1941 St. Louis Cardinals season

1941 St. Louis Cardinals
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1892)
Location
Sportsman's Park (since 1920)
St. Louis, Missouri (since 1882)
Results
Record	97–56 (.634)
League place	2nd
Other information
Owner(s)	Sam Breadon
General manager(s)	Branch Rickey
Manager(s)	Billy Southworth
Local radio	KWK (Dizzy Dean) KXOK
Stats	ESPN.com BB-reference
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The 1941 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 60th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 50th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 97–56 during the season and finished 2nd in the National League.

Offseason

Prior to 1941 season (exact date unknown)
- Hal Rice was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cardinals.^[1]
- Tommy Glaviano was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cardinals.^[2]
- Chuck Diering 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	100	54	0.649	—	52–25	48–29
St. Louis Cardinals	97	56	0.634	2½	53–24	44–32
Cincinnati Reds	88	66	0.571	12	45–34	43–32
Pittsburgh Pirates	81	73	0.526	19	45–32	36–41
New York Giants	74	79	0.484	25½	38–39	36–40
Chicago Cubs	70	84	0.455	30	38–39	32–45
Boston Braves	62	92	0.403	38	32–44	30–48
Philadelphia Phillies	43	111	0.279	57	23–52	20–59

Record vs. opponents

1941 National League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	4–18–2	11–11	9–13	6–16	14–8	10–12	8–14
Brooklyn	18–4–2	—	13–9	14–8	14–8	18–4	12–10	11–11–1
Chicago	11–11	9–13	—	8–14	9–13	14–8–1	9–13	10–12
Cincinnati	13–9	8–14	14–8	—	15–7	16–6	12–10	10–12
New York	16–6	8–14	13–9	7–15	—	16–6	8–14–2	6–15–1
Philadelphia	8–14	4–18	8–14–1	6–16	6–16	—	6–16	5–17
Pittsburgh	12–10	10–12	13–9	10–12	14–8–2	16–6	—	6–16
St. Louis	14–8	11–11–1	12–10	12–10	15–6–1	17–5	16–6	—

Notable transactions

June 21, 1941: Jimmy Ripple was purchased by the Cardinals from the Cincinnati Reds.^[4]
September 2, 1941: Hank Gornicki was purchased from the Cardinals by the Chicago Cubs.^[5]
September 22, 1941: The purchase of Hank Gornicki's contract from the Cardinals by the Cubs was voided, and Gornicki was returned to the Cardinals.^[5]

Roster

1941 St. Louis Cardinals

Roster

Pitchers

21 Johnny Beazley

13 Mort Cooper

34 Bill Crouch

33 Hank Gornicki

34 Johnny Grodzicki

42 Harry Gumbert

30 Ira Hutchinson

26 Howie Krist

23 Max Lanier

42 Hersh Lyons

29 Bill McGee

37 Sam Nahem

37 Howie Pollet

24 Clyde Shoun

18 Lon Warneke

28 Ernie White

Catchers

17 Walker Cooper

14 Gus Mancuso

33 Charlie Marshall

Infielders

3 Jimmy Brown

7 Creepy Crespi

1 Whitey Kurowski

1 Eddie Lake

4 Marty Marion

5 Steve Mesner

10 Johnny Mize

Outfielders

11 Estel Crabtree

19 Erv Dusak

12 Johnny Hopp

19 Ernie Koy

8 Terry Moore

6 Stan Musial

16 Don Padgett

38 Walter Sessi

9 Enos Slaughter

20 Coaker Triplett

6 Harry Walker

Other batters

6 Pep Young

Manager

40 Billy Southworth

Coaches

35 Mike González

36 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
3B	Brown, JimmyJimmy Brown	132	549	168	.306	3	56
OF	Moore, TerryTerry Moore	122	493	145	.294	6	68

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
Marshall, CharlieCharlie Marshall	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
Cooper, MortMort Cooper	29	186.2	13	9	3.91	118
Beazley, JohnnyJohnny Beazley	1	9	1	0	1.00	4

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
Gumbert, HarryHarry Gumbert	33	144.1	11	5	2.74	53
Crouch, BillBill Crouch	18	45	1	2	3.00	15
Grodzicki, JohnnyJohnny Grodzicki	5	13.1	2	1	1.35	10
Gornicki, HankHank Gornicki	4	11.1	1	0	3.18	6

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

Farm system

Notes

↑ Hal Rice page at Baseball-Reference
↑ Tommy Glaviano page at Baseball-Reference
↑ Chuck Diering page at Baseball-Reference
↑ Jimmy Ripple page at Baseball-Reference
1 2 Hank Gornicki 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

References

1941 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

1941 All-Star Game 1941 World Series

St. Louis Cardinals

Based in St. Louis, Missouri

Franchise

History

Ballparks

Robison Field Sportsman's Park Busch Memorial Stadium Busch Stadium

Spring training	Whittington Park Herald Park West End Park McKechnie Field City Island Ball Park Al Lang Stadium Roger Dean Stadium

Culture

Lore

Rivalries

Key personnel

Owner: Bill DeWitt, Jr.
General Manager: John Mozeliak
Manager: Mike Matheny

Minors

AAA: Memphis Redbirds
AA: Springfield Cardinals
A Adv.: Palm Beach Cardinals
A: Peoria Chiefs
Short A: State College Spikes
Rookie Adv.: Johnson City Cardinals
Rookie: Gulf Coast League Cardinals; Dominican Summer League Cardinals

World Series
Championships

pre-MLB	1885 1886

MLB	1926 1931 1934 1942 1944 1946 1964 1967 1982 2006 2011

League pennants

American Association	1885 1886 1887 1888

National League	1926 1928 1930 1931 1934 1942 1943 1944 1946 1964 1967 1968 1982 1985 1987 2004 2006 2011 2013

Division titles

National League East: 1982; 1985; 1987
National League Central: 1996; 2000; 2001; 2002; 2004; 2005; 2006; 2009; 2013; 2014; 2015

Wild card titles

All Star Games hosted

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