Team No. 2 is the St. Louis Cardinals. I have owned this team for all 8 seasons, and while the team has one WS title, it is currently still in rebuilding mode. the record for the last 3 seasons is:
Season 6 68-94
season 7 74-88
season 8 55-54 (through 109 games)
While I would prefer to surrender the Red Sox, whose rebuilding task is completed, if someone prefers a rebuilding challenge I am willing to surrender the Cardinals.
Following is the 1954 keeper list I have posted for the Cardinals:
St. Louis Cardinals
Keepers (17):
C Smoky Burgess
2B Bobby Young, Bill Serena
3B Gil McDougald, Danny O'Connell
SS Alvin Dark
OF Bill Bruton,Chuck Diering, Gil Coan,
Tom Umphlett, Willard Marshall
P Bob Lemon, Sal Maglie, Hoyt Wilhelm
Bob Miller (Tigers), Billy Hoeft, Johnny Schmitz
IR (1):
1B Dick Gernert
Cut (2):
OF Peanuts Lowrey
P Larry Jansen
Retired (5):
C Mike Sandlock
1B Tookie Gilbert
OF Allie Clark
P Bob Kelly, Bob Cain
Need 8 Draft Picks
Following are the actual batting statistics for the 1954 season:
Actual Statistics (projected to a 162 game season) |
Season Outlook - 1 Season Ahead
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dark, Alvin |
1954 |
R |
162 |
677 |
103 |
199 |
27 |
6 |
21 |
74 |
28 |
42 |
5 |
5 |
3 |
.293 |
.325 |
.446 |
.770 |
729 |
5 |
13 |
Bruton, Bill |
1954 |
L |
149 |
597 |
94 |
169 |
21 |
7 |
4 |
32 |
42 |
82 |
4 |
36 |
14 |
.284 |
.336 |
.365 |
.701 |
652 |
0 |
8 |
O'Connell, Danny |
1954 |
R |
154 |
570 |
64 |
159 |
29 |
4 |
2 |
39 |
40 |
48 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
.279 |
.326 |
.357 |
.683 |
636 |
4 |
20 |
Young, Bobby |
1954 |
L |
137 |
455 |
45 |
112 |
14 |
6 |
4 |
25 |
57 |
44 |
1 |
4 |
4 |
.245 |
.329 |
.331 |
.660 |
525 |
3 |
9 |
McDougald, Gil |
1954 |
R |
133 |
415 |
69 |
107 |
23 |
2 |
13 |
50 |
65 |
67 |
5 |
3 |
4 |
.259 |
.364 |
.416 |
.780 |
498 |
3 |
9 |
Burgess, Smoky |
1954 |
L |
114 |
363 |
43 |
134 |
28 |
5 |
4 |
48 |
44 |
12 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
.368 |
.432 |
.510 |
.942 |
413 |
4 |
1 |
Umphlett, Tom |
1954 |
R |
120 |
360 |
22 |
79 |
8 |
3 |
1 |
35 |
18 |
44 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
.219 |
.255 |
.269 |
.524 |
382 |
2 |
2 |
Coan, Gil |
1954 |
L |
99 |
279 |
31 |
78 |
12 |
1 |
2 |
21 |
17 |
18 |
1 |
9 |
4 |
.279 |
.320 |
.351 |
.671 |
302 |
2 |
3 |
Lemon, Bob |
1954 |
L |
38 |
103 |
11 |
22 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
10 |
6 |
25 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.214 |
.257 |
.337 |
.594 |
119 |
1 |
8 |
Marshall, Willard |
1954 |
L |
49 |
75 |
7 |
19 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
7 |
12 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.254 |
.349 |
.324 |
.673 |
88 |
1 |
0 |
Maglie, Sal |
1954 |
R |
36 |
67 |
3 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
17 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
.127 |
.191 |
.127 |
.318 |
86 |
0 |
14 |
Serena, Bill |
1954 |
R |
43 |
67 |
8 |
11 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
14 |
15 |
19 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
.159 |
.316 |
.381 |
.697 |
84 |
1 |
0 |
Lowrey, Peanuts |
1954 |
R |
78 |
65 |
6 |
7 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
5 |
9 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.115 |
.222 |
.197 |
.419 |
76 |
2 |
0 |
Schmitz, Johnny |
1954 |
R |
31 |
64 |
6 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
16 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.117 |
.145 |
.117 |
.262 |
72 |
0 |
6 |
Hoeft, Billy |
1954 |
L |
36 |
55 |
5 |
11 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
11 |
25 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.192 |
.317 |
.308 |
.625 |
67 |
1 |
0 |
Wilhelm, Hoyt |
1954 |
R |
60 |
23 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.048 |
.048 |
.048 |
.095 |
24 |
0 |
1 |
Miller, Bob |
1954 |
R |
34 |
16 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.133 |
.133 |
.200 |
.333 |
16 |
0 |
0 |
Jansen, Larry |
1954 |
R |
14 |
15 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.286 |
.286 |
.357 |
.643 |
15 |
0 |
0 |
Pitcher Totals |
-- |
-- |
249 |
343 |
28 |
55 |
12 |
1 |
2 |
20 |
23 |
99 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
.160 |
.214 |
.219 |
.433 |
399 |
2 |
29 |
Hitter Totals |
-- |
-- |
1238 |
3923 |
492 |
1074 |
165 |
37 |
56 |
350 |
347 |
394 |
19 |
61 |
38 |
.274 |
.334 |
.378 |
.712 |
4385 |
27 |
65 |
Totals |
-- |
-- |
1487 |
4266 |
520 |
1129 |
177 |
38 |
58 |
370 |
370 |
493 |
20 |
61 |
38 |
.265 |
.324 |
.365 |
.689 |
4784 |
29 |
94 |
And following are the pitching statistics:
Actual Statistics (projected to a 162 game season) |
Season Outlook - 1 Season Ahead
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lemon, Bob |
1954 |
R |
38 |
34 |
24 |
7 |
0 |
270.0 |
1126 |
238 |
82 |
13 |
96 |
115 |
.238 |
1.24 |
2.72 |
4 |
6 |
1 |
Maglie, Sal |
1954 |
R |
36 |
34 |
15 |
6 |
2 |
230.0 |
979 |
234 |
83 |
22 |
74 |
123 |
.262 |
1.34 |
3.26 |
3 |
4 |
1 |
Schmitz, Johnny |
1954 |
L |
31 |
24 |
12 |
8 |
1 |
195.0 |
812 |
185 |
63 |
6 |
67 |
59 |
.255 |
1.30 |
2.91 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
Hoeft, Billy |
1954 |
L |
36 |
26 |
7 |
16 |
1 |
185.0 |
791 |
189 |
94 |
23 |
62 |
120 |
.266 |
1.37 |
4.58 |
4 |
3 |
0 |
Wilhelm, Hoyt |
1954 |
R |
60 |
0 |
13 |
4 |
7 |
118.0 |
480 |
81 |
27 |
5 |
55 |
67 |
.198 |
1.16 |
2.10 |
5 |
2 |
1 |
Miller, Bob |
1954 |
L |
34 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
74.0 |
302 |
65 |
20 |
1 |
27 |
28 |
.244 |
1.27 |
2.45 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
Jansen, Larry |
1954 |
R |
14 |
7 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
43.0 |
199 |
60 |
28 |
5 |
16 |
16 |
.337 |
1.79 |
5.98 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Totals |
-- |
-- |
249 |
126 |
74 |
44 |
12 |
1,115.0 |
4689 |
1052 |
397 |
75 |
397 |
528 |
.251 |
1.30 |
3.20 |
20 |
19 |
4 |