1920 St. Louis Cardinals season
St. Louis, Missouri | ||
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Record | 75–79 (.487) | |
League place | 5th | |
Owners | Sam Breadon | |
Managers | Branch Rickey | |
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The 1920
Regular season
Rogers Hornsby became a full-time second baseman. Hornsby won the first of his seven batting titles with a .370 batting average, and he also led the league in on-base percentage (.431), slugging percentage (.559), hits (218), total bases (329), doubles (44), and RBI (94). From a fielding perspective, Hornsby led the league in putouts, assists, and double plays.
Season standings
National League | W
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L
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Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Brooklyn Robins | 93 | 61 | 0.604 | — | 49–29 | 44–32 |
New York Giants | 86 | 68 | 0.558 | 7 | 45–35 | 41–33 |
Cincinnati Reds | 82 | 71 | 0.536 | 10½ | 42–34 | 40–37 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 79 | 75 | 0.513 | 14 | 42–35 | 37–40 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 75 | 79 | 0.487 | 18 | 38–38 | 37–41 |
Chicago Cubs | 75 | 79 | 0.487 | 18 | 43–34 | 32–45 |
Boston Braves | 62 | 90 | 0.408 | 30 | 36–37 | 26–53 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 62 | 91 | 0.405 | 30½ | 32–45 | 30–46 |
Record vs. opponents
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
Boston | — | 8–14–1 | 7–15 | 9–12 | 10–12 | 10–11 | 7–15 | 11–11 | |||||
Brooklyn | 14–8–1 | — | 13–9 | 10–12 | 15–7 | 14–8 | 12–10 | 15–7 | |||||
Chicago | 15–7 | 9–13 | — | 9–13 | 7–15 | 14–8 | 11–11 | 10–12 | |||||
Cincinnati | 12–9 | 12–10 | 13–9 | — | 6–16–1 | 14–8 | 12–10 | 13–9 | |||||
New York | 12–10 | 7–15 | 15–7 | 16–6–1 | — | 12–10 | 13–9 | 11–11 | |||||
Philadelphia | 11–10 | 8–14 | 8–14 | 8–14 | 10–12 | — | 9–13 | 8–14 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 15–7 | 10–12 | 11–11 | 10–12 | 9–13 | 13–9 | — | 11–11–1 | |||||
St. Louis | 11–11 | 7–15 | 12–10 | 9–13 | 11–11 | 14–8 | 11–11–1 | — |
Roster
1920 St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||
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Pitchers | Catchers
Infielders |
Outfielders | Manager |
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 | Verne Clemons | 112 | 338 | 95 | .281 | 1 | 36 |
1B | Jack Fournier | 141 | 530 | 162 | .306 | 3 | 61 |
2B | Rogers Hornsby | 149 | 589 | 218 | .370 | 9 | 94 |
SS | Doc Lavan | 142 | 516 | 149 | .289 | 1 | 63 |
3B | Milt Stock | 155 | 639 | 204 | .319 | 0 | 76 |
OF | Cliff Heathcote | 133 | 489 | 139 | .284 | 3 | 56 |
OF | Austin McHenry | 137 | 504 | 142 | .282 | 10 | 65 |
OF | Joe Schultz | 99 | 320 | 84 | .263 | 0 | 32 |
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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Jack Smith | 91 | 313 | 104 | .332 | 1 | 28 |
Hal Janvrin | 87 | 270 | 74 | .274 | 1 | 28 |
Pickles Dillhoefer | 76 | 224 | 59 | .263 | 0 | 13 |
Burt Shotton | 62 | 180 | 41 | .228 | 1 | 12 |
Mike Knode | 42 | 65 | 15 | .231 | 0 | 12 |
Heinie Mueller | 4 | 22 | 7 | .318 | 0 | 1 |
Lew McCarty | 5 | 7 | 2 | .286 | 0 | 0 |
Tim Griesenbeck | 5 | 3 | 1 | .333 | 0 | 0 |
George Gilham | 1 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Bill Schindler | 1 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Ed Hock | 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 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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Jesse Haines | 47 | 301.2 | 13 | 20 | 2.98 | 120 |
Bill Doak | 39 | 270.0 | 20 | 12 | 2.53 | 90 |
Ferdie Schupp | 38 | 250.2 | 16 | 13 | 3.52 | 119 |
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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Marv Goodwin | 32 | 116.1 | 3 | 8 | 4.95 | 23 |
Lou North | 24 | 88.0 | 3 | 2 | 3.27 | 37 |
Elmer Jacobs | 23 | 77.2 | 4 | 8 | 5.21 | 21 |
Jakie May | 16 | 70.2 | 1 | 4 | 3.06 | 33 |
Mike Kircher | 9 | 36.2 | 2 | 1 | 5.40 | 5 |
George Lyons | 7 | 23.1 | 2 | 1 | 3.09 | 5 |
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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Bill Sherdel | 43 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 3.28 | 74 |
Hal Kime | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.57 | 1 |
George Scott | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 |
Walt Schulz | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 0 |
Bob Glenn | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
Oscar Tuero | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54.00 | 0 |
Farm system
- Class B: Houston Buffaloes (Texas League; Jewel Ens, manager)
- Class D: Fort Smith Twins (Western Association; Boss Schmidt, manager)[1]
References
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
External links
- 1920 St. Louis Cardinals season at Baseball Reference
- 1920 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com