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 9162 0.595 — 45–31 46–31
St. Louis Cardinals 8569 0.552 6½ 44–33 41–36
Brooklyn Dodgers 8470 0.545 7½ 36–41 48–29
Pittsburgh Pirates 8371 0.539 8½ 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 8–14—11–1118–411–11–115–79–1312–10
Chicago 6–16–111–11—10–1211–117–158–1411–11
Cincinnati 8–134–1812–10—10–1211–119–1310–12
New York 11–1111–11–111–1112–10—14–812–107–15
Philadelphia 8–147–1515–711–118–14—12–10–15–17
Pittsburgh 10–1213–914–813–910–1210–12–1—13–9–1
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

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
3BDon Lang11732387.269431
OFStan Musial155611230.37639131
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
Ralph LaPointe8722250.225015
Bill Baker4511935.294015
Joe Garagiola24566.10727
Hal Rice83110.32303
Chuck Diering770.00000

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
Murry Dickson42252.112164.14113
Harry Brecheen33233.12072.24149

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
Al Brazle42156.11063.8055

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
Ken Burkhart200015.5416
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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