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1946 World Series (4-3): St. Louis Cardinals (98-58) over Boston Red Sox (104-50)


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Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Sunday, October 6, 1946 at Sportsman's Park III (St. Louis Cardinals)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9   10     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -    -     -  -  -
    Boston Red Sox               0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  1    1     3  9  2
    St. Louis Cardinals          0  0  0    0  0  1    0  1  0    0     2  7  0

    PITCHERS: BOS - Hughson, Johnson (9)
              STL - Pollet

               WP - Earl Johnson
	       LP - Howie Pollet
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: BOS - York
              STL - none

  ATTENDANCE: 36,218

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Monday, October 7, 1946 at Sportsman's Park III (St. Louis Cardinals)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Boston Red Sox               0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  4  1
    St. Louis Cardinals          0  0  1    0  2  0    0  0  x     3  6  0

    PITCHERS: BOS - Harris, Dobson (8)
              STL - Brecheen

               WP - Harry Brecheen
	       LP - Mickey Harris
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: BOS - none
              STL - none

  ATTENDANCE: 35,815

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Wednesday, October 9, 1946 at Fenway Park (Boston Red Sox)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    St. Louis Cardinals          0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  6  1
    Boston Red Sox               3  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  x     4  8  0

    PITCHERS: STL - Dickson, Wilks (8)
              BOS - Ferriss

               WP - Dave Ferriss
	       LP - Murry Dickson
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: STL - none
              BOS - York

  ATTENDANCE: 34,500

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Thursday, October 10, 1946 at Fenway Park (Boston Red Sox)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    St. Louis Cardinals          0  3  3    0  1  0    1  0  4    12 20  1
    Boston Red Sox               0  0  0    1  0  0    0  2  0     3  9  4

    PITCHERS: STL - Munger
              BOS - Hughson, Bagby (3), Zuber (6), Brown (8), Ryba (9), Dreisewerd (9)

               WP - Red Munger
	       LP - Tex Hughson
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: STL - Slaughter
              BOS - Doerr

  ATTENDANCE: 35,645

Game 5 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Friday, October 11, 1946 at Fenway Park (Boston Red Sox)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    St. Louis Cardinals          0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  2     3  4  1
    Boston Red Sox               1  1  0    0  0  1    3  0  x     6 11  3

    PITCHERS: STL - Pollet, Brazle (1), Beazley (8)
              BOS - Dobson

               WP - Joe Dobson
	       LP - Al Brazle
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: STL - none
              BOS - Culberson

  ATTENDANCE: 35,982

Game 6 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Sunday, October 13, 1946 at Sportsman's Park III (St. Louis Cardinals)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Boston Red Sox               0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0     1  7  0
    St. Louis Cardinals          0  0  3    0  0  0    0  1  x     4  8  0

    PITCHERS: BOS - Harris, Hughson (3), Johnson (8)
              STL - Brecheen

               WP - Harry Brecheen
	       LP - Mickey Harris
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: BOS - none
              STL - none

  ATTENDANCE: 35,768

Game 7 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Tuesday, October 15, 1946 at Sportsman's Park III (St. Louis Cardinals)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Boston Red Sox               1  0  0    0  0  0    0  2  0     3  8  0
    St. Louis Cardinals          0  1  0    0  2  0    0  1  x     4  9  1

    PITCHERS: BOS - Ferriss, Dobson (5), Klinger (8), Johnson (8)
              STL - Dickson, Brecheen (8)

               WP - Harry Brecheen
	       LP - Bob Klinger
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: BOS - none
              STL - none

  ATTENDANCE: 36,143

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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 33 2 8 0 4 0 .242 .558
Al Brazle 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 37 52 5 11 0 2 0 .212 .423
Harry Brecheen 3 8 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .125 .125 .125 .250 0 0 37 83 2 11 0 6 0 .133 .307
Murry Dickson 2 5 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 .400 .400 .800 1.200 0 0 47 65 8 18 0 6 0 .277 .672
Erv Dusak 4 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 .250 .500 .500 1.000 0 0 100 275 38 66 9 42 7 .240 .700
Joe Garagiola 5 19 2 6 2 0 0 4 0 3 .316 .316 .421 .737 0 0 74 211 21 50 3 22 0 .237 .620
Nippy Jones 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 16 12 3 4 0 1 0 .333 .762
Whitey Kurowski 7 27 5 8 3 0 0 2 0 3 .296 .321 .407 .729 0 0 142 519 76 156 14 89 2 .301 .853
Marty Marion 7 24 1 6 2 0 0 4 1 1 .250 .280 .333 .613 0 0 146 498 51 116 3 46 1 .233 .643
Terry Moore 7 27 1 4 0 0 0 2 2 6 .148 .207 .148 .355 0 0 91 278 32 73 3 28 0 .263 .665
Red Munger 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 0 0 10 16 1 4 0 3 0 .250 .583
Stan Musial 7 27 3 6 4 1 0 4 4 2 .222 .323 .444 .767 1 0 156 624 124 228 16 103 7 .365 1.021
Howie Pollet 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 40 87 2 14 0 7 0 .161 .422
Del Rice 3 6 2 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 .500 .625 .667 1.292 0 0 55 139 10 38 1 12 0 .273 .680
Red Schoendienst 7 30 3 7 1 0 0 1 0 2 .233 .233 .267 .500 1 1 142 606 94 170 0 34 12 .281 .665
Dick Sisler 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 83 235 17 61 3 42 0 .260 .668
Enos Slaughter 7 25 5 8 1 1 1 2 4 3 .320 .433 .560 .993 1 0 156 609 100 183 18 130 9 .300 .838
Harry Walker 7 17 3 7 2 0 0 6 4 2 .412 .524 .529 1.053 0 1 112 346 53 82 3 27 12 .237 .638
Ted Wilks 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 24 5 5 0 1 0 .208 .448
Totals 75 232 28 60 19 2 1 27 19 30 .259 .320 .371 .691 3 2 156 5372 712 1426 81 58 .265 .715

Boston Red Sox 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
Jim Bagby 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 21 42 2 5 0 2 0 .119 .302
Mace Brown 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 5 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Paul Campbell 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 26 3 3 0 0 0 .115 .332
Leon Culberson 5 9 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 2 .222 .300 .556 .856 1 0 59 179 34 56 3 18 3 .313 .799
Dom DiMaggio 7 27 2 7 3 0 0 3 2 2 .259 .310 .370 .681 0 0 142 534 85 169 7 73 10 .316 .820
Joe Dobson 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 32 50 5 5 0 2 0 .100 .267
Bobby Doerr 6 22 1 9 1 0 1 3 2 2 .409 .458 .591 1.049 0 0 151 583 95 158 18 116 5 .271 .799
Clem Dreisewerd 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 10 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .091
Dave Ferriss 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 45 115 12 24 0 7 0 .209 .503
Don Gutteridge 3 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800 0 0 22 47 8 11 1 6 0 .234 .627
Mickey Harris 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 0 0 34 78 11 18 0 5 0 .231 .562
Pinky Higgins 7 24 1 5 1 0 0 2 2 0 .208 .269 .250 .519 0 0 *82 260 20 68 2 36 0 .262 .692
Tex Hughson 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333 .500 .333 .833 0 0 39 91 5 12 0 4 0 .132 .345
Earl Johnson 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 29 22 4 5 0 4 0 .227 .664
Bob Klinger 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 16 1 5 0 2 0 .313 .625
Tom McBride 5 12 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333 0 0 61 153 21 46 0 19 0 .301 .699
George Metkovich 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 0 0 86 281 42 69 4 25 8 .246 .689
Wally Moses 4 12 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 2 .417 .462 .417 .878 0 0 *104 343 43 82 6 33 4 .239 .679
Roy Partee 5 10 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 .100 .182 .100 .282 0 0 40 111 13 35 0 9 0 .315 .783
Johnny Pesky 7 30 2 7 0 0 0 0 1 3 .233 .258 .233 .491 1 1 153 621 115 208 2 55 9 .335 .827
Rip Russell 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0 0 80 274 22 57 6 35 1 .208 .564
Mike Ryba 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 2 0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.000
Hal Wagner 5 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 117 370 39 85 6 52 3 .230 .675
Ted Williams 7 25 2 5 0 0 0 1 5 5 .200 .333 .200 .533 0 0 150 514 142 176 38 123 0 .342 1.164
Rudy York 7 23 6 6 1 1 2 5 6 4 .261 .433 .652 1.086 0 0 154 579 78 160 17 119 3 .276 .808
Bill Zuber 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 *18 20 1 2 0 2 0 .100 .243
Totals 92 233 20 56 7 1 4 18 22 28 .240 .309 .330 .639 2 1 156 5318 792 1441 109 45 .271 .758

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 1 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 1 1.000 19 18 4.46 7 5 0 103.0 109 55 36 1.592
Al Brazle 1 0 5.40 0 1 0 0 6.2 7 4 6 4 1.950 37 15 3.29 11 10 0 153.1 152 55 58 1.350
Harry Brecheen 3 2 0.45 3 0 0 2 20.0 14 1 5 11 0.950 36 30 2.49 15 15 3 231.1 212 67 117 1.206
Murry Dickson 2 2 3.86 0 1 0 0 14.0 11 6 4 7 1.071 47 19 2.88 15 6 1 184.1 160 56 82 1.172
Red Munger 1 1 1.00 1 0 0 1 9.0 9 1 3 2 1.333 10 7 3.33 2 2 1 48.2 47 12 28 1.212
Howie Pollet 2 2 3.48 0 1 0 1 10.1 12 4 4 3 1.548 40 32 2.10 21 10 5 266.0 228 86 107 1.180
Ted Wilks 1 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 2.000 40 4 3.41 8 0 1 95.0 88 38 40 1.326
Totals 11 7 2.32 4 3 0 4 62.0 56 16 22 28 1.258 156 156 3.009 98 58 1397.0 1326 493 607 1.302

Boston Red Sox 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
Jim Bagby 1 0 3.00 0 0 0 0 3.0 6 1 1 1 2.333 21 11 3.71 7 6 0 106.2 117 49 16 1.556
Mace Brown 1 0 27.00 0 0 0 0 1.0 4 3 1 0 5.000 18 0 2.05 3 1 1 26.1 26 16 10 1.595
Joe Dobson 3 1 0.00 1 0 0 1 12.2 4 0 3 10 0.553 32 24 3.24 13 7 0 166.2 148 68 91 1.296
Clem Dreisewerd 1 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0.000 20 1 4.18 4 1 0 47.1 50 15 19 1.373
Dave Ferriss 2 2 2.03 1 0 0 1 13.1 13 3 2 4 1.125 40 35 3.25 25 6 3 274.0 274 71 106 1.259
Mickey Harris 2 2 3.72 0 2 0 0 9.2 11 4 4 5 1.552 34 30 3.64 17 9 0 222.2 236 76 131 1.401
Tex Hughson 3 2 3.14 0 1 0 0 14.1 14 5 3 8 1.186 39 35 2.75 20 11 3 278.0 252 51 172 1.090
Earl Johnson 3 0 2.70 1 0 0 0 3.1 1 1 2 1 0.900 29 5 3.71 5 4 3 80.0 78 39 40 1.463
Bob Klinger 1 0 13.50 0 1 0 0 0.2 2 1 1 0 4.500 28 1 2.37 3 2 9 57.0 49 25 16 1.298
Mike Ryba 1 0 13.50 0 0 0 0 0.2 2 1 1 0 4.500 9 0 3.55 0 1 1 12.2 12 5 5 1.342
Bill Zuber 1 0 4.50 0 0 0 0 2.0 3 1 1 1 2.000 *18 7 3.47 5 2 0 62.1 47 42 32 1.428
Totals 19 7 2.95 3 4 0 2 61.0 60 20 19 30 1.295 156 156 3.383 104 50 1396.2 1359 501 667 1.332

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