1942 World Series

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1942 World Series

Team / Wins	Manager	Season
St. Louis Cardinals (4)	Billy Southworth	106-48, .688, GA: 2
New York Yankees (1)	Joe McCarthy	103-51, .669, GA: 9

Dates:

September 30–October 5

Radio network:

Mutual.

Radio announcers:

Red Barber and Mel Allen.

Umpires:

George Magerkurth (NL), Bill Summers (AL), George Barr (NL), Cal Hubbard (AL)

Future Hall of Famers:

Cardinals: Billy Southworth (mgr.), Enos Slaughter, Stan Musial.
Yankees: Joe McCarthy (mgr.), Bill Dickey, Joe DiMaggio, Phil Rizzuto, Red Ruffing.

World Series

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The 1942 World Series featured the defending champion New York Yankees against the St. Louis Cardinals, with the Cardinals winning the Series in five games for their first championship since 1934 and their fourth overall.

The 1942 St. Louis Cardinals set a franchise record for victories with 106. Every Cardinal — except for Harry Gumbert — was a product of the teams' farm system which was put in place by Branch Rickey.

The Yankees won Game 1 despite a Cardinals rally but the Cardinals swept the rest. The loss was the Yankees' first since the 1926 World Series to the Cardinals. They had won eight Series in the interim.

1 Summary
2 Matchups
3 Composite Box
4 1942 World Series in literature
5 Notes
6 References
7 External links

[edit] Summary

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

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	New York Yankees - 7, St. Louis Cardinals - 4	September 30	Sportsman's Park III	34,769^[1]
2	New York Yankees - 3, St. Louis Cardinals - 4	October 1	Sportsman's Park III	34,255^[2]
3	St. Louis Cardinals - 2, New York Yankees - 0	October 3	Yankee Stadium	69,123^[3]
4	St. Louis Cardinals - 9, New York Yankees - 6	October 4	Yankee Stadium	69,902^[4]
5	St. Louis Cardinals - 4, New York Yankees - 2	October 5	Yankee Stadium	69,052^[5]

[edit] Matchups

[edit] Game 1

Wednesday, September 30, 1942 at Sportsman's Park III in St. Louis, Missouri

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	2	7	11	0
St. Louis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	7	4

WP: Red Ruffing (1-0) LP: Mort Cooper (0-1) SV: Spud Chandler (1)

In Game 1, Red Ruffing had a no-hitter until Terry Moore singled for the St Louis Cardinals with two out in the 8th inning. In the 9th inning, the Cardinals scored four runs and then managed to load the bases, bringing Stan Musial to the plate as the winning run, only to have Musial ground out.

[edit] Game 2

Thursday, October 1, 1942 at Sportsman's Park III in St. Louis, Missouri

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	10	2
St. Louis	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	X	4	6	0

WP: Johnny Beazley (1-0) LP: Tiny Bonham (0-1)
HRs: NYY – Charlie Keller (1)

[edit] Game 3

Saturday, October 3, 1942 at Yankee Stadium in New York, New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
St. Louis	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	1
New York	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1

WP: Ernie White (1-0) LP: Spud Chandler (0-1)

[edit] Game 4

Sunday, October 4, 1942 at Yankee Stadium in New York, New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
St. Louis	0	0	0	6	0	0	2	0	1	9	12	1
New York	1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	6	10	1

WP: Max Lanier (1-0) LP: Atley Donald (0-1)
HRs: NYY – Charlie Keller (2)

[edit] Game 5

Monday, October 5, 1942 at Yankee Stadium in New York, New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
St. Louis	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	4	9	4
New York	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	1

WP: Johnny Beazley (2-0) LP: Red Ruffing (1-1)
HRs: STL – Enos Slaughter (1), Whitey Kurowski (1) NYY – Phil Rizzuto (1)

[edit] Composite Box

1942 World Series (4-1): St. Louis Cardinals (N.L.) over New York Yankees (A.L.)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
St. Louis Cardinals	2	0	1	7	0	1	3	1	8	23	39	10
New York Yankees	2	0	0	2	1	5	0	6	2	18	44	5
Total Attendance: 277,101 Average Attendance: 55,420
Winning Player’s Share: – $6,193 Losing Player’s Share – $3,352^[6]

[edit] 1942 World Series in literature

This World Series was used as a background for the plot endings in Philip Roth's 2004 novel The Plot Against America.

[edit] Notes

^ 1942 World Series Game 1 - New York Yankees vs. St. Louis Cardinals. Retrosheet. Retrieved on 2008-05-25.
^ 1942 World Series Game 2 - New York Yankees vs. St. Louis Cardinals. Retrosheet. Retrieved on 2008-05-25.
^ 1942 World Series Game 3 - St. Louis Cardinals vs. New York Yankees. Retrosheet. Retrieved on 2008-05-25.
^ 1942 World Series Game 4 - St. Louis Cardinals vs. New York Yankees. Retrosheet. Retrieved on 2008-05-25.
^ 1942 World Series Game 5 - St. Louis Cardinals vs. New York Yankees. Retrosheet. Retrieved on 2008-05-25.
^ World Series Gate Receipts and Player Shares. Baseball Almanac. Retrieved on 2008-05-07.

[edit] References

Neft, David S., and Richard M. Cohen. The World Series. 1st ed. New York: St Martins, 1990. (Neft and Cohen 188-191)
Reichler, Joseph, ed. (1982). The Baseball Encyclopedia (5th ed.), p. 2150. MacMillian Publishing. ISBN 0-02-579010-2.
Forman, Sean L.. 1942 World Series. Baseball-Reference.com - Major League Statistics and Information.. Retrieved on 2007-12-09.

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1 Whitey Kurowski \| 3 Jimmy Brown \| 4 Marty Marion \| 5 Ray Sanders \| 6 Stan Musial \| 7 Creepy Crespi \| 8 Terry Moore \| 9 Enos Slaughter \| 10 Harry Walker \| 12 Johnny Hopp \| 13 Mort Cooper \| 15 Walker Cooper \| 16 Ken O'Dea \| 19 Harry Gumbert \| 21 Johnny Beazley \| 23 Max Lanier \| 27 Howie Pollet \| 28 Ernie White Manager: 30 Billy Southworth