1946 St. Louis Cardinals season

The 1946 St. Louis Cardinals season was a season in American baseball. It was the team's 65th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 55th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 96–58 during the championship season and finished tied with the Brooklyn Dodgers for first in the National League. St. Louis then won a best-of-three playoff for the pennant, 2 games to none. In the World Series, they won in 7 games over the Boston Red Sox. They won on Enos Slaughter's "mad dash" that gave them a 4–3 lead in the 8th inning of game 7.

1946 St. Louis Cardinals
1946 National League Champions
1946 World Series Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record96–58 (.628)
League place1st
Other information
Owner(s)Sam Breadon
General manager(s)William Walsingham, Jr.
Manager(s)Eddie Dyer
Local radioWIL
(Dizzy Dean, Johnny O'Hara)
WTMV/WEW
(Harry Caray, Gabby Street)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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Offseason
  • Prior to 1946 season: Solly Hemus was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cardinals.[1]

Regular season

First baseman Stan Musial won the MVP Award this year, batting .365, with 16 home runs and 103 RBIs.

Season standings
National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 9858 0.628 — 49–29 49–29
Brooklyn Dodgers 9660 0.615 2 56–22 40–38
Chicago Cubs 8271 0.536 14½ 44–33 38–38
Boston Braves 8172 0.529 15½ 45–31 36–41
Philadelphia Phillies 6985 0.448 28 41–36 28–49
Cincinnati Reds 6787 0.435 30 35–42 32–45
Pittsburgh Pirates 6391 0.409 34 37–40 26–51
New York Giants 6193 0.396 36 38–39 23–54

Record vs. opponents
1946 National League Records

Sources:
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston —5–1712–9–115–713–914–815–77–15
Brooklyn 17–5—11–1114–8–115–717–514–88–16
Chicago 9–12–111–11—13–917–512–1012–10–18–14
Cincinnati 7–158–14–19–13—14–88–14–113–98–14
New York 9–137–155–178–14—12–1010–1210–12
Philadelphia 8–145–1710–1214–8–110–12—14–88–14
Pittsburgh 7–158–1410–12–19–1312–108–14—9–13
St. Louis 15–716–814–814–812–1014–813–9—

Notable transactions

Roster
1946 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
CJoe Garagiola7421150.237322
1BStan Musial156624228.36516103
2BRed Schoendienst142606170.281034
3BWhitey Kurowski142519156.3011489
SSMarty Marion146498116.233346
OFHarry Walker11234682.237327
OFErv Dusak10027566.240942
OFEnos Slaughter156609183.30018130

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
Terry Moore9127873.26332
Dick Sisler8323561.260342
Buster Adams8117332.185522
Clyde Kluttz5213636.265014
Del Rice5513938.273112
Lou Klein239318.19414
Jeff Cross496915.21706
Ken O'Dea22577.12313
Bill Endicott20204.20003
Walter Sessi15142.14312
Nippy Jones16124.33301
Danny Litwhiler650.00000
Del Wilber440.00000
Emil Verban110.00000

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
Howie Pollet4026621102.10107
Harry Brecheen3623115152.49117
Johnny Beazley19103754.4636
Ken Burkhart25100632.8832

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
Red Barrett2367324.0322
Max Lanier656601.9336
Red Munger1048.2223.3328
Fred Martin628.2214.0819
Freddy Schmidt1627.1103.2914

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 Dickson4715612.8882
Al Brazle37111013.2958
Ted Wilks408013.4140
Howie Krist150206.753
Blix Donnelly131203.9511
Johnny Grodzicki30009.002

1946 World Series
Main article: 1946 World Series

NL St. Louis Cardinals (4) vs. AL Boston Red Sox (3)

GameScoreDateAttendance
1Boston 3, St. Louis 2 (10 innings)October 636,218
2St. Louis 3, Boston 0October 735,815
3Boston 4, St. Louis 0October 934,500
4St. Louis 12, Boston 3October 1035,645
5Boston 6, St. Louis 3October 1135,982
6St. Louis 4, Boston 1October 1335,768
7St. Louis 4, Boston 3October 1536,143

Awards and honors

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Columbus Red Birds American Association Charlie Root
AAA Rochester Red Wings International League Burleigh Grimes and Benny Borgmann
AA Houston Buffaloes Texas League Johnny Keane
A Columbus Cardinals Sally League Kemp Wicker
B Decatur Commodores Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Harrison Wickel
B Allentown Cardinals Interstate League Ollie Vanek
B Lynchburg Cardinals Piedmont League Wes Ferrell
C Fresno Cardinals California League Everett Johnston and Paul Bowa
C Winston-Salem Cardinals Carolina League Zip Payne
C Duluth Dukes Northern League Mercer Harris and Gene Sack
C Pocatello Cardinals Pioneer League Bill Brenzel
C St. Joseph Cardinals Western Association Bob Stanton
D Johnson City Cardinals Appalachian League Specs Garbee
D Salisbury Cardinals Eastern Shore League Harold Contini
D Albany Cardinals Georgia–Florida League Herb Moore
D Carthage Cardinals Kansas–Oklahoma–Missouri League Buzz Arlitt
D Marion Cardinals Ohio State League Wally Schang and Bob Kline
D Hamilton Cardinals PONY League John Newman

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References
  1. Solly Hemus page at Baseball Reference
  2. Bill Howerton page at Baseball Reference
  3. Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 95, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  4. 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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