1942 MLB Retirements

World Series Champion: St. Louis Cardinals

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Batting

Batting
Rk	Name	Yrs	From	To	ASG	WAR/pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	Last Game	Age	Tms
1	Joe Abreu	1	1942	1942	0	0.1	9	32	28	4	6	1	0	1	3	0	0	4	4	.214	.313	.357	.670	Jul 11	29.048	CIN
2	Dick Adkins	1	1942	1942	0	0.0	3	9	7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.143	.333	.143	.476	Sep 20	22.201	PHA
3	Elden Auker	10	1933	1942	0	-0.2	356	784	700	73	131	15	9	6	72	2	0	41	232	.187	.234	.260	.494	Sep 20	31.364	BOS, DET, SLB
4	Bill Beckmann	4	1939	1942	0	0.1	90	164	143	11	32	2	0	0	12	0	0	6	21	.224	.255	.238	.493	Sep 20	34.286	PHA, STL
5	Lou Bevil	1	1942	1942	0	-0.1	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	Sep 13	19.290	WSH
6	Buddy Blair	1	1942	1942	0	0.8	137	523	484	48	135	26	8	5	66	1	6	30	30	.279	.325	.397	.722	Sep 20	32.010	PHA
7	Cy Blanton	9	1934	1942	2	-1.3	202	474	428	22	66	4	0	0	26	0	0	23	98	.154	.197	.164	.361	May 6	33.304	PHI, PIT
8	Bob Bowman	4	1939	1942	0	-0.8	109	122	101	5	7	1	0	1	4	0	0	10	61	.069	.153	.109	.262	May 25	31.234	CHC, NYG, STL
9	Norm Branch	2	1941	1942	0	-0.1	37	14	13	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	.077	.143	.077	.220	Aug 20	27.151	NYY
10	Clint Brown	15	1928	1942	0	0.7	437	528	457	42	91	17	3	2	46	1	0	45	55	.199	.274	.263	.536	Jun 7	38.334	CHW, CLE
11	Fred Caligiuri	2	1941	1942	0	0.1	18	34	32	2	5	3	1	0	1	0	0	1	8	.156	.182	.313	.494	Sep 20	23.333	PHA
12	Bruce Campbell	13	1930	1942	0	16.8	1360	5370	4762	759	1382	295	87	106	766	53	50	548	584	.290	.367	.455	.822	Sep 23	32.338	CHW, CLE, DET, SLB, WSH
13	Jim Castiglia	1	1942	1942	0	0.1	16	19	18	2	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	3	.389	.421	.389	.810	Jun 13	23.256	PHA
14	Hardin Cathey	1	1942	1942	0	0.1	12	9	8	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.375	.375	.375	.750	Jun 11	22.340	WSH
15	Eddie Collins	3	1939	1942	0	-0.7	132	299	274	41	66	9	3	0	16	4	1	24	29	.241	.302	.296	.598	May 26	25.184	PHA
16	Harry Craft	6	1937	1942	0	4.8	566	2245	2104	237	533	85	25	44	267	14	9	110	203	.253	.294	.380	.674	Jul 14	27.086	CIN
17	Creepy Crespi	5	1938	1942	0	2.5	264	1035	911	125	240	32	4	4	88	8	8	90	102	.263	.336	.321	.657	Sep 27	24.223	STL
18	Frank Croucher	4	1939	1942	0	-3.3	296	1016	935	94	235	37	5	7	86	4	2	56	128	.251	.296	.324	.620	Sep 23	28.062	DET, WSH
19	Harry Danning	10	1933	1942	4	14.7	890	3194	2971	363	847	162	26	57	397	13	16	187	217	.285	.330	.415	.745	Sep 25	31.019	NYG
20	Cliff Dapper	1	1942	1942	0	0.4	8	19	17	2	8	1	0	1	9	0	0	2	2	.471	.526	.706	1.232	May 3	22.121	BRO
21	Crash Davis	3	1940	1942	0	-1.7	148	493	444	43	102	12	2	2	43	2	0	35	56	.230	.289	.279	.568	Sep 20	23.068	PHA
22	Vallie Eaves	5	1935	1942	0	-0.4	24	37	35	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	12	.114	.114	.114	.229	Apr 26	30.232	CHC, CHW, PHA
23	Harry Eisenstat	8	1935	1942	0	0.1	165	145	123	11	26	1	0	0	4	0	0	10	39	.211	.271	.220	.490	Sep 25	26.350	BRO, CLE, DET
24	Dick Errickson	5	1938	1942	0	-0.3	168	250	228	10	37	3	0	0	6	0	0	5	44	.162	.180	.175	.356	Sep 13	30.192	BSN, CHC
25	Larry Eschen	1	1942	1942	0	-0.4	12	15	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	.000	.267	.000	.267	Jul 17	21.298	PHA
26	Marv Felderman	1	1942	1942	0	-0.1	3	7	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.167	.286	.167	.452	Sep 22	26.276	CHC
27	Hilly Flitcraft	1	1942	1942	0	0.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					Sep 17	19.027	PHI
28	Charlie Fox	1	1942	1942	0	0.1	3	9	7	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.429	.500	.429	.929	Sep 26	20.354	NYG
29	Moe Franklin	2	1941	1942	0	0.1	61	178	164	25	43	8	0	2	16	0	0	9	7	.262	.309	.348	.656	Sep 6	28.158	DET
30	Ed Freed	1	1942	1942	0	0.2	13	38	33	3	10	3	1	0	1	1	1	4	3	.303	.378	.455	.833	Sep 27	23.036	PHI
31	Larry French	14	1929	1942	1	0.2	570	1198	1057	83	199	27	5	1	84	3	1	48	210	.188	.226	.226	.452	Sep 26	34.329	BRO, CHC, PIT
32	Fabian Gaffke	6	1936	1942	0	-1.5	129	359	321	43	73	14	4	7	42	2	2	30	47	.227	.297	.361	.659	Aug 12	29.007	BOS, CLE
33	Stan Galle	1	1942	1942	0	-0.3	13	19	18	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	.111	.158	.111	.269	May 13	23.095	WSH
34	Charlie Gehringer HOF	19	1924	1942	6	83.8	2323	10245	8860	1775	2839	574	146	184	1427	181	90	1186	372	.320	.404	.480	.884	Sep 27	39.139	DET
35	Jim Gleeson	5	1936	1942	0	4.4	392	1472	1277	195	336	77	19	16	154	20	14	158	147	.263	.350	.391	.741	May 5	30.061	CHC, CIN, CLE
36	Chile Gómez	3	1935	1942	0	-3.8	200	689	627	56	142	9	3	0	50	3	6	40	73	.226	.274	.250	.524	May 30	33.068	PHI, WSH
37	Buddy Gremp	3	1940	1942	0	-0.9	113	316	291	19	65	14	0	3	31	1	1	18	24	.223	.271	.302	.573	Sep 26	23.052	BSN
38	Loy Hanning	2	1939	1942	0	0.0	15	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	Jul 25	24.280	SLB
39	Bob Harris	5	1938	1942	0	0.0	128	240	202	15	39	4	2	0	12	0	0	14	43	.193	.245	.233	.478	Sep 16	27.138	DET, PHA, SLB
40	Buddy Hassett	7	1936	1942	0	9.2	929	3807	3517	469	1026	130	40	12	343	53	50	209	116	.292	.333	.362	.695	Sep 27	31.022	BRO, BSN, NYY
41	Val Heim	1	1942	1942	0	-0.1	13	51	45	6	9	1	1	0	7	1	0	5	3	.200	.294	.267	.561	Sep 22	21.322	CHW
42	Bert Hodges	1	1942	1942	0	-0.1	8	12	11	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.182	.250	.182	.432	Apr 26	24.336	PHI
43	Ray Hoffman	1	1942	1942	0	-0.4	7	20	19	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	.053	.100	.053	.153	Sep 6	25.084	WSH
44	Art Johnson	3	1940	1942	0	-0.2	50	63	57	4	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	.140	.140	.158	.298	Sep 19	23.065	BSN
45	Ken Jungels	5	1937	1942	0	-0.1	28	10	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.100	.100	.100	.200	Jun 7	25.349	CLE, PIT
46	Eddie Kearse	1	1942	1942	0	0.0	11	30	26	2	5	0	0	0	2	1	0	3	1	.192	.276	.192	.468	Jul 5	26.132	NYY
47	Chet Kehn	1	1942	1942	0	0.2	3	3	2	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	May 12	20.194	BRO
48	Bill Knickerbocker	10	1933	1942	0	4.5	907	3756	3418	423	943	198	27	28	368	25	46	244	238	.276	.326	.374	.700	Sep 17	30.262	CHW, CLE, NYY, PHA, SLB
49	Ernie Koy	5	1938	1942	0	4.6	558	2018	1846	238	515	108	29	36	260	40	27	137	284	.279	.332	.427	.759	Sep 27	33.010	BRO, CIN, PHI, STL
50	Al Kvasnak	1	1942	1942	0	-0.1	5	13	11	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.182	.308	.182	.490	May 3	21.112	WSH
51	Hank LaManna	3	1940	1942	0	0.2	62	40	39	8	10	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	12	.256	.256	.333	.590	Sep 19	23.028	BSN
52	Gene Lambert	2	1941	1942	0	0.0	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	Apr 26	21.000	PHI
53	Hank Leiber	10	1933	1942	3	13.7	813	3141	2805	410	808	137	24	101	518	5	19	274	319	.288	.356	.462	.818	Sep 25	31.251	CHC, NYG
54	Ed Leip	4	1939	1942	0	0.1	30	66	62	7	17	1	2	0	5	1	1	3	6	.274	.308	.355	.663	Apr 30	31.152	PIT, WSH
55	Hal Marnie	3	1940	1942	0	-0.4	96	244	222	19	49	3	3	0	15	1	0	18	29	.221	.279	.261	.540	Sep 25	24.081	PHI
56	Paul Masterson	3	1940	1942	0	-0.1	8	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	May 3	26.199	PHI
57	Bobby Mattick	5	1938	1942	0	0.2	206	734	690	54	161	31	1	0	64	7	6	33	60	.233	.269	.281	.550	Aug 18	26.256	CHC, CIN
58	Phil McCullough	1	1942	1942	0	0.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	Apr 22	24.274	WSH
59	Frank McElyea	1	1942	1942	0	-0.1	7	4	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	Sep 26	24.053	BSN
60	Bill McGee	8	1935	1942	0	-0.7	197	297	271	13	46	6	0	0	20	0	0	5	56	.170	.188	.192	.380	Sep 22	32.310	NYG, STL
61	Eric McNair	14	1929	1942	0	4.6	1251	4870	4519	592	1240	229	29	82	633	59	54	261	328	.274	.318	.392	.710	Sep 19	33.160	BOS, CHW, DET, PHA
62	Whitey Moore	7	1936	1942	0	-1.2	133	173	156	7	16	1	0	0	4	0	0	4	31	.103	.125	.109	.234	Sep 7	30.089	CIN, STL
63	Ed Murphy	1	1942	1942	0	-0.2	13	30	28	2	7	2	0	0	4	0	1	2	4	.250	.300	.321	.621	Sep 27	24.035	PHI
64	Bob Patrick	2	1941	1942	0	0.1	9	16	15	3	4	1	0	1	3	0	0	1	1	.267	.313	.533	.846	Apr 26	24.181	DET
65	Bill Peterman	1	1942	1942	0	0.1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	Apr 26	21.037	PHI
66	Babe Phelps	11	1931	1942	3	13.6	726	2308	2117	239	657	143	19	54	345	9	7	160	157	.310	.362	.472	.835	Sep 27	34.164	BRO, CHC, PIT, WSH
67	Jimmy Pofahl	3	1940	1942	0	-2.7	225	849	764	65	168	33	9	2	70	7	3	76	96	.220	.290	.295	.585	Sep 20	25.094	WSH
68	Tot Pressnell	5	1938	1942	0	-0.3	154	168	149	9	24	2	0	0	16	0	2	9	26	.161	.209	.174	.383	Aug 30	36.022	BRO, CHC
69	Bob Repass	2	1939	1942	0	0.1	84	300	265	30	64	12	1	2	24	6	1	33	32	.242	.328	.317	.645	Aug 10	24.277	STL, WSH
70	Johnny Rizzo	5	1938	1942	0	7.9	557	2075	1842	268	497	90	16	61	289	7	10	200	197	.270	.345	.435	.781	Sep 25	30.057	BRO, CIN, PHI, PIT
71	Red Rolfe	10	1931	1942	4	28.1	1175	5407	4827	942	1394	257	67	69	497	44	20	526	335	.289	.360	.413	.773	Sep 27	33.345	NYY
72	George Selkirk	9	1934	1942	2	23.3	846	3323	2790	503	810	131	41	108	576	49	32	486	319	.290	.400	.483	.883	Sep 27	34.266	NYY
73	Luke Sewell	20	1921	1942	1	5.3	1630	6047	5383	653	1393	272	56	20	698	66	44	486	307	.259	.323	.341	.665	Aug 1	41.208	CHW, CLE, SLB, WSH
74	Bud Sketchley	1	1942	1942	0	-0.3	13	45	36	1	7	1	0	0	3	0	1	7	4	.194	.326	.222	.548	Apr 29	23.030	CHW
75	Alan Strange	5	1934	1942	0	-2.0	314	1081	947	93	211	39	7	1	89	6	3	109	54	.223	.304	.282	.586	Aug 16	35.282	SLB, WSH
76	Ed Weiland	2	1940	1942	0	-0.1	10	7	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.143	.143	.143	.286	Sep 22	27.300	CHW
77	Billy Werber	11	1930	1942	0	25.4	1295	5845	5024	875	1363	271	50	78	539	215	95	701	363	.271	.364	.392	.756	Sep 5	34.077	BOS, CIN, NYG, NYY, PHA
78	Sam West	16	1927	1942	4	31.7	1753	6974	6148	934	1838	347	101	75	838	54	56	696	540	.299	.371	.425	.796	Sep 24	37.354	CHW, SLB, WSH
79	John Whitehead	7	1935	1942	0	-1.6	172	366	325	24	55	2	0	0	30	0	0	20	54	.169	.220	.175	.395	May 13	33.016	CHW, SLB
80	Jack Wilson	9	1934	1942	0	-0.8	283	442	413	34	82	11	1	3	49	0	0	10	68	.199	.217	.252	.469	Sep 16	30.157	BOS, DET, PHA, WSH

Pitching

Pitching
Rk	Name	Yrs	From	To	ASG	WAR	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	Last Game	Age	Tms
1	Elden Auker	10	1933	1942	0	15.8	130	101	.563	4.42	333	261	40	126	14	2	1963.1	2230	1106	964	129	706	46	594	36	3	8	8686	1.495	Sep 20	31.364	BOS, DET, SLB
2	Bill Beckmann	4	1939	1942	0	3.0	21	25	.457	4.79	90	44	32	17	4	2	440.0	499	265	234	38	119	2	108	4	0	5	1910	1.405	Sep 20	34.286	PHA, STL
3	Lou Bevil	1	1942	1942	0	0.0	0	1	.000	6.52	4	1	2	0	0	0	9.2	9	7	7	0	11	0	2	1	1	0	47	2.069	Sep 13	19.290	WSH
4	Cy Blanton	9	1934	1942	2	14.9	68	71	.489	3.55	202	167	21	75	14	4	1218.1	1243	588	481	64	337	13	611	18	0	33	5173	1.297	May 6	33.304	PHI, PIT
5	Bob Bowman	4	1939	1942	0	4.2	26	17	.605	3.82	109	38	35	13	2	9	365.0	360	175	155	27	139	15	146	6	1	9	1567	1.367	May 25	31.234	CHC, NYG, STL
6	Norm Branch	2	1941	1942	0	0.2	5	2	.714	3.73	37	0	28	0	0	4	62.2	55	31	26	5	42	1	41	0	0	3	275	1.548	Aug 20	27.151	NYY
7	Clint Brown	15	1928	1942	0	20.0	89	93	.489	4.26	434	130	250	62	8	64	1485.2	1740	830	704	86	368	77	410	20	0	18	6495	1.419	Jun 7	38.334	CHW, CLE
8	Fred Caligiuri	2	1941	1942	0	-0.2	2	5	.286	4.52	18	7	9	4	0	1	79.2	90	49	40	4	32	1	27	2	1	2	364	1.531	Sep 20	23.333	PHA
9	Hardin Cathey	1	1942	1942	0	-0.6	1	1	.500	7.42	12	2	7	0	0	0	30.1	44	26	25	1	16	1	8	0	0	1	147	1.978	Jun 11	22.340	WSH
10	Vallie Eaves	5	1935	1942	0	0.3	4	8	.333	4.58	24	14	3	6	0	0	106.0	105	62	54	7	70	2	46	6	0	4	482	1.651	Apr 26	30.232	CHC, CHW, PHA
11	Harry Eisenstat	8	1935	1942	0	6.8	25	27	.481	3.84	165	33	88	11	1	14	478.2	550	242	204	30	114	13	157	4	2	6	2059	1.387	Sep 25	26.350	BRO, CLE, DET
12	Dick Errickson	5	1938	1942	0	4.1	36	47	.434	3.85	168	77	51	31	6	9	736.1	804	353	315	36	290	22	176	9	3	12	3198	1.486	Sep 13	30.192	BSN, CHC
13	Hilly Flitcraft	1	1942	1942	0	-0.2	0	0		8.10	3	0	0	0	0	0	3.1	6	4	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	17	2.400	Sep 17	19.027	PHI
14	Larry French	14	1929	1942	1	45.0	197	171	.535	3.44	570	383	108	199	40	17	3152.0	3375	1440	1206	164	819	77	1187	42	4	34	13465	1.331	Sep 26	34.329	BRO, CHC, PIT
15	Loy Hanning	2	1939	1942	0	-0.3	1	2	.333	6.26	15	1	6	0	0	0	27.1	32	20	19	3	16	1	17	1	0	0	130	1.756	Jul 25	24.280	SLB
16	Bob Harris	5	1938	1942	0	4.5	30	52	.366	4.96	127	89	23	26	4	2	646.0	770	397	356	58	294	14	205	5	0	26	2936	1.647	Sep 16	27.138	DET, PHA, SLB
17	Art Johnson	3	1940	1942	0	0.8	7	16	.304	3.68	49	19	15	6	0	1	195.2	203	100	80	7	79	7	71	7	0	2	853	1.441	Sep 19	23.065	BSN
18	Ken Jungels	5	1937	1942	0	-0.5	1	0	1.000	6.80	25	0	13	0	0	0	49.0	56	41	37	5	32	3	21	3	0	0	233	1.796	Jun 7	25.349	CLE, PIT
19	Chet Kehn	1	1942	1942	0	-0.2	0	0		7.04	3	1	2	0	0	0	7.2	8	6	6	2	4	0	3	0	0	0	34	1.565	May 12	20.194	BRO
20	Hank LaManna	3	1940	1942	0	-1.5	6	5	.545	5.24	45	5	20	1	0	1	92.2	95	64	54	7	67	2	28	1	0	5	426	1.748	Sep 19	23.028	BSN
21	Gene Lambert	2	1941	1942	0	0.4	0	1	.000	2.70	3	1	0	0	0	0	10.0	14	3	3	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	46	1.600	Apr 26	21.000	PHI
22	Hank Leiber	10	1933	1942	3	-0.3	0	1	.000	6.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	9	9	6	0	5	0	5	1	0	0	42	1.556	Sep 25	31.251	CHC, NYG
23	Paul Masterson	3	1940	1942	0	-0.1	1	0	1.000	5.84	8	1	6	1	0	0	24.2	26	16	16	1	13	1	14	0	0	0	110	1.581	May 3	26.199	PHI
24	Phil McCullough	1	1942	1942	0	-0.1	0	0		6.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	5	4	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	17	2.333	Apr 22	24.274	WSH
25	Bill McGee	8	1935	1942	0	8.7	46	41	.529	3.74	197	102	37	31	9	6	853.0	861	423	354	53	355	36	340	6	2	16	3697	1.426	Sep 22	32.310	NYG, STL
26	Whitey Moore	7	1936	1942	0	2.4	30	29	.508	3.75	133	60	42	18	4	4	513.1	450	243	214	25	292	5	228	24	1	9	2248	1.445	Sep 7	30.089	CIN, STL
27	Tot Pressnell	5	1938	1942	0	6.4	32	30	.516	3.80	154	42	68	17	4	13	526.1	547	247	222	31	134	31	157	20	1	11	2259	1.294	Aug 30	36.022	BRO, CHC
28	Ed Weiland	2	1940	1942	0	-0.5	0	0		8.25	10	0	6	0	0	0	24.0	33	26	22	5	10	0	7	0	0	3	116	1.792	Sep 22	27.300	CHW
29	John Whitehead	7	1935	1942	0	12.2	49	54	.476	4.60	172	119	30	52	9	4	944.0	1074	537	482	70	372	35	254	18	0	22	4190	1.532	May 13	33.016	CHW, SLB
30	Jack Wilson	9	1934	1942	0	11.8	68	72	.486	4.59	281	121	98	50	5	20	1131.2	1233	686	577	73	601	33	590	18	3	37	5158	1.621	Sep 16	30.157	BOS, DET, PHA, WSH
	Totals	154	1928	1942	6	157	875	872	.501	4.07	3393	1719	1041	747	124	177	15188.1	16526	8000	6868	931	5343	438	5460	252	22	267	66380	1.495