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.
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 |
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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 | — |
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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 |
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 |
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 | 161.0 | 13 | 8 | 2.96 | 93 |
Ernie White | 26 | 128.1 | 7 | 5 | 2.52 | 67 |
Lon Warneke | 12 | 82.0 | 6 | 4 | 3.29 | 31 |
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 | 7.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 |
Clyde Shoun | 2 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
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 |
Main article: 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 |
See also: Minor League Baseball |