1942 World Series

vs. 1942 World Series (4-1) St. Louis Cardinals (106-48, NL) vs. New York Yankees (103-51, AL) BR 1942 World Series Summary

The 1942 World Series featured the defending champion New York Yankees against the St. Louis Cardinals, with the Cardinals winning the Series in five games for their first championship since 1934 and their fourth overall.

The 1942 St. Louis Cardinals set a franchise record for victories with 106. The Yankees won Game 1 despite a Cardinals rally but the Cardinals swept the rest. The loss was the Yankees' first since the 1926 World Series, to the Cardinals as well. They had won eight Series in the interim.

Records: St. Louis Cardinals (W: 106, L: 48, Pct: .688, GA: 2) - New York Yankees (W: 103, L: 51, Pct: .669, GA: 9)

Managers: Billy Southworth (St. Louis), Joe McCarthy (New York)

Umpires: George Magerkurth (NL), Bill Summers (AL), George Barr (NL), Cal Hubbard (AL)

Summary

NL St. Louis Cardinals (4) vs. AL New York Yankees (1)

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	Yankees – 7, Cardinals – 4	September 30	Sportsman's Park	34,769
2	Yankees – 3, Cardinals – 4	October 1	Sportsman's Park	34,255
3	Cardinals – 2, Yankees – 0	October 3	Yankee Stadium	69,123
4	Cardinals – 9, Yankees – 6	October 4	Yankee Stadium	69,902
5	Cardinals – 4, Yankees – 2	October 5	Yankee Stadium	69,052

Matchups

Game 1

September 30, 1942 at Sportsman's Park in St. Louis, Missouri

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (A)	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	2	7	11	0
St. Louis (N)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	7	4
W: Red Ruffing (1-0)   L: Mort Cooper (0-1)

In Game 1, Red Ruffing had a no-hitter until Terry Moore singled for the St Louis Cardinals with two out in the 8th inning. In the 9th inning, the Cardinals scored four runs and then managed to load the bases, bringing Stan Musial to the plate as the winning run, only to have Musial ground out.

Game 2

October 1, 1942 at Sportsman's Park in St. Louis, Missouri

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (A)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	10	2
St. Louis (N)	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	X	4	6	0
W: Johnny Beazley (1-0)   L: Tiny Bonham (0-1)
HR: NYY – Charlie Keller (1)

Game 3

October 3, 1942 at Yankee Stadium in New York, New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
St. Louis (N)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	1
New York (A)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1
W: Ernie White (1-0)  L: Spud Chandler (0-1)

Game 4

October 4, 1942 at Yankee Stadium in New York, New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
St. Louis (N)	0	0	0	6	0	0	2	0	1	9	12	1
New York (A)	1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	6	10	1
W: Max Lanier (1-0)  L: Atley Donald (0-1)
HR: NYY – Charlie Keller (2)

Game 5

October 5, 1942 at Yankee Stadium in New York, New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
St. Louis (N)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	4	9	4
New York (A)	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	1
W: Johnny Beazley (2-0)  L: Red Ruffing (1-1)
HR: STL – Enos Slaughter (1), Whitey Kurowski (1)   NYY – Phil Rizzuto (1)

Composite Box

1942 World Series (4-1): St. Louis Cardinals (N.L.) over New York Yankees (A.L.)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
St. Louis Cardinals	2	0	1	7	0	1	3	1	8	23	39	10
New York Yankees	2	0	0	2	1	5	0	6	2	18	44	5
Total Attendance: 277,101   Average Attendance: 55,420
Winning Player’s Share: – $6,193   Losing Player’s Share – $3,352

Trivia

• Every player — except for Harry Gumbert — on the 1942 St. Louis Cardinals roster was a "product" of the team's farm system which was put in place by Branch Rickey.
• This World Series was used as a background for the plot endings in Philip Roth's 2004 novel The Plot Against America.

Further Reading

• David S. Neft and Richard M. Cohen: The World Series, 1st ed., St Martins Press, New York, NY, 1990, pp. 188-191.
• Mel R. Freese: The St. Louis Cardinals in the 1940s, McFarland, Jefferson, NC, 2007.

External links

• 1942 World Series at WorldSeries.com (MLB.com)
• 1942 World Series at Baseball-Almanac.com
• 1942 World Series box scores and play-by-play at Retrosheet.org

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