1948 St. Louis Cardinals season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 St. Louis Cardinals 1948 National League Sportsman's Park St. Louis, Missouri 85–69 (.552) 2nd Fred SaighRobert Hannegan William Walsingham Jr. Eddie Dyer KSD(Bob Ingham) WTMV/WEW(Harry Caray, Gabby Street) stl stl 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, 978-0-451-22363-0 Season standings Record vs. opponents STL 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 37 Clarence Beers 27 Al Brazle 31 Harry Brecheen 10 Ken Burkhart 22 Murry Dickson 34 Jim Hearn 35 Ken Johnson 20 Red Munger 36 Al Papai 11 Howie Pollet 14 Gerry Staley 28 Ted Wilks 39 Ray Yochim Catchers 15 Bill Baker 24 Johnny Bucha 17 Joe Garagiola 18 Del Rice 23 Del Wilber Infielders 19 Nippy Jones 12 Eddie Kazak  1 Whitey Kurowski 29 Don Lang 16 Ralph LaPointe  4 Marty Marion  2 Red Schoendienst 10 Babe Young  3 Bobby Young Outfielders 32 Chuck Diering  7 Erv Dusak 21,12 Joe Medwick  8 Terry Moore  6 Stan Musial  5 Ron Northey 21 Hal Rice  9 Enos Slaughter Other batters  3 Jeff Cross 41 Larry Miggins Manager 30 Eddie Dyer Coaches 25 Tony Kaufmann 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 100 290 57 .197 4 34 1B Nippy Jones 132 481 122 .254 10 81 2B Red Schoendienst 119 408 111 .272 4 36 SS Marty Marion 144 567 143 .252 4 43 3B Don Lang Don Lang (third baseman) 117 323 87 .269 4 31 OF Stan Musial 155 611 230 .376 39 131 OF Enos Slaughter 146 549 176 .321 11 90 OF Terry Moore Terry Moore (baseball) 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 Erv Dusak 114 311 65 .209 6 19 Ron Northey 96 246 79 .321 13 64 Ralph LaPointe 87 222 50 .225 0 15 Whitey Kurowski 77 220 47 .214 2 33 Bill Baker Bill Baker (baseball) 45 119 35 .294 0 15 Babe Young 41 111 27 .243 1 13 Del Wilber 27 58 11 .190 0 10 Joe Garagiola 24 56 6 .107 2 7 Hal Rice 8 31 10 .323 0 3 Eddie Kazak 6 22 6 .273 0 2 Joe Medwick 20 19 4 .211 0 2 Chuck Diering 7 7 0 .000 0 0 Johnny Bucha 2 1 0 .000 0 0 Bobby Young 3 1 0 .000 0 0 Larry Miggins 1 1 0 .000 0 0 Jeff Cross Jeff Cross (baseball) 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 Murry Dickson 42 252.1 12 16 4.14 113 Harry Brecheen 33 233.1 20 7 2.24 149 Howie Pollet 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 Red Munger 39 166.0 10 11 4.50 72 Al Brazle 42 156.1 10 6 3.80 55 Jim Hearn 34 89.2 8 6 4.22 27 Ken Johnson Ken Johnson (left-handed pitcher) 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 Ted Wilks 57 6 6 13 2.62 71 Gerry Staley 31 4 4 0 6.92 23 Ken Burkhart 20 0 0 1 5.54 16 Al Papai 10 0 1 0 5.06 8 Erv Dusak 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 Ray Yochim 1 0 0 0 0.00 1 Clarence Beers 1 0 0 0 13.50 0 Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Columbus Red Birds American Association Hal Anderson AAA Rochester Red Wings International League Cedric Durst AA Houston Buffaloes Texas League Johnny Keane A Columbus Cardinals Sally League Kemp Wicker A Omaha Cardinals Western League Ollie Vanek B Allentown Cardinals Interstate League Al Hollingsworth B Lynchburg Cardinals Piedmont League Vernon Mackie C Fresno Cardinals California League Stan Benjamin C Winston-Salem Cardinals Carolina League Zip Payne C Duluth Dukes Northern League George Treadwell and Ed Madjeski C Pocatello Cardinals Pioneer League Roland LeBlanc C St. Joseph Cardinals Western Association Harold Olt D Johnson City Cardinals Appalachian League Specs Garbee D Salisbury Cardinals Eastern Shore League Gene Corbett D Willows Cardinals Far West League Jim Tyack and Bill Krueger D Tallassee Indians Georgia–Alabama League Hugh East and Bob Comiskey D Albany Cardinals Georgia–Florida League Bob Stanton D West Frankfort Cardinals Illinois State League Harold Contini D Carthage Cardinals Kansas–Oklahoma–Missouri League Alvin Kluttz D Hamilton Red Birds PONY League George Kissell D Lawrenceville Cardinals Virginia League Bob Comiskey, George Shearin and John PruettLEAGUE 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 2 External links 1948 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Reference 1948 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:St. Louis Cardinals seasons Saint Louis Cardinals season Category:1948 in sports in Missouri