1946 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 | 96–58 (.628) | |
League place | 1st | |
Owners | Sam Breadon | |
General managers | William Walsingham Jr. | |
Managers | Eddie Dyer | |
Radio | WIL (Dizzy Dean, Johnny O'Hara) WTMV/WEW (Harry Caray, Gabby Street) | |
Stats | ESPN.com BB-reference | |
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The 1946 St. Louis Cardinals season was a season in American baseball. It was the team's 65th season in St. Louis, Missouri and their 55th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 96–58 during the championship season and finished tied with the Brooklyn Dodgers for first in the National League. St. Louis then won a best-of-three playoff for the pennant, two games to none. In the World Series, they won in seven games over the Boston Red Sox. They won on Enos Slaughter's "mad dash" that gave them a 4–3 lead in the eighth inning of game 7.
Offseason
[edit]- Prior to 1946 season: Solly Hemus was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cardinals.[1]
Regular season
[edit]First baseman Stan Musial won the MVP Award this year, batting .365, with 16 home runs and 103 RBIs.
Season standings
[edit]Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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St. Louis Cardinals | 98 | 58 | .628 | — | 49–29 | 49–29 |
Brooklyn Dodgers | 96 | 60 | .615 | 2 | 56–22 | 40–38 |
Chicago Cubs | 82 | 71 | .536 | 14½ | 44–33 | 38–38 |
Boston Braves | 81 | 72 | .529 | 15½ | 45–31 | 36–41 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 69 | 85 | .448 | 28 | 41–36 | 28–49 |
Cincinnati Reds | 67 | 87 | .435 | 30 | 35–42 | 32–45 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 63 | 91 | .409 | 34 | 37–40 | 26–51 |
New York Giants | 61 | 93 | .396 | 36 | 38–39 | 23–54 |
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 | — | 5–17 | 12–9–1 | 15–7 | 13–9 | 14–8 | 15–7 | 7–15 | |||||
Brooklyn | 17–5 | — | 11–11 | 14–8–1 | 15–7 | 17–5 | 14–8 | 8–16 | |||||
Chicago | 9–12–1 | 11–11 | — | 13–9 | 17–5 | 12–10 | 12–10–1 | 8–14 | |||||
Cincinnati | 7–15 | 8–14–1 | 9–13 | — | 14–8 | 8–14–1 | 13–9 | 8–14 | |||||
New York | 9–13 | 7–15 | 5–17 | 8–14 | — | 12–10 | 10–12 | 10–12 | |||||
Philadelphia | 8–14 | 5–17 | 10–12 | 14–8–1 | 10–12 | — | 14–8 | 8–14 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 7–15 | 8–14 | 10–12–1 | 9–13 | 12–10 | 8–14 | — | 9–13 | |||||
St. Louis | 15–7 | 16–8 | 14–8 | 14–8 | 12–10 | 14–8 | 13–9 | — |
Notable transactions
[edit]- July 1946: Jim Gleeson was traded by the Cardinals to the Boston Red Sox for Don Lang and Bill Howerton.[2]
Roster
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Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
Other batters
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Manager
Coaches
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Player stats
[edit]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 | Joe Garagiola | 74 | 211 | 50 | .237 | 3 | 22 |
1B | Stan Musial | 156 | 624 | 228 | .365 | 16 | 103 |
2B | Red Schoendienst | 142 | 606 | 170 | .281 | 0 | 34 |
3B | Whitey Kurowski | 142 | 519 | 156 | .301 | 14 | 89 |
SS | Marty Marion | 146 | 498 | 116 | .233 | 3 | 46 |
OF | Harry Walker | 112 | 346 | 82 | .237 | 3 | 27 |
OF | Erv Dusak | 100 | 275 | 66 | .240 | 9 | 42 |
OF | Enos Slaughter | 156 | 609 | 183 | .300 | 18 | 130 |
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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Terry Moore | 91 | 278 | 73 | .263 | 3 | 2 |
Dick Sisler | 83 | 235 | 61 | .260 | 3 | 42 |
Buster Adams | 81 | 173 | 32 | .185 | 5 | 22 |
Del Rice | 55 | 139 | 38 | .273 | 1 | 12 |
Clyde Kluttz | 52 | 136 | 36 | .265 | 0 | 14 |
Lou Klein | 23 | 93 | 18 | .194 | 1 | 4 |
Jeff Cross | 49 | 69 | 15 | .217 | 0 | 6 |
Ken O'Dea | 22 | 57 | 7 | .123 | 1 | 3 |
Bill Endicott | 20 | 20 | 4 | .200 | 0 | 3 |
Walter Sessi | 15 | 14 | 2 | .143 | 1 | 2 |
Nippy Jones | 16 | 12 | 4 | .333 | 0 | 1 |
Danny Litwhiler | 6 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Del Wilber | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Emil Verban | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
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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Howie Pollet | 40 | 266.0 | 21 | 10 | 2.10 | 107 |
Harry Brecheen | 36 | 231.0 | 15 | 15 | 2.49 | 117 |
Johnny Beazley | 19 | 103.0 | 7 | 5 | 4.46 | 36 |
Ken Burkhart | 25 | 100.0 | 6 | 3 | 2.88 | 32 |
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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Red Barrett | 23 | 67.0 | 3 | 2 | 4.03 | 22 |
Max Lanier | 6 | 56.0 | 6 | 0 | 1.93 | 36 |
Red Munger | 10 | 48.2 | 2 | 2 | 3.33 | 28 |
Fred Martin | 6 | 28.2 | 2 | 1 | 4.08 | 19 |
Freddy Schmidt | 16 | 27.1 | 1 | 0 | 3.29 | 14 |
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 | 47 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2.88 | 82 |
Al Brazle | 37 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 3.29 | 58 |
Ted Wilks | 40 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 3.41 | 40 |
Howie Krist | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6.75 | 3 |
Blix Donnelly | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3.95 | 11 |
Johnny Grodzicki | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 |
1946 World Series
[edit]![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/1946_St._Louis_Cardinals.png/300px-1946_St._Louis_Cardinals.png)
NL St. Louis Cardinals (4) vs. AL Boston Red Sox (3)
Game | Score | Date | Attendance |
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1 | Boston 3, St. Louis 2 (10 innings) | October 6 | 36,218 |
2 | St. Louis 3, Boston 0 | October 7 | 35,815 |
3 | Boston 4, St. Louis 0 | October 9 | 34,500 |
4 | St. Louis 12, Boston 3 | October 10 | 35,645 |
5 | Boston 6, St. Louis 3 | October 11 | 35,982 |
6 | St. Louis 4, Boston 1 | October 13 | 35,768 |
7 | St. Louis 4, Boston 3 | October 15 | 36,143 |
Awards and honors
[edit]- Stan Musial, National League leader, Triples, (20).[3]
Farm system
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Solly Hemus page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Bill Howerton page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 95, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007