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1917 St. Louis Cardinals Batting Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1916 / 1918)
82-70, Finished 3rd in National League
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Scored 531 runs, Allowed 567 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 71-81
Manager: Miller Huggins (82-70)
Ballpark: Robison Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 288,491 (4th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 97, Pitching - 99;   one-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 102

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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 Frank Snyder 23 115 346 313 18 74 9 2 1 33 4 27 43 .236 .301 .288 .589 83 90 2 4
2 1B Gene Paulette 26 95 360 332 32 88 21 7 0 34 9 16 16 .265 .303 .370 .673 109 123 2 10
3 2B Dots Miller 30 148 598 544 61 135 15 9 2 45 14 33 52 .248 .295 .320 .615 91 174 3 18
4 SS Rogers Hornsby 21 145 589 523 86 171 24 17 8 66 17 45 34 .327 .385 .484 .868 169 253 4 17
5 3B Doug Baird 25 104 407 364 38 92 19 12 0 24 18 23 52 .253 .301 .371 .672 108 135 2 18
6 OF Jack Smith* 22 137 515 462 64 137 16 11 3 34 25 38 65 .297 .351 .398 .750 133 184 1 14
7 OF Tom Long 27 144 581 530 49 123 12 14 3 41 21 37 44 .232 .285 .325 .609 89 172 2 12
8 OF Walton Cruise* 27 153 589 529 70 156 20 10 5 59 16 38 73 .295 .343 .399 .742 130 211 1 21
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 Bruno Betzel 22 106 358 328 24 71 4 3 1 17 9 20 47 .216 .266 .256 .522 62 84 2 8
10 UT Mike Gonzalez 26 106 322 290 28 76 8 1 1 28 12 22 24 .262 .316 .307 .623 94 89 1 9
11 3B Fred Smith 30 56 186 165 11 30 0 2 1 17 4 17 22 .182 .262 .224 .487 52 37 1 3
12 OF Bob Bescher# 33 42 134 110 10 17 1 1 1 8 3 20 13 .155 .290 .209 .499 56 23 1 3
13 OF Red Smyth* 24 38 78 72 5 15 0 2 0 4 3 4 9 .208 .269 .264 .533 66 19 2 0
14 C Paddy Livingston 37 7 20 20 0 4 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 24 4 0 0
15 IF Tony DeFate 22 14 18 14 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 5 .143 .333 .143 .476 50 2 0 0
16 C John Brock 20 7 15 15 4 6 1 0 0 2 2 0 2 .400 .400 .467 .867 169 7 0 0
17 IF Bobby Wallace 43 8 12 10 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 .100 .100 .100 .200 -38 1 0 2
18 UT Stuffy Stewart 23 13 9 9 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
19 SS Ike McAuley# 25 3 9 7 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .286 .286 .286 .571 78 2 0 2
20 C Jack Roche 26 1 1 1 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
21 P Bill Doak 26 44 100 95 5 12 1 0 0 3 0 3 34 .126 .153 .137 .290 -10 13 0 2
22 P Lee Meadows* 22 43 97 89 5 9 1 0 0 4 0 1 32 .101 .111 .112 .223 -31 10 0 7
23 P Red Ames# 34 43 73 64 3 12 1 2 0 7 0 6 23 .188 .257 .266 .523 62 17 0 3
24 P Gene Packard* 29 36 54 52 4 15 2 0 0 1 0 2 11 .288 .315 .327 .642 99 17 0 0
25 P Milt Watson 27 41 51 51 5 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 15 .098 .098 .118 .216 -33 6 0 0
26 P Oscar Horstmann 26 35 50 46 1 9 2 0 0 2 0 2 13 .196 .229 .239 .468 46 11 0 2
27 P Marv Goodwin 26 14 29 23 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .174 .208 .174 .382 19 4 0 5
28 P Bob Steele# 23 12 13 13 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .385 .385 .462 .846 162 6 0 0
29 P George Pearce* 29 5 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
30 P Jakie May 21 15 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
31 P Lou North 26 5 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
32 P Bruce Hitt 20 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
33 P Tim Murchison 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 25.6 154 5626 5083 531 1271 159 93 26 436 159 0 359 652 .250 .303 .333 .636 97 1694 0 24 160 0 0
Rank in 8 NL teams 8 6 5 7 2 3 2 6 1 3 5 4 4 4
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
#Red Ames 34 73 55 4 2.0 76 .293 .188 .253 .257 .310 .266 .334 .523 .644 62 .275 -2.9 -0.3 .442 .172 .078 1
Doug Baird 25 407 290 40 3.7 76 .295 .253 .253 .301 .310 .371 .334 .672 .644 108 .549 2.5 0.3 .654 .231 .118 .0 *5/O
#Bob Bescher 33 134 96 7 2.0 76 .167 .155 .253 .290 .310 .209 .334 .499 .644 56 .275 -4.7 -0.6 .505 .264 .055 1.5 O
Bruno Betzel 22 358 265 22 2.2 76 .250 .216 .253 .266 .310 .256 .334 .522 .644 62 .326 -14.7 -1.7 .447 .128 .040 1.8 4O/5
John Brock 20 15 9 3 9.0 76 .462 .400 .253 .400 .310 .467 .334 .867 .644 169 .860 1.1 0.1 1.000 .200 .067 .0 /2
*Walton Cruise 27 589 394 72 4.9 76 .335 .295 .253 .343 .310 .399 .334 .742 .644 130 .671 17.9 2.0 .713 .206 .104 7.6 *O
Tony DeFate 22 18 12 1 2.2 76 .222 .143 .253 .333 .310 .143 .334 .476 .644 50 .326 -0.5 -0.1 .500 .286 .000 /54
Bill Doak 26 100 85 2 0.6 76 .197 .126 .253 .153 .310 .137 .334 .290 .644 -10 .046 -12.2 -1.4 .193 .042 .011 1
Mike Gonzalez 26 322 223 28 3.4 76 .283 .262 .253 .316 .310 .307 .334 .623 .644 94 .507 -1.6 -0.2 .579 .162 .045 1.8 23/O
Marv Goodwin 26 29 24 1 1.1 76 .222 .174 .253 .208 .310 .174 .334 .382 .644 19 .120 -2.2 -0.3 .263 .043 .000 1
Bruce Hitt 20 1 1 0 0.0 76 .000 .253 .000 .310 .000 .334 .000 .644 -100 .000 -0.2 -0.0 .000 .000 .000 /1
Rogers Hornsby 21 589 369 96 7.0 76 .339 .327 .253 .385 .310 .484 .334 .868 .644 169 .796 41.3 4.7 .906 .275 .157 10.9 *6
Oscar Horstmann 26 50 39 3 2.1 76 .273 .196 .253 .229 .310 .239 .334 .468 .644 46 .295 -2.9 -0.3 .351 .087 .043 1
Paddy Livingston 37 20 16 1 1.7 76 .211 .200 .253 .200 .310 .200 .334 .400 .644 24 .222 -1.8 -0.2 .375 .100 .000 .0 /2
Tom Long 27 581 419 49 3.2 76 .248 .232 .253 .285 .310 .325 .334 .609 .644 89 .473 -8.4 -1.0 .570 .202 .092 5.3 *O
Jakie May 21 4 4 0 0.0 76 .000 .000 .253 .000 .310 .000 .334 .000 .644 -100 .000 -0.9 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 1
#Ike McAuley 25 9 7 1 3.9 76 .333 .286 .253 .286 .310 .286 .334 .571 .644 78 .564 -0.2 -0.0 .400 .000 .000 /6
*Lee Meadows 22 97 87 1 0.3 76 .158 .101 .253 .111 .310 .112 .334 .223 .644 -31 .013 -13.6 -1.6 .138 .022 .011 1
Dots Miller 30 598 427 51 3.2 76 .271 .248 .253 .295 .310 .320 .334 .615 .644 91 .483 -6.7 -0.8 .548 .158 .072 3.5 436
Tim Murchison 20 0 0 0.0 0.0 /1
Lou North 26 3 3 0 0.0 76 .000 .253 .000 .310 .000 .334 .000 .644 -100 .000 -0.7 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 /1
*Gene Packard 29 54 37 5 3.7 76 .366 .288 .253 .315 .310 .327 .334 .642 .644 99 .540 -0.1 -0.0 .514 .077 .038 1
Gene Paulette 26 360 254 37 3.9 76 .278 .265 .253 .303 .310 .370 .334 .673 .644 109 .574 2.7 0.3 .615 .181 .105 .0 3
*George Pearce 29 4 4 0 0.0 76 .000 .253 .000 .310 .000 .334 .000 .644 -100 .000 -0.9 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 /1
Jack Roche 26 1 1 0 0.0 76 .000 .000 .253 .000 .310 .000 .334 .000 .644 -100 .000 -0.2 -0.0 .000 .000 .000 /2
Fred Smith 30 186 138 10 2.0 76 .204 .182 .253 .262 .310 .224 .334 .487 .644 52 .273 -9.2 -1.1 .437 .170 .042 1.6 5/46
*Jack Smith 22 515 339 64 5.1 76 .340 .297 .253 .351 .310 .398 .334 .750 .644 133 .684 17.2 2.0 .763 .238 .102 5.4 *O
*Red Smyth 24 78 57 5 2.4 76 .238 .208 .253 .269 .310 .264 .334 .533 .644 66 .347 -3.1 -0.4 .491 .153 .056 .0 O
Frank Snyder 23 346 243 27 3.0 76 .271 .236 .253 .301 .310 .288 .334 .589 .644 83 .451 -5.4 -0.6 .515 .150 .051 1.6 2/4
#Bob Steele 23 13 8 2 6.8 76 .385 .385 .253 .385 .310 .462 .334 .846 .644 162 .783 0.9 0.1 .750 .077 .077 1
Stuffy Stewart 23 9 9 0 0.0 76 .000 .000 .253 .000 .310 .000 .334 .000 .644 -100 .000 -2.1 -0.2 .000 .000 .000 /O4
Bobby Wallace 43 12 11 0 0.0 76 .111 .100 .253 .100 .310 .100 .334 .200 .644 -38 .000 -1.6 -0.2 .111 .000 .000 /56
Milt Watson 27 51 46 1 0.6 76 .139 .098 .253 .098 .310 .118 .334 .216 .644 -33 .040 -8.0 -0.9 .130 .020 .020 1
League Average 3.5 78 .276 .249 .257 .305 .314 .328 .339 .633 .653 94 .520 .582 .181 .079
Team Total 5626 3972 533 3.6 76 .283 .250 .253 .303 .310 .333 .334 .636 .644 97 .537 -21.5 -2.8 .587 .185 .083 44.7
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
#Red Ames 34 45 77 69 4 15 1 2 0 10 0 8 24 .217 .299 .290 .589 6 43 43
Doug Baird 25 153 590 537 72 151 30 15 0 55 31 51 74 .281 .346 .393 .739 73 147 147
#Bob Bescher 33 44 142 117 13 20 1 1 1 10 4 24 14 .171 .317 .222 .539 8 42 42
Bruno Betzel 22 110 378 352 32 85 5 4 1 23 11 24 49 .241 .294 .287 .581 29 106 106
John Brock 20 7 16 16 6 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 4 7 7
*Walton Cruise 27 159 623 576 94 189 24 12 6 79 19 46 76 .328 .379 .443 .822 97 153 153
Tony DeFate 22 18 24 18 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 6 6 .167 .375 .167 .542 1 17 17
Bill Doak 26 46 106 102 8 16 1 0 0 5 0 4 35 .157 .189 .167 .355 3 44 44
Mike Gonzalez 26 110 342 314 37 92 10 1 1 37 15 27 25 .293 .351 .341 .692 37 106 106
Marv Goodwin 26 15 26 25 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .200 .231 .200 .431 1 14 14
Bruce Hitt 20 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2 2
Rogers Hornsby 21 151 634 574 115 208 29 21 10 88 21 55 35 .362 .423 .538 .961 129 145 145
Oscar Horstmann 26 36 50 48 1 10 2 0 0 2 0 2 14 .208 .240 .250 .490 3 35 35
Paddy Livingston 37 7 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 7 7
Tom Long 27 150 619 572 66 149 15 17 4 55 25 45 46 .260 .317 .367 .684 65 144 144
Jakie May 21 16 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 15 15
#Ike McAuley 25 3 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 3 3
*Lee Meadows 22 45 93 92 5 9 1 0 0 4 0 1 33 .098 .108 .109 .216 1 43 43
Dots Miller 30 154 631 587 81 162 18 11 2 60 17 40 54 .276 .326 .354 .681 68 148 148
Lou North 26 5 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 5 5
*Gene Packard 29 39 58 56 5 18 2 0 0 1 0 2 11 .321 .345 .357 .702 7 38 38
Gene Paulette 26 111 408 383 47 111 25 8 0 46 11 23 20 .290 .333 .397 .730 51 107 107
*George Pearce 29 5 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 5 5
Jack Roche 26 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 1
Fred Smith 30 58 197 176 14 36 0 2 1 22 5 20 23 .205 .289 .244 .534 12 56 56
*Jack Smith 22 142 551 504 86 166 19 13 4 46 30 46 68 .329 .387 .442 .829 86 137 137
*Red Smyth 24 70 113 102 13 21 0 2 0 7 4 9 16 .206 .283 .245 .528 7 67 67
Frank Snyder 23 119 373 338 24 90 11 2 1 45 5 33 45 .266 .335 .320 .655 36 115 115
#Bob Steele 23 47 92 92 10 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 15 .000 .000 .000 .000 8 45 45
Stuffy Stewart 23 14 9 9 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 13 13
Bobby Wallace 43 8 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 8 8
Milt Watson 27 43 53 53 9 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 16 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 41 41
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
#Red Ames 34 15 1023 480 1023 927 51 127 8 7 3 57 4 1 54 182 .137 .185 .170 .355 6 158 0 42
Doug Baird 25 3 1603 420 1603 1441 145 332 61 32 2 123 75 28 104 208 .230 .286 .321 .608 86 463 9 49
#Bob Bescher 33 10 5199 1203 5199 4476 737 1151 188 73 28 339 425 31 602 446 .257 .351 .351 .702 108 1569 47 74
Bruno Betzel 22 4 1329 372 1329 1214 117 282 31 18 2 81 41 29 78 173 .232 .281 .292 .574 76 355 5 32
John Brock 20 1 15 7 15 15 4 6 1 0 0 2 2 0 2 .400 .400 .467 .867 169 7 0 0
*Walton Cruise 27 3 883 251 883 788 90 216 29 13 9 87 19 64 115 .274 .332 .378 .710 117 298 4 27
Tony DeFate 22 1 20 17 20 16 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 6 .125 .300 .125 .425 34 2 0 0
Bill Doak 26 6 392 163 392 359 17 46 8 1 0 10 0 0 14 131 .128 .161 .156 .317 -4 56 0 0 19 0 0
Mike Gonzalez 26 5 1002 371 1002 896 92 218 31 7 1 77 23 2 72 68 .243 .306 .297 .603 84 266 9 25
Marv Goodwin 26 2 30 17 30 24 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .167 .200 .167 .367 14 4 0 5
Bruce Hitt 20 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
Rogers Hornsby 21 3 1200 302 1200 1075 154 340 43 32 14 135 34 2 87 103 .316 .372 .455 .827 155 489 8 30
Oscar Horstmann 26 1 50 35 50 46 1 9 2 0 0 2 0 2 13 .196 .229 .239 .468 46 11 0 2
Paddy Livingston 37 7 660 206 660 574 48 120 17 12 0 45 9 41 1 .209 .287 .280 .568 73 161 22 23
Tom Long 27 5 1612 418 1612 1489 148 401 47 49 6 140 65 29 79 137 .269 .309 .379 .688 110 564 7 37
Jakie May 21 1 4 15 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
#Ike McAuley 25 4 59 27 59 54 4 9 1 0 0 2 0 0 16 .167 .167 .185 .352 7 10 0 5
*Lee Meadows 22 3 286 133 286 267 10 32 4 2 0 12 0 8 95 .120 .145 .150 .295 -9 40 0 11
Dots Miller 30 9 5380 1306 5380 4796 595 1264 199 99 30 641 155 19 347 387 .264 .319 .365 .684 101 1751 40 197
Tim Murchison 20 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lou North 26 2 5 6 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
*Gene Packard 29 6 414 215 414 382 41 84 9 5 2 21 3 0 13 84 .220 .246 .285 .531 56 109 0 0 19 0 0
Gene Paulette 26 3 403 122 403 370 37 96 21 7 0 35 9 20 21 .259 .301 .354 .655 102 131 2 11
*George Pearce 29 6 182 103 182 166 12 20 5 1 0 6 0 1 7 65 .120 .161 .163 .324 -5 27 0 1 8 0 0
Jack Roche 26 3 56 59 56 49 3 14 2 2 0 9 2 4 9 .286 .364 .408 .772 133 20 2 1
Fred Smith 30 4 1607 438 1607 1422 143 321 39 25 8 158 58 133 219 .226 .296 .305 .601 74 434 9 43
*Jack Smith 22 3 932 271 932 835 109 227 22 17 9 68 49 16 59 120 .272 .324 .371 .695 115 310 5 33
*Red Smyth 24 3 141 88 141 123 13 21 1 2 0 8 4 2 12 20 .171 .255 .211 .467 44 26 2 4
Frank Snyder 23 6 1695 509 1695 1557 104 401 58 18 4 154 16 6 99 162 .258 .304 .326 .629 91 507 4 35
#Bob Steele 23 2 141 74 141 140 8 32 2 1 0 5 1 0 25 .229 .229 .257 .486 48 36 0 1
Stuffy Stewart 23 2 26 22 26 26 4 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 .115 .115 .115 .231 -29 3 0 0
Bobby Wallace 43 24 9504 2351 9504 8520 1054 2294 390 143 34 1117 200 2 768 70 .269 .333 .361 .694 106 3072 47 169
Milt Watson 27 2 85 59 85 83 5 12 1 0 0 2 0 0 24 .145 .155 .157 .311 -3 13 1 1
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

1916 / 1918 Batting Statistics