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.
Offseason
[edit]- December 1, 1941: Hank Gornicki was selected off waivers from the Cardinals by the Pittsburgh Pirates.[1]
- Prior to 1942 season (exact date unknown)
Regular season
[edit]Season standings
[edit]Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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St. Louis Cardinals | 106 | 48 | .688 | — | 60–17 | 46–31 |
Brooklyn Dodgers | 104 | 50 | .675 | 2 | 57–22 | 47–28 |
New York Giants | 85 | 67 | .559 | 20 | 47–31 | 38–36 |
Cincinnati Reds | 76 | 76 | .500 | 29 | 38–39 | 38–37 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 66 | 81 | .449 | 36½ | 41–34 | 25–47 |
Chicago Cubs | 68 | 86 | .442 | 38 | 36–41 | 32–45 |
Boston Braves | 59 | 89 | .399 | 44 | 33–36 | 26–53 |
Philadelphia Phils | 42 | 109 | .278 | 62½ | 23–51 | 19–58 |
Record vs. opponents
[edit]Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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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 | — |
Roster
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Player stats
[edit]= Indicates team leader |
Batting
[edit]Starters by position
[edit]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 |
Other batters
[edit]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 |
Pitching
[edit]Starting pitchers
[edit]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 |
Ernie White | 26 | 128.1 | 7 | 5 | 2.52 | 67 |
Lon Warneke | 12 | 82.0 | 6 | 4 | 3.29 | 31 |
Other pitchers
[edit]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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Harry Gumbert | 38 | 163.0 | 9 | 5 | 3.26 | 52 |
Max Lanier | 34 | 161.0 | 13 | 8 | 2.96 | 93 |
Howie Pollet | 27 | 109.1 | 7 | 5 | 2.88 | 42 |
Note: Harry Gumbert was the team leader in saves with 5.
Relief pitchers
[edit]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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Murry Dickson | 36 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2.91 | 66 |
Howie Krist | 34 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 2.51 | 47 |
Whitey Moore | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.38 | 1 |
Bill Lohrman | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.42 | 6 |
Bill Beckmann | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 |
Clyde Shoun | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
1942 World Series
[edit]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 |
Farm system
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Hank Gornicki at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Del Rice Trades and Transactions at Baseball Almanac
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
External links
[edit]- 1942 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Reference
- 1942 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Almanac