1944 St. Louis Cardinals season

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1944  St. Louis Cardinals
World Series champion
National League champion
League National League
Ballpark Sportsman's Park
City St. Louis, Missouri
Record105–49 (.682)
League place1st
Owner Sam Breadon
Manager Billy Southworth
Radio WEW/WTMV
(Dizzy Dean, Johnny O'Hara)
  1943 Seasons 1945  

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.

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Regular season

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]

Season standings

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 10549.68254225127
Pittsburgh Pirates 9063.58814½49284135
Cincinnati Reds 8965.5781645334432
Chicago Cubs 7579.4873035424037
New York Giants 6787.4353839362851
Boston Braves 6589.4224038402749
Brooklyn Dodgers 6391.4094237392652
Philadelphia Phillies 6192.39943½29493243

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamBOSBRCHCCINNYGPHIPITSTL
Boston 9–1311–118–149–1311–11–19–138–14
Brooklyn 13–98–14–18–1410–1216–64–184–18
Chicago 11–1114–8–19–13–110–1213–912–10–16–16
Cincinnati 14–814–813–9–115–713–1912–108–14
New York 13–912–1012–107–1510–127–15–16–16
Philadelphia 11–11–16–169–139–1312–109–125–17
Pittsburgh 13–918–410–12–110–1215–7–112–912–10–3
St. Louis 14–818–416–614–816–617–510–12–3

Roster

1944 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader
= Indicates league leader

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 112397126.3171372
1B Ray Sanders 154601177.29512102
2B Emil Verban 146498128.257043
SS Marty Marion 144506135.267663
3B Whitey Kurowski 149555150.2702087
LF Stan Musial 146568197*.3471294
CF Johnny Hopp 139592177.3361172
RF Danny Litwhiler 140492130.2641582
  • Tied with Phil Cavarretta (Chicago)

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Ken O'Dea 8526566.249637
Augie Bergamo 8019255.286219
Debs Garms 7314930.20105
George Fallon 6914128.19919
Pepper Martin 408624.27924
John Antonelli 8214.19001
Bob Keely 100.---00

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Mort Cooper 34252.12272.4697
Max Lanier 33224.117122.65141
Ted Wilks 36207.21742.6488
Harry Brecheen 30189.11652.8588
Red Munger 21121.11131.3455
Harry Gumbert 1061.1422.4916

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Al Jurisich 30130.0793.3953
Bud Byerly 942.1223.4013
Bill Trotter 26.00113.500

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Freddy Schmidt 377353.1558
Blix Donnelly 272122.1245
Mike Naymick 10004.501

1944 World Series

NL St. Louis Cardinals (4) vs. AL St. Louis Browns (2)

GameScoreDate
1Browns 2, Cardinals 1October 4
2Cardinals 3, Browns 2 (11 innings)October 5
3Browns 6, Cardinals 2October 6
4Cardinals 5, Browns 1October 7
5Cardinals 2, Browns 0October 8
6Cardinals 3, Browns 1October 9

Source: [2]

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AA Columbus Red Birds American Association Nick Cullop
AA Rochester Red Wings International League Ken Penner
AA Sacramento Solons Pacific Coast League Earl Sheely
B Allentown Cardinals Interstate League Ollie Vanek
B Lynchburg Cardinals Piedmont League George Ferrell
D Johnson City Cardinals Appalachian League George Smith
D Lima Red Birds Ohio State League Runt Marr and Jack Norris

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Lynchburg [3]

References

  1. Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 152, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, NY, ISBN   978-0-451-22363-0
  2. "1944 World Series - St. Louis Cardinals over St. Louis Browns (4-2)". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 22, 2025.
  3. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007