Cardinal Madness! Second Round Match-ups 3 and 4

Another day, another set of match-ups. We’ve reached the halfway point of the second round. As a schedule update, tomorrow and Thursday will see the other two second round sets. Voting for the second round will continue through the weekend. The Elite Eight round starts next week! Today, though we will see two teams from the ’40s, a recent juggernaut team, and a team that featured the one and only Bob Gibson. Details after the jump

(4) 1946 vs (13) 2004

The 1946 Cardinals defeated the 1927 unanimously in the first round, while the 2004 squad defeated the 2002 Cardinals with 82% of the vote.

Tale of the Tape

1946		2004
Batting Order		Batting Order
	Player	Pos	R	HR	RBI	BAA	OPS	OPS+		Player	Pos	R	HR	RBI	BAA	OPS	OPS+
1	Red Schoendienst	2B	94	0	34	0.281	0.665	86	1	Tony Womack	2B	91	5	38	0.307	0.735	91
2	Harry Walker	CF	53	3	27	0.237	0.638	78	2	Larry Walker	RF	29	11	27	0.28	0.953	143
3	Stan Musial	1B	124	16	103	0.365	1.021	183	3	Albert Pujols	1B	133	46	123	0.331	1.072	172
4	Enos Slaughter	RF	100	18	130	0.3	0.838	133	4	Scott Rolen	3B	109	34	124	0.314	1.007	157
5	Whitey Kurowski	3B	76	14	89	0.301	0.853	137	5	Jim Edmonds	CF	102	42	111	0.301	1.061	170
6	Dick Sisler	LF	17	3	42	0.26	0.668	86	6	Edgar Renteria	SS	84	10	72	0.287	0.327	88
7	Joe Garagiola	C	21	3	22	0.237	0.62	73	7	Reggie Sanders	LF	64	22	67	0.26	0.797	103
8	Marty Marion	SS	51	3	46	0.233	0.643	80	8	Mike Matheny	C	28	5	50	0.247	0.64	65
9	P								9	P

Bench		Bench
	Player	Pos	R	HR	RBI	BAA	OPS	OPS+		Player	Pos	R	HR	RBI	BAA	OPS	OPS+
1	Clyde Kluttz	C	8	0	14	0.265	0.631	76	1	Yadier Molina	C	12	2	15	0.267	0.684	78
2	Erv Dusak	OF	38	9	42	0.24	0.7	95	2	Marlon Anderson	IF	31	8	28	0.237	0.649	66
3	Terry Moore	OF	32	3	28	0.263	0.665	85	3	Ray Lankford	OF	36	6	22	0.255	0.774	99
4	Buster Adams	OF	21	5	22	0.185	0.619	73	4	John Mabry	OF	32	13	40	0.296	0.867	122
5	Del Rice	C	10	1	12	0.273	0.68	89	5	So Taguchi	OF	26	3	25	0.291	0.756	95

Starting Rotation		Starting Rotation
Pos	Pitcher	IP	W	L	ERA	K	BB	ERA+	Pos	Pitcher	IP	W	L	ERA	K	BB	ERA+
1	Howie Pollet	266	21	10	2.1	107	86	165	1	Matt Morris	202	15	10	4.72	131	56	91
2	Harry Brecheen	231.1	15	15	2.49	117	67	139	2	Jason Marquis	201.1	15	7	3.71	138	70	115
3	Murry Dickson	184.1	15	6	2.88	82	56	120	3	Woody Williams	189.2	11	8	4.18	131	58	102
4	Johnny Beazley	103	7	5	4.46	36	55	78	4	Jeff Suppan	188	16	9	4.16	110	65	103
5	Ken Burkhart	100	6	3	2.88	32	36	120	5	Chris Carpenter	182	15	5	3.46	152	38	124

Bullpen		Bullpen
Pos	Pitcher	IP	W	L	ERA	K	BB	ERA+	Pos	Pitcher	IP	W	L	ERA	K	BB	ERA+
CP	Ted Wilks	95	8	0	3.41	40	38	102	CP	Jason Isringhausen	75.1	4	2	2.87	71	23	150
RP	Al Brazle	153.1	11	10	3.29	58	55	105	RP	Cal Eldred	67	4	2	3.76	54	17	114
RP	Red Barrett	67	3	2	4.03	22	24	86	RP	Julian Tavarez	64.1	7	4	2.38	48	19	181
RP	Max Lanier	56	6	0	1.93	36	19	180	RP	Ray King	62	5	2	2.61	40	24	164
RP	Red Munger	48.2	2	2	3.33	28	12	105	RP	Steve Kline	50.1	2	2	1.79	35	17	241

(12) 1967 vs (5) 1943

The 1967 team defeated the 1939 Cardinals with 83% of the vote. In a closer match-up, the 1943 team beat the 2000 squad with 67% of the vote.

Tale of the Tape

1967		1943
Batting Order		Batting Order
	Player	Pos	R	HR	RBI	BAA	OPS	OPS+		Player	Pos	R	HR	RBI	BAA	OPS	OPS+
1	Lou Brock	LF	113	21	76	0.299	0.799	127	1	Lou Klein	2B	91	7	62	0.287	0.752	111
2	Curt Flood	CF	68	5	50	0.335	0.793	128	2	Harry Walker	CF	76	2	53	0.294	0.717	102
3	Roger Maris	RF	64	9	55	0.261	0.751	116	3	Stan Musial	RF	108	13	81	0.357	0.988	177
4	Orlando Cepeda	1B	91	25	111	0.325	0.923	164	4	Walker Cooper	C	52	9	81	0.318	0.812	128
5	Tim McCarver	C	68	14	69	0.295	0.822	136	5	Whitey Kurowski	3B	69	13	70	0.287	0.768	116
6	Mike Shannon	3B	53	12	77	0.245	0.672	93	6	Ray Sanders	1B	69	11	73	0.28	0.796	124
7	Julian Javier	2B	68	14	64	0.281	0.718	105	7	Danny Litwhiler	LF	40	7	31	0.279	0.771	117
8	Dal Maxvill	SS	37	1	41	0.227	0.576	67	8	Marty Marion	SS	38	1	52	0.28	0.671	89
9	P								9	P

Bench		Bench
	Player	Pos	R	HR	RBI	BAA	OPS	OPS+		Player	Pos	R	HR	RBI	BAA	OPS	OPS+
1	Dave Ricketts	C	11	1	14	0.273	0.679	94	1	Ken O’Dea	C	15	3	25	0.281	0.744	110
2	Phil Gagliano	IF	20	2	21	0.221	0.564	63	2	Jimmy Brown	IF	6	0	8	0.182	0.479	35
3	Ed Spiezio	IF	9	3	10	0.21	0.58	66	3	Frank Demaree	OF	5	0	9	0.291	0.665	88
4	Bobby Tolan	OF	35	6	32	0.253	0.679	95	4	Johnny Hopp	U	33	2	25	0.224	0.604	70
5	Alex Johnson	OF	20	1	12	0.223	0.586	68	5	Debs Garms	U	26	0	22	0.257	0.612	73

Starting Rotation		Starting Rotation
Pos	Pitcher	IP	W	L	ERA	K	BB	ERA+	Pos	Pitcher	IP	W	L	ERA	K	BB	ERA+
1	Dick Hughes	222.1	16	6	2.67	161	48	123	1	Mort Cooper	274	21	8	2.3	141	79	148
2	Steve Carlton	193	14	9	2.98	168	62	110	2	Max Lanier	213.1	15	7	1.9	123	75	180
3	Ray Washburn	186.1	10	7	3.53	98	42	93	3	Harry Gumbert	133	10	5	2.84	40	32	120
4	Bob Gibson	175.1	13	7	2.98	147	40	110	4	Howie Pollet	118.1	8	4	1.75	61	32	195
5	Larry Jaster	152.1	9	7	3.01	87	44	109	5	Harry Brecheen	135.1	9	6	2.26	68	39	151

Bullpen		Bullpen
Pos	Pitcher	IP	W	L	ERA	K	BB	ERA+	Pos	Pitcher	IP	W	L	ERA	K	BB	ERA+
CP	Joe Hoerner	66	4	4	2.59	50	20	127	CP	Howie Krist	164.1	11	5	2.9	57	62	118
RP	Nelson Briles	155.1	14	5	2.43	94	40	135	RP	Ernie White	78.2	5	5	3.78	28	33	91
RP	Al Jackson	107	9	4	3.95	43	29	83	RP	Murry Dickson	115.2	8	2	3.58	44	49	95
RP	Ron Willis	81	6	5	2.67	42	43	124	RP	Red Munger	93.1	9	5	3.95	45	42	87
RP	Jack Lamabe	47.2	3	4	2.83	30	10	117	RP	Al Brazle	88	8	2	1.53	26	29	223

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