The 1948 St. Louis Cardinals team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1948 season. It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season. Every player's name links to their career statistics.
Below the main roster you will find in the Fast Facts section: a 1948 St. Louis Cardinals Opening Day starters list, a 1948 St. Louis Cardinals salary list, a 1948 St. Louis Cardinals uniform number breakdown and a 1948 St. Louis Cardinals primary starters list. Research by Baseball Almanac.
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# | Pitchers | Height | Weight | Throws | Bats | Date Of Birth |
37 | Clarence Beers | 6-00 | 175 | Right | Right | 1918-12-09 |
27 | Al Brazle | 6-02 | 185 | Left | Left | 1913-10-19 |
31 | Harry Brecheen | 5-10 | 160 | Left | Left | 1914-10-14 |
10 | Ken Burkhart | 6-01 | 190 | Right | Right | 1916-11-18 |
22 | Murry Dickson | 5-10½ | 157 | Right | Right | 1916-08-21 |
34 | Jim Hearn | 6-03 | 205 | Right | Right | 1921-04-11 |
35 | Ken Johnson | 6-01 | 185 | Left | Left | 1923-01-14 |
20 | Red Munger | 6-02 | 200 | Right | Right | 1918-10-04 |
36 | Al Papai | 6-03 | 185 | Right | Right | 1917-05-07 |
11 | Howie Pollet | 6-01½ | 175 | Left | Left | 1921-06-26 |
14 | Gerry Staley | 6-00 | 195 | Right | Right | 1920-08-21 |
28 | Ted Wilks | 5-09½ | 178 | Right | Right | 1915-11-13 |
39 | Ray Yochim | 6-01 | 170 | Right | Right | 1922-07-19 |
# | Catchers | Height | Weight | Throws | Bats | Date Of Birth |
15 | Bill Baker | 6-00 | 200 | Right | Right | 1911-02-22 |
24 | Johnny Bucha | 5-11 | 190 | Right | Right | 1925-01-22 |
17 | Joe Garagiola | 6-00 | 190 | Right | Left | 1926-02-12 |
18 | Del Rice | 6-02 | 190 | Right | Right | 1922-10-27 |
23 | Del Wilber | 6-03 | 200 | Right | Right | 1919-02-24 |
# | Infielders | Height | Weight | Throws | Bats | Date Of Birth |
19 | Nippy Jones | 6-01 | 185 | Right | Right | 1925-06-29 |
12 | Eddie Kazak | 6-00 | 175 | Right | Right | 1920-07-18 |
1 | Whitey Kurowski | 5-11 | 193 | Right | Right | 1918-04-19 |
29 | Don Lang | 6-00 | 175 | Right | Right | 1915-03-15 |
16 | Ralph LaPointe | 5-11 | 185 | Right | Right | 1922-01-08 |
4 | Marty Marion | 6-02 | 170 | Right | Right | 1916-12-01 |
2 | Red Schoendienst | 6-00 | 170 | Right | Both | 1923-02-02 |
10 | Babe Young | 6-02½ | 185 | Left | Left | 1915-07-01 |
3 | Bobby Young | 6-01 | 175 | Right | Left | 1925-01-22 |
# | Outfielders | Height | Weight | Throws | Bats | Date Of Birth |
32 | Chuck Diering | 5-10 | 165 | Right | Right | 1923-02-05 |
7 | Erv Dusak | 6-02 | 185 | Right | Right | 1920-07-29 |
21, 12 | Joe Medwick | 5-10 | 187 | Right | Right | 1911-11-24 |
8 | Terry Moore | 5-11 | 195 | Right | Right | 1912-05-27 |
6 | Stan Musial | 6-00 | 175 | Left | Left | 1920-11-21 |
5 | Ron Northey | 5-10 | 195 | Right | Left | 1920-04-26 |
21 | Hal Rice | 6-01 | 195 | Right | Left | 1924-02-11 |
9 | Enos Slaughter | 5-09 | 192 | Right | Left | 1916-04-27 |
# | Other Positions | Height | Weight | Throws | Bats | Date Of Birth |
3 | Jeff Cross | 5-11 | 160 | Right | Right | 1918-08-28 |
41 | Larry Miggins | 6-04 | 198 | Right | Right | 1925-08-20 |
# | Pitchers | Height | Weight | Throws | Bats | Date Of Birth |
1948 St. Louis Cardinals Roster | Research by Baseball Almanac |
The 1948 St. Louis Cardinals played 154 games during the regular season, won 85 games, lost 69 games, and finished in second position. They played their home games at Sportsman's Park III (Park Factors: 106/103) where 1,111,440 fans witnessed their 1948 Cardinals finish the season with a .552 winning percentage.
Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a unique set of rosters not easily found on the Internet. Included, where data is available, is a 1948 St. Louis Cardinals Opening Day starters list, a 1948 St. Louis Cardinals salary list, a 1948 St. Louis Cardinals uniform number breakdown and a 1948 St. Louis Cardinals primary starters list:
Did you know that a 1948 St. Louis Cardinals Schedule is available and it includes dates of every game played, scores of every game played, a cumulative record, and many hard to find splits (Monthly Splits, Team vs Team Splits & Score Related Splits)?