1942 World Series

Infobox World Series Expanded


year = 1942
champion = St. Louis Cardinals (4)
champion_manager = Billy Southworth
champion_games = 106-48, .688, GA: 2
runnerup = New York Yankees (1)
runnerup_manager = Joe McCarthy
runnerup_games = 103-51, .669, GA: 9
date = September 30–October 5
MVP =
television =
announcers =
radio_network = Mutual.
radio_announcers = Red Barber and Mel Allen.
umpires = George Magerkurth (NL), Bill Summers (AL), George Barr (NL), Cal Hubbard (AL)
HOFers = Cardinals: Billy Southworth (mgr.), Enos Slaughter, Stan Musial.
Yankees: Joe McCarthy (mgr.), Bill Dickey, Joe DiMaggio, Phil Rizzuto, Red Ruffing.
ALCS =
NLCS =

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. Every Cardinal — except for Harry Gumbert — was a product of the teams' farm system which was put in place by Branch Rickey.

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. They had won eight Series in the interim.

ummary

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

Matchups

Game 1

Wednesday, September 30, 1942 at Sportsman's Park (III) in St. Louis, MissouriLinescore
Road=New York|RoadAbr=NYY
R1=0|R2=0|R3=0|R4=1|R5=1|R6=0|R7=0|R8=3|R9=2|RR=7|RH=11|RE=0
Home=St. Louis|HomeAbr=STL
H1=0|H2=0|H3=0|H4=0|H5=0|H6=0|H7=0|H8=0|H9=4|HR=4|HH=7|HE=4
RSP=|HSP=
WP=Red Ruffing (1-0)|LP=Mort Cooper (0-1)|SV=Spud Chandler (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

Thursday, October 1, 1942 at Sportsman's Park (III) in St. Louis, MissouriLinescore
Road=New York|RoadAbr=NYY
R1=0|R2=0|R3=0|R4=0|R5=0|R6=0|R7=0|R8=3|R9=0|RR=3|RH=10|RE=2
Home=St. Louis|HomeAbr=STL
H1=2|H2=0|H3=0|H4=0|H5=0|H6=0|H7=1|H8=1|H9=X|HR=4|HH=6|HE=0
RSP=|HSP=
WP=Johnny Beazley (1-0)|LP=Tiny Bonham (0-1)|SV=
RoadHR=Charlie Keller (1)|HomeHR=|

Game 3

Saturday, October 3, 1942 at Yankee Stadium in Bronx, New YorkLinescore
Road=St. Louis|RoadAbr=STL
R1=0|R2=0|R3=1|R4=0|R5=0|R6=0|R7=0|R8=0|R9=1|RR=2|RH=5|RE=1
Home=New York|HomeAbr=NYY
H1=0|H2=0|H3=0|H4=0|H5=0|H6=0|H7=0|H8=0|H9=0|HR=0|HH=6|HE=1
RSP=|HSP=
WP=Ernie White (1-0)|LP=Spud Chandler (0-1)|SV=|

Game 4

Sunday, October 4, 1942 at Yankee Stadium in Bronx, New YorkLinescore
Road=St. Louis|RoadAbr=STL
R1=0|R2=0|R3=0|R4=6|R5=0|R6=0|R7=2|R8=0|R9=1|RR=9|RH=12|RE=1
Home=New York|HomeAbr=NYY
H1=1|H2=0|H3=0|H4=0|H5=0|H6=5|H7=0|H8=0|H9=0|HR=6|HH=10|HE=1
RSP=|HSP=
WP=Max Lanier (1-0)|LP=Atley Donald (0-1)|SV=
RoadHR=|HomeHR=Charlie Keller (2)|

Game 5

Monday, October 5, 1942 at Yankee Stadium in Bronx, New YorkLinescore
Road=St. Louis|RoadAbr=STL
R1=0|R2=0|R3=0|R4=1|R5=0|R6=1|R7=0|R8=0|R9=2|RR=4|RH=9|RE=4
Home=New York|HomeAbr=NYY
H1=1|H2=0|H3=0|H4=1|H5=0|H6=0|H7=0|H8=0|H9=0|HR=2|HH=7|HE=1
RSP=|HSP=
WP=Johnny Beazley (2-0)|LP=Red Ruffing (1-1)|SV=
RoadHR=Enos Slaughter (1), Whitey Kurowski (1)|HomeHR=Phil Rizzuto (1)|

Composite Box

1942 World Series (4-1): St. Louis Cardinals (N.L.) over New York Yankees (A.L.)Linescore
Road=St. Louis Cardinals
R1=2|R2=0|R3=1|R4=7|R5=0|R6=1|R7=3|R8=1|R9=8|RR=23|RH=39|RE=10
Home=New York Yankees
H1=2|H2=0|H3=0|H4=2|H5=1|H6=5|H7=0|H8=6|H9=2|HR=18|HH=44|HE=5Total Attendance: 277,101 Average Attendance: 55,420Winning Player’s Share: – $6,193 Losing Player’s Share – $3,352cite web|url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/ws/wsshares.shtml|title=World Series Gate Receipts and Player Shares|accessdate=2008-05-07|publisher=Baseball Almanac] |

1942 World Series in literature

*This World Series was used as a background for the plot endings in Philip Roth's 2004 novel "The Plot Against America".

Notes

References

*Neft, David S., and Richard M. Cohen. "The World Series." 1st ed. New York: St Martins, 1990. (Neft and Cohen 188-191)
*Reichler, Joseph, ed. (1982). "The Baseball Encyclopedia" (5th ed.), p. 2150. MacMillian Publishing. ISBN 0-02-579010-2.
*cite web |author=Forman, Sean L. |title=1942 World Series |date= |work=Baseball-Reference.com - Major League Statistics and Information. |url=http://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1942_WS.shtml |accessdate=2007-12-09

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1942_WS.shtml 1942 World Series at Baseball-Reference.com]
* [http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/history/postseason/mlb_ws_recaps.jsp?feature=1942 1942 World Series at "WorldSeries.com (MLB.com)"]
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/ws/yr1942ws.shtml 1942 World Series at Baseball-Almanac.com]
* [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/YPS_1942.htm 1942 World Series box scores and play-by-play at Retrosheet.org]