1942 St. Louis Cardinals season

1942 St. Louis Cardinals
1942 World Series Champions 1942 National League Champions
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1892)
Location
Sportsman's Park (since 1920)
St. Louis, Missouri (since 1882)
Results
Record	106–48 (.688)
League place	1st
Other information
Owner(s)	Sam Breadon
General manager(s)	Branch Rickey
Manager(s)	Billy Southworth
Local radio	(Dizzy Dean, Johnny O'Hara)
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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)
- Del Rice was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cardinals.^[2]

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	GB	Pct.
St. Louis Cardinals	106	48	--	.688
Brooklyn Dodgers	104	50	2	.675
New York Giants	85	67	20	.559
Cincinnati Reds	76	76	29	.500
Pittsburgh Pirates	66	81	36.5	.449
Chicago Cubs	68	86	38	.442
Boston Braves	59	89	44	.399
Philadelphia Phillies	42	109	62.5	.278

Record vs. opponents

1942 National League Records Sources:
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

1942 St. Louis Cardinals

Roster

Pitchers

21 Johnny Beazley

27 Bill Beckmann

13 Mort Cooper

22 Murry Dickson

19 Harry Gumbert

29 Howie Krist

23 Max Lanier

34 Bill Lohrman

35 Whitey Moore

11,27 Howie Pollet

24 Clyde Shoun

18 Lon Warneke

28 Ernie White

Catchers

15 Walker Cooper

14 Gus Mancuso

32 Sam Narron

16 Ken O'Dea

Infielders

2 Buddy Blattner

3 Jimmy Brown

7 Creepy Crespi

2 Jeff Cross

12 Johnny Hopp

1 Whitey Kurowski

4 Marty Marion

5 Ray Sanders

Outfielders

17 Erv Dusak

8 Terry Moore

6 Stan Musial

9 Enos Slaughter

20 Coaker Triplett

10 Harry Walker

Other batters

11 Estel Crabtree

Manager

30 Billy Southworth

Coaches

25 Mike González (Third base)

26 Buzzy Wares

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
OF	Moore, TerryTerry 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
Brown, JimmyJimmy Brown	145	606	155	.256	1	71
Narron, SamSam Narron	10	10	4	.400	0	1
Cross, JeffJeff 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
Cooper, MortMort Cooper	37	278.2	22	7	1.78	152

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
Beazley, JohnnyJohnny Beazley	43	215.1	21	6	2.13	91
Gumbert, HarryHarry Gumbert	38	163	9	5	3.26	52
Krist, HowieHowie Krist	34	118.1	13	3	2.51	47

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
Dickson, MurryMurry Dickson	36	6	3	2	2.91	66
Beckmann, BillBill Beckmann	2	1	0	0	0.00	3

1942 World Series

Main article: 1942 World Series

NL St. Louis Cardinals (4) vs. AL New York Yankees (1)

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
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

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

World Series champions

National League champions

1942 MLB season by team

American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington

National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

1942 All-Star Game 1942 World Series

St. Louis Cardinals

Based in St. Louis, Missouri

Franchise

History

Ballparks

Robison Field Sportsman's Park Busch Memorial Stadium Busch Stadium

Spring training	Whittington Park Herald Park West End Park McKechnie Field City Island Ball Park Al Lang Stadium Roger Dean Stadium

Culture

Lore

Rivalries

Key personnel

Owner: Bill DeWitt, Jr.
General Manager: John Mozeliak
Manager: Mike Matheny

Minors

AAA: Memphis Redbirds
AA: Springfield Cardinals
A Adv.: Palm Beach Cardinals
A: Peoria Chiefs
Short A: State College Spikes
Rookie Adv.: Johnson City Cardinals
Rookie: Gulf Coast League Cardinals; Dominican Summer League Cardinals

World Series
Championships

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Wild card titles

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