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.
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.Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 151, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York,
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions April 7, 1948: Dick Sisler was traded by the Cardinals to the Philadelphia Phillies for Ralph LaPointe and $30,000.Dick Sisler page at Baseball Reference
Roster 1948 St. Louis Cardinals Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders
Other batters Manager
Coaches
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 100 290 57 .197 4 34 1B 132 481 122 .254 10 81 2B 119 408 111 .272 4 36 SS 144 567 143 .252 4 43 3B 117 323 87 .269 4 31 OF 155 611 230 .376 39 131 OF 146 549 176 .321 11 90 OF 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 114 311 65 .209 6 19 96 246 79 .321 13 64 87 222 50 .225 0 15 77 220 47 .214 2 33 45 119 35 .294 0 15 41 111 27 .243 1 13 27 58 11 .190 0 10 24 56 6 .107 2 7 8 31 10 .323 0 3 6 22 6 .273 0 2 20 19 4 .211 0 2 7 7 0 .000 0 0 2 1 0 .000 0 0 3 1 0 .000 0 0 1 1 0 .000 0 0 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 42 252.1 12 16 4.14 113 33 233.1 20 7 2.24 149 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 39 166.0 10 11 4.50 72 42 156.1 10 6 3.80 55 34 89.2 8 6 4.22 27 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 57 6 6 13 2.62 71 31 4 4 0 6.92 23 20 0 0 1 5.54 16 10 0 1 0 5.06 8 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 0 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 13.50 0
Farm system
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: St. Joseph, West FrankfortJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
References
External links 1948 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Reference 1948 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com