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1942 World Series (4-1): St. Louis Cardinals (106-48) over New York Yankees (103-51)

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Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  September 30, 1942 at Sportsman Pk (St. Louis Cardinals)

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

    PITCHERS: NYY - Ruffing, Chandler (9)
              STL - Cooper, Gumbert (8), Lanier (9)

               WP - Red Ruffing
	       LP - Mort Cooper
             SAVE - Spud Chandler

   HOME RUNS: NYY - none
              STL - none

  ATTENDANCE: 34,769

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 1, 1942 at Sportsman Pk (St. Louis Cardinals)

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

    PITCHERS: NYY - Bonham
              STL - Beazley

               WP - Johnny Beazley
	       LP - Tiny Bonham
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYY - Keller
              STL - none

  ATTENDANCE: 34,255

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 3, 1942 at Yankee Stad (New York Yankees)

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

    PITCHERS: STL - White
              NYY - Chandler, Breuer (9), Turner (9)

               WP - Ernie White
	       LP - Spud Chandler
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: STL - none
              NYY - none

  ATTENDANCE: 69,123

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 4, 1942 at Yankee Stad (New York Yankees)

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

    PITCHERS: STL - Cooper, Gumbert (6), Pollet (6), Lanier (7)
              NYY - Borowy, Donald (4), Bonham (7)

               WP - Max Lanier
	       LP - Atley Donald
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: STL - none
              NYY - Keller

  ATTENDANCE: 69,902

Game 5 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 5, 1942 at Yankee Stad (New York Yankees)

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

    PITCHERS: STL - Beazley
              NYY - Ruffing

               WP - Johnny Beazley
	       LP - Red Ruffing
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: STL - Kurowski, Slaughter
              NYY - Rizzuto

  ATTENDANCE: 69,052

Series Batting Stats

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St. Louis Cardinals

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Johnny Beazley      2   7  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  5  .143  .143  .143  0 |  73  10  0  .137  .390   0
#Jimmy Brown         5  20  2  6  0  0  0   1  3  0  .300  .391  .300  0 | 606 155  1  .256  .635   4
 Mort Cooper         2   5  1  1  0  0  0   2  0  1  .200  .200  .200  0 | 103  19  0  .184  .402   0
 Walker Cooper       5  21  3  6  1  0  0   4  0  1  .286  .286  .333  0 | 438 123  7  .281  .761   4
 Creepy Crespi       1   0  1  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 | 292  71  0  .243  .580   4
 Harry Gumbert       2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  54   6  0  .111  .275   0
*Johnny Hopp         5  17  3  3  0  0  0   0  1  1  .176  .222  .176  0 | 314  81  3  .258  .716  14
 Whitey Kurowski     5  15  3  4  0  1  1   5  2  3  .267  .353  .600  0 | 366  93  9  .254  .717   7
 Max Lanier          2   1  0  1  0  0  0   1  0  0 1.000 1.000 1.000  0 |  47  12  0  .255  .582   0
 Marty Marion        5  18  2  2  0  1  0   3  1  2  .111  .158  .222  0 | 485 134  0  .276  .718   8
 Terry Moore         5  17  2  5  1  0  0   2  2  3  .294  .368  .353  0 | 489 141  6  .288  .755  10
*Stan Musial         5  18  2  4  1  0  0   2  4  0  .222  .364  .278  0 | 467 147 10  .315  .887   6
*Ken O'Dea           1   1  0  1  0  0  0   1  0  0 1.000 1.000 1.000  0 | 192  45  5  .234  .656   0
*Howie Pollet        1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  31   7  0  .226  .658   0
*Ray Sanders         2   1  1  0  0  0  0   0  1  0  .000  .500  .000  0 | 282  71  5  .252  .730   2
*Enos Slaughter      5  19  3  5  1  0  1   2  3  2  .263  .364  .474  0 | 591 188 13  .318  .906   9
*Harry Walker        1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 | 191  60  0  .314  .753   2
 Ernie White         1   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  41   8  0  .195  .445   0
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               5 163 23 39  4  2  2  23 17 19  .239  .311  .325  0 |         60  .268  .715  71

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

New York Yankees

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Tiny Bonham         2   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  1  0  .000  .333  .000  0 |  74   9  0  .122  .289   0
 Hank Borowy         1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  70  11  0  .157  .369   0
 Marv Breuer         1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  54   3  0  .056  .198   0
 Spud Chandler       2   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  71  15  0  .211  .530   0
 Frankie Crosetti    1   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 | 285  69  4  .242  .672   1
#Roy Cullenbine      5  19  3  5  1  0  0   2  1  2  .263  .300  .316  1 |+427 118  6  .276  .805   1
*Bill Dickey         5  19  1  5  0  0  0   0  1  0  .263  .300  .263  0 | 268  79  2  .295  .732   2
 Joe DiMaggio        5  21  3  7  0  0  0   3  0  1  .333  .333  .333  0 | 610 186 21  .305  .874   4
*Atley Donald        1   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  61   9  0  .148  .325   0
 Joe Gordon          5  21  1  2  1  0  0   0  0  7  .095  .095  .143  0 | 538 173 18  .322  .900  12
*Buddy Hassett       3   9  1  3  1  0  0   2  0  1  .333  .333  .444  0 | 538 153  5  .284  .689   5
*Charlie Keller      5  20  2  4  0  0  2   5  1  3  .200  .238  .500  0 | 544 159 26  .292  .930  14
 Jerry Priddy        3  10  0  1  1  0  0   1  1  0  .100  .182  .200  0 | 189  53  2  .280  .766   0
 Phil Rizzuto        5  21  2  8  0  0  1   1  2  1  .381  .435  .524  2 | 553 157  4  .284  .717  22
*Red Rolfe           4  17  5  6  2  0  0   0  1  2  .353  .389  .471  0 | 265  58  8  .219  .636   1
 Buddy Rosar         1   1  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  0 1.000 1.000 1.000  0 | 209  48  2  .230  .594   1
 Red Ruffing         4   9  0  2  0  0  0   0  0  2  .222  .222  .222  0 |  80  20  1  .250  .640   0
*George Selkirk      1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  78  15  0  .192  .561   0
 Tuck Stainback      2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  10   2  0  .200  .400   0
*Jim Turner          1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |+  2   0  0  .000  .000   0
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               5 178 18 44  6  0  3  14  8 22  .247  .280  .331  3 |        108  .269  .737  69

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Series Pitching Stats

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St. Louis Cardinals

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Johnny Beazley      2   2.50 2-0  0  2 18.0 17  5  3  6 | 21-6  215  2.13  1.18  91  3
 Mort Cooper         2   5.54 0-1  0  0 13.0 17  8  4  9 | 22-7  279  1.78  0.99 152   
*Ernie White         1   0.00 1-0  0  1  9.0  6  0  0  6 |  7-5  128  2.52  1.20  67  2
*Max Lanier          2   0.00 1-0  0  0  4.0  3  0  1  1 | 13-8  161  2.96  1.22  93  2
 Harry Gumbert       2   0.00 0-0  0  0  0.7  1  0  0  0 |  9-5  163  3.26  1.32  52  5
*Howie Pollet        1   0.00 0-0  0  0  0.3  0  0  0  0 |  7-5  109  2.88  1.29  42   
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   2.60 4-1  0  3 45.0 44 13  8 22 |            2.55 1.180   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

New York Yankees

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Red Ruffing         2   4.08 1-1  0  1 17.7 14  8  7 11 | 14-7  194  3.21  1.16  80   
 Tiny Bonham         2   4.09 0-1  0  1 11.0  9  5  3  3 | 21-5  226  2.27  0.99  71   
 Spud Chandler       2   1.08 0-1  1  0  8.3  5  1  1  3 | 16-5  201  2.38  1.25  74   
 Hank Borowy         1  18.00 0-0  0  0  3.0  6  6  3  1 | 15-4  178  2.52  1.25  85  1
 Atley Donald        1   6.00 0-1  0  0  3.0  3  2  2  1 | 11-3  148  3.11  1.21  53   
 Jim Turner          1   0.00 0-0  0  0  1.0  0  0  1  0 |+ 1-1   10  4.35  1.26   2  1
 Marv Breuer         1    inf 0-0  0  0  0.0  2  0  0  0 |  8-9  164  3.07  1.18  72  1
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   4.50 1-4  1  2 44.0 39 22 17 19 |            2.91 1.230   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

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