1942 St. Louis Cardinals season
1942 St. Louis Cardinals | |
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1942 World Series Champions 1942 National League Champions | |
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Record | 106–48 (.688) |
League place | 1st |
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Owner(s) | Sam Breadon |
General manager(s) | Branch Rickey |
Manager(s) | Billy Southworth |
Local radio | KWK (Dizzy Dean, Johnny O'Hara) KXOK (France Laux) |
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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[]
- December 1, 1941: Hank Gornicki was selected off waivers from the Cardinals by the Pittsburgh Pirates.[1]
- Prior to 1942 season (exact date unknown)
Regular season[]
Season standings[]
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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[]
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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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[]
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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 | 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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[]
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LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Columbus (American Assn.), Pocatello California League folded, June 28, 1942; KITTY League folded, June 19[3] |
References[]
- ^ Hank Gornicki at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Del Rice Trades and Transactions at Baseball Almanac
- ^ 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
- St. Louis Cardinals seasons
- 1942 Major League Baseball season
- National League champion seasons
- World Series champion seasons
- 1942 in sports in Missouri