1948 St. Louis Cardinals season

Template:MLB yearly infobox-pre1969 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.

1 Regular season
2 Player stats
- 2.1 Batting
  - 2.1.1 Starters by position
  - 2.1.2 Other batters
- 2.2 Pitching
3 Farm system
4 References
5 External links

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	GB	Pct.
Boston Braves	91	62	--	.595
St. Louis Cardinals	85	69	6.5	.552
Brooklyn Dodgers	84	70	7.5	.545
Pittsburgh Pirates	83	71	8.5	.539
New York Giants	78	76	13.5	.506
Philadelphia Phillies	66	88	25.5	.429
Cincinnati Reds	64	89	27	.418
Chicago Cubs	64	90	27.5	.416

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

-- Tony Kaufmann
-- 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
3B	Lang, DonDon Lang	117	323	87	.269	4	31
OF	Musial, StanStan Musial	155	611	230	.376	39	131
OF	Moore, TerryTerry 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
LaPointe, RalphRalph LaPointe	87	222	50	.225	0	15
Baker, BillBill Baker	45	119	35	.294	0	15
Garagiola, JoeJoe Garagiola	24	56	6	.107	2	7
Rice, HalHal Rice	8	31	10	.323	0	3
Diering, ChuckChuck Diering	7	7	0	.000	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
Dickson, MurryMurry Dickson	42	252.1	12	16	4.14	113
Brecheen, HarryHarry Brecheen	33	233.1	20	7	2.24	149

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
Brazle, AlAl Brazle	42	156.1	10	6	3.80	55

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
Burkhart, KenKen Burkhart	20	0	0	1	5.54	16
Beers, ClarenceClarence 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	Red 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

External links

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

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

Based in St. Louis, Missouri

Franchise

Records · No-hitters · Awards & League Leaders · Roster · Players · Coaches · Managers · General Managers and Owners · Broadcasters · Opening Day starting pitchers · First-round draft picks · All articles

History

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Ballparks

Robison Field · Sportsman's Park · Busch Memorial Stadium · Busch Stadium ·
Spring Training: Whittington Park · McKechnie Field · City Island Ball Park · Al Lang Stadium · Roger Dean Stadium

Culture

Cardinal Nation · Fredbird · Gashouse Gang · KMOX · Rally Squirrel · Whiteyball · The Pride of St. Louis

Lore

Slaughter's Mad Dash · Brock for Broglio · The Call · Home Run Chase

Rivalries

Chicago Cubs · Kansas City Royals

Retired numbers

1 · 2 · 6 · 9 · 10 · 14 · 17 · 20 · 24 · 42 · 42 · 45 · 85

Key personnel

Owner: Bill DeWitt, Jr. · General Manager: John Mozeliak · Manager: Mike Matheny

Minors

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1948 St. Louis Cardinals season