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1948 St. Louis Cardinals season

Major League Baseball season

Field	Value
name	St. Louis Cardinals
season	1948
league	National League
ballpark	Sportsman's Park
city	St. Louis, Missouri
record	85–69 (.552)
league_place	2nd
owners	Fred Saigh
Robert Hannegan
general_managers	William Walsingham Jr.
managers	Eddie Dyer
television	KSD
(Bob Ingham)
radio	WTMV/WEW
(Harry Caray, Gabby Street)
espntn	stl
brtn	stl

Robert Hannegan (Bob Ingham) (Harry Caray, Gabby Street) 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.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

April 7, 1948: Dick Sisler was traded by the Cardinals to the Philadelphia Phillies for Ralph LaPointe and $30,000.

Roster

1948 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	100	290	57	.197	4	34
1B	132	481	122	.254	10	81
2B	119	408	111	.272	4	36
SS	144	567	143	.252	4	43
3B	117	323	87	.269	4	31
OF	155	611	230	.376	39	131
OF	146	549	176	.321	11	90
OF	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

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
114	311	65	.209	6	19
96	246	79	.321	13	64
87	222	50	.225	0	15
77	220	47	.214	2	33
45	119	35	.294	0	15
41	111	27	.243	1	13
27	58	11	.190	0	10
24	56	6	.107	2	7
8	31	10	.323	0	3
6	22	6	.273	0	2
20	19	4	.211	0	2
7	7	0	.000	0	0
2	1	0	.000	0	0
3	1	0	.000	0	0
1	1	0	.000	0	0
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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
42	252.1	12	16	4.14	113
33	233.1	20	7	2.24	149
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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
39	166.0	10	11	4.50	72
42	156.1	10	6	3.80	55
34	89.2	8	6	4.22	27
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

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
57	6	6	13	2.62	71
31	4	4	0	6.92	23
20	0	0	1	5.54	16
10	0	1	0	5.06	8
1	0	0	0	0.00	0
1	0	0	0	0.00	1
1	0	0	0	13.50	0

Farm system

References

''Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures'', 2008 Edition, p. 151, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, {{ISBN. 978-0-451-22363-0
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sisledi01.shtml Dick Sisler 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

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