1949 St. Louis Cardinals roster

36 players appeared for the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1949 MLB season.

1949 Cardinals roster: batting

1949 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 Schoendienst1516401021903548.297.351.707
Stan Musial157612128207361233.338.4381.062
Enos Slaughter1515689219113963.336.418.929
Marty Marion134515611405700.272.323.692
Nippy Jones110380511148621.300.330.756
Chuck Diering13136960973381.263.328.716
Eddie Kazak9232643996420.304.362.786
Del Rice9228425674290.236.320.661
Ron Northey9026528697500.260.338.760
Tommy Glaviano8725832696360.267.380.787
Rocky Nelson8224428544321.221.258.594
Joe Garagiola8124125633260.261.348.705
Lou Klein5811425252120.219.355.680
Hal Rice404639190.196.245.593
Solly Hemus2033811020.333.450.814
Bill Baker203024040.133.188.354
Steve Bilko61735020.294.455.866
Whitey Kurowski101402000.143.200.343
Bill Howerton91314010.308.308.692
Del Wilber2401000.250.250.500
Russ Derry2200000.000.000.000

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

1949 Cardinals roster: pitching

1949 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 PolletP39282092.77230.21081.241
Harry BrecheenP323114113.35214.2881.271
Al BrazleP39251483.18206.1751.300
Red MungerP35281583.87188.1821.412
Gerry StaleyP451710102.73171.1551.146
Ted WilksP5901033.73118.1711.219
Max LanierP1515543.8292.0371.380
Fred MartinP215602.4470.0301.210
Jim HearnP174135.1442.0181.690
Ken JohnsonP142016.4233.2181.900
Bill ReederP211115.0833.2211.870
Cloyd BoyerP410010.803.103.600
Ray YochimP300015.432.133.000
Kurt KriegerP10000.001.001.000

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.