed     Archie Mckain
2/15 Signed     Norm Branch
2/21 Traded Bill Lillard Pittsburgh Cecil Travis
2/24 Signed     Cookie Lavagetto
2/25 Signed     Billy Myers
4/2 Released Skippy Roberge    
4/2 Released Chuck Aleno    
4/2 Released Bobby Sturgeon    
4/2 Released Pete Laydon    
4/2 Released Al Unser    
4/2 Released Earl Henry    
4/2 Released Ed Wright    
4/2 Released Clarence Maddern    
4/2 Released Chubby Dean    
4/2 Released Lou Knerr    
4/2 Released Willie Ramsdell    
4/2 Released Johnny Gorsica    
4/2 Released Phil Haugstad    
5/1 Signed     Bill Zuber
5/1 Signed     Sam Nahem
5/1 Signed     Kirby Higbe
5/1 Signed     Chubby Dean
 
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