1941 St. Louis Cardinals season explained

St. Louis Cardinals
Season:	1941
League:	National League
Ballpark:	Sportsman's Park
City:	St. Louis, Missouri
Record:	97–56 (.634)
League Place:	2nd
Owners:	Sam Breadon
General Managers:	Branch Rickey
Managers:	Billy Southworth
Radio:	KWK (Johnny O'Hara, Johnny Neblett, Dizzy Dean) KXOK (France Laux)
Espntn:	stl
Brtn:	stl

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 second 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

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		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		ManagerCoaches

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	106	328	75	.229	2	37
1B	126	473	150	.317	16	100
2B	146	560	156	.279	4	46
SS	155	547	138	.252	3	58
3B	132	549	168	.306	3	56
OF	113	425	132	.311	13	76
OF	134	445	135	.303	4	50
OF	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

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
107	324	80	.247	5	44
68	200	49	.245	1	20
76	185	53	.286	3	21
77	167	57	.341	5	28
45	76	8	.105	0	0
24	69	10	.145	0	10
12	47	20	.426	1	7
13	40	8	.200	2	4
7	15	4	.267	0	1
6	14	2	.143	0	3
5	13	0	.000	0	0
5	9	3	.333	0	2
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
37	246.0	17	9	3.15	83
32	210.0	17	7	2.40	117
29	186.2	13	9	3.91	118
35	153.0	10	8	2.82	93
33	144.0	11	5	2.74	53
9	70.0	5	2	1.93	37
1	9.0	1	0	1.00	4

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
37	114.0	10	0	4.03	36
26	81.2	5	2	2.98	31
26	70.0	3	5	5.66	34
18	45.0	1	2	3.00	15
4	14.0	0	1	5.14	2
5	13.1	2	1	1.35	10
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
	29	1	5	5	3.86	19
	1	0	0	0	0.00	1

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball. LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Columbus (American Assn.), Mobile, New Iberia^[6]

References

Notes and References

https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/riceha02.shtml Hal Rice page at Baseball-Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/glavito01.shtml Tommy Glaviano page at Baseball-Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/dierich01.shtml Chuck Diering page at Baseball-Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/ripplji01.shtml Jimmy Ripple page at Baseball-Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gorniha01.shtml 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