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1949 St. Louis Cardinals season

Major League Baseball season

Field	Value
name	St. Louis Cardinals
season	1949
league	National League
ballpark	Sportsman's Park
city	St. Louis, Missouri
record	96–58 (.612)
league_place	2nd
owners	Fred Saigh
general_managers	William Walsingham Jr.
managers	Eddie Dyer
television	KSD
(Harry Caray, Gabby Street)
radio	WIL
(Harry Caray, Gabby Street)
espntn	stl
brtn	stl

(Harry Caray, Gabby Street) (Harry Caray, Gabby Street) The 1949 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 68th season in St. Louis, Missouri, and its 58th season in the National League (NL). The Cardinals went 96–58 during the season and finished second, one game back in the National League. The team set an NL record for fewest stolen bases in a season, 17, which still stands.

Offseason

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

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster

1949 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	92	284	67	.236	4	29
1B	110	380	114	.300	8	62
2B	151	640	190	.297	3	54
SS	134	515	140	.272	5	70
3B	92	326	99	.304	6	42
OF	157	612	207	.338	36	123
OF	131	369	97	.263	3	38
OF	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

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
90	265	69	.260	7	50
87	258	69	.267	6	36
82	244	54	.221	4	32
81	241	63	.261	3	26
58	114	25	.219	2	12
40	46	9	.196	1	9
24	45	10	.222	0	1
20	33	11	.333	0	2
20	30	4	.133	0	4
6	17	5	.294	0	2
10	14	2	.143	0	0
9	13	4	.308	0	1
2	4	1	.250	0	0
2	2	0	.000	0	0
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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
39	230.2	20	9	2.77	108
32	214.2	13	11	3.35	88
35	188.1	15	8	3.87	82
15	92.0	5	4	3.82	37

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	206.1	14	8	3.18	75
45	171.1	10	10	2.73	55
21	70.0	6	0	2.44	30
17	42.0	1	3	5.14	18
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

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
59	10	3	9	3.73	71
21	1	1	0	5.08	21
14	0	1	0	6.42	18
3	0	0	0	15.43	3
1	0	0	0	0.00	0

Farm system

References

"Team Stolen Base Records & Team Caught Stealing Records".
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/j/jablora01.shtml Ray Jablonski page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/randdi01.shtml Dick Rand page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hertwne01.shtml 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

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