1943 St. Louis Cardinals roster

25 players appeared for the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1943 MLB season. They reached the 1943 World Series and lost 4-1.

1943 Cardinals roster: batting

1943 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.
Lou Klein154627911807629.287.342.752
Stan Musial15761710822013819.357.425.988
Harry Walker148564761662535.294.341.717
Whitey Kurowski1395226915013703.287.330.768
Ray Sanders1444786913411731.280.381.796
Walker Cooper122449521439811.318.349.812
Marty Marion129418381171521.280.334.671
Debs Garms9024926640221.257.299.612
Johnny Hopp9124133542258.224.297.604
Ken O'dea7120315573250.281.345.744
Jimmy Brown34110620080.182.224.479
Frank Demaree3986525091.291.351.665
George Fallon3678618050.231.259.503
Sam Narron101101000.091.167.258

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

1943 Cardinals roster: pitching

1943 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 CooperP37322182.30274.01411.123
Max LanierP32251571.90213.11231.273
Howie KristP34171152.90164.1571.243
Harry BrecheenP2913962.26135.1681.014
Harry GumbertP21191052.84133.0401.110
Howie PolletP1614841.75118.1610.970
Murry DicksonP317823.58115.2441.450
Red MungerP329953.9593.1451.532
Al BrazleP139821.5388.0261.170
Ernie WhiteP1410553.7878.2281.410
Bud ByerlyP22103.4613.061.460

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.