1949 St. Louis Cardinals season

1949 St. Louis Cardinals
Major League affiliations
	National League (since 1892);
Location
	Sportsman's Park (since 1920); St. Louis, Missouri (since 1882);
Results
Record	96–58 (.612)
League place	2nd
Other information
Owner(s)	Fred Saigh
General manager(s)	William Walsingham, Jr.
Manager(s)	Eddie Dyer
Local television	KSD; (Harry Caray, Gabby Street)
Local radio	WIL; (Harry Caray, Gabby Street)
Stats	ESPN.com; BB-reference
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The 1949 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 68th season in St. Louis, Missouri and its 58th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 96–58 during the season and finished second in the National League.

Offseason

November 24, 1948: Ray Jablonski was drafted by the Cardinals from the Boston Red Sox in the 1948 minor league draft.[1]
Prior to 1949 season (exact date unknown)
- Dick Rand was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cardinals.[2]
- Neal Hertweck was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cardinals.[3]

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Brooklyn Dodgers	97	57	0.630	—	48–29	49–28
St. Louis Cardinals	96	58	0.623	1	51–26	45–32
Philadelphia Phillies	81	73	0.526	16	40–37	41–36
Boston Braves	75	79	0.487	22	43–34	32–45
New York Giants	73	81	0.474	24	43–34	30–47
Pittsburgh Pirates	71	83	0.461	26	36–41	35–42
Cincinnati Reds	62	92	0.403	35	35–42	27–50
Chicago Cubs	61	93	0.396	36	33–44	28–49

Record vs. opponents

1949 National League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	10–12	12–10	12–10–1	12–10–2	11–11	12–10	6–16
Brooklyn	12–10	—	17–5	17–5	14–8	11–11	16–6	10–12–1
Chicago	10–12	5–17	—	9–13	12–10	6–16	11–11	8–14
Cincinnati	10–12–1	5–17	13–9	—	7–15	13–9	9–13	5–17–1
New York	10–12–2	8–14	10–12	15–7	—	11–11	12–10	7–15
Philadelphia	11–11	11–11	16–6	9–13	11–11	—	13–9	10–12
Pittsburgh	10–12	6–16	11–11	13–9	10–12	9–13	—	12–10
St. Louis	16–6	12–10–1	14–8	17–5–1	15–7	12–10	10–12	—

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
Tommy Glaviano	87	258	69	.267	6	36
Ron Northey	90	265	69	.260	7	50
Joe Garagiola	81	241	63	.261	3	26
Rocky Nelson	82	244	54	.221	4	32
Lou Klein	58	114	25	.219	2	12
Ed Sauer	24	45	10	.222	0	1
Hal Rice	40	46	9	.196	1	9
Solly Hemus	20	33	11	.333	0	2
Bill Baker	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	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	21	70	6	0	2.44	30
Jim Hearn	17	42	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	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

Level	Team	League	Manager
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 Kissell

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Lynchburg, Pocatello[4]

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References

Ray Jablonski page at Baseball Reference
Dick Rand page at Baseball Reference
Neal Hertweck page at Baseball Reference
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

External links

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[1] Ray Jablonski page at Baseball Reference

[2] Dick Rand page at Baseball Reference

[3] Neal Hertweck page at Baseball Reference

[4] Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

1949 MLB season by team
American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington
National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis
1949 All-Star Game 1949 World Series