1947 St. Louis Cardinals season explained

St. Louis Cardinals
Season:	1947
League:	National League
Ballpark:	Sportsman's Park
City:	St. Louis, Missouri
Record:	89–65 (.578)
League Place:	2nd
Owners:	Sam Breadon
General Managers:	William Walsingham Jr.
Managers:	Eddie Dyer
Television:	KSD (Harry Caray, Gabby Street)
Radio:	WTMV/WEW (Harry Caray, Gabby Street)
Espntn:	stl
Brtn:	stl

The 1947 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 66th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 56th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 89–65 during the season and finished second in the National League.

Offseason

November 17, 1946: Tom Poholsky was drafted by the Cardinals from the Boston Red Sox in the 1946 minor league draft.^[1]
December 13, 1946: Hal Epps was selected off waivers by the Cardinals from the Philadelphia Athletics.^[2]
Prior to 1947 season: Rip Repulski was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cardinals.^[3]

Regular season

May 6: There were rumors of a walkout by the Cardinals in protest of having to play Jackie Robinson and the Brooklyn Dodgers. The rumors resulted in an article published by Stanley Woodward of the New York Herald Tribune. The Cardinals played the game and lost by a score of 7–6, despite holding a 6–3 lead.^[4]
May 21: Jackie Robinson played his first game at Sportsman's Park. The Dodgers won by a score of 4–3 in ten innings.^[5]
September 11: Cardinals catcher Joe Garagiola and Jackie Robinson were involved in an incident at home plate. Garagiola stepped on Robinson's foot and the two started arguing. Umpire Bean Reardon held back Garagiola while Robinson clapped.^[6] The incident was later part of a children's book titled In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson.

Notable transactions

May 3, 1947: Harry Walker and Freddy Schmidt were traded by the Cardinals to the Philadelphia Phillies for Ron Northey.^[7]

Roster

1947 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		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	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C		97	261	57	.218	12	44
1B		149	587	183	.312	19	95
2B		151	659	167	.253	3	48
3B		146	513	159	.310	27	104
SS		149	540	147	.272	4	74
OF	Erv Dusak	111	328	93	.284	6	28
OF		147	551	162	.294	10	86
OF		127	460	130	.283	7	45

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
110	311	91	.293	15	63
77	183	47	.257	5	25
75	150	46	.307	4	28
51	99	23	.232	0	12
105	74	16	.216	2	11
46	74	15	.203	0	9
23	73	18	.247	1	5
51	49	5	.102	0	3
10	25	5	.200	0	0
15	16	3	.188	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
40	224.1	16	5	3.37	123
29	223.1	16	11	3.30	89

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
47	231.2	13	16	3.07	111
37	176.1	9	11	4.34	73
44	168.0	14	8	2.84	85
37	162.0	12	7	3.22	57
34	95.0	3	6	5.21	44
2	10.0	1	0	0.00	8

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
37	4	0	5	5.01	28
18	1	0	0	2.76	14
16	0	1	0	5.40	8
2	0	0	0	2.25	2

Farm system

External links

Notes and References

https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/poholto01.shtml Tom Poholsky page at Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/e/eppsha01.shtml Hal Epps page at Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/repulri01.shtml Rip Repulski page at Baseball Reference
Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season, p. 96, Jonathan Eig, Simon & Schuster, 2007, New York,
Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season, p. 146
Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season, p. 228
https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/walkeha01.shtml Harry Walker 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