1946 St. Louis Cardinals roster

32 players appeared for the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1946 MLB season. They won the 1946 World Series, 4-3.

1946 Cardinals roster: batting

1946 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.
Stan Musial156624124228161037.365.4341.021
Enos Slaughter156609100183181309.300.374.838
Red Schoendienst1426069417003412.281.322.665
Whitey Kurowski1425197615614892.301.391.853
Marty Marion146498511163461.233.318.643
Harry Walker112346538232712.237.300.638
Terry Moore9127832733280.263.312.665
Erv Dusak10027538669427.240.321.700
Dick Sisler8323517613420.260.307.668
Joe Garagiola7421121503220.237.312.620
Buster Adams8117321325223.185.312.619
Del Rice5513910381120.273.313.680
Lou Klein23931218141.194.265.523
Jeff Cross49691715064.217.316.577
Bill Endicott202024030.200.333.683
Walter Sessi151422120.143.200.557
Nippy Jones161234010.333.429.762
Del Wilber4400000.000.200.200

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

1946 Cardinals roster: pitching

1946 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.
Howie PolletP403221102.10266.01071.185
Harry BrecheenP363015152.49231.11171.213
Murry DicksonP47191562.88184.1821.171
Al BrazleP371511103.29153.1581.350
Johnny BeazleyP1918754.46103.0361.590
Ken BurkhartP2513632.88100.0321.472
Ted WilksP404803.4195.0401.331
Red BarrettP239324.0367.0221.482
Max LanierP66601.9356.0361.140
Red MungerP107223.3348.2281.211
Fred MartinP63214.0828.2191.290
Freddy SchmidtP160103.2927.1141.540
Howie KristP150026.7518.231.610
Johnny GrodzickiP30009.004.022.000

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.