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1909 St. Louis Cardinals

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1908 / 1910

54-98, Finished 7th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Roger Bresnahan (54-98)
Scored 583 runs, Allowed 731 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 60-92

Ballparks: Robison Field · 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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1908 / 1910 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Game Results

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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 35 .248 .350 .297 .648 106 91 9 10
2 1B Ed Konetchy 23 152 660 576 88 165 23 14 4 80 25 65 60 .286 .366 .396 .762 142 228 7 12
3 2B Chappy Charles 28 99 383 339 33 80 7 3 0 29 7 31 39 .236 .309 .274 .584 86 93 5 8
4 SS Rudy Hulswitt 32 82 314 289 21 81 8 3 0 29 7 19 19 .280 .329 .329 .658 109 95 2 4
5 3B Bobby Byrne 24 105 484 421 61 90 13 6 1 33 21 46 42 .214 .302 .280 .582 85 118 7 10
6 OF Steve Evans* 24 143 590 498 67 129 17 6 2 56 14 66 56 .259 .362 .329 .691 120 164 14 12
7 OF Al Shaw* 28 114 387 331 45 82 12 7 2 34 15 55 68 .248 .355 .344 .699 123 114 0 1
8 OF Rube Ellis* 23 149 637 575 76 154 10 9 3 46 18 54 78 .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 51 .214 .292 .287 .579 84 118 3 12
10 C Roger Bresnahan 30 72 288 234 27 57 4 1 0 23 11 46 20 .244 .370 .269 .639 104 63 1 7
11 3B Jap Barbeau 27 48 212 175 23 44 3 0 0 5 14 28 22 .251 .370 .269 .639 104 47 5 4
12 SS Alan Storke 24 48 191 174 11 49 5 0 0 10 5 12 13 .282 .328 .310 .638 103 54 0 5
13 C Jack Bliss 27 45 134 113 12 25 2 1 1 8 2 12 20 .221 .307 .283 .590 88 32 2 7
14 OF Howard Murphy* 27 25 67 60 3 12 0 0 0 3 1 4 10 .200 .250 .200 .450 43 12 0 3
15 SS Champ Osteen* 32 16 54 45 6 9 1 0 0 7 1 7 1 .200 .308 .222 .530 69 10 0 2
16 2B Billy Gilbert 33 12 36 29 4 5 0 0 0 1 1 4 1 .172 .333 .172 .506 61 5 3 0
17 IF Mike Mowrey 25 12 35 29 3 7 1 0 0 4 1 4 3 .241 .333 .276 .609 94 8 0 2
18 OF Bert James* 22 6 25 21 1 6 0 0 0 0 1 4 3 .286 .400 .286 .686 119 6 0 0
19 SS Charlie Enwright* 21 3 9 7 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 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 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 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 28 .167 .174 .185 .359 14 20 0 3
23 P Johnny Lush* 23 45 100 92 11 22 5 0 0 14 2 6 12 .239 .293 .293 .586 87 27 1 1
24 P Slim Sallee 24 32 82 71 5 8 2 0 0 3 0 5 24 .113 .171 .141 .312 -1 10 0 6
25 P Bob Harmon# 21 21 61 51 3 13 1 0 0 1 0 6 18 .255 .333 .275 .608 94 14 0 4
26 P Les Backman 21 21 44 39 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 4 17 .103 .186 .103 .289 -8 4 0 1
27 P John Raleigh 22 15 24 23 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .087 .087 .087 .174 -45 2 0 1
28 P Eddie Higgins 21 16 21 21 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .190 .190 .190 .381 21 4 0 0
29 P Charlie Rhodes 24 12 21 19 3 4 2 0 0 0 0 2 5 .211 .286 .316 .602 92 6 0 0
30 P Forrest More 27 15 17 13 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 5 .154 .313 .154 .466 49 2 0 1
31 P Steve Melter 23 23 16 15 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 6 .133 .188 .200 .388 23 3 0 0
32 P Grover Lowdermilk 24 7 10 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .100 .100 .100 .200 -36 1 0 0
33 P Irv Higginbotham 27 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
34 P Harry Sullivan* 21 2 1 1 0 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
Team Totals 26.5 154 5859 5108 583 1242 148 56 15 479 163 568 669 .243 .326 .303 .629 100 1547 62 121
Rank in 8 NL teams 3 5 4 7 6 6 6 1 1 1 6 3 6 5 6 1 1
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
* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Fred Beebe 29 15 21 .417 2.82 44 34 9 18 1 1 287.2 256 142 90 5 104 105 7 0 15 1229 89 1.251 8.0 0.2 3.3 3.3 1.01
2 SP Johnny Lush* 23 11 18 .379 3.13 34 28 5 21 2 0 221.1 215 96 77 1 69 66 10 0 6 907 80 1.283 8.7 0.0 2.8 2.7 0.96
3 SP Slim Sallee* 24 10 11 .476 2.42 32 27 5 12 1 0 219.0 223 107 59 3 59 55 5 0 1 910 104 1.288 9.2 0.1 2.4 2.3 0.93
4 SP Bob Harmon 21 6 11 .353 3.68 21 17 3 10 0 0 159.0 155 85 65 6 65 48 4 1 7 655 68 1.384 8.8 0.3 3.7 2.7 0.74
5 SP Les Backman 21 3 11 .214 4.14 21 15 6 8 0 0 128.1 146 69 59 1 39 35 3 0 4 526 61 1.442 10.2 0.1 2.7 2.5 0.90
6 SP John Raleigh* 22 1 10 .091 3.79 15 10 3 3 0 0 80.2 85 42 34 0 21 26 3 0 2 322 67 1.314 9.5 0.0 2.3 2.9 1.24
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
7 RP Eddie Higgins 21 3 3 .500 4.50 16 5 7 5 0 0 66.0 68 36 33 4 17 15 1 0 3 267 56 1.288 9.3 0.5 2.3 2.0 0.88
8 RP Steve Melter 23 0 1 .000 3.50 23 1 18 0 0 3 64.1 79 49 25 1 20 24 2 0 7 267 72 1.539 11.1 0.1 2.8 3.4 1.20
9 RP Forrest More 27 1 5 .167 5.04 15 2 10 1 0 0 50.0 48 33 28 0 20 17 3 0 2 209 50 1.360 8.6 0.0 3.6 3.1 0.85
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
10 Charlie Rhodes 24 3 5 .375 3.98 12 10 1 4 0 0 61.0 55 36 27 0 33 25 2 0 3 250 64 1.443 8.1 0.0 4.9 3.7 0.76
11 Grover Lowdermilk 24 0 2 .000 6.21 7 3 2 1 0 0 29.0 28 24 20 0 30 14 3 0 1 129 41 2.000 8.7 0.0 9.3 4.3 0.47
12 Irv Higginbotham 27 1 0 1.000 1.59 3 1 1 1 0 0 11.1 5 3 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 37 167 0.618 4.0 0.0 1.6 1.6 1.00
13 Joe Bernard 27 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 6 3.000 9.0 0.0 18.0 18.0 1.00
14 Harry Sullivan* 21 0 0 36.00 2 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 4 6 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 10 11 6.000 36.0 9.0 18.0 9.0 0.50
Team Totals 24.1 54 98 .355 3.41 154 154 71 84 4 4 1379.2 1368 728 523 22 483 435 43 1 52 5724 74 1.342 8.9 0.1 3.2 2.8 0.90
Rank in 8 NL teams 7 2 8 8 8 7 7 8 8 8 4 5 7
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary
Les Backman 21 21 39 2 36 1 0 .974 1.81 P
Jap Barbeau 27 47 142 56 72 14 7 .901 2.72 3B
Fred Beebe 29 44 103 15 81 7 3 .932 2.18 P
Joe Bernard 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Coonie Blank 16 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 1 0 0% C
Jack Bliss 27 32 184 138 37 9 10 .951 5.47 3 46 29 39% C
Roger Bresnahan 30 69 345 224 105 16 9 .954 4.77 0 85 62 42% C-2B-3B
Bobby Byrne 24 105 451 164 252 35 11 .922 3.96 3B
Chappy Charles 28 99 547 230 273 44 33 .920 5.08 2B-SS-3B
Joe Delahanty 33 111 346 203 121 22 13 .936 2.92 OF-2B
Rube Ellis 23 145 377 332 28 17 9 .955 2.48 OF
Charlie Enwright 21 2 9 2 2 5 0 .444 2.00 SS
Steve Evans 24 143 268 235 19 14 11 .948 1.78 OF-1B
Billy Gilbert 33 12 51 19 28 4 1 .922 3.92 2B
Bob Harmon 21 21 54 6 45 3 1 .944 2.43 P
Eddie Higgins 21 16 24 4 20 0 0 1.000 1.50 P
Irv Higginbotham 27 3 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.33 P
Rudy Hulswitt 32 77 424 166 228 30 20 .929 5.12 SS-2B
Bert James 22 6 11 9 1 1 1 .909 1.67 OF
Ed Konetchy 23 152 1707 1584 97 26 71 .985 11.06 1B
Grover Lowdermilk 24 7 9 0 8 1 0 .889 1.14 P
Johnny Lush 23 37 77 13 60 4 0 .948 1.97 P-OF
Steve Melter 23 23 26 5 21 0 2 1.000 1.13 P
Forrest More 27 15 19 2 17 0 0 1.000 1.27 P
Mike Mowrey 25 9 39 18 18 3 0 .923 4.00 2B-3B
Howard Murphy 27 19 40 35 2 3 0 .925 1.95 OF
Champ Osteen 32 16 66 17 41 8 0 .879 3.63 SS
Ed Phelps 30 83 437 330 87 20 11 .954 5.02 6 121 69 36% C
John Raleigh 22 15 31 4 24 3 0 .903 1.87 P
Tom Reilly 24 5 9 2 7 0 0 1.000 1.80 SS
Charlie Rhodes 24 12 33 2 28 3 0 .909 2.50 P
Slim Sallee 24 32 73 7 63 3 2 .959 2.19 P
Al Shaw 28 92 216 189 14 13 1 .940 2.21 OF
Alan Storke 24 49 266 103 152 11 16 .959 5.20 SS-2B-1B
Harry Sullivan 21 2 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 P
Team Totals 26.3 154 6427 4118 1988 321 232 .950 4.01 9 253 160 39%
Rank in 8 NL teams 2 7 7
Age G CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary
Les Backman 21 44 -5 0 0 0 0 2 1 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ 1
Jap Barbeau 27 212 2 0 0 0 -3 2 6 7 0.7 10 1.1 -0.4 $ Traded 5
Fred Beebe 29 112 -11 -1 0 0 0 5 3 -4 -0.6 -4 -0.4 -0.2 $ Traded 1
Coonie Blank 16 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /2
Jack Bliss 27 134 -1 0 0 0 1 2 4 6 0.6 5 0.6 0.0 $ Purchased 2
Roger Bresnahan 30 288 3 -1 0 0 -1 4 9 14 1.4 15 1.7 -0.3 $ Traded 2/45
Bobby Byrne 24 484 -7 2 0 0 -3 3 13 8 0.7 11 1.2 -0.5 $ Rule 5 Draft *5
Chappy Charles 28 383 -5 -1 0 0 -17 2 11 -10 -1.1 7 0.8 -1.9 $ Purchased 46/5
Joe Delahanty 33 468 -7 -2 0 0 -9 -2 14 -6 -0.8 3 0.3 -1.1 $ Purchased O4
Rube Ellis* 23 637 8 0 0 0 2 -8 18 20 2.2 18 2.0 0.2 $ *O
Charlie Enwright* 21 9 0 0 0 0 -2 0 0 -2 -0.2 0 0.0 -0.2 $ Purchased /6
Steve Evans* 24 590 15 -1 0 0 -8 -7 17 16 1.9 24 2.7 -0.8 $ *O/3
Billy Gilbert 33 36 -1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ 4
Bob Harmon# 21 61 0 -1 0 0 0 2 2 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ Purchased 1
Irv Higginbotham 27 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
Eddie Higgins 21 21 -2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ 1
Rudy Hulswitt 32 314 3 -2 0 0 -9 4 9 5 0.6 14 1.6 -1.0 $ Purchased 64
Bert James* 22 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ Purchased /O
Ed Konetchy 23 660 30 1 0 0 0 -5 18 44 5.1 44 4.9 0.2 $ Purchased *3
Grover Lowdermilk 24 10 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ Purchased /1
Johnny Lush* 23 100 -2 0 0 0 0 4 3 5 0.5 5 0.6 -0.1 $ Traded 1/O
Steve Melter 23 16 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
Forrest More 27 17 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
Mike Mowrey 25 35 0 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0.0 1 0.1 -0.1 $ Traded /45
Howard Murphy* 27 67 -4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 -4 -0.5 -2 -0.2 -0.3 $ O
Champ Osteen* 32 54 -1 0 0 0 -1 1 2 1 0.0 2 0.2 -0.2 $ 6
Ed Phelps 30 364 4 -1 0 0 0 5 11 19 1.9 19 2.1 -0.2 $ 2
John Raleigh 22 24 -4 0 0 0 0 1 1 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ Purchased 1
Tom Reilly 24 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ /6
Charlie Rhodes 24 21 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ 1
Slim Sallee 24 82 -9 0 0 0 0 3 2 -4 -0.6 -4 -0.4 -0.2 $ Purchased 1
Al Shaw* 28 387 10 0 0 0 -8 -2 12 12 1.4 20 2.2 -0.8 $ Rule 5 Draft O
Alan Storke 24 191 1 -1 0 0 -3 3 6 6 0.6 9 1.0 -0.4 $ Traded 6/43
Harry Sullivan* 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
Team Total 26.5 5859 14 -8 0 0 -65 23 169 133 13.5 198 22.2 -8.7 $
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired
Les Backman 21 128.1 14 69 59 -4 1.0 -10 -1.0 $
Fred Beebe 29 287.2 34 142 132 -9 1.0 -10 -0.6 $ Traded
Joe Bernard 27 1.0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0.1 $
Bob Harmon 21 159.0 17 85 73 -5 1.0 -12 -1.1 $ Purchased
Irv Higginbotham 27 11.1 1 3 5 0 1.0 2 0.3 $
Eddie Higgins 21 66.0 5 36 30 -2 1.0 -6 -0.6 $
Grover Lowdermilk 24 29.0 3 24 13 -1 1.0 -11 -1.3 $ Purchased
Johnny Lush* 23 221.1 28 96 102 -7 1.0 6 1.2 $ Traded
Steve Melter 23 64.1 1 49 30 -2 1.0 -19 -2.3 $
Forrest More 27 50.0 3 33 23 -2 1.0 -10 -1.1 $
John Raleigh* 22 80.2 10 42 37 -3 1.0 -5 -0.4 $ Purchased
Charlie Rhodes 24 61.0 10 36 28 -2 1.0 -8 -0.9 $
Slim Sallee* 24 219.0 27 107 101 -7 1.0 -6 -0.3 $ Purchased
Harry Sullivan* 21 1.0 1 6 0 0 1.0 -6 -0.7 $
Team Total 24.1 1379.2 154 728 633 -44 1.0 -95 -8.7 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1908 / 1910 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics