1944 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
1944 Al Jurisich 30 46 2 8 1 0 0 1 1 13 0 0 .174 .191 .196 .387
1944 Augie Bergamo 80 195 35 55 6 3 2 19 35 23 0 0 .282 .394 .374 .768
1944 Bill Trotter 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1944 Blix Donnelly 27 18 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 .056 .190 .056 .246
1944 Bud Byerly 9 12 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333
1944 Danny Litwhiler 140 504 53 130 25 5 15 82 37 56 2 0 .258 .321 .417 .738
1944 Debs Garms 73 151 17 30 3 0 0 5 13 8 0 0 .199 .262 .219 .481
1944 Emil Verban 146 517 51 128 14 2 0 43 19 14 0 0 .248 .277 .282 .559
1944 Freddy Schmidt 37 35 3 7 0 0 0 3 1 16 0 0 .200 .222 .200 .422
1944 George Fallon 69 146 16 28 6 0 1 9 16 11 1 0 .192 .276 .253 .529
1944 Harry Brecheen 31 72 8 11 0 1 0 4 9 12 0 0 .153 .247 .181 .427
1944 Harry Gumbert 10 21 2 4 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 .190 .227 .190 .418
1944 John Antonelli 8 21 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 .190 .190 .238 .429
1944 Johnny Hopp 139 531 106 177 35 9 11 72 58 47 15 0 .333 .401 .495 .896
1944 Ken O'Dea 85 272 35 66 11 2 6 37 37 29 1 0 .243 .335 .364 .699
1944 Marty Marion 144 522 50 135 26 2 6 63 43 50 1 0 .259 .315 .351 .666
1944 Max Lanier 33 83 11 14 1 0 0 2 4 2 0 0 .169 .207 .181 .388
1944 Mort Cooper 34 98 9 19 3 0 0 13 7 12 0 0 .194 .248 .224 .472
1944 Pepper Martin 40 87 15 24 4 0 2 4 15 11 2 0 .276 .382 .391 .773
1944 Ray Sanders 154 610 87 177 34 9 12 102 71 50 2 0 .290 .366 .434 .800
1944 Red Munger 21 44 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 .114 .114 .136 .250
1944 Stan Musial 146 572 112 197 51 14 12 94 90 28 7 0 .344 .438 .545 .983
1944 Ted Wilks 36 70 6 9 2 0 0 6 5 15 0 0 .129 .187 .157 .344
1944 Walker Cooper 112 405 56 126 25 5 13 72 20 19 4 0 .311 .345 .494 .839
1944 Whitey Kurowski 149 565 95 150 25 7 20 87 58 40 2 0 .265 .336 .441 .777
– – 154 5,598 772 1,507 274 59 100 722 543 471 37 0 .269 .337 .393 .730

Pitching Stats

Year Player G IP W L Sv BS Hld H R ER BB HBP SO GS QS CG ShO ERA WHIP
1944 Al Jurisich 30 130.0 7 9 1 0 0 102 53 49 65 5 53 14 0 5 2 3.39 1.28
1944 Bill Trotter 2 6.0 0 1 0 0 0 14 14 9 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 13.50 3.00
1944 Blix Donnelly 27 76.1 2 1 2 0 0 61 26 18 34 2 45 4 0 2 1 2.12 1.24
1944 Bud Byerly 9 42.1 2 2 0 0 0 37 18 16 20 0 13 4 0 2 0 3.40 1.35
1944 Freddy Schmidt 37 114.1 7 3 5 0 0 94 48 40 58 1 58 9 0 3 2 3.15 1.33
1944 Harry Brecheen 30 189.1 16 5 0 0 0 174 67 60 46 3 88 22 0 13 3 2.85 1.16
1944 Harry Gumbert 10 61.1 4 2 1 0 0 60 23 17 19 0 16 7 0 3 0 2.49 1.29
1944 Max Lanier 33 224.1 17 12 0 0 0 192 82 66 71 3 141 30 0 16 5 2.65 1.17
1944 Mike Naymick 1 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4.50 1.50
1944 Mort Cooper 34 252.1 22 7 1 0 0 227 74 69 60 5 97 33 0 22 7 2.46 1.14
1944 Red Munger 21 121.0 11 3 2 0 0 92 23 18 41 2 55 12 0 7 2 1.34 1.10
1944 Ted Wilks 36 207.2 17 4 0 0 0 173 61 61 49 1 70 21 0 16 4 2.64 1.07
– – 154 1,427.0 105 49 12 0 0 1,228 490 424 468 22 637 157 0 89 26 2.67 1.19

Fielding Stats

Year Player Pos G PO A E TC DP SB CS CSPct FPct RF
1944 Al Jurisich P 30 5 18 1 24 2 .958 0.77
1944 Bill Trotter P 2 0 2 0 2 0 1.000 1.00
1944 Blix Donnelly P 27 3 17 1 21 0 .952 0.74
1944 Bud Byerly P 9 2 11 0 13 0 1.000 1.44
1944 Freddy Schmidt P 37 3 17 0 20 2 1.000 0.54
1944 Harry Brecheen P 30 3 36 0 39 2 1.000 1.30
1944 Harry Gumbert P 10 6 14 1 21 5 .952 2.00
1944 Max Lanier P 33 8 39 3 50 3 .940 1.42
1944 Mike Naymick P 1 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 1.00
1944 Mort Cooper P 34 4 28 0 32 1 1.000 0.94
1944 Red Munger P 21 8 33 2 43 5 .953 1.95
1944 Ted Wilks P 36 6 20 0 26 3 1.000 0.72
1944 Bob Keely C 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0% 1.000 1.00
1944 Ken O'Dea C 69 326 34 2 362 4 0 0 0.0% .994 5.22
1944 Walker Cooper C 97 442 40 10 492 7 0 0 0.0% .980 4.97
1944 Augie Bergamo 1B 2 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 2.00
1944 John Antonelli 1B 3 23 3 0 26 2 1.000 8.67
1944 Johnny Hopp 1B 6 36 2 0 38 0 1.000 6.33
1944 Ray Sanders 1B 152 1,370 64 8 1,442 142 .994 9.43
1944 Emil Verban 2B 146 319 380 23 722 105 .968 4.79
1944 George Fallon 2B 38 57 53 3 113 11 .973 2.89
1944 John Antonelli 2B 2 2 2 0 4 0 1.000 2.00
1944 Whitey Kurowski 2B 9 4 7 0 11 1 1.000 1.22
1944 Debs Garms 3B 21 14 16 1 31 1 .968 1.43
1944 George Fallon 3B 6 5 10 0 15 3 1.000 2.50
1944 John Antonelli 3B 3 3 5 0 8 0 1.000 2.67
1944 Whitey Kurowski 3B 146 188 281 17 486 20 .965 3.21
1944 George Fallon SS 24 38 57 3 98 14 .969 3.96
1944 Marty Marion SS 144 268 461 21 750 90 .972 5.06
1944 Whitey Kurowski SS 1 0 2 0 2 0 1.000 2.00
1944 Augie Bergamo LF 50 83 0 1 84 0 .988 1.66
1944 Danny Litwhiler LF 136 294 6 8 308 1 .974 2.21
1944 Johnny Hopp CF 131 316 2 1 319 1 .997 2.43
1944 Debs Garms RF 23 34 0 0 34 0 1.000 1.48
1944 Pepper Martin RF 29 48 1 1 50 0 .980 1.69
1944 Stan Musial RF 146 353 16 5 374 2 .987 2.53
– – 154 4,276 1,678 112 6,066 427 0 0 .982 38.66

Post-Season Stats

Hitting Stats

Year Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS Avg OBP Slg OPS
1944 Al Jurisich 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1944 Augie Bergamo 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 .000 .250 .000 .250
1944 Blix Donnelly 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1944 Bud Byerly 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1944 Danny Litwhiler 5 20 2 4 1 0 1 1 2 7 0 0 .200 .273 .400 .673
1944 Debs Garms 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1944 Emil Verban 6 17 1 7 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 .412 .474 .412 .885
1944 Freddy Schmidt 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1944 George Fallon 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1944 Harry Brecheen 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1944 Johnny Hopp 6 27 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 .185 .185 .185 .370
1944 Ken O'Dea 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
1944 Marty Marion 6 23 1 5 3 0 0 2 2 3 0 0 .217 .280 .348 .628
1944 Max Lanier 2 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800
1944 Mort Cooper 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1944 Ray Sanders 6 21 5 6 0 0 1 1 5 8 0 0 .286 .423 .429 .852
1944 Stan Musial 6 24 2 7 2 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 .292 .346 .500 .846
1944 Ted Wilks 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1944 Walker Cooper 6 23 1 7 2 1 0 2 3 2 0 0 .304 .385 .478 .863
1944 Whitey Kurowski 6 24 2 5 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 .208 .240 .250 .490
– – 6 211 16 49 9 1 3 15 19 43 0 0 .232 .296 .327 .623

Pitching Stats

Year Player G IP W L Sv BS Hld H R ER BB HBP SO GS QS CG ShO ERA WHIP
1944 Al Jurisich 1 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 27.00 4.50
1944 Blix Donnelly 2 6.0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 9 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.50
1944 Bud Byerly 1 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
1944 Freddy Schmidt 1 3.1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.60
1944 Harry Brecheen 1 9.0 1 0 0 0 0 9 1 1 4 0 4 1 0 1 0 1.00 1.44
1944 Max Lanier 2 12.1 1 0 0 0 0 8 3 3 8 0 11 2 0 0 0 2.19 1.30
1944 Mort Cooper 2 16.0 1 1 0 0 0 9 2 2 5 0 16 2 0 1 1 1.12 0.87
1944 Ted Wilks 2 6.1 0 1 1 0 0 5 4 4 3 0 7 1 0 0 0 5.68 1.26
– – 8 55.0 4 2 1 0 0 36 12 12 23 0 49 6 0 2 1 1.96 1.07

Fielding Stats

Year Player Pos G PO A E TC DP SB CS CSPct FPct RF
1944 Al Jurisich P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1944 Blix Donnelly P 2 0 2 0 2 0 1.000 1.00
1944 Bud Byerly P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1944 Freddy Schmidt P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1944 Harry Brecheen P 1 1 3 0 4 0 1.000 4.00
1944 Max Lanier P 2 1 1 0 2 0 1.000 1.00
1944 Mort Cooper P 2 0 6 0 6 0 1.000 3.00
1944 Ted Wilks P 2 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0.50
1944 Walker Cooper C 6 55 0 0 55 0 0 0 0.0% 1.000 9.17
1944 Ray Sanders 1B 6 51 2 0 53 3 1.000 8.83
1944 Emil Verban 2B 6 15 7 0 22 2 1.000 3.67
1944 George Fallon 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1944 Whitey Kurowski 3B 6 4 15 0 19 1 1.000 3.17
1944 Marty Marion SS 6 7 22 0 29 2 1.000 4.83
1944 Augie Bergamo LF 2 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0.50
1944 Danny Litwhiler LF 5 5 0 0 5 0 1.000 1.00
1944 Johnny Hopp CF 6 14 0 0 14 0 1.000 2.33
1944 Stan Musial RF 6 11 0 1 12 0 .917 1.83
– – 6 165 59 1 225 8 0 0 .996 37.33

Awards

Player Award Stats
Marty Marion Most Valuable Player (SS) .259–6–63, 1 SB
Red Munger All-Star (P) 11–3, 2 Sv, 55 SO, 1.34 ERA
Max Lanier All-Star (P) 17–12, 141 SO, 2.65 ERA
Walker Cooper All-Star (C) .311–13–72, 4 SB
Whitey Kurowski All-Star (3B) .265–20–87, 2 SB
Marty Marion All-Star (SS) .259–6–63, 1 SB
Stan Musial All-Star (CF) .344–12–94, 7 SB

Frequently asked questions about the 1944 St. Louis Cardinals

Who had the most hits on the 1944 St. Louis Cardinals?

Stan Musial led the 1944 St. Louis Cardinals with 197 hits in 146 games.

Who had the highest batting average on the 1944 St. Louis Cardinals?

Stan Musial led the 1944 St. Louis Cardinals with a .344 batting average in 146 games.

Who had the most home runs on the 1944 St. Louis Cardinals?

Whitey Kurowski led the 1944 St. Louis Cardinals with 20 home runs in 149 games.

Who had the highest on-base percentage (OBP) on the 1944 St. Louis Cardinals?

Stan Musial led the 1944 St. Louis Cardinals with a .438 on-base percentage (OBP) in 146 games.

Who had the highest slugging percentage on the 1944 St. Louis Cardinals?

Stan Musial led the 1944 St. Louis Cardinals with a .545 slugging percentage in 146 games.

Who had the most stolen bases on the 1944 St. Louis Cardinals?

Johnny Hopp led the 1944 St. Louis Cardinals with 15 stolen bases in 139 games.

Who had the lowest earned run average (ERA) on the 1944 St. Louis Cardinals?

Mort Cooper had a 2.46 earned-run average (ERA) in 34 games, the lowest on the 1944 St. Louis Cardinals.

Who had the lowest WHIP (Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched) on the 1944 St. Louis Cardinals?

Ted Wilks had a 1.07 WHIP in 36 games, the lowest on the 1944 St. Louis Cardinals.

Who struck out the most batters on the 1944 St. Louis Cardinals?

Max Lanier led the 1944 St. Louis Cardinals with 141 strikeouts in 33 games.

Who had the most wins on the 1944 St. Louis Cardinals?

Mort Cooper led the 1944 St. Louis Cardinals with 22 wins in 34 games.

Who had the most saves on the 1944 St. Louis Cardinals?

Freddy Schmidt led the 1944 St. Louis Cardinals with 5 saves in 37 games.