1942 Official Record Book Page of Sportsman's Park, St. Louis Baseball
The page from the 1942 Sporting News Baseball Record Book features a statistical overview of players and teams during that era, specifically focusing on the St. Louis Cardinals and the St. Louis Browns, who both played at Sportsman’s Park in St. Louis, Missouri. The statistical table includes player names, clubs, games played, at-bats, runs, hits, triples, doubles, home runs, and stolen bases for various players across different teams. Key names listed include Silvestri, Kennedy, and Bloodworth, among others. The page also contains a diagram of Sportsman’s Park, detailing the dimensions of the outfield, with left field at 354 feet, center field at 425 feet, and right field at 310 feet. The information presented reflects the competitive landscape of Major League Baseball in the early 1940s, capturing performance metrics of players representative of that time.