1942 St. Louis Cardinals | ||
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World Series Champions National League Champions | ||
League | National League | |
Ballpark | Sportsman's Park | |
City | St. Louis, Missouri | |
Record | 106–48 (.688) | |
League place | 1st | |
Owners | Sam Breadon | |
General managers | Branch Rickey | |
Managers | Billy Southworth | |
Radio | KWK (Dizzy Dean, Johnny O'Hara) KXOK (France Laux) | |
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The 1942 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 61st season in St. Louis, Missouri and its 51st season in the National League. The Cardinals won 106 games, the most in team history. They finished first in the National League, and met the New York Yankees in the World Series. They won the series in 5 games to capture their fourth title of National League and fourth World Series title.
Pitcher Mort Cooper won the MVP Award this year, with a 1.78 ERA, 22 wins, and 152 strikeouts.
This was Branch Rickey's 24th and final year with the Cardinals, the next year, he left to become the general manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers.
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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St. Louis Cardinals | 106 | 48 | 0.688 | — | 60–17 | 46–31 |
Brooklyn Dodgers | 104 | 50 | 0.675 | 2 | 57–22 | 47–28 |
New York Giants | 85 | 67 | 0.559 | 20 | 47–31 | 38–36 |
Cincinnati Reds | 76 | 76 | 0.500 | 29 | 38–39 | 38–37 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 66 | 81 | 0.449 | 36½ | 41–34 | 25–47 |
Chicago Cubs | 68 | 86 | 0.442 | 38 | 36–41 | 32–45 |
Boston Braves | 59 | 89 | 0.399 | 44 | 33–36 | 26–53 |
Philadelphia Phils | 42 | 109 | 0.278 | 62½ | 23–51 | 19–58 |
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Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
Boston | — | 6–16 | 13–9 | 5–16–1 | 8–12 | 14–8 | 7–12–1 | 6–16 | |||||
Brooklyn | 16–6 | — | 16–6 | 15–7 | 14–8–1 | 18–4 | 16–6 | 9–13 | |||||
Chicago | 9–13 | 6–16 | — | 13–9 | 9–13–1 | 14–8 | 11–11 | 6–16 | |||||
Cincinnati | 16–5–1 | 7–15 | 9–13 | — | 9–13 | 16–6 | 12–9–1 | 7–15 | |||||
New York | 12–8 | 8–14–1 | 13–9–1 | 13–9 | — | 17–5 | 15–7 | 7–15 | |||||
Philadelphia | 8–14 | 4–18 | 8–14 | 6–16 | 5–17 | — | 6–13 | 5–17 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 12–7–1 | 6–16 | 11–11 | 9–12–1 | 7–15 | 13–6 | — | 8–14–2 | |||||
St. Louis | 16–6 | 13–9 | 16–6 | 15–7 | 15–7 | 17–5 | 14–8–2 | — |
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Pitchers
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Infielders | Outfielders
Other batters | Manager Coaches
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Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Walker Cooper | 125 | 438 | 123 | .281 | 7 | 65 |
1B | Johnny Hopp | 95 | 314 | 81 | .258 | 3 | 37 |
2B | Jimmy Brown | 145 | 606 | 155 | .256 | 1 | 71 |
3B | Whitey Kurowski | 115 | 366 | 93 | .254 | 9 | 42 |
SS | Marty Marion | 147 | 485 | 134 | .276 | 0 | 54 |
OF | Stan Musial | 140 | 467 | 147 | .315 | 10 | 72 |
OF | Enos Slaughter | 152 | 591 | 188 | .318 | 13 | 98 |
OF | Terry Moore | 130 | 489 | 141 | .288 | 6 | 49 |
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Creepy Crespi | 93 | 292 | 71 | .243 | 0 | 35 |
Ray Sanders | 95 | 282 | 71 | .252 | 5 | 39 |
Ken O'Dea | 58 | 192 | 45 | .234 | 5 | 32 |
Harry Walker | 74 | 191 | 60 | .314 | 0 | 16 |
Coaker Triplett | 64 | 154 | 42 | .273 | 1 | 23 |
Erv Dusak | 12 | 27 | 5 | .185 | 0 | 3 |
Buddy Blattner | 19 | 23 | 1 | .043 | 0 | 1 |
Gus Mancuso | 5 | 13 | 1 | .077 | 0 | 1 |
Sam Narron | 10 | 10 | 4 | .400 | 0 | 1 |
Estel Crabtree | 10 | 9 | 3 | .333 | 0 | 2 |
Jeff Cross | 1 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 1 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Mort Cooper | 37 | 278.2 | 22 | 7 | 1.78 | 152 |
Johnny Beazley | 43 | 215.1 | 21 | 6 | 2.13 | 91 |
Max Lanier | 34 | 161.0 | 13 | 8 | 2.96 | 93 |
Ernie White | 26 | 128.1 | 7 | 5 | 2.52 | 67 |
Lon Warneke | 12 | 82.0 | 6 | 4 | 3.29 | 31 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Bill Lohrman | 5 | 12.2 | 1 | 1 | 1.42 | 6 |
Bill Beckmann | 2 | 7.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 |
Clyde Shoun | 2 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Harry Gumbert | 32 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 3.26 | 52 |
Murry Dickson | 36 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2.91 | 66 |
Howie Krist | 34 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 2.51 | 47 |
Howie Pollet | 27 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2.88 | 42 |
Whitey Moore | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.38 | 1 |
NL St. Louis Cardinals (4) vs. AL New York Yankees (1)
Game | Score | Date | Location | Attendance |
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1 | Yankees – 7, Cardinals – 4 | September 30 | Sportsman's Park | 34,769 |
2 | Yankees – 3, Cardinals – 4 | October 1 | Sportsman's Park | 34,255 |
3 | Cardinals – 2, Yankees – 0 | October 3 | Yankee Stadium | 69,123 |
4 | Cardinals – 9, Yankees – 6 | October 4 | Yankee Stadium | 69,902 |
5 | Cardinals – 4, Yankees – 2 | October 5 | Yankee Stadium | 69,052 |
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