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1948 St. Louis Cardinals (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1947/1949)
85-69, Finished 2nd in National League
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Scored 742 runs, Allowed 646 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 87-67
Managed by Eddie Dyer

Ballpark: Sportsman's Park IV (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,111,440 (6th of 8)
Park Factors
  (multi-year):
Batting - 106, Pitching - 103
  (one-year): Batting - 101, Pitching - 99
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1948 Stats / Schedule (1947/1949) / Transactions

Game Results

Season Summary   85-69 , Final Rank: 2, GB:    6.5
Days in First:                  23 (last on June 8, counts the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day)

Most Games over  .500:          17 (last on October 2)
Most Games under .500:           1 (last on April 29)

Biggest Lead:                  3.0 (last on May 28)
Farthest Behind Leader:        8.0 (last on September 21)

Longest Winning Streak:          6 (May 14 to May 20)
Longest Losing Streak:           6 (May 29 to June 2)

Most Runs Allowed:              13 (May 2 and July 18)
Most Runs Scored:               21 (August 2)

Times Shutout by Opponent:       7
Times Opponent Shutout:         13

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Overall        85  69     742     646    .552

Home/Road
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Home           44  33     359     327    .571
Road           41  36     383     319    .532

Month by Month
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
April           4   4      33      27    .500
May            16  11     144     128    .593
June           15  13     125     123    .536
July           12  17     149     156    .414
August         21  12     182     132    .636
September      15  11      91      72    .577
October         2   1      18       8    .667

By Season Half
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
First Half     39  36     357     332    .520
Second Half    46  33     385     314    .582
One-Run Games
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
One Run        18  24     154     160    .429

Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Blowout        22  15     251     196    .595

Opponent
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
BRO            10  12     111     116    .455
BSN            11  11      98     113    .500
CHC            11  11      87      85    .500
CIN            12  10     102      81    .545
NYG            15   7     137     108    .682
PHI            17   5     117      57    .773
PIT             9  13      90      86    .409

Game Results

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
  1 Tue, Apr 20     STL  CIN  W   4-0        1-0     1    Tied  2:02 M Dickson                  14,071 +
  2 Wed, Apr 21     STL  CIN  W   5-2        2-0     1    Tied  2:04 R Munger                    4,045 ++
  3 Thu, Apr 22     STL  CIN  L   3-4        2-1     1    Tied  2:08 H Gumbert                   3,673 -
  4 Fri, Apr 23     STL @CHC  W   1-0        3-1     1    Tied  2:05 H Brecheen                 26,591 +
  5 Sat, Apr 24     STL @CHC  L   2-6        3-2     1    Tied  1:53 C Chambers                 28,862 -
  6 Sun, Apr 25     STL @CHC  L   1-3        3-3     3     1.5  1:49 R Meyer                    43,476 --
  7 Thu, Apr 29     STL @CIN  L   4-5        3-4     5     2.5  3:01 H Gumbert                   2,232 ---
  8 Fri, Apr 30     STL @CIN  W  13-7        4-4     3     1.5  2:38 A Brazle                    4,478 +
  9 Sat, May  1     STL  CHC  W   4-0        5-4     3     1.0  1:49 H Brecheen                 28,027 ++
 10 Sun, May  2     STL  CHC  L   4-13       5-5     4     2.0  2:49 B Chipman                  15,071 -
 11 Mon, May  3     STL  CHC  W   3-1        6-5     3     1.5  2:00 J Hearn                     3,755 +
 12 Tue, May  4     STL  BRO  W   5-4        7-5     3     1.0  2:27 A Brazle                   27,768 ++
 13 Fri, May  7     STL  PHI  W   7-4        8-5     3     0.5  2:35 H Pollet                   11,329 +++
 14 Sat, May  8     STL  PHI  W   5-0        9-5     2     0.5  1:49 H Brecheen                 15,471 ++++
 15 Sun, May  9     STL  BSN  W   6-4       10-5     1  up 0.5  2:29 M Dickson                  14,212 +++++
 16 Mon, May 10     STL  BSN  L   0-6       10-6     1    Tied  2:26 J Sain                     10,226 -
 17 Thu, May 13     STL  NYG  L   0-5       10-7     3     1.0  2:08 R Poat                      4,894 --
 18 Fri, May 14     STL  PIT  W   2-1       11-7     2     0.5  2:08 H Pollet                   14,839 +
 19 Sat, May 15     STL  PIT  W   8-3       12-7     1  up 0.5  2:12 H Brecheen                 10,086 ++
 20 Sun, May 16     STL  PIT  W   6-5       13-7     1  up 1.0       H Pollet                   20,484 +++
 21 Tue, May 18     STL @BRO  W   4-3       14-7     1  up 1.5  2:02 R Munger                   10,532 ++++
 22 Wed, May 19     STL @BRO  W  14-7       15-7     1  up 1.5  3:28 T Wilks                    32,888 +++++
 23 Thu, May 20     STL @BRO  W  13-4       16-7     1  up 2.5  2:53 H Pollet                   11,953 ++++++
 24 Fri, May 21     STL @BSN  L   1-3       16-8     1  up 2.5       W Spahn                    22,917 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 25 Sat, May 22     STL @BSN  W   6-4       17-8     1  up 2.5  2:00 M Dickson                  11,443 +
 26 Sun, May 23     STL @PHI  W  18-3       18-8     1  up 3.0  2:42 T Wilks                           ++
 27                 STL @PHI  W   4-1       19-8     1  up 3.0  2:07 J Hearn                    35,152 +++
 28 Mon, May 24     STL @PHI  L   2-6       19-9     1  up 2.5  1:47 M Dubiel                   13,968 -
 29 Wed, May 26     STL @NYG  L   7-10      19-10    1  up 1.5  2:51 S Jones                    44,128 --
 30 Thu, May 27     STL @NYG  W   9-6       20-10    1  up 2.5  3:22 J Hearn                    21,277 +
 31 Fri, May 28     STL @PIT  -   1-1       20-10    1  up 3.0  1:28                            24,029 +
 32 Sat, May 29     STL @PIT  L   3-7       20-11    1  up 2.0  2:02 B Chesnes                  15,336 -
 33 Sun, May 30     STL @PIT  L   3-9       20-12    1  up 0.5  2:21 K Higbe                           --
 34                 STL @PIT  L   6-7       20-13    1  up 0.5  2:35 V Lombardi                 33,584 ---
 35 Mon, May 31     STL @CIN  L   3-4       20-14    2     0.5  2:01 H Fox                             ----
 36                 STL @CIN  L   0-7       20-15    2     0.5  1:44 K Raffensber               24,009 -----
 37 Wed, Jun  2     STL  BRO  L   3-5       20-16    2     1.5  2:25 J Hatten                   24,520 ------
 38 Thu, Jun  3     STL  BRO  W   4-1       21-16    2     0.5  2:32 H Brecheen                 18,849 +
 39 Fri, Jun  4     STL  BRO  L   0-1       21-17    2     1.5  2:29 R Branca                   23,023 -
 40 Sat, Jun  5     STL  BRO  W   9-6       22-17    2     0.5  2:27 M Dickson                  14,892 +
 41 Sun, Jun  6     STL  PHI  W  11-1       23-17    1  up 0.5  2:06 J Hearn                           ++
 42                 STL  PHI  W   2-0       24-17    1  up 0.5  1:48 A Brazle                   22,450 +++
 43 Mon, Jun  7     STL  PHI  L   1-5       24-18    2     0.5  1:53 D Leonard                  10,091 -
 44 Tue, Jun  8     STL  PHI  W   7-5       25-18    1    Tied  2:16 H Brecheen                 12,484 +
 45 Wed, Jun  9     STL  BSN  L   5-11      25-19    2     0.5  2:53 W Spahn                    14,234 -
 46 Thu, Jun 10     STL  BSN  L   2-10      25-20    2     0.5  2:14 J Sain                     13,388 --
 47 Fri, Jun 11     STL  BSN  L   3-7       25-21    3     1.0  2:27 B Voiselle                 16,143 ---
 48 Sat, Jun 12     STL  NYG  L   5-7       25-22    4     1.5  2:29 S Jones                    13,228 ----
 49 Sun, Jun 13     STL  NYG  L   7-8       25-23    4     1.5  3:05 L Jansen                          -----

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 50                 STL  NYG  W   3-2       26-23    4     1.5  2:07 R Munger                   32,168 +
 51 Tue, Jun 15     STL @PHI  W   2-1       27-23    4     1.5  2:17 T Wilks                    23,013 ++
 52 Thu, Jun 17     STL @PHI  W   4-1       28-23    3     1.5  2:28 H Brecheen                 17,119 +++
 53 Fri, Jun 18     STL @NYG  W  12-8       29-23    3     1.5  3:07 H Pollet                   14,279 ++++
 54 Sat, Jun 19     STL @NYG  L   1-10      29-24    3     2.5  2:17 C Hartung                  19,538 -
 55 Sun, Jun 20     STL @NYG  W   7-2       30-24    3     3.5  2:01 M Dickson                         +
 56                 STL @NYG  L   4-6       30-25    3     3.5  2:29 D Koslo                    50,623 -
 57 Mon, Jun 21     STL @BSN  W   1-0       31-25    3     2.5  2:05 A Brazle                   30,308 +
 58 Tue, Jun 22     STL @BSN  W   5-2       32-25    3     1.5  2:25 H Brecheen                 29,064 ++
 59 Thu, Jun 24     STL @BSN  W  11-2       33-25    2     0.5  2:27 H Pollet                   10,122 +++
 60 Fri, Jun 25     STL @BRO  L   2-3       33-26    2     1.5  2:23 R Branca                   25,828 -
 61 Sat, Jun 26     STL @BRO  W   6-3       34-26    2     0.5  2:33 M Dickson                  19,760 +
 62 Sun, Jun 27     STL @BRO  W   6-4       35-26    2     0.5  2:54 A Brazle                   22,871 ++
 63 Tue, Jun 29     STL @CHC  L   1-3       35-27    2     0.5  2:12 J Schmitz                  17,156 -
 64 Wed, Jun 30     STL @CHC  L   1-9       35-28    2     1.5  2:24 R Hamner                   19,140 --
 65 Thu, Jul  1     STL @CHC  L   3-4       35-29    2     2.5  2:26 J Dobernic                 17,256 ---
 66 Fri, Jul  2     STL @CIN  L   3-7       35-30    2     3.5  1:50 J Vander Mee               26,636 ----
 67 Sun, Jul  4     STL @CIN  L   6-8       35-31    3     3.0  2:13 E Blackwell                       -----
 68                 STL @CIN  W   8-1       36-31    3     3.0  2:06 H Brecheen                 29,564 +
 69 Mon, Jul  5     STL  CHC  W   6-3       37-31    2     2.0  2:04 J Staley                          ++
 70                 STL  CHC  W   5-2       38-31    2     2.0  1:26 J Staley                   30,534 +++
 71 Tue, Jul  6     STL  CHC  L  10-12      38-32    2     3.0  2:56 J Dobernic                 13,033 -
 72 Wed, Jul  7     STL  PIT  L   1-2       38-33    3     3.0  2:07 B Chesnes                  14,255 --
 73 Thu, Jul  8     STL  PIT  L   4-6       38-34    3     4.0  2:29 F Ostermuell               15,035 ---
 74 Fri, Jul  9     STL  CIN  W   6-4       39-34    3     4.0  2:17 J Staley                   14,651 +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 75 Sat, Jul 10     STL  CIN  L   3-4       39-35    3     5.0  2:32 J Vander Mee               15,632 -
 76 Sun, Jul 11     STL  CIN  L   0-1       39-36    3     6.0  1:44 K Raffensber               13,000 --
 77 Thu, Jul 15     STL  PHI  L   1-3       39-37    3     7.0  1:52 D Leonard                  11,550 ---
 78 Fri, Jul 16     STL  PHI  W   8-2       40-37    3     7.0  2:02 R Munger                   11,000 +
 79 Sat, Jul 17     STL  PHI  L  10-11      40-38    3     7.0  2:39 K Heintzelma                6,498 -
 80 Sun, Jul 18     STL  BRO  W   6-3       41-38    2     8.0  2:51 A Brazle                          +
 81                 STL  BRO  L   4-13      41-39    2     8.0  2:18 H Behrman                  32,761 -
 82 Wed, Jul 21     STL  NYG  W   8-4       42-39    3     7.0  2:26 H Brecheen                 19,354 +
 83 Thu, Jul 22     STL  NYG  L   3-6       42-40    3     7.0  2:10 S Jones                           -
 84                 STL  NYG  W   7-6       43-40    3     7.0  2:10 T Wilks                    15,006 +
 85 Fri, Jul 23     STL  BSN  W   7-5       44-40    3     6.0  2:15 A Brazle                   19,571 ++
 86 Sat, Jul 24     STL  BSN  W   4-3       45-40    2     5.0  2:33 M Dickson                  23,989 +++
 87 Sun, Jul 25     STL  BSN  W   6-5       46-40    2     5.0  2:29 J Hearn                           ++++
 88                 STL  BSN  L   6-8       46-41    2     5.0  2:24 J Sain                     31,150 -
 89 Tue, Jul 27     STL @BRO  L   2-3       46-42    3     6.0  2:24 C Erskine                  24,951 --
 90 Wed, Jul 28     STL @BRO  L   4-12      46-43    3     7.0  2:35 P Roe                      19,491 ---
 91 Thu, Jul 29     STL @BRO  L   6-9       46-44    4     8.0  2:53 R Barney                   22,144 ----
 92 Fri, Jul 30     STL @BSN  W   6-2       47-44    4     7.0  2:11 H Brecheen                 37,071 +
 93 Sat, Jul 31     STL @BSN  L   6-7       47-45    4     8.0  2:45 B Hogue                    31,841 -
 94 Sun, Aug  1     STL @BSN  W   9-6       48-45    4     7.0  2:04 H Pollet                   26,324 +
 95 Mon, Aug  2     STL @NYG  W  21-5       49-45    3     6.0  2:47 M Dickson                  20,446 ++
 96 Wed, Aug  4     STL @NYG  W   7-2       50-45    2     4.0  2:34 R Munger                   15,361 +++
 97                 STL @NYG  W   3-0       51-45    2     4.0  1:56 H Brecheen                 31,529 ++++
 98 Fri, Aug  6     STL @PHI  W   6-2       52-45    2     3.5  2:20 H Pollet                   18,176 +++++
 99 Sat, Aug  7     STL @PHI  L   2-6       52-46    2     4.5  2:22 R Roberts                   9,871 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
100 Sun, Aug  8     STL @PHI  W   4-1       53-46    2     4.0  2:05 M Dickson                       0 +
101                 STL @PHI  W   4-3       54-46    2     4.0  1:52 R Munger                   27,457 ++
102 Mon, Aug  9     STL @CIN  W   6-2       55-46    2     3.5  2:11 H Brecheen                 22,718 +++
103 Wed, Aug 11     STL @CIN  W   9-4       56-46    2     3.0  2:26 H Pollet                    6,428 ++++
104 Thu, Aug 12     STL @PIT  L   2-3       56-47    2     4.0  2:12 V Lombardi                 26,004 -
105 Fri, Aug 13     STL @PIT  L   4-5       56-48    3     4.0  2:28 B Chesnes                  34,893 --
106 Sat, Aug 14     STL @PIT  W   6-3       57-48    2     4.0  2:20 H Brecheen                 22,283 +
107 Sun, Aug 15     STL @PIT  W   8-3       58-48    3     3.5  2:15 T Wilks                           ++
108                 STL @PIT  L   4-5       58-49    3     3.5  2:34 T Bonham                   37,767 -
109 Mon, Aug 16     STL @CHC  W   9-7       59-49    3     2.5  2:38 K Johnson                  16,447 +
110 Tue, Aug 17     STL @CHC  L   2-4       59-50    3     3.5  2:00 J Schmitz                  12,003 -
111 Wed, Aug 18     STL  CIN  W   4-3       60-50    3     2.5  2:14 M Dickson                  16,776 +
112 Thu, Aug 19     STL  CIN  W   4-0       61-50    3     2.0  1:48 H Brecheen                  9,483 ++
113 Fri, Aug 20     STL  PIT  W   7-4       62-50    3     1.5  2:00 J Staley                   21,580 +++
114 Sat, Aug 21     STL  PIT  W   9-2       63-50    2     1.0  2:33 R Munger                   22,387 ++++
115 Sun, Aug 22     STL  PIT  L   1-4       63-51    2     2.0  2:39 E Riddle                   18,578 -
116 Tue, Aug 24     STL  BSN  L   3-9       63-52    2     3.5  2:30 J Sain                     31,434 --
117 Wed, Aug 25     STL  BSN  L   0-2       63-53    2     4.5  2:22 W Spahn                    22,765 ---
118 Thu, Aug 26     STL  NYG  W   7-2       64-53    2     2.5  2:00 M Dickson                  10,231 +
119                 STL  NYG  W   7-5       65-53    2     2.5  2:41 K Johnson                  13,139 ++
120 Sat, Aug 28     STL  NYG  W   5-4       66-53    2     1.5  3:12 J Hearn                           +++
121                 STL  NYG  W   7-6       67-53    2     1.5  2:26 J Hearn                    22,479 ++++
122 Sun, Aug 29     STL  BRO  L   7-12      67-54    3     1.5  2:32 P Minner                        0 -
123                 STL  BRO  L   4-6       67-55    3     1.5  2:51 H Casey                    33,826 --
124 Mon, Aug 30     STL  BRO  L   5-6       67-56    4     3.0  2:33 E Palica                        0 ---

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
125                 STL  BRO  L   1-6       67-57    4     3.0  2:13 J Hatten                   33,508 ----
126 Tue, Aug 31     STL  PHI  W   5-0       68-57    4     2.0  1:47 R Munger                   20,998 +
127 Wed, Sep  1     STL  PHI  W   4-2       69-57    3     1.5  2:24 J Hearn                    13,979 ++
128 Sat, Sep  4     STL @CIN  L   1-3       69-58    2     2.5  1:56 K Raffensber                5,361 -
129 Sun, Sep  5     STL @CIN  W   5-1       70-58    2     2.5  2:09 H Pollet                   10,880 +
130 Mon, Sep  6     STL @PIT  L   1-2       70-59    3     4.5  1:44 B Chesnes                         -
131                 STL @PIT  L   1-4       70-60    3     4.5  1:44 V Lombardi                        --
132 Tue, Sep  7     STL @PIT  L   2-6       70-61    4     5.0  2:14 F Ostermuell               36,136 ---
133 Wed, Sep  8     STL  CHC  L   2-4       70-62    4     5.5  1:46 J Schmitz                  10,546 ----
134 Thu, Sep  9     STL  CHC  W   4-0       71-62    4     5.0  2:05 H Brecheen                 11,403 +
135 Fri, Sep 10     STL  CIN  W   6-5       72-62    4     4.5  2:17 H Pollet                   10,683 ++
136 Sat, Sep 11     STL  CIN  L   2-3       72-63    3     6.0  2:15 J Vander Mee               15,577 -
137 Sun, Sep 12     STL  CIN  W   7-6       73-63    3     5.5  2:08 H Pollet                   18,139 +
138 Tue, Sep 14     STL @PHI  W   8-0       74-63    3     5.5  1:57 H Brecheen                 10,345 ++
139 Wed, Sep 15     STL @PHI  W   2-0       75-63    3     5.5  1:46 R Munger                    3,887 +++
140 Fri, Sep 17     STL @BRO  W   4-2       76-63    3     5.5  2:29 H Pollet                    9,315 ++++
141 Sat, Sep 18     STL @BRO  L   2-3       76-64    3     6.5  2:08 P Minner                   19,566 -
142 Sun, Sep 19     STL @NYG  W   4-3       77-64    2     6.0  2:02 M Dickson                         +
143                 STL @NYG  W   3-1       78-64    2     6.0  1:35 H Brecheen                 34,113 ++
144 Tue, Sep 21     STL @BSN  L   3-11      78-65    3     8.0  2:12 J Sain                     24,321 -
145                 STL @BSN  L   0-4       78-66    3     8.0  1:47 V Bickford                 24,321 --
146 Wed, Sep 22     STL @BSN  W   8-2       79-66    2     7.0  1:54 A Brazle                   10,937 +
147 Fri, Sep 24     STL @CHC  W   4-1       80-66    2     6.5  1:50 H Brecheen                  5,480 ++
148 Sat, Sep 25     STL @CHC  L   2-3       80-67    3     6.5  2:02 D Lade                     14,750 -
149 Sun, Sep 26     STL @CHC  W   5-2       81-67    3     6.5  1:43 A Brazle                   31,876 +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
150 Wed, Sep 29     STL  PIT  L   1-2       81-68    4     7.0  2:06 V Lombardi                  5,977 -
151 Thu, Sep 30     STL  PIT  W   6-1       82-68    2     6.0  1:31 R Munger                    2,060 +
152                 STL  PIT  W   4-1       83-68    2     6.0  1:59 H Brecheen                  8,597 ++
153 Fri, Oct  1     STL  CHC  W   6-4       84-68    2     6.0  2:04 T Wilks                     8,090 +++
154 Sat, Oct  2     STL  CHC  W   9-0       85-68    2     5.5  1:56 A Brazle                   10,618 ++++
155 Sun, Oct  3     STL  CHC  L   3-4       85-69    2     6.5  2:00 D McCall                   18,086 -

Rank and Games Behind are at the end of all games played on that date.


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