The 1947 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 66th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 56th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 89–65 during the season and finished second in the National League.

Offseason

Regular season

  • May 6: There were rumors of a walkout by the Cardinals in protest of having to play Jackie Robinson and the Brooklyn Dodgers. The rumors resulted in an article published by Stanley Woodward of the New York Herald Tribune. The Cardinals played the game and lost by a score of 7–6, despite holding a 6–3 lead.[4]
  • May 21: Jackie Robinson played his first game at Sportsman's Park. The Dodgers won by a score of 4–3 in ten innings.[5]
  • September 11: Cardinals catcher Joe Garagiola and Jackie Robinson were involved in an incident at home plate. Garagiola stepped on Robinson's foot and the two started arguing. Umpire Bean Reardon held back Garagiola while Robinson clapped.[6] The incident was later part of a children's book titled In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson.

Season standings

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Brooklyn Dodgers 9460 .610 — 52‍–‍25 42‍–‍35
St. Louis Cardinals 8965 .578 5 46‍–‍31 43‍–‍34
Boston Braves 8668 .558 8 50‍–‍27 36‍–‍41
New York Giants 8173 .526 13 45‍–‍31 36‍–‍42
Cincinnati Reds 7381 .474 21 42‍–‍35 31‍–‍46
Chicago Cubs 6985 .448 25 36‍–‍43 33‍–‍42
Philadelphia Phillies 6292 .403 32 38‍–‍38 24‍–‍54
Pittsburgh Pirates 6292 .403 32 32‍–‍45 30‍–‍47

Record vs. opponents

1947 National League record

Sources:
Team BSN BRO CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston —12–1013–913–913–914–812–109–13
Brooklyn 10–12—15–715–714–814–815–711–11–1
Chicago 9–137–15—12–107–1516–6–18–1410–12
Cincinnati 9–137–1510–12—13–913–913–98–14
New York 9–138–1415–79–13—12–1015–7–113–9
Philadelphia 8–148–146–16–19–1310–12—13–98–14
Pittsburgh 10–127–1514–89–137–15–19–13—6–16–1
St. Louis 13–911–11–112–1014–89–1314–816–6–1—

Notable transactions

Roster

1947 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CDel Rice9726157.2181244
1BStan Musial149587183.3121995
2BRed Schoendienst151659167.253348
3BWhitey Kurowski146513159.31027104
SSMarty Marion149540147.272474
OFErv Dusak11132893.284628
OFEnos Slaughter147551162.2941086
OFTerry Moore127460130.283745

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Ron Northey11031191.2931563
Joe Garagiola7718347.257525
Joe Medwick7515046.307428
Del Wilber519923.232012
Chuck Diering1057416.216211
Dick Sisler467415.20309
Nippy Jones237318.24715
Jeff Cross51495.10203
Harry Walker10255.20000
Bernie Creger15163.18800

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Red Munger40224.11653.37123
Harry Brecheen29223.116113.3089

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Murry Dickson47231.213163.07111
Howie Pollet37176.19114.3473
Al Brazle44168.01482.8485
Jim Hearn37162.01273.2257
Ken Burkhart3495.0365.2144
Ken Johnson210.0100.008

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Ted Wilks374055.0128
Gerry Staley181002.7614
Johnny Grodzicki160105.408
Freddy Schmidt20002.252

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Columbus Red Birds American Association Hal Anderson
AAA Rochester Red Wings International League Cedric Durst
AA Houston Buffaloes Texas League Johnny Keane
A Columbus Cardinals Sally League Kemp Wicker
A Omaha Cardinals Western League Ollie Vanek
B Decatur Commodores Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Gene Corbett
B Allentown Cardinals Interstate League Specs Garbee and Benny Borgmann
B Lynchburg Cardinals Piedmont League Jack McLain and Vernon Mackie
C Fresno Cardinals California League Frank Demaree, Bill Harris,
Charlie Baron and Bill Brenzel
C Winston-Salem Cardinals Carolina League Zip Payne
C Duluth Dukes Northern League Paul Bowa
C Pocatello Cardinals Pioneer League Jim Tyack
C St. Joseph Cardinals Western Association Bob Stanton
D Johnson City Cardinals Appalachian League Bob Kline
D Salisbury Cardinals Eastern Shore League Harold Contini
D Albany Cardinals Georgia–Florida League Mickey Katkaveck
D West Frankfort Cardinals Illinois State League Everett Johnston
D Carthage Cardinals Kansas–Oklahoma–Missouri League Woody Fair
D Hamilton Cardinals PONY League John Newman

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Houston, St. Joseph[8]

References

  1. ↑ Tom Poholsky page at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ Hal Epps page at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ Rip Repulski page at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season, p. 96, Jonathan Eig, Simon & Schuster, 2007, New York, ISBN 978-0-7432-9461-4
  5. ↑ Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season, p. 146
  6. ↑ Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season, p. 228
  7. ↑ Harry Walker page at Baseball Reference
  8. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1947_St._Louis_Cardinals_season