1940 St. Louis Cardinals season

1940 St. Louis Cardinals
League	National League
Ballpark	Sportsman's Park
City	St. Louis, Missouri
Record	84–69 (.549)
League place	3rd
Owners	Sam Breadon
General managers	Branch Rickey
Managers	Ray Blades, Mike González, Billy Southworth
Radio	KMOX (France Laux) KWK (Johnny O'Hara, Johnny Neblett) KXOK (Alex Buchan, Ray Schmidt, Gabby Street)
Stats	ESPN.com BB-reference
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The 1940 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 59th season in St. Louis, Missouri and 49th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 84–69 during the season and finished third in the National League.

Regular season

Season standings

v t e National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cincinnati Reds	100	53	0.654	—	55–21	45–32
Brooklyn Dodgers	88	65	0.575	12	41–37	47–28
St. Louis Cardinals	84	69	0.549	16	41–36	43–33
Pittsburgh Pirates	78	76	0.506	22½	40–34	38–42
Chicago Cubs	75	79	0.487	25½	40–37	35–42
New York Giants	72	80	0.474	27½	33–43	39–37
Boston Bees	65	87	0.428	34½	35–40	30–47
Philadelphia Phillies	50	103	0.327	50	24–55	26–48

Record vs. opponents

1940 National League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	9–13	8–14	9–12	7–15	15–6	9–13	8–14
Brooklyn	13–9	—	10–12	8–14–1	16–5	17–5	15–7–1	9–13–1
Chicago	14–8	12–10	—	6–16	12–10	12–10	11–11	8–14
Cincinnati	12–9	14–8–1	16–6	—	15–7	15–7	16–6	12–10–1
New York	15–7	5–16	10–12	7–15	—	12–10	12–10	11–10
Philadelphia	6–15	5–17	10–12	7–15	10–12	—	6–16	6–16
Pittsburgh	13–9	7–15–1	11–11	6–16	10–12	16–6	—	15–7–1
St. Louis	14–8	13–9–1	14–8	10–12–1	10–11	16–6	7–15–1	—

Roster

1940 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers 26 Bob Bowman 31 Harry Brecheen 25 Mort Cooper 27 Curt Davis 22 Murry Dickson 27 Carl Doyle 27,30 Ira Hutchinson 25 Newt Kimball 23 Max Lanier 31 Gene Lillard 29 Bill McGee 28 Jack Russell 24 Clyde Shoun 21 Lon Warneke 20 Bob Weiland 2,32 Ernie White		Catchers 17 Walker Cooper 15 Bill DeLancey 14 Mickey Owen 16 Don Padgett Infielders  3 Jimmy Brown  2 Creepy Crespi  5 Don Gutteridge  1 Eddie Lake  4 Marty Marion  6 Stu Martin 10 Johnny Mize 18 Joe Orengo		Outfielders 17 Hal Epps 28 Carden Gillenwater 12 Johnny Hopp 19 Red Jones 19 Ernie Koy  1 Pepper Martin  7 Joe Medwick  8 Terry Moore  9 Enos Slaughter 42 Harry Walker		Manager 37 Ray Blades 35 Mike González 40 Billy Southworth Coaches 35 Mike González 36 Buzzy Wares

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	Mickey Owen	117	307	81	.264	0	27
1B	Johnny Mize	155	579	182	.314	43	137
2B	Joe Orengo	129	415	119	.287	7	56
SS	Marty Marion	125	435	121	.278	3	46
3B	Stu Martin	112	369	88	.238	4	32
OF	Enos Slaughter	140	516	158	.306	17	73
OF	Ernie Koy	93	348	108	.310	8	52
OF	Terry Moore	136	537	163	.304	17	64

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Jimmy Brown	107	454	127	.280	0	30
Don Padgett	93	240	58	.242	6	41
Pepper Martin	86	228	72	.316	3	39
Joe Medwick	37	158	48	.304	3	20
Johnny Hopp	80	152	41	.270	1	14
Don Gutteridge	69	108	29	.269	3	14
Eddie Lake	32	66	14	.212	2	7
Harry Walker	7	27	5	.185	0	6
Carden Gillenwater	7	25	4	.160	0	5
Walker Cooper	6	19	6	.316	0	2
Bill DeLancey	15	18	4	.222	0	2
Hal Epps	11	15	3	.200	0	1
Red Jones	12	11	1	.091	0	1
Creepy Crespi	3	11	3	.273	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Lon Warneke	33	232.0	16	10	3.14	85
Mort Cooper	38	230.2	11	12	3.63	95
Bill McGee	38	218.0	16	10	3.80	78
Murry Dickson	1	1.2	0	0	16.20	0

Other pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Clyde Shoun	54	197.1	13	11	3.92	82
Bob Bowman	28	114.1	7	5	4.33	43
Max Lanier	35	105.0	9	6	3.34	49
Carl Doyle	21	81.0	3	3	5.89	44
Curt Davis	14	54.0	0	4	5.17	12
Ernie White	8	21.2	1	1	4.15	15
Newt Kimball	2	14.0	1	0	2.57	6
Gene Lillard	2	4.2	0	1	13.50	2

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
Jack Russell	26	3	4	1	2.50	16
Ira Hutchinson	20	4	2	1	3.13	19
Harry Brecheen	3	0	0	0	0.00	4
Bob Weiland	1	0	0	0	27.00	0

Farm system

Notes

References

• 1940 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Reference
• 1940 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com