1944 St. Louis Cardinals
Record: 69-93
Finish: 7th in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 694
Runs Allowed: 824
Exp W-L: 68-94
 
Ballpark: Sportsmans Park
Attendance: 1,046,593
Manager: Joel Roltgen

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 41-96, 8th in the NL
AA: 72-65, 2nd in the NL
A: 76-61, 3rd 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 23 159 605 100 158 39 8 32 110 8 4 50 66 .261 .315 .511 .826 91.6 12.2 4.4
CF  Mike McCormick 27 156 601 77 182 31 4 8 75 10 9 48 43 .303 .354 .408 .762 78.6 10.6 5.9
1B  Connie Ryan 24 144 570 74 141 29 3 11 43 10 5 65 80 .247 .328 .367 .694 69.3 7.2 2.2
1B *Max West 27 155 542 78 150 32 7 25 84 0 0 84 82 .277 .372 .500 .872 97.1 15.9 5.3
SS  Skeeter Newsome 33 154 520 53 139 21 3 0 48 3 0 29 41 .267 .306 .319 .626 50.3 3.2 5.7
C  Mickey Livingston 29 131 436 56 124 29 3 6 62 0 0 39 44 .284 .341 .406 .747 57.8 7.0 6.4
SS *Debs Garms 36 139 384 38 87 20 1 5 36 0 1 34 29 .227 .287 .323 .610 33.8 0.6 3.7
2B  Billy Herman 34 124 347 35 98 14 1 1 24 5 1 38 13 .282 .352 .337 .690 39.4 4.0 1.8
2B *Bama Rowell 28 115 336 42 107 22 2 4 43 10 0 13 13 .318 .345 .432 .776 45.5 6.9 1.7
RF *Vince Barton 36 134 303 36 69 13 4 11 45 0 0 34 59 .228 .309 .406 .715 39.4 4.3 2.1
LF  Eric Tipton 29 116 161 26 42 12 2 1 27 2 0 32 11 .261 .381 .379 .760 24.5 3.4 0.7
2B  Mickey Haslin 34 91 162 14 56 10 2 1 19 2 2 5 14 .346 .365 .451 .816 21.5 3.4 1.5
C  Al Unser 31 56 127 12 29 5 0 3 15 0 0 14 17 .228 .310 .339 .648 13.5 0.8 1.8
P *Warren Spahn 23 32 89 4 13 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 15 .146 .154 .146 .300 0.0 0.0 0.0
P  Ray Scarborough 26 29 78 6 14 1 1 0 5 0 0 1 16 .179 .190 .218 .408 2.2 0.0 0.0
RF *Johnny Barrett 28 78 66 21 13 1 0 2 7 5 4 16 4 .197 .349 .303 .652 7.8 0.2 0.4
P  Ralph Branca 18 30 72 5 7 3 0 1 4 0 0 0 19 .097 .097 .181 .278 -0.6 0.0 0.0
P  Rube Melton 27 33 56 4 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 18 .143 .140 .143 .283 0.3 0.0 0.0
RF  Glenn McQuillen 29 52 49 5 17 2 0 1 15 0 0 4 2 .347 .396 .449 .845 8.1 1.5 0.1
P  Randy Gumpert 26 38 30 1 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 8 .133 .133 .167 .300 0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Frank Biscan 24 30 29 1 3 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 11 .103 .100 .138 .238 0.0 0.0 0.0
P  Johnny Broaca 34 53 26 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 .038 .107 .038 .146 -1.0 0.0 0.0
P  Junior Thompson 27 61 10 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 .300 .300 .600 .900 1.8 0.3 0.0
P  Danny Macfayden 39 16 7 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .286 .286 .286 .571 0.7 0.1 0.0
P #Hooks Iott 24 39 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P *Chubby Dean 27 23 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Max Butcher 33 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.7 2193 5617 694 1468 286 41 113 673 56 26 509 622 .261 .322 .387 .709 681.3 81.7 43.6
  Rank among 8 NL teams 5 7 6 2 5 6 7 2 6 6 5 7 6 6 6 6  
* - 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 23 15 13 .536 32 32 0 263.0 244 88 14 56 105 3.01 25.7
 Ray Scarborough 26 12 12 .500 29 29 0 227.7 202 91 17 85 105 3.60 18.4
 Ralph Branca 18 8 16 .333 30 30 0 211.7 227 130 28 111 91 5.53 2.4
 Rube Melton 27 6 12 .333 33 26 1 186.3 177 106 13 114 82 5.12 5.7
 Johnny Broaca 34 4 8 .333 53 11 4 130.7 138 67 14 50 65 4.62 6.8
 Randy Gumpert 26 7 8 .467 38 14 1 119.7 125 77 14 80 55 5.79 2.5
*Frank Biscan 24 5 8 .385 30 14 1 104.7 108 53 5 54 40 4.56 5.2
 Junior Thompson 27 2 5 .286 61 2 4 93.0 104 48 6 52 30 4.65 5.1
*Hooks Iott 24 5 6 .455 33 0 8 38.7 34 21 4 26 29 4.89 4.0
 Danny Macfayden 39 4 3 .571 16 4 0 37.7 39 17 4 21 8 4.06 3.2
*Chubby Dean 27 1 1 .500 23 0 1 37.3 38 18 3 19 14 4.34 2.7
 Max Butcher 33 0 0 .000 5 0 0 6.7 7 7 2 4 0 9.46 0.0
 Al Unser 31 0 1 .000 1 0 0 1.0 3 4 1 1 0 36.00 0.0
Team Totals 27.6 69 93 .426 384 162 20 1457.9 1446 727 125 673 624 4.49 81.7
Rank among 8 NL teams 7 7 7 7 2 2 5 7 8 2 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 31.7
M.Livingston 1131.0 126 129 501 38 4 1 .993 32.3
A.Unser 318.0 36 43 153 10 2 0 .988 30.0
S.Musial 8.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
J.Barrett 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0
Team Total 1458.0 162 174 656 48 6 1 .992 31.7
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .994 12.40
C.Ryan 1193.7 141 142 1509 119 9 141 .995 12.27
V.Barton 153.0 13 29 205 16 3 18 .987 13.00
E.Tipton 62.0 6 7 90 2 2 9 .979 13.35
M.West 32.0 1 5 48 3 0 8 1.000 14.34
S.Musial 17.3 1 9 21 3 0 2 1.000 12.46
Team Total 1458.0 162 192 1873 143 14 178 .993 12.44
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 6.23
B.Herman 721.0 85 92 169 318 14 68 .972 6.08
B.Rowell 694.0 73 91 179 297 16 76 .967 6.17
M.Haslin 38.0 4 9 7 14 0 2 1.000 4.97
C.Ryan 4.0 0 3 2 2 0 2 1.000 9.00
D.Garms 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1458.0 162 196 357 631 30 148 .971 6.10
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .947 3.02
D.Garms 867.0 105 113 66 221 9 18 .970 2.98
V.Barton 329.0 30 60 14 83 4 13 .960 2.65
M.Haslin 247.0 27 38 17 64 8 3 .910 2.95
C.Ryan 12.0 0 7 0 2 0 1 1.000 1.50
B.Rowell 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
G.McQuillen 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
H.Iott 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1458.0 162 221 98 370 21 35 .957 2.89
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .964 5.62
S.Newsome 1238.0 150 151 206 589 45 97 .946 5.78
M.Haslin 133.7 7 42 20 69 4 16 .957 5.99
D.Garms 72.0 5 21 6 37 0 5 1.000 5.38
M.McCormick 4.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25
G.McQuillen 3.0 0 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 6.00
B.Herman 2.0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00
E.Tipton 2.0 0 1 1 2 1 1 .750 13.50
H.Iott 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
J.Barrett 1.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1458.0 162 222 234 702 50 120 .949 5.78
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 1.99
S.Musial 1276.7 143 143 266 10 1 3 .996 1.95
E.Tipton 166.3 19 22 36 1 0 0 1.000 2.00
G.McQuillen 12.0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
B.Rowell 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1458.0 162 169 305 11 1 3 .997 1.95
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.68
M.McCormick 1314.0 147 153 372 3 9 2 .977 2.57
V.Barton 96.0 10 13 27 0 0 0 1.000 2.53
J.Barrett 46.0 5 8 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.96
S.Musial 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1458.0 162 175 410 3 9 2 .979 2.55
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 2.07
M.West 1263.7 145 147 298 16 4 3 .987 2.24
V.Barton 80.0 9 10 18 0 1 0 .947 2.03
J.Barrett 79.0 7 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.71
G.McQuillen 19.7 0 6 1 1 1 1 .667 0.92
D.Garms 12.0 1 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
S.Musial 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
B.Herman 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1457.3 162 183 333 17 6 4 .983 2.16
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 2.38
W.Spahn 263.0 32 32 14 58 4 6 .947 2.46
R.Scarborough 227.7 29 29 16 61 3 4 .963 3.04
R.Branca 211.7 30 30 15 58 3 5 .961 3.10
R.Melton 186.3 26 33 7 30 1 4 .974 1.79
J.Broaca 130.7 11 53 6 28 0 3 1.000 2.34
R.Gumpert 119.7 14 38 9 22 0 2 1.000 2.33
F.Biscan 104.7 14 30 10 18 0 2 1.000 2.41
J.Thompson 93.0 2 61 5 26 0 1 1.000 3.00
H.Iott 38.7 0 33 3 7 0 0 1.000 2.33
D.Macfayden 37.7 4 16 3 7 1 1 .909 2.39
C.Dean 37.3 0 23 5 5 0 0 1.000 2.41
M.Butcher 6.7 0 5 1 2 0 0 1.000 4.05
A.Unser 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1457.9 162 384 94 322 12 28 .972 2.57
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average McCormick .303
On-Base Pct West .372
Slugging Pct Musial .511
OPS West .872
XR West 97.1
Games Musial 159
At-Bats Musial 605
Runs Musial 100
Hits McCormick 182
Total Bases Musial 309
Singles McCormick 139
Doubles Musial 39
Triples Musial 8
Homeruns Musial 32
RBIs Musial 110
Stolen Bases McCormick, Rowell, Ryan 10
Caught Stealing McCormick 9
Walks West 84
Strikeouts West 82
ERA Spahn 3.01
Wins Spahn 15
Losses Branca 16
Winning Pct Spahn .536
Saves Iott 8
Games Pitched Thompson 61
Games Started Spahn 32
Complete Games Spahn 18
Shutouts Scarborough 2
Innings Pitched Spahn 263.0
Hits Allowed Spahn 244
Homeruns Allowed Branca 28
Strikeouts Scarborough, Spahn 105
Walks Allowed Melton 114
Walks per 9IP Spahn 1.9
Hits per 9IP Scarborough 8.0
Strikeouts per 9IP Scarborough 4.2
WHiP Spahn 1.14
OAVG Scarborough .239
OOBP Spahn .283
OSLG Spahn .340
OOPS Spahn .623
Team All-Stars
Max West
Player Salaries
Red Worthington $ 5,560,000
Debs Garms $ 4,010,010
Johnny Broaca $ 4,000,000
Rube Melton $ 2,285,714
Ted Olson $ 2,135,714
Vince Barton $ 1,500,000
Max West $ 1,450,000
Billy Herman $ 1,400,000
Junior Thompson $ 1,280,000
Hooks Iott $ 964,286
Eric Tipton $ 845,000
Skeeter Newsome $ 500,000
Mike McCormick $ 437,143
Mickey Livingston $ 350,000
Hank Helf $ 350,000
Mickey Haslin $ 350,000
Bama Rowell $ 350,000
Chubby Dean $ 350,000
Hal Schumacher $ 350,000
Ken O'Dea $ 350,000
Danny Macfayden $ 340,000
Johnny Barrett $ 300,000
Stan Musial $ 300,000
Randy Gumpert $ 300,000
Connie Ryan $ 300,000
Ray Scarborough $ 300,000
Max Butcher $ 300,000
Warren Spahn $ 300,000
Ralph Branca $ 300,000
Frank Biscan $ 300,000
Al Unser $ 300,000
Glenn McQuillen $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Moe Franklin Detroit Johnny Broaca
Red Worthington
Vince Barton
3/3 Traded Babe Barna
Ed Klieman
Tampa Bay Chuck Aleno
4/2 Traded Jimmy Outlaw
Round Draft Pick.
New York (N) Steve Filipowicz
Skippy Roberge
Bobby Wilkins