1941 St. Louis Cardinals season

The 1941 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 60th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 50th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 97–56 during the season and finished 2nd in the National League.

1941 St. Louis Cardinals
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record97–56 (.634)
League place2nd
Other information
Owner(s)Sam Breadon
General manager(s)Branch Rickey
Manager(s)Billy Southworth
Local radioKWK
(Johnny O'Hara, Johnny Neblett, Dizzy Dean)
KXOK
(France Laux)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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Offseason

  • Prior to 1941 season (exact date unknown)

Regular season

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Brooklyn Dodgers 10054 0.649 52–25 48–29
St. Louis Cardinals 9756 0.634 53–24 44–32
Cincinnati Reds 8866 0.571 12 45–34 43–32
Pittsburgh Pirates 8173 0.526 19 45–32 36–41
New York Giants 7479 0.484 25½ 38–39 36–40
Chicago Cubs 7084 0.455 30 38–39 32–45
Boston Braves 6292 0.403 38 32–44 30–48
Philadelphia Phillies 43111 0.279 57 23–52 20–59

Record vs. opponents

1941 National League Records

Sources:
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston 4–18–211–119–136–1614–810–128–14
Brooklyn 18–4–213–914–814–818–412–1011–11–1
Chicago 11–119–138–149–1314–8–19–1310–12
Cincinnati 13–98–1414–815–716–612–1010–12
New York 16–68–1413–97–1516–68–14–26–15–1
Philadelphia 8–144–188–14–16–166–166–165–17
Pittsburgh 12–1010–1213–910–1214–8–216–66–16
St. Louis 14–811–11–112–1012–1015–6–117–516–6

Notable transactions

  • June 21, 1941: Jimmy Ripple was purchased by the Cardinals from the Cincinnati Reds.[4]
  • September 2, 1941: Hank Gornicki was purchased from the Cardinals by the Chicago Cubs.[5]
  • September 22, 1941: The purchase of Hank Gornicki's contract from the Cardinals by the Cubs was voided, and Gornicki was returned to the Cardinals.[5]

Roster

1941 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

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
CGus Mancuso10632875.229237
1BJohnny Mize126473150.31716100
2BCreepy Crespi146560156.279446
SSMarty Marion155547138.252358
3BJimmy Brown132549168.306356
OFEnos Slaughter113425132.3111376
OFJohnny Hopp134445135.303450
OFTerry Moore122493145.294668

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
Don Padgett10732480.247544
Walker Cooper6820049.245120
Coaker Triplett7618553.286321
Estel Crabtree7716757.341528
Eddie Lake45768.10500
Steve Mesner246910.145010
Stan Musial124720.42617
Ernie Koy13408.20024
Harry Walker7154.26701
Erv Dusak6142.14303
Walter Sessi5130.00000
Whitey Kurowski593.33302
Pep Young220.00000
Chip Marshall100---00

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 Warneke372461793.1583
Ernie White322101772.40117
Mort Cooper29186.21393.91118
Max Lanier351531082.8293
Harry Gumbert331441152.7453
Howie Pollet970521.9337
Johnny Beazley19101.004

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
Howie Krist371141004.0336
Sam Nahem2681.2522.9831
Clyde Shoun2670355.6634
Bill Crouch1845123.0015
Bill McGee414015.142
Johnny Grodzicki513.1211.3510
Hank Gornicki411.1103.186

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
Ira Hutchinson291553.8619
Hersh Lyons10000.001

Farm system

Notes

  1. Hal Rice page at Baseball-Reference
  2. Tommy Glaviano page at Baseball-Reference
  3. Chuck Diering page at Baseball-Reference
  4. Jimmy Ripple page at Baseball-Reference
  5. Hank Gornicki page at Baseball-Reference
  6. 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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