1942 St. Louis Cardinals season









































1942 St. Louis Cardinals
1942 World Series Champions
1942 National League Champions
Major League affiliations

  • National League (since 1892)

Location

  • Sportsman's Park (since 1920)

  • St. Louis, Missouri (since 1882)

Results
Record 106–48 (.688)
League place 1st
Other information
Owner(s) Sam Breadon
General manager(s) Branch Rickey
Manager(s) Billy Southworth
Local radio (Dizzy Dean, Johnny O'Hara)
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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 went 106–48 during the season and finished first in the National League. In the World Series, they met the New York Yankees. They won the series in 5 games.


Pitcher Mort Cooper won the MVP Award this year, with a 1.78 ERA, 22 wins, and 152 strikeouts.




Contents






  • 1 Offseason


  • 2 Regular season


    • 2.1 Season standings


    • 2.2 Record vs. opponents


    • 2.3 Roster




  • 3 Player stats


    • 3.1 Batting


      • 3.1.1 Starters by position


      • 3.1.2 Other batters




    • 3.2 Pitching


      • 3.2.1 Starting pitchers


      • 3.2.2 Other pitchers


      • 3.2.3 Relief pitchers






  • 4 1942 World Series


  • 5 Farm system


  • 6 References


  • 7 External links





Offseason



  • December 1, 1941: Hank Gornicki was selected off waivers from the Cardinals by the Pittsburgh Pirates.[1]

  • Prior to 1942 season (exact date unknown)

    • Del Rice was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cardinals.[2]




Regular season



Season standings






















































































National League

W

L

Pct.

GB

Home

Road

St. Louis Cardinals
106 48
0.688

60–17
46–31

Brooklyn Dodgers
104 50
0.675
2
57–22
47–28

New York Giants
85 67
0.559
20
47–31
38–36

Cincinnati Reds
76 76
0.500
29
38–39
38–37

Pittsburgh Pirates
66 81
0.449
36½
41–34
25–47

Chicago Cubs
68 86
0.442
38
36–41
32–45

Boston Braves
59 89
0.399
44
33–36
26–53

Philadelphia Phillies
42 109
0.278
62½
23–51
19–58




Record vs. opponents








































































































1942 National League Records


Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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














1942 St. Louis Cardinals

Roster

Pitchers


  • 21 Johnny Beazley


  • 27 Bill Beckmann


  • 13 Mort Cooper


  • 22 Murry Dickson


  • 19 Harry Gumbert


  • 29 Howie Krist


  • 23 Max Lanier


  • 34 Bill Lohrman


  • 35 Whitey Moore


  • 11,27 Howie Pollet


  • 24 Clyde Shoun


  • 18 Lon Warneke


  • 28 Ernie White




Catchers


  • 15 Walker Cooper


  • 14 Gus Mancuso


  • 32 Sam Narron


  • 16 Ken O'Dea


Infielders




  •  2 Buddy Blattner


  •  3 Jimmy Brown


  •  7 Creepy Crespi


  •  2 Jeff Cross


  • 12 Johnny Hopp


  •  1 Whitey Kurowski


  •  4 Marty Marion


  •  5 Ray Sanders




Outfielders


  • 17 Erv Dusak


  •  8 Terry Moore


  •  6 Stan Musial


  •  9 Enos Slaughter


  • 20 Coaker Triplett


  • 10 Harry Walker


Other batters



  • 11 Estel Crabtree



Manager

  • 30 Billy Southworth

Coaches




  • 25 Mike González (Third base)


  • 26 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
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


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
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



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
Mort Cooper 37 278.2 22 7 1.78 152
Johnny Beazley 43 215.1 21 6 2.13 91
Max Lanier 34 161 13 8 2.96 93
Ernie White 26 128.1 7 5 2.52 67
Lon Warneke 12 82 6 4 3.29 31


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
Bill Lohrman 5 12.2 1 1 1.42 6
Bill Beckmann 2 7 1 0 0.00 3
Clyde Shoun 2 1.2 0 0 0.00 0


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
Harry Gumbert 32 9 5 5 3.26 52
Murry Dickson 36 6 3 2 2.91 66
Howie Krist 34 13 3 1 2.51 47
Howie Pollet 27 7 5 0 2.88 42
Whitey Moore 9 0 1 0 4.38 1


1942 World Series



NL St. Louis Cardinals (4) vs. AL New York Yankees (1)













































Game Score Date Location Attendance
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












References





  1. ^ Hank Gornicki at Baseball-Reference


  2. ^ Del Rice Trades and Transactions at Baseball Almanac


  3. ^ 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



  • 1942 St. Louis Cardinals


  • 1942 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Almanac












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