Cardinal Madness! Match-ups 15 and 16
After staying out until three last night to watch the Hunger Games, today should be a very interesting day. My personal problems aside, it’s the last day of round one! I will post the last two match-ups today and then tomorrow I will post a recap page with all sixteen pairings. You all will have until midnight on Sunday to get your votes in. Round two will start on Monday. For today, though, we will see the 11 seed 1934 team against the 22 seed 1945 team and the 6 seed 1941 team against the 27 seed 2009 team. Details after the jump.
1934
The 1934 St Louis Cardinals won 95 games and defeated the Tigers in seven games in the World Series. The squad featured league MVP Dizzy Dean, who also won the AP Athlete of the Year award. This was the season that the Cardinals of the 30s were christened “The Gashouse Gang” after Leo Durocher commented that the American League wanted nothing to do with the Cardinals because “they think we’re just a bunch of gashousers.” The team boasted future Hall of Famers in pitcher Dean, shortstop Durocher, player-manager Frankie Frisch, pitchers Burleigh Grimes, Jesse Haines, and Dazzy Vance, and outfield Joe Medwick.
1945
The ’45 Cardinals also won 95 games, but this season it was only good enough for second place in the league. The team didn’t feature any award winners, but did have future Hall of Famers in second baseman Red Schoendienst and manager Billy Southworth.
Tale of the Tape
1934 | 1945 | |||||||||||||||||
Batting Order | Batting Order | |||||||||||||||||
Player | Pos | R | HR | RBI | BAA | OPS | OPS+ | Player | Pos | R | HR | RBI | BAA | OPS | OPS+ | |||
1 | Pepper Martin | 3B | 76 | 5 | 49 | 0.289 | 0.762 | 97 | 1 | Red Schoendienst | LF | 89 | 1 | 47 | 0.278 | 0.648 | 78 | |
2 | Jack Rothrock | RF | 106 | 11 | 72 | 0.284 | 0.734 | 90 | 2 | Johnny Hopp | RF | 67 | 3 | 44 | 0.289 | 0.758 | 108 | |
3 | Frankie Frisch | 2B | 74 | 3 | 75 | 0.305 | 0.757 | 97 | 3 | Buster Adams | CF | 98 | 20 | 101 | 0.292 | 0.800 | 119 | |
4 | Joe Medwick | LF | 110 | 18 | 106 | 0.319 | 0.872 | 123 | 4 | Whitey Kurowski | 3B | 84 | 21 | 102 | 0.323 | 0.894 | 144 | |
5 | Ripper Collins | 1B | 116 | 35 | 128 | 0.333 | 1.008 | 158 | 5 | Ray Sanders | 1B | 85 | 8 | 78 | 0.276 | 0.760 | 109 | |
6 | Spud Davis | C | 45 | 9 | 65 | 0.300 | 0.830 | 114 | 6 | Ken O’Dea | C | 36 | 4 | 43 | 0.254 | 0.723 | 99 | |
7 | Ernie Orsatti | CF | 39 | 0 | 31 | 0.300 | 0.718 | 87 | 7 | Emil Verban | 2B | 59 | 0 | 72 | 0.278 | 0.645 | 77 | |
8 | Leo Durocher | SS | 62 | 3 | 70 | 0.260 | 0.658 | 71 | 8 | Marty Marion | SS | 63 | 1 | 59 | 0.277 | 0.709 | 95 | |
9 | P | 9 | P | |||||||||||||||
Bench | Bench | |||||||||||||||||
Player | Pos | R | HR | RBI | BAA | OPS | OPS+ | Player | Pos | R | HR | RBI | BAA | OPS | OPS+ | |||
1 | Bill DeLancey | C | 41 | 13 | 40 | 0.316 | 0.979 | 152 | 1 | Del Rice | C | 27 | 1 | 28 | 0.261 | 0.676 | 85 | |
2 | Burgess Whitehead | IF | 55 | 1 | 24 | 0.277 | 0.666 | 73 | 2 | Debs Garms | IF | 23 | 0 | 18 | 0.336 | 0.863 | 138 | |
3 | Pat Crawford | IF | 3 | 0 | 16 | 0.271 | 0.620 | 62 | 3 | Lou Klein | IF | 12 | 1 | 6 | 0.228 | 0.775 | 113 | |
4 | Chick Fullis | OF | 21 | 0 | 26 | 0.261 | 0.626 | 63 | 4 | Augie Bergamo | OF | 51 | 3 | 44 | 0.316 | 0.815 | 124 | |
5 | Buster Mills | OF | 7 | 1 | 8 | 0.236 | 0.656 | 70 | 5 | Art Rebel | OF | 12 | 0 | 5 | 0.347 | 0.800 | 120 | |
Starting Rotation | Starting Rotation | |||||||||||||||||
Pos | Pitcher | IP | W | L | ERA | K | BB | ERA+ | Pos | Pitcher | IP | W | L | ERA | K | BB | ERA+ | |
1 | Dizzy Dean | 311.2 | 30 | 7 | 2.66 | 195 | 75 | 159 | 1 | Red Barrett | 246.2 | 21 | 9 | 2.74 | 63 | 38 | 138 | |
2 | Tex Carleton | 240.2 | 16 | 11 | 4.26 | 103 | 52 | 99 | 2 | Ken Burkhart | 217.1 | 18 | 8 | 2.90 | 67 | 66 | 130 | |
3 | Paul Dean | 233.1 | 19 | 11 | 3.43 | 150 | 52 | 123 | 3 | Blix Donnelly | 166.1 | 8 | 10 | 3.52 | 76 | 87 | 107 | |
4 | Bill Hallahan | 162.2 | 8 | 12 | 4.26 | 70 | 66 | 99 | 4 | Harry Brecheen | 157.1 | 15 | 4 | 2.52 | 63 | 44 | 150 | |
5 | Bill Walker | 153.0 | 12 | 4 | 3.12 | 76 | 66 | 136 | 5 | Ted Wils | 98.1 | 4 | 7 | 2.93 | 28 | 29 | 129 | |
Bullpen | Bullpen | |||||||||||||||||
Pos | Pitcher | IP | W | L | ERA | K | BB | ERA+ | Pos | Pitcher | IP | W | L | ERA | K | BB | ERA+ | |
CP | Jesse Haines | 90.0 | 4 | 4 | 3.50 | 17 | 19 | 121 | CP | George Dockins | 126.1 | 8 | 6 | 3.21 | 33 | 38 | 118 | |
RP | Jim Mooney | 82.1 | 2 | 4 | 5.47 | 27 | 49 | 78 | RP | Bud Byerly | 95.0 | 4 | 5 | 4.74 | 39 | 41 | 80 | |
RP | Dazzy Vance | 59.0 | 1 | 1 | 3.66 | 33 | 14 | 116 | RP | Jack Creel | 87.0 | 5 | 4 | 4.14 | 34 | 45 | 91 | |
RP | Jim Lindsey | 14.0 | 0 | 1 | 6.43 | 7 | 3 | 67 | RP | Al Jurisch | 71.2 | 3 | 3 | 5.15 | 42 | 41 | 73 | |
RP | Burleigh Grimes | 7.2 | 2 | 1 | 3.52 | 1 | 2 | 126 | RP | Glenn Gardner | 54.2 | 3 | 1 | 3.29 | 20 | 27 | 115 |
1941
The 1941 Cardinals won 97 games, which was good enough for a second place finish in the National League. The team was managed by future Hall of Famer Billy Southworth and also featured future inductees Johnny Mize, Stan Musial, and enos Slaughter.
2009
After losing Chris Carpenter to extended stays on the DL, the 2009 season was the first to feature both Carpenter and Adam Wainwright in the rotation. They won the division with a 91-71 record, but were swept by the Dodgers in the NLDS. Wainwright and catcher Yadier Molina won Gold Gloves, while Albert Pujols won a Silver Slugger award and his second consecutive MVP. The Cardinals almost swept the top two awards as Carpenter and Wainwright finished second and third in Cy Young voting to Tim Lincecum. Wainwright was particularly interesting as he took third but actually received the most first place votes.
Tale of the Tape
1941 | 2009 | |||||||||||||||||
Batting Order | Batting Order | |||||||||||||||||
Player | Pos | R | HR | RBI | BAA | OPS | OPS+ | Player | Pos | R | HR | RBI | BAA | OPS | OPS+ | |||
1 | Jimmy Brown | 3B | 81 | 3 | 56 | 0.306 | 0.769 | 110 | 1 | Skip Schumaker | 2B | 85 | 4 | 35 | 0.303 | 0.757 | 102 | |
2 | Terry Moore | CF | 86 | 6 | 68 | 0.294 | 0.763 | 109 | 2 | Colby Rasmus | CF | 72 | 16 | 52 | 0.251 | 0.714 | 89 | |
3 | Johnny Hopp | RF | 83 | 4 | 50 | 0.303 | 0.813 | 122 | 3 | Albert Pujols | 1B | 124 | 47 | 135 | 0.327 | 1.101 | 189 | |
4 | Johnny Mize | 1B | 67 | 16 | 100 | 0.317 | 0.941 | 156 | 4 | Matt Holliday | LF | 42 | 13 | 55 | 0.353 | 1.023 | 169 | |
5 | Enos Slaughter | LF | 71 | 13 | 76 | 0.311 | 0.886 | 141 | 5 | Ryan Ludwick | RF | 63 | 22 | 97 | 0.265 | 0.775 | 105 | |
6 | Creepy Crespi | 2B | 85 | 4 | 46 | 0.279 | 0.705 | 93 | 6 | Mark DeRosa | 2B | 31 | 10 | 28 | 0.228 | 0.696 | 83 | |
7 | Marty Marion | SS | 50 | 3 | 58 | 0.252 | 0.628 | 72 | 7 | Yadier Molina | C | 45 | 6 | 54 | 0.293 | 0.749 | 100 | |
8 | Gus Mancuso | C | 25 | 2 | 37 | 0.229 | 0.601 | 65 | 8 | Brendan Ryan | SS | 55 | 3 | 37 | 0.292 | 0.740 | 97 | |
9 | P | 9 | P | |||||||||||||||
Bench | Bench | |||||||||||||||||
Player | Pos | R | HR | RBI | BAA | OPS | OPS+ | Player | Pos | R | HR | RBI | BAA | OPS | OPS+ | |||
1 | Walker Cooper | C | 19 | 1 | 20 | 0.245 | 0.606 | 66 | 1 | Jason LaRue | C | 10 | 2 | 6 | 0.240 | 0.615 | 64 | |
2 | Don Padgett | IF | 39 | 5 | 44 | 0.247 | 0.642 | 75 | 2 | Joe Thurston | IF | 27 | 1 | 25 | 0.225 | 0.645 | 73 | |
3 | Eddie Lake | IF | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.105 | 0.384 | 7 | 3 | Julio Lugo | IF | 24 | 2 | 13 | 0.277 | 0.784 | 108 | |
4 | Coaker Triplett | OF | 29 | 3 | 21 | 0.286 | 0.750 | 105 | 4 | Rick Ankiel | OF | 50 | 11 | 38 | 0.231 | 0.672 | 77 | |
5 | Estel Crabtree | OF | 27 | 5 | 28 | 0.341 | 0.942 | 157 | 5 | Chris Duncan | OF | 25 | 5 | 32 | 0.227 | 0.687 | 83 | |
Starting Rotation | Starting Rotation | |||||||||||||||||
Pos | Pitcher | IP | W | L | ERA | K | BB | ERA+ | Pos | Pitcher | IP | W | L | ERA | K | BB | ERA+ | |
1 | Lon Warnecke | 246.0 | 17 | 9 | 3.15 | 83 | 82 | 120 | 1 | Adam Wainwright | 233.0 | 19 | 8 | 2.63 | 212 | 66 | 155 | |
2 | Ernie White | 210.0 | 17 | 7 | 2.40 | 117 | 70 | 158 | 2 | Joel Pineiro | 214.0 | 15 | 12 | 3.49 | 105 | 27 | 117 | |
3 | Mort Cooper | 186.2 | 13 | 9 | 3.91 | 118 | 69 | 97 | 3 | Chris Carpenter | 192.2 | 17 | 4 | 2.24 | 144 | 38 | 182 | |
4 | Max Lanier | 153.0 | 10 | 8 | 2.82 | 93 | 59 | 134 | 4 | Todd Wellemeyer | 122.1 | 7 | 10 | 5.89 | 78 | 57 | 69 | |
5 | Harry Gumbert | 144.1 | 11 | 5 | 2.74 | 53 | 30 | 138 | 5 | Kyle Lohse | 117.2 | 6 | 10 | 4.74 | 77 | 36 | 86 | |
Bullpen | Bullpen | |||||||||||||||||
Pos | Pitcher | IP | W | L | ERA | K | BB | ERA+ | Pos | Pitcher | IP | W | L | ERA | K | BB | ERA+ | |
CP | Bill Crouch | 45.0 | 1 | 2 | 3.00 | 15 | 14 | 127 | CP | Ryan Franklin | 61.0 | 4 | 3 | 1.92 | 44 | 24 | 214 | |
RP | Howie Krist | 114.0 | 10 | 0 | 4.03 | 36 | 35 | 94 | RP | Kyle McClellan | 66.2 | 4 | 4 | 3.38 | 51 | 34 | 121 | |
RP | Sam Nahem | 81.2 | 5 | 2 | 2.98 | 31 | 38 | 128 | RP | Jason Motte | 56.2 | 4 | 4 | 4.76 | 54 | 23 | 86 | |
RP | Clyde Shoun | 70.0 | 3 | 5 | 5.66 | 34 | 20 | 67 | RP | Trever Miller | 43.2 | 4 | 1 | 2.06 | 46 | 11 | 199 | |
RP | Ira Hutchinson | 46.2 | 1 | 5 | 3.86 | 19 | 19 | 99 | RP | Dennys Reyes | 41.0 | 0 | 2 | 3.29 | 33 | 21 | 125 |
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