1948 St. Louis Cardinals season

The 1948 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 67th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 57th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 85–69 during the season and finished 2nd in the National League.

1948 St. Louis Cardinals
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record85–69 (.552)
League place2nd
Other information
Owner(s)Fred Saigh
Robert Hannegan
General manager(s)William Walsingham, Jr.
Manager(s)Eddie Dyer
Local televisionKSD
(Bob Ingham)
Local radioWTMV/WEW
(Harry Caray, Gabby Street)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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Regular season

Outfielder Stan Musial won the MVP Award this year, batting .376, with 39 home runs and 131 RBIs. Musial became the first player to win three National League MVP Awards.[1]

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Braves 9162 0.595 45–31 46–31
St. Louis Cardinals 8569 0.552 44–33 41–36
Brooklyn Dodgers 8470 0.545 36–41 48–29
Pittsburgh Pirates 8371 0.539 47–31 36–40
New York Giants 7876 0.506 13½ 37–40 41–36
Philadelphia Phillies 6688 0.429 25½ 32–44 34–44
Cincinnati Reds 6489 0.418 27 32–45 32–44
Chicago Cubs 6490 0.416 27½ 35–42 29–48

Record vs. opponents

1948 National League Records

Sources:
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston 14–816–6–113–811–1114–812–1011–11
Brooklyn 8–1411–1118–411–11–115–79–1312–10
Chicago 6–16–111–1110–1211–117–158–1411–11
Cincinnati 8–134–1812–1010–1211–119–1310–12
New York 11–1111–11–111–1112–1014–812–107–15
Philadelphia 8–147–1515–711–118–1412–10–15–17
Pittsburgh 10–1213–914–813–910–1210–12–113–9–1
St. Louis 11–1110–1211–1112–1015–717–59–13–1

Notable transactions

Roster

1948 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
CDel Rice10029057.197434
1BNippy Jones132481122.2541081
2BRed Schoendienst119408111.272436
SSMarty Marion144567143.252443
3BDon Lang11732387.269431
OFStan Musial155611230.37639131
OFEnos Slaughter146549176.3211190
OFTerry Moore9120748.232418

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
Erv Dusak11431165.209619
Ron Northey9624679.3211364
Ralph LaPointe8722250.225015
Whitey Kurowski7722047.214233
Bill Baker4511935.294015
Babe Young4111127.243113
Joe Garagiola24566.10727
Del Wilber275811.190010
Hal Rice83110.32303
Eddie Kazak6226.27302
Joe Medwick20194.21102
Chuck Diering770.00000
Johnny Bucha210.00000
Bobby Young310.00000
Larry Miggins110.00000
Jeff Cross200---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
Murry Dickson42252.112164.14113
Harry Brecheen33233.12072.24149
Howie Pollet36186.11384.5480

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 Munger3916610114.5072
Al Brazle42156.11063.8055
Jim Hearn3489.2864.2227
Ken Johnson1345.1244.7620

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
Ted Wilks5766132.6271
Gerry Staley314406.9223
Ken Burkhart200015.5416
Al Papai100105.068
Erv Dusak10000.000
Ray Yochim10000.001
Clarence Beers100013.500

Farm system

References

  1. Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 151, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  2. Dick Sisler page at Baseball Reference
  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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