1940 St. Louis Cardinals season

The 1940 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 59th season in St. Louis, Missouri and 49th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 84–69 during the season and finished 3rd in the National League.

1940 St. Louis Cardinals
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record84–69 (.549)
League place3rd
Other information
Owner(s)Sam Breadon
General manager(s)Branch Rickey
Manager(s)Ray Blades, Mike González, Billy Southworth
Local radioKMOX
(France Laux)
KWK
(Johnny O'Hara, Johnny Neblett)
KXOK
(Alex Buchan, Ray Schmidt, Gabby Street)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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Regular season

Season standings
National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cincinnati Reds 10053 0.654 — 55–21 45–32
Brooklyn Dodgers 8865 0.575 12 41–37 47–28
St. Louis Cardinals 8469 0.549 16 41–36 43–33
Pittsburgh Pirates 7876 0.506 22½ 40–34 38–42
Chicago Cubs 7579 0.487 25½ 40–37 35–42
New York Giants 7280 0.474 27½ 33–43 39–37
Boston Bees 6587 0.428 34½ 35–40 30–47
Philadelphia Phillies 50103 0.327 50 24–55 26–48

Record vs. opponents
1940 National League Records

Sources:
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston —9–138–149–127–1515–69–138–14
Brooklyn 13–9—10–128–14–116–517–515–7–19–13–1
Chicago 14–812–10—6–1612–1012–1011–118–14
Cincinnati 12–914–8–116–6—15–715–716–612–10–1
New York 15–75–1610–127–15—12–1012–1011–10
Philadelphia 6–155–1710–127–1510–12—6–166–16
Pittsburgh 13–97–15–111–116–1610–1216–6—15–7–1
St. Louis 14–813–9–114–810–12–110–1116–67–15–1—

Roster
1940 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
CMickey Owen11730781.264027
1BJohnny Mize155579182.31443137
2BJoe Orengo129415119.287756
SSMarty Marion125435121.278346
3BStu Martin11236988.238432
OFEnos Slaughter140516158.3061773
OFErnie Koy93348108.310852
OFTerry Moore136537163.3041764

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 Brown107454127.280030
Don Padgett9324058.242641
Pepper Martin8622872.316339
Joe Medwick3715848.304320
Johnny Hopp8015241.270114
Don Gutteridge6910829.269314
Eddie Lake326614.21227
Harry Walker7275.18506
Carden Gillenwater7254.16005
Walker Cooper6196.31602
Bill DeLancey15184.22202
Hal Epps11153.20001
Red Jones12111.09101
Creepy Crespi3113.27300

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
Lon Warneke3323216103.1485
Mort Cooper38230.211123.6395
Bill McGee3821816103.8078
Murry Dickson11.20016.200

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
Clyde Shoun54197.113113.9282
Bob Bowman28114.1754.3343
Max Lanier35105963.3449
Carl Doyle2181335.8944
Curt Davis1454045.1712
Ernie White821.2114.1515
Newt Kimball214102.576
Gene Lillard24.20113.502

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
Jack Russell263412.5016
Ira Hutchinson204213.1319
Harry Brecheen30000.004
Bob Weiland100027.000

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball

Notes
  1. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References
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