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1954 St. Louis Cardinals
Record: 93-69
Finish: 1st in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 881
Runs Allowed: 783
Exp W-L: 90-72
 
Ballpark: Sportsmans Park
Attendance: 2,393,266
Manager: Joel Roltgen

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 57-80, 8th in the NL
AA: 61-76, 7th in the NL
A: 71-66, 5th in the NL
 
 
Postseason Results:
Won World Championship 4-2 over Minnesota Twins
Won NL League Series 4-3 over Pittsburgh Pirates
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
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
SS  Buddy Blattner 34 156 604 119 192 26 6 29 111 13 8 72 62 .318 .388 .525 .913 115.2 22.5 8.9
LF  Ralph Kiner 31 155 541 105 140 12 2 45 116 0 0 118 98 .259 .389 .538 .927 116.0 21.7 4.4
1B *Earl Torgeson 30 149 511 118 151 28 6 29 99 6 2 130 72 .295 .434 .544 .978 117.2 24.1 3.1
CF  Sam Mele 31 155 570 73 148 23 6 15 77 0 0 53 95 .260 .322 .400 .722 70.1 8.9 6.1
SS  George Kell 31 152 567 64 157 47 4 5 68 1 0 24 26 .277 .309 .400 .709 61.5 7.3 4.9
C  Del Rice 31 144 519 80 141 27 0 29 98 0 0 68 107 .272 .355 .491 .846 86.4 14.9 4.3
LF *Hank Edwards 35 147 529 79 166 33 5 21 101 0 0 38 69 .314 .361 .514 .875 90.1 17.0 4.0
2B  Tommy Glaviano 30 134 382 59 99 21 2 5 38 1 1 85 99 .259 .397 .364 .761 60.5 9.8 3.6
1B *Bobby Brown 29 135 401 73 123 20 1 10 58 2 2 60 6 .307 .397 .436 .833 67.6 12.4 3.4
C  Matt Batts 32 102 229 27 55 19 0 4 23 0 0 28 24 .240 .322 .376 .697 27.0 3.1 1.4
1B *Bob Addis 28 67 127 14 35 3 1 1 18 1 1 9 3 .276 .319 .339 .657 14.3 1.4 1.0
P *Curt Simmons 25 43 113 8 22 1 0 0 9 0 0 3 19 .195 .212 .204 .415 5.1 0.0 0.0
P *Howie Pollet 33 44 100 9 19 3 2 0 5 0 0 2 26 .190 .202 .260 .462 5.4 0.0 0.0
CF  Johnny Groth 27 64 105 16 20 7 1 0 11 0 0 10 11 .190 .256 .276 .533 6.6 0.0 0.7
P  Stu Miller 26 34 83 6 10 3 0 1 3 0 0 1 28 .120 .131 .193 .324 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Connie Johnson 31 32 83 9 18 1 0 1 7 0 0 1 18 .217 .226 .265 .491 4.5 0.0 0.0
LF *Frank Campos 30 40 62 6 17 6 0 0 11 0 0 0 9 .274 .270 .371 .641 5.7 0.4 0.3
C  Les Moss 29 21 27 2 5 1 0 1 5 0 0 3 2 .185 .267 .333 .600 2.3 0.0 0.1
P *Mickey McDermott 25 75 15 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .133 .133 .133 .267 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P *Mel Parnell 32 54 10 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .400 .400 .500 .900 1.8 0.3 0.0
P  Ed Albosta 35 69 8 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Ryne Duren 25 47 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P *Harry Perkowski 31 41 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.0 2060 5595 881 1526 282 36 196 859 24 14 705 785 .273 .353 .441 .794 856.3 143.9 46.2
  Rank among 8 NL teams 4 2 1 1 2 3 1 6 4 2 4 1 1 1 1 1  
* - 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
*Curt Simmons 25 18 17 .514 43 43 0 339.7 355 175 54 115 129 4.64 18.3
*Howie Pollet 33 20 12 .625 44 44 0 306.7 245 134 22 190 283 3.93 23.7
 Stu Miller 26 13 10 .565 34 34 0 234.0 231 103 22 83 112 3.96 15.4
 Connie Johnson 31 14 12 .538 32 32 0 228.0 210 125 28 121 127 4.93 10.4
*Mickey McDermott 25 11 6 .647 75 6 2 105.0 115 80 11 79 76 6.86 0.5
*Mel Parnell 32 7 3 .700 54 3 0 84.7 90 43 12 45 30 4.57 5.9
 Ed Albosta 35 0 2 .000 39 0 2 50.3 51 30 6 48 47 5.36 0.9
 Ryne Duren 25 5 5 .500 47 0 24 50.0 28 16 5 28 50 2.88 11.1
*Harry Perkowski 31 5 2 .714 41 0 0 49.7 47 27 8 29 29 4.89 2.8
Team Totals 29.2 93 69 .574 409 162 28 1448.0 1372 733 168 738 883 4.56 88.9
Rank among 8 NL teams 1 1 4 2 5 2 4 5 8 3 5  
* - 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 30.5
D.Rice 1163.3 131 134 726 47 4 0 .995 25.0
M.Batts 251.0 28 31 154 10 2 1 .988 23.1
L.Moss 33.7 3 6 26 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1448.0 162 171 906 57 6 1 .994 24.6
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.43
E.Torgeson 1245.0 137 148 1403 104 14 133 .991 10.89
M.Batts 175.0 22 22 190 17 0 23 1.000 10.65
J.Groth 21.0 3 3 32 2 0 6 1.000 14.57
B.Blattner 7.0 0 1 6 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1448.0 162 174 1631 124 14 162 .992 10.91
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.96
B.Brown 777.7 85 99 173 285 7 67 .985 5.30
G.Kell 572.0 68 69 140 230 8 57 .979 5.82
J.Groth 47.0 5 9 12 15 0 1 1.000 5.17
T.Glaviano 41.3 3 8 15 11 0 5 1.000 5.66
B.Blattner 10.0 1 2 4 3 0 1 1.000 6.30
Team Total 1448.0 162 187 344 544 15 131 .983 5.52
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 2.85
T.Glaviano 700.3 78 87 51 168 13 14 .944 2.81
G.Kell 689.0 80 80 45 175 9 12 .961 2.87
B.Brown 31.0 3 6 1 8 0 0 1.000 2.61
D.Rice 16.0 1 5 2 4 0 0 1.000 3.38
E.Albosta 9.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00
B.Addis 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1447.3 162 181 100 356 22 26 .954 2.84
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 5.24
B.Blattner 1269.3 145 146 193 530 13 102 .982 5.13
B.Brown 83.0 9 14 11 28 1 7 .975 4.23
T.Glaviano 82.7 8 13 20 49 1 12 .986 7.51
J.Groth 9.0 0 2 1 4 1 0 .833 5.00
G.Kell 4.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25
Team Total 1448.0 162 176 225 612 16 121 .981 5.20
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 1.97
R.Kiner 1313.3 149 154 283 14 8 3 .974 2.04
J.Groth 64.0 6 15 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.55
B.Addis 61.7 7 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.19
F.Campos 7.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
H.Edwards 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1448.0 162 188 311 14 8 3 .976 2.02
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 2.51
S.Mele 1262.7 147 150 360 10 0 3 1.000 2.64
B.Addis 108.0 11 18 33 0 0 0 1.000 2.75
J.Groth 47.7 4 12 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.51
T.Glaviano 25.0 0 9 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.72
H.Edwards 4.7 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.93
Team Total 1448.0 162 192 404 10 0 3 1.000 2.57
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.98
H.Edwards 1190.3 136 140 269 7 8 3 .972 2.09
F.Campos 94.3 10 14 19 0 0 0 1.000 1.81
B.Addis 92.7 10 13 20 0 0 0 1.000 1.94
J.Groth 48.7 4 11 16 0 1 0 .941 2.96
S.Mele 22.0 2 5 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.45
Team Total 1448.0 162 183 330 7 9 3 .974 2.09
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 2.19
C.Simmons 339.7 43 43 19 60 4 6 .952 2.09
H.Pollet 306.7 44 44 10 45 2 1 .965 1.61
S.Miller 234.0 34 34 13 32 0 1 1.000 1.73
C.Johnson 228.0 32 32 17 43 0 4 1.000 2.37
M.McDermott 105.0 6 75 7 16 2 1 .920 1.97
M.Parnell 84.7 3 54 2 17 1 1 .950 2.02
E.Albosta 50.3 0 39 3 8 0 1 1.000 1.97
R.Duren 50.0 0 47 3 13 0 2 1.000 2.88
H.Perkowski 49.7 0 41 1 15 0 1 1.000 2.90
Team Total 1448.0 162 409 75 249 9 18 .973 2.01
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Blattner .318
On-Base Pct Torgeson .434
Slugging Pct Torgeson .544
OPS Torgeson .978
XR Torgeson 117.2
Games Blattner 156
At-Bats Blattner 604
Runs Blattner 119
Hits Blattner 192
Total Bases Blattner 317
Singles Blattner 131
Doubles Kell 47
Triples Blattner, Mele, Torgeson 6
Homeruns Kiner 45
RBIs Kiner 116
Stolen Bases Blattner 13
Caught Stealing Blattner 8
Walks Torgeson 130
Strikeouts Rice 107
ERA Pollet 3.93
Wins Pollet 20
Losses Simmons 17
Winning Pct McDermott .647
Saves Duren 24
Games Pitched McDermott 75
Games Started Pollet 44
Complete Games Simmons 25
Shutouts Johnson, Simmons 1
Innings Pitched Simmons 339.7
Hits Allowed Simmons 355
Homeruns Allowed Simmons 54
Strikeouts Pollet 283
Walks Allowed Pollet 190
Walks per 9IP Simmons 3.0
Hits per 9IP Pollet 7.2
Strikeouts per 9IP Pollet 8.3
WHiP Miller 1.34
OAVG Pollet .218
OOBP Miller .323
OSLG Pollet .347
OOPS Pollet .677
Team All-Stars
Buddy Blattner
Ryne Duren
Ralph Kiner
Mickey McDermott
Howie Pollet
Del Rice
Player Salaries
Earl Torgeson $ 15,090,300
Buddy Blattner $ 9,180,000
Howie Pollet $ 8,500,000
Ralph Kiner $ 5,300,000
Hank Edwards $ 5,000,000
Del Rice $ 4,500,000
Curt Simmons $ 4,150,000
Sam Mele $ 3,500,000
Bobby Brown $ 2,928,571
Mel Parnell $ 2,800,000
Tommy Glaviano $ 2,550,000
Mickey McDermott $ 1,805,714
George Kell $ 1,500,000
Matt Batts $ 1,068,571
Bob Addis $ 350,000
Johnny Groth $ 350,000
Harry Perkowski $ 350,000
Ed Albosta $ 350,000
Stu Miller $ 300,000
Ryne Duren $ 300,000
Frank Campos $ 300,000
Les Moss $ 300,000
Connie Johnson $ 300,000
  
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