1944 St. Louis Cardinals roster

24 players appeared for the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1944 MLB season. They won the 1944 World Series, 4-2.

1944 Cardinals roster: batting

1944 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.
Ray Sanders15460187177121022.295.371.812
Stan Musial14656811219712947.347.440.990
Whitey Kurowski1495559515020872.270.341.790
Johnny Hopp139527106177117215.336.404.903
Marty Marion144506501356631.267.324.686
Emil Verban146498511280430.257.287.580
Danny Litwhiler1404925313015822.264.328.755
Walker Cooper1123975612613724.317.352.855
Ken O'dea8526535666371.249.343.717
Augie Bergamo8019235552190.286.399.779
Debs Garms731491730050.201.265.487
George Fallon691411628191.199.285.547
Pepper Martin40861524242.279.386.781
John Antonelli82104010.190.190.429

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

1944 Cardinals roster: pitching

1944 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 CooperP34332272.46252.1971.141
Max LanierP333017122.65224.11411.170
Ted WilksP36211742.64207.2701.070
Harry BrecheenP30221652.85189.1881.160
Al JurisichP3014793.39130.0531.281
Red MungerP21121131.34121.0551.102
Freddy SchmidtP379733.15114.1581.335
Blix DonnellyP274212.1276.1451.242
Bud ByerlyP94223.4042.1131.350
Bill TrotterP210113.506.003.000

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.