1942 St. Louis Cardinals season

1942 St. Louis Cardinals
1942 World Series Champions
1942 National League Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
  • St. Louis, Missouri (since 1882)
Results
Record 106–48 (.688)
League place 1st
Other information
Owner(s) Sam Breadon
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.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

National League W L GB Pct.
St. Louis Cardinals 106 48 -- .688
Brooklyn Dodgers 104 50 2 .675
New York Giants 85 67 20 .559
Cincinnati Reds 76 76 29 .500
Pittsburgh Pirates 66 81 36.5 .449
Chicago Cubs 68 86 38 .442
Boston Braves 59 89 44 .399
Philadelphia Phillies 42 109 62.5 .278

Roster

1942 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

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
OF Moore, TerryTerry 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
Brown, JimmyJimmy Brown 145 606 155 .256 1 71
Narron, SamSam Narron 10 10 4 .400 0 1
Cross, JeffJeff 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
Cooper, MortMort Cooper 37 278.2 22 7 1.78 152

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
Beazley, JohnnyJohnny Beazley 43 215.1 21 6 2.13 91
Gumbert, HarryHarry Gumbert 38 163 9 5 3.26 52
Krist, HowieHowie Krist 34 118.1 13 3 2.51 47

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
Dickson, MurryMurry Dickson 36 6 3 2 2.91 66
Beckmann, BillBill Beckmann 2 1 0 0 0.00 3

1942 World Series

Main article: 1942 World Series

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

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1 Yankees – 7, Cardinals – 4 September 30Sportsman's Park 34,769
2 Yankees – 3, Cardinals – 4 October 1Sportsman's Park 34,255
3 Cardinals – 2, Yankees – 0 October 3Yankee Stadium 69,123
4 Cardinals – 9, Yankees – 6 October 4Yankee Stadium 69,902
5 Cardinals – 4, Yankees – 2 October 5Yankee Stadium 69,052

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AA Columbus Red Birds American Association Eddie Dyer
AA Rochester Red Wings International League Tony Kaufmann, Estel Crabtree and Ray Hayworth
AA Sacramento Solons Pacific Coast League Pepper Martin
A1 New Orleans Pelicans Southern Association Pat Ankenman
A1 Houston Buffaloes Texas League Clay Hopper
B Decatur Commodores Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League Adel White and Tony Kaufmann
B Allentown Wings Interstate League Benny Borgmann
B Asheville Tourists Piedmont League Bill DeLancey
B Columbus Red Birds Sally League Harrison Wickel
B Mobile Shippers Southeastern League Tommy West and Adel White
C Fresno Cardinals California League Lou Scoffic
C Springfield Cardinals Middle Atlantic League Walter Alston
C Duluth Dukes Northern League Eddie Malone
C Pocatello Cardinals Pioneer League Nick Cullop
C Springfield Cardinals Western Association Runt Marr
Level Team League Manager
D Johnson City Cardinals Appalachian League Mercer Harris
D Albany Cardinals Georgia-Florida League Joe Cusick
D Union City Greyhounds KITTY League Everett Johnston
D Williamson Red Birds Mountain State League Ollie Vanek
D Washington Red Birds Pennsylvania State Association George Jenkins and Moose Fralick
D Hamilton Red Wings PONY League Roy Pfleger, Ken Blackman and Joe Sugden
D LaCrosse Blackhawks Wisconsin State League Ed Konetchy and Lou Scoffic

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Columbus (American Assn.), Pocatello

California League folded, June 28, 1942; KITTY League folded, June 19[3]

References

  1. ↑ Hank Gornicki page 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, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

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