1942 World Series

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1942 World Series Program


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.

1942 World Series-Game 1

Date Sept. 30th, 1942
Location Sportsman's Park
Attendance 34,769

1942 World Series Game 1-Line Score

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 7 11 0
St. Louis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 7 4


1942 World Series Game 1-Box Score

New York Yankees 7, St. Louis Cardinals 4

New York Yankees St. Louis Cardinals
Player ab r h rbi Player ab r h rbi
Rizzuto ss 4 0 0 0 Brown 2b 4 0 1 0
Rolfe 3b 5 2 2 0 Moore cf 4 0 2 1
Cullenbine rf 3 1 1 0 Slaughter rf 3 0 1 0
DiMaggio cf 5 2 3 1 Musial lf 4 0 0 0
Keller lf 4 0 0 0 Cooper W. c 4 1 1 0
Gordon 2b 5 0 0 0 Hopp 1b 4 0 0 0
Dickey c 4 1 2 0 Kurowski 3b 3 0 0 0
Hassett 1b 4 1 2 2 Sanders ph 0 1 0 0
Ruffing p 4 0 1 0 Marion ss 4 1 1 2
Chandler p 0 0 0 0 Cooper M. p 2 0 0 0
- - - - - Gumbert p 0 0 0 0
- - - - - Walker ph 1 0 0 0
- - - - - Lanier p 0 0 0 0
- - - - - O'Dea ph 1 0 1 1
- - - - - Crespi pr 0 1 0 0
Total 38 7 11 3 Total 34 4 7 4
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 7 11 0
St. Louis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 7 4
New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Ruffing W(1-0) 8.2 5 4 4 6 8
Chandler SV(1) 0.1 2 0 0 0 0
Total 9.0 7 4 4 6 8
St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Cooper M. L(0-1) 7.2 10 5 3 3 7
Gumbert 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Lanier 1.0 1 2 0 1 1
Total 9.0 11 7 3 4 8

E–Brown (1), Slaughter (1), Lanier 2 (2). 2B–New York Hassett (1,off M Cooper); Cullenbine (1,off M Cooper). 3B–St. Louis Marion (1,off Ruffing). SH–Cullenbine (1,off Lanier). U-HP–George Magerkurth (NL), 1B–Bill Summers (AL), 2B–George Barr (NL), 3B–Cal Hubbard (AL). T–2:35. A–34,769.


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1942 World Series-Game 2

Date Oct. 1st, 1942
Location Sportsman's Park
Attendance 34,255

1942 World Series Game 2-Line Score

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 10 2
St. Louis 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 x 4 6 0

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1942 World Series Game 2-Box Score

New York Yankees 3, St. Louis Cardinals 4

New York Yankees St. Louis Cardinals
Player ab r h rbi Player ab r h rbi
Rizzuto ss 4 0 1 0 Brown 2b 3 1 0 0
Rolfe 3b 4 0 1 0 Moore cf 3 1 0 0
Cullenbine rf 4 1 1 0 Slaughter rf 4 1 1 0
DiMaggio cf 4 1 1 1 Musial lf 4 0 1 1
Keller lf 4 1 2 2 Cooper W. c 4 0 1 2
Gordon 2b 4 0 1 0 Hopp 1b 3 1 2 0
Dickey c 4 0 2 0 Kurowski 3b 3 0 1 1
Stainback pr 0 0 0 0 Marion ss 3 0 0 0
Hassett 1b 4 0 1 0 Beazley p 3 0 0 0
Bonham p 2 0 0 0 - - - - -
Ruffing ph 1 0 0 0 - - - - -
Total 35 3 10 3 Total 30 4 6 4
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 10 2
St. Louis 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 x 4 6 0
New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Bonham L(0-1) 8.0 6 4 4 1 3
Total 8.0 6 4 4 1 3
St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Beazley W(1-0) 9.0 10 3 3 2 4
Total 9.0 10 3 3 2 4

E–Rizzuto (1), Hassett (1). DP–St. Louis 1. 2B–New York Gordon (1,off Beazley); Rolfe (1,off Beazley), St. Louis W Cooper (1,off Bonham); Slaughter (1,off Bonham). 3B–St. Louis Kurowski (1,off Bonham). HR–New York Keller (1,8th inning off Beazley 1 on, 2 out). SH–Moore (1,off Bonham). SB–Rizzuto (1,2nd base off Beazley/W Cooper); Cullenbine (1,2nd base off Beazley/W Cooper). U-HP–Bill Summers (AL), 1B–George Barr (NL), 2B–Cal Hubbard (AL), 3B–George Magerkurth (NL). T–1:57. A–34,255.


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1942 World Series-Game 3

Date Oct. 3rd, 1942
Location Yankee Stadium
Attendance 69,123

1942 World Series Game 3-Line Score

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
St. Louis 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 5 1
New York 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1


1942 World Series Game 3-Box Score

St. Louis Cardinals 2, New York Yankees 0

St. Louis Cardinals New York Yankees
Player ab r h rbi Player ab r h rbi
Brown 2b 4 1 1 1 Rizzuto ss 4 0 2 0
Moore cf 4 0 0 0 Hassett 1b 1 0 0 0
Slaughter rf 4 0 1 1 Crosetti 3b 3 0 0 0
Musial lf 3 0 1 0 Cullenbine rf 4 0 1 0
Cooper W. c 4 0 0 0 DiMaggio cf 4 0 2 0
Hopp 1b 4 0 0 0 Gordon 2b 4 0 0 0
Kurowski 3b 2 1 1 0 Keller lf 4 0 0 0
Marion ss 3 0 1 0 Dickey c 3 0 1 0
White p 2 0 0 0 Priddy 3b,1b 3 0 0 0
- - - - - Chandler p 2 0 0 0
- - - - - Ruffing ph 1 0 0 0
- - - - - Breuer p 0 0 0 0
- - - - - Turner p 0 0 0 0
Total 30 2 5 2 Total 33 0 6 0
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
St. Louis 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 5 1
New York 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1
St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
White W(1-0) 9.0 6 0 0 0 6
Total 9.0 6 0 0 0 6
New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Chandler L(0-1) 8.0 3 1 1 1 3
Breuer 0.0 2 1 0 0 0
Turner 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Total 9.0 5 2 1 2 3

E–W Cooper (1), Breuer (1). DP–New York 1. SH–White (1,off Chandler). IBB–Musial (1,by Turner). CS–Musial (1,2nd base by Chandler/Dickey). SB–Rizzuto (2,2nd base off White/W Cooper). IBB–Turner (1,Musial). U-HP–George Barr (NL), 1B–Cal Hubbard (AL), 2B–George Magerkurth (NL), 3B–Bill Summers (AL). T–2:30. A–69,123.


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1942 World Series-Game 4

Date Oct. 4th, 1942
Location Yankee Stadium
Attendance 69,902

1942 World Series Game 4-Line Score

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
St. Louis 0 0 0 6 0 0 2 0 1 9 12 1
New York 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 6 10 1


1942 World Series Game 4-Box Score

St. Louis Cardinals 9, New York Yankees 6

St. Louis Cardinals New York Yankees
Player ab r h rbi Player ab r h rbi
Brown 2b 6 0 2 0 Rizzuto ss 5 1 3 0
Moore cf 3 0 2 1 Rolfe 3b 4 2 2 0
Slaughter rf 4 1 0 0 Cullenbine rf 4 1 2 2
Musial lf 3 2 2 1 DiMaggio cf 4 0 0 0
Cooper W. c 5 1 2 1 Keller lf 4 1 1 3
Hopp 1b 3 2 1 0 Gordon 2b 4 1 0 0
Kurowski 3b 3 1 1 2 Dickey c 4 0 0 0
Marion ss 4 1 0 1 Priddy 1b 4 0 1 1
Cooper M. p 3 1 1 2 Borowy p 1 0 0 0
Gumbert p 0 0 0 0 Donald p 2 0 0 0
Pollet p 0 0 0 0 Bonham p 0 0 0 0
Sanders ph 1 0 0 0 Rosar ph 1 0 1 0
Lanier p 1 0 1 1 - - - - -
Total 36 9 12 9 Total 37 6 10 6
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
St. Louis 0 0 0 6 0 0 2 0 1 9 12 1
New York 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 6 10 1
St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Cooper M. 5.1 7 5 5 1 2
Gumbert 0.1 1 1 0 0 0
Pollet 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Lanier W(1-0) 3.0 2 0 0 0 0
Total 9.0 10 6 5 1 2
New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Borowy 3.0 6 6 6 3 1
Donald L(0-1) 3.0 3 2 2 2 1
Bonham 3.0 3 1 1 2 0
Total 9.0 12 9 9 7 2

E–Kurowski (1), Dickey (1). DP–St. Louis 1. 2B–St. Louis Moore (1,off Borowy); Musial (1,off Donald), New York Rolfe (2,off M Cooper); Priddy (1,off Gumbert). HR–New York Keller (2,6th inning off M Cooper 2 on, 1 out). SH–Hopp (1,off Bonham); Moore (2,off Bonham); Kurowski (1,off Bonham). IBB–Kurowski (1,by Bonham); Musial (2,by Bonham). IBB–Bonham 2 (2,Kurowski,Musial). U-HP–Cal Hubbard (AL), 1B–George Magerkurth (NL), 2B–Bill Summers (AL), 3B–George Barr (NL). T–2:28. A–69,902.


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1942 World Series-Game 5

Date Oct. 5th, 1942
Location Yankee Stadium
Attendance 69,052

1942 World Series Game 5-Line Score

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
St. Louis 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 4 9 4
New York 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 1


1942 World Series Game 5-Box Score

St. Louis Cardinals 4, New York Yankees 2

St. Louis Cardinals New York Yankees
Player ab r h rbi Player ab r h rbi
Brown 2b 3 0 2 0 Rizzuto ss 4 1 2 1
Moore cf 3 1 1 0 Rolfe 3b 4 1 1 0
Slaughter rf 4 1 2 1 Cullenbine rf 4 0 0 0
Musial lf 4 0 0 0 DiMaggio cf 4 0 1 1
Cooper W. c 4 1 2 1 Keller lf 4 0 1 0
Hopp 1b 3 0 0 0 Gordon 2b 4 0 1 0
Kurowski 3b 4 1 1 2 Dickey c 4 0 0 0
Marion ss 4 0 0 0 Stainback pr 0 0 0 0
Beazley p 4 0 1 0 Priddy 1b 3 0 0 0
- - - - - Ruffing p 3 0 1 0
- - - - - Selkirk ph 1 0 0 0
Total 33 4 9 4 Total 35 2 7 2
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
St. Louis 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 4 9 4
New York 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 1
St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Beazley W(2-0) 9.0 7 2 2 1 2
Total 9.0 7 2 2 1 2
New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Ruffing L(1-1) 9.0 9 4 4 1 3
Total 9.0 9 4 4 1 3

E–Brown 2 (3), Hopp (1), Beazley (1), Priddy (1). DP–St. Louis 1, New York 1. HR–St. Louis Slaughter (1,4th inning off Ruffing 0 on, 0 out); Kurowski (1,9th inning off Ruffing 1 on, 1 out), New York Rizzuto (1,1st inning off Beazley 0 on, 0 out). SH–Moore (3,off Ruffing); Hopp (2,off Ruffing). U-HP–George Magerkurth (NL), 1B–Bill Summers (AL), 2B–George Barr (NL), 3B–Cal Hubbard (AL). T–1:58. A–69,052.


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St. Louis Cardinals Team Hitting Stats

Players Name Pos GM AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI Avg BB SO SB
Johnny Beazley p 2 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 .143 0 5 0
Jimmy Brown 2b 5 20 6 0 0 0 2 1 .300 3 0 0
Mort Cooper p 2 5 1 0 0 0 1 2 .200 0 1 0
Walker Cooper c 5 21 6 1 0 0 3 4 .286 0 1 0
Creepy crespi pr 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0 0
Harry Gumbert p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0
Johnny Hopp 1b 5 17 3 0 0 0 3 0 .176 1 1 0
Whitey Kurowski 3b 5 15 4 0 1 1 3 5 .267 2 3 0
Max Lanier p 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1.000 0 0 0
Marty Marion ss 5 18 2 0 1 0 2 3 .111 1 2 0
Terry Moore of 5 17 5 1 0 0 2 2 .294 2 3 0
Stan Musial of 5 18 4 1 0 0 2 2 .222 4 0 0
Ken O'Dea ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1.000 0 0 0
Howie Pollet p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0
Ray Sanders ph 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 1 0 0
Enos Slaughter of 5 19 5 1 0 1 3 2 .263 3 2 0
Harry Walker ph 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 1 0
Ernie White p 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI Avg BB SO SB
Total 163 39 4 2 2 23 23 .239 17 19 0


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St. Louis Cardinals Team Pitching Stats

Players Name W L G GS CG S SH IP ERA H SO ER BB
Johnny Beazley 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 18.0 2.50 17 6 5 3
Mort Cooper 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 13.0 5.54 17 9 8 4
Harry Gumbert 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0.2 0.00 1 0 0 0
Max Lanier 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 4.0 0.00 3 1 0 1
Howie Pollet 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.1 0.00 0 0 0 0
Ernie White 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 9.0 0.00 6 6 0 0
W L G GS CG S SH IP ERA H SO ER BB
Total 4 1 10 5 3 0 1 45.0 2.60 44 22 13 8

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1942 World Series

New York Yankees Team Hitting Stats

Players Name Pos G AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI Avg BB SO SB
Tiny Bonham p 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0
Hank Borowy p 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 1 0
Marv Breuer p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0
Spud Chandler p 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 1 0
Frankie Crosetti 3b 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 1 0
Roy Cullenbine of 5 19 5 1 0 0 3 2 .263 1 2 1
Bill Dickey c 5 19 5 0 0 0 1 0 .263 1 0 0
Joe DiMaggio of 5 21 7 0 0 0 3 3 .333 0 1 0
Atley Donald p 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0
Joe Gordon 2b 5 21 2 1 0 0 1 0 .095 0 7 0
Buddy Hassett 1b 3 9 3 1 0 0 1 2 .333 0 1 0
Charlie Keller of 5 20 4 0 0 2 2 5 .200 1 3 0
Jerry Priddy 1b,3b 3 10 1 1 0 0 0 1 .100 1 0 0
Phil Rizzuto ss 5 21 8 0 0 1 2 1 .381 2 1 2
Red Rolfe 3b 4 17 6 2 0 0 5 0 .353 1 2 0
Buddy Rosar ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0
Red Ruffing p 4 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 .222 0 2 0
George Selkirk ph 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0
Tuck Stainback pr 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0
Jim Turner p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI Avg BB SO SB
Total 178 44 6 0 3 18 14 .247 8 22 3

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1942 World Series

New York Yankees Team Pitching Stats

Players Name W L G GS CG S SH IP ERA H SO ER BB
Tiny Bonham 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 11.0 4.09 9 3 5 3
Hank Borowy 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3.0 18.00 6 1 6 3
Marv Breuer 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.00 2 0 0 0
Spud Chandler 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 8.1 1.08 5 3 1 1
Atley Donald 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 6.00 3 1 2 2
Red Ruffing 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 17.2 4.08 14 11 8 7
Jim Turner 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 0.00 0 0 0 1
W L G GS CG S SH IP ERA H SO ER BB
Total 1 4 10 5 2 1 0 44.0 4.50 44 19 22 17

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