1942 St. Louis Cardinals season

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St. Louis, Missouri
Record106–48 (.688)
League place1st
OwnersSam Breadon
General managersBranch Rickey
ManagersBilly Southworth
RadioKWK
(Dizzy Dean, Johnny O'Hara)
KXOK
(France Laux)
← 1941 Seasons 1943 →

The 1942

St. Louis, Missouri and its 51st season in the National League. The Cardinals won 106 games, the most in team history. They finished first in the National League, and met the New York Yankees in the World Series. They won the series in 5 games to capture their fourth title of National League and fourth World Series
title.

Pitcher Mort Cooper won the MVP Award this year, with a 1.78 ERA, 22 wins, and 152 strikeouts.

This was Branch Rickey's 24th and final year with the Cardinals, the next year, he left to become the general manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers.

Offseason

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 Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

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 Walker Cooper 125 438 123 .281 7 65
1B Johnny Hopp 95 314 81 .258 3 37
2B Jimmy Brown 145 606 155 .256 1 71
3B Whitey Kurowski 115 366 93 .254 9 42
SS Marty Marion 147 485 134 .276 0 54
OF Stan Musial 140 467 147 .315 10 72
OF Enos Slaughter 152 591 188 .318 13 98
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
Creepy Crespi
 93 292 71 .243 0 35
Ray Sanders 95 282 71 .252 5 39
Ken O'Dea 58 192 45 .234 5 32
Harry Walker 74 191 60 .314 0 16
Coaker Triplett 64 154 42 .273 1 23
Erv Dusak 12 27 5 .185 0 3
Buddy Blattner 19 23 1 .043 0 1
Gus Mancuso 5 13 1 .077 0 1
Sam Narron 10 10 4 .400 0 1
Estel Crabtree 10 9 3 .333 0 2
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
Johnny Beazley 43 215.1 21 6 2.13 91
Ernie White 26 128.1 7 5 2.52 67
Lon Warneke 12 82.0 6 4 3.29 31

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
Harry Gumbert 38 163.0 9 5 3.26 52
Max Lanier 34 161.0 13 8 2.96 93
Howie Pollet 27 109.1 7 5 2.88 42

Note: Harry Gumbert was the team leader in saves with 5.

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
Howie Krist 34 13 3 1 2.51 47
Whitey Moore 9 0 1 0 4.38 1
Bill Lohrman 5 1 1 0 1.42 6
Bill Beckmann 2 1 0 0 0.00 3
Clyde Shoun 2 0 0 0 0.00 0

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

References

  1. ^ "Hank Gornicki Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 22, 2025.
  2. ^ Del Rice Trades and Transactions at Baseball Almanac
  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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