1949 St. Louis Cardinals season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 St. Louis Cardinals 1949 National League Sportsman's Park St. Louis, Missouri 96–58 (.612) 2nd Fred Saigh William Walsingham Jr. Eddie Dyer KSD(Harry Caray, Gabby Street) WIL(Harry Caray, Gabby Street) stl stl The 1949 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 68th season in St. Louis, Missouri, and its 58th season in the National League (NL). The Cardinals went 96–58 during the season and finished second, one game back in the National League. The team set an NL record for fewest stolen bases in a season, 17, which still stands.https://www.baseball-almanac.com/recbooks/rb_stba2.shtml Team Stolen Base Records & Team Caught Stealing Records Baseball Almanac April 17, 2022 Offseason November 24, 1948: Ray Jablonski was drafted by the Cardinals from the Boston Red Sox in the 1948 minor league draft.Ray Jablonski page at Baseball Reference Prior to 1949 season (exact date unknown) Dick Rand was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cardinals.Dick Rand page at Baseball Reference Neal Hertweck was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cardinals.Neal Hertweck page at Baseball Reference Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents STL Roster 1949 St. Louis Cardinals Roster Pitchers 24 Cloyd Boyer 27 Al Brazle 31 Harry Brecheen 34 Jim Hearn 35 Ken Johnson 24 Kurt Krieger 40,23 Max Lanier 41,39 Fred Martin 20 Red Munger 11 Howie Pollet 33 Bill Reeder 14 Jerry Staley 28 Ted Wilks 39 Ray Yochim Catchers 15 Bill Baker 17 Joe Garagiola 18 Del Rice 10 Del Wilber Infielders  5 Steve Bilko 12 Tommy Glaviano 22 Solly Hemus  3 Nippy Jones 21 Eddie Kazak 29 Lou Klein  1 Whitey Kurowski  4 Marty Marion 19 Rocky Nelson  2 Red Schoendienst Outfielders 32 Chuck Diering 36 Bill Howerton  6 Stan Musial  5 Ron Northey 16 Hal Rice 10 Ed Sauer  9 Enos Slaughter Other batters 41 Russ Derry  7 Erv Dusak Manager 30 Eddie Dyer Coaches 25 Tony Kaufmann  8 Terry Moore 26 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 C Del Rice 92 284 67 .236 4 29 1B Nippy Jones 110 380 114 .300 8 62 2B Red Schoendienst 151 640 190 .297 3 54 SS Marty Marion 134 515 140 .272 5 70 3B Eddie Kazak 92 326 99 .304 6 42 OF Stan Musial 157 612 207 .338 36 123 OF Chuck Diering 131 369 97 .263 3 38 OF Enos Slaughter 151 568 191 .336 13 96 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 Ron Northey 90 265 69 .260 7 50 Tommy Glaviano 87 258 69 .267 6 36 Rocky Nelson 82 244 54 .221 4 32 Joe Garagiola 81 241 63 .261 3 26 Lou Klein 58 114 25 .219 2 12 Hal Rice 40 46 9 .196 1 9 Ed Sauer 24 45 10 .222 0 1 Solly Hemus 20 33 11 .333 0 2 Bill Baker Bill Baker (baseball) 20 30 4 .133 0 4 Steve Bilko 6 17 5 .294 0 2 Whitey Kurowski 10 14 2 .143 0 0 Bill Howerton 9 13 4 .308 0 1 Del Wilber 2 4 1 .250 0 0 Russ Derry 2 2 0 .000 0 0 Erv Dusak 1 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 Howie Pollet 39 230.2 20 9 2.77 108 Harry Brecheen 32 214.2 13 11 3.35 88 Red Munger 35 188.1 15 8 3.87 82 Max Lanier 15 92.0 5 4 3.82 37 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 Al Brazle 39 206.1 14 8 3.18 75 Gerry Staley 45 171.1 10 10 2.73 55 Fred Martin Fred Martin (baseball) 21 70.0 6 0 2.44 30 Jim Hearn 17 42.0 1 3 5.14 18 Cloyd Boyer 4 3.1 0 0 10.80 0 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 Ted Wilks 59 10 3 9 3.73 71 Bill Reeder 21 1 1 0 5.08 21 Ken Johnson Ken Johnson (left-handed pitcher) 14 0 1 0 6.42 18 Ray Yochim 3 0 0 0 15.43 3 Kurt Krieger 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Columbus Red Birds American Association Hal Anderson AAA Rochester Red Wings International League Johnny Keane AA Houston Buffaloes Texas League Del Wilber A Columbus Cardinals Sally League Kemp Wicker A Omaha Cardinals Western League Cedric Durst B Winston-Salem Cardinals Carolina League Willie Duke, George Ferrell and Roland LeBlanc B Allentown Cardinals Interstate League Al Hollingsworth B Lynchburg Cardinals Piedmont League Pug Griffin and Vernon Mackie C Fresno Cardinals California League Frenchy Uhalt C Duluth Dukes Northern League Ed Madjeski and Russ Rolandson C Pocatello Cardinals Pioneer League Walter Lowe C St. Joseph Cardinals Western Association Harold Olt D Johnson City Cardinals Appalachian League Ben Catchings D Salisbury Cardinals Eastern Shore League Gene Corbett D Willows Cardinals Far West League Bert Bonomi and Fred Fass D Tallassee Cardinals Georgia–Alabama League Bob Comiskey and Bill Blackwell D Albany Cardinals Georgia–Florida League Sheldon "Chief" Bender D West Frankfort Cardinals Mississippi–Ohio Valley League Bob Stanton D Lebanon Chicks North Atlantic League Harold Contini D Hamilton Cardinals PONY League George KissellLEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Lynchburg, PocatelloJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007 References 2 External links 1949 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Reference 1949 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:St. Louis Cardinals seasons Saint Louis Cardinals season Category:1949 in sports in Missouri