1940 St. Louis Cardinals roster

33 players appeared for the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1940 MLB season.

1940 Cardinals roster: batting

1940 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.
Johnny Mize155579111182431377.314.4041.039
Terry Moore13653792163176418.304.356.831
Enos Slaughter1405169615817738.306.370.874
Jimmy Brown107454561270309.280.317.652
Marty Marion125435441213469.278.311.656
Joe Orengo129415581197569.287.383.795
Stu Martin11236945884324.238.301.637
Mickey Owen11730727810274.264.341.670
Don Padgett9324024586411.242.321.708
Pepper Martin8622828723396.316.378.835
Johnny Hopp8015224411143.270.315.703
Don Gutteridge6910819293143.269.301.699
Eddie Lake32661214271.212.342.690
Harry Walker72725060.185.185.444
Carden Gillenwater72514050.160.160.360
Walker Cooper61936021.316.381.749
Bill Delancey151804020.222.222.444
Hal Epps111563010.200.200.400
Creepy Crespi31123001.273.333.697
Red Jones121101010.091.167.258

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

1940 Cardinals roster: pitching

1940 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.
Lon WarnekeP333116103.14232.0851.220
Mort CooperP382911123.63230.2951.353
Bill McGeeP383116103.80218.0781.460
Clyde ShounP541913113.92197.1821.215
Bob BowmanP2817754.33114.1431.410
Max LanierP3511963.34105.0491.443
Ira HutchinsonP202423.1363.1191.371
Jack RussellP260342.5054.0161.461
Ernie WhiteP81114.1521.2151.980
Gene LillardP210113.504.222.570
Harry BrecheenP30000.003.141.200
Murry DicksonP110016.201.203.600
Bob WeilandP100027.001.003.000

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.