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1948 St. Louis Cardinals
File:St Louis Cardinals 1929-1948 logo.png
BallparkSportsman's Park
CitySt. Louis, Missouri
Record85–69 (.552)
OwnersFred Saigh
Robert Hannegan
ManagersEddie Dyer
TelevisionKSD
(Bob Ingham)
RadioWTMV/WEW
(Harry Caray, Gabby Street)
StatsESPN.com
Baseball Reference
← 1947 Seasons 1949 →

The 1948 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 67th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 57th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 85–69 during the season and finished 2nd in the National League.

Regular season

Outfielder Stan Musial won the MVP Award this year, batting .376, with 39 home runs and 131 RBIs. Musial became the first player to win three National League MVP Awards.[1]

Season standings

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Braves 91 62 .595 — 45‍–‍31 46‍–‍31
St. Louis Cardinals 85 69 .552 6½ 44‍–‍33 41‍–‍36
Brooklyn Dodgers 84 70 .545 7½ 36‍–‍41 48‍–‍29
Pittsburgh Pirates 83 71 .539 8½ 47‍–‍31 36‍–‍40
New York Giants 78 76 .506 13½ 37‍–‍40 41‍–‍36
Philadelphia Phillies 66 88 .429 25½ 32‍–‍44 34‍–‍44
Cincinnati Reds 64 89 .418 27 32‍–‍45 32‍–‍44
Chicago Cubs 64 90 .416 27½ 35‍–‍42 29‍–‍48

Record vs. opponents

1948 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston — 14–8 16–6–1 13–8 11–11 14–8 12–10 11–11
Brooklyn 8–14 — 11–11 18–4 11–11–1 15–7 9–13 12–10
Chicago 6–16–1 11–11 — 10–12 11–11 7–15 8–14 11–11
Cincinnati 8–13 4–18 12–10 — 10–12 11–11 9–13 10–12
New York 11–11 11–11–1 11–11 12–10 — 14–8 12–10 7–15
Philadelphia 8–14 7–15 15–7 11–11 8–14 — 12–10–1 5–17
Pittsburgh 10–12 13–9 14–8 13–9 10–12 10–12–1 — 13–9–1
St. Louis 11–11 10–12 11–11 12–10 15–7 17–5 9–13–1 —


Notable transactions

Roster

1948 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
3B Don Lang 117 323 87 .269 4 31
OF Stan Musial 155 611 230 .376 39 131
OF Terry Moore 91 207 48 .232 4 18

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
Ralph LaPointe 87 222 50 .225 0 15
Bill Baker 45 119 35 .294 0 15
Joe Garagiola 24 56 6 .107 2 7
Hal Rice 8 31 10 .323 0 3
Chuck Diering 7 7 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
Murry Dickson 42 252.1 12 16 4.14 113
Harry Brecheen 33 233.1 20 7 2.24 149

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
Al Brazle 42 156.1 10 6 3.80 55

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
Ken Burkhart 20 0 0 1 5.54 16
Clarence Beers 1 0 0 0 13.50 0

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

References

  1. ^ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 151, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  2. ^ Dick Sisler page at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ 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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