1944 St. Louis Cardinals | ||
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World Series champion National League champion | ||
League | National League | |
Ballpark | Sportsman's Park | |
City | St. Louis, Missouri | |
Record | 105–49 (.682) | |
League place | 1st | |
Owner | Sam Breadon | |
Manager | Billy Southworth | |
Radio | WEW/WTMV (Dizzy Dean, Johnny O'Hara) | |
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The 1944 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 63rd season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 53rd season in the National League. The Cardinals went 105 wins and 49 losses during the season and finished first in the National League. In the World Series, they met their town rivals, the St. Louis Browns. They won the series in 6 games to win their 5th World Series title.
Shortstop Marty Marion won the MVP Award this year, batting .267, with 6 home runs and 63 RBIs. This was the third consecutive year a Cardinal won the MVP Award, with Mort Cooper winning in 1942 and Stan Musial winning in 1943. Marion was the first shortstop in the history of the National League to win the award. [1]
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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St. Louis Cardinals | 105 | 49 | .682 | — | 54–22 | 51–27 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 90 | 63 | .588 | 14½ | 49–28 | 41–35 |
Cincinnati Reds | 89 | 65 | .578 | 16 | 45–33 | 44–32 |
Chicago Cubs | 75 | 79 | .487 | 30 | 35–42 | 40–37 |
New York Giants | 67 | 87 | .435 | 38 | 39–36 | 28–51 |
Boston Braves | 65 | 89 | .422 | 40 | 38–40 | 27–49 |
Brooklyn Dodgers | 63 | 91 | .409 | 42 | 37–39 | 26–52 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 61 | 92 | .399 | 43½ | 29–49 | 32–43 |
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Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
Boston | — | 9–13 | 11–11 | 8–14 | 9–13 | 11–11–1 | 9–13 | 8–14 | |||||
Brooklyn | 13–9 | — | 8–14–1 | 8–14 | 10–12 | 16–6 | 4–18 | 4–18 | |||||
Chicago | 11–11 | 14–8–1 | — | 9–13–1 | 10–12 | 13–9 | 12–10–1 | 6–16 | |||||
Cincinnati | 14–8 | 14–8 | 13–9–1 | — | 15–7 | 13–19 | 12–10 | 8–14 | |||||
New York | 13–9 | 12–10 | 12–10 | 7–15 | — | 10–12 | 7–15–1 | 6–16 | |||||
Philadelphia | 11–11–1 | 6–16 | 9–13 | 9–13 | 12–10 | — | 9–12 | 5–17 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 13–9 | 18–4 | 10–12–1 | 10–12 | 15–7–1 | 12–9 | — | 12–10–3 | |||||
St. Louis | 14–8 | 18–4 | 16–6 | 14–8 | 16–6 | 17–5 | 10–12–3 | — |
1944 St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||
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Roster | |||||||||
Pitchers
| Catchers
Infielders | Outfielders
| Manager Coaches
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= Indicates team leader |
= Indicates league leader |
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 | 112 | 397 | 126 | .317 | 13 | 72 |
1B | Ray Sanders | 154 | 601 | 177 | .295 | 12 | 102 |
2B | Emil Verban | 146 | 498 | 128 | .257 | 0 | 43 |
SS | Marty Marion | 144 | 506 | 135 | .267 | 6 | 63 |
3B | Whitey Kurowski | 149 | 555 | 150 | .270 | 20 | 87 |
LF | Stan Musial | 146 | 568 | 197* | .347 | 12 | 94 |
CF | Johnny Hopp | 139 | 592 | 177 | .336 | 11 | 72 |
RF | Danny Litwhiler | 140 | 492 | 130 | .264 | 15 | 82 |
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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Ken O'Dea | 85 | 265 | 66 | .249 | 6 | 37 |
Augie Bergamo | 80 | 192 | 55 | .286 | 2 | 19 |
Debs Garms | 73 | 149 | 30 | .201 | 0 | 5 |
George Fallon | 69 | 141 | 28 | .199 | 1 | 9 |
Pepper Martin | 40 | 86 | 24 | .279 | 2 | 4 |
John Antonelli | 8 | 21 | 4 | .190 | 0 | 1 |
Bob Keely | 1 | 0 | 0 | .--- | 0 | 0 |
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 | 34 | 252.1 | 22 | 7 | 2.46 | 97 |
Max Lanier | 33 | 224.1 | 17 | 12 | 2.65 | 141 |
Ted Wilks | 36 | 207.2 | 17 | 4 | 2.64 | 88 |
Harry Brecheen | 30 | 189.1 | 16 | 5 | 2.85 | 88 |
Red Munger | 21 | 121.1 | 11 | 3 | 1.34 | 55 |
Harry Gumbert | 10 | 61.1 | 4 | 2 | 2.49 | 16 |
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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Al Jurisich | 30 | 130.0 | 7 | 9 | 3.39 | 53 |
Bud Byerly | 9 | 42.1 | 2 | 2 | 3.40 | 13 |
Bill Trotter | 2 | 6.0 | 0 | 1 | 13.50 | 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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Freddy Schmidt | 37 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 3.15 | 58 |
Blix Donnelly | 27 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2.12 | 45 |
Mike Naymick | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 |
NL St. Louis Cardinals (4) vs. AL St. Louis Browns (2)
Game | Score | Date |
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1 | Browns 2, Cardinals 1 | October 4 |
2 | Cardinals 3, Browns 2 (11 innings) | October 5 |
3 | Browns 6, Cardinals 2 | October 6 |
4 | Cardinals 5, Browns 1 | October 7 |
5 | Cardinals 2, Browns 0 | October 8 |
6 | Cardinals 3, Browns 1 | October 9 |
Source: [2]
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Lynchburg [3]