1948 St. Louis Cardinals season

1948 St. Louis Cardinals
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record 85–69 (.552)
League place 2nd
Other information
Owner(s) Fred Saigh
Robert Hannegan
General manager(s) William Walsingham, Jr.
Manager(s) Eddie Dyer
Local television KSD
(Bob Ingham)
Local radio WTMV/WEW
(Harry Caray, Gabby Street)
Stats ESPN.com
BB-reference
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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.

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 91 62 0.595 — 45–31 46–31
St. Louis Cardinals 85 69 0.552 6½ 44–33 41–36
Brooklyn Dodgers 84 70 0.545 7½ 36–41 48–29
Pittsburgh Pirates 83 71 0.539 8½ 47–31 36–40
New York Giants 78 76 0.506 13½ 37–40 41–36
Philadelphia Phillies 66 88 0.429 25½ 32–44 34–44
Cincinnati Reds 64 89 0.418 27 32–45 32–44
Chicago Cubs 64 90 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 — 14–8 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

Roster

1948 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

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
3B Lang, DonDon Lang 117 323 87 .269 4 31
OF Musial, StanStan Musial 155 611 230 .376 39 131
OF Moore, TerryTerry Moore 91 207 48 .232 4 18

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
LaPointe, RalphRalph LaPointe 87 222 50 .225 0 15
Baker, BillBill Baker 45 119 35 .294 0 15
Garagiola, JoeJoe Garagiola 24 56 6 .107 2 7
Rice, HalHal Rice 8 31 10 .323 0 3
Diering, ChuckChuck Diering 7 7 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

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
Dickson, MurryMurry Dickson 42 252.1 12 16 4.14 113
Brecheen, HarryHarry Brecheen 33 233.1 20 7 2.24 149

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
Brazle, AlAl Brazle 42 156.1 10 6 3.80 55

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
Burkhart, KenKen Burkhart 20 0 0 1 5.54 16
Beers, ClarenceClarence Beers 1 0 0 0 13.50 0

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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