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1949 St. Louis Cardinals
Record: 85-77
Finish: 4th in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 822
Runs Allowed: 718
Exp W-L: 91-71
 
Ballpark: Sportsmans Park
Attendance: 1,643,445
Manager: Joel Roltgen

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 77-60, 1st in the NL
AA: 66-71, 4th in the NL
A: 67-70, 5th 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
1B *Earl Torgeson 25 154 533 117 151 35 3 22 87 10 6 134 64 .283 .426 .484 .910 112.5 20.2 3.9
LF  Ralph Kiner 26 158 534 105 147 20 5 41 117 0 0 114 83 .275 .400 .562 .962 116.2 20.8 3.8
SS  Al Cuccinello 34 145 529 73 162 22 2 17 65 2 1 23 69 .306 .340 .452 .792 71.5 9.9 4.8
CF  Sam Mele 26 136 487 71 136 19 3 23 94 0 0 47 31 .279 .342 .472 .814 76.3 11.4 3.4
C  Matt Batts 27 134 476 64 132 28 2 10 62 0 0 39 46 .277 .329 .408 .736 62.4 7.6 8.2
SS  George Kell 26 104 384 43 114 21 3 4 36 2 0 20 13 .297 .332 .398 .730 44.6 5.3 1.8
1B  Bob Repass 31 117 339 37 94 25 3 5 43 0 1 32 36 .277 .340 .413 .753 42.6 5.5 4.9
RF *Barney McCosky 32 124 324 40 96 15 0 6 45 8 8 41 8 .296 .373 .398 .771 45.3 6.0 1.9
RF  Roberto Ortiz 34 135 323 56 89 11 2 12 54 10 4 25 58 .276 .331 .433 .765 43.9 5.3 1.5
CF *Elmer Valo 28 97 277 56 80 11 0 10 39 12 13 70 5 .289 .431 .437 .868 55.1 9.2 2.5
1B  Connie Ryan 29 113 182 31 57 4 1 6 29 1 2 40 18 .313 .433 .445 .878 36.6 6.5 1.1
2B  Billy Myers 38 79 200 26 57 11 1 2 14 0 0 16 31 .285 .338 .380 .718 23.6 2.9 2.5
SS  Cookie Lavagetto 36 84 159 13 35 7 1 0 14 2 2 18 29 .220 .299 .277 .576 12.5 0.0 0.4
3B *Glenn Crawford 35 39 129 12 31 2 0 0 7 0 1 20 8 .240 .347 .256 .602 12.8 0.6 0.2
P *Warren Spahn 28 44 123 7 23 0 1 0 5 0 0 3 32 .187 .206 .203 .410 4.3 0.0 0.0
CF  Mike McCormick 32 57 107 15 27 7 0 3 18 2 2 9 8 .252 .310 .402 .712 13.5 1.6 0.7
C  Del Rice 26 55 96 15 31 6 0 6 25 0 0 13 9 .323 .396 .573 .969 21.1 3.8 1.3
P *Curt Simmons 20 37 94 6 16 2 0 0 7 1 0 1 22 .170 .175 .191 .367 2.2 0.0 0.0
P *Joe Nuxhall 20 30 87 8 20 3 0 0 10 0 0 3 24 .230 .256 .264 .520 5.6 0.0 0.0
P *Cliff Melton 37 28 54 5 6 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 9 .111 .111 .111 .222 -1.2 0.0 0.0
C  Al Evans 32 24 50 9 10 1 0 0 3 2 0 6 6 .200 .286 .220 .506 4.0 0.0 0.7
P  Ken Heintzelman 33 20 52 2 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 14 .096 .096 .115 .212 -1.5 0.0 0.0
2B *Jim Bucher 38 26 36 8 13 1 1 1 6 0 0 4 3 .361 .415 .528 .942 7.5 1.5 0.3
P *Mickey McDermott 20 9 19 2 5 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 2 .263 .364 .421 .785 2.9 0.4 0.0
P *Frank Biscan 29 49 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P *Frank Fanovich 27 29 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Joe Page 31 58 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Junior Thompson 32 42 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Lou Kretlow 28 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.7 2134 5606 822 1538 252 28 169 787 53 41 682 633 .274 .353 .420 .772 813.8 118.6 43.9
  Rank among 8 NL teams 2 4 3 4 7 3 4 3 7 4 6 3 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 28 27 7 .794 44 44 0 367.7 269 84 7 96 259 2.06 42.0
*Curt Simmons 20 13 18 .419 37 35 0 264.0 271 134 28 108 82 4.57 10.4
*Joe Nuxhall 20 19 10 .655 30 30 0 239.3 223 101 16 116 100 3.80 18.1
*Cliff Melton 37 6 6 .500 28 22 0 169.0 147 68 23 79 79 3.62 10.2
*Ken Heintzelman 33 6 10 .375 20 10 0 146.7 118 66 19 72 58 4.05 7.8
*Joe Page 31 4 9 .308 58 0 16 61.3 62 43 11 49 40 6.31 1.2
*Mickey McDermott 20 1 7 .125 9 9 0 58.3 68 45 11 39 28 6.94 0.0
*Frank Biscan 29 2 4 .333 49 0 3 58.0 55 32 2 45 12 4.97 2.7
 Junior Thompson 32 3 3 .500 42 0 1 46.0 55 45 3 38 20 8.80 0.0
*Frank Fanovich 27 3 3 .500 29 2 2 31.0 40 25 3 19 12 7.26 0.0
 Lou Kretlow 28 1 0 1.000 7 0 0 10.7 13 8 3 9 6 6.75 0.1
Team Totals 27.7 85 77 .525 353 152 22 1452.0 1321 651 126 670 696 4.04 92.5
Rank among 8 NL teams 4 4 7 4 4 2 4 4 4 3 4  
* - 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 33.8
M.Batts 1144.7 130 130 561 43 5 1 .992 46.3
D.Rice 196.7 21 29 93 5 0 0 1.000 20.0
A.Evans 110.7 11 17 67 2 2 0 .972 25.0
Team Total 1452.0 162 176 721 50 7 1 .991 42.0
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 12.19
E.Torgeson 1301.7 143 153 1651 134 16 152 .991 12.34
C.Ryan 148.3 19 20 186 20 3 12 .986 12.50
R.Ortiz 2.0 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50
Team Total 1452.0 162 175 1840 154 19 164 .991 12.36
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 6.31
B.Repass 787.3 99 106 204 366 10 77 .983 6.52
B.Myers 369.0 49 50 96 155 3 38 .988 6.12
G.Kell 294.8 34 37 71 134 3 30 .986 6.26
C.Ryan 136.7 9 35 29 57 3 15 .966 5.66
B.McCosky 95.3 0 53 24 32 0 9 1.000 5.29
J.Bucher 44.7 4 8 13 20 0 3 1.000 6.65
G.Crawford 16.0 2 2 4 6 1 1 .909 5.63
C.Lavagetto 6.0 0 4 3 3 1 0 .857 9.00
Team Total 1749.8 197 295 444 773 21 173 .983 6.26
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 2.94
G.Kell 525.8 63 64 42 138 10 12 .947 3.08
C.Lavagetto 270.3 30 47 21 91 7 9 .941 3.73
G.Crawford 266.5 31 33 21 69 5 7 .947 3.04
C.Ryan 77.3 4 32 3 21 1 0 .960 2.79
B.Repass 15.0 0 10 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.40
A.Evans 7.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
E.Valo 6.1 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.48
D.Rice 6.0 0 4 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
J.Bucher 2.7 0 2 0 1 1 0 .500 3.38
A.Cuccinello 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1178.7 128 199 91 324 24 28 .945 3.17
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 5.49
A.Cuccinello 1148.7 140 143 169 509 10 97 .985 5.31
B.Myers 118.7 12 23 18 50 1 11 .986 5.16
C.Lavagetto 99.3 6 30 12 44 0 5 1.000 5.07
B.Repass 33.7 0 19 8 17 3 5 .893 6.68
G.Crawford 21.6 2 6 3 10 0 2 1.000 5.42
G.Kell 16.3 1 6 1 13 1 0 .933 7.73
Team Total 1438.2 161 227 211 643 15 120 .983 5.34
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 2.12
R.Kiner 1271.7 143 158 276 9 8 2 .973 2.02
M.McCormick 73.0 8 14 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.60
B.McCosky 65.0 8 11 15 0 1 0 .938 2.08
E.Valo 18.4 2 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.96
R.Ortiz 11.0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.45
J.Bucher 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1440.1 161 190 311 9 9 2 .973 2.00
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 2.60
S.Mele 713.3 83 89 180 0 0 0 1.000 2.27
E.Valo 358.5 40 54 103 3 1 1 .991 2.66
M.McCormick 140.3 17 21 36 0 0 0 1.000 2.31
J.Bucher 3.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
B.McCosky 2.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
C.Lavagetto 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1218.2 140 169 321 3 1 1 .997 2.39
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 2.02
R.Ortiz 598.7 56 113 117 4 6 2 .953 1.82
B.McCosky 539.0 69 69 93 2 1 0 .990 1.59
S.Mele 302.3 37 39 63 1 2 0 .970 1.91
E.Valo 283.4 33 35 61 2 2 0 .969 2.00
M.McCormick 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
B.Myers 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1728.4 195 258 335 9 11 2 .969 1.79
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 2.33
W.Spahn 367.7 44 44 29 73 3 1 .971 2.50
C.Simmons 264.0 35 37 12 52 2 3 .970 2.18
J.Nuxhall 239.3 30 30 16 34 1 1 .980 1.88
C.Melton 169.0 22 28 16 32 0 2 1.000 2.56
K.Heintzelman 146.7 10 20 12 27 0 3 1.000 2.39
J.Page 61.3 0 58 3 8 0 0 1.000 1.61
M.McDermott 58.3 9 9 6 9 1 2 .938 2.31
F.Biscan 58.0 0 49 6 13 0 1 1.000 2.95
J.Thompson 46.0 0 42 5 11 1 1 .941 3.13
F.Fanovich 31.0 2 29 3 7 0 1 1.000 2.90
L.Kretlow 10.7 0 7 2 1 0 0 1.000 2.53
Team Total 1452.0 152 353 110 267 8 15 .979 2.34
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Cuccinello .306
On-Base Pct Torgeson .426
Slugging Pct Kiner .562
OPS Kiner .962
XR Kiner 116.2
Games Kiner 158
At-Bats Kiner 534
Runs Torgeson 117
Hits Cuccinello 162
Total Bases Kiner 300
Singles Cuccinello 121
Doubles Torgeson 35
Triples Kiner 5
Homeruns Kiner 41
RBIs Kiner 117
Stolen Bases Valo 12
Caught Stealing Valo 13
Walks Torgeson 134
Strikeouts Kiner 83
ERA Spahn 2.06
Wins Spahn 27
Losses Simmons 18
Winning Pct Spahn .794
Saves Page 16
Games Pitched Page 58
Games Started Spahn 44
Complete Games Spahn 24
Shutouts Spahn 5
Innings Pitched Spahn 367.7
Hits Allowed Simmons 271
Homeruns Allowed Simmons 28
Strikeouts Spahn 259
Walks Allowed Nuxhall 116
Walks per 9IP Spahn 2.3
Hits per 9IP Spahn 6.6
Strikeouts per 9IP Spahn 6.3
WHiP Spahn 0.99
OAVG Spahn .204
OOBP Spahn .259
OSLG Spahn .288
OOPS Spahn .547
Team All-Stars
Matt Batts
Ralph Kiner
Joe Page
Warren Spahn
Earl Torgeson
Elmer Valo
Player Salaries
Warren Spahn $ 6,042,857
Barney McCosky $ 6,000,000
Roberto Ortiz $ 4,500,000
Elmer Valo $ 4,200,000
Joe Page $ 3,357,143
Ken Heintzelman $ 3,300,000
Cliff Melton $ 3,150,000
Junior Thompson $ 2,620,000
Al Cuccinello $ 2,500,000
Frank Biscan $ 2,240,000
Joe Nuxhall $ 2,114,286
Al Evans $ 1,560,000
Mike McCormick $ 1,500,000
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
Ken Raffensberger $ 350,000
Johnny Barrett $ 350,000
Frank Fanovich $ 300,000
Matt Batts $ 300,000
George Kell $ 300,000
Ralph Kiner $ 300,000
Lou Kretlow $ 300,000
Sam Mele $ 300,000
Billy Myers $ 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
2/1 Traded Jack Lohrke Pittsburgh Billy Goodman
2/3 Traded Joe Coleman
$5,000,000		 Detroit Joe Page
2/10 Signed     Glenn Crawford
2/12 Signed     Roberto Ortiz
6/1 Traded Glenn Crawford
Billy Goodman
Cecil Travis		 Boston (N) Joe Nuxhall
Joe Haynes
George Kell
6/1 Traded Joe Haynes
Sheldon Jones		 New York (N) Elmer Valo
Ken Heintzelman
 
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