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
National League (since 1892)
Location
Sportsman's Park (since 1920) St. Louis, Missouri (since 1882)
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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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

• April 7, 1948: Dick Sisler was traded by the Cardinals to the Philadelphia Phillies for Ralph LaPointe and $30,000.[2]

Roster

1948 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers 37 Clarence Beers 27 Al Brazle 31 Harry Brecheen 10 Ken Burkhart 22 Murry Dickson 34 Jim Hearn 35 Ken Johnson 20 Red Munger 36 Al Papai 11 Howie Pollet 14 Gerry Staley 28 Ted Wilks 39 Ray Yochim		Catchers 15 Bill Baker 24 Johnny Bucha 17 Joe Garagiola 18 Del Rice 23 Del Wilber Infielders 19 Nippy Jones 12 Eddie Kazak  1 Whitey Kurowski 29 Don Lang 16 Ralph LaPointe  4 Marty Marion  2 Red Schoendienst 10 Babe Young  3 Bobby Young		Outfielders 32 Chuck Diering  7 Erv Dusak 21,12 Joe Medwick  8 Terry Moore  6 Stan Musial  5 Ron Northey 21 Hal Rice  9 Enos Slaughter Other batters  3 Jeff Cross 41 Larry Miggins		Manager 30 Eddie Dyer Coaches 25 Tony Kaufmann 26 Buzzy Wares

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
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

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
Joe Garagiola	24	56	6	.107	2	7
Del Wilber	27	58	11	.190	0	10
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

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 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

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	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

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

Level Team League Manager AAA Columbus Red Birds American Association Hal Anderson AAA Rochester Red Wings International League Cedric Durst AA Houston Buffaloes Texas League Johnny Keane A Columbus Cardinals Sally League Kemp Wicker A Omaha Cardinals Western League Ollie Vanek B Allentown Cardinals Interstate League Al Hollingsworth B Lynchburg Cardinals Piedmont League Vernon Mackie C Fresno Cardinals California League Stan Benjamin C Winston-Salem Cardinals Carolina League Zip Payne C Duluth Dukes Northern League George Treadwell and Ed Madjeski C Pocatello Cardinals Pioneer League Roland LeBlanc C St. Joseph Cardinals Western Association Harold Olt D Johnson City Cardinals Appalachian League Specs Garbee D Salisbury Cardinals Eastern Shore League Gene Corbett D Willows Cardinals Far West League Jim Tyack and Bill Krueger

Level Team League Manager D Tallassee Indians Georgia–Alabama League Hugh East and Bob Comiskey D Albany Cardinals Georgia–Florida League Bob Stanton D West Frankfort Cardinals Illinois State League Harold Contini D Carthage Cardinals Kansas–Oklahoma–Missouri League Alvin Kluttz D Hamilton Red Birds PONY League George Kissell D Lawrenceville Cardinals Virginia League Bob Comiskey, George Shearin and John Pruett LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: St. Joseph, West Frankfort[3]

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

External links

• 1948 St. Louis Cardinals
• 1948 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com