1944 world series

He lasted only three innings giving up four runs. The 1944 World Series was an all-St. Louis World Series, matching up the St. Louis Cardinals and St. Louis Browns at Sportsman's Park. From shop HomeTeamSports.

All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. They had great players like George Sisler and Kenny Williams, and the fans who were there were older fans, older men, old-time Brownie fans. Many thanks to him. The funny thing about that World Series (in 1944), the fans were rooting for the Browns, and it kind of surprised me because we drew more fans than the Browns during the season. The Cardinals, somewhat surprisingly, are the last NL team to win 3 consecutive league pennants (1942-1944) That enabled manager George McQuinn hit the Brown's only home run of the series to put his team ahead in the fourth inning, while Denny Galehouse outpitched World Series veteran Mort Cooper to hold on for the win. They only had one .300 hit­ter in out­fielder Mike Kree­vich (who barely made it at .301), one man with 20 home runs, short­stop Vern Stephens (who hit ex­actly 20), and one player over the 85 runs bat­ted in mark, Stephens, who knocked in 109 to lead the le… 1944 World Series; Series Scores. Postseason History; More Postseason Pages. Many of the games' best players were called away for the war, and the result was a seriously depleted pool of talent.Across town, the other Major League team from St. Louis was doing business as usual. - unknown, for minors * - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? The Cardinals were the first franchise with three consecutive 100 win seasons.

1944 World Series The ongoing war between the Allies and Axis powers certainly had an impact on Major League Baseball, but never like it did in 1944. For Game 6, it was Max Lanier and Ted Wilks (who both had seventeen wins and shared a 2.65 ERA), that wrote the final chapter to the Brown's "Cinderella season" with a 3–1 victory that wrapped up the Cardinals' second Series title in three years.

Stan Musial hit a two run homer in the first, and the Browns never recovered. It marked the third and final time in World Series history in which both teams had the same home field (the other two being the 1921 and 1922 World Series in the Polo Grounds in New York City). Mort Cooper recovered from his opening game loss to beat Galehouse with a seven-hit, 2–0 shutout. Brown's starter Sig Jakucki had been away from baseball for five years, but returned to win thirteen games in 1944. * - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? The top team in the Amer­i­can League was the St. Louis Browns, who col­lec­tively bat­ted .252 en route to their only pen­nant in 52 sea­sons.

In making off with their third straight National League pennant (leading by 14½ games over Pittsburgh), manager Billy Southworth's Cardinals had won 105 games and ran their three-year victory total to 316. Blix Donnelly came in as a relief pitcher in the eighth inning, and tallied no runs, two hits and seven strikeouts for the win.

Jack Kramer struck out ten batters on the way to a 6–2 Browns triumph.

For a discussion and evaluation of how much difference this depletion of talent made, see Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. Much of the play-by-play, game results, and transaction information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Win Expectancy, Run Expectancy, and Leverage Index calculations provided by Tom Tango of Total Zone Rating and initial framework for Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith.Full-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of Many historical player head shots courtesy of David Davis. - unknown, for minors Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free. Many of the games' best players were called away for tours of duty and the result was a seriously depleted pool of talent. More league info. The 1944 World Series was an all-St. Louis World Series, matching the St. Louis Cardinals and St. Louis Browns at Sportsman's Park. It marked only the third time in World Series history in which both teams had the same home field, Sportsman's Park (the other two being the 1921 and 1922 in the Polo Grounds). We present them here for purely educational purposes. 1944 saw perhaps the nadir of 20th-century baseball, as the long-moribund St. Louis Browns won their only American League pennant. 1944 ST LOUIS BROWNS Poster Decor Gift Wall Art 1944 World Series Team 17 x 11 Baseball Card Xmas Birthday Fan Gift Man Cave Decor HomeTeamSports.

All images are property the copyright holder and are displayed here for informational purposes only. 5 out of 5 stars (989) 989 reviews $ 19.95 FREE shipping Only 2 available and it's in 1 person's cart. The fans were rooting for the underdog, and I was surprised about that, but after you analyze the situation in St. Louis, the Browns in the old days had good clubs. In the Cardinals' 1942–1944 stranglehold on the National League championship, Cooper had won 65 games and thrown 23 shutouts. The St. Louis Browns had been members of the American League since 1902, but it took a World War for them to finally reach the World Series. 1944 World Series St. Louis Cardinals over St. Louis Browns (4-2) 1943 WS 1945 WS. But it was a tough series. The Series was also known as the "Streetcar Series", or the "St. Louis Showdown."

1944 World Series. Dates: October 4 - 9, 1944. Many of the game's best play­ers were called away for World War II, and the re­sult was a se­ri­ously de­pleted pool of talent.