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1923 St. Louis Cardinals

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1922 / 1924

79-74, Finished 5th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Branch Rickey (79-74)
Scored 746 runs, Allowed 732 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 78-75

Ballparks: Sportsman's Park III · Attendance: 338,551 (6th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 97, Pitching - 97 · one-year: Batting - 90, Pitching - 90


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1922 / 1924 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 Eddie Ainsmith 33 82 296 263 22 56 11 6 3 34 4 0 22 19 .213 .276 .335 .611 62 88 1 10
2 1B Jim Bottomley* 23 134 587 523 79 194 34 14 8 94 4 6 45 44 .371 .425 .535 .960 155 280 4 15
3 2B Rogers Hornsby 27 107 487 424 89 163 32 10 17 83 3 7 55 29 .384 .459 .627 1.086 187 266 3 5
4 SS Howard Freigau 20 113 392 358 30 94 18 1 1 35 5 4 25 36 .263 .314 .327 .641 71 117 2 7
5 3B Milt Stock 29 151 667 603 63 174 33 3 2 96 9 6 40 21 .289 .334 .363 .697 86 219 1 23
6 OF Hi Myers 34 96 356 330 29 99 18 2 2 48 5 3 12 19 .300 .330 .385 .715 90 127 3 11
7 OF Jack Smith* 28 124 444 407 98 126 16 6 5 41 32 11 27 20 .310 .356 .415 .771 105 169 2 8
8 OF Max Flack* 33 128 562 505 82 147 16 9 3 28 7 8 41 16 .291 .348 .376 .724 93 190 3 13
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 OF Ray Blades 26 98 366 317 48 78 21 5 5 44 4 2 37 46 .246 .342 .391 .733 95 124 9 3
10 MI Specs Toporcer* 24 97 354 303 45 77 11 3 3 35 4 3 41 14 .254 .349 .340 .689 85 103 3 7
11 OF Heinie Mueller* 23 78 290 265 39 91 16 9 5 41 4 3 18 16 .343 .392 .528 .920 144 140 3 4
12 C Harry McCurdy* 23 67 200 185 17 49 11 2 0 15 3 1 11 11 .265 .306 .346 .652 74 64 0 4
13 C Verne Clemons 31 57 142 130 6 37 9 1 0 13 0 0 10 11 .285 .345 .369 .714 91 48 2 0
14 SS Doc Lavan 32 50 128 111 10 22 6 0 1 12 0 3 9 7 .198 .264 .279 .544 45 31 1 7
15 OF Les Mann 30 38 99 89 20 33 5 2 5 11 0 0 9 5 .371 .434 .640 1.075 184 57 1 0
16 SS Les Bell 21 15 60 51 5 19 2 1 0 9 1 0 9 7 .373 .467 .451 .918 146 23 0 0
17 OF Eddie Dyer* 23 35 48 45 17 12 3 0 2 5 1 0 3 5 .267 .313 .467 .779 106 21 0 0
18 IF Jake Flowers 21 13 35 32 0 3 1 0 0 2 1 2 2 7 .094 .147 .125 .272 -27 4 0 1
19 C Charlie Niebergall 24 9 31 28 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 .107 .167 .143 .310 -17 4 0 1
20 OF Taylor Douthit 22 9 27 27 3 5 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 4 .185 .185 .333 .519 36 9 0 0
21 IF Jimmy Hudgens* 20 6 15 12 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 .250 .400 .333 .733 98 4 0 0
22 OF Joe Schultz 29 2 9 7 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .286 .375 .286 .661 79 2 0 1
23 1B Speed Walker 25 2 7 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .286 .286 .286 .571 53 2 0 0
24 C George Kopshaw 27 2 5 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .400 .600 57 2 0 0
25 OF Tige Stone 21 5 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 435 1 0 0
26 Burt Shotton* 38 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 P Jesse Haines 29 37 104 99 8 20 1 0 0 8 0 0 1 20 .202 .210 .212 .422 13 21 0 4
28 P Bill Sherdel* 26 45 93 83 13 28 2 0 1 9 0 1 7 8 .337 .389 .398 .786 110 33 0 3
29 P Fred Toney 34 29 74 69 2 8 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 11 .116 .141 .116 .257 -31 8 0 3
30 P Bill Doak 32 30 71 67 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 27 .045 .059 .045 .104 -72 3 0 3
31 P Johnny Stuart 22 37 58 57 7 14 2 0 0 3 0 1 1 7 .246 .259 .281 .539 44 16 0 0
32 P Jeff Pfeffer 35 26 56 55 3 7 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 .127 .127 .164 .291 -23 9 0 1
33 P Clyde Barfoot 31 37 39 37 1 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 10 .189 .211 .216 .427 14 8 0 1
34 P Lou North 32 34 23 22 3 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .182 .217 .182 .399 8 4 0 0
35 P Epp Sell 26 5 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
36 P Bill Pertica 24 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
37 P Fred Wigington 25 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
Team Totals 27.4 154 6137 5526 746 1582 274 76 63 676 89 61 438 446 .286 .343 .398 .740 97 2197 38 135
Rank in 8 NL teams 1 6 3 1 4 4 5 7 4 3 4 5 5 4 3 2 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 Jesse Haines 29 20 13 .606 3.11 37 36 1 23 1 0 266.0 283 125 92 7 75 73 5 0 5 1133 125 1.346 9.6 0.2 2.5 2.5 0.97
2 SP Bill Sherdel* 26 15 13 .536 4.32 39 26 9 14 0 2 225.0 270 127 108 16 59 78 6 1 4 999 90 1.462 10.8 0.6 2.4 3.1 1.32
3 SP Fred Toney 34 11 12 .478 3.84 29 28 1 16 1 0 196.2 211 104 84 7 61 48 6 0 4 847 101 1.383 9.7 0.3 2.8 2.2 0.79
4 SP Bill Doak 32 8 13 .381 3.26 30 26 2 7 2 0 185.0 199 85 67 4 69 53 3 0 2 802 119 1.449 9.7 0.2 3.4 2.6 0.77
5 SP Jeff Pfeffer 35 8 9 .471 4.02 26 18 4 7 1 0 152.1 171 80 68 8 40 32 9 0 1 667 97 1.385 10.1 0.5 2.4 1.9 0.80
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
6 RP Johnny Stuart 22 9 5 .643 4.27 37 10 17 7 1 3 149.2 139 82 71 11 70 55 9 0 2 648 91 1.396 8.4 0.7 4.2 3.3 0.79
7 RP Clyde Barfoot 31 3 3 .500 3.73 33 2 22 1 1 1 101.1 112 49 42 7 27 23 1 0 1 428 104 1.372 9.9 0.6 2.4 2.0 0.85
8 RP Lou North 32 3 4 .429 5.15 34 3 17 0 0 1 71.2 90 50 41 8 31 24 3 0 1 331 76 1.688 11.3 1.0 3.9 3.0 0.77
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
9 Eddie Dyer* 23 2 1 .667 4.09 4 3 0 2 1 0 22.0 30 10 10 0 5 7 1 0 0 97 96 1.591 12.3 0.0 2.0 2.9 1.40
10 Epp Sell 26 0 1 .000 6.00 5 1 3 0 0 0 15.0 16 10 10 1 8 2 0 0 1 65 66 1.600 9.6 0.6 4.8 1.2 0.25
11 Fred Wigington 25 0 0 3.24 4 0 0 0 0 0 8.1 11 4 3 0 5 2 0 0 0 39 125 1.920 11.9 0.0 5.4 2.2 0.40
12 Tige Stone 21 0 0 12.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 5 4 4 1 3 1 0 0 1 14 37 2.667 15.0 3.0 9.0 3.0 0.33
13 Bill Pertica 24 0 0 3.86 1 1 0 0 0 0 2.1 2 2 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 13 118 2.143 7.7 0.0 11.6 0.0 0.00
Team Totals 29.6 79 74 .516 3.87 154 154 77 77 8 7 1398.1 1539 732 601 70 456 398 44 1 22 6083 101 1.427 9.9 0.5 2.9 2.6 0.87
Rank in 8 NL teams 5 4 4 5 4 6 1 6 5 6 5 6 6
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% PO Pos. Summary
Eddie Ainsmith 33 80 71 56 298 235 57 6 3 .980 3.65 7 45 34 43% C
Clyde Barfoot 31 33 2 1 30 2 26 2 1 .933 0.85 P
Les Bell 21 15 15 15 96 35 53 8 9 .917 5.87 SS
Ray Blades 26 88 74 66 213 194 12 7 2 .967 2.37 OF-3B
Jim Bottomley 23 130 128 123 1325 1264 43 18 95 .986 10.05 1B
Verne Clemons 31 41 35 23 161 124 34 3 1 .981 3.85 4 32 20 38% C
Bill Doak 32 30 26 7 66 1 62 3 3 .955 2.10 P
Taylor Douthit 22 7 6 6 13 12 1 0 0 1.000 1.86 OF
Eddie Dyer 23 12 9 4 22 18 4 0 0 1.000 1.83 P-OF
Max Flack 33 121 116 112 263 242 8 13 4 .951 2.07 OF
Jake Flowers 21 11 8 7 45 15 28 2 1 .956 3.91 SS-2B-3B
Howard Freigau 20 111 99 81 659 273 340 46 57 .930 5.38 SS-2B-1B-OF-3B
Jesse Haines 29 37 36 23 80 13 64 3 1 .963 2.08 P
Rogers Hornsby 27 106 106 97 643 323 299 21 61 .967 5.87 2B-1B
Jimmy Hudgens 20 4 3 2 41 37 3 1 1 .976 10.00 1B-2B
George Kopshaw 27 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 0 C
Doc Lavan 32 48 33 25 201 83 104 14 21 .930 3.90 SS-3B-1B-2B
Les Mann 30 26 20 13 48 44 3 1 0 .979 1.81 OF
Harry McCurdy 23 58 40 35 193 157 30 6 4 .969 3.22 1 22 13 37% C
Heinie Mueller 23 73 64 53 214 197 9 8 3 .963 2.78 OF
Hi Myers 34 87 80 67 260 239 15 6 0 .977 2.92 OF
Charlie Niebergall 24 7 7 7 33 28 5 0 0 1.000 4.71 2 11 3 21% C
Lou North 32 34 3 0 21 3 18 0 2 1.000 0.62 P
Bill Pertica 24 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 P
Jeff Pfeffer 35 26 18 7 35 3 31 1 2 .971 1.31 P
Joe Schultz 29 2 1 1 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.50 OF
Epp Sell 26 5 1 0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.60 P
Bill Sherdel 26 39 26 14 52 6 41 5 3 .904 1.21 P
Jack Smith 28 109 95 83 265 247 11 7 3 .974 2.37 OF
Milt Stock 29 150 149 141 447 166 261 20 24 .955 2.83 3B-2B
Tige Stone 21 5 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.40 P-OF
Johnny Stuart 22 37 10 7 38 6 29 3 2 .921 0.95 P
Fred Toney 34 29 28 16 74 9 63 2 3 .973 2.48 P
Specs Toporcer 24 85 72 69 457 193 240 24 57 .947 4.98 2B-SS-1B-3B
Speed Walker 25 2 2 2 19 19 0 0 1 1.000 9.50 1B
Fred Wigington 25 4 0 0 7 0 5 2 0 .714 1.25 P
Team Totals 27.5 154 1386 1163 6333 4196 1905 232 364 .963 3.68 14 110 70 39%
Rank in 8 NL teams 2 6 7
Age G GS 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
Eddie Ainsmith 33 296 -17 1 0 0 -1 3 9 -5 -0.5 -4 -0.4 -0.1 $ Free Agency 2
Clyde Barfoot 31 39 -5 0 0 0 0 3 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
Les Bell 21 60 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 7 0.7 7 0.7 0.0 $ 6
Ray Blades 26 366 -5 1 0 0 6 -4 11 9 0.9 3 0.3 0.6 $ 7O/59
Jim Bottomley* 23 587 36 -1 0 0 -11 -6 16 34 3.4 45 4.5 -1.1 $ Free Agency *3
Verne Clemons 31 142 -3 -1 0 0 -1 1 4 0 0.0 1 0.1 -0.1 $ 2
Bill Doak 32 71 -18 0 0 0 0 5 2 -11 -1.1 -11 -1.1 0.0 $ 1
Taylor Douthit 22 27 -3 1 0 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /O97
Eddie Dyer* 23 48 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ /O718
Max Flack* 33 562 -8 1 0 0 0 -6 16 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ Traded *O9
Jake Flowers 21 35 -6 -1 0 0 0 1 1 -5 -0.5 -5 -0.5 0.0 $ /645
Howard Freigau 20 392 -18 -2 0 0 -1 6 12 -3 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ 64/357O
Jesse Haines 29 104 -13 0 0 0 0 7 3 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ Purchased 1
Rogers Hornsby 27 487 50 -1 0 0 1 3 13 66 6.5 65 6.5 0.0 $18,500 Purchased 43
Jimmy Hudgens* 20 15 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ /34
George Kopshaw 27 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /2
Doc Lavan 32 128 -10 -2 0 0 0 3 4 -5 -0.5 -5 -0.5 0.0 $ Purchased 6/534
Les Mann 30 99 10 1 0 0 -1 -1 3 12 1.2 13 1.3 -0.1 $ Purchased O9/87
Harry McCurdy* 23 200 -9 0 0 0 0 2 6 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 2
Heinie Mueller* 23 290 13 0 0 0 2 -2 9 22 2.2 20 2.0 0.2 $ O8/9
Hi Myers 34 356 -7 -1 0 0 4 -2 10 4 0.5 0 0.0 0.5 $ Traded 8O
Charlie Niebergall 24 31 -5 0 0 0 0 0 1 -4 -0.4 -4 -0.4 0.0 $ /2
Lou North 32 23 -3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
Bill Pertica 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
Jeff Pfeffer 35 56 -10 0 0 0 0 4 2 -4 -0.4 -4 -0.4 0.0 $ Traded 1
Joe Schultz 29 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /O9
Epp Sell 26 7 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ /1
Bill Sherdel* 26 93 1 0 0 0 0 6 3 10 1.0 10 1.0 0.0 $ 1
Jack Smith* 28 444 0 8 0 0 5 -5 13 21 2.1 16 1.6 0.5 $ *O798
Milt Stock 29 667 -16 -2 0 0 -8 5 18 -3 -0.2 5 0.5 -0.7 $ Traded *5/4
Tige Stone 21 3 1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0.0 1 0.1 -0.1 $ /O871
Johnny Stuart 22 58 -5 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1
Fred Toney 34 74 -14 0 0 0 0 5 2 -7 -0.7 -7 -0.7 0.0 $ Waivers 1
Specs Toporcer* 24 354 -7 0 0 0 -4 4 11 4 0.4 8 0.8 -0.4 $ 46/35
Speed Walker 25 7 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /3
Fred Wigington 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
Team Total 27.4 6137 -70 3 0 0 -11 40 177 139 14.0 150 15.0 -1.0 $18,500
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
Clyde Barfoot 31 101.1 2 49 62 -1 1.0 13 1.2 $
Bill Doak 32 185.0 26 85 113 -1 1.0 28 2.7 $
Eddie Dyer* 23 22.0 3 10 13 0 1.0 3 0.3 $
Jesse Haines 29 266.0 36 125 163 -1 1.0 38 3.6 $ Purchased
Lou North 32 71.2 3 50 44 0 1.0 -6 -0.7 $
Bill Pertica 24 2.1 1 2 1 0 1.0 -1 -0.1 $
Jeff Pfeffer 35 152.1 18 80 93 -1 1.0 13 1.2 $ Traded
Epp Sell 26 15.0 1 10 9 0 1.0 -1 -0.1 $
Bill Sherdel* 26 225.0 26 127 138 -1 1.0 11 0.9 $
Tige Stone 21 3.0 0 4 2 0 1.0 -2 -0.2 $
Johnny Stuart 22 149.2 10 82 92 -1 1.0 10 0.9 $
Fred Toney 34 196.2 28 104 120 -1 1.0 16 1.5 $ Waivers
Fred Wigington 25 8.1 0 4 5 0 1.0 1 0.1 $
Team Total 29.6 1398.1 154 732 855 -7 1.0 123 11.3 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1922 / 1924 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics