The 1946 St. Louis Cardinals season was a season in American baseball. It was the team's 65th season in St. Louis, Missouri and their 55th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 96–58 during the championship season and finished tied with the Brooklyn Dodgers for first in the National League. St. Louis then won a best-of-three playoff for the pennant, two games to none. In the World Series, they won in seven games over the Boston Red Sox. They won on Enos Slaughter's "mad dash" that gave them a 4–3 lead in the eighth inning of game 7.
Offseason Prior to 1946 season: Solly Hemus was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cardinals.
Regular season First baseman Stan Musial won the MVP Award this year, batting .365, with 16 home runs and 103 RBIs.
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions July 1946: Jim Gleeson was traded by the Cardinals to the Boston Red Sox for Don Lang and Bill Howerton.Bill Howerton page at Baseball Reference
Roster 1946 St. Louis Cardinals Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders
Other batters Manager
Coaches
Player stats = Indicates team leader = Indicates league leader
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 74 211 50 .237 3 22 1B 156 624 228 .365 16 103 2B 142 606 170 .281 0 34 3B 142 519 156 .301 14 89 SS 146 498 116 .233 3 46 OF 112 346 82 .237 3 27 OF 100 275 66 .240 9 42 OF 156 609 183 .300 18 130
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 91 278 73 .263 3 2 83 235 61 .260 3 42 81 173 32 .185 5 22 55 139 38 .273 1 12 52 136 36 .265 0 14 23 93 18 .194 1 4 49 69 15 .217 0 6 22 57 7 .123 1 3 20 20 4 .200 0 3 15 14 2 .143 1 2 16 12 4 .333 0 1 6 5 0 .000 0 0 4 4 0 .000 0 0 1 1 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 40 266.0 21 10 2.10 107 36 231.0 15 15 2.49 117 19 103.0 7 5 4.46 36 6 56.0 6 0 1.93 36 10 48.2 2 2 3.33 28 Note: Pollet was team leader in saves with 5.
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 47 184.1 15 6 2.88 82 37 153.1 11 10 3.29 58 25 100.0 6 3 2.88 32 23 67.0 3 2 4.03 22 6 28.2 2 1 4.08 19
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 40 8 0 1 3.41 40 16 1 0 0 3.29 14 15 0 2 0 6.75 3 13 1 2 0 3.95 11 3 0 0 0 9.00 2
1946 World Series
NL St. Louis Cardinals (4) vs. AL Boston Red Sox (3)
GameScoreDateAttendance1Boston 3, St. Louis 2 (10 innings)October 636,2182St. Louis 3, Boston 0October 735,8153Boston 4, St. Louis 0October 934,5004St. Louis 12, Boston 3 October 1035,6455Boston 6, St. Louis 3 October 1135,9826St. Louis 4, Boston 1October 1335,7687St. Louis 4, Boston 3 October 1536,143
Awards and honors Stan Musial, National League leader, Triples, (20).Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 95, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York,
Farm system
Johnson, 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 1946 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Reference 1946 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com