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The 1942 season of the National League was the sixty-seventh season of the league.

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Standings

Bold indicates league champion, Italics indicates World Series champion

Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS (RS/G)	RA (RA/G)	AVG	OBP	SLG	ERA	FPCT
1	St. Louis Cardinals	156	106	48	2	.679	-.-	755 (4.84)	482 (3.09)	0.268	0.336	0.379	2.55	0.972
2	Brooklyn Dodgers	155	104	50	1	.671	2.0	742 (4.79)	510 (3.29)	0.265	0.336	0.362	2.84	0.977
3	New York Giants	154	85	67	2	.552	20.0	675 (4.38)	600 (3.90)	0.254	0.326	0.361	3.31	0.977
4	Cincinnati Reds	154	76	76	2	.494	29.0	527 (3.42)	545 (3.54)	0.231	0.296	0.321	2.82	0.972
5	Pittsburgh Pirates	151	66	81	4	.437	36.5	585 (3.87)	631 (4.18)	0.245	0.317	0.330	3.58	0.969
6	Chicago Cubs	155	68	86	1	.439	38.0	591 (3.81)	665 (4.29)	0.254	0.319	0.353	3.60	0.973
7	Boston Braves	150	59	89	2	.393	44.0	515 (3.43)	645 (4.30)	0.240	0.304	0.329	3.76	0.977
8	Philadelphia Phillies	151	42	109	0	.278	62.5	394 (2.61)	706 (4.68)	0.232	0.287	0.306	4.12	0.968

League leaders

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Billy Herman	Brooklyn Dodgers	155
At Bats	Jimmy Brown	St. Louis Cardinals	606
Runs Scored	Mel Ott	New York Giants	118
Hits	Enos Slaughter	St. Louis Cardinals	188
Doubles	Marty Marion	St. Louis Cardinals	38
Triples	Enos Slaughter	St. Louis Cardinals	17
Home Runs	Mel Ott	New York Giants	30
Total Bases	Enos Slaughter	St. Louis Cardinals	292
Runs Batted In	Johnny Mize	New York Giants	110
Stolen Bases	Pete Reiser	Brooklyn Dodgers	20
Walks	Mel Ott	New York Giants	109
Hit by Pitch	Dick Bartell Bill Nicholson	New York Giants Chicago Cubs	8
Strikeouts	Vince DiMaggio	Pittsburgh Pirates	87
Sacrifice Hits	Lennie Merullo	Chicago Cubs	22
Grounded into Double Plays	Mickey Witek	New York Giants	23
Batting Average	Ernie Lombardi	Boston Braves	0.330
On-Base Percentage	Elbie Fletcher	Pittsburgh Pirates	0.417
Slugging Percentage	Johnny Mize	New York Giants	0.521
On-Base plus Slugging	Mel Ott	New York Giants	0.912
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Mel Ott	New York Giants	165

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Mort Cooper	St. Louis Cardinals	22
Losses	Jim Tobin	Boston Braves	21
Win-Loss Percentage	Howie Krist	St. Louis Cardinals	0.812
Appearances	Ace Adams	New York Giants	61
Games Started	Al Javery	Boston Braves	37
Complete Games	Jim Tobin	Boston Braves	28
Shutouts	Mort Cooper	St. Louis Cardinals	10
Games Finished	Ace Adams	New York Giants	49
Saves	Hugh Casey	Brooklyn Dodgers	13
Innings Pitched	Jim Tobin	Boston Braves	287.2
Batters Faced	Jim Tobin	Boston Braves	1224
Hits Allowed	Claude Passeau	Chicago Cubs	284
Home Runs Allowed	Jim Tobin	Boston Braves	20
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Rube Melton	Philadelphia Phillies	114
Hit Batsmen	Johnny Podgajny	Philadelphia Phillies	11
Strikeouts	Johnny Vander Meer	Cincinnati Reds	186
Wild Pitches	Rube Melton	Philadelphia Phillies	8
Balks	Johnny Podgajny	Philadelphia Phillies	3
Runs Allowed	Jim Tobin	Boston Braves	145
Earned Runs Allowed	Jim Tobin	Boston Braves	127
Earned Run Average	Mort Cooper	St. Louis Cardinals	1.78
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Mort Cooper	St. Louis Cardinals	0.987

All-Star Game

The National League lost the tenth midsummer classic at Polo Grounds in New York, NY on Monday, July 6, 1942 by a score of 3 to 1. The league's manager was Leo Durocher.

Postseason

In the World Series, the National League champion St. Louis Cardinals defeated the American League's New York Yankees, 4 games to 1.

Award winners

The winner of the league's Most Valuable Player Award, given its Most Valuable Player, was Mort Cooper, a pitcher with the St. Louis Cardinals. In the award's voting, he had 263 out of a possible 336 points and 13 first place votes.

Hall of Fame Game

The third annual Hall of Fame Game was played on August 3 at Doubleday Field in Cooperstown, NY near the National Baseball Hall of Fame. In the game, the National League's St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Philadelphia Athletics of the American League by a score of 5 to 2.

Umpires

• Lee Ballanfant
• Al Barlick
• George Barr
• Jocko Conlan
• Tom Dunn
• Larry Goetz
• Lou Jorda
• Chuck Klein*
• George Magerkurth
• Babe Pinelli
• Beans Reardon
• Ziggy Sears
• Bill Stewart
• Bucky Walters*

* Denotes a fill-in umpire