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 second in the National League.

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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

v t e 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 record v t e 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

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

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

3 Jeff Cross
41 Larry Miggins

Manager

30 Eddie Dyer

Coaches

25 Tony Kaufmann
26 Buzzy Wares

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
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
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

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	166.0	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

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

^ 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
^ Dick Sisler page at Baseball Reference
^ 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

v t e 1948 MLB season by team
American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington
National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis
1948 All-Star Game 1948 World Series

St. Louis Cardinals

Established in 1882
Based in St. Louis, Missouri

Franchise

History

Ballparks

Robison Field Sportsman's Park Busch Memorial Stadium Busch Stadium
Spring training:	Whittington Park Herald Park West End Park City Park City Island Ball Park Ninth Street Park Al Lang Stadium Roger Dean Stadium

Culture

Lore

Rivalries

Key personnel

Owner: Bill DeWitt Jr.
President of Baseball Operations: John Mozeliak
General Manager: Mike Girsch
Manager: Oliver Marmol

Minor league
affiliates

Triple-A: Memphis Redbirds
Double-A: Springfield Cardinals
High-A: Peoria Chiefs
Single-A: Palm Beach Cardinals
Rookie: Florida Complex League Cardinals
Foreign Rookie: Dominican Summer League Cardinals

World Series
Championships

pre-MLB	1885 1886
MLB	1926 1931 1934 1942 1944 1946 1964 1967 1982 2006 2011

League pennants

American Association	1885 1886 1887 1888
National League	1926 1928 1930 1931 1934 1942 1943 1944 1946 1964 1967 1968 1982 1985 1987 2004 2006 2011 2013

Division titles

National League East: 1982; 1985; 1987
National League Central: 1996; 2000; 2002; 2004; 2005; 2006; 2009; 2013; 2014; 2015; 2019; 2022

Wild card titles

All Star Games hosted

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