*Preliminary Round*
1963 St. Louis Cardinals over 1921 Cleveland Indians
Four games to none
MVP: George Altman (.647, 11 hits, 6 RBI)
Younger, faster, and more explosive the 1963 Cardinals made easy work of the 1921 Indians in what was as one sided of a series as we have seen yet. The Cardinals an eye opening .396 as a team and never were challenged by anyone in the Cleveland staff. George Altman smacked 11 hits in four games while Curt Flood batted .450 and Dick Groat .444. Ernie Broglio won the first and the last game of the series while young Bob Gibson wasn’t dominant, but did enough to win game two and break Cleveland’s back at home.
With an ERA well over 7.00, Steve Covelski was one of many Indian pitchers who saw red all series and allowed more earned runs then innings pitched. The Indians were competitive and even held the lead for game one but when they dropped the game by a run, the rest of the series turned into a runaway. The Cardinal teams of the 1960’s will be a very good group to watch progress.
Games
Game 1 |
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At League Park |
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63 Cardinals |
7 |
21 Indians |
6 |
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Game 2 |
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At League Park |
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63 Cardinals |
8 |
21 Indians |
5 |
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Game 3 |
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At Sportsman's Park |
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21 Indians |
2 |
63 Cardinals |
10 |
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Game 4 |
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At Sportsmans Park |
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21 Indians |
4 |
63 Cardinals |
8 |
Stats
1921 Cleveland Indians (94-60) |
AB |
H |
HR |
RBI |
AVG |
SB |
|
Bill Wambsganss |
20 |
7 |
0 |
4 |
0.350 |
1 |
|
Steve O'Neill |
16 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0.125 |
0 |
|
Tris Speaker |
17 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0.294 |
0 |
|
Elmer Smith |
14 |
4 |
0 |
3 |
0.286 |
0 |
|
Joe Sewell |
16 |
4 |
0 |
3 |
0.250 |
0 |
|
Larry Gardner |
16 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
0.313 |
1 |
|
Doc Johnston |
17 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0.294 |
0 |
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Charlie Jamieson |
15 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
0.333 |
0 |
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Joe Wood |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1.000 |
0 |
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#DIV/0! |
0 |
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#DIV/0! |
0 |
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Totals |
133 |
39 |
1 |
15 |
0.293 |
2 |
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IP |
W |
L |
ER |
K |
BB |
ERA |
Stan Coveleski |
7 |
0 |
2 |
9 |
3 |
1 |
11.57 |
Ray Caldwell |
5.6 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
6.43 |
Guy Morton |
7 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
2 |
1 |
6.43 |
George Uhle |
8 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
5 |
1 |
5.63 |
Jim Bagby |
3.6 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
5.00 |
Allen Sothoron |
2.6 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
10.38 |
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#DIV/0! |
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#DIV/0! |
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#DIV/0! |
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#DIV/0! |
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#DIV/0! |
Totals |
33.8 |
0 |
3 |
28 |
18 |
5 |
7.46 |
1963 St. Louis Cardinals (93-69) |
AB |
H |
HR |
RBI |
AVG |
SB |
|
Julian Javier |
20 |
6 |
0 |
1 |
0.300 |
2 |
|
Curt Flood |
20 |
9 |
0 |
5 |
0.450 |
2 |
|
Bill White |
19 |
7 |
1 |
3 |
0.368 |
0 |
|
Ken Boyer |
15 |
5 |
1 |
4 |
0.333 |
0 |
|
Dick Groat |
18 |
8 |
0 |
2 |
0.444 |
0 |
|
George Altman |
17 |
11 |
0 |
6 |
0.647 |
0 |
|
Charlie James |
15 |
5 |
0 |
7 |
0.333 |
0 |
|
Tim McCarver |
17 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0.235 |
0 |
|
Gary Kolb |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0.667 |
0 |
|
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#DIV/0! |
0 |
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#DIV/0! |
0 |
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Totals |
144 |
57 |
2 |
29 |
0.396 |
4 |
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IP |
W |
L |
ER |
K |
BB |
ERA |
Ernie Broglio |
13.3 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
3 |
2.71 |
Bobby Shantz |
4.6 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
1.96 |
Ed Bauta |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0.00 |
Bob Gibson |
7 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
5 |
3 |
5.14 |
Curt Simmons |
8 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0.00 |
Ray Washburn |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
Harry Fanok |
0.6 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
15.00 |
Barry Schultz |
0.3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
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#DIV/0! |
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#DIV/0! |
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#DIV/0! |
Totals |
35.8 |
4 |
0 |
10 |
14 |
10 |
2.51 |