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1942 World Series (4-1): St. Louis Cardinals (106-48) over New York Yankees (103-51)


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Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Wednesday, September 30, 1942 at Sportsman's Park III (St. Louis Cardinals)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             0  0  0    1  1  0    0  3  2     7 11  0
    St. Louis Cardinals          0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  4     4  7  4

    PITCHERS: NYY - Ruffing, Chandler (9)
              STL - Cooper, Gumbert (8), Lanier (9)

               WP - Red Ruffing
	       LP - Mort Cooper
             SAVE - Spud Chandler

   HOME RUNS: NYY - none
              STL - none

  ATTENDANCE: 34,769

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Thursday, October 1, 1942 at Sportsman's Park III (St. Louis Cardinals)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             0  0  0    0  0  0    0  3  0     3 10  2
    St. Louis Cardinals          2  0  0    0  0  0    1  1  x     4  6  0

    PITCHERS: NYY - Bonham
              STL - Beazley

               WP - Johnny Beazley
	       LP - Tiny Bonham
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYY - Keller
              STL - none

  ATTENDANCE: 34,255

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Saturday, October 3, 1942 at Yankee Stadium I (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    St. Louis Cardinals          0  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  1     2  5  1
    New York Yankees             0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  6  1

    PITCHERS: STL - White
              NYY - Chandler, Breuer (9), Turner (9)

               WP - Ernie White
	       LP - Spud Chandler
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: STL - none
              NYY - none

  ATTENDANCE: 69,123

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Sunday, October 4, 1942 at Yankee Stadium I (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    St. Louis Cardinals          0  0  0    6  0  0    2  0  1     9 12  1
    New York Yankees             1  0  0    0  0  5    0  0  0     6 10  1

    PITCHERS: STL - Cooper, Gumbert (6), Pollet (6), Lanier (7)
              NYY - Borowy, Donald (4), Bonham (7)

               WP - Max Lanier
	       LP - Atley Donald
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: STL - none
              NYY - Keller

  ATTENDANCE: 69,902

Game 5 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Monday, October 5, 1942 at Yankee Stadium I (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    St. Louis Cardinals          0  0  0    1  0  1    0  0  2     4  9  4
    New York Yankees             1  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0     2  7  1

    PITCHERS: STL - Beazley
              NYY - Ruffing

               WP - Johnny Beazley
	       LP - Red Ruffing
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: STL - Kurowski, Slaughter
              NYY - Rizzuto

  ATTENDANCE: 69,052

Series Batting Stats

St. Louis Cardinals Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams
Playoff Series Stats Regular Season Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SB CS G AB R H HR RBI SB BA OPS
Johnny Beazley 2 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 .143 .143 .143 .286 0 0 43 73 6 10 0 9 0 .137 .390
Jimmy Brown 5 20 2 6 0 0 0 1 3 0 .300 .391 .300 .691 0 0 145 606 75 155 1 71 4 .256 .635
Mort Cooper 2 5 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 0 0 37 103 6 19 0 7 0 .184 .402
Walker Cooper 5 21 3 6 1 0 0 4 0 1 .286 .286 .333 .619 0 0 125 438 58 123 7 65 4 .281 .761
Creepy Crespi 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 93 292 33 71 0 35 4 .243 .580
Harry Gumbert 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 38 54 2 6 0 3 0 .111 .275
Johnny Hopp 5 17 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .176 .222 .176 .399 0 0 95 314 41 81 3 37 14 .258 .716
Whitey Kurowski 5 15 3 4 0 1 1 5 2 3 .267 .353 .600 .953 0 0 115 366 51 93 9 42 7 .254 .717
Max Lanier 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0 0 34 47 6 12 0 4 0 .255 .582
Marty Marion 5 18 2 2 0 1 0 3 1 2 .111 .158 .222 .380 0 0 147 485 66 134 0 54 8 .276 .718
Terry Moore 5 17 2 5 1 0 0 2 2 3 .294 .368 .353 .721 0 0 130 489 80 141 6 49 10 .288 .754
Stan Musial 5 18 2 4 1 0 0 2 4 0 .222 .364 .278 .641 0 1 140 467 87 147 10 72 6 .315 .888
Ken O'Dea 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0 0 58 192 22 45 5 32 0 .234 .656
Howie Pollet 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 31 2 7 0 7 0 .226 .659
Ray Sanders 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 0 95 282 37 71 5 39 2 .252 .730
Enos Slaughter 5 19 3 5 1 0 1 2 3 2 .263 .364 .474 .837 0 0 152 591 100 188 13 98 9 .318 .906
Harry Walker 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 74 191 38 60 0 16 2 .314 .753
Ernie White 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 27 41 5 8 0 3 0 .195 .445
Totals 55 163 23 39 4 2 2 23 17 19 .239 .311 .325 .636 0 1 156 5421 755 1454 60 71 .268 .717

New York Yankees Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams
Playoff Series Stats Regular Season Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SB CS G AB R H HR RBI SB BA OPS
Tiny Bonham 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 28 74 4 9 0 2 0 .122 .288
Hank Borowy 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 25 70 4 11 0 7 0 .157 .369
Marv Breuer 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 54 3 3 0 0 0 .056 .198
Spud Chandler 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 24 71 6 15 0 5 0 .211 .531
Frankie Crosetti 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 74 285 50 69 4 23 1 .242 .672
Roy Cullenbine 5 19 3 5 1 0 0 2 1 2 .263 .300 .316 .616 1 0 *123 427 61 118 6 66 1 .276 .805
Bill Dickey 5 19 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 .263 .300 .263 .563 0 0 82 268 28 79 2 37 2 .295 .732
Joe DiMaggio 5 21 3 7 0 0 0 3 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 0 0 154 610 123 186 21 114 4 .305 .875
Atley Donald 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 20 61 4 9 0 3 0 .148 .325
Joe Gordon 5 21 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 7 .095 .095 .143 .238 0 0 147 538 88 173 18 103 12 .322 .900
Buddy Hassett 3 9 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 1 .333 .333 .444 .778 0 0 132 538 80 153 5 48 5 .284 .689
Charlie Keller 5 20 2 4 0 0 2 5 1 3 .200 .238 .500 .738 0 0 152 544 106 159 26 108 14 .292 .930
Jerry Priddy 3 10 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 .100 .182 .200 .382 0 0 59 189 23 53 2 28 0 .280 .766
Phil Rizzuto 5 21 2 8 0 0 1 1 2 1 .381 .435 .524 .959 2 0 144 553 79 157 4 68 22 .284 .718
Red Rolfe 4 17 5 6 2 0 0 0 1 2 .353 .389 .471 .859 0 0 69 265 42 58 8 25 1 .219 .636
Buddy Rosar 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0 0 69 209 18 48 2 34 1 .230 .594
Red Ruffing 4 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .222 .222 .222 .444 0 0 30 80 8 20 1 13 0 .250 .640
George Selkirk 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 42 78 15 15 0 10 0 .192 .561
Tuck Stainback 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 10 0 2 0 0 0 .200 .400
Jim Turner 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 *8 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Totals 57 178 18 44 6 0 3 14 8 22 .247 .280 .331 .611 3 0 154 5305 801 1429 108 69 .269 .740

St. Louis Cardinals Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams
Playoff Series Stats Regular Season Stats
G GS ERA W L SV CG IP H ER BB SO WHIP G GS ERA W L SV IP H BB SO WHIP
Johnny Beazley 2 2 2.50 2 0 0 2 18.0 17 5 3 6 1.111 43 23 2.13 21 6 3 215.1 181 73 91 1.180
Mort Cooper 2 2 5.54 0 1 0 0 13.0 17 8 4 9 1.615 37 35 1.78 22 7 0 278.2 207 68 152 0.987
Harry Gumbert 2 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.2 1 0 0 0 1.500 38 19 3.26 9 5 5 163.0 156 59 52 1.319
Max Lanier 2 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 4.0 3 0 1 1 1.000 34 20 2.96 13 8 2 161.0 137 60 93 1.224
Howie Pollet 1 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0.000 27 13 2.88 7 5 0 109.1 102 39 42 1.290
Ernie White 1 1 0.00 1 0 0 1 9.0 6 0 0 6 0.667 26 19 2.52 7 5 2 128.1 113 41 67 1.200
Totals 10 5 2.60 4 1 0 3 45.0 44 13 8 22 1.156 156 156 2.546 106 48 1410.1 1192 473 651 1.181

New York Yankees Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams
Playoff Series Stats Regular Season Stats
G GS ERA W L SV CG IP H ER BB SO WHIP G GS ERA W L SV IP H BB SO WHIP
Tiny Bonham 2 1 4.09 0 1 0 1 11.0 9 5 3 3 1.091 28 27 2.27 21 5 0 226.0 199 24 71 0.987
Hank Borowy 1 1 18.00 0 0 0 0 3.0 6 6 3 1 3.000 25 21 2.52 15 4 1 178.1 157 66 85 1.250
Marv Breuer 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 2 0 0 0 27 19 3.07 8 9 1 164.1 157 37 72 1.181
Spud Chandler 2 1 1.08 0 1 1 0 8.1 5 1 1 3 0.720 24 24 2.38 16 5 0 200.2 176 74 74 1.246
Atley Donald 1 0 6.00 0 1 0 0 3.0 3 2 2 1 1.667 20 19 3.11 11 3 0 147.2 133 45 53 1.205
Red Ruffing 2 2 4.08 1 1 0 1 17.2 14 8 7 11 1.189 24 24 3.21 14 7 0 193.2 183 41 80 1.157
Jim Turner 1 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 1 0 1.000 *8 0 4.35 1 1 1 10.1 9 4 2 1.258
Totals 10 5 4.50 1 4 1 2 44.0 39 22 17 19 1.273 154 154 2.906 103 51 1375.0 1259 431 558 1.229

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