1917 St. Louis Cardinals season
St. Louis, Missouri | ||
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Record | 82–70 (.539) | |
League place | 3rd | |
Owners | Sam Breadon | |
Managers | Miller Huggins | |
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The 1917
Regular season
Rogers Hornsby began to establish himself as an elite hitter. Hornsby had a .327 batting average which was second in the league. He led the league in triples (17), total bases (253), and slugging percentage (.484).
Season standings
National League | W
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L
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Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Giants | 98 | 56 | 0.636 | — | 50–28 | 48–28 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 87 | 65 | 0.572 | 10 | 46–29 | 41–36 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 82 | 70 | 0.539 | 15 | 38–38 | 44–32 |
Cincinnati Reds | 78 | 76 | 0.506 | 20 | 39–38 | 39–38 |
Chicago Cubs | 74 | 80 | 0.481 | 24 | 35–42 | 39–38 |
Boston Braves | 72 | 81 | 0.471 | 25½ | 35–42 | 37–39 |
Brooklyn Robins | 70 | 81 | 0.464 | 26½ | 36–38 | 34–43 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 51 | 103 | 0.331 | 47 | 25–53 | 26–50 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
Boston | — | 13–9–1 | 11–11 | 10–12–2 | 7–15 | 11–11 | 14–8 | 6–15–1 | |||||
Brooklyn | 9–13–1 | — | 7–15 | 10–12 | 9–13–2 | 9–11–1 | 16–6–1 | 10–11 | |||||
Chicago | 11–11 | 15–7 | — | 8–14–1 | 7–15–1 | 6–16–1 | 17–5 | 10–12 | |||||
Cincinnati | 12–10–2 | 12–10 | 14–8–1 | — | 11–11 | 8–14 | 12–10 | 9–13 | |||||
New York | 15–7 | 13–9–2 | 15–7–1 | 11–11 | — | 14–8 | 16–6–1 | 14–8 | |||||
Philadelphia | 11–11 | 11–9–1 | 16–6–1 | 14–8 | 8–14 | — | 14–8 | 13–9 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 8–14 | 6–16–1 | 5–17 | 10–12 | 6–16–1 | 8–14 | — | 8–14–1 | |||||
St. Louis | 15–6–1 | 11–10 | 12–10 | 13–9 | 8–14 | 9–13 | 14–8–1 | — |
Roster
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Pitchers | Catchers
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Outfielders | Manager
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Player stats
Batting
Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Frank Snyder | 115 | 313 | 74 | .236 | 1 | 33 |
1B | Gene Paulette | 95 | 332 | 88 | .265 | 0 | 34 |
2B | Dots Miller | 148 | 544 | 135 | .248 | 2 | 45 |
SS | Rogers Hornsby | 145 | 523 | 171 | .327 | 8 | 66 |
3B | Doug Baird | 104 | 364 | 92 | .253 | 0 | 24 |
OF | Jack Smith | 137 | 462 | 137 | .297 | 3 | 34 |
OF | Tom Long | 144 | 530 | 123 | .232 | 3 | 41 |
OF | Walton Cruise | 153 | 529 | 156 | .295 | 5 | 59 |
Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Bruno Betzel | 106 | 328 | 71 | .216 | 1 | 17 |
Mike González | 106 | 290 | 76 | .262 | 1 | 28 |
Fred Smith | 56 | 165 | 30 | .182 | 1 | 17 |
Bob Bescher | 42 | 110 | 17 | .155 | 1 | 8 |
Red Smyth | 38 | 72 | 15 | .208 | 0 | 4 |
Paddy Livingston | 7 | 20 | 4 | .200 | 0 | 2 |
John Brock | 7 | 15 | 6 | .400 | 0 | 2 |
Tony DeFate | 14 | 14 | 2 | .143 | 0 | 1 |
Bobby Wallace | 8 | 10 | 1 | .100 | 0 | 2 |
Stuffy Stewart | 13 | 9 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Ike McAuley | 3 | 7 | 2 | .286 | 0 | 1 |
Jack Roche | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Bill Doak | 44 | 281.1 | 16 | 20 | 3.10 | 111 |
Lee Meadows | 43 | 265.2 | 15 | 9 | 3.08 | 100 |
Marv Goodwin | 14 | 85.1 | 6 | 4 | 2.21 | 38 |
Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Red Ames | 43 | 209.0 | 15 | 10 | 2.71 | 62 |
Milt Watson | 41 | 161.1 | 10 | 13 | 3.51 | 45 |
Gene Packard | 34 | 153.1 | 9 | 6 | 2.47 | 44 |
Oscar Horstmann | 35 | 138.2 | 9 | 4 | 3.44 | 50 |
Bob Steele | 12 | 42.0 | 1 | 3 | 3.21 | 23 |
Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Jakie May | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.38 | 18 |
Lou North | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.97 | 4 |
George Pierce | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.48 | 4 |
Bruce Hitt | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 |
Tim Murchison | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 |
External links
- 1917 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Reference
- 1917 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com