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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 second in the National League.
1948 St. Louis Cardinals | ||
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League | National League | |
Ballpark | Sportsman's Park | |
City | St. Louis, Missouri | |
Record | 85–69 (.552) | |
League place | 2nd | |
Owners | Fred Saigh Robert Hannegan | |
General managers | William Walsingham Jr. | |
Managers | Eddie Dyer | |
Television | KSD (Bob Ingham) | |
Radio | WTMV/WEW (Harry Caray, Gabby Street) | |
Stats | ESPN.com BB-reference | |
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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]
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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 |
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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 | — |
1948 St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||
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Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
Other batters
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Manager
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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 |
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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 |
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 |
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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 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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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 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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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 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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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 |
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