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1940 St. Louis Cardinals season

Major League Baseball season

Field	Value
name	St. Louis Cardinals
season	1940
league	National League
ballpark	Sportsman's Park
city	St. Louis, Missouri
record	84–69 (.549)
league_place	3rd
owners	Sam Breadon
general_managers	Branch Rickey
managers	Ray Blades, Mike González, Billy Southworth
radio	KMOX
(France Laux)
KWK
(Johnny O'Hara, Johnny Neblett)
KXOK
(Alex Buchan, Ray Schmidt, Gabby Street)
espntn	stl
brtn	stl

(France Laux) KWK (Johnny O'Hara, Johnny Neblett) KXOK (Alex Buchan, Ray Schmidt, Gabby Street)

The 1940 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 59th season in St. Louis, Missouri and 49th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 84–69 during the season and finished third in the National League.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster

1940 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers

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	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	117	307	81	.264	0	27
1B	155	579	182	.314	43	137
2B	129	415	119	.287	7	56
SS	125	435	121	.278	3	46
3B	112	369	88	.238	4	32
OF	140	516	158	.306	17	73
OF	93	348	108	.310	8	52
OF	136	537	163	.304	17	64

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
107	454	127	.280	0	30
93	240	58	.242	6	41
86	228	72	.316	3	39
37	158	48	.304	3	20
80	152	41	.270	1	14
69	108	29	.269	3	14
32	66	14	.212	2	7
7	27	5	.185	0	6
7	25	4	.160	0	5
6	19	6	.316	0	2
15	18	4	.222	0	2
11	15	3	.200	0	1
12	11	1	.091	0	1
3	11	3	.273	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
33	232.0	16	10	3.14	85
38	230.2	11	12	3.63	95
38	218.0	16	10	3.80	78
1	1.2	0	0	16.20	0

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
54	197.1	13	11	3.92	82
28	114.1	7	5	4.33	43
35	105.0	9	6	3.34	49
21	81.0	3	3	5.89	44
14	54.0	0	4	5.17	12
8	21.2	1	1	4.15	15
2	14.0	1	0	2.57	6
2	4.2	0	1	13.50	2

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
26	3	4	1	2.50	16
20	4	2	1	3.13	19
3	0	0	0	0.00	4
1	0	0	0	27.00	0

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Houston, Columbus (Sally), Johnson City, Williamson

Arkansas–Missouri League folded, July 1, 1940; Caruthersville club transferred to Batesville, July 7

Notes

References

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

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