1944 St. Louis Cardinals season


The 1944 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 63rd season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 53rd season in the National League. The Cardinals went 105–49 during the season and finished 1st in the National League. In the World Series, they met their town rivals, the St. Louis Browns. They won the series in 6 games.

Regular season

Shortstop Marty Marion won the MVP Award this year, batting.267, with 6 home runs and 63 RBIs. This was the third consecutive year a Cardinal won the MVP Award, with Mort Cooper winning in 1942 and Stan Musial winning in 1943. Marion was the first shortstop in the history of the National League to win the award.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster

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
PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
CWalker Cooper112397126.3171372
1BRay Sanders154601177.29512102
2BEmil Verban146498128.257043
SSMarty Marion144506135.267663
3BWhitey Kurowski149555150.2702087
LFStan Musial146568197.3471294
CFJohnny Hopp139592177.3361172
RFDanny Litwhiler140492130.2641582

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Ken O'Dea8526566.249637
Augie Bergamo8019255.286219
George Fallon6914128.19919
Debs Garms7314930.20105
Pepper Martin408624.27924
John Antonelli8214.19001
Bob Keely10000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
PlayerGIPWLERASO
Ted Wilks36207.21742.6488
Harry Brecheen30189.11652.8588
Mort Cooper34252.12272.4697
Max Lanier33224.117122.65141

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
PlayerGIPWLERASO
Red Munger21121.11131.3455
Freddy Schmidt37114.1733.1558
Harry Gumbert1061.1422.4916
Bill Trotter260113.500

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
PlayerGWLSVERASO
Al Jurisich307913.3953
Blix Donnelly272122.1245
Bud Byerly92203.4013
Mike Naymick10004.501

1944 World Series

NL St. Louis Cardinals vs. AL St. Louis Browns

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Lynchburg