1946 St. Louis Cardinals
1946 National League Champions
1946 World Series Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record96–58 (.628)
League place1st
Other information
Owner(s)Sam Breadon
General manager(s)William Walsingham, Jr.
Manager(s)Eddie Dyer
Local radioWIL
(Dizzy Dean, Johnny O'Hara)
WTMV/WEW
(Harry Caray, Gabby Street)
StatsESPN.com
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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.

Offseason

Regular season

First baseman Stan Musial won the MVP Award this year, batting .365, with 16 home runs and 103 RBIs.

Season standings

National League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
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

Record vs. opponents

1946 National League Records

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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 —


Notable transactions

Roster

1946 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

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
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

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
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

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
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

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
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

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
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

1946 World Series

Main article: 1946 World Series
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NL St. Louis Cardinals (4) vs. AL Boston Red Sox (3)

Game Score Date Attendance
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

Awards and honors

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Columbus Red Birds American Association Charlie Root
AAA Rochester Red Wings International League Burleigh Grimes and Benny Borgmann
AA Houston Buffaloes Texas League Johnny Keane
A Columbus Cardinals Sally League Kemp Wicker
B Decatur Commodores Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Harrison Wickel
B Allentown Cardinals Interstate League Ollie Vanek
B Lynchburg Cardinals Piedmont League Wes Ferrell
C Fresno Cardinals California League Everett Johnston and Paul Bowa
C Winston-Salem Cardinals Carolina League Zip Payne
C Duluth Dukes Northern League Mercer Harris and Gene Sack
C Pocatello Cardinals Pioneer League Bill Brenzel
C St. Joseph Cardinals Western Association Bob Stanton
D Johnson City Cardinals Appalachian League Specs Garbee
D Salisbury Cardinals Eastern Shore League Harold Contini
D Albany Cardinals Georgia–Florida League Herb Moore
D Carthage Cardinals Kansas–Oklahoma–Missouri League Buzz Arlitt
D Marion Cardinals Ohio State League Wally Schang and Bob Kline
D Hamilton Cardinals PONY League John Newman

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References

  1. ^ Solly Hemus page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Bill Howerton page at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 95, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  4. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

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