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1917 St. Louis Cardinals

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1916 / 1918

82-70, Finished 3rd in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Miller Huggins (82-70)
Scored 531 runs, Allowed 567 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 71-81

Ballparks: Robison Field · 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 - 99, Pitching - 100


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1916 / 1918 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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 21 145 588 523 86 171 24 17 8 66 17 45 34 .327 .385 .484 .868 169 253 4 17
5 3B Doug Baird 25 104 406 364 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 .750 132 184 1 14
7 OF Tom Long 27 144 582 530 49 123 12 14 3 41 21 37 44 .232 .285 .325 .609 89 172 2 12
8 OF Walton Cruise* 27 153 590 529 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 26 106 323 290 28 76 8 1 1 28 12 22 24 .262 .316 .307 .623 94 89 1 9
11 3B Fred Smith 25 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* 26 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 56 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 45 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 Pierce* 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
Team Totals 25.5 154 5629 5083 531 1271 159 93 26 436 159 359 652 .250 .303 .333 .636 97 1694 24 160
Rank in 8 NL teams 8 6 5 7 2 3 2 1 6 1 3 5 4 4 4 6 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 Bill Doak 26 16 20 .444 3.10 44 37 7 16 3 2 281.1 257 123 97 6 85 111 9 0 2 1152 86 1.216 8.2 0.2 2.7 3.6 1.31
2 SP Lee Meadows 22 15 9 .625 3.08 43 37 6 18 4 2 265.2 253 99 91 5 90 100 4 0 4 1085 87 1.291 8.6 0.2 3.0 3.4 1.11
3 SP Marv Goodwin 26 6 4 .600 2.21 14 12 1 6 3 0 85.1 70 33 21 1 19 38 0 0 1 339 122 1.043 7.4 0.1 2.0 4.0 2.00
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
4 RP Red Ames 34 15 10 .600 2.71 43 19 17 10 2 3 209.0 189 75 63 2 57 62 3 0 5 847 99 1.177 8.1 0.1 2.5 2.7 1.09
5 RP Milt Watson 27 10 13 .435 3.51 41 20 9 5 3 0 161.1 149 74 63 3 51 45 9 0 1 667 76 1.240 8.3 0.2 2.8 2.5 0.88
6 RP Gene Packard* 29 9 6 .600 2.47 34 11 12 6 0 2 153.1 138 48 42 4 25 44 3 0 1 608 109 1.063 8.1 0.2 1.5 2.6 1.76
7 RP Oscar Horstmann 26 9 4 .692 3.44 35 11 12 4 1 1 138.2 111 67 53 5 54 50 4 1 2 566 78 1.190 7.2 0.3 3.5 3.2 0.93
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
8 Bob Steele* 23 1 3 .250 3.21 12 6 3 1 0 0 42.0 33 17 15 1 19 23 0 0 2 173 84 1.238 7.1 0.2 4.1 4.9 1.21
9 Jakie May* 21 0 0 3.38 15 1 10 0 0 0 29.1 29 13 11 0 11 18 3 1 2 116 81 1.364 8.9 0.0 3.4 5.5 1.64
10 Lou North 26 0 0 3.97 5 0 5 0 0 0 11.1 14 5 5 1 4 4 0 0 4 46 71 1.588 11.1 0.8 3.2 3.2 1.00
11 George Pierce* 29 1 1 .500 3.48 5 0 3 0 0 0 10.1 7 7 4 0 3 4 1 0 0 45 81 0.968 6.1 0.0 2.6 3.5 1.33
12 Bruce Hitt 20 0 0 9.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 4.0 7 6 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 20 34 2.000 15.8 2.3 2.3 2.3 1.00
13 Tim Murchison* 20 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 5 2.000 0.0 0.0 18.0 18.0 1.00
Team Totals 26.7 82 70 .539 3.03 154 154 88 66 16 10 1392.2 1257 567 469 29 421 502 36 2 24 5669 89 1.205 8.1 0.2 2.7 3.2 1.19
Rank in 8 NL teams 3 6 8 8 5 2 7 2 5 7 5 7 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 GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Pos Summary
Red Ames 34 43 19 10 89 4 83 2 4 .978 2.02 P
Doug Baird 25 105 102 97 392 110 259 23 24 .941 3.51 3B-OF
Bob Bescher 33 32 28 26 62 61 0 1 0 .984 1.91 OF
Bruno Betzel 22 102 82 70 435 193 225 17 42 .961 4.10 2B-OF-3B
John Brock 20 4 2 2 18 13 4 1 0 .944 4.25 1 2 2 50% 44% C
Walton Cruise 27 152 152 137 311 285 15 11 6 .965 1.97 OF
Tony DeFate 22 6 0 0 6 1 5 0 1 1.000 1.00 3B-2B
Bill Doak 26 44 37 16 116 10 103 3 2 .974 2.57 P
Mike Gonzalez 26 87 73 71 566 444 110 12 19 .979 6.37 8 46 50 52% 44% C-1B-OF
Marv Goodwin 26 14 12 6 36 3 33 0 1 1.000 2.57 P
Bruce Hitt 20 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Rogers Hornsby 21 144 143 139 847 268 527 52 82 .939 5.52 SS
Oscar Horstmann 26 35 11 4 45 3 40 2 2 .956 1.23 P
Paddy Livingston 37 6 4 3 32 26 6 0 0 1.000 5.33 0 4 3 43% 44% C
Tom Long 27 137 135 127 198 173 9 16 2 .919 1.33 OF
Jakie May 21 15 1 0 17 3 14 0 1 1.000 1.13 P
Ike McAuley 25 3 2 0 6 2 3 1 0 .833 1.67 SS
Lee Meadows 22 43 37 18 74 4 66 4 0 .946 1.63 P
Dots Miller 30 149 143 132 1145 755 362 28 100 .976 7.50 2B-1B-SS
Tim Murchison 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Lou North 26 5 0 0 5 0 5 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Gene Packard 29 34 11 6 47 5 42 0 2 1.000 1.38 P
Gene Paulette 26 93 92 91 1183 1130 45 8 82 .993 12.63 1B
George Pierce 29 5 0 0 6 1 4 1 1 .833 1.00 P
Jack Roche 26 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0 0 0 C
Fred Smith 25 54 51 44 185 63 113 9 6 .951 3.26 3B-2B-SS
Jack Smith 22 128 118 101 255 233 12 10 6 .961 1.91 OF
Red Smyth 26 23 11 10 27 23 1 3 0 .889 1.04 OF
Frank Snyder 23 95 92 76 487 341 134 12 10 .975 5.00 6 63 69 52% 44% C-2B
Bob Steele 23 12 6 1 11 1 9 1 0 .909 0.83 P
Stuffy Stewart 23 9 1 0 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 0.44 OF-2B
Bobby Wallace 43 7 1 0 12 5 6 1 0 .917 1.57 3B-SS
Milt Watson 27 41 20 5 60 3 55 2 2 .967 1.41 P
Team Totals 25.6 154 1386 1192 6680 4166 2293 221 395 .967 3.96 15 115 124 52% 44%
Rank in 8 NL teams 6 1 2
Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Pos Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Age G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Acquired Pos Summary
Red Ames# 34 43 73 -3 0 0 0 5 2 0.2 2 4 0.2 .506 .501 0.2 0.0 4 Purchased 1
Doug Baird 25 104 407 2 1 0 8 3 15 1.8 11 26 2.9 .517 .511 2.0 1.4 18 Traded *5/8O
Bob Bescher# 33 42 134 -4 -0 0 0 -2 -6 -0.8 4 -2 -0.4 .482 .495 -0.4 -0.2 -2 Traded O7/8
Bruno Betzel 22 106 358 -13 -0 0 6 -1 -8 -1.1 10 2 0.0 .490 .494 -0.8 0.7 -4 4O78/59
John Brock 20 7 15 1 0 0 0 0 2 0.2 0 2 0.2 .526 .501 0.2 0.0 2 /2
Walton Cruise* 27 153 589 17 -1 0 -1 -6 9 1.0 16 25 2.7 .507 .507 2.9 -0.9 26 *O879
Tony DeFate 22 14 18 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.1 0 0 0.0 .496 .500 0.0 0.0 0 Rule 5 Draft /54
Bill Doak 26 44 100 -12 0 0 0 7 -5 -0.6 3 -2 -0.6 .487 .496 -0.6 0.0 -2 1
Mike Gonzalez 26 106 322 -1 -0 0 0 3 2 0.2 9 11 1.2 .502 .502 1.2 0.4 11 Traded 23/O9
Marv Goodwin 26 14 29 -2 0 0 0 2 -0 -0.1 1 0 -0.1 .496 .500 -0.1 0.0 0 Traded 1
Bruce Hitt 20 2 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .494 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 /1
Rogers Hornsby 21 145 589 40 -1 0 18 10 67 8.1 16 83 9.7 .556 .550 7.5 3.5 65 $3,000 Purchased *6
Oscar Horstmann 26 35 50 -3 0 0 0 3 0 0.1 1 2 0.1 .502 .500 0.1 0.0 2 1
Paddy Livingston 37 7 20 -2 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 1 -0 -0.1 .484 .499 -0.1 0.0 -0 Purchased /2
Tom Long 27 144 581 -6 0 0 -5 -7 -18 -2.2 16 -2 -0.6 .485 .486 0.0 -1.5 3 *O97/8
Jakie May 21 15 4 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .495 .500 -0.1 0.0 -1 1
Ike McAuley# 25 3 9 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 Waivers /6
Lee Meadows* 22 43 97 -14 0 0 0 7 -7 -0.9 3 -4 -0.9 .480 .495 -0.9 0.0 -4 1
Dots Miller 30 148 598 -5 -0 0 12 -1 6 0.7 17 23 2.4 .505 .504 0.9 1.4 11 Traded 436
Tim Murchison 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 /1
Lou North 26 5 3 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .488 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 /1
Gene Packard* 29 36 54 -0 0 0 0 4 4 0.4 2 5 0.4 .512 .503 0.4 0.0 5 Purchased 1
Gene Paulette 26 95 360 3 -0 0 2 -3 2 0.2 10 12 1.3 .502 .501 1.0 -0.2 10 Waivers 3
George Pierce* 29 5 4 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .485 .500 -0.1 0.0 -1 /1
Jack Roche 26 1 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .475 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 Unknown /2
Fred Smith 25 56 186 -8 -0 0 2 2 -5 -0.6 5 1 -0.1 .490 .496 -0.3 0.5 -1 5/46
Jack Smith* 22 137 515 16 0 0 0 -5 11 1.3 14 25 2.8 .510 .508 2.8 -0.6 25 *O897
Red Smyth* 26 38 78 -2 0 0 -2 -1 -5 -0.7 2 -3 -0.4 .482 .496 -0.2 -0.4 -1 Waivers O7/98
Frank Snyder 23 115 346 -5 -0 0 1 5 1 0.1 10 10 1.1 .501 .501 1.0 0.8 9 2/4
Bob Steele# 23 12 13 1 0 0 0 1 2 0.2 0 2 0.2 .517 .501 0.2 0.0 2 1
Stuffy Stewart 23 13 9 -2 0 0 -1 -0 -3 -0.4 0 -3 -0.4 .469 .498 -0.3 -0.2 -2 /O8479
Bobby Wallace 43 8 12 -2 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 0 -1 -0.2 .476 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 Free Agency /56
Milt Watson 27 41 51 -7 0 0 0 4 -4 -0.4 1 -2 -0.4 .489 .497 -0.4 0.0 -2 1
Team Total 25.5 1738 5626 -17 1 0 40 31 55 6.4 158 212 20.7 .504 .501 15.8 5.0 172 $3,000
Age G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Acquired Pos Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Age IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Acquired
Red Ames 34 209.0 43 19 75 3.23 3.54 0.27 0.00 100.0 3.27 1 0.1 1.0 -0.1 1.5 16 .502 .501 Purchased
Bill Doak 26 281.1 44 37 123 3.93 3.54 0.26 0.00 100.0 3.28 -21 -2.5 1.0 -0.2 -0.6 -1 .444 .485
Marv Goodwin 26 85.1 14 12 33 3.48 3.54 0.25 0.00 100.0 3.29 -2 -0.2 1.0 -0.0 0.3 4 .483 .499 Traded
Bruce Hitt 20 4.0 2 0 6 13.50 3.54 0.32 0.00 100.0 3.21 -5 -0.4 1.0 -0.0 -0.4 -4 .279 .497
Oscar Horstmann 26 138.2 35 11 67 4.35 3.54 0.25 0.00 100.0 3.29 -17 -2.0 1.0 -0.1 -1.0 -7 .444 .488
Jakie May* 21 29.1 15 1 13 3.99 3.54 0.23 0.00 100.0 3.31 -2 -0.3 1.0 -0.0 -0.1 -0 .482 .498
Lee Meadows 22 265.2 43 37 99 3.35 3.54 0.26 0.00 100.0 3.28 -3 -0.3 1.0 -0.1 1.5 17 .493 .498
Tim Murchison* 20 1.0 1 0 0 0.00 3.54 0.07 0.00 100.0 3.46 0 0.0 1.0 -0.0 0.1 0 .549 .500
Lou North 26 11.1 5 0 5 3.97 3.54 0.25 0.00 100.0 3.29 -1 -0.1 1.0 -0.0 0.0 -0 .479 .499
Gene Packard* 29 153.1 34 11 48 2.82 3.54 0.27 0.00 100.0 3.27 8 1.0 1.0 -0.1 2.0 19 .528 .506 Purchased
George Pierce* 29 10.1 5 0 7 6.10 3.54 0.28 0.00 100.0 3.26 -3 -0.4 1.0 -0.0 -0.3 -3 .424 .498
Bob Steele* 23 42.0 12 6 17 3.64 3.54 0.24 0.00 100.0 3.30 -2 -0.2 1.0 -0.0 0.1 1 .483 .499
Milt Watson 27 161.1 41 20 74 4.13 3.54 0.27 0.00 100.0 3.27 -16 -1.9 1.0 -0.1 -0.8 -4 .454 .488
Team Total 26.7 1392.2 294 154 567 3.66 3.54 0.26 0.00 100.0 3.28 -62 -7.2 1.0 -0.8 2.3 39 .476 .497
Age IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Acquired

1916 / 1918 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics