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1909 St. Louis Cardinals Batting Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1908 / 1910)
54-98, Finished 7th in National League
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Scored 583 runs, Allowed 731 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 60-92
Manager: Roger Bresnahan (54-98)
Ballpark: Robison Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 299,982 (6th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 94, Pitching - 97;   one-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 99

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Team Batting

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Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 C Ed Phelps 30 104 364 306 43 76 13 1 0 22 7 39 .248 .350 .297 .648 106 91 9 10
2 1B Ed Konetchy 23 152 660 576 88 165 23 14 4 80 25 65 .286 .366 .396 .762 143 228 7 12
3 2B Chappy Charles 28 99 383 339 33 80 7 3 0 29 7 31 .236 .309 .274 .584 86 93 5 8
4 SS Rudy Hulswitt 32 82 314 289 21 81 8 3 0 29 7 19 .280 .329 .329 .658 110 95 2 4
5 3B Bobby Byrne 24 105 484 421 61 90 13 6 1 33 21 46 .214 .302 .280 .582 85 118 7 10
6 OF Steve Evans* 24 143 590 498 67 129 17 6 2 56 14 66 .259 .362 .329 .691 120 164 14 12
7 OF Al Shaw* 28 114 387 331 45 82 12 7 2 34 15 55 .248 .355 .344 .699 123 114 0 1
8 OF Rube Ellis* 23 149 637 575 76 154 10 9 3 46 16 54 .268 .334 .332 .666 112 191 3 5
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
9 UT Joe Delahanty 33 123 468 411 28 88 16 4 2 54 10 42 .214 .292 .287 .579 84 118 3 12
10 C Roger Bresnahan 30 72 288 234 27 57 4 1 0 23 11 46 .244 .370 .269 .639 104 63 1 7
11 3B Jap Barbeau 27 48 212 175 23 44 3 0 0 5 14 28 .251 .370 .269 .639 104 47 5 4
12 SS Alan Storke 24 48 191 174 11 49 5 0 0 10 5 12 .282 .328 .310 .638 103 54 0 5
13 C Jack Bliss 27 35 134 113 12 25 2 1 1 8 2 12 .221 .307 .283 .590 88 32 2 7
14 OF Howard Murphy* 27 25 67 60 3 12 0 0 0 3 1 4 .200 .250 .200 .450 43 12 0 3
15 SS Champ Osteen* 32 16 54 45 6 9 1 0 0 7 1 7 .200 .308 .222 .530 69 10 0 2
16 2B Billy Gilbert 33 12 36 29 4 5 0 0 0 1 1 4 .172 .333 .172 .506 61 5 3 0
17 IF Mike Mowrey 25 12 35 29 3 7 1 0 0 4 1 4 .241 .333 .276 .609 94 8 0 2
18 OF Bert James* 22 6 25 21 1 6 0 0 0 0 1 4 .286 .400 .286 .686 119 6 0 0
19 SS Charlie Enwright* 21 3 9 7 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 .143 .333 .143 .476 52 1 0 0
20 SS Tom Reilly 24 5 7 7 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 .286 .286 .571 .857 172 4 0 0
21 C Coonie Blank 16 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
22 P Fred Beebe 29 44 112 108 4 18 2 0 0 10 0 1 .167 .174 .185 .359 14 20 0 3
23 P Johnny Lush* 23 45 100 92 11 22 5 0 0 14 2 6 .239 .293 .293 .586 87 27 1 1
24 P Slim Sallee 24 32 82 71 5 8 2 0 0 3 0 5 .113 .171 .141 .312 -1 10 0 6
25 P Bob Harmon# 21 21 61 51 3 13 1 0 0 1 0 6 .255 .333 .275 .608 94 14 0 4
26 P Les Backman 21 21 44 39 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 4 .103 .186 .103 .289 -8 4 0 1
27 P John Raleigh 22 15 24 23 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .087 .087 .087 .174 -45 2 0 1
28 P Eddie Higgins 21 16 21 21 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .190 .190 .190 .381 21 4 0 0
29 P Charlie Rhodes 24 12 21 19 3 4 2 0 0 0 0 2 .211 .286 .316 .602 92 6 0 0
30 P Forrest More 27 15 17 13 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 .154 .313 .154 .466 49 2 0 1
31 P Steve Melter 23 23 16 15 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 .133 .188 .200 .388 23 3 0 0
32 P Grover Lowdermilk 24 7 10 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100 .100 .100 .200 -36 1 0 0
33 P Irv Higginbotham 27 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
34 P Harry Sullivan* 21 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
35 P Joe Bernard 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 26.5 154 5859 5108 583 1242 148 56 15 479 161 0 568 .243 .326 .303 .629 100 1547 0 62 121 0 0
Rank in 8 NL teams 3 5 4 7 6 6 6 1 6 3 6 5 6
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Advanced Batting

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Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary
Les Backman 21 44 36 1 0.8 72 .103 .103 .245 .186 .312 .103 .316 .289 .628 -8 .064 -4.8 -0.6 .229 .103 .000 1
Jap Barbeau 27 212 135 17 3.4 72 .251 .251 .245 .370 .312 .269 .316 .639 .628 104 .522 3.2 0.4 .718 .257 .017 .0 5
Fred Beebe 29 112 93 3 0.9 72 .167 .167 .245 .174 .312 .185 .316 .359 .628 14 .083 -10.9 -1.3 .233 .028 .019 1
Joe Bernard 27 0 0 0.0 0.0 /1
Coonie Blank 16 2 2 0 0.0 72 .000 .000 .245 .000 .312 .000 .316 .000 .628 -100 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 /2
Jack Bliss 27 134 95 9 2.6 72 .214 .221 .245 .307 .312 .283 .316 .590 .628 88 .394 -1.2 -0.2 .545 .186 .062 1.3 2
Roger Bresnahan 30 288 184 23 3.4 72 .244 .244 .245 .370 .312 .269 .316 .639 .628 104 .518 4.5 0.5 .684 .269 .026 .0 2/45
Bobby Byrne 24 484 341 34 2.7 72 .212 .214 .245 .302 .312 .280 .316 .582 .628 85 .416 -5.9 -0.7 .580 .226 .067 1.9 *5
Chappy Charles 28 383 267 28 2.8 72 .236 .236 .245 .309 .312 .274 .316 .584 .628 86 .438 -4.8 -0.6 .525 .150 .038 .0 46/5
Joe Delahanty 33 468 335 34 2.7 72 .210 .214 .245 .292 .312 .287 .316 .579 .628 84 .424 -6.7 -0.8 .536 .200 .073 3.3 O4
*Rube Ellis 23 637 426 63 4.0 72 .264 .268 .245 .334 .312 .332 .316 .666 .628 112 .594 7.7 0.9 .627 .186 .064 5.1 *O
*Charlie Enwright 21 9 6 0 0.0 72 .143 .143 .245 .333 .312 .143 .316 .476 .628 52 .000 -0.2 -0.0 .500 .286 .000 /6
*Steve Evans 24 590 381 57 4.0 72 .256 .259 .245 .362 .312 .329 .316 .691 .628 120 .600 15.5 1.8 .699 .231 .070 3.5 *O/3
Billy Gilbert 33 36 24 1 1.1 72 .172 .172 .245 .333 .312 .172 .316 .506 .628 61 .125 -0.8 -0.1 .542 .172 .000 .0 4
#Bob Harmon 21 61 42 5 3.2 72 .255 .255 .245 .333 .312 .275 .316 .608 .628 94 .496 -0.1 -0.0 .526 .137 .020 1
Irv Higginbotham 27 3 3 0 0.0 72 .000 .000 .245 .000 .312 .000 .316 .000 .628 -100 .000 -0.7 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 /1
Eddie Higgins 21 21 17 1 1.6 72 .190 .190 .245 .190 .312 .190 .316 .381 .628 21 .214 -2.0 -0.2 .235 .000 .000 1
Rudy Hulswitt 32 314 212 31 4.0 72 .280 .280 .245 .329 .312 .329 .316 .658 .628 110 .590 2.7 0.3 .591 .138 .048 .0 64
*Bert James 22 25 15 2 3.6 72 .286 .286 .245 .400 .312 .286 .316 .686 .628 119 .548 0.8 0.1 .733 .238 .000 .0 /O
Ed Konetchy 23 660 423 82 5.2 72 .281 .286 .245 .366 .312 .396 .316 .762 .628 143 .706 28.9 3.4 .791 .266 .109 6.9 *3
Grover Lowdermilk 24 10 9 0 0.0 72 .100 .100 .245 .100 .312 .100 .316 .200 .628 -36 .000 -1.6 -0.2 .111 .000 .000 /1
*Johnny Lush 23 100 71 8 3.0 72 .239 .239 .245 .293 .312 .293 .316 .586 .628 87 .471 -1.3 -0.2 .514 .141 .054 .0 1/O
Steve Melter 23 16 13 1 2.1 72 .133 .133 .245 .188 .312 .200 .316 .388 .628 23 .308 -1.3 -0.2 .308 .133 .067 1
Forrest More 27 17 12 1 2.2 72 .154 .154 .245 .313 .312 .154 .316 .466 .628 49 .339 -0.6 -0.1 .455 .231 .000 1
Mike Mowrey 25 35 24 3 3.4 72 .241 .241 .245 .333 .312 .276 .316 .609 .628 94 .518 0.0 0.0 .591 .207 .034 .0 /45
*Howard Murphy 27 67 51 3 1.6 72 .200 .200 .245 .250 .312 .200 .316 .450 .628 43 .214 -3.9 -0.5 .354 .083 .000 .0 O
*Champ Osteen 32 54 38 3 2.1 72 .200 .200 .245 .308 .312 .222 .316 .530 .628 69 .317 -1.2 -0.1 .500 .200 .022 .0 6
Ed Phelps 30 364 240 30 3.4 72 .248 .248 .245 .350 .312 .297 .316 .648 .628 106 .518 5.2 0.6 .635 .199 .049 .0 2
John Raleigh 22 24 22 0 0.0 72 .087 .087 .245 .087 .312 .087 .316 .174 .628 -45 .000 -3.8 -0.5 .095 .000 .000 1
Tom Reilly 24 7 5 1 5.4 72 .286 .286 .245 .286 .312 .571 .316 .857 .628 172 .718 0.4 0.0 .800 .286 .286 /6
Charlie Rhodes 24 21 15 2 3.6 72 .211 .211 .245 .286 .312 .316 .316 .602 .628 92 .548 -0.1 -0.0 .533 .211 .105 1
Slim Sallee 24 82 69 2 0.8 72 .113 .113 .245 .171 .312 .141 .316 .312 .628 -1 .069 -8.1 -1.0 .238 .099 .028 1
*Al Shaw 28 387 250 40 4.3 72 .243 .248 .245 .355 .312 .344 .316 .699 .628 123 .629 10.8 1.3 .739 .308 .097 3.5 O
Alan Storke 24 191 130 18 3.7 72 .282 .282 .245 .328 .312 .310 .316 .638 .628 103 .565 0.7 0.1 .568 .126 .029 .0 6/43
*Harry Sullivan 21 1 1 0 0.0 72 .000 .000 .245 .000 .312 .000 .316 .000 .628 -100 .000 -0.2 -0.0 .000 .000 .000 /1
League Average 3.3 77 .241 .243 .252 .310 .320 .312 .325 .622 .646 93 .514 .590 .195 .068
Team Total 5859 3987 503 3.4 72 .241 .243 .245 .326 .312 .303 .316 .629 .628 100 .523 19.7 2.1 .605 .202 .060 27.4
Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary

Team Neutralized Batting

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Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact
Les Backman 21 22 47 42 1 5 0 0 0 3 0 5 0 .119 .213 .119 .332 1 21 21
Jap Barbeau 27 145 649 563 104 141 22 3 0 38 38 76 0 .250 .350 .300 .650 57 139 139
Fred Beebe 29 46 115 114 5 20 2 0 0 12 0 1 0 .175 .183 .193 .376 4 44 44
Coonie Blank 16 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 1
Jack Bliss 27 37 138 122 16 30 2 1 1 11 2 14 0 .246 .333 .303 .637 13 35 35
Roger Bresnahan 30 75 312 255 37 70 5 1 0 31 14 56 0 .275 .407 .302 .709 31 72 72
Bobby Byrne 24 158 741 635 119 158 23 10 1 52 34 93 0 .249 .356 .321 .678 70 151 151
Chappy Charles 28 117 462 414 48 110 11 4 0 45 11 42 0 .266 .342 .312 .654 43 112 112
Joe Delahanty 33 129 500 445 38 107 19 5 2 73 12 51 0 .240 .324 .319 .643 46 123 123
*Rube Ellis 23 156 697 627 102 187 12 11 4 62 19 66 0 .298 .369 .372 .740 85 149 149
*Charlie Enwright 21 3 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 .222 .000 .222 0 3 3
*Steve Evans 24 149 640 543 90 157 21 7 2 75 17 80 0 .289 .397 .365 .762 76 143 143
Billy Gilbert 33 13 42 32 6 7 0 0 0 2 1 6 0 .219 .405 .219 .624 2 12 12
#Bob Harmon 21 22 63 56 4 16 1 0 0 1 0 7 0 .286 .365 .304 .669 6 21 21
Irv Higginbotham 27 23 31 30 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .032 .000 .032 2 22 22
Eddie Higgins 21 17 22 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 16 16
Rudy Hulswitt 32 86 341 316 28 99 10 4 0 39 9 23 0 .313 .364 .370 .734 42 82 82
*Bert James 22 6 28 23 1 7 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 .304 .429 .304 .733 3 6 6
Ed Konetchy 23 159 719 631 118 201 28 17 5 107 30 79 0 .319 .402 .441 .843 110 152 152
Grover Lowdermilk 24 7 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 7 7
*Johnny Lush 23 47 108 100 15 27 6 0 0 19 2 7 0 .270 .324 .330 .654 10 45 45
Steve Melter 23 24 19 17 2 3 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 .176 .263 .294 .557 1 23 23
Forrest More 27 26 34 30 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 .133 .235 .133 .369 1 25 25
Mike Mowrey 25 52 184 155 17 35 7 0 0 12 4 29 0 .226 .348 .271 .619 15 50 50
*Howard Murphy 27 26 70 65 4 15 0 0 0 4 1 5 0 .231 .286 .231 .516 4 25 25
*Champ Osteen 32 17 58 49 8 11 1 0 0 10 1 9 0 .224 .345 .245 .590 4 16 16
Ed Phelps 30 109 392 333 58 93 16 1 0 30 9 48 0 .279 .388 .333 .721 41 104 104
John Raleigh 22 16 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 15 15
Tom Reilly 24 5 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 5 5
Charlie Rhodes 24 13 23 21 4 5 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 .238 .304 .333 .638 2 12 12
Slim Sallee 24 33 81 75 6 9 2 0 0 4 0 6 0 .120 .185 .147 .332 2 32 32
*Al Shaw 28 119 427 360 60 100 15 9 2 46 18 67 0 .278 .391 .386 .777 54 114 114
Alan Storke 24 89 339 316 30 93 12 2 0 28 7 22 0 .294 .342 .345 .687 38 85 85
*Harry Sullivan 21 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2 2
Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact

Team Cumulative Batting

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Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
Les Backman 21 1 44 21 44 39 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 4 .103 .186 .103 .289 -8 4 0 1
Jap Barbeau 27 3 794 192 794 691 92 156 25 7 0 44 39 75 .226 .311 .282 .594 84 195 11 17
Fred Beebe 29 4 354 138 354 337 15 49 5 3 0 22 1 5 .145 .158 .178 .336 7 60 0 12
Joe Bernard 27 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coonie Blank 16 1 2 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
Jack Bliss 27 2 285 79 285 249 21 54 6 1 2 13 5 20 .217 .286 .273 .559 80 68 4 12
Roger Bresnahan 30 11 3916 982 3916 3281 536 937 156 51 20 383 151 501 .286 .389 .383 .772 130 1255 56 78
Bobby Byrne 24 3 1804 427 1804 1587 174 360 37 14 1 83 66 136 .227 .296 .270 .566 80 428 21 60
Chappy Charles 28 2 925 233 925 836 75 184 23 6 1 51 24 54 .220 .272 .266 .538 73 222 6 29
Joe Delahanty 33 3 1043 270 1043 932 68 222 30 15 4 100 24 74 .238 .301 .315 .617 99 294 10 27
*Rube Ellis 23 1 637 149 637 575 76 154 10 9 3 46 16 54 .268 .334 .332 .666 112 191 3 5
*Charlie Enwright 21 1 9 3 9 7 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 .143 .333 .143 .476 52 1 0 0
*Steve Evans 24 2 592 145 592 500 67 130 17 6 2 56 14 66 .260 .362 .330 .692 121 165 14 12
Billy Gilbert 33 8 3271 850 3271 2816 375 695 72 17 4 237 167 270 .247 .328 .289 .617 81 813 72 113
#Bob Harmon 21 1 61 21 61 51 3 13 1 0 0 1 0 6 .255 .333 .275 .608 94 14 0 4
Irv Higginbotham 27 3 90 48 90 85 6 15 0 0 0 0 0 1 .176 .205 .176 .381 21 15 2 2
Eddie Higgins 21 1 21 16 21 21 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .190 .190 .190 .381 21 4 0 0
Rudy Hulswitt 32 6 2278 581 2278 2097 199 531 57 30 3 189 44 123 .253 .298 .313 .611 88 657 10 48
*Bert James 22 1 25 6 25 21 1 6 0 0 0 0 1 4 .286 .400 .286 .686 119 6 0 0
Ed Konetchy 23 3 1655 397 1655 1452 168 383 53 35 11 160 54 129 .264 .334 .371 .705 126 539 23 51
Grover Lowdermilk 24 1 10 7 10 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100 .100 .100 .200 -36 1 0 0
*Johnny Lush 23 6 981 322 981 900 99 231 39 8 2 84 26 61 .257 .310 .324 .634 99 292 8 12
Steve Melter 23 1 16 23 16 15 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 .133 .188 .200 .388 23 3 0 0
Forrest More 27 1 32 25 32 28 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 3 .107 .194 .107 .301 -6 3 0 1
Mike Mowrey 25 5 1022 293 1022 902 80 217 35 7 1 88 20 77 .241 .302 .298 .601 87 269 3 40
*Howard Murphy 27 1 67 25 67 60 3 12 0 0 0 3 1 4 .200 .250 .200 .450 43 12 0 3
*Champ Osteen 32 4 323 83 323 304 27 60 6 6 2 31 1 10 .197 .233 .276 .509 60 84 4 5
Ed Phelps 30 8 1621 473 1621 1433 153 353 37 15 3 145 21 110 .246 .314 .299 .614 85 429 32 46
John Raleigh 22 1 24 15 24 23 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .087 .087 .087 .174 -45 2 0 1
Tom Reilly 24 2 92 34 92 88 5 16 1 1 1 5 4 2 .182 .200 .250 .450 46 22 0 2
Charlie Rhodes 24 3 50 26 50 48 5 10 3 0 0 1 0 2 .208 .240 .271 .511 63 13 0 0
Slim Sallee 24 2 128 57 128 112 7 10 2 0 0 4 0 8 .089 .157 .107 .264 -15 12 1 7
*Al Shaw 28 3 819 230 819 723 87 186 25 11 3 54 25 83 .257 .335 .335 .669 116 242 1 12
Alan Storke 24 4 942 266 942 863 68 225 22 11 2 74 17 45 .261 .300 .319 .619 94 275 4 30
*Harry Sullivan 21 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

1908 / 1910 Batting Statistics