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1940 St. Louis Cardinals Schedule, Box Scores and Splits
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1939 / 1941)
84-69, Finished 3rd in National League
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Scored 747 runs, Allowed 699 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 81-72
Manager: Ray Blades (14-24), Mike Gonzalez (1-5) and Billy Southworth (69-40)
Ballpark: Sportsman's Park IV (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 324,078 (6th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 106, Pitching - 104;   one-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 101

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1939 / 1941 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Game Results

Season Summary 84-69, Final Rank:3, GB: 16.0
Days in Firstnever
 
Biggest Leadnever led
Farthest Behind19.5last on Friday, Jul 26, for days on which they played
Most Games over .50015last on Sunday, Sep 29
Most Games under .50014last on Thursday, Jul 11
Longest Winning Streak9Friday, Aug 16 to Saturday, Aug 24
Longest Losing Streak6Saturday, May 11 to Friday, May 17 and Friday, Jul 5 to Thursday, Jul 11
Most Runs Allowed17Thursday, Sep 12
Most Runs Scored18Tuesday, May 7
Times Shutout by Opponent12 
Times Opponent Shutout10 

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
SplitWLRSRAWP
Overall 84 69 747 699 .549
Home/Road
SplitWLRSRAWP
Home 41 36 368 364 .532
Road 43 33 379 335 .566
Month by Month
SplitWLRSRAWP
April 4 6 40 58 .400
May 9 14 107 125 .391
June 11 14 125 125 .440
July 20 11 164 132 .645
August 19 11 131 108 .633
September 21 13 180 151 .618
By Season Half
SplitWLRSRAWP
First Half 27 40 310 357 .403
Second Half 57 29 437 342 .663
One-Run Games
SplitWLRSRAWP
One Run 25 17 175 167 .595
Blowouts (5+ Runs)
SplitWLRSRAWP
Blowout 24 24 294 275 .500
Opponent
SplitWLRSRAWP
BRO 13 9 113 96 .591
BSN 14 8 131 112 .636
CHC 14 8 97 80 .636
CIN 10 12 72 103 .455
NYG 10 11 96 100 .476
PHI 16 6 114 54 .727
PIT 7 15 124 154 .318

Team Game-by-Game Schedule and Results

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Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
1 1 Tuesday, Apr 16 STL PIT L 4 6 0-1 5 1.0 Klinger 16,600 -
2 2 Friday, Apr 19 STL @ CHC L 0 5 0-2 7 2.0 French 9,029 --
3 3 Saturday, Apr 20 STL @ CHC L 3 4 0-3 8 2.5 Raffensberger 5,626 ---
4 4 Sunday, Apr 21 STL @ CHC W 5 4 1-3 7 2.0 Lanier +
5 5 Monday, Apr 22 STL @ CIN L 1 6 1-4 8 3.0 Walters 5,197 -
6 6 Thursday, Apr 25 STL @ PIT W 10 9 2-4 6 3.5 Shoun 3,394 +
7 7 Friday, Apr 26 STL @ PIT L 4 10 2-5 6 4.5 Brown 3,912 -
8 8 Saturday, Apr 27 STL CHC L 0 4 2-6 7 5.5 French 3,709 --
9 9 Sunday, Apr 28 STL CHC W 7 5 3-6 6 5.5 Shoun 9,691 +
10 10 Monday, Apr 29 STL CHC W 6 5 4-6 6 5.0 Russell 2,935 ++
11 11 Thursday, May 2 STL NYG L 4 7 4-7 7 5.5 Melton 2,330 -
12 12 Friday, May 3 STL BSN L 2 4 4-8 7 6.0 Posedel 835 --
13 13 Saturday, May 4 STL BSN W 3 1 5-8 6 5.5 McGee 2,071 +
14 14 Sunday, May 5 STL BRO L 6 9 5-9 7 6.5 Macon 13,119 -
15 15 Monday, May 6 STL BRO L 2 6 5-10 8 7.5 Hamlin 2,267 --
16 16 Tuesday, May 7 STL BRO W 18 2 6-10 7 6.5 Warneke 2,298 +
17 17 Wednesday, May 8 STL PHI W 7 4 7-10 6 6.0 McGee 1,333 ++
18 18 Thursday, May 9 STL PHI W 8 4 8-10 5 6.0 White 1,161 +++
19 19 Saturday, May 11 STL CIN L 5 12 8-11 5 6.0 Thompson 4,079 -
20 20 Sunday, May 12 STL CIN L 1 7 8-12 6 8.0 Derringer --
21 21 Sunday, May 12 STL CIN L 4 13 8-13 6 8.0 Turner 18,507 ---
22 22 Monday, May 13 STL @ CIN T 8 8 8-13 5 8.0 6,606 ---
23 23 Tuesday, May 14 STL @ PHI L 0 4 8-14 6 8.5 Mulcahy 1,500 ----
24 24 Wednesday, May 15 STL @ PHI L 3 6 8-15 6 9.0 Higbe 6,000 -----
25 25 Friday, May 17 STL @ BRO L 3 4 8-16 6 10.0 Wyatt 11,068 ------
26 26 Saturday, May 18 STL @ BRO W 6 2 9-16 6 9.0 McGee 22,965 +
27 27 Sunday, May 19 STL @ NYG W 6 5 10-16 6 9.0 Russell 23,874 ++
28 28 Monday, May 20 STL @ NYG L 0 6 10-17 6 9.0 Melton 4,289 -
29 29 Saturday, May 25 STL @ CIN L 2 7 10-18 6 8.5 Walters --
30 30 Saturday, May 25 STL @ CIN W 5 1 11-18 6 8.5 McGee 19,730 +
31 31 Sunday, May 26 STL @ CIN L 0 4 11-19 6 9.5 Derringer 19,490 -
32 32 Monday, May 27 STL @ CHC L 1 7 11-20 7 11.0 Passeau 1,419 --
33 33 Tuesday, May 28 STL @ CHC W 5 0 12-20 6 10.5 Lanier 3,138 +
34 34 Wednesday, May 29 STL @ CHC W 8 2 13-20 6 10.0 Warneke 3,269 ++
35 35 Saturday, Jun 1 STL PHI L 4 5 13-21 6 12.0 Mulcahy 2,027 -
36 36 Sunday, Jun 2 STL PHI L 2 4 13-22 6 12.0 Beck --
37 37 Sunday, Jun 2 STL PHI W 9 2 14-22 6 12.0 Bowman 7,061 +
38 38 Tuesday, Jun 4 STL BRO L 1 10 14-23 6 12.5 Tamulis 23,500 -
39 39 Thursday, Jun 6 STL BRO L 5 9 14-24 6 13.5 Hamlin 1,802 --
40 40 Friday, Jun 7 STL NYG W 3 2 15-24 5 12.5 Warneke 1,219 +
41 41 Saturday, Jun 8 STL NYG L 2 4 15-25 7 14.0 Joiner -
42 42 Saturday, Jun 8 STL NYG L 2 5 15-26 7 14.0 Melton 4,843 --
43 43 Sunday, Jun 9 STL NYG L 9 11 15-27 7 15.0 Schumacher ---
44 44 Sunday, Jun 9 STL NYG L 4 7 15-28 7 15.0 Lynn 11,823 ----
45 45 Monday, Jun 10 STL BSN L 2 12 15-29 7 15.5 Sullivan 894 -----
46 46 Friday, Jun 14 STL @ PHI W 6 2 16-29 7 15.5 Bowman 3,000 +
47 47 Saturday, Jun 15 STL @ PHI W 14 1 17-29 5 15.5 Cooper 1,000 ++
48 48 Sunday, Jun 16 STL @ PHI W 9 3 18-29 5 13.5 Russell +++
49 49 Sunday, Jun 16 STL @ PHI W 3 1 19-29 5 13.5 Warneke 9,847 ++++
50 50 Monday, Jun 17 STL @ BRO W 3 1 20-29 5 13.5 Shoun 8,420 +++++
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
51 51 Tuesday, Jun 18 STL @ BRO W 7 5 21-29 5 12.5 Cooper 6,460 ++++++
52 52 Wednesday, Jun 19 STL @ BRO L 3 8 21-30 5 13.0 Wyatt 31,249 -
53 53 Saturday, Jun 22 STL @ BSN W 9 2 22-30 5 12.0 Cooper 4,441 +
54 54 Sunday, Jun 23 STL @ BSN L 5 7 22-31 5 14.0 Salvo -
55 55 Sunday, Jun 23 STL @ BSN L 5 10 22-32 5 14.0 Sullivan 10,342 --
56 56 Wednesday, Jun 26 STL @ NYG L 9 10 22-33 6 14.5 Gumbert 17,322 ---
57 57 Friday, Jun 28 STL @ PIT W 8 2 23-33 5 13.5 McGee 20,490 +
58 58 Sunday, Jun 30 STL @ PIT W 1 0 24-33 5 15.0 Cooper ++
59 59 Sunday, Jun 30 STL @ PIT L 0 2 24-34 5 15.0 Butcher 25,096 -
60 60 Monday, Jul 1 STL CIN W 3 2 25-34 5 14.0 Warneke 1,706 +
61 61 Tuesday, Jul 2 STL CIN W 4 0 26-34 5 13.5 McGee 14,944 ++
62 62 Thursday, Jul 4 STL CHC L 3 4 26-35 5 15.0 French -
63 63 Thursday, Jul 4 STL CHC W 5 2 27-35 5 15.0 Shoun 17,804 +
64 64 Friday, Jul 5 STL CHC L 5 11 27-36 5 16.0 Olsen 1,770 -
65 65 Saturday, Jul 6 STL PIT L 8 15 27-37 5 17.5 Klinger --
66 66 Saturday, Jul 6 STL PIT L 3 4 27-38 5 17.5 Brown 3,537 ---
67 67 Sunday, Jul 7 STL PIT L 6 7 27-39 6 18.0 Sewell ----
68 68 Sunday, Jul 7 STL PIT L 1 4 27-40 6 18.0 Heintzelman 7,303 -----
69 69 Thursday, Jul 11 STL NYG L 6 8 27-41 6 19.0 Lynn 10,363 ------
70 70 Saturday, Jul 13 STL NYG W 7 6 28-41 6 18.0 Lanier +
71 71 Saturday, Jul 13 STL NYG W 4 3 29-41 6 18.0 Cooper 3,056 ++
72 72 Sunday, Jul 14 STL BSN W 8 7 30-41 5 18.0 Hutchinson +++
73 73 Sunday, Jul 14 STL BSN W 3 1 31-41 5 18.0 McGee 6,760 ++++
74 74 Monday, Jul 15 STL BSN W 12 2 32-41 5 18.0 Warneke 711 +++++
75 75 Tuesday, Jul 16 STL BSN W 4 3 33-41 5 17.5 Shoun 9,819 ++++++
76 76 Wednesday, Jul 17 STL PHI L 0 3 33-42 5 18.5 Mulcahy 7,113 -
77 77 Friday, Jul 19 STL PHI W 3 2 34-42 5 17.0 McGee +
78 78 Friday, Jul 19 STL PHI W 5 3 35-42 5 17.0 Bowman 1,630 ++
79 79 Saturday, Jul 20 STL BRO W 3 2 36-42 5 17.0 Warneke 3,304 +++
80 80 Sunday, Jul 21 STL BRO L 1 3 36-43 5 18.0 Fitzsimmons -
81 81 Sunday, Jul 21 STL BRO W 5 2 37-43 5 18.0 Cooper 16,877 +
82 82 Tuesday, Jul 23 STL @ PHI W 7 3 38-43 5 18.5 McGee 4,000 ++
83 83 Friday, Jul 26 STL @ BRO T 3 3 38-43 5 19.5 4,876 ++
84 84 Saturday, Jul 27 STL @ BRO W 4 2 39-43 5 18.0 Lanier +++
85 85 Saturday, Jul 27 STL @ BRO W 6 3 40-43 5 18.0 Shoun 14,568 ++++
86 86 Sunday, Jul 28 STL @ BRO L 0 3 40-44 6 19.0 Wyatt -
87 87 Sunday, Jul 28 STL @ BRO L 4 7 40-45 6 19.0 Fitzsimmons 19,802 --
88 88 Monday, Jul 29 STL @ BSN W 8 3 41-45 5 18.0 Bowman 747 +
89 89 Tuesday, Jul 30 STL @ BSN W 13 5 42-45 5 18.0 Warneke 753 ++
90 90 Wednesday, Jul 31 STL @ BSN W 3 1 43-45 5 16.5 Shoun +++
91 91 Wednesday, Jul 31 STL @ BSN W 17 8 44-45 5 16.5 McGee 2,010 ++++
92 92 Friday, Aug 2 STL @ NYG L 4 5 44-46 5 15.5 Joiner -
93 93 Friday, Aug 2 STL @ NYG W 3 1 45-46 5 15.5 Doyle 22,904 +
94 94 Saturday, Aug 3 STL @ NYG W 8 3 46-46 5 15.0 Warneke 7,431 ++
95 95 Sunday, Aug 4 STL @ NYG L 2 3 46-47 5 15.0 Schumacher -
96 96 Sunday, Aug 4 STL @ NYG W 6 3 47-47 5 15.0 McGee 22,984 +
97 97 Tuesday, Aug 6 STL @ PIT L 1 3 47-48 5 15.5 Heintzelman 8,582 -
98 98 Wednesday, Aug 7 STL @ PIT L 9 10 47-49 6 16.0 Klinger --
99 99 Wednesday, Aug 7 STL @ PIT L 6 12 47-50 6 16.0 Butcher 5,640 ---
100 100 Friday, Aug 9 STL @ CIN L 2 7 47-51 6 17.5 Thompson 28,325 ----
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
101 101 Saturday, Aug 10 STL @ CIN L 0 5 47-52 6 18.5 Moore 9,091 -----
102 102 Sunday, Aug 11 STL @ CIN W 3 2 48-52 6 16.5 Cooper +
103 103 Sunday, Aug 11 STL @ CIN W 3 1 49-52 6 16.5 Warneke 28,762 ++
104 104 Tuesday, Aug 13 STL @ CHC W 5 1 50-52 6 16.0 Shoun 7,367 +++
105 105 Wednesday, Aug 14 STL PIT W 7 6 51-52 5 15.5 Shoun 11,077 ++++
106 106 Friday, Aug 16 STL PIT L 5 6 51-53 5 16.0 Lanning -
107 107 Friday, Aug 16 STL PIT W 9 5 52-53 5 16.0 Warneke 4,218 +
108 108 Sunday, Aug 18 STL CIN W 3 1 53-53 4 14.0 Cooper ++
109 109 Sunday, Aug 18 STL CIN W 5 4 54-53 4 14.0 McGee 15,836 +++
110 110 Tuesday, Aug 20 STL BRO W 3 0 55-53 4 13.0 Shoun ++++
111 111 Tuesday, Aug 20 STL BRO W 4 3 56-53 4 13.0 Warneke 9,451 +++++
112 112 Wednesday, Aug 21 STL BRO W 7 5 57-53 4 12.0 Doyle 4,659 ++++++
113 113 Thursday, Aug 22 STL PHI W 9 0 58-53 3 12.0 Cooper 2,136 +++++++
114 114 Friday, Aug 23 STL PHI W 5 2 59-53 3 11.0 Bowman 1,095 ++++++++
115 115 Saturday, Aug 24 STL PHI W 1 0 60-53 3 11.0 Warneke 2,423 +++++++++
116 116 Sunday, Aug 25 STL BSN L 1 4 60-54 3 12.0 Posedel -
117 117 Sunday, Aug 25 STL BSN W 8 5 61-54 3 12.0 Lanier 12,591 +
118 118 Monday, Aug 26 STL BSN L 1 3 61-55 3 12.5 Strincevich 8,472 -
119 119 Tuesday, Aug 27 STL BSN W 4 3 62-55 3 12.0 Bowman 734 +
120 120 Wednesday, Aug 28 STL NYG L 2 5 62-56 3 12.5 Melton 2,681 -
121 121 Thursday, Aug 29 STL NYG W 5 0 63-56 3 12.5 McGee 2,239 +
122 122 Sunday, Sep 1 STL @ PIT L 0 10 63-57 3 14.0 Heintzelman -
123 123 Sunday, Sep 1 STL @ PIT T 5 5 63-57 3 14.0 20,945 -
124 124 Monday, Sep 2 STL @ CIN L 1 2 63-58 3 14.0 Derringer --
125 125 Monday, Sep 2 STL @ CIN W 7 4 64-58 3 14.0 Warneke 27,863 +
126 126 Tuesday, Sep 3 STL @ CIN L 3 4 64-59 3 15.0 Beggs 8,250 -
127 127 Wednesday, Sep 4 STL CHC W 4 2 65-59 3 15.0 Lanier 16,197 +
128 128 Friday, Sep 6 STL CHC W 6 4 66-59 3 15.0 Shoun 1,237 ++
129 129 Saturday, Sep 7 STL PIT L 9 14 66-60 3 16.0 MacFayden 2,065 -
130 130 Sunday, Sep 8 STL PIT L 14 16 66-61 4 16.5 Lanahan --
131 131 Sunday, Sep 8 STL PIT L 4 5 66-62 4 16.5 Klinger 10,718 ---
132 132 Wednesday, Sep 11 STL @ NYG W 7 4 67-62 4 16.5 Shoun +
133 133 Wednesday, Sep 11 STL @ NYG W 3 2 68-62 4 16.5 McGee 5,275 ++
134 134 Thursday, Sep 12 STL @ BSN L 7 17 68-63 4 18.0 Tobin -
135 135 Thursday, Sep 12 STL @ BSN L 1 6 68-64 4 18.0 Posedel 2,711 --
136 136 Friday, Sep 13 STL @ BSN W 9 3 69-64 4 18.0 Warneke 1,166 +
137 137 Saturday, Sep 14 STL @ BSN W 6 5 70-64 3 18.0 Shoun 1,307 ++
138 138 Sunday, Sep 15 STL @ PHI W 7 0 71-64 3 17.5 McGee +++
139 139 Sunday, Sep 15 STL @ PHI W 3 1 72-64 3 17.5 Bowman 7,929 ++++
140 140 Monday, Sep 16 STL @ PHI L 2 3 72-65 3 18.0 Johnson -
141 141 Monday, Sep 16 STL @ PHI W 7 1 73-65 3 18.0 Hutchinson 1,000 +
142 142 Tuesday, Sep 17 STL @ BRO W 5 0 74-65 3 18.0 Lanier 3,784 ++
143 143 Wednesday, Sep 18 STL @ BRO W 14 7 75-65 3 18.0 Doyle 3,632 +++
144 144 Thursday, Sep 19 STL @ PIT W 2 1 76-65 3 17.5 McGee ++++
145 145 Thursday, Sep 19 STL @ PIT W 8 2 77-65 3 17.5 Hutchinson 5,048 +++++
146 146 Saturday, Sep 21 STL @ CHC L 3 4 77-66 3 18.0 Olsen 5,005 -
147 147 Sunday, Sep 22 STL @ CHC W 8 1 78-66 3 17.0 Cooper +
148 148 Sunday, Sep 22 STL @ CHC W 2 1 79-66 3 17.0 Lanier 26,759 ++
149 149 Monday, Sep 23 STL @ CHC L 0 10 79-67 3 17.0 Passeau 1,843 -
150 150 Wednesday, Sep 25 STL CIN L 0 5 79-68 3 17.0 Thompson --
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
151 151 Wednesday, Sep 25 STL CIN W 4 3 80-68 3 17.0 Hutchinson 1,898 +
152 152 Thursday, Sep 26 STL CIN L 3 4 80-69 3 17.0 Vander Meer -
153 153 Thursday, Sep 26 STL CIN W 5 1 81-69 3 17.0 Kimball 1,408 +
154 154 Friday, Sep 27 STL CHC W 11 1 82-69 3 16.0 Warneke 753 ++
155 155 Saturday, Sep 28 STL CHC W 4 3 83-69 3 16.0 Lanier 1,623 +++
156 156 Sunday, Sep 29 STL CHC W 6 0 84-69 3 16.0 Cooper 6,111 ++++
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
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Rank and Games Behind are at the end of all games played on that date.

1939 / 1941 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits