The 1944 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 63rd season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 53rd season in the National League. The Cardinals went 105 wins and 49 losses during the season and finished first in the National League. In the World Series, they met their town rivals, the St. Louis Browns. They won the series in 6 games to win their 5th World Series title.
Regular season Shortstop Marty Marion won the MVP Award this year, batting .267, with 6 home runs and 63 RBIs. This was the third consecutive year a Cardinal won the MVP Award, with Mort Cooper winning in 1942 and Stan Musial winning in 1943. Marion was the first shortstop in the history of the National League to win the award.Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 152, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, NY,
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Roster 1944 St. Louis Cardinals Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders 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 RBICWalker Cooper112397126 .31713721BRay Sanders154601177.295121022BEmil Verban146498128.257043 SS Marty Marion144506135.2676633BWhitey Kurowski149555150.2702087LFStan Musial146568197*.3471294CFJohnny Hopp139592177.3361172RFDanny Litwhiler140492130.2641582 Tied with Phil Cavarretta (Chicago)
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 RBIKen O'Dea8526566.249637Augie Bergamo8019255.286219Debs Garms7314930 .20105George Fallon6914128 .19919Pepper Martin408624.27924John Antonelli8214.19001Bob Keely 100.---00
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 SOMort Cooper34252.12272.4697Max Lanier33224.117122.65141Ted Wilks36207.21742.6488Harry Brecheen30189.11652.8588Red Munger21121.11131.3455Harry Gumbert1061.142 2.4916
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 SOAl Jurisich30130.0793.3953Bud Byerly942.1223.4013Bill Trotter26.00113.500
Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SOFreddy Schmidt377353.1558Blix Donnelly272122.1245Mike Naymick10004.501
1944 World Series
NL St. Louis Cardinals (4) vs. AL St. Louis Browns (2)
GameScoreDate1Browns 2, Cardinals 1October 42Cardinals 3, Browns 2 (11 innings)October 53Browns 6, Cardinals 2 October 64Cardinals 5, Browns 1 October 75Cardinals 2, Browns 0 October 86Cardinals 3, Browns 1 October 9
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Farm system
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: LynchburgJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
References
External links 1944 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Reference 1944 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com