1946 St. Louis Cardinals season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 St. Louis Cardinals 1946 World Series champions National League champions National League Sportsman's Park St. Louis, Missouri 96–58 (.628) 1st Sam Breadon William Walsingham Jr. Eddie Dyer WIL(Dizzy Dean, Johnny O'Hara) WTMV/WEW(Harry Caray, Gabby Street) stl stl 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.Solly Hemus Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hemusso01.shtml 2025-03-22 Baseball-Reference.com en 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 STL 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 13 Red Barrett 21,27 Johnny Beazley 16,27,36 Al Brazle 31 Harry Brecheen 10 Ken Burkhart 22 Murry Dickson 20 Blix Donnelly 33 Johnny Grodzicki 29 Howie Krist 21 Max Lanier 34 Fred Martin 20 Red Munger 11 Howie Pollet 37 Freddy Schmidt 28 Ted Wilks Catchers 17 Joe Garagiola 39 Clyde Kluttz 16 Ken O'Dea 18 Del Rice 23 Del Wilber Infielders 35 Jeff Cross  7 Nippy Jones  7 Lou Klein  1 Whitey Kurowski  4 Marty Marion  6 Stan Musial  2 Red Schoendienst 15 Dick Sisler Outfielders 14 Buster Adams 19 Erv Dusak 24 Bill Endicott  8 Terry Moore  9 Enos Slaughter 5,17 Harry Walker Other batters 42 Danny Litwhiler 38 Walter Sessi  3 Emil Verban Manager 30 Eddie Dyer Coaches 25 Mike González 26 Buzzy Wares 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 Joe Garagiola 74 211 50 .237 3 22 1B Stan Musial 156 624 228 .365 16 103 2B Red Schoendienst 142 606 170 .281 0 34 3B Whitey Kurowski 142 519 156 .301 14 89 SS Marty Marion 146 498 116 .233 3 46 OF Harry Walker 112 346 82 .237 3 27 OF Erv Dusak 100 275 66 .240 9 42 OF Enos Slaughter 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 Terry Moore Terry Moore (baseball) 91 278 73 .263 3 2 Dick Sisler 83 235 61 .260 3 42 Buster Adams 81 173 32 .185 5 22 Del Rice 55 139 38 .273 1 12 Clyde Kluttz 52 136 36 .265 0 14 Lou Klein 23 93 18 .194 1 4 Jeff Cross Jeff Cross (baseball) 49 69 15 .217 0 6 Ken O'Dea 22 57 7 .123 1 3 Bill Endicott Bill Endicott (baseball) 20 20 4 .200 0 3 Walter Sessi 15 14 2 .143 1 2 Nippy Jones 16 12 4 .333 0 1 Danny Litwhiler 6 5 0 .000 0 0 Del Wilber 4 4 0 .000 0 0 Emil Verban 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 Howie Pollet 40 266.0 21 10 2.10 107 Harry Brecheen 36 231.0 15 15 2.49 117 Johnny Beazley 19 103.0 7 5 4.46 36 Max Lanier 6 56.0 6 0 1.93 36 Red Munger 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 Murry Dickson 47 184.1 15 6 2.88 82 Al Brazle 37 153.1 11 10 3.29 58 Ken Burkhart 25 100.0 6 3 2.88 32 Red Barrett 23 67.0 3 2 4.03 22 Fred Martin Fred Martin (baseball) 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 Ted Wilks 40 8 0 1 3.41 40 Freddy Schmidt 16 1 0 0 3.29 14 Howie Krist 15 0 2 0 6.75 3 Blix Donnelly 13 1 2 0 3.95 11 Johnny Grodzicki 3 0 0 0 9.00 2 1946 World Series 1946 World Series 300px|right 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, 978-0-451-22363-0 Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Columbus Red Birds American Association Charlie Root AAA Rochester Red Wings International League Burleigh Grimes and Benny Borgmann AA Houston Buffaloes Texas League Johnny Keane A Columbus Cardinals Sally League Kemp Wicker B Decatur Commodores Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Harrison Wickel B Allentown Cardinals Interstate League Ollie Vanek B Lynchburg Cardinals Piedmont League Wes Ferrell C Fresno Cardinals California League Everett Johnston and Paul Bowa C Winston-Salem Cardinals Carolina League Zip Payne C Duluth Dukes Northern League Mercer Harris and Gene Sack C Pocatello Cardinals Pioneer League Bill Brenzel C St. Joseph Cardinals Western Association Bob Stanton D Johnson City Cardinals Appalachian League Specs Garbee D Salisbury Cardinals Eastern Shore League Harold Contini D Albany Cardinals Georgia–Florida League Herb Moore D Carthage Cardinals Kansas–Oklahoma–Missouri League Buzz Arlitt D Marion Cardinals Ohio State League Wally Schang and Bob Kline D Hamilton Cardinals PONY League John NewmanJohnson, 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 1946 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Reference 1946 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:St. Louis Cardinals seasons Saint Louis Cardinals season Category:National League champion seasons Category:World Series champion seasons St. Louis Cardinals