# 1941 St. Louis Cardinals season

The 1941 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 60th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 50th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 97–56 during the season and finished second in the National League.

## Offseason

* Prior to 1941 season (exact date unknown)
** Hal Rice was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cardinals.
** Tommy Glaviano was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cardinals.
** Chuck Diering was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cardinals.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | 100 | 54 | .649 | — | 52‍–‍25 | 48‍–‍29 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 97 | 56 | .634 | 2½ | 53‍–‍24 | 44‍–‍32 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 88 | 66 | .571 | 12 | 45‍–‍34 | 43‍–‍32 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 81 | 73 | .526 | 19 | 45‍–‍32 | 36‍–‍41 |
| New York Giants | 74 | 79 | .484 | 25½ | 38‍–‍39 | 36‍–‍40 |
| Chicago Cubs | 70 | 84 | .455 | 30 | 38‍–‍39 | 32‍–‍45 |
| Boston Braves | 62 | 92 | .403 | 38 | 32‍–‍44 | 30‍–‍48 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 43 | 111 | .279 | 57 | 23‍–‍52 | 20‍–‍59 |

### Record vs. opponents

1941 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL |
| Boston | — | 4–18–2 | 11–11 | 9–13 | 6–16 | 14–8 | 10–12 | 8–14 |
| Brooklyn | 18–4–2 | — | 13–9 | 14–8 | 14–8 | 18–4 | 12–10 | 11–11–1 |
| Chicago | 11–11 | 9–13 | — | 8–14 | 9–13 | 14–8–1 | 9–13 | 10–12 |
| Cincinnati | 13–9 | 8–14 | 14–8 | — | 15–7 | 16–6 | 12–10 | 10–12 |
| New York | 16–6 | 8–14 | 13–9 | 7–15 | — | 16–6 | 8–14–2 | 6–15–1 |
| Philadelphia | 8–14 | 4–18 | 8–14–1 | 6–16 | 6–16 | — | 6–16 | 5–17 |
| Pittsburgh | 12–10 | 10–12 | 13–9 | 10–12 | 14–8–2 | 16–6 | — | 6–16 |
| St. Louis | 14–8 | 11–11–1 | 12–10 | 12–10 | 15–6–1 | 17–5 | 16–6 | — |

### Notable transactions

* June 21, 1941: Jimmy Ripple was purchased by the Cardinals from the Cincinnati Reds.
* September 2, 1941: Hank Gornicki was purchased from the Cardinals by the Chicago Cubs.
* September 22, 1941: The purchase of Hank Gornicki's contract from the Cardinals by the Cubs was voided, and Gornicki was returned to the Cardinals.

### Roster
## Player stats
### Batting
#### Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| C | Gus Mancuso | 106 | 328 | 75 | .229 | 2 | 37 |
| 1B | Johnny Mize | 126 | 473 | 150 | .317 | 16 | 100 |
| 2B | Creepy Crespi | 146 | 560 | 156 | .279 | 4 | 46 |
| SS | Marty Marion | 155 | 547 | 138 | .252 | 3 | 58 |
| 3B | Jimmy Brown | 132 | 549 | 168 | .306 | 3 | 56 |
| OF | Enos Slaughter | 113 | 425 | 132 | .311 | 13 | 76 |
| OF | Johnny Hopp | 134 | 445 | 135 | .303 | 4 | 50 |
| OF | Terry Moore | 122 | 493 | 145 | .294 | 6 | 68 |

#### Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| Don Padgett | 107 | 324 | 80 | .247 | 5 | 44 |
| Walker Cooper | 68 | 200 | 49 | .245 | 1 | 20 |
| Coaker Triplett | 76 | 185 | 53 | .286 | 3 | 21 |
| Estel Crabtree | 77 | 167 | 57 | .341 | 5 | 28 |
| Eddie Lake | 45 | 76 | 8 | .105 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Mesner | 24 | 69 | 10 | .145 | 0 | 10 |
| Stan Musial | 12 | 47 | 20 | .426 | 1 | 7 |
| Ernie Koy | 13 | 40 | 8 | .200 | 2 | 4 |
| Harry Walker | 7 | 15 | 4 | .267 | 0 | 1 |
| Erv Dusak | 6 | 14 | 2 | .143 | 0 | 3 |
| Walter Sessi | 5 | 13 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Whitey Kurowski | 5 | 9 | 3 | .333 | 0 | 2 |
| Pep Young | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Chip Marshall | 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 0 | 0 |

### Pitching
#### Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Lon Warneke | 37 | 246.0 | 17 | 9 | 3.15 | 83 |
| Ernie White | 32 | 210.0 | 17 | 7 | 2.40 | 117 |
| Mort Cooper | 29 | 186.2 | 13 | 9 | 3.91 | 118 |
| Max Lanier | 35 | 153.0 | 10 | 8 | 2.82 | 93 |
| Harry Gumbert | 33 | 144.0 | 11 | 5 | 2.74 | 53 |
| Howie Pollet | 9 | 70.0 | 5 | 2 | 1.93 | 37 |
| Johnny Beazley | 1 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | 4 |

#### Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Howie Krist | 37 | 114.0 | 10 | 0 | 4.03 | 36 |
| Sam Nahem | 26 | 81.2 | 5 | 2 | 2.98 | 31 |
| Clyde Shoun | 26 | 70.0 | 3 | 5 | 5.66 | 34 |
| Bill Crouch | 18 | 45.0 | 1 | 2 | 3.00 | 15 |
| Bill McGee | 4 | 14.0 | 0 | 1 | 5.14 | 2 |
| Johnny Grodzicki | 5 | 13.1 | 2 | 1 | 1.35 | 10 |
| Hank Gornicki | 4 | 11.1 | 1 | 0 | 3.18 | 6 |

#### Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| Ira Hutchinson | 29 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3.86 | 19 |
| Hersh Lyons | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AA | Columbus Red Birds | American Association | Burt Shotton |
| AA | Rochester Red Wings | International League | Tony Kaufmann |
| AA | Sacramento Solons | Pacific Coast League | Pepper Martin |
| A1 | New Orleans Pelicans | Southern Association | Ray Blades |
| A1 | Houston Buffaloes | Texas League | Eddie Dyer |
| B | Decatur Commodores | Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League | Dib Williams |
| B | Asheville Tourists | Piedmont League | Nick Cullop |
| B | Columbus Red Birds | Sally League | Clay Hopper |
| B | Mobile Shippers | Southeastern League | Tommy West |
| C | Fresno Cardinals | California League | George Silvey |
| C | Springfield Cardinals | Middle Atlantic League | Walter Alston |
| C | Duluth Dukes | Northern League | Joe Davis |
| C | Pocatello Cardinals | Pioneer League | Bill DeLancey |
| C | Springfield Cardinals | Western Association | Ollie Vanek |
| D | Johnson City Cardinals | Appalachian League | John Morrow and Harold Michel |
| D | Cambridge Canners | Eastern Shore League | Everett Johnston |
| D | New Iberia Cardinals | Evangeline League | Johnny Keane |
| D | Daytona Beach Islanders | Florida State League | Bunny Simmons |
| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| D | Albany Cardinals | Georgia–Florida League | Joe Cusick |
| D | Union City Greyhounds | KITTY League | Charles Martin and Fred Hawn |
| D | Williamson Red Birds | Mountain State League | Harrison Wickel |
| D | Cooleemee Cards | North Carolina State League | Fred Hawn and Charles Martin |
| D | Batesville Pilots | Northeast Arkansas League | Ernie Stefani and Jim Winford |
| D | Washington Red Birds | Pennsylvania State Association | Herb Moore |
| D | Hamilton Red Wings | PONY League | Roy Pfleger |
| D | Sioux City Cowboys | Western League | Dick Tichasek |