1946 St. Louis Cardinals season

1946 St. Louis Cardinals
1946 National League Champions
1946 World Series Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record 96–58 (.628)
League place 1st
Other information
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.

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 GB Pct.
St. Louis Cardinals 98 58 -- .628
Brooklyn Dodgers 96 60 2 .615
Chicago Cubs 82 71 14.5 .536
Boston Braves 81 72 15.5 .529
Philadelphia Phillies 69 85 28 .448
Cincinnati Reds 67 87 30 .435
Pittsburgh Pirates 63 91 34 .409
New York Giants 61 93 36 .396

Record vs. opponents

1946 National League Records

Sources:

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 Garagiola, JoeJoe Garagiola 74 211 50 .237 3 22
1B Musial, StanStan Musial 156 624 228 .365 16 103
2B Schoendienst, RedRed Schoendienst 142 606 170 .281 0 34
3B Kurowski, WhiteyWhitey Kurowski 142 519 156 .301 14 89
SS Marion, MartyMarty Marion 146 498 116 .233 3 46
OF Walker, HarryHarry Walker 112 346 82 .237 3 27
OF Dusak, ErvErv Dusak 100 275 66 .240 9 42
OF Slaughter, EnosEnos 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
Cross, JeffJeff Cross 49 69 15 .217 0 6

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

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
Barrett, RedRed Barrett 23 67 3 2 4.03 22

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

1946 World Series

Main article: 1946 World Series

NL St. Louis Cardinals (4) vs. AL Boston Red Sox (3)

GameScoreDateAttendance
1Boston 3, St. Louis 2 (10 innings)October 636,218
2St. Louis 3, Boston 0October 735,815
3Boston 4, St. Louis 0October 934,500
4St. Louis 12, Boston 3 October 1035,645
5Boston 6, St. Louis 3 October 1135,982
6St. Louis 4, Boston 1October 1335,768
7St. Louis 4, Boston 3 October 1536,143

Awards and honors

Farm system

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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