1942 World Series
The 1942 World Series featured the defending champion New York Yankees against the St. Louis Cardinals, with the Cardinals winning the Series in five games for their first championship since 1934 and their fourth overall.
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| Dates | September 30 – October 5 | |||||||||
| Venue | Sportsman's Park (St. Louis) Yankee Stadium (New York) | |||||||||
| Umpires | George Magerkurth (NL), Bill Summers (AL), George Barr (NL), Cal Hubbard (AL) | |||||||||
| Hall of Famers | Umpire: Cal Hubbard Cardinals: Billy Southworth (mgr.) Enos Slaughter Stan Musial Yankees: Joe McCarthy (mgr.) Bill Dickey Joe DiMaggio Joe Gordon Phil Rizzuto Red Ruffing | |||||||||
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| Radio | Mutual | |||||||||
| Radio announcers | Red Barber and Mel Allen | |||||||||
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The 1942 Cardinals set a franchise record for victories with 106. Every Cardinal—except for Harry Gumbert—was a product of the team's farm system, which had been put in place by Branch Rickey.
The Yankees won Game 1 despite a Cardinals rally, but the Cardinals swept the rest. The loss was the Yankees' first since the 1926 World Series, also to the Cardinals. They had won eight Series in the interim (a record for most consecutive series won between losses) and had won 32 out of 36 World Series games in that period, including five sweeps (1927 vs. the Pirates, 1928 vs. the Cardinals, 1932 and 1938 vs. the Cubs and 1939 vs. the Reds).