1940 St. Louis Cardinals season
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Record | 84–69 (.549) |
League place | 3rd |
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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.
Regular season[]
Season standings[]
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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[]
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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[]
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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 |
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C | Mickey Owen | 117 | 307 | 81 | .264 | 0 | 27 |
1B | Johnny Mize | 155 | 579 | 182 | .314 | 43 | 137 |
2B | Joe Orengo | 129 | 415 | 119 | .287 | 7 | 56 |
SS | Marty Marion | 125 | 435 | 121 | .278 | 3 | 46 |
3B | Stu Martin | 112 | 369 | 88 | .238 | 4 | 32 |
OF | Enos Slaughter | 140 | 516 | 158 | .306 | 17 | 73 |
OF | Ernie Koy | 93 | 348 | 108 | .310 | 8 | 52 |
OF | Terry Moore | 136 | 537 | 163 | .304 | 17 | 64 |
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 |
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Jimmy Brown | 107 | 454 | 127 | .280 | 0 | 30 |
Don Padgett | 93 | 240 | 58 | .242 | 6 | 41 |
Pepper Martin | 86 | 228 | 72 | .316 | 3 | 39 |
Joe Medwick | 37 | 158 | 48 | .304 | 3 | 20 |
Johnny Hopp | 80 | 152 | 41 | .270 | 1 | 14 |
Don Gutteridge | 69 | 108 | 29 | .269 | 3 | 14 |
Eddie Lake | 32 | 66 | 14 | .212 | 2 | 7 |
Harry Walker | 7 | 27 | 5 | .185 | 0 | 6 |
Carden Gillenwater | 7 | 25 | 4 | .160 | 0 | 5 |
Walker Cooper | 6 | 19 | 6 | .316 | 0 | 2 |
Bill DeLancey | 15 | 18 | 4 | .222 | 0 | 2 |
Hal Epps | 11 | 15 | 3 | .200 | 0 | 1 |
Red Jones | 12 | 11 | 1 | .091 | 0 | 1 |
Creepy Crespi | 3 | 11 | 3 | .273 | 0 | 0 |
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 |
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Lon Warneke | 33 | 232 | 16 | 10 | 3.14 | 85 |
Mort Cooper | 38 | 230.2 | 11 | 12 | 3.63 | 95 |
Bill McGee | 38 | 218 | 16 | 10 | 3.80 | 78 |
Murry Dickson | 1 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 16.20 | 0 |
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 |
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Clyde Shoun | 54 | 197.1 | 13 | 11 | 3.92 | 82 |
Bob Bowman | 28 | 114.1 | 7 | 5 | 4.33 | 43 |
Max Lanier | 35 | 105 | 9 | 6 | 3.34 | 49 |
Carl Doyle | 21 | 81 | 3 | 3 | 5.89 | 44 |
Curt Davis | 14 | 54 | 0 | 4 | 5.17 | 12 |
Ernie White | 8 | 21.2 | 1 | 1 | 4.15 | 15 |
Newt Kimball | 2 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 2.57 | 6 |
Gene Lillard | 2 | 4.2 | 0 | 1 | 13.50 | 2 |
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 |
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Jack Russell | 26 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2.50 | 16 |
Ira Hutchinson | 20 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3.13 | 19 |
Harry Brecheen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 |
Bob Weiland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 0 |
Farm system[]
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LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Houston, Columbus (Sally), Johnson City, Williamson Arkansas–Missouri League folded, July 1, 1940; Caruthersville club transferred to Batesville, July 7[1] |
Notes[]
- ^ 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[]
- St. Louis Cardinals seasons
- 1940 Major League Baseball season
- 1940 in sports in Missouri