1944 St. Louis Cardinals season

MLB yearly infobox-pre1969
name = St. Louis Cardinals
season = 1944
misc = 1944 World Series Championship
1944 National League Championship

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current league = National League
y1 = 1892
Uniform
ballpark = Sportsman's Park
y4 = 1920
city = St. Louis, Missouri
y5 = 1882
owners = Sam Breadon
managers = Billy Southworth
television =
radio = WEW/WTMV
(Dizzy Dean, Johnny O'Hara)
espntn = stl
brtn = stl

The St. Louis Cardinals 1944 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.

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. [Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.152, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0]

eason standings

Roster

Starting pitchers

World Series

NL St. Louis Cardinals (4) vs. AL St. Louis Browns (2)

References

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/STL/1944.shtml 1944 St. Louis Cardinals]
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1944&t=SLN 1944 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]