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Player Notes: � Opening day starter for St. Louis Cardinals in 1942-1943

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Year	Team	League	Lvl	Org	Unif	Pos	Age	W	L	ERA	G	GS	GR	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	HB	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	K-BB	Wpct	FIP
1938	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	sln	30	S/R	25	2	1	3.04	4	3	1	1	0	1	1	23.2	17	11	8	1	12	11	0	0	0	1.23	6.46	0.38	4.56	4.18	0.92	.667	4.06
1939	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	sln	25	ST	26	12	6	3.25	45	26	19	7	2	12	4	210.2	208	94	76	6	97	130	4	1	0	1.45	8.89	0.26	4.14	5.55	1.34	.667	3.49
1940	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	sln	25	ST	27	11	12	3.63	38	29	9	16	3	6	3	230.2	225	103	93	12	86	95	5	2	0	1.35	8.78	0.47	3.36	3.71	1.10	.478	3.81
1941	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	sln	13	ST	28	13	9	3.91	29	25	4	12	0	2	0	186.2	175	88	81	15	69	118	7	0	0	1.31	8.44	0.72	3.33	5.69	1.71	.591	3.55
1942	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	sln	13	ST	29	22	7	1.78	37	35	2	22	10	1	0	278.2	207	73	55	9	68	152	5	0	0	0.99	6.69	0.29	2.20	4.91	2.24	.759	2.48
1943	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	sln	13	ST	30	21	8	2.30	37	32	5	24	6	5	3	274.0	228	81	70	5	79	141	4	2	0	1.12	7.49	0.16	2.59	4.63	1.78	.724	2.48
1944	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	sln	13	ST	31	22	7	2.46	34	33	1	22	7	1	1	252.0	227	74	69	6	60	97	0	1	0	1.14	8.10	0.21	2.14	3.46	1.62	.759	2.79
1945	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	sln	13	S/R	32	2	0	1.52	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	23.2	20	7	4	1	7	14	0	0	0	1.14	7.61	0.38	2.66	5.32	2.00	1.000	2.79
1945	Boston Braves	NL	MLB	bsn	13	S/R	32	7	4	3.35	20	11	9	4	1	9	1	78.0	77	35	29	4	27	45	0	0	0	1.33	8.88	0.46	3.12	5.19	1.67	.636	3.09
1946	Boston Braves	NL	MLB	bsn	13	ST	33	13	11	3.12	28	27	1	15	4	1	1	199.0	181	76	69	16	39	83	2	1	0	1.11	8.19	0.72	1.76	3.75	2.13	.542	3.18
1947	Boston Braves	NL	MLB	bsn	13	S/R	34	2	5	4.05	10	7	3	2	0	1	0	46.2	48	26	21	2	13	15	0	0	0	1.31	9.26	0.39	2.51	2.89	1.15	.286	3.25
1947	New York Giants	NL	MLB	ny1	13,14	ST	34	1	5	7.12	8	8	0	2	0	0	0	36.2	51	32	29	7	13	12	0	0	0	1.75	12.52	1.72	3.19	2.95	0.92	.167	5.39
1949	Chicago Cubs	NL	MLB	chn	34	Rel	36	0	0	--	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	3	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	--	--	--	--	--	0.00	-	-
MLB Totals - 11 Season(s)Filter								128	75	2.97	295	239	56	128	33	39	14	1836.2	1666	703	607	85	571	913	28	7	0	1.22	8.15	0.42	2.79	4.46	1.60	.631	0.54
St. Louis Cardinals Totals - 8 Season(s)Filter								105	50	2.77	228	186	42	105	28	28	12	1477.1	1307	531	456	55	478	758	25	6	0	1.21	7.95	0.33	2.91	4.61	1.59	.677	-
Boston Braves Totals - 3 Season(s)Filter								22	20	3.31	58	45	13	21	5	11	2	323.2	306	137	119	22	79	143	2	1	0	1.19	8.51	0.61	2.20	3.98	1.81	.524	-
New York Giants Totals - 1 Season(s)Filter								1	5	7.12	8	8	0	2	0	0	0	36.2	51	32	29	7	13	12	0	0	0	1.75	12.52	1.72	3.19	2.95	0.92	.167	-
Chicago Cubs Totals - 1 Season(s)Filter								0	0	--	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	3	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	--	--	--	--	--	0.00	-	-
Average MLB - Per ~220 innings								15	9	2.97	35	29	6	15	4	5	2	220.0	199	84	73	10	68	109	3	1	0	1.22	8.15	0.42	2.79	4.46	1.60	.625	0.54

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Year	Team	League	Lvl	Org	Unif	Pos	Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	XBH	PA	babip	ISO	SecA	wOBA	BB%	SO%	K-BB	HR%	AB/HR	XBH%
1938	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	sln	30	p	25	4	9	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	.222	.222	.333	.555	3	1	10	.333	.111	.111	.249	0.00	30.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	50.00
1939	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	sln	25	p	26	47	69	4	16	3	0	2	11	0	0	1	13	0	6	0	0	3	.232	.243	.362	.605	25	5	76	.259	.130	.145	.272	1.32	17.11	13.00	2.63	34.50	31.25
1940	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	sln	25	p	27	38	83	5	13	2	0	0	3	0	0	1	22	0	7	0	0	3	.157	.167	.181	.348	15	2	91	.213	.024	.036	.161	1.10	24.18	22.00	0.00	0.00	15.38
1941	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	sln	13	p	28	29	70	4	13	0	0	0	5	0	0	4	10	0	1	0	0	1	.186	.230	.186	.416	13	0	75	.217	.000	.057	.205	5.33	13.33	2.50	0.00	0.00	0.00
1942	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	sln	13	p	29	37	103	6	19	1	0	0	7	0	0	3	21	0	7	0	0	0	.184	.208	.194	.402	20	1	113	.232	.010	.039	.194	2.65	18.58	7.00	0.00	0.00	5.26
1943	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	sln	13	p	30	37	100	7	17	3	0	1	11	0	0	2	14	0	5	0	0	2	.170	.186	.230	.416	23	4	107	.188	.060	.080	.199	1.87	13.08	7.00	0.93	100.00	23.53
1944	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	sln	13	p	31	34	94	9	19	3	0	0	13	0	0	7	12	0	4	0	0	2	.202	.257	.234	.491	22	3	105	.232	.032	.106	.240	6.67	11.43	1.71	0.00	0.00	15.79
1945	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	sln	13	p	32	4	6	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	2	0	9	.400	.000	.333	.422	22.22	11.11	0.50	0.00	0.00	0.00
1945	Boston Braves	NL	MLB	bsn	13	p	32	20	26	5	6	0	0	1	7	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.231	.346	.577	9	1	26	.227	.115	.115	.270	0.00	11.54	0.00	3.85	26.00	16.67
1945	Totals for NL	-	NL	�	�	�	�	24	32	7	8	0	0	1	8	0	0	2	4	0	1	0	0	0	.250	.294	.344	.638	11	1	35	.259	.094	.156	.306	5.71	11.43	2.00	2.86	32.00	12.50
1946	Boston Braves	NL	MLB	bsn	13	p	33	28	67	5	14	1	0	1	7	0	0	2	14	0	8	0	0	2	.209	.232	.269	.501	18	2	77	.250	.060	.090	.238	2.60	18.18	7.00	1.30	67.00	14.29
1947	Boston Braves	NL	MLB	bsn	13	p	34	10	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	1	0	0	1	.000	.071	.000	.071	0	0	15	.000	.000	.077	.052	6.67	20.00	3.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
1947	New York Giants	NL	MLB	ny1	13,14	p	34	8	14	3	6	2	0	1	3	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	.429	.467	.786	1.253	11	3	17	.455	.357	.357	.560	0.00	11.76	0.00	5.88	14.00	50.00
1947	Totals for NL	-	NL	�	�	�	�	18	27	3	6	2	0	1	3	0	0	1	5	1	3	0	0	1	.222	.276	.407	.683	11	3	32	.238	.185	.222	.315	3.13	15.63	5.00	3.13	27.00	50.00
MLB Totals - 10 Season(s)Filter								296	654	50	127	16	0	6	68	0	0	23	118	1	43	0	0	14	.194	.223	.246	.469	161	22	721	.228	.052	.087	.000	3.19	16.37	5.13	0.83	109.00	17.32
St. Louis Cardinals Totals - 8 Season(s)Filter								230	534	37	101	13	0	3	51	0	0	20	96	0	32	0	0	11	.189	.218	.230	.448	123	16	586	.225	.041	.079	.000	3.41	16.38	4.80	0.51	178.00	15.84
Boston Braves Totals - 3 Season(s)Filter								58	106	10	20	1	0	2	14	0	0	3	20	0	9	0	0	3	.189	.211	.255	.466	27	3	118	.214	.066	.094	.000	2.54	16.95	6.67	1.69	53.00	15.00
New York Giants Totals - 1 Season(s)Filter								8	14	3	6	2	0	1	3	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	.429	.467	.786	1.253	11	3	17	.455	.357	.357	.000	0.00	11.76	0.00	5.88	14.00	50.00
Average MLB - Per 162 games								162	358	27	70	9	0	3	37	0	0	13	65	1	24	0	0	8	.194	.223	.246	.469	88	12	395	.228	.052	.087	.000	3.19	16.37	5.13	0.83	109.00	17.32

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team Name	Lg	Level	Org	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	TC	TSC	FPct	RFg	RFi	SB	CS	SB%	PB	GP	Pos-Share	Tm-Share
1938	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	sln	25	P	4	-	23	2	8	1	-	11	10	.909	2.50	0.43	-	-	--	-	4	100.0	2.6
1939	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	sln	26	P	45	-	210	7	25	3	3	35	32	.914	0.71	0.15	-	-	--	-	47	95.7	29.4
1940	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	sln	27	P	38	-	230	4	38	2	1	44	42	.955	1.11	0.18	-	-	--	-	38	100.0	24.8
1941	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	sln	28	P	29	-	186	6	32	1	3	39	38	.974	1.31	0.20	-	-	--	-	29	100.0	19.0
1942	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	sln	29	P	37	-	278	6	44	2	3	52	50	.962	1.35	0.18	-	-	--	-	37	100.0	24.0
1943	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	sln	30	P	37	-	274	7	46	3	3	56	53	.946	1.43	0.19	-	-	--	-	37	100.0	24.0
1944	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	sln	31	P	34	-	252	4	28	-	1	32	32	1.000	0.94	0.13	-	-	--	-	34	100.0	22.1
1945	Boston Braves	NL	MLB	bsn	32	P	20	-	78	3	14	1	3	18	17	.944	0.85	0.22	-	-	--	-	20	100.0	13.2
1945	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	sln	32	P	4	-	23	-	3	1	-	4	3	.750	0.75	0.13	-	-	--	-	4	100.0	2.6
1946	Boston Braves	NL	MLB	bsn	33	P	28	-	199	6	25	2	3	33	31	.939	1.11	0.16	-	-	--	-	28	100.0	18.3
1947	Boston Braves	NL	MLB	bsn	34	P	10	-	46	2	5	-	-	7	7	1.000	0.70	0.15	-	-	--	-	10	100.0	6.5
1947	New York Giants	NL	MLB	ny1	34	P	8	-	36	3	2	-	-	5	5	1.000	0.63	0.14	-	-	--	-	8	100.0	5.2
1949	Chicago Cubs	NL	MLB	chn	36	P	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	--	-	1	100.0	0.6
MLB Totals for P - 11 season(s)				-	�	P	295	-	1835	50	270	16	20	336	320	.952	1.08	0.17	-	-	--	-	295	0.0	0.0

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Year	Team Name	League	Level	Org	Age	P	C	1B	2B	SS	3B	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH
1938	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	sln	25	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1939	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	sln	26	45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1940	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	sln	27	38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1941	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	sln	28	29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1942	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	sln	29	37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1943	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	sln	30	37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1944	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	sln	31	34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1945	Boston Braves	NL	MLB	bsn	32	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1945	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	sln	32	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1946	Boston Braves	NL	MLB	bsn	33	28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1947	Boston Braves	NL	MLB	bsn	34	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1947	New York Giants	NL	MLB	ny1	34	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1949	Chicago Cubs	NL	MLB	chn	36	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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Year	Team	League	Category	Age	W	L	ERA	G	GS	GR	CG	SHO	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	HB	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	K-BB	RA9	WPct
1942	St. Louis Cardinals	World Series	MLB	29	0	1	5.54	2			0			0	13.0	17		8		4	9			0	1.62	11.77	0.00	2.77	6.23	2.25	0.00	.000
1943	St. Louis Cardinals	World Series	MLB	30	1	1	2.81	2			1			0	16.0	11		5		3	10			0	0.88	6.19	0.00	1.69	5.63	3.33	0.00	.500
1944	St. Louis Cardinals	World Series	MLB	31	1	1	1.13	2			1			0	16.0	9		2		5	16			0	0.88	5.06	0.00	2.81	9.00	3.20	0.00	.500
MLB Playoffs - World Series Totals - 3 yrs					2	3	3.00	6	0	6	2	0	0	0	45.0	37	0	15	0	12	35	0	0		1.09	7.40	0.00	2.40	7.00	2.92	0.00	.400

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Year	Team	League	Category	Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	XBH	PA	babip	ISO	SecA	BB%	SO%	K-BB	HR%	AB/HR	XBH%
1942	St. Louis Cardinals	World Series	MLB	29	2	5	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	5	.250	.000	.000	0.00	20.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
1943	St. Louis Cardinals	World Series	MLB	30	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	0.00	60.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
1944	St. Louis Cardinals	World Series	MLB	31	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	0.00	50.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
MLB Playoffs - World Series Totals - 3 yrs					6	14	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	.071	.071	.071	.142	1	0	14	.125	.000	.000	0.00	42.86	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00

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Year	Awards (Notes)	# Awards
1942	National League Most Valuable Player	1

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Tranx Date	Pos	Organization	Assignment	40m	Status	Type	Transaction Description	Age	Roster for Current Team
1949-05-13							Released by Cubs.		�
1948-07-30							Released by Giants.		�
1947-06-13						Trade	Traded by Braves to Giants for Bill Voiselle and Cash.		�
1945-05-23						Trade	Traded by Cardinals to Braves for Red Barrett and Cash.		�

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