1947 St. Louis Cardinals roster

27 players appeared for the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1947 MLB season.

1947 Cardinals roster: batting

1947 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.
Red Schoendienst151659911673486.253.304.636
Stan Musial14958711318319954.312.398.902
Enos Slaughter14755110016210864.294.366.818
Marty Marion149540571474743.272.334.686
Whitey Kurowski146513108159271044.310.420.964
Terry Moore127460611307451.283.339.708
Erv Dusak11132856936281.284.378.756
Del Rice97261285712441.218.315.722
Joe Garagiola7718320475250.257.398.814
Joe Medwick7515019464280.307.373.840
Del Wilber51997230120.232.269.603
Chuck Diering1057422162113.216.383.748
Dick Sisler4674415090.203.234.491
Nippy Jones2373618150.247.267.609
Jeff Cross514945030.102.254.377
Bernie Creger151633001.188.235.485

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

1947 Cardinals roster: pitching

1947 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.
Murry DicksonP472513163.07231.21111.293
Red MungerP40311653.37224.11231.313
Harry BrecheenP292816113.30223.1891.281
Howie PolletP37249114.34176.1731.602
Al BrazleP44191482.84168.0851.394
Jim HearnP37211273.22162.0571.321
Ken BurkhartP346365.2195.0441.381
Ted WilksP370405.0150.1281.355
Gerry StaleyP181102.7629.1141.400
Johnny GrodzickiP160015.4023.181.710
Ken JohnsonP21100.0010.080.700

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.