1941 St. Louis Cardinals season
1941 St. Louis Cardinals | ||
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League | National League | |
Ballpark | Sportsman's Park | |
City | St. Louis, Missouri | |
Record | 97–56 (.634) | |
League place | 2nd | |
Owners | Sam Breadon | |
General managers | Branch Rickey | |
Managers | Billy Southworth | |
Radio | KWK (Johnny O'Hara, Johnny Neblett, Dizzy Dean) KXOK (France Laux) | |
Stats | ESPN.com BB-reference | |
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The 1941 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 60th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 50th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 97–56 during the season and finished second in the National League.
Offseason
[edit]- Prior to 1941 season (exact date unknown)
- Hal Rice was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cardinals.[1]
- Tommy Glaviano was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cardinals.[2]
- Chuck Diering was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cardinals.[3]
Regular season
[edit]Season standings
[edit]Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Brooklyn Dodgers | 100 | 54 | .649 | — | 52–25 | 48–29 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 97 | 56 | .634 | 2½ | 53–24 | 44–32 |
Cincinnati Reds | 88 | 66 | .571 | 12 | 45–34 | 43–32 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 81 | 73 | .526 | 19 | 45–32 | 36–41 |
New York Giants | 74 | 79 | .484 | 25½ | 38–39 | 36–40 |
Chicago Cubs | 70 | 84 | .455 | 30 | 38–39 | 32–45 |
Boston Braves | 62 | 92 | .403 | 38 | 32–44 | 30–48 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 43 | 111 | .279 | 57 | 23–52 | 20–59 |
Record vs. opponents
[edit]Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
Boston | — | 4–18–2 | 11–11 | 9–13 | 6–16 | 14–8 | 10–12 | 8–14 | |||||
Brooklyn | 18–4–2 | — | 13–9 | 14–8 | 14–8 | 18–4 | 12–10 | 11–11–1 | |||||
Chicago | 11–11 | 9–13 | — | 8–14 | 9–13 | 14–8–1 | 9–13 | 10–12 | |||||
Cincinnati | 13–9 | 8–14 | 14–8 | — | 15–7 | 16–6 | 12–10 | 10–12 | |||||
New York | 16–6 | 8–14 | 13–9 | 7–15 | — | 16–6 | 8–14–2 | 6–15–1 | |||||
Philadelphia | 8–14 | 4–18 | 8–14–1 | 6–16 | 6–16 | — | 6–16 | 5–17 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 12–10 | 10–12 | 13–9 | 10–12 | 14–8–2 | 16–6 | — | 6–16 | |||||
St. Louis | 14–8 | 11–11–1 | 12–10 | 12–10 | 15–6–1 | 17–5 | 16–6 | — |
Notable transactions
[edit]- June 21, 1941: Jimmy Ripple was purchased by the Cardinals from the Cincinnati Reds.[4]
- September 2, 1941: Hank Gornicki was purchased from the Cardinals by the Chicago Cubs.[5]
- September 22, 1941: The purchase of Hank Gornicki's contract from the Cardinals by the Cubs was voided, and Gornicki was returned to the Cardinals.[5]
Roster
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Pitchers
| Catchers
Infielders
| Outfielders
Other batters | Manager Coaches
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Player stats
[edit]Batting
[edit]Starters by position
[edit]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 | Gus Mancuso | 106 | 328 | 75 | .229 | 2 | 37 |
1B | Johnny Mize | 126 | 473 | 150 | .317 | 16 | 100 |
2B | Creepy Crespi | 146 | 560 | 156 | .279 | 4 | 46 |
SS | Marty Marion | 155 | 547 | 138 | .252 | 3 | 58 |
3B | Jimmy Brown | 132 | 549 | 168 | .306 | 3 | 56 |
OF | Enos Slaughter | 113 | 425 | 132 | .311 | 13 | 76 |
OF | Johnny Hopp | 134 | 445 | 135 | .303 | 4 | 50 |
OF | Terry Moore | 122 | 493 | 145 | .294 | 6 | 68 |
Other batters
[edit]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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Don Padgett | 107 | 324 | 80 | .247 | 5 | 44 |
Walker Cooper | 68 | 200 | 49 | .245 | 1 | 20 |
Coaker Triplett | 76 | 185 | 53 | .286 | 3 | 21 |
Estel Crabtree | 77 | 167 | 57 | .341 | 5 | 28 |
Eddie Lake | 45 | 76 | 8 | .105 | 0 | 0 |
Steve Mesner | 24 | 69 | 10 | .145 | 0 | 10 |
Stan Musial | 12 | 47 | 20 | .426 | 1 | 7 |
Ernie Koy | 13 | 40 | 8 | .200 | 2 | 4 |
Harry Walker | 7 | 15 | 4 | .267 | 0 | 1 |
Erv Dusak | 6 | 14 | 2 | .143 | 0 | 3 |
Walter Sessi | 5 | 13 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Whitey Kurowski | 5 | 9 | 3 | .333 | 0 | 2 |
Pep Young | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Chip Marshall | 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
[edit]Starting pitchers
[edit]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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Lon Warneke | 37 | 246.0 | 17 | 9 | 3.15 | 83 |
Ernie White | 32 | 210.0 | 17 | 7 | 2.40 | 117 |
Mort Cooper | 29 | 186.2 | 13 | 9 | 3.91 | 118 |
Max Lanier | 35 | 153.0 | 10 | 8 | 2.82 | 93 |
Harry Gumbert | 33 | 144.0 | 11 | 5 | 2.74 | 53 |
Howie Pollet | 9 | 70.0 | 5 | 2 | 1.93 | 37 |
Johnny Beazley | 1 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | 4 |
Other pitchers
[edit]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 Krist | 37 | 114.0 | 10 | 0 | 4.03 | 36 |
Sam Nahem | 26 | 81.2 | 5 | 2 | 2.98 | 31 |
Clyde Shoun | 26 | 70.0 | 3 | 5 | 5.66 | 34 |
Bill Crouch | 18 | 45.0 | 1 | 2 | 3.00 | 15 |
Bill McGee | 4 | 14.0 | 0 | 1 | 5.14 | 2 |
Johnny Grodzicki | 5 | 13.1 | 2 | 1 | 1.35 | 10 |
Hank Gornicki | 4 | 11.1 | 1 | 0 | 3.18 | 6 |
Relief pitchers
[edit]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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Ira Hutchinson | 29 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3.86 | 19 |
Hersh Lyons | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
Farm system
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Hal Rice page at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Tommy Glaviano page at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Chuck Diering page at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Jimmy Ripple page at Baseball-Reference
- ^ a b Hank Gornicki 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