Cardinal Madness! Second Round Match-ups 1 and 2

Hey everyone! It’s Monday and that means it’s time for the beginning of round two of Cardinal Madness! Round one featured a lot of exciting finishes. There were three match-ups that weren’t decided until the last hour of voting and there were also two unanimous decisions. I will be posting two match-ups each day until Thursday and then everyone will have the weekend to get their votes in. Let’s see who makes the elite eight of St Louis Cardinals teams!

(1) 1942 vs (16) 1968

No surprises in either of these match-ups, as the juggernaut ’42 squad defeated the 2001 Cardinals with 86% of the vote. The 1968 team had an even easier time with the 1930 team, receiving 88% of the vote. Who will prevail this week?

Tale of the Tape

1942		1968
Batting Order		Batting Order
	Player	Pos	R	HR	RBI	BAA	OPS	OPS+		Player	Pos	R	HR	RBI	BAA	OPS	OPS+
1	Jimmy Brown	2B	75	1	71	0.256	0.635	80	1	Lou Brock	LF	92	6	51	0.279	0.746	124
2	Terry Moore	CF	80	6	49	0.288	0.754	114	2	Curt Flood	CF	71	5	60	0.301	0.705	113
3	Enos Slaughter	RF	100	13	98	0.318	0.906	156	3	Roger Maris	RF	25	5	45	0.255	0.681	105
4	Stan Musial	LF	87	10	72	0.315	0.888	151	4	Orlanda Cepeda	1B	71	16	73	0.248	0.685	106
5	Walker Cooper	C	58	7	65	0.281	0.761	115	5	Tim McCarver	C	35	5	48	0.253	0.645	94
6	Johnny Hopp	1B	41	3	37	0.258	0.716	103	6	Mike Shannon	3B	62	15	79	0.266	0.710	113
7	Whitey Kurowski	3B	51	9	42	0.254	0.717	103	7	Julian Javier	2B	54	4	52	0.260	0.638	92
8	Marty Marion	SS	66	0	54	0.276	0.718	103	8	Dal Maxvill	SS	51	1	24	0.253	0.627	91
9	P								9	P

Bench		Bench
	Player	Pos	R	HR	RBI	BAA	OPS	OPS+		Player	Pos	R	HR	RBI	BAA	OPS	OPS+
1	Ken O’Dea	C	22	5	32	0.234	0.656	85	1	Johnny Edwards	C	14	3	29	0.239	0.613	85
2	Creepy Crespi	IF	33	0	35	0.243	0.580	65	2	Dick Schofield	IF	14	1	8	0.220	0.618	87
3	Ray Sanders	1B	37	5	39	0.252	0.730	107	3	Phil Gagliano	IF	13	0	13	0.229	0.585	77
4	Harry Walker	OF	38	0	16	0.314	0.753	113	4	Bobby Tolan	OF	28	5	17	0.230	0.607	83
5	Coaker Triplett	OF	18	1	23	0.273	0.735	108	5	Ron Davis	OF	11	0	5	0.177	0.499	50

Starting Rotation		Starting Rotation
Pos	Pitcher	IP	W	L	ERA	K	BB	ERA+	Pos	Pitcher	IP	W	L	ERA	K	BB	ERA+
1	Mort Cooper	278.2	22	7	1.78	152	68	194	1	Bob Gibson	304.2	22	9	1.12	268	62	258
2	Johnny Beazley	215.1	21	6	2.13	91	73	162	2	Nelson Briles	243.2	19	11	2.81	141	55	103
3	Max Lanier	161	13	8	2.96	93	60	117	3	Steve Carlton	232	13	11	2.99	162	61	97
4	Ernie White	128.1	7	5	2.52	67	41	137	4	Ray Washburn	215.1	14	8	2.26	124	47	129
5	Harry Gumbert	163	9	5	3.26	52	59	106	5	Larry Jaster	153.2	9	13	3.51	70	38	83

Bullpen		Bullpen
Pos	Pitcher	IP	W	L	ERA	K	BB	ERA+	Pos	Pitcher	IP	W	L	ERA	K	BB	ERA+
CP	Howie Krist	118.1	13	3	2.51	47	43	138	CP	Joe Hoerner	49	8	2	1.47	42	12	199
RP	Murry Dickson	120.2	6	3	2.91	66	61	119	RP	Ron Willis	63.2	2	3	3.39	39	28	86
RP	Howie Pollet	109.1	7	5	2.88	42	39	120	RP	Dick Hughes	63.2	2	2	3.53	49	21	83
RP	Lon Warneke	76	6	4	3.29	31	15	105	RP	Mel Nelson	52.2	2	1	2.91	16	9	101
									RP	Wayne Granger	44	4	2	2.25	27	12	130

(9) 1964 vs (8) 1982

The 1964 team beat out the 2006 World Series champions with 78% of the vote. The ’82 Cardinals defeated the 1928 squad with 70% of the vote.

Tale of the Tape

1964		1982
Batting Order		Batting Order
	Player	Pos	R	HR	RBI	BAA	OPS	OPS+		Player	Pos	R	HR	RBI	BAA	OPS	OPS+
1	Curt Flood	CF	97	5	46	0.311	0.734	100	1	Lonnie Smith	LF	120	8	69	0.307	0.815	128
2	Lou Brock	LF	81	12	44	0.348	0.915	146	2	Tommy Herr	2B	83	0	36	0.266	0.662	86
3	Dick Groat	SS	70	1	70	0.292	0.706	92	3	Keith Hernandez	1B	79	7	94	0.299	0.810	127
4	Ken Boyer	3B	100	24	119	0.295	0.854	130	4	George Hendrick	RF	65	19	104	0.282	0.773	114
5	Bill White	1B	92	21	102	0.303	0.829	123	5	Darrell Porter	C	46	12	48	0.231	0.749	109
6	Tim McCarver	C	53	9	52	0.288	0.743	102	6	Willie McGee	CF	43	4	56	0.296	0.709	97
7	Julian Javier	2B	66	12	65	0.241	0.644	74	7	Ken Oberkfell	3B	55	2	34	0.289	0.715	100
8	Mike Shannon	RF	30	9	43	0.261	0.725	96	8	Ozzie Smith	SS	58	2	43	0.248	0.653	84
9	P								9	P

Bench		Bench
	Player	Pos	R	HR	RBI	BAA	OPS	OPS+		Player	Pos	R	HR	RBI	BAA	OPS	OPS+
1	Charlie James	OF	24	5	17	0.223	0.596	61	1	Gene Tenace	C	18	7	18	0.258	0.936	161
2	Carl Warwick	OF	14	3	15	0.259	0.679	84	2	Mike Ramsey	IF	18	1	21	0.230	0.583	64
3	Bob Skinner	OF	10	1	16	0.271	0.672	84	3	Julio Gonzalez	IF	9	1	7	0.241	0.615	70
4	Bob Uecker	C	8	1	6	0.198	0.550	53	4	Dane Iorg	OF	17	0	34	0.294	0.714	100
5	Johnny Lewis	OF	10	2	7	0.234	0.686	87	5	David Green	OF	21	2	23	0.283	0.688	92

Starting Rotation		Starting Rotation
Pos	Pitcher	IP	W	L	ERA	K	BB	ERA+	Pos	Pitcher	IP	W	L	ERA	K	BB	ERA+
1	Bob Gibson	287.1	19	12	3.01	245	86	127	1	Joaquin Andujar	265.2	15	10	2.47	137	50	148
2	Curt Simmons	244.0	18	9	3.43	104	49	111	2	Bob Forsch	233.0	15	9	3.48	69	54	105
3	Ray Sadecki	220.0	20	11	3.68	119	60	104	3	Steve Mura	184.1	12	11	4.05	84	80	90
4	Roger Craig	166.0	7	9	3.25	84	35	118	4	John Stuper	136.2	9	7	3.36	53	55	109
5	Ray Washburn	60.0	3	4	4.05	28	17	95	5	Dave Lapoint	152.2	9	3	3.42	81	52	107

Bullpen		Bullpen
Pos	Pitcher	IP	W	L	ERA	K	BB	ERA+	Pos	Pitcher	IP	W	L	ERA	K	BB	ERA+
CP	Barney Schultz	49.1	1	3	1.64	29	11	234	CP	Bruce Sutter	102.1	9	8	2.90	61	34	126
RP	Ron Taylor	101.1	8	4	4.62	69	33	83	RP	Doug Bair	91.2	5	3	2.55	68	36	143
RP	Mike Cuellar	72.0	5	5	4.50	56	33	85	RP	Jim Kaat	75.0	5	3	4.08	35	23	90
RP	Bob Humphreys	42.2	2	0	2.53	36	15	152	RP	Jeff Lahti	56.2	5	4	3.81	22	21	96
RP	Gordie Richardson	47.0	4	2	2.30	28	15	168	RP	John Martin	66.0	4	5	4.23	21	30	87

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