1942 NL
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The 1942 season of the National League was the sixty-seventh season of the league.
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[edit] Season summary
[edit] Standings
- Bold indicates league champion, Italics indicates World Series champion
| Rank | Team | G | W | L | T | WPCT | GB | RS (RS/G) | RA (RA/G) | AVG | OBP | SLG | ERA | FPCT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St. Louis Cardinals | 156 | 106 | 48 | 2 | .679 | -.- | 755 (4.84) | 482 (3.09) | 0.268 | 0.336 | 0.379 | 2.55 | 0.972 |
| 2 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 155 | 104 | 50 | 1 | .671 | 2.0 | 742 (4.79) | 510 (3.29) | 0.265 | 0.336 | 0.362 | 2.84 | 0.977 |
| 3 | New York Giants | 154 | 85 | 67 | 2 | .552 | 20.0 | 675 (4.38) | 600 (3.90) | 0.254 | 0.326 | 0.361 | 3.31 | 0.977 |
| 4 | Cincinnati Reds | 154 | 76 | 76 | 2 | .494 | 29.0 | 527 (3.42) | 545 (3.54) | 0.231 | 0.296 | 0.321 | 2.82 | 0.972 |
| 5 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 151 | 66 | 81 | 4 | .437 | 36.5 | 585 (3.87) | 631 (4.18) | 0.245 | 0.317 | 0.330 | 3.58 | 0.969 |
| 6 | Chicago Cubs | 155 | 68 | 86 | 1 | .439 | 38.0 | 591 (3.81) | 665 (4.29) | 0.254 | 0.319 | 0.353 | 3.60 | 0.973 |
| 7 | Boston Braves | 150 | 59 | 89 | 2 | .393 | 44.0 | 515 (3.43) | 645 (4.30) | 0.240 | 0.304 | 0.329 | 3.76 | 0.977 |
| 8 | Philadelphia Phillies | 151 | 42 | 109 | 0 | .278 | 62.5 | 394 (2.61) | 706 (4.68) | 0.232 | 0.287 | 0.306 | 4.12 | 0.968 |
[edit] League leaders
- Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record
[edit] Batting
[edit] Pitching
[edit] All-Star Game
The National League lost the tenth midsummer classic at Polo Grounds in New York, NY on Monday, July 6, 1942 by a score of 3 to 1. The league's manager was Leo Durocher.
[edit] Postseason
In the World Series, the National League champion St. Louis Cardinals defeated the American League's New York Yankees, 4 games to 1.
[edit] Award winners
The winner of the league's Most Valuable Player Award, given its Most Valuable Player, was Mort Cooper, a pitcher with the St. Louis Cardinals. In the award's voting, he had 263 out of a possible 336 points and 13 first place votes.
[edit] Hall of Fame Game
The third annual Hall of Fame Game was played on August 3 at Doubleday Field in Cooperstown, NY near the National Baseball Hall of Fame. In the game, the National League's St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Philadelphia Athletics of the American League by a score of 5 to 2.
[edit] Notable events
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