1946 St. Louis Cardinals | |
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1946 National League Champions 1946 World Series Champions | |
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Results | |
Record | 96–58 (.628) |
League place | 1st |
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Owner(s) | Sam Breadon |
General manager(s) | William Walsingham, Jr. |
Manager(s) | Eddie Dyer |
Local radio | WIL (Dizzy Dean, Johnny O'Hara) WTMV/WEW (Harry Caray, Gabby Street) |
Stats | ESPN.com BB-reference |
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The 1946 St. Louis Cardinals season was a season in American baseball. It was the team's 65th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 55th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 96–58 during the championship season and finished tied with the Brooklyn Dodgers for first in the National League. St. Louis then won a best-of-three playoff for the pennant, 2 games to none. In the World Series, they won in 7 games over the Boston Red Sox. They won on Enos Slaughter's "mad dash" that gave them a 4–3 lead in the 8th inning of game 7.
First baseman Stan Musial won the MVP Award this year, batting .365, with 16 home runs and 103 RBIs.
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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St. Louis Cardinals | 98 | 58 | 0.628 | — | 49–29 | 49–29 |
Brooklyn Dodgers | 96 | 60 | 0.615 | 2 | 56–22 | 40–38 |
Chicago Cubs | 82 | 71 | 0.536 | 14½ | 44–33 | 38–38 |
Boston Braves | 81 | 72 | 0.529 | 15½ | 45–31 | 36–41 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 69 | 85 | 0.448 | 28 | 41–36 | 28–49 |
Cincinnati Reds | 67 | 87 | 0.435 | 30 | 35–42 | 32–45 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 63 | 91 | 0.409 | 34 | 37–40 | 26–51 |
New York Giants | 61 | 93 | 0.396 | 36 | 38–39 | 23–54 |
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Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
Boston | — | 5–17 | 12–9–1 | 15–7 | 13–9 | 14–8 | 15–7 | 7–15 | |||||
Brooklyn | 17–5 | — | 11–11 | 14–8–1 | 15–7 | 17–5 | 14–8 | 8–16 | |||||
Chicago | 9–12–1 | 11–11 | — | 13–9 | 17–5 | 12–10 | 12–10–1 | 8–14 | |||||
Cincinnati | 7–15 | 8–14–1 | 9–13 | — | 14–8 | 8–14–1 | 13–9 | 8–14 | |||||
New York | 9–13 | 7–15 | 5–17 | 8–14 | — | 12–10 | 10–12 | 10–12 | |||||
Philadelphia | 8–14 | 5–17 | 10–12 | 14–8–1 | 10–12 | — | 14–8 | 8–14 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 7–15 | 8–14 | 10–12–1 | 9–13 | 12–10 | 8–14 | — | 9–13 | |||||
St. Louis | 15–7 | 16–8 | 14–8 | 14–8 | 12–10 | 14–8 | 13–9 | — |
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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 | Joe Garagiola | 74 | 211 | 50 | .237 | 3 | 22 |
1B | Stan Musial | 156 | 624 | 228 | .365 | 16 | 103 |
2B | Red Schoendienst | 142 | 606 | 170 | .281 | 0 | 34 |
3B | Whitey Kurowski | 142 | 519 | 156 | .301 | 14 | 89 |
SS | Marty Marion | 146 | 498 | 116 | .233 | 3 | 46 |
OF | Harry Walker | 112 | 346 | 82 | .237 | 3 | 27 |
OF | Erv Dusak | 100 | 275 | 66 | .240 | 9 | 42 |
OF | Enos Slaughter | 156 | 609 | 183 | .300 | 18 | 130 |
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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Terry Moore | 91 | 278 | 73 | .263 | 3 | 2 |
Dick Sisler | 83 | 235 | 61 | .260 | 3 | 42 |
Buster Adams | 81 | 173 | 32 | .185 | 5 | 22 |
Clyde Kluttz | 52 | 136 | 36 | .265 | 0 | 14 |
Del Rice | 55 | 139 | 38 | .273 | 1 | 12 |
Lou Klein | 23 | 93 | 18 | .194 | 1 | 4 |
Jeff Cross | 49 | 69 | 15 | .217 | 0 | 6 |
Ken O'Dea | 22 | 57 | 7 | .123 | 1 | 3 |
Bill Endicott | 20 | 20 | 4 | .200 | 0 | 3 |
Walter Sessi | 15 | 14 | 2 | .143 | 1 | 2 |
Nippy Jones | 16 | 12 | 4 | .333 | 0 | 1 |
Danny Litwhiler | 6 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Del Wilber | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Emil Verban | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
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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Howie Pollet | 40 | 266.0 | 21 | 10 | 2.10 | 107 |
Harry Brecheen | 36 | 231.0 | 15 | 15 | 2.49 | 117 |
Johnny Beazley | 19 | 103.0 | 7 | 5 | 4.46 | 36 |
Ken Burkhart | 25 | 100.0 | 6 | 3 | 2.88 | 32 |
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 Barrett | 23 | 67.0 | 3 | 2 | 4.03 | 22 |
Max Lanier | 6 | 56.0 | 6 | 0 | 1.93 | 36 |
Red Munger | 10 | 48.2 | 2 | 2 | 3.33 | 28 |
Fred Martin | 6 | 28.2 | 2 | 1 | 4.08 | 19 |
Freddy Schmidt | 16 | 27.1 | 1 | 0 | 3.29 | 14 |
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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Murry Dickson | 47 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2.88 | 82 |
Al Brazle | 37 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 3.29 | 58 |
Ted Wilks | 40 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 3.41 | 40 |
Howie Krist | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6.75 | 3 |
Blix Donnelly | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3.95 | 11 |
Johnny Grodzicki | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 |
Main article: 1946 World Series |
NL St. Louis Cardinals (4) vs. AL Boston Red Sox (3)
Game | Score | Date | Attendance |
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1 | Boston 3, St. Louis 2 (10 innings) | October 6 | 36,218 |
2 | St. Louis 3, Boston 0 | October 7 | 35,815 |
3 | Boston 4, St. Louis 0 | October 9 | 34,500 |
4 | St. Louis 12, Boston 3 | October 10 | 35,645 |
5 | Boston 6, St. Louis 3 | October 11 | 35,982 |
6 | St. Louis 4, Boston 1 | October 13 | 35,768 |
7 | St. Louis 4, Boston 3 | October 15 | 36,143 |
See also: Minor League Baseball |