1942 St. Louis Cardinals season

1942 St. Louis Cardinals
1942 World Series Champions 1942 National League Champions
File:St Louis Cardinals 1929-1948 logo.png
Ballpark	Sportsman's Park
City	St. Louis, Missouri
Record	106–48 (.688)
Owners	Sam Breadon
Managers	Billy Southworth
Radio	(Dizzy Dean, Johnny O'Hara)
Seasons

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.
• Prior to 1942 season (exact date unknown)
  • Del Rice was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cardinals.

Regular season

Season standings

National League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	106	48	.688	—	60‍–‍17	46‍–‍31
Brooklyn Dodgers	104	50	.675	2	57‍–‍22	47‍–‍28
New York Giants	85	67	.559	20	47‍–‍31	38‍–‍36
Cincinnati Reds	76	76	.500	29	38‍–‍39	38‍–‍37
Pittsburgh Pirates	66	81	.449	36½	41‍–‍34	25‍–‍47
Chicago Cubs	68	86	.442	38	36‍–‍41	32‍–‍45
Boston Braves	59	89	.399	44	33‍–‍36	26‍–‍53
Philadelphia Phils	42	109	.278	62½	23‍–‍51	19‍–‍58

Record vs. opponents

1942 National League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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	Terry 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
Jimmy Brown	145	606	155	.256	1	71
Sam Narron	10	10	4	.400	0	1
Jeff 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
Mort 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
Johnny Beazley	43	215.1	21	6	2.13	91
Harry Gumbert	38	163	9	5	3.26	52
Howie 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
Murry Dickson	36	6	3	2	2.91	66
Bill 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

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Columbus Red Birds	American Association	Eddie Dyer
AA	Rochester Red Wings	International League	Tony Kaufmann, Estel Crabtree and Ray Hayworth
AA	Sacramento Solons	Pacific Coast League	Pepper Martin
A1	New Orleans Pelicans	Southern Association	Pat Ankenman
A1	Houston Buffaloes	Texas League	Clay Hopper
B	Decatur Commodores	Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League	Adel White and Tony Kaufmann
B	Allentown Wings	Interstate League	Benny Borgmann
B	Asheville Tourists	Piedmont League	Bill DeLancey
B	Columbus Red Birds	Sally League	Harrison Wickel
B	Mobile Shippers	Southeastern League	Tommy West and Adel White
C	Fresno Cardinals	California League	Lou Scoffic
C	Springfield Cardinals	Middle Atlantic League	Walter Alston
C	Duluth Dukes	Northern League	Eddie Malone
C	Pocatello Cardinals	Pioneer League	Nick Cullop
C	Springfield Cardinals	Western Association	Runt Marr

Level	Team	League	Manager
D	Johnson City Cardinals	Appalachian League	Mercer Harris
D	Albany Cardinals	Georgia–Florida League	Joe Cusick
D	Union City Greyhounds	KITTY League	Everett Johnston
D	Williamson Red Birds	Mountain State League	Ollie Vanek
D	Washington Red Birds	Pennsylvania State Association	George Jenkins and Moose Fralick
D	Hamilton Red Wings	PONY League	Roy Pfleger, Ken Blackman and Joe Sugden
D	LaCrosse Blackhawks	Wisconsin State League	Ed Konetchy and Lou Scoffic

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Columbus (American Assn.), Pocatello

California League folded, June 28, 1942; KITTY League folded, June 19

External links

• 1942 St. Louis Cardinals
• 1942 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Almanac