Cardinal Madness! Second Round Match-ups 5 and 6

Today we see match-ups featuring teams from four completely different eras. There is one team that pulled off the first upset of the tournament and the second unanimous winner of the tournament. Who of these four will advance to the Elite Eight?

(2) 1944 vs (18) 1987

The 1944 team defeated the 1947 Cardinals in a close match-up, receiving 57% of the vote. The 1987 Cardinals upset the fifteen seed 1928 Cardinals with 71% of the vote.

Tale of the Tape

1944		1987
Batting Order		Batting Order
	Player	Pos	R	HR	RBI	BAA	OPS	OPS+		Player	Pos	R	HR	RBI	BAA	OPS	OPS+
1	Johnny Hopp	CF	106	11	72	0.336	0.903	150	1	Vince Coleman	LF	121	3	43	0.289	0.721	91
2	Ray Sanders	1B	87	12	102	0.295	0.812	125	2	Ozzie Smith	SS	104	0	75	0.303	0.775	105
3	Stan Musial	RF	112	12	94	0.347	0.99	174	3	Tommy Herr	2B	73	2	83	0.263	0.677	80
4	Walker Cooper	C	56	13	72	0.317	0.855	136	4	Jack Clark	1B	93	35	106	0.286	1.055	176
5	Whitey Kurowski	3B	95	20	87	0.27	0.79	118	5	Willie McGee	CF	76	11	105	0.285	0.746	94
6	Danny Litwhiler	LF	53	15	82	0.264	0.755	109	6	Terry Pendleton	3B	82	12	96	0.286	0.772	103
7	Marty Marion	SS	50	6	63	0.267	0.686	90	7	Curt Ford	RF	32	3	26	0.285	0.733	92
8	Emil Verban	2B	51	0	43	0.257	0.58	62	8	Tony Pena	C	40	5	44	0.281	0.589	55
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	35	6	37	0.249	0.717	99	1	Steve Lake	C	19	2	19	0.251	0.636	67
2	Augie Bergame	OF	35	2	19	0.286	0.779	117	2	Jose Oquendo	IF	43	1	24	0.286	0.743	99
3	George Fallon	IF	16	1	9	0.199	0.547	53	3	Dan Driessen	IF	5	1	11	0.233	0.625	65
4	Debs Garms	IF	17	0	5	0.201	0.487	36	4	Jim Lindeman	OF	20	8	28	0.208	0.64	66
5	Pepper Martin	OF	15	2	4	0.279	0.781	118	5	John Morris	OF	22	3	23	0.261	0.721	88

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	252.1	22	7	2.46	97	60	145	1	Danny Cox	199.1	11	9	3.88	101	71	108
2	Max Lanier	224.1	17	12	2.65	141	71	135	2	Greg Matthews	197.2	11	11	3.73	108	71	112
3	Ted Wilks	207.2	17	4	2.64	70	49	135	3	Bob Forsch	179	11	7	4.32	89	45	97
4	Harry Brecheen	189.1	16	5	2.85	88	46	126	4	Joe Magrane	170.1	9	7	3.54	101	60	118
5	Red Munger	121	11	3	1.34	55	41	268	5	John Tudor	96	10	2	3.84	54	32	109

Bullpen		Bullpen
Pos	Pitcher	IP	W	L	ERA	K	BB	ERA+	Pos	Pitcher	IP	W	L	ERA	K	BB	ERA+
CP	Freddy Schmidt	114.1	7	3	3.15	58	58	114	CP	Todd Worrell	94.2	8	6	2.66	92	34	157
RP	Al Jurisch	130	7	9	3.39	53	65	106	RP	Ricky Horton	125	8	3	3.82	55	42	110
RP	Bix Donnelly	76.1	2	1	2.12	45	34	169	RP	Bill Dawley	96.2	5	8	4.47	65	38	94
RP	Bud Byerly	42.1	2	2	3.4	13	20	106	RP	Pat Perry	65.2	4	2	4.39	33	21	96
RP	Harry Gumbert	61.1	4	2	2.49	16	19	144	RP	Ken Dayley	61	9	5	2.66	63	33	158

(10) 1926 vs (7) 2011

The 1926 team defeated the 1935 squad with 80% of the vote, while the 2011 team swept the ’96 team unanimously.

Tale of the Tape

1926		2011
Batting Order		Batting Order
	Player	Pos	R	HR	RBI	BAA	OPS	OPS+		Player	Pos	R	HR	RBI	BAA	OPS	OPS+
1	Ray Blades	LF	81	8	43	0.305	0.871	130	1	Rafael Furcal	SS	29	7	16	0.255	0.735	104
2	Taylor Douthit	CF	96	3	52	0.308	0.752	100	2	Jon Jay	CF	56	10	37	0.297	0.768	114
3	Rogers Hornsby	2B	96	11	93	0.317	0.851	124	3	Albert Pujols	1B	105	37	99	0.299	0.906	150
4	Jim Bottomley	1B	98	19	120	0.299	0.87	128	4	Matt Holliday	LF	83	22	75	0.296	0.912	153
5	Les Bell	3B	85	17	100	0.325	0.901	137	5	Lance Berkman	RF	90	31	94	0.301	0.959	166
6	Billy Southworth	RF	76	11	69	0.317	0.853	124	6	David Freese	3B	41	10	55	0.297	0.791	120
7	Bob O’Farrell	C	63	7	68	0.293	0.804	112	7	Yadier Molina	C	55	14	65	0.305	0.814	126
8	Tommy Thevenow	SS	64	2	63	0.256	0.602	59	8	Daniel Descalso	2B	35	1	28	0.264	0.687	93
9	P								9	P

Bench		Bench
	Player	Pos	R	HR	RBI	BAA	OPS	OPS+		Player	Pos	R	HR	RBI	BAA	OPS	OPS+
1	Ernie Vick	C	6	0	4	0.196	0.476	26	1	Gerald Laird	C	11	1	12	0.232	0.66	84
2	Specs Toporcer	IF	13	0	9	0.25	0.656	74	2	Skip Schumaker	U	34	2	38	0.283	0.685	93
3	Chick Hafey	OF	30	4	38	0.271	0.738	94	3	Ryan Theriot	IF	46	1	47	0.271	0.662	86
4	Heinie Mueller	OF	36	3	28	0.267	0.733	93	4	Allen Craig	OF	33	11	40	0.315	0.917	153
5	Wattie Holm	OF	18	0	21	0.285	0.698	86	5	Nick Punto	U	21	1	20	0.278	0.809	127

Starting Rotation		Starting Rotation
Pos	Pitcher	IP	W	L	ERA	K	BB	ERA+	Pos	Pitcher	IP	W	L	ERA	K	BB	ERA+
1	Flint Rhem	258	20	7	3.21	72	75	123	1	Chris Carpenter	237.1	11	9	3.45	191	55	105
2	Bill Sherdel	234.2	16	12	3.49	59	49	113	2	Jaime Garcia	194.2	13	7	3.56	156	50	102
3	Jesse Haines	183	13	4	3.25	46	48	122	3	Kyle Lohse	188.1	14	8	3.39	111	42	107
4	Vic Keen	152	10	9	4.56	29	42	87	4	Jake Westbrook	183.1	12	9	4.66	104	73	78
5	Pete Alexander	148.1	9	7	2.91	35	24	136	5	Edwin Jackson	78	5	2	3.58	51	23	102

Bullpen		Bullpen
Pos	Pitcher	IP	W	L	ERA	K	BB	ERA+	Pos	Pitcher	IP	W	L	ERA	K	BB	ERA+
CP	Art Reinhart	143	10	5	4.22	26	47	94	CP	Fernando Salas	75	5	6	2.28	75	21	160
RP	Hi Bell	85	6	6	3.18	27	17	125	RP	Kyle McClellan	141.2	12	7	4.19	76	43	87
RP	Bill Hallahan	56.2	1	4	3.65	28	32	109	RP	Jason Motte	68	5	2	2.25	63	16	162
RP	Syl Johnson	49	0	3	4.22	10	15	94	RP	Lance Lynn	34.2	1	1	3.12	40	11	118
RP	Allan Sothoron	42.2	3	3	4.22	19	16	94	RP	Mitchell Boggs	60.2	2	3	3.56	48	21	103

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