1946 St. Louis Cardinals season

MLB yearly infobox-pre1969
name = St. Louis Cardinals
season = 1946
misc = 1946 National League Champions
1946 World Series Champions

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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 = Eddie Dyer
television =
radio = WIL
(Dizzy Dean, Johnny O'Hara)
WTMV/WEW
(Harry Caray)
espntn = stl
brtn = stl

The St. Louis Cardinals 1946 season was the team's 65th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 55th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 96-58 during the season and finished 1st in the National League. In the World Series, they won in 7 games over the Boston Red Sox. They won on Enos Slaughter's mad dash that gave them a 4-3 lead in the 8th inning of game 7.

First baseman Stan Musial won the MVP Award this year, batting .365, with 16 home runs and 103 RBIs.

Regular season

eason standings

Roster

Starting pitchers

World Series

NL St. Louis Cardinals (4) vs. AL Boston Red Sox (3)

Awards and records

*Stan Musial, National League leader, Triples, (20). [Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.95, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0]

References

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/STL/1946.shtml 1946 St. Louis Cardinals]
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1946&t=SLN 1946 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]