1940 St. Louis Cardinals season












































1940 St. Louis Cardinals
Major League affiliations

  • National League (since 1892)

Location

  • Sportsman's Park (since 1920)

  • St. Louis, Missouri (since 1882)

Results
Record 84–69 (.549)
League place 3rd
Other information
Owner(s) Sam Breadon
General manager(s) Branch Rickey
Manager(s)
Ray Blades, Mike González, Billy Southworth
Local radio
KMOX
(France Laux)
KWK
(Johnny O'Hara, Johnny Neblett)
KXOK
(Alex Buchan, Ray Schmidt, Gabby Street)
Stats
ESPN.com
BB-reference
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The 1940 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 59th season in St. Louis, Missouri and 49th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 84–69 during the season and finished 3rd in the National League.




Contents






  • 1 Regular season


    • 1.1 Season standings


    • 1.2 Record vs. opponents


    • 1.3 Roster




  • 2 Player stats


    • 2.1 Batting


      • 2.1.1 Starters by position


      • 2.1.2 Other batters




    • 2.2 Pitching


      • 2.2.1 Starting pitchers


      • 2.2.2 Other pitchers


      • 2.2.3 Relief pitchers






  • 3 Farm system


  • 4 Notes


  • 5 References





Regular season



Season standings






















































































National League

W

L

Pct.

GB

Home

Road

Cincinnati Reds
100 53
0.654

55–21
45–32

Brooklyn Dodgers
88 65
0.575
12
41–37
47–28

St. Louis Cardinals
84 69
0.549
16
41–36
43–33

Pittsburgh Pirates
78 76
0.506
22½
40–34
38–42

Chicago Cubs
75 79
0.487
25½
40–37
35–42

New York Giants
72 80
0.474
27½
33–43
39–37

Boston Bees
65 87
0.428
34½
35–40
30–47

Philadelphia Phillies
50 103
0.327
50
24–55
26–48




Record vs. opponents








































































































1940 National League Records


Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team
BOS
BR
CHC
CIN
NYG
PHI
PIT
STL

Boston
9–13 8–14 9–12 7–15 15–6 9–13 8–14

Brooklyn
13–9 10–12 8–14–1 16–5 17–5 15–7–1 9–13–1

Chicago
14–8 12–10 6–16 12–10 12–10 11–11 8–14

Cincinnati
12–9 14–8–1 16–6 15–7 15–7 16–6 12–10–1

New York
15–7 5–16 10–12 7–15 12–10 12–10 11–10

Philadelphia
6–15 5–17 10–12 7–15 10–12 6–16 6–16

Pittsburgh
13–9 7–15–1 11–11 6–16 10–12 16–6 15–7–1

St. Louis
14–8 13–9–1 14–8 10–12–1 10–11 16–6 7–15–1




Roster














1940 St. Louis Cardinals

Roster

Pitchers


  • 26 Bob Bowman


  • 31 Harry Brecheen


  • 25 Mort Cooper


  • 27 Curt Davis


  • 22 Murry Dickson


  • 27 Carl Doyle


  • 27,30 Ira Hutchinson


  • 25 Newt Kimball


  • 23 Max Lanier


  • 31 Gene Lillard


  • 29 Bill McGee


  • 28 Jack Russell


  • 24 Clyde Shoun


  • 21 Lon Warneke


  • 20 Bob Weiland


  • 2,32 Ernie White




Catchers


  • 17 Walker Cooper


  • 15 Bill DeLancey


  • 14 Mickey Owen


  • 16 Don Padgett


Infielders




  •  3 Jimmy Brown


  •  2 Creepy Crespi


  •  5 Don Gutteridge


  •  1 Eddie Lake


  •  4 Marty Marion


  •  6 Stu Martin


  • 10 Johnny Mize


  • 18 Joe Orengo




Outfielders


  • 17 Hal Epps


  • 28 Carden Gillenwater


  • 12 Johnny Hopp


  • 19 Red Jones


  • 19 Ernie Koy


  •  1 Pepper Martin


  •  7 Joe Medwick


  •  8 Terry Moore


  •  9 Enos Slaughter


  • 42 Harry Walker




Manager


  • 37 Ray Blades


  • 35 Mike González


  • 40 Billy Southworth


Coaches




  • 35 Mike González


  • 36 Buzzy Wares




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























Pos
Player
G
AB
H
Avg.
HR
RBI
1B Johnny Mize 155 579 182 .314 43 137


Other batters


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
Jimmy Brown 107 454 127 .280 0 30


Pitching



Starting pitchers


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










Player
G
IP
W
L
ERA
SO


Other pitchers


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





















Player
G
IP
W
L
ERA
SO
Bob Bowman 28 114.1 7 5 4.33 43


Relief pitchers


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










Player
G
W
L
SV
ERA
SO


Farm system












Notes





  1. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007




References



  • 1940 St. Louis Cardinals

  • 1940 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com










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