1949 St. Louis Cardinals
[edit] Summary
The 1949 St. Louis Cardinals finished with a record of 96-58. They scored 766 runs and belted 102 home runs to go along with a .277 batting average. The offense was powered by Stan Musial, who led the team with 36 home runs, 123 RBI, and 207 hits.
The team allowed 615 runs and had a team ERA of 3.45. Howie Pollet led the pitching staff with 20 wins and 108 strikeouts.
[edit] Roster and Statistics
| Infielders
|
| Steve Bilko
| 1B
| 6
| 17
| 3
| 5
| 0
| 2
| 0
| .455
| .412
| .867
| .294
|
| Tommy Glaviano
| 3B
| 87
| 258
| 32
| 69
| 6
| 36
| 0
| .380
| .407
| .787
| .267
|
| Solly Hemus
| 2B
| 20
| 33
| 8
| 11
| 0
| 2
| 0
| .450
| .364
| .814
| .333
|
| Nippy Jones
| 1B
| 110
| 380
| 51
| 114
| 8
| 62
| 1
| .330
| .426
| .756
| .300
|
| Eddie Kazak
| 3B
| 92
| 326
| 43
| 99
| 6
| 42
| 0
| .362
| .423
| .785
| .304
|
| Lou Klein
| SS
| 58
| 114
| 25
| 25
| 2
| 12
| 0
| .355
| .325
| .680
| .219
|
| Whitey Kurowski
| 3B
| 10
| 14
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .200
| .143
| .343
| .143
|
| Marty Marion
| SS
| 134
| 515
| 61
| 140
| 5
| 70
| 0
| .323
| .369
| .692
| .272
|
| Rocky Nelson
| 1B
| 82
| 244
| 28
| 54
| 4
| 32
| 1
| .258
| .336
| .594
| .221
|
| Red Schoendienst
| 2B
| 151
| 640
| 102
| 190
| 3
| 54
| 8
| .351
| .356
| .707
| .297
|
| Outfielders
|
| Chuck Diering
| OF
| 131
| 369
| 60
| 97
| 3
| 38
| 1
| .328
| .388
| .716
| .263
|
| Bill Howerton
| OF
| 9
| 13
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| .308
| .385
| .693
| .308
|
| Stan Musial
| OF
| 157
| 612
| 128
| 207
| 36
| 123
| 3
| .438
| .624
| 1.062
| .338
|
| Ron Northey
| OF
| 90
| 265
| 28
| 69
| 7
| 50
| 0
| .338
| .423
| .761
| .260
|
| Hal Rice
| OF
| 40
| 46
| 3
| 9
| 1
| 9
| 0
| .245
| .348
| .593
| .196
|
| Ed Sauer
| OF
| 24
| 45
| 5
| 10
| 0
| 1
| 0
| .271
| .311
| .582
| .222
|
| Enos Slaughter
| OF
| 151
| 568
| 92
| 191
| 13
| 96
| 3
| .418
| .511
| .929
| .336
|
| Catchers
|
| Bill Baker
| C
| 20
| 30
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 4
| 0
| .188
| .167
| .355
| .133
|
| Joe Garagiola
| C
| 81
| 241
| 25
| 63
| 3
| 26
| 0
| .348
| .357
| .705
| .261
|
| Del Rice
| C
| 92
| 284
| 25
| 67
| 4
| 29
| 0
| .320
| .342
| .662
| .236
|
| Del Wilber
| C
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .250
| .250
| .500
| .250
|
| Other
|
| Russ Derry
|
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| .000
|
| Erv Dusak
|
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| .000
|
| Team Totals
| -
| -
| 5463
| 766
| 1513
| 102
| 720
| 17
| .343
| .404
| .747
| .277
|
| Pitchers
|
| Cloyd Boyer
| 4
| 1
| 3.3
| 0
| 0
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 1.80
| 3.636
|
| Al Brazle
| 39
| 25
| 206.3
| 14
| 8
| .636
| 0
| 75
| 61
| 3.18
| 1.304
|
| Harry Brecheen
| 32
| 31
| 214.7
| 14
| 11
| .560
| 1
| 88
| 65
| 3.35
| 1.267
|
| Jim Hearn
| 17
| 4
| 42
| 1
| 3
| .250
| 0
| 18
| 23
| 5.14
| 1.690
|
| Ken Johnson
| 14
| 2
| 33.7
| 0
| 1
| .000
| 0
| 18
| 35
| 6.42
| 1.899
|
| Kurt Krieger
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 1
| .00
| 1.000
|
| Max Lanier
| 15
| 15
| 92
| 5
| 4
| .556
| 0
| 37
| 35
| 3.82
| 1.380
|
| Fred Martin
| 21
| 5
| 70
| 6
| 0
| 1.000
| 0
| 30
| 20
| 2.44
| 1.214
|
| Red Munger
| 35
| 28
| 188.3
| 15
| 8
| .652
| 2
| 82
| 87
| 3.87
| 1.413
|
| Howie Pollet
| 39
| 28
| 230.7
| 20
| 9
| .690
| 1
| 108
| 59
| 2.77
| 1.244
|
| Bill Reeder
| 21
| 1
| 33.7
| 1
| 1
| .500
| 0
| 21
| 30
| 5.08
| 1.869
|
| Gerry Staley
| 45
| 17
| 171.3
| 10
| 10
| .500
| 6
| 55
| 41
| 2.73
| 1.138
|
| Ted Wilks
| 59
| 0
| 118.3
| 10
| 3
| .769
| 9
| 71
| 38
| 3.73
| 1.209
|
| Ray Yochim
| 3
| 0
| 2.3
| 0
| 0
| .000
| 0
| 3
| 4
| 15.43
| 3.043
|
| Team Totals
| 345
| 157
| 1407.6
| 96
| 58
| .623
| 19
| 606
| 506
| 3.45
| 1.323
|
[edit] Batting Leaders
[edit] Pitching Leaders
