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1923 St. Louis Cardinals (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1922/1924)
79-74, Finished 5th in National League
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Scored 746 runs, Allowed 732 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 78-75
Managed by Branch Rickey

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

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1923 Stats (1922/1924) / Schedule / Transactions

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Team Batting    Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Eddie Ainsmith      33   82  263   22   56  11  6   3   34  22   19  .213  .276  .335   4   0       1  10           62
1B *Jim Bottomley       23  134  523   79  194  34 14   8   94  45   44  .371  .425  .535   4   6       4  15          155
2B  Rogers Hornsby      27  107  424   89  163  32 10  17   83  55   29  .384  .459  .627   3   7       3   5          188
3B  Milt Stock          29  151  603   63  174  33  3   2   96  40   21  .289  .334  .363   9   6       1  23           86
SS  Howard Freigau      20  113  358   30   94  18  1   1   35  25   36  .263  .314  .327   5   4       2   7           71
OF *Max Flack           33  128  505   82  147  16  9   3   28  41   16  .291  .348  .376   7   8       3  13           93
OF *Jack Smith          28  124  407   98  126  16  6   5   41  27   20  .310  .356  .415  32  11       2   8          105
OF  Hy Myers            34   96  330   29   99  18  2   2   48  12   19  .300  .330  .385   5   3       3  11           90
    Ray Blades          26   98  317   48   78  21  5   5   44  37   46  .246  .342  .391   4   2       9   3           95
   *Specs Toporczer     24   97  303   45   77  11  3   3   35  41   14  .254  .349  .340   4   3       3   7           85
   *Heinie Mueller      23   78  265   39   91  16  9   5   41  18   16  .343  .392  .528   4   3       3   4          144
   *Harry McCurdy       23   67  185   17   49  11  2   0   15  11   11  .265  .306  .346   3   1       0   4           74
    Verne Clemons       31   57  130    6   37   9  1   0   13  10   11  .285  .345  .369   0   0       2   0           91
    Doc Lavan           32   50  111   10   22   6  0   1   12   9    7  .198  .264  .279   0   3       1   7           45
    Les Mann            30   38   89   20   33   5  2   5   11   9    5  .371  .434  .640   0   0       1   0          184
    Les Bell            21   15   51    5   19   2  1   0    9   9    7  .373  .467  .451   1   0       0   0          146
   *Eddie Dyer          23   35   45   17   12   3  0   2    5   3    5  .267  .313  .467   1   0       0   0          106
    Jake Flowers        21   13   32    0    3   1  0   0    2   2    7  .094  .147  .125   1   2       0   1          -27
    Charlie Niebergall  24    9   28    2    3   1  0   0    1   2    2  .107  .167  .143   0   0       0   1          -17
    Taylor Douthit      22    9   27    3    5   0  2   0    0   0    4  .185  .185  .333   1   0       0   0           36
   *Jimmy Hudgens       20    6   12    2    3   1  0   0    0   3    3  .250  .400  .333   0   0       0   0           98
    Joe Schultz         29    2    7    0    2   0  0   0    1   1    0  .286  .375  .286   0   0       0   1           79
    Speed Walker        25    2    7    1    2   0  0   0    0   0    1  .286  .286  .286   0   0       0   0           53
    George Kopshaw      27    2    5    1    1   1  0   0    0   0    1  .200  .200  .400   0   0       0   0           57
    Tige Stone          21    5    1    0    1   0  0   0    0   2    0 1.000 1.000 1.000   0   0       0   0          435
   *Burt Shotton        38    1    0    1    0   0  0   0    0   0    0                     0   0       0   0             

    Jesse Haines        29   37   99    8   20   1  0   0    8   1   20  .202  .210  .212   0   0       0   4           13
   *Bill Sherdel        26   45   83   13   28   2  0   1    9   7    8  .337  .389  .398   0   1       0   3          110
    Fred Toney          34   29   69    2    8   0  0   0    2   2   11  .116  .141  .116   1   0       0   3          -31
    Bill Doak           32   30   67    0    3   0  0   0    2   1   27  .045  .059  .045   0   0       0   3          -72
    Johnny Stuart       22   37   57    7   14   2  0   0    3   1    7  .246  .259  .281   0   1       0   0           44
    Jeff Pfeffer        35   26   55    3    7   2  0   0    2   0   10  .127  .127  .164   0   0       0   1          -23
    Clyde Barfoot       31   37   37    1    7   1  0   0    1   1   10  .189  .211  .216   0   0       0   1           14
    Lou North           32   34   22    3    4   0  0   0    1   1    5  .182  .217  .182   0   0       0   0            8
    Epp Sell            26    5    7    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    3  .000  .000  .000   0   0       0   0         -100
    Bill Pertica        24    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0       0   0         -100
    Fred Wigington      25    4    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0       0   0         -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.5  154 5526  746 1582 274 76  63  676 438  446  .286  .339  .398  89  61      38 135          106
    Rank among 8 NL teams          1    6    3   1  4   4        4    3     4     5     5   5   7                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.
Team Pitching    Glossary
    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Jesse Haines        29  37   3.11  20  13  0  36   1  23   1  266.0  283  125   92   7   75   73 1133   5   5  0     124
SP  Fred Toney          34  29   3.84  11  12  0  28   1  16   1  196.7  211  104   84   8   61   48  847   4   6  0     101
SP  Bill Doak           32  30   3.26   8  13  0  26   2   7   2  185.0  199   85   67   4   69   53  802   2   3  0     119
SP *Bill Sherdel        26  39   4.32  15  13  2  26   9  14   0  225.0  270  127  108  15   59   78  999   4   6  1      90
SP  Jeff Pfeffer        35  26   4.02   8   9  0  18   4   7   1  152.3  171   80   68   8   40   32  667   1   9  0      96

RP  Clyde Barfoot       31  33   3.73   3   3  1   2  22   1   1  101.3  112   49   42   7   27   23  428   1   1  0     104
RP  Lou North           32  34   5.15   3   4  1   3  17   0   0   71.7   90   50   41   8   31   24  331   1   3  0      75
RP  Johnny Stuart       22  37   4.27   9   5  3  10  17   7   1  149.7  139   82   71  11   70   55  648   2   9  0      91

   *Eddie Dyer          23   4   4.09   2   1  0   3   0   2   1   22.0   30   10   10   0    5    7   97   0   1  0      95
    Epp Sell            26   5   6.00   0   1  0   1   3   0   0   15.0   16   10   10   1    8    2   65   1   0  0      65
    Fred Wigington      25   4   3.24   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    8.3   11    4    3   0    5    2   39   0   0  0     120
    Tige Stone          21   1  12.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    3.0    5    4    4   1    3    1   14   1   0  0      32
    Bill Pertica        24   1   3.86   0   0  0   1   0   0   0    2.3    2    2    1   0    3    0   13   0   1  0     100
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.8 154   3.87  79  74  7 154  77  77   9 1398.0 1539  732  601  70  456  398 6083  22  44  1     100
    Rank among 8 NL teams           4   5   4  6           5   4      1    6    5        5    6    6

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed
Team Fielding    Glossary  League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers     G   PO    A   E   DP   FP   PB  WP  SB  CS
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---
EAinsmith    80  235   57   6   3  .980   7            
HMcCurdy     58  157   30   6   4  .969   1            
VClemons     41  124   34   3   1  .981   4            
CNiebergall   7   28    5   0   0 1.000   2            
GKopshaw      1    2    0   0   0 1.000   0            
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---
Team Total  154  546  126  15   8  .978  14   0   0   0
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---

First Base   G   PO    A   E   DP  .990 10.21
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
JBottomley  130 1264   43  18  95  .986 10.05
RHornsby     10  131   16   2  13  .987 14.70
HFreigau      9   47    8   4   5  .932  6.11
JHudgens      3   29    3   0   0 1.000 10.67
DLavan        3   14    1   1   1  .937  5.00
SWalker       2   19    0   0   1 1.000  9.50
SToporczer    1    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  154 1504   71  25 115  .984 10.14
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Second Base  G   PO    A   E   DP  .959  5.57
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
RHornsby     96  192  283  19  48  .962  4.95
SToporczer   52  130  162  17  39  .945  5.62
HFreigau     16   33   41   4  10  .949  4.62
JFlowers      2    2    3   0   0 1.000  2.50
JHudgens      1    8    0   1   1  .889  8.00
DLavan        1    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
MStock        1    1    0   0   0 1.000  1.00
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  154  366  489  41  98  .954  5.50
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Third Base   G   PO    A   E   DP  .947  2.95
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
MStock      150  165  261  20  24  .955  2.84
RBlades       4    0    1   0   0 1.000  0.25
DLavan        4    5    8   0   0 1.000  3.25
JFlowers      2    3    1   1   0  .800  2.00
HFreigau      1    0    1   1   0  .500  1.00
SToporczer    1    1    1   0   0 1.000  2.00
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  154  174  273  22  24  .953  2.88
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Shortstop    G   PO    A   E   DP  .939  5.45
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
HFreigau     87  193  290  37  42  .929  5.55
DLavan       40   64   95  13  20  .924  3.98
SToporczer   33   62   77   7  18  .952  4.21
LBell        15   35   53   8   9  .917  5.87
JFlowers      7   10   24   1   1  .971  4.86
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  154  364  539  66  90  .932  5.81
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield     G   PO    A   E   DP  .964  2.28  LF  CF  RF 
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+---
MFlack      121  242    8  13   4  .951  2.07   0   0 121
JSmith      109  247   11   7   3  .974  2.37  77  10  23
HMyers       87  239   15   6   0  .977  2.92   0  87   0
RBlades      83  194   11   7   2  .967  2.47  81   1   3
HMueller     74  197    9   8   3  .963  2.78   0  71   3
LMann        26   44    3   1   0  .979  1.81   5   6  16
EDyer         8   18    0   0   0 1.000  2.25   7   2   0
TDouthit      7   12    1   0   0 1.000  1.86   3   0   4
TStone        4    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00   2   2   0
JSchultz      2    5    0   0   0 1.000  2.50   0   0   2
HFreigau      1    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00   1   0   0
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+---
Team Total  154 1198   58  42  12  .968  2.70 154 154 154
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+---

Pitchers     G   PO    A   E   DP  .958  2.41
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
JHaines      37   13   64   3   1  .962  2.61
BSherdel     39    6   41   5   3  .904  1.88
FToney       29    9   63   2   3  .973  3.29
BDoak        30    1   62   3   3  .955  3.06
JPfeffer     26    3   31   1   2  .971  2.01
JStuart      37    6   29   3   2  .921  2.10
CBarfoot     33    2   26   2   1  .933  2.49
LNorth       34    3   18   0   2 1.000  2.64
EDyer         4    0    4   0   0 1.000  1.64
ESell         5    0    3   0   0 1.000  1.80
FWigington    4    0    5   2   0  .714  5.42
TStone        1    0    2   0   0 1.000  6.00
BPertica      1    1    1   0   0 1.000  7.83
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  154   44  349  21  17  .949  2.53
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

Team Leaders
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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders
Batting AverageHornsby.384
On-base %Hornsby.459
Slugging %Hornsby.627
OPSHornsby1.086
GamesStock151
At BatsStock603
Plate Appearances (approx.)Stock667
RunsSmith98
HitsBottomley194
Total BasesBottomley280
DoublesBottomley34
TriplesBottomley14
Home RunsHornsby17
RBIStock96
Bases on BallsHornsby55
StrikeoutsBlades46
Stolen BasesSmith32
SinglesBottomley138
Adjusted OPS+Hornsby188
Runs CreatedHornsby118
Adjusted Batting RunsHornsby55
Batting WinsHornsby5.2
Extra-Base HitsHornsby59
Times on BaseBottomley243
Offensive Win%Hornsby.838
Hit By PitchBlades9
Sac. HitsStock23
Caught StealingSmith11
Power/Speed NumberSmith8.6
At Bats per StrikeoutFlack31.6
At Bats per Home RunHornsby24.9
OutsStock458

 

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders
ERAHaines3.11
WinsHaines20
Won-Loss %Stuart.643
BB + H per IP (WHIP)Haines1.346
Hits Allowed/9IPHaines9.58
Bases on Balls/9IPSherdel2.36
Strikeouts/9IPSherdel3.12
GamesSherdel39
SavesStuart3
InningsHaines266.0
StrikeoutsSherdel78
Games StartedHaines36
Comp. GamesHaines23
ShutoutsDoak2
Home Runs Allow.Sherdel15
Bases On Balls Allow.Haines75
Hits AllowedHaines283
SO to WalkSherdel1.32
LossesDoak, Haines, and Sherdel13
Earned Runs Allow.Sherdel108
Wild PitchesHaines5
Hit BatsmenPfeffer and Stuart9
Batters FacedHaines1133
Games FinishedBarfoot22
Adjusted ERA+Haines124

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