1943 St. Louis Cardinals Roster, Stats, and Awards

Record: 105–49 (.682), 1st place in National League
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Regular Season Stats

Hitting Stats

Year Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS Avg OBP Slg OPS
1943 Al Brazle 13 32 4 9 1 1 0 4 0 2 0 0 .281 .281 .375 .656
1943 Bud Byerly 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1943 Buster Adams 8 14 1 1 1 0 0 1 4 4 0 0 .071 .278 .143 .421
1943 Coaker Triplett 9 25 1 2 0 0 1 4 1 6 0 0 .080 .115 .200 .315
1943 Danny Litwhiler 80 262 40 72 14 3 7 31 19 31 1 0 .275 .329 .431 .760
1943 Debs Garms 90 253 26 64 10 2 0 22 13 8 1 0 .253 .295 .308 .603
1943 Ernie White 21 30 5 6 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 .200 .226 .200 .426
1943 Frank Demaree 39 89 5 25 2 0 0 9 8 4 1 0 .281 .340 .303 .644
1943 George Fallon 36 84 6 18 1 0 0 5 2 9 0 0 .214 .241 .226 .468
1943 Harry Walker 148 600 76 166 28 6 2 53 40 24 5 0 .277 .322 .353 .675
1943 Harry Brecheen 29 46 4 8 2 0 0 3 2 8 0 0 .174 .224 .217 .442
1943 Harry Gumbert 21 51 1 7 0 0 0 1 1 11 0 0 .137 .154 .137 .291
1943 Howie Pollet 16 44 3 7 1 0 0 1 1 9 0 0 .159 .178 .182 .360
1943 Howie Krist 34 64 7 10 1 0 0 2 1 13 0 0 .156 .169 .172 .341
1943 Jimmy Brown 34 114 6 20 4 2 0 8 6 1 0 0 .175 .217 .246 .462
1943 Johnny Hopp 91 247 33 54 10 2 2 25 24 22 8 0 .219 .290 .300 .590
1943 Ken O'Dea 71 207 15 57 11 2 3 25 19 25 0 0 .275 .339 .391 .731
1943 Lou Klein 154 642 91 180 28 14 7 62 50 70 9 0 .280 .334 .400 .735
1943 Marty Marion 129 429 38 117 15 3 1 52 32 37 1 0 .273 .326 .329 .655
1943 Max Lanier 32 84 8 12 0 0 0 5 1 5 0 0 .143 .153 .143 .296
1943 Mort Cooper 37 105 7 17 3 0 1 11 2 14 0 0 .162 .178 .219 .397
1943 Murry Dickson 31 37 1 9 2 0 0 6 0 1 0 0 .243 .243 .297 .541
1943 Ray Sanders 144 493 69 134 21 5 11 73 77 33 1 0 .272 .371 .402 .773
1943 Red Munger 32 28 3 6 2 0 0 3 1 5 0 0 .214 .241 .286 .527
1943 Sam Narron 10 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 .091 .167 .091 .258
1943 Stan Musial 157 627 108 220 48 20 13 81 72 18 9 0 .351 .419 .553 .973
1943 Walker Cooper 122 455 52 143 30 4 9 81 19 19 1 0 .314 .345 .457 .802
1943 Whitey Kurowski 139 532 69 150 24 8 13 70 31 54 3 0 .282 .324 .430 .754
– – 154 5,608 679 1,515 259 72 70 638 428 437 40 0 .270 .324 .379 .703

Pitching Stats

Year Player G IP W L Sv BS Hld H R ER BB HBP SO GS QS CG ShO ERA WHIP
1943 Al Brazle 13 88.0 8 2 0 0 0 74 18 15 29 0 26 9 0 8 1 1.53 1.17
1943 Bud Byerly 2 13.0 1 0 0 0 0 14 6 5 5 0 6 2 0 0 0 3.46 1.46
1943 Ernie White 14 78.2 5 5 0 0 0 78 38 33 33 1 28 10 0 5 1 3.78 1.41
1943 Harry Brecheen 29 135.1 9 6 4 0 0 98 41 34 39 3 68 13 0 8 1 2.26 1.01
1943 Harry Gumbert 21 133.0 10 5 0 0 0 115 46 42 32 0 40 19 0 7 3 2.84 1.11
1943 Howie Pollet 16 118.1 8 4 0 0 0 83 26 23 32 2 61 14 0 12 5 1.75 0.97
1943 Howie Krist 34 164.1 11 5 3 0 0 141 57 53 62 4 57 17 0 9 2 2.90 1.24
1943 Max Lanier 32 213.1 15 7 3 0 0 195 62 45 75 2 123 25 0 14 2 1.90 1.27
1943 Mort Cooper 37 274.0 21 8 3 0 0 228 81 70 79 5 141 32 0 24 6 2.30 1.12
1943 Murry Dickson 31 115.2 8 2 0 0 0 119 51 46 49 1 44 7 0 2 0 3.58 1.45
1943 Red Munger 32 93.1 9 5 2 0 0 101 47 41 42 0 45 9 0 5 0 3.95 1.53
– – 154 1,427.0 105 49 15 0 0 1,246 473 407 477 18 639 157 0 94 21 2.57 1.21

Fielding Stats

Year Player Pos G PO A E TC DP SB CS CSPct FPct RF
1943 Al Brazle P 13 3 20 0 23 1 1.000 1.77
1943 Bud Byerly P 2 0 2 0 2 0 1.000 1.00
1943 Ernie White P 14 3 12 0 15 1 1.000 1.07
1943 Harry Brecheen P 29 8 28 0 36 3 1.000 1.24
1943 Harry Gumbert P 21 10 35 1 46 0 .978 2.14
1943 Howie Pollet P 16 1 17 0 18 0 1.000 1.12
1943 Howie Krist P 34 1 13 3 17 1 .824 0.41
1943 Max Lanier P 32 8 43 1 52 2 .981 1.59
1943 Mort Cooper P 37 7 46 3 56 3 .946 1.43
1943 Murry Dickson P 31 6 21 2 29 3 .931 0.87
1943 Red Munger P 32 3 24 1 28 3 .964 0.84
1943 Ken O'Dea C 56 237 32 3 272 6 0 0 0.0% .989 4.80
1943 Sam Narron C 3 8 1 0 9 0 0 0 0.0% 1.000 3.00
1943 Walker Cooper C 112 504 49 14 567 5 0 0 0.0% .975 4.94
1943 Johnny Hopp 1B 27 173 16 6 195 13 .969 7.00
1943 Ray Sanders 1B 141 1,302 71 7 1,380 142 .995 9.74
1943 George Fallon 2B 36 65 86 5 156 18 .968 4.19
1943 Harry Walker 2B 1 1 0 1 2 0 .500 1.00
1943 Jimmy Brown 2B 19 44 45 2 91 9 .978 4.68
1943 Lou Klein 2B 126 301 356 18 675 99 .973 5.21
1943 Debs Garms 3B 23 18 22 7 47 5 .851 1.74
1943 Jimmy Brown 3B 9 12 15 0 27 4 1.000 3.00
1943 Whitey Kurowski 3B 137 166 255 21 442 29 .952 3.07
1943 Debs Garms SS 1 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.00
1943 Jimmy Brown SS 6 9 16 0 25 1 1.000 4.17
1943 Lou Klein SS 51 55 88 9 152 19 .941 2.80
1943 Marty Marion SS 128 232 424 20 676 93 .970 5.12
1943 Whitey Kurowski SS 2 1 2 0 3 0 1.000 1.50
1943 Danny Litwhiler LF 70 139 7 0 146 1 1.000 2.09
1943 Frank Demaree LF 23 35 1 0 36 0 1.000 1.57
1943 Johnny Hopp LF 52 113 1 6 120 3 .950 2.19
1943 Buster Adams CF 6 11 0 0 11 0 1.000 1.83
1943 Harry Walker CF 144 321 14 12 347 4 .965 2.33
1943 Coaker Triplett RF 6 13 0 0 13 0 1.000 2.17
1943 Debs Garms RF 47 93 3 2 98 0 .980 2.04
1943 Stan Musial RF 155 376 15 7 398 4 .982 2.52
– – 154 4,280 1,780 151 6,211 472 0 0 .976 39.35

Post-Season Stats

Hitting Stats

Year Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS Avg OBP Slg OPS
1943 Al Brazle 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1943 Danny Litwhiler 5 15 0 4 1 0 0 2 2 4 0 0 .267 .353 .333 .686
1943 Debs Garms 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1943 Ernie White 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1943 Frank Demaree 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1943 Harry Walker 5 18 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .167 .167 .222 .389
1943 Harry Brecheen 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1943 Howie Krist 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1943 Johnny Hopp 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1943 Ken O'Dea 2 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333
1943 Lou Klein 5 22 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 .136 .174 .136 .310
1943 Marty Marion 5 15 1 5 2 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 .333 .444 .667 1.111
1943 Max Lanier 3 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
1943 Mort Cooper 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1943 Murry Dickson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1943 Ray Sanders 5 17 3 5 0 0 1 2 3 4 0 0 .294 .400 .471 .871
1943 Sam Narron 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1943 Stan Musial 5 18 2 5 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 .278 .350 .278 .628
1943 Walker Cooper 5 18 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 .278 .278 .278 .556
1943 Whitey Kurowski 5 19 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 .211 .211 .263 .474
– – 5 170 9 37 5 0 2 8 11 26 1 1 .218 .265 .282 .548

Pitching Stats

Year Player G IP W L Sv BS Hld H R ER BB HBP SO GS QS CG ShO ERA WHIP
1943 Al Brazle 1 7.1 0 1 0 0 0 5 6 3 2 0 4 1 0 0 0 3.68 0.95
1943 Harry Brecheen 3 3.2 0 1 0 0 0 5 1 1 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 2.45 2.18
1943 Howie Krist 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 100,000,000.00
1943 Max Lanier 3 15.1 0 1 0 0 0 13 5 3 3 0 13 2 0 0 0 1.76 1.04
1943 Mort Cooper 2 16.0 1 1 0 0 0 11 5 5 3 0 10 2 0 1 0 2.81 0.87
1943 Murry Dickson 1 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.50
– – 8 43.0 1 4 0 0 0 35 17 12 12 0 30 5 0 1 0 2.51 1.09

Fielding Stats

Year Player Pos G PO A E TC DP SB CS CSPct FPct RF
1943 Al Brazle P 1 1 2 0 3 0 1.000 3.00
1943 Harry Brecheen P 3 0 2 0 2 0 1.000 0.67
1943 Howie Krist P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1943 Max Lanier P 3 0 3 1 4 0 .750 1.00
1943 Mort Cooper P 2 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0.50
1943 Murry Dickson P 1 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.00
1943 Ken O'Dea C 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.0% 1.000 2.00
1943 Walker Cooper C 5 28 3 2 33 0 0 0 0.0% .939 6.20
1943 Ray Sanders 1B 5 41 5 0 46 4 1.000 9.20
1943 Lou Klein 2B 5 10 13 2 25 4 .920 4.60
1943 Whitey Kurowski 3B 5 8 8 2 18 0 .889 3.20
1943 Marty Marion SS 5 7 14 1 22 4 .955 4.20
1943 Danny Litwhiler LF 4 12 0 0 12 0 1.000 3.00
1943 Debs Garms LF 1 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.00
1943 Harry Walker CF 4 10 0 2 12 0 .833 2.50
1943 Johnny Hopp CF 1 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.00
1943 Stan Musial RF 5 7 2 0 9 0 1.000 1.80
– – 5 129 53 10 192 12 0 0 .948 36.40

Awards

Player Award Stats
Stan Musial Most Valuable Player (RF) .351–13–81, 9 SB
Howie Pollet All-Star (P) 8–4, 61 SO, 1.75 ERA
Mort Cooper All-Star (P) 21–8, 3 Sv, 141 SO, 2.30 ERA
Max Lanier All-Star (P) 15–7, 3 Sv, 123 SO, 1.90 ERA
Walker Cooper All-Star (C) .314–9–81, 1 SB
Whitey Kurowski All-Star (3B) .282–13–70, 3 SB
Marty Marion All-Star (SS) .273–1–52, 1 SB
Stan Musial All-Star (LF) .351–13–81, 9 SB
Harry Walker All-Star (CF) .277–2–53, 5 SB

Frequently asked questions about the 1943 St. Louis Cardinals

Who had the most hits on the 1943 St. Louis Cardinals?

Stan Musial led the 1943 St. Louis Cardinals with 220 hits in 157 games.

Who had the highest batting average on the 1943 St. Louis Cardinals?

Stan Musial led the 1943 St. Louis Cardinals with a .351 batting average in 157 games.

Who had the most home runs on the 1943 St. Louis Cardinals?

Whitey Kurowski led the 1943 St. Louis Cardinals with 13 home runs in 139 games.

Who had the highest on-base percentage (OBP) on the 1943 St. Louis Cardinals?

Stan Musial led the 1943 St. Louis Cardinals with a .419 on-base percentage (OBP) in 157 games.

Who had the highest slugging percentage on the 1943 St. Louis Cardinals?

Stan Musial led the 1943 St. Louis Cardinals with a .553 slugging percentage in 157 games.

Who had the most stolen bases on the 1943 St. Louis Cardinals?

Lou Klein led the 1943 St. Louis Cardinals with 9 stolen bases in 154 games.

Who had the lowest earned run average (ERA) on the 1943 St. Louis Cardinals?

Max Lanier had a 1.90 earned-run average (ERA) in 32 games, the lowest on the 1943 St. Louis Cardinals.

Who had the lowest WHIP (Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched) on the 1943 St. Louis Cardinals?

Mort Cooper had a 1.12 WHIP in 37 games, the lowest on the 1943 St. Louis Cardinals.

Who struck out the most batters on the 1943 St. Louis Cardinals?

Mort Cooper led the 1943 St. Louis Cardinals with 141 strikeouts in 37 games.

Who had the most wins on the 1943 St. Louis Cardinals?

Mort Cooper led the 1943 St. Louis Cardinals with 21 wins in 37 games.

Who had the most saves on the 1943 St. Louis Cardinals?

Harry Brecheen led the 1943 St. Louis Cardinals with 4 saves in 29 games.