1942 World Series

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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 Yankees won Game 1 despite a Cardinals rally but the Cardinals swept the rest.

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: Sportsman's Park, 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)

Game 2

October 1: Sportsman's Park, 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: Yankee Stadium, Bronx, 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: Yankee Stadium, Bronx, 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: Yankee Stadium, Bronx, 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

• 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.
• The 1942 St Louis Cardinals set a franchise record for victories with 106.
• This was the first World Series the New York Yankees had lost since losing the 1926 World Series to the Cardinals. They had won eight Series in the interim.
• "Every player — except for Harry Gumbert — on the 1942 St. Louis Cardinals roster was a "product" of the teams' 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.

Reference(s)

Neft, David S., and Richard M. Cohen. The World Series. 1st ed. New York: St Martins, 1990. (Neft and Cohen 188-191)

External Links

• 1942 World Series at Baseball-Reference.com
• 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