1939 St. Louis Cardinals roster

34 players appeared for the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1939 MLB season.

1939 Cardinals roster: batting

1939 St. Louis Cardinals batting
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
Jimmy Brown147645881923514.298.335.719
Joe Medwick15060698201141176.332.380.886
Enos Slaughter1496049519312862.320.371.852
Johnny Mize153564104197281080.349.4441.070
Don Gutteridge148524711417545.269.309.685
Stu Martin120425601143304.268.325.709
Terry Moore1304176512317776.295.362.849
Mickey Owen13134432893356.259.344.693
Pepper Martin8828148863376.306.375.823
Don Padgett9223338935531.399.444.998
Lynn Myers7411724280101.239.310.618
Lynn King898510200112.235.350.609
Creepy Crespi152935060.172.250.457
Herman Franks171711030.059.200.259
Herb Bremer9901010.111.111.222
Bob Repass3602010.333.333.833
Eddie Lake2401000.250.400.650
Johnny Hopp6412020.500.6001.350
Joe Orengo7300000.000.000.000
Buster Adams2110000.000.000.000

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · OPS

1939 Cardinals roster: pitching

1939 St. Louis Cardinals pitching
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.GS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
Curt DavisP493122163.63248.0701.327
Mort CooperP45261263.25210.21301.454
Bob BowmanP51151352.60169.1781.199
Lon WarnekeP34211373.78162.0591.292
Bill McGeeP43171253.81156.0561.370
Bob WeilandP322310123.57146.1631.341
Clyde ShounP532313.76103.0501.369
Tom SunkelP2011444.2285.1541.580
Paul DeanP162016.0743.0161.490
Max LanierP76212.3937.2141.120
Nate AndrewsP111126.7516.062.250
Murry DicksonP10000.003.220.550
Frank BarrettP10015.401.231.200
Ken RaffensbergerP10000.001.012.000

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · WHIP · SV

Regular season. Player lines are the season lines ESPN files under this club; a player traded during the season may appear under his last club only. Age is the player’s age on June 30 of the season. Standings start in 1995, so this season shows no league or division placing.