1949 St. Louis Cardinals | ||
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League | National League | |
Ballpark | Sportsman's Park | |
City | St. Louis, Missouri | |
Record | 96–58 (.612) | |
League place | 2nd | |
Owners | Fred Saigh | |
General managers | William Walsingham Jr. | |
Managers | Eddie Dyer | |
Television | KSD (Harry Caray, Gabby Street) | |
Radio | WIL (Harry Caray, Gabby Street) | |
Stats | ESPN.com BB-reference | |
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The 1949 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 68th season in St. Louis, Missouri, and its 58th season in the National League (NL). The Cardinals went 96–58 during the season and finished second, one game back in the National League. The team set an NL record for fewest stolen bases in a season, 17, which still stands.[1]
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Offseason
- November 24, 1948: Ray Jablonski was drafted by the Cardinals from the Boston Red Sox in the 1948 minor league draft.[2]
- Prior to 1949 season (exact date unknown)
- Dick Rand was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cardinals.[3]
- Neal Hertweck was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cardinals.[4]
Regular season
Season standings
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Brooklyn Dodgers | 97 | 57 | 0.630 | — | 48–29 | 49–28 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 96 | 58 | 0.623 | 1 | 51–26 | 45–32 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 81 | 73 | 0.526 | 16 | 40–37 | 41–36 |
Boston Braves | 75 | 79 | 0.487 | 22 | 43–34 | 32–45 |
New York Giants | 73 | 81 | 0.474 | 24 | 43–34 | 30–47 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 71 | 83 | 0.461 | 26 | 36–41 | 35–42 |
Cincinnati Reds | 62 | 92 | 0.403 | 35 | 35–42 | 27–50 |
Chicago Cubs | 61 | 93 | 0.396 | 36 | 33–44 | 28–49 |
Record vs. opponents
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
Boston | — | 10–12 | 12–10 | 12–10–1 | 12–10–2 | 11–11 | 12–10 | 6–16 | |||||
Brooklyn | 12–10 | — | 17–5 | 17–5 | 14–8 | 11–11 | 16–6 | 10–12–1 | |||||
Chicago | 10–12 | 5–17 | — | 9–13 | 12–10 | 6–16 | 11–11 | 8–14 | |||||
Cincinnati | 10–12–1 | 5–17 | 13–9 | — | 7–15 | 13–9 | 9–13 | 5–17–1 | |||||
New York | 10–12–2 | 8–14 | 10–12 | 15–7 | — | 11–11 | 12–10 | 7–15 | |||||
Philadelphia | 11–11 | 11–11 | 16–6 | 9–13 | 11–11 | — | 13–9 | 10–12 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 10–12 | 6–16 | 11–11 | 13–9 | 10–12 | 9–13 | — | 12–10 | |||||
St. Louis | 16–6 | 12–10–1 | 14–8 | 17–5–1 | 15–7 | 12–10 | 10–12 | — |
Roster
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Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
Other batters
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Manager
Coaches
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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 |
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C | Del Rice | 92 | 284 | 67 | .236 | 4 | 29 |
1B | Nippy Jones | 110 | 380 | 114 | .300 | 8 | 62 |
2B | Red Schoendienst | 151 | 640 | 190 | .297 | 3 | 54 |
SS | Marty Marion | 134 | 515 | 140 | .272 | 5 | 70 |
3B | Eddie Kazak | 92 | 326 | 99 | .304 | 6 | 42 |
OF | Stan Musial | 157 | 612 | 207 | .338 | 36 | 123 |
OF | Chuck Diering | 131 | 369 | 97 | .263 | 3 | 38 |
OF | Enos Slaughter | 151 | 568 | 191 | .336 | 13 | 96 |
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 |
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Ron Northey | 90 | 265 | 69 | .260 | 7 | 50 |
Tommy Glaviano | 87 | 258 | 69 | .267 | 6 | 36 |
Rocky Nelson | 82 | 244 | 54 | .221 | 4 | 32 |
Joe Garagiola | 81 | 241 | 63 | .261 | 3 | 26 |
Lou Klein | 58 | 114 | 25 | .219 | 2 | 12 |
Hal Rice | 40 | 46 | 9 | .196 | 1 | 9 |
Ed Sauer | 24 | 45 | 10 | .222 | 0 | 1 |
Solly Hemus | 20 | 33 | 11 | .333 | 0 | 2 |
Bill Baker | 20 | 30 | 4 | .133 | 0 | 4 |
Steve Bilko | 6 | 17 | 5 | .294 | 0 | 2 |
Whitey Kurowski | 10 | 14 | 2 | .143 | 0 | 0 |
Bill Howerton | 9 | 13 | 4 | .308 | 0 | 1 |
Del Wilber | 2 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
Russ Derry | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Erv Dusak | 1 | 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 |
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Howie Pollet | 39 | 230.2 | 20 | 9 | 2.77 | 108 |
Harry Brecheen | 32 | 214.2 | 13 | 11 | 3.35 | 88 |
Red Munger | 35 | 188.1 | 15 | 8 | 3.87 | 82 |
Max Lanier | 15 | 92.0 | 5 | 4 | 3.82 | 37 |
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 |
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Al Brazle | 39 | 206.1 | 14 | 8 | 3.18 | 75 |
Gerry Staley | 45 | 171.1 | 10 | 10 | 2.73 | 55 |
Fred Martin | 21 | 70.0 | 6 | 0 | 2.44 | 30 |
Jim Hearn | 17 | 42.0 | 1 | 3 | 5.14 | 18 |
Cloyd Boyer | 4 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 10.80 | 0 |
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 |
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Ted Wilks | 59 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 3.73 | 71 |
Bill Reeder | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.08 | 21 |
Ken Johnson | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.42 | 18 |
Ray Yochim | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.43 | 3 |
Kurt Krieger | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
Farm system
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Lynchburg, Pocatello[5]
References
- ^ "Team Stolen Base Records & Team Caught Stealing Records". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved April 17, 2022.
- ^ Ray Jablonski page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Dick Rand page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Neal Hertweck 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
- 1949 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Reference
- 1949 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com