| 1946 St. Louis Cardinals | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Series champions National League champions | ||||
| League | National League | |||
| Ballpark | Sportsman's Park | |||
| City | St. Louis, Missouri | |||
| Record | 96–58 (.628) | |||
| League place | 1st | |||
| Owners | Sam Breadon | |||
| General managers | William Walsingham Jr. | |||
| Managers | Eddie Dyer | |||
| Radio | WIL (Dizzy Dean, Johnny O'Hara) WTMV/WEW (Harry Caray,Gabby Street) | |||
| Stats | ESPN.com Baseball Reference | |||
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The1946 St. Louis Cardinals season was a season in Americanbaseball. It was the team's 65th season inSt. Louis, Missouri and their 55th season in theNational League. TheCardinals went 96–58 during the championship season and finished tied with theBrooklyn Dodgers for first in the National League. St. Louis then won a best-of-three playoff for the pennant, two games to none. In theWorld Series, they won in seven games over theBoston Red Sox. They won onEnos Slaughter's "mad dash" that gave them a 4–3 lead in the eighth inning of game 7.
First basemanStan Musial won theMVP Award this year, batting .365, with 16 home runs and 103 RBIs.
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | 98 | 58 | .628 | — | 49–29 | 49–29 |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | 96 | 60 | .615 | 2 | 56–22 | 40–38 |
| Chicago Cubs | 82 | 71 | .536 | 14½ | 44–33 | 38–38 |
| Boston Braves | 81 | 72 | .529 | 15½ | 45–31 | 36–41 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 69 | 85 | .448 | 28 | 41–36 | 28–49 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 67 | 87 | .435 | 30 | 35–42 | 32–45 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 63 | 91 | .409 | 34 | 37–40 | 26–51 |
| New York Giants | 61 | 93 | .396 | 36 | 38–39 | 23–54 |
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| Team | BSN | BRO | 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 | — | |||||
| 1946 St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||
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| Roster | |||||||||
| Pitchers | Catchers Infielders | Outfielders Other batters | Manager Coaches | ||||||
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 | Joe Garagiola | 74 | 211 | 50 | .237 | 3 | 22 |
| 1B | Stan Musial | 156 | 624 | 228 | .365 | 16 | 103 |
| 2B | Red Schoendienst | 142 | 606 | 170 | .281 | 0 | 34 |
| 3B | Whitey Kurowski | 142 | 519 | 156 | .301 | 14 | 89 |
| SS | Marty Marion | 146 | 498 | 116 | .233 | 3 | 46 |
| OF | Harry Walker | 112 | 346 | 82 | .237 | 3 | 27 |
| OF | Erv Dusak | 100 | 275 | 66 | .240 | 9 | 42 |
| OF | Enos Slaughter | 156 | 609 | 183 | .300 | 18 | 130 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Moore | 91 | 278 | 73 | .263 | 3 | 2 |
| Dick Sisler | 83 | 235 | 61 | .260 | 3 | 42 |
| Buster Adams | 81 | 173 | 32 | .185 | 5 | 22 |
| Del Rice | 55 | 139 | 38 | .273 | 1 | 12 |
| Clyde Kluttz | 52 | 136 | 36 | .265 | 0 | 14 |
| Lou Klein | 23 | 93 | 18 | .194 | 1 | 4 |
| Jeff Cross | 49 | 69 | 15 | .217 | 0 | 6 |
| Ken O'Dea | 22 | 57 | 7 | .123 | 1 | 3 |
| Bill Endicott | 20 | 20 | 4 | .200 | 0 | 3 |
| Walter Sessi | 15 | 14 | 2 | .143 | 1 | 2 |
| Nippy Jones | 16 | 12 | 4 | .333 | 0 | 1 |
| Danny Litwhiler | 6 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Del Wilber | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Emil Verban | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howie Pollet | 40 | 266.0 | 21 | 10 | 2.10 | 107 |
| Harry Brecheen | 36 | 231.0 | 15 | 15 | 2.49 | 117 |
| Johnny Beazley | 19 | 103.0 | 7 | 5 | 4.46 | 36 |
| Ken Burkhart | 25 | 100.0 | 6 | 3 | 2.88 | 32 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Barrett | 23 | 67.0 | 3 | 2 | 4.03 | 22 |
| Max Lanier | 6 | 56.0 | 6 | 0 | 1.93 | 36 |
| Red Munger | 10 | 48.2 | 2 | 2 | 3.33 | 28 |
| Fred Martin | 6 | 28.2 | 2 | 1 | 4.08 | 19 |
| Freddy Schmidt | 16 | 27.1 | 1 | 0 | 3.29 | 14 |
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 | 47 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2.88 | 82 |
| Al Brazle | 37 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 3.29 | 58 |
| Ted Wilks | 40 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 3.41 | 40 |
| Howie Krist | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6.75 | 3 |
| Blix Donnelly | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3.95 | 11 |
| Johnny Grodzicki | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 |
NL St. Louis Cardinals (4) vs. ALBoston Red Sox (3)
| Game | Score | Date | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boston 3, St. Louis 2 (10 innings) | October 6 | 36,218 |
| 2 | St. Louis 3, Boston 0 | October 7 | 35,815 |
| 3 | Boston 4, St. Louis 0 | October 9 | 34,500 |
| 4 | St. Louis 12, Boston 3 | October 10 | 35,645 |
| 5 | Boston 6, St. Louis 3 | October 11 | 35,982 |
| 6 | St. Louis 4, Boston 1 | October 13 | 35,768 |
| 7 | St. Louis 4, Boston 3 | October 15 | 36,143 |