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1948 St. Louis Cardinals season

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1948 St. Louis Cardinals
LeagueNational League
BallparkSportsman's Park
CitySt. Louis, Missouri
Record85–69 (.552)
League place2nd
OwnersFred Saigh
Robert Hannegan
General managersWilliam Walsingham Jr.
ManagersEddie Dyer
TelevisionKSD
(Bob Ingham)
RadioWTMV/WEW
(Harry Caray, Gabby Street)
StatsESPN.com
Baseball Reference
← 1947 Seasons 1949 →

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 second in the National League.

Regular season

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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

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National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Braves 91 62 .595 — 45‍–‍31 46‍–‍31
St. Louis Cardinals 85 69 .552 6½ 44‍–‍33 41‍–‍36
Brooklyn Dodgers 84 70 .545 7½ 36‍–‍41 48‍–‍29
Pittsburgh Pirates 83 71 .539 8½ 47‍–‍31 36‍–‍40
New York Giants 78 76 .506 13½ 37‍–‍40 41‍–‍36
Philadelphia Phillies 66 88 .429 25½ 32‍–‍44 34‍–‍44
Cincinnati Reds 64 89 .418 27 32‍–‍45 32‍–‍44
Chicago Cubs 64 90 .416 27½ 35‍–‍42 29‍–‍48

Record vs. opponents

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1948 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston — 14–8 16–6–1 13–8 11–11 14–8 12–10 11–11
Brooklyn 8–14 — 11–11 18–4 11–11–1 15–7 9–13 12–10
Chicago 6–16–1 11–11 — 10–12 11–11 7–15 8–14 11–11
Cincinnati 8–13 4–18 12–10 — 10–12 11–11 9–13 10–12
New York 11–11 11–11–1 11–11 12–10 — 14–8 12–10 7–15
Philadelphia 8–14 7–15 15–7 11–11 8–14 — 12–10–1 5–17
Pittsburgh 10–12 13–9 14–8 13–9 10–12 10–12–1 — 13–9–1
St. Louis 11–11 10–12 11–11 12–10 15–7 17–5 9–13–1 —


Notable transactions

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Roster

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1948 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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 Del Rice 100 290 57 .197 4 34
1B Nippy Jones 132 481 122 .254 10 81
2B Red Schoendienst 119 408 111 .272 4 36
SS Marty Marion 144 567 143 .252 4 43
3B Don Lang 117 323 87 .269 4 31
OF Stan Musial 155 611 230 .376 39 131
OF Enos Slaughter 146 549 176 .321 11 90
OF Terry Moore 91 207 48 .232 4 18

Other batters

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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 Dusak 114 311 65 .209 6 19
Ron Northey 96 246 79 .321 13 64
Ralph LaPointe 87 222 50 .225 0 15
Whitey Kurowski 77 220 47 .214 2 33
Bill Baker 45 119 35 .294 0 15
Babe Young 41 111 27 .243 1 13
Del Wilber 27 58 11 .190 0 10
Joe Garagiola 24 56 6 .107 2 7
Hal Rice 8 31 10 .323 0 3
Eddie Kazak 6 22 6 .273 0 2
Joe Medwick 20 19 4 .211 0 2
Chuck Diering 7 7 0 .000 0 0
Johnny Bucha 2 1 0 .000 0 0
Bobby Young 3 1 0 .000 0 0
Larry Miggins 1 1 0 .000 0 0
Jeff Cross 2 0 0 ---- 0 0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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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 Dickson 42 252.1 12 16 4.14 113
Harry Brecheen 33 233.1 20 7 2.24 149
Howie Pollet 36 186.1 13 8 4.54 80

Other pitchers

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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 Munger 39 166.0 10 11 4.50 72
Al Brazle 42 156.1 10 6 3.80 55
Jim Hearn 34 89.2 8 6 4.22 27
Ken Johnson 13 45.1 2 4 4.76 20

Relief pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Ted Wilks 57 6 6 13 2.62 71
Gerry Staley 31 4 4 0 6.92 23
Ken Burkhart 20 0 0 1 5.54 16
Al Papai 10 0 1 0 5.06 8
Erv Dusak 1 0 0 0 0.00 0
Ray Yochim 1 0 0 0 0.00 1
Clarence Beers 1 0 0 0 13.50 0

Farm system

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See also: Minor League Baseball

References

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  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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