1948 St. Louis Cardinals roster

34 players appeared for the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1948 MLB season.

1948 Cardinals roster: batting

1948 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 Musial155611135230391317.376.4501.152
Marty Marion144567701434431.252.298.631
Enos Slaughter1465499117611904.321.409.879
Nippy Jones1324815812210812.254.307.704
Red Schoendienst119408641114361.272.319.691
Don Lang11732330874312.269.364.720
Erv Dusak11431160656193.209.317.625
Del Rice10029024574341.197.298.578
Ron Northey96246407913640.321.420.949
Ralph Lapointe8722227500151.225.283.522
Whitey Kurowski7722034472330.214.352.629
Terry Moore9120730484180.232.321.664
Bill Baker4511913350151.294.373.768
Del Wilber27585110100.190.242.466
Joe Garagiola245696270.107.275.508
Hal Rice831310030.323.364.848
Eddie Kazak62216020.273.273.682
Joe Medwick201904020.211.250.461
Chuck Diering7720001.000.222.222
Bobby Young3100000.000.000.000
Johnny Bucha2100000.000.500.500
Larry Miggins1110000.000.000.000

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

1948 Cardinals roster: pitching

1948 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 DicksonP422912164.14252.11131.361
Harry BrecheenP33302072.24233.11491.041
Howie PolletP36261384.54186.1801.520
Red MungerP392510114.50166.0721.520
Al BrazleP42231063.80156.1551.411
Ted WilksP572662.62130.2711.1613
Jim HearnP3413864.2289.2271.421
Gerry StaleyP313446.9252.0231.580
Ken JohnsonP134244.7645.1201.610
Al PapaiP100015.0616.081.310
Ray YochimP10000.001.013.000
Clarence BeersP100013.500.206.000

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.