1946 St. Louis Cardinals season
The 1946 St. Louis Cardinals season was a season in American baseball. It was the team's 65th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 55th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 96–58 during the championship season and finished tied with the Brooklyn Dodgers for first in the National League. St. Louis then won a best-of-three playoff for the pennant, 2 games to none. In the World Series, they won in 7 games over the Boston Red Sox. They won on Enos Slaughter's "mad dash" that gave them a 4–3 lead in the 8th inning of game 7.Offseason
First baseman Stan Musial won the MVP Award this year, batting.365, with 16 home runs and 103 RBIs.Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions
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 |
| C | | 74 | 211 | 50 | .237 | 3 | 22 |
| 1B | | 156 | 624 | 228 | .365 | 16 | 103 |
| 2B | | 142 | 606 | 170 | .281 | 0 | 34 |
| 3B | | 142 | 519 | 156 | .301 | 14 | 89 |
| SS | | 146 | 498 | 116 | .233 | 3 | 46 |
| OF | | 112 | 346 | 82 | .237 | 3 | 27 |
| OF | | 100 | 275 | 66 | .240 | 9 | 42 |
| OF | | 156 | 609 | 183 | .300 | 18 | 130 |
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 |
| 91 | 278 | 73 | .263 | 3 | 2 |
| 83 | 235 | 61 | .260 | 3 | 42 |
| 81 | 173 | 32 | .185 | 5 | 22 |
| 52 | 136 | 36 | .265 | 0 | 14 |
| 55 | 139 | 38 | .273 | 1 | 12 |
| 23 | 93 | 18 | .194 | 1 | 4 |
| 49 | 69 | 15 | .217 | 0 | 6 |
| 22 | 57 | 7 | .123 | 1 | 3 |
| 20 | 20 | 4 | .200 | 0 | 3 |
| 15 | 14 | 2 | .143 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 | 12 | 4 | .333 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
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 |
| 40 | 266 | 21 | 10 | 2.10 | 107 |
| 36 | 231 | 15 | 15 | 2.49 | 117 |
| 19 | 103 | 7 | 5 | 4.46 | 36 |
| 25 | 100 | 6 | 3 | 2.88 | 32 |
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 |
| 23 | 67 | 3 | 2 | 4.03 | 22 |
| 6 | 56 | 6 | 0 | 1.93 | 36 |
| 10 | 48.2 | 2 | 2 | 3.33 | 28 |
| 6 | 28.2 | 2 | 1 | 4.08 | 19 |
| 16 | 27.1 | 1 | 0 | 3.29 | 14 |
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 |
| 47 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2.88 | 82 |
| 37 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 3.29 | 58 |
| 40 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 3.41 | 40 |
| 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6.75 | 3 |
| 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3.95 | 11 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 |
NL St. Louis Cardinals vs. AL Boston Red Sox Awards and honors
- Stan Musial, National League leader, Triples,.
Farm system
