1944 World Series

Another all-Missouri World Series was played 41 years later, with the Kansas City Royals defeating the Cardinals in seven games.

Coincidentally, this World Series was played the same year Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer released the musical film Meet Me in St. Louis.

This is currently the earliest World Series in which one of the teams (St. Louis Browns), has had no personnel elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

[4] The top team in the American League was the St. Louis Browns, who collectively batted .252 en route to their only pennant in 52 seasons.

The team squeaked into first place by winning 11 out of their final 12 games, including the last 4 in a row over the defending champion New York Yankees.

The last victory, combined with Detroit's loss to Washington, enabled St. Louis to finish one game ahead of the Tigers in the American League.

NL St. Louis Cardinals (4) vs. AL St. Louis Browns (2) George McQuinn hit the Browns' only home run of the series to put his team ahead in the fourth inning, while Denny Galehouse outpitched World Series veteran Mort Cooper, who allowed only two hits, to hold on for the win.

For Game 6, it was Max Lanier and Ted Wilks (who both had 17 wins and shared a 2.65 ERA) that wrote the final chapter to the Browns' "Cinderella season" with a 3–1 victory that wrapped up the Cardinals' second Series title in three years.

Ted Wilks was brilliant in relief, retiring all 11 Browns he faced, clinching the Cardinals' fifth World Series title.