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1946 St. Louis Cardinals season

1946 St. Louis Cardinals
1946 National League Champions
1946 World Series Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record 96–58 (.628)
League place 1st
Other information
Owner(s) Sam Breadon
General manager(s) William Walsingham, Jr.
Manager(s) Eddie Dyer
Local radio WIL
(Dizzy Dean, Johnny O'Hara)
WTMV/WEW
(Harry Caray, Gabby Street)
Stats ESPN.com
BB-reference
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The 1946 St. Louis Cardinals season was a season in American baseball. It 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 championship season and finished tied with the Brooklyn Dodgers for first in the National League. St. Louis then won a best-of-three playoff for the pennant, 2 games to none. 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.


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