# 1940 St. Louis Cardinals season

The 1940 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 59th season in St. Louis, Missouri and 49th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 84–69 during the season and finished third in the National League.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Cincinnati Reds | 100 | 53 | .654 | — | 55‍–‍21 | 45‍–‍32 |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | 88 | 65 | .575 | 12 | 41‍–‍37 | 47‍–‍28 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 84 | 69 | .549 | 16 | 41‍–‍36 | 43‍–‍33 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 78 | 76 | .506 | 22½ | 40‍–‍34 | 38‍–‍42 |
| Chicago Cubs | 75 | 79 | .487 | 25½ | 40‍–‍37 | 35‍–‍42 |
| New York Giants | 72 | 80 | .474 | 27½ | 33‍–‍43 | 39‍–‍37 |
| Boston Bees | 65 | 87 | .428 | 34½ | 35‍–‍40 | 30‍–‍47 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 50 | 103 | .327 | 50 | 24‍–‍55 | 26‍–‍48 |

### Record vs. opponents

1940 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL |
| Boston | — | 9–13 | 8–14 | 9–12 | 7–15 | 15–6 | 9–13 | 8–14 |
| Brooklyn | 13–9 | — | 10–12 | 8–14–1 | 16–5 | 17–5 | 15–7–1 | 9–13–1 |
| Chicago | 14–8 | 12–10 | — | 6–16 | 12–10 | 12–10 | 11–11 | 8–14 |
| Cincinnati | 12–9 | 14–8–1 | 16–6 | — | 15–7 | 15–7 | 16–6 | 12–10–1 |
| New York | 15–7 | 5–16 | 10–12 | 7–15 | — | 12–10 | 12–10 | 11–10 |
| Philadelphia | 6–15 | 5–17 | 10–12 | 7–15 | 10–12 | — | 6–16 | 6–16 |
| Pittsburgh | 13–9 | 7–15–1 | 11–11 | 6–16 | 10–12 | 16–6 | — | 15–7–1 |
| St. Louis | 14–8 | 13–9–1 | 14–8 | 10–12–1 | 10–11 | 16–6 | 7–15–1 | — |

### 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 | Mickey Owen | 117 | 307 | 81 | .264 | 0 | 27 |
| 1B | Johnny Mize | 155 | 579 | 182 | .314 | 43 | 137 |
| 2B | Joe Orengo | 129 | 415 | 119 | .287 | 7 | 56 |
| SS | Marty Marion | 125 | 435 | 121 | .278 | 3 | 46 |
| 3B | Stu Martin | 112 | 369 | 88 | .238 | 4 | 32 |
| OF | Enos Slaughter | 140 | 516 | 158 | .306 | 17 | 73 |
| OF | Ernie Koy | 93 | 348 | 108 | .310 | 8 | 52 |
| OF | Terry Moore | 136 | 537 | 163 | .304 | 17 | 64 |

#### 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 |
| Jimmy Brown | 107 | 454 | 127 | .280 | 0 | 30 |
| Don Padgett | 93 | 240 | 58 | .242 | 6 | 41 |
| Pepper Martin | 86 | 228 | 72 | .316 | 3 | 39 |
| Joe Medwick | 37 | 158 | 48 | .304 | 3 | 20 |
| Johnny Hopp | 80 | 152 | 41 | .270 | 1 | 14 |
| Don Gutteridge | 69 | 108 | 29 | .269 | 3 | 14 |
| Eddie Lake | 32 | 66 | 14 | .212 | 2 | 7 |
| Harry Walker | 7 | 27 | 5 | .185 | 0 | 6 |
| Carden Gillenwater | 7 | 25 | 4 | .160 | 0 | 5 |
| Walker Cooper | 6 | 19 | 6 | .316 | 0 | 2 |
| Bill DeLancey | 15 | 18 | 4 | .222 | 0 | 2 |
| Hal Epps | 11 | 15 | 3 | .200 | 0 | 1 |
| Red Jones | 12 | 11 | 1 | .091 | 0 | 1 |
| Creepy Crespi | 3 | 11 | 3 | .273 | 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 | 33 | 232.0 | 16 | 10 | 3.14 | 85 |
| Mort Cooper | 38 | 230.2 | 11 | 12 | 3.63 | 95 |
| Bill McGee | 38 | 218.0 | 16 | 10 | 3.80 | 78 |
| Murry Dickson | 1 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 16.20 | 0 |

#### 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 |
| Clyde Shoun | 54 | 197.1 | 13 | 11 | 3.92 | 82 |
| Bob Bowman | 28 | 114.1 | 7 | 5 | 4.33 | 43 |
| Max Lanier | 35 | 105.0 | 9 | 6 | 3.34 | 49 |
| Carl Doyle | 21 | 81.0 | 3 | 3 | 5.89 | 44 |
| Curt Davis | 14 | 54.0 | 0 | 4 | 5.17 | 12 |
| Ernie White | 8 | 21.2 | 1 | 1 | 4.15 | 15 |
| Newt Kimball | 2 | 14.0 | 1 | 0 | 2.57 | 6 |
| Gene Lillard | 2 | 4.2 | 0 | 1 | 13.50 | 2 |

#### 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 |
| Jack Russell | 26 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2.50 | 16 |
| Ira Hutchinson | 20 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3.13 | 19 |
| Harry Brecheen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 |
| Bob Weiland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 0 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AA | Columbus Red Birds | American Association | Burt Shotton |
| AA | Rochester Red Wings | International League | Billy Southworth, Estel Crabtree, Mike Ryba and Tony Kaufmann |
| AA | Sacramento Solons | Pacific Coast League | Benny Borgmann |
| A1 | New Orleans Pelicans | Southern Association | Hal Anderson |
| A1 | Houston Buffaloes | Texas League | Eddie Dyer |
| B | Decatur Commodores | Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League | Tony Kaufmann, Boyce Morrow and Lou Scoffic |
| B | Allentown Wings | Interstate League | Val Picinich and Bob Barr |
| B | Asheville Tourists | Piedmont League | Tommy West |
| B | Columbus Red Birds | Sally League | Clay Hopper |
| B | Mobile Shippers | Southeastern League | Johnny Keane |
| C | Albuquerque Cardinals | Arizona–Texas League | Jack Farmer |
| C | Kilgore Boomers | East Texas League | Jimmy Dalrymple |
| C | Lansing Lancers | Michigan State League | Jess Altenburg |
| C | Portsmouth Red Birds | Middle Atlantic League | Dutch Dorman and Walter Alston |
| C | Pocatello Cardinals | Pioneer League | Ken Penner |
| C | Springfield Cardinals | Western Association | George Silvey and Ollie Vanek |
| D | Johnson City Cardinals | Appalachian League | Ollie Vanek and George Silvey |
| D | Siloam Springs Cardinals | Arkansas–Missouri League | Herb Moore |
| D | Cambridge Canners | Eastern Shore League | Hugh Poland |
| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| D | Daytona Beach Islanders | Florida State League | Dickey Kerr |
| D | Albany Cardinals | Georgia–Florida League | Joe Cusick |
| D | Union City Greyhounds | KITTY League | Charles Martin |
| D | Williamson Red Birds | Mountain State League | Harrison Wickel |
| D | Cooleemee Cards | North Carolina State League | Boyce Morrow and Dutch Dorman |
| D | Caruthersville/Batesville Pilots | Northeast Arkansas League | Ernie Stefani |
| D | Duluth Dukes | Northern League | Joe Davis |
| D | Fostoria Red Birds | Ohio State League | Robert Jones |
| D | Washington Red Birds | Pennsylvania State Association | Bunny Simmons |
| D | Hamilton Red Wings | PONY League | Fred Lucas |
| D | Gastonia Cardinals | Tar Heel League | Milt Bocek |
| D | Worthington Cardinals | Western League | George Payne |