1942 St. Louis Cardinals roster

26 players appeared for the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1942 MLB season. They won the 1942 World Series, 4-1.

1942 Cardinals roster: batting

1942 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 Brown145606751551714.256.315.635
Enos Slaughter15259110018813989.318.412.906
Terry Moore1304898014164910.288.364.754
Marty Marion147485661340548.276.343.718
Stan Musial1404678714710726.315.397.888
Walker Cooper125438581237654.281.327.761
Whitey Kurowski11536651939427.254.326.717
Johnny Hopp95314418133714.258.334.716
Creepy Crespi9329233710354.243.309.580
Ray Sanders9528237715392.252.351.730
Ken O'dea5819222455320.234.297.656
Harry Walker7419138600162.314.355.753
Coaker Triplett6415418421231.273.345.735
Erv Dusak122745030.185.267.563
Buddy Blattner192331010.043.185.229
Sam Narron101004010.400.400.800
Estel Crabtree10913020.333.400.956
Jeff Cross1401010.250.250.500

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

1942 Cardinals roster: pitching

1942 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.
Mort CooperP37352271.78278.21520.990
Johnny BeazleyP43232162.13215.1911.183
Harry GumbertP3819953.26163.0521.325
Max LanierP34201382.96161.0931.222
Ernie WhiteP2619752.52128.1671.202
Murry DicksonP367632.91120.2661.262
Howie KristP3481332.51118.1471.231
Howie PolletP2713752.88109.1421.290

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.