Cardinal Madness! Final Four

What a huge day! Not only is it Opening Day, but it’s time to post the Final Four for Cardinal Madness. The results from the third round were very interesting as we had three match-ups that were determined by two votes or less and one shutout. The most interesting part to me is that we are left with four teams that are all from different decades. The Final Four features three World Series champions and a National League pennant winner. Details for both match-ups after the jump.

(9) 1964 vs (13) 2004

The 1964 team pulled off easily the biggest upset of the entire tournament, knocking off the number one seed 1942 team with 52% of the vote, proving once again that the Redbird Rants readers do not like the ’40s. The 2004 team defeated the 1967 team with 52% of the vote as well. Can the 2004 team make up for losing to the Red Sox in the World Series by defeating another team from the 60s?

Tale of the Tape

2004		1964
Batting Order		Batting Order
	Player	Pos	R	HR	RBI	BAA	OPS	OPS+		Player	Pos	R	HR	RBI	BAA	OPS	OPS+
1	Tony Womack	2B	91	5	38	0.307	0.735	91	1	Curt Flood	CF	97	5	46	0.311	0.734	100
2	Larry Walker	RF	29	11	27	0.28	0.953	143	2	Lou Brock	LF	81	12	44	0.348	0.915	146
3	Albert Pujols	1B	133	46	123	0.331	1.072	172	3	Dick Groat	SS	70	1	70	0.292	0.706	92
4	Scott Rolen	3B	109	34	124	0.314	1.007	157	4	Ken Boyer	3B	100	24	119	0.295	0.854	130
5	Jim Edmonds	CF	102	42	111	0.301	1.061	170	5	Bill White	1B	92	21	102	0.303	0.829	123
6	Edgar Renteria	SS	84	10	72	0.287	0.327	88	6	Tim McCarver	C	53	9	52	0.288	0.743	102
7	Reggie Sanders	LF	64	22	67	0.26	0.797	103	7	Julian Javier	2B	66	12	65	0.241	0.644	74
8	Mike Matheny	C	28	5	50	0.247	0.64	65	8	Mike Shannon	RF	30	9	43	0.261	0.725	96
9	P								9	P

Bench		Bench
	Player	Pos	R	HR	RBI	BAA	OPS	OPS+		Player	Pos	R	HR	RBI	BAA	OPS	OPS+
1	Yadier Molina	C	12	2	15	0.267	0.684	78	1	Charlie James	OF	24	5	17	0.223	0.596	61
2	Marlon Anderson	IF	31	8	28	0.237	0.649	66	2	Carl Warwick	OF	14	3	15	0.259	0.679	84
3	Ray Lankford	OF	36	6	22	0.255	0.774	99	3	Bob Skinner	OF	10	1	16	0.271	0.672	84
4	John Mabry	OF	32	13	40	0.296	0.867	122	4	Bob Uecker	C	8	1	6	0.198	0.550	53
5	So Taguchi	OF	26	3	25	0.291	0.756	95	5	Johnny Lewis	OF	10	2	7	0.234	0.686	87

Starting Rotation		Starting Rotation
Pos	Pitcher	IP	W	L	ERA	K	BB	ERA+	Pos	Pitcher	IP	W	L	ERA	K	BB	ERA+
1	Matt Morris	202	15	10	4.72	131	56	91	1	Bob Gibson	287.1	19	12	3.01	245	86	127
2	Jason Marquis	201.1	15	7	3.71	138	70	115	2	Curt Simmons	244.0	18	9	3.43	104	49	111
3	Woody Williams	189.2	11	8	4.18	131	58	102	3	Ray Sadecki	220.0	20	11	3.68	119	60	104
4	Jeff Suppan	188	16	9	4.16	110	65	103	4	Roger Craig	166.0	7	9	3.25	84	35	118
5	Chris Carpenter	182	15	5	3.46	152	38	124	5	Ray Washburn	60.0	3	4	4.05	28	17	95

Bullpen		Bullpen
Pos	Pitcher	IP	W	L	ERA	K	BB	ERA+	Pos	Pitcher	IP	W	L	ERA	K	BB	ERA+
CP	Jason Isringhausen	75.1	4	2	2.87	71	23	150	CP	Barney Schultz	49.1	1	3	1.64	29	11	234
RP	Cal Eldred	67	4	2	3.76	54	17	114	RP	Ron Taylor	101.1	8	4	4.62	69	33	83
RP	Julian Tavarez	64.1	7	4	2.38	48	19	181	RP	Mike Cuellar	72.0	5	5	4.50	56	33	85
RP	Ray King	62	5	2	2.61	40	24	164	RP	Bob Humphreys	42.2	2	0	2.53	36	15	152
RP	Steve Kline	50.1	2	2	1.79	35	17	241	RP	Gordie Richardson	47.0	4	2	2.30	28	15	168

(2) 1944 vs (11) 1934

The 1944 team continued its dominating run towards the championship with a sweep of the 1926 team. The 1934 squad beat the 2005 team with 54% of the vote. Interestingly, all teams in the Final Four come from years that end in four. Which of these two teams will march “four”ward (very bad, I know) into the championship?

Tale of the Tape

1944		1934
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	Pepper Martin	3B	76	5	49	0.289	0.762	97
2	Ray Sanders	1B	87	12	102	0.295	0.812	125	2	Jack Rothrock	RF	106	11	72	0.284	0.734	90
3	Stan Musial	RF	112	12	94	0.347	0.99	174	3	Frankie Frisch	2B	74	3	75	0.305	0.757	97
4	Walker Cooper	C	56	13	72	0.317	0.855	136	4	Joe Medwick	LF	110	18	106	0.319	0.872	123
5	Whitey Kurowski	3B	95	20	87	0.27	0.79	118	5	Ripper Collins	1B	116	35	128	0.333	1.008	158
6	Danny Litwhiler	LF	53	15	82	0.264	0.755	109	6	Spud Davis	C	45	9	65	0.3	0.83	114
7	Marty Marion	SS	50	6	63	0.267	0.686	90	7	Ernie Orsatti	CF	39	0	31	0.3	0.718	87
8	Emil Verban	2B	51	0	43	0.257	0.58	62	8	Leo Durocher	SS	62	3	70	0.26	0.658	71
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	Bill DeLancey	C	41	13	40	0.316	0.979	152
2	Augie Bergame	OF	35	2	19	0.286	0.779	117	2	Burgess Whitehead	IF	55	1	24	0.277	0.666	73
3	George Fallon	IF	16	1	9	0.199	0.547	53	3	Pat Crawford	IF	3	0	16	0.271	0.62	62
4	Debs Garms	IF	17	0	5	0.201	0.487	36	4	Chick Fullis	OF	21	0	26	0.261	0.626	63
5	Pepper Martin	OF	15	2	4	0.279	0.781	118	5	Buster Mills	OF	7	1	8	0.236	0.656	70

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	Dizzy Dean	311.2	30	7	2.66	195	75	159
2	Max Lanier	224.1	17	12	2.65	141	71	135	2	Tex Carleton	240.2	16	11	4.26	103	52	99
3	Ted Wilks	207.2	17	4	2.64	70	49	135	3	Paul Dean	233.1	19	11	3.43	150	52	123
4	Harry Brecheen	189.1	16	5	2.85	88	46	126	4	Bill Hallahan	162.2	8	12	4.26	70	66	99
5	Red Munger	121	11	3	1.34	55	41	268	5	Bill Walker	153	12	4	3.12	76	66	136

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	Jesse Haines	90	4	4	3.5	17	19	121
RP	Al Jurisch	130	7	9	3.39	53	65	106	RP	Jim Mooney	82.1	2	4	5.47	27	49	78
RP	Bix Donnelly	76.1	2	1	2.12	45	34	169	RP	Dazzy Vance	59	1	1	3.66	33	14	116
RP	Bud Byerly	42.1	2	2	3.4	13	20	106	RP	Jim Lindsey	14	0	1	6.43	7	3	67
RP	Harry Gumbert	61.1	4	2	2.49	16	19	144	RP	Burleigh Grimes	7.2	2	1	3.52	1	2	126

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