1947 St. Louis Cardinals season
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Record | 89–65 (.578) |
League place | 2nd |
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Owner(s) | Sam Breadon |
General manager(s) | William Walsingham, Jr. |
Manager(s) | Eddie Dyer |
Local television | KSD (Harry Caray, Gabby Street) |
Local radio | WTMV/WEW (Harry Caray, Gabby Street) |
Stats | ESPN.com BB-reference |
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The 1947 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 66th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 56th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 89–65 during the season and finished second in the National League.
Offseason[]
- November 17, 1946: Tom Poholsky was drafted by the Cardinals from the Boston Red Sox in the 1946 minor league draft.[1]
- December 13, 1946: Hal Epps was selected off waivers by the Cardinals from the Philadelphia Athletics.[2]
- Prior to 1947 season: Rip Repulski was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cardinals.[3]
Regular season[]
- May 6: There were rumours of a walkout by the Cardinals in protest of having to play Jackie Robinson and the Brooklyn Dodgers. The rumours resulted in an article published by Stan Woodward of the Herland Tribune. The Cardinals played the game and lost by a score of 7–6, despite holding a 6–3 lead.[4]
- May 21: Jackie Robinson played his first game at Sportsman's Park. The Dodgers won by a score of 4–3 in ten innings.[5]
- September 11: Cardinals catcher Joe Garagiola and Jackie Robinson were involved in an incident at home plate. Garagiola stepped on Robinson's foot and the two started arguing. Umpire Bean Reardon held back Garagiola while Robinson clapped.[6] The incident was later part of a children's book titled In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson.
Season standings[]
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Brooklyn Dodgers | 94 | 60 | 0.610 | — | 52–25 | 42–35 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 89 | 65 | 0.578 | 5 | 46–31 | 43–34 |
Boston Braves | 86 | 68 | 0.558 | 8 | 50–27 | 36–41 |
New York Giants | 81 | 73 | 0.526 | 13 | 45–31 | 36–42 |
Cincinnati Reds | 73 | 81 | 0.474 | 21 | 42–35 | 31–46 |
Chicago Cubs | 69 | 85 | 0.448 | 25 | 36–43 | 33–42 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 62 | 92 | 0.403 | 32 | 38–38 | 24–54 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 62 | 92 | 0.403 | 32 | 32–45 | 30–47 |
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 | — | 12–10 | 13–9 | 13–9 | 13–9 | 14–8 | 12–10 | 9–13 | |||||
Brooklyn | 10–12 | — | 15–7 | 15–7 | 14–8 | 14–8 | 15–7 | 11–11–1 | |||||
Chicago | 9–13 | 7–15 | — | 12–10 | 7–15 | 16–6–1 | 8–14 | 10–12 | |||||
Cincinnati | 9–13 | 7–15 | 10–12 | — | 13–9 | 13–9 | 13–9 | 8–14 | |||||
New York | 9–13 | 8–14 | 15–7 | 9–13 | — | 12–10 | 15–7–1 | 13–9 | |||||
Philadelphia | 8–14 | 8–14 | 6–16–1 | 9–13 | 10–12 | — | 13��9 | 8–14 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 10–12 | 7–15 | 14–8 | 9–13 | 7–15–1 | 9–13 | — | 6–16–1 | |||||
St. Louis | 13–9 | 11–11–1 | 12–10 | 14–8 | 9–13 | 14–8 | 16–6–1 | — |
Notable transactions[]
- May 3, 1947: Harry Walker and Freddy Schmidt were traded by the Cardinals to the Philadelphia Phillies for Ron Northey.[7]
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 | Del Rice | 97 | 261 | 57 | .218 | 12 | 44 |
1B | Stan Musial | 149 | 587 | 183 | .312 | 19 | 95 |
2B | Red Schoendienst | 151 | 659 | 167 | .253 | 3 | 48 |
3B | Whitey Kurowski | 146 | 513 | 159 | .310 | 27 | 104 |
SS | Marty Marion | 149 | 540 | 147 | .272 | 4 | 74 |
OF | Ron Northey | 110 | 311 | 91 | .293 | 15 | 63 |
OF | Enos Slaughter | 147 | 551 | 162 | .294 | 10 | 86 |
OF | Terry Moore | 127 | 460 | 130 | .283 | 7 | 45 |
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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Ron Northey | 110 | 311 | 91 | .293 | 15 | 63 |
Joe Garagiola | 77 | 183 | 47 | .257 | 5 | 25 |
Joe Medwick | 75 | 150 | 46 | .307 | 4 | 28 |
Del Wilber | 51 | 99 | 23 | .232 | 0 | 12 |
Chuck Diering | 105 | 74 | 16 | .216 | 2 | 11 |
Dick Sisler | 46 | 74 | 15 | .203 | 0 | 9 |
Nippy Jones | 23 | 73 | 18 | .247 | 1 | 5 |
Jeff Cross | 51 | 49 | 5 | .102 | 0 | 3 |
Harry Walker | 10 | 25 | 5 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
Bernie Creger | 15 | 16 | 3 | .188 | 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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Red Munger | 40 | 224.1 | 16 | 5 | 3.37 | 123 |
Harry Brecheen | 29 | 223.1 | 16 | 11 | 3.30 | 89 |
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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Murry Dickson | 47 | 231.2 | 13 | 16 | 3.07 | 111 |
Howie Pollet | 37 | 176.1 | 9 | 11 | 4.34 | 73 |
Al Brazle | 44 | 168 | 14 | 8 | 2.84 | 85 |
Jim Hearn | 37 | 162 | 12 | 7 | 3.22 | 57 |
Ken Burkhart | 34 | 95 | 3 | 6 | 5.21 | 44 |
Ken Johnson | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 8 |
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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Ted Wilks | 37 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 5.01 | 28 |
Gerry Staley | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.76 | 14 |
Johnny Grodzicki | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.40 | 8 |
Freddy Schmidt | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 2 |
Farm system[]
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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AAA | Columbus Red Birds | American Association | Hal Anderson |
AAA | Rochester Red Wings | International League | Cedric Durst |
AA | Houston Buffaloes | Texas League | Johnny Keane |
A | Columbus Cardinals | Sally League | Kemp Wicker |
A | Omaha Cardinals | Western League | Ollie Vanek |
B | Decatur Commodores | Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League | Gene Corbett |
B | Allentown Cardinals | Interstate League | and Benny Borgmann |
B | Lynchburg Cardinals | Piedmont League | and |
C | Fresno Cardinals | California League | Frank Demaree, , and Bill Brenzel |
C | Winston-Salem Cardinals | Carolina League | |
C | Duluth Dukes | Northern League | |
C | Pocatello Cardinals | Pioneer League | Jim Tyack |
C | St. Joseph Cardinals | Western Association | |
D | Johnson City Cardinals | Appalachian League | Bob Kline |
D | Salisbury Cardinals | Eastern Shore League | |
D | Albany Cardinals | Georgia–Florida League | |
D | West Frankfort Cardinals | Illinois State League | |
D | Carthage Cardinals | Kansas–Oklahoma–Missouri League | Woody Fair |
D | Hamilton Cardinals | PONY League |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Houston, St. Joseph[8]
References[]
- ^ Tom Poholsky page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Hal Epps page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Rip Repulski page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season, p. 96, Jonathan Eig, Simon & Schuster, 2007, New York, ISBN 978-0-7432-9461-4
- ^ Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season, p. 146
- ^ Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season, p. 228
- ^ Harry Walker page at Baseball Reference
- ^ 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[]
- St. Louis Cardinals seasons
- 1947 Major League Baseball season
- 1947 in sports in Missouri