1923 St. Louis Cardinals season
St. Louis, Missouri | ||
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Record | 79–74 (.516) | |
League place | 5th | |
Owners | Sam Breadon | |
Managers | Branch Rickey | |
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The 1923
Regular season
Rogers Hornsby set a major league record of 13 consecutive games with two or more base hits, accomplished July 5 through July 18, 1923.
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 | 95 | 58 | 0.621 | — | 47–30 | 48–28 |
Cincinnati Reds | 91 | 63 | 0.591 | 4½ | 46–32 | 45–31 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 87 | 67 | 0.565 | 8½ | 47–30 | 40–37 |
Chicago Cubs | 83 | 71 | 0.539 | 12½ | 46–31 | 37–40 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 79 | 74 | 0.516 | 16 | 42–35 | 37–39 |
Brooklyn Robins | 76 | 78 | 0.494 | 19½ | 37–40 | 39–38 |
Boston Braves | 54 | 100 | 0.351 | 41½ | 22–55 | 32–45 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 50 | 104 | 0.325 | 45½ | 20–55 | 30–49 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
Boston | — | 8–14 | 6–16 | 7–15 | 6–16 | 13–9 | 5–17 | 9–13–1 | |||||
Brooklyn | 14–8 | — | 10–12 | 8–14 | 11–11 | 12–10–1 | 11–11 | 10–12 | |||||
Chicago | 16–6 | 12–10 | — | 9–13 | 10–12 | 13–9 | 11–11 | 12–10 | |||||
Cincinnati | 15–7 | 14–8 | 13–9 | — | 12–10 | 19–3 | 8–14 | 10–12 | |||||
New York | 16–6 | 11–11 | 12–10 | 10–12 | — | 19–3 | 13–9 | 14–7 | |||||
Philadelphia | 9–13 | 10–12–1 | 9–13 | 3–19 | 3–19 | — | 9–13 | 7–15 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 17–5 | 11–11 | 11–11 | 14–8 | 9–13 | 13–9 | — | 12–10 | |||||
St. Louis | 13–9–1 | 12–10 | 10–12 | 12–10 | 7–14 | 15–7 | 10–12 | — |
Roster
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Outfielders
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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 | Eddie Ainsmith | 82 | 263 | 56 | .213 | 3 | 34 |
1B | Jim Bottomley | 134 | 523 | 194 | .371 | 8 | 94 |
2B | Rogers Hornsby | 107 | 424 | 163 | .384 | 17 | 83 |
SS | Howard Freigau | 113 | 358 | 94 | .263 | 1 | 35 |
3B | Milt Stock | 151 | 603 | 174 | .289 | 2 | 96 |
OF | Hi Myers | 96 | 330 | 99 | .300 | 2 | 48 |
OF | Jack Smith | 124 | 407 | 126 | .310 | 5 | 41 |
OF | Max Flack | 128 | 505 | 147 | .291 | 3 | 28 |
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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Ray Blades | 98 | 317 | 78 | .246 | 5 | 44 |
Specs Toporcer | 97 | 303 | 77 | .254 | 3 | 35 |
Heinie Mueller | 78 | 265 | 91 | .343 | 5 | 41 |
Harry McCurdy | 67 | 185 | 49 | .265 | 0 | 15 |
Verne Clemons | 57 | 130 | 37 | .285 | 0 | 13 |
Doc Lavan | 50 | 111 | 22 | .198 | 1 | 12 |
Leslie Mann | 38 | 89 | 33 | .371 | 5 | 11 |
Les Bell | 15 | 51 | 19 | .373 | 0 | 9 |
Eddie Dyer | 35 | 45 | 12 | .267 | 2 | 5 |
Jake Flowers | 13 | 32 | 3 | .094 | 0 | 2 |
Charlie Niebergall | 9 | 28 | 3 | .107 | 0 | 1 |
Taylor Douthit | 9 | 27 | 5 | .185 | 0 | 0 |
Jimmy Hudgens | 6 | 12 | 3 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
Joe Schultz | 2 | 7 | 2 | .286 | 0 | 1 |
Speed Walker | 2 | 7 | 2 | .286 | 0 | 1 |
George Kopshaw | 2 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
Tige Stone | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 |
Burt Shotton | 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 | 37 | 266.0 | 20 | 13 | 3.11 | 73 |
Bill Sherdel | 39 | 225.0 | 15 | 13 | 4.32 | 78 |
Fred Toney | 29 | 196.2 | 11 | 12 | 3.84 | 48 |
Bill Doak | 30 | 185.0 | 8 | 13 | 3.26 | 53 |
Jeff Pfeffer | 26 | 152.1 | 8 | 9 | 4.02 | 32 |
Eddie Dyer | 4 | 22.0 | 2 | 1 | 4.09 | 7 |
Bill Pertica | 1 | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 0 |
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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Johnny Stuart | 37 | 149.2 | 9 | 5 | 4.27 | 55 |
Epp Sell | 5 | 15.0 | 0 | 1 | 6.00 | 2 |
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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Lou North | 34 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5.15 | 24 |
Clyde Barfoot | 33 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3.73 | 23 |
Fred Wigington | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.24 | 2 |
Tige Stone | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.00 | 1 |
Awards and honors
League leaders
- Rogers Hornsby, National League batting champion
Farm system
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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AA | Syracuse Stars
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International League | Frank Shaughnessy |
A | Houston Buffaloes | Texas League | Hunter Hill |
B | Petersburg Trunkmakers
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Virginia League | George Block and Baldy Altermatt |
C | Fort Smith Twins | Western Association | Mickey Doolan
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D | Vicksburg Hill Billies | Cotton States League | Cy Slapnicka and Ollie Mills |
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
- 1923 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Reference
- 1923 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com