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1950 St. Louis Cardinals
Record: 88-74
Finish: 3rd in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 844
Runs Allowed: 779
Exp W-L: 87-75
 
Ballpark: Sportsmans Park
Attendance: 1,879,757
Manager: Joel Roltgen

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 74-63, 4th in the NL
AA: 73-64, 3rd in the NL
A: 67-70, 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 *Elmer Valo 29 156 566 103 171 17 2 10 68 40 15 105 10 .302 .410 .392 .803 96.6 16.8 3.9
LF  Ralph Kiner 27 157 539 114 144 13 2 48 114 1 0 132 91 .267 .411 .566 .977 120.6 23.5 3.2
1B *Earl Torgeson 26 151 495 104 138 21 7 24 95 4 11 117 64 .279 .415 .495 .910 98.1 18.1 2.9
SS  George Kell 27 148 571 79 153 38 1 9 77 8 2 37 30 .268 .312 .385 .697 63.2 7.4 4.7
C  Del Rice 27 142 495 83 154 29 1 20 87 0 0 77 67 .311 .404 .495 .899 91.5 17.6 4.4
1B *Bobby Brown 25 148 473 79 143 21 1 9 66 16 6 70 6 .302 .390 .408 .798 79.5 14.0 5.1
2B  Dutch Meyer 34 129 455 50 115 29 2 4 56 0 1 34 39 .253 .303 .352 .655 44.7 4.0 5.1
RF *Barney McCosky 33 130 360 50 94 21 7 1 58 10 6 36 13 .261 .327 .367 .693 41.6 5.0 2.7
RF  Roberto Ortiz 35 123 292 47 83 12 2 11 52 5 2 29 48 .284 .349 .452 .801 42.0 6.7 1.3
1B  Bob Repass 32 103 233 19 57 16 0 2 37 0 0 22 25 .245 .307 .339 .646 25.1 2.7 3.0
C  Matt Batts 28 94 213 32 67 11 2 3 33 0 0 20 21 .315 .369 .427 .796 32.3 5.5 1.6
CF  Sam Mele 27 53 185 19 48 6 2 3 23 0 0 23 6 .259 .340 .362 .702 21.7 2.5 1.9
P *Warren Spahn 29 44 133 13 28 4 0 0 9 0 0 2 34 .211 .222 .241 .463 6.1 0.0 0.0
P *Joe Nuxhall 21 44 114 9 18 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 34 .158 .172 .175 .348 1.6 0.0 0.0
SS  Cookie Lavagetto 37 59 114 10 22 6 1 0 8 2 1 10 31 .193 .258 .263 .521 5.6 0.0 1.2
P  Randy Gumpert 32 38 99 6 18 2 1 0 7 0 0 2 24 .182 .198 .222 .420 4.0 0.0 0.0
P *Curt Simmons 21 33 79 4 7 1 1 0 3 0 0 1 15 .089 .100 .127 .227 -2.0 0.0 0.0
CF  Mike McCormick 33 67 73 14 24 3 3 2 11 3 0 11 6 .329 .417 .534 .951 14.2 2.9 0.4
C  Al Evans 33 44 60 7 10 1 1 0 1 1 1 6 4 .167 .242 .217 .459 2.4 0.0 0.4
P  Lou Kretlow 29 28 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Junior Thompson 33 39 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P *Frank Fanovich 28 29 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Ed Albosta 31 59 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 1.000 1.333 0.5 0.2 0.0
P *Frank Biscan 30 28 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.5 2046 5569 844 1496 253 37 146 810 90 45 736 576 .269 .353 .406 .759 788.2 127.0 41.8
  Rank among 8 NL teams 3 4 3 3 2 5 4 1 8 3 2 4 3 5 4 4  
* - 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 29 27 7 .794 44 44 0 369.0 262 99 7 95 278 2.41 45.4
*Joe Nuxhall 21 14 17 .452 44 44 0 322.7 324 164 23 188 127 4.57 16.0
 Randy Gumpert 32 16 14 .533 38 38 0 296.3 269 144 19 194 126 4.37 18.3
*Curt Simmons 21 14 12 .538 33 33 0 237.0 279 139 28 98 98 5.28 8.1
 Ed Albosta 31 8 7 .533 59 0 6 63.3 65 37 10 36 59 5.26 4.4
 Lou Kretlow 29 1 2 .333 28 2 1 43.7 37 20 7 28 20 4.12 3.0
 Junior Thompson 33 2 6 .250 39 0 1 41.3 47 35 5 35 16 7.62 0.0
*Frank Fanovich 28 3 3 .500 29 1 2 33.7 36 34 5 47 21 9.09 0.0
*Frank Biscan 30 1 1 .500 28 0 1 27.3 35 22 5 19 13 7.24 0.0
*Joe Page 32 2 5 .286 28 0 12 22.7 30 20 4 14 17 7.94 0.0
Team Totals 28.6 88 74 .543 370 162 23 1457.0 1384 714 113 754 775 4.41 95.2
Rank among 8 NL teams 3 3 5 3 2 2 3 3 4 1 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 .993 33.4
D.Rice 1116.3 125 129 616 33 2 1 .997 22.9
M.Batts 313.7 34 38 181 15 0 1 1.000 30.8
A.Evans 27.0 3 5 13 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1457.0 162 172 810 48 2 2 .998 24.0
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 12.04
E.Torgeson 1212.0 131 149 1429 117 10 152 .994 11.48
R.Ortiz 163.0 21 21 193 14 1 15 .995 11.43
M.Batts 63.0 8 9 71 8 1 9 .988 11.29
B.Repass 10.0 1 2 10 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
B.Brown 9.0 1 1 16 1 0 2 1.000 17.00
Team Total 1457.0 162 182 1719 140 12 178 .994 11.48
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 6.13
D.Meyer 781.7 93 93 208 298 9 72 .983 5.83
B.Repass 549.7 66 78 132 249 11 53 .972 6.24
B.McCosky 59.0 0 28 14 24 1 5 .974 5.80
B.Brown 39.7 3 10 12 18 2 3 .938 6.81
C.Lavagetto 16.0 0 9 3 11 0 3 1.000 7.88
G.Kell 11.0 0 5 4 3 0 1 1.000 5.73
Team Total 1457.0 162 223 373 603 23 137 .977 6.03
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 2.95
G.Kell 1211.3 143 143 86 333 13 26 .970 3.11
C.Lavagetto 106.0 10 24 4 32 1 3 .973 3.06
A.Evans 83.0 7 19 6 23 0 0 1.000 3.14
B.Brown 27.7 2 10 3 5 1 1 .889 2.60
D.Rice 11.0 0 6 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.64
E.Valo 11.0 0 5 0 2 0 1 1.000 1.64
B.Repass 5.3 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
M.McCormick 1.7 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 5.42
Team Total 1457.0 162 211 101 396 15 31 .971 3.07
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 5.56
B.Brown 985.3 111 122 157 441 15 92 .976 5.46
D.Meyer 305.0 35 35 57 126 4 27 .979 5.40
C.Lavagetto 144.0 16 22 13 56 0 11 1.000 4.31
B.Repass 16.7 0 10 2 10 1 1 .923 6.48
G.Kell 3.0 0 2 1 2 0 1 1.000 9.00
M.McCormick 3.0 0 1 0 1 1 0 .500 3.00
Team Total 1457.0 162 192 230 636 21 132 .976 5.35
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 1.96
R.Kiner 1303.7 147 154 261 17 10 3 .965 1.92
R.Ortiz 133.3 14 21 25 0 0 0 1.000 1.69
B.McCosky 11.0 1 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 4.91
M.McCormick 8.0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
M.Batts 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1457.0 162 184 292 17 10 3 .969 1.91
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 2.51
E.Valo 488.3 55 56 137 4 7 2 .953 2.60
S.Mele 449.3 52 52 139 4 0 2 1.000 2.86
B.McCosky 407.0 47 50 111 1 1 1 .991 2.48
M.McCormick 110.3 8 23 28 0 0 0 1.000 2.28
B.Repass 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1457.0 162 182 415 9 8 5 .981 2.62
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 2.07
E.Valo 822.7 90 94 178 4 0 1 1.000 1.99
B.McCosky 354.0 42 43 78 2 0 0 1.000 2.03
R.Ortiz 272.3 29 44 56 2 3 0 .951 1.92
M.McCormick 8.0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
Team Total 1457.0 162 183 313 8 3 1 .991 1.98
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 2.37
W.Spahn 369.0 44 44 30 62 3 5 .968 2.24
J.Nuxhall 322.7 44 44 15 55 3 6 .959 1.95
R.Gumpert 296.3 38 38 19 64 7 7 .922 2.52
C.Simmons 237.0 33 33 17 45 0 4 1.000 2.35
E.Albosta 63.3 0 59 4 16 1 2 .952 2.84
L.Kretlow 43.7 2 28 6 8 0 0 1.000 2.89
J.Thompson 41.3 0 39 7 7 2 2 .875 3.05
F.Fanovich 33.7 1 29 0 8 0 0 1.000 2.14
F.Biscan 27.3 0 28 2 6 1 0 .889 2.63
J.Page 22.7 0 28 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.19
Team Total 1457.0 162 370 101 273 17 26 .957 2.31
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Rice .311
On-Base Pct Torgeson .415
Slugging Pct Kiner .566
OPS Kiner .977
XR Kiner 120.6
Games Kiner 157
At-Bats Kell 571
Runs Kiner 114
Hits Valo 171
Total Bases Kiner 305
Singles Valo 142
Doubles Kell 38
Triples Torgeson, McCosky 7
Homeruns Kiner 48
RBIs Kiner 114
Stolen Bases Valo 40
Caught Stealing Valo 15
Walks Kiner 132
Strikeouts Kiner 91
ERA Spahn 2.41
Wins Spahn 27
Losses Nuxhall 17
Winning Pct Spahn .794
Saves Page 12
Games Pitched Albosta 59
Games Started Nuxhall, Spahn 44
Complete Games Spahn 26
Shutouts Spahn 7
Innings Pitched Spahn 369.0
Hits Allowed Nuxhall 324
Homeruns Allowed Simmons 28
Strikeouts Spahn 278
Walks Allowed Gumpert 194
Walks per 9IP Spahn 2.3
Hits per 9IP Spahn 6.4
Strikeouts per 9IP Spahn 6.8
WHiP Spahn 0.97
OAVG Spahn .197
OOBP Spahn .251
OSLG Spahn .264
OOPS Spahn .515
Team All-Stars
Ralph Kiner
Del Rice
Warren Spahn
Earl Torgeson
Player Salaries
Warren Spahn $ 7,600,000
Barney McCosky $ 6,000,000
Roberto Ortiz $ 4,500,000
Ralph Kiner $ 4,278,571
Elmer Valo $ 4,200,000
Joe Nuxhall $ 3,592,857
Joe Page $ 3,357,143
Cliff Melton $ 3,150,000
Junior Thompson $ 2,620,000
Frank Biscan $ 2,240,000
Dutch Meyer $ 2,000,000
Mike McCormick $ 1,500,000
Cookie Lavagetto $ 1,250,000
George Kell $ 928,571
Bob Repass $ 750,000
Randy Gumpert $ 507,143
Johnny Barrett $ 350,000
Del Rice $ 300,000
Ed Albosta $ 300,000
Lou Kretlow $ 300,000
Curt Simmons $ 300,000
Frank Fanovich $ 300,000
Al Evans $ 300,000
Bobby Brown $ 300,000
Earl Torgeson $ 300,000
Matt Batts $ 300,000
Sam Mele $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/11 Signed     Dutch Meyer
7/1 Released Art Houtteman    
7/1 Released Al Cihocki    
 
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