1948 St. Louis Cardinals
[edit] Summary
The 1948 St. Louis Cardinals finished with a record of 85-69. They scored 742 runs and belted 105 home runs to go along with a .263 batting average. The offense was powered by Stan Musial, who led the team with 39 home runs, 131 RBI, and 230 hits.
The team allowed 646 runs and had a team ERA of 3.91. Harry Brecheen led the pitching staff with 20 wins and 149 strikeouts. Ted Wilks led the team with 13 saves.
[edit] Roster and Statistics
| Infielders
|
| Nippy Jones
| 1B
| 132
| 481
| 58
| 122
| 10
| 81
| 2
| .307
| .397
| .704
| .254
|
| Eddie Kazak
| 3B
| 6
| 22
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 2
| 0
| .273
| .409
| .682
| .273
|
| Whitey Kurowski
| 3B
| 77
| 220
| 34
| 47
| 2
| 33
| 0
| .352
| .277
| .629
| .214
|
| Don Lang
| 3B
| 117
| 323
| 30
| 87
| 4
| 31
| 2
| .364
| .356
| .720
| .269
|
| Ralph LaPointe
| 2B
| 87
| 222
| 27
| 50
| 0
| 15
| 1
| .283
| .239
| .522
| .225
|
| Marty Marion
| SS
| 144
| 567
| 70
| 143
| 4
| 43
| 1
| .298
| .333
| .631
| .252
|
| Red Schoendienst
| 2B
| 119
| 408
| 64
| 111
| 4
| 36
| 1
| .319
| .373
| .692
| .272
|
| Babe Young
| 1B
| 41
| 111
| 14
| 27
| 1
| 13
| 0
| .339
| .351
| .690
| .243
|
| Bobby Young
| 3B
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| .000
|
| Outfielders
|
| Chuck Diering
| OF
| 7
| 7
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| .222
| .000
| .222
| .000
|
| Erv Dusak
| OF
| 114
| 311
| 60
| 65
| 6
| 19
| 3
| .317
| .309
| .626
| .209
|
| Joe Medwick
| OF
| 20
| 19
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 2
| 0
| .250
| .211
| .461
| .211
|
| Terry Moore
| OF
| 91
| 207
| 30
| 48
| 4
| 18
| 0
| .321
| .343
| .664
| .232
|
| Stan Musial
| OF
| 155
| 611
| 135
| 230
| 39
| 131
| 7
| .450
| .702
| 1.152
| .376
|
| Ron Northey
| OF
| 96
| 246
| 40
| 79
| 13
| 64
| 0
| .420
| .528
| .948
| .321
|
| Hal Rice
| OF
| 8
| 31
| 3
| 10
| 0
| 3
| 0
| .364
| .484
| .848
| .323
|
| Enos Slaughter
| OF
| 146
| 549
| 91
| 176
| 11
| 90
| 4
| .409
| .470
| .879
| .321
|
| Catchers
|
| Bill Baker
| C
| 45
| 119
| 13
| 35
| 0
| 15
| 1
| .373
| .395
| .768
| .294
|
| Johnny Bucha
| C
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .500
| .000
| .500
| .000
|
| Joe Garagiola
| C
| 24
| 56
| 9
| 6
| 2
| 7
| 0
| .275
| .232
| .507
| .107
|
| Del Rice
| C
| 100
| 290
| 24
| 57
| 4
| 34
| 1
| .298
| .279
| .577
| .197
|
| Del Wilber
| C
| 27
| 58
| 5
| 11
| 0
| 10
| 0
| .242
| .224
| .466
| .190
|
| Other
|
| Jeff Cross
|
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| .000
|
| Larry Miggins
|
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| .000
|
| Team Totals
| -
| -
| 5302
| 742
| 1396
| 105
| 680
| 24
| .335
| .389
| .725
| .263
|
| Pitchers
|
| Clarence Beers
| 1
| 0
| 0.7
| 0
| 0
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 13.50
| 5.714
|
| Al Brazle
| 42
| 23
| 156.3
| 10
| 6
| .625
| 1
| 55
| 50
| 3.80
| 1.414
|
| Harry Brecheen
| 33
| 30
| 233.3
| 20
| 7
| .741
| 1
| 149
| 49
| 2.24
| 1.037
|
| Ken Burkhart
| 20
| 0
| 37.3
| 0
| 0
| .000
| 1
| 16
| 14
| 5.54
| 1.716
|
| Murry Dickson
| 42
| 29
| 252.3
| 12
| 16
| .429
| 1
| 113
| 85
| 4.14
| 1.356
|
| Erv Dusak
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 1
| .00
| 1.000
|
| Jim Hearn
| 34
| 13
| 89.7
| 8
| 6
| .571
| 1
| 27
| 35
| 4.22
| 1.416
|
| Ken Johnson
| 13
| 4
| 45.3
| 2
| 4
| .333
| 0
| 20
| 30
| 4.76
| 1.611
|
| Red Munger
| 39
| 25
| 166
| 10
| 11
| .476
| 0
| 72
| 74
| 4.50
| 1.524
|
| Al Papai
| 10
| 0
| 16
| 0
| 1
| .000
| 0
| 8
| 7
| 5.06
| 1.313
|
| Howie Pollet
| 36
| 26
| 186.3
| 13
| 8
| .619
| 0
| 80
| 67
| 4.54
| 1.519
|
| Gerry Staley
| 31
| 3
| 52
| 4
| 4
| .500
| 0
| 23
| 21
| 6.92
| 1.577
|
| Ted Wilks
| 57
| 2
| 130.7
| 6
| 6
| .500
| 13
| 71
| 39
| 2.62
| 1.163
|
| Ray Yochim
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .000
| 0
| 1
| 3
| .00
| 3.000
|
| Team Totals
| 360
| 155
| 1367.9
| 85
| 69
| .552
| 18
| 635
| 476
| 3.91
| 1.366
|
[edit] Batting Leaders
[edit] Pitching Leaders
