1942 St. Louis Cardinals season

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1942  St. Louis Cardinals
World Series Champions
National League Champions
League National League
Ballpark Sportsman's Park
City St. Louis, Missouri
Record106–48 (.688)
League place1st
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.

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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.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

National League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 106480.688—60–1746–31
Brooklyn Dodgers 104500.675257–2247–28
New York Giants 85670.5592047–3138–36
Cincinnati Reds 76760.5002938–3938–37
Pittsburgh Pirates 66810.44936½41–3425–47
Chicago Cubs 68860.4423836–4132–45
Boston Braves 59890.3994433–3626–53
Philadelphia Phillies 421090.27862½23–5119–58

Record vs. opponents

1942 National League record

Sources:
TeamBOSBRCHCCINNYGPHIPITSTL
Boston —6–1613–95–16–18–1214–87–12–16–16
Brooklyn 16–6—16–615–714–8–118–416–69–13
Chicago 9–136–16—13–99–13–114–811–116–16
Cincinnati 16–5–17–159–13—9–1316–612–9–17–15
New York 12–88–14–113–9–113–9—17–515–77–15
Philadelphia 8–144–188–146–165–17—6–135–17
Pittsburgh 12–7–16–1611–119–12–17–1513–6—8–14–2
St. Louis 16–613–916–615–715–717–514–8–2—

Roster

1942 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Walker Cooper 125438123.281765
1B Johnny Hopp 9531481.258337
2B Jimmy Brown 145606155.256171
3B Whitey Kurowski 11536693.254942
SS Marty Marion 147485134.276054
OF Stan Musial 140467147.3151072
OF Enos Slaughter 152591188.3181398
OF Terry Moore 130489141.288649

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Creepy Crespi 9329271.243035
Ray Sanders 9528271.252539
Ken O'Dea 5819245.234532
Harry Walker 7419160.314016
Coaker Triplett 6415442.273123
Erv Dusak 12275.18503
Buddy Blattner 19231.04301
Gus Mancuso 5131.07701
Sam Narron 10104.40001
Estel Crabtree 1093.33302
Jeff Cross 141.25001

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Mort Cooper 37278.22271.78152
Johnny Beazley 43215.12162.1391
Max Lanier 34161.01382.9693
Ernie White 26128.1752.5267
Lon Warneke 1282.0643.2931

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Bill Lohrman 512.2111.426
Bill Beckmann 27.0100.003
Clyde Shoun 21.2000.000

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Harry Gumbert 329553.2652
Murry Dickson 366322.9166
Howie Krist 3413312.5147
Howie Pollet 277502.8842
Whitey Moore 90104.381

1942 World Series

NL St. Louis Cardinals (4) vs. AL New York Yankees (1)

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1Yankees – 7, Cardinals – 4September 30 Sportsman's Park 34,769
2Yankees – 3, Cardinals – 4October 1 Sportsman's Park 34,255
3Cardinals – 2, Yankees – 0October 3 Yankee Stadium 69,123
4Cardinals – 9, Yankees – 6October 4 Yankee Stadium 69,902
5Cardinals – 4, Yankees – 2October 5 Yankee Stadium 69,052

Farm system

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References

  1. ↑ Hank Gornicki at Baseball-Reference
  2. ↑ Del Rice Trades and Transactions at Baseball Almanac
  3. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
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