You Are Here > Baseball-Reference.com > Teams > Franchise Encyclopedia > 1927 Batting Statistics

1927 St. Louis Cardinals Batting Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1926 / 1928)
92-61, Finished 2nd in National League
View League Standings and Leaders
Scored 754 runs, Allowed 665 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 85-68
Manager: Bob O'Farrell (92-61)
Ballpark: Sportsman's Park IV (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 749,340 (4th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 103, Pitching - 101;   one-year: Batting - 107, Pitching - 106

BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)
Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms

1926 / 1928 Batting Statistics

Team Batting

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK ·
Hide non-qualifiers for rate stats (2 PA/TmG)
 · League Register
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 33 63 210 194 7 50 5 0 1 30 0 9 18 .258 .291 .299 .590 56 58 0 7
2 1B Jim Bottomley* 27 152 679 574 95 174 31 15 19 124 8 74 49 .303 .387 .509 .896 135 292 5 26
3 2B Frankie Frisch# 28 153 693 617 112 208 31 11 10 78 48 43 10 .337 .387 .472 .858 126 291 7 26
4 SS Heinie Schuble 20 65 228 218 29 56 6 2 4 28 0 7 27 .257 .283 .358 .641 69 78 1 2
5 3B Les Bell 25 115 438 390 48 101 26 6 9 65 5 34 63 .259 .320 .426 .746 96 166 1 13
6 OF Chick Hafey 24 103 394 346 62 114 26 5 18 63 12 36 41 .329 .401 .590 .990 159 204 5 7
7 OF Taylor Douthit 26 130 555 488 81 128 29 6 5 50 6 52 45 .262 .336 .377 .713 88 184 2 13
8 OF Wattie Holm 25 110 460 419 55 120 27 8 3 66 4 24 29 .286 .327 .411 .737 94 172 1 16
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 Billy Southworth* 34 92 341 306 52 92 15 5 2 39 10 23 7 .301 .350 .402 .752 98 123 0 12
10 IF Specs Toporczer* 28 86 329 290 37 72 13 4 0 19 5 27 16 .248 .314 .321 .635 68 93 1 11
11 OF Ray Blades 30 61 216 180 33 57 8 5 2 29 3 28 22 .317 .414 .450 .864 129 81 2 6
12 C Johnny Schulte* 30 64 208 156 35 45 8 2 9 32 1 47 19 .288 .456 .538 .994 162 84 1 4
13 SS Tommy Thevenow 23 59 207 191 23 37 6 1 0 4 2 14 8 .194 .249 .236 .484 29 45 0 2
14 C Bob O'Farrell 30 61 203 178 19 47 10 1 0 18 3 23 22 .264 .348 .331 .680 81 59 0 2
15 OF Ernie Orsatti* 24 27 105 92 15 29 7 3 0 12 2 11 12 .315 .388 .457 .845 123 42 0 2
16 OF Danny Clark* 33 58 80 72 8 17 2 2 0 13 0 8 7 .236 .313 .319 .632 67 23 0 0
17 SS Rabbit Maranville 35 9 31 29 0 7 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 .241 .290 .276 .566 50 8 0 0
18 C Bobby Schang 40 3 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 6 1 0 0
19 OF Wally Roettger 24 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 42 0 0 0
20 OF Homer Peel 24 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .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 Jesse Haines 33 38 121 114 6 23 3 0 0 8 0 3 30 .202 .222 .228 .450 19 26 0 4
22 P Pete Alexander 40 37 102 94 7 23 3 1 0 6 0 5 14 .245 .283 .298 .581 54 28 0 3
23 P Bill Sherdel* 30 39 85 72 9 14 2 0 1 5 0 7 6 .194 .266 .264 .530 40 19 0 6
24 P Flint Rhem 26 27 64 59 3 4 1 0 0 2 0 2 31 .068 .098 .085 .183 -51 5 0 3
25 P Bob McGraw 32 18 37 33 4 6 0 2 1 5 1 0 15 .182 .182 .394 .576 49 13 0 4
26 P Art Reinhart* 28 27 35 32 8 10 1 0 0 0 0 2 6 .313 .353 .344 .697 85 11 0 1
27 P Fred Frankhouse 23 8 22 20 0 5 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 .250 .286 .250 .536 43 5 0 1
28 P Carlisle Littlejohn 25 15 12 12 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 .417 .417 .500 .917 142 6 0 0
29 P Hi Bell 29 25 11 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .091 .091 .091 .182 -52 1 0 0
30 P Jimmy Ring 32 13 8 8 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .375 .375 .625 1.000 161 5 0 0
31 P Vic Keen 28 21 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 33 1 0 0
32 P Eddie Dyer* 27 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0
33 P Syl Johnson 26 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 P Tony Kaufmann 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 27.6 153 5888 5207 754 1450 264 79 84 700 110 0 484 511 .278 .343 .408 .751 98 2124 0 26 171 0 0
Rank in 8 NL teams 6 3 6 2 1 2 1 1 1 6 4 3 3 3
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
CSV
* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Advanced Batting

SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK ·
Hide non-qualifiers for rate stats (2 PA/G(lgAvg))
 · League Register
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
Pete Alexander 40 102 74 8 2.9 107 .288 .245 .294 .283 .353 .298 .405 .581 .758 54 .301 -6.5 -0.6 .465 .106 .053 1
Hi Bell 29 11 10 0 0.0 107 .143 .091 .294 .091 .353 .091 .405 .182 .758 -52 .000 -2.4 -0.2 .100 .000 .000 1
Les Bell 25 438 302 53 4.7 107 .289 .259 .294 .320 .353 .426 .405 .746 .758 96 .512 -3.4 -0.3 .713 .267 .167 6.4 56
Ray Blades 30 216 129 33 6.8 107 .353 .317 .294 .414 .353 .450 .405 .864 .758 129 .676 8.5 0.8 .927 .306 .133 2.4 O
*Jim Bottomley 27 679 426 112 7.0 107 .306 .303 .294 .387 .353 .509 .405 .896 .758 135 .687 29.0 2.8 .948 .348 .206 11.3 *3
*Danny Clark 33 80 55 7 3.4 107 .262 .236 .294 .313 .353 .319 .405 .632 .758 67 .368 -3.5 -0.4 .564 .194 .083 /O
Taylor Douthit 26 555 373 61 4.4 107 .281 .262 .294 .336 .353 .377 .405 .713 .758 88 .480 -7.7 -0.8 .678 .234 .115 5.5 *O
*Eddie Dyer 27 1 0 0 1.000 .353 0.3 0.0 /1
Fred Frankhouse 23 22 16 1 1.7 107 .263 .250 .294 .286 .353 .250 .405 .536 .758 43 .136 -1.7 -0.2 .400 .050 .000 /1
#Frankie Frisch 28 693 435 111 6.8 107 .332 .337 .294 .387 .353 .472 .405 .858 .758 126 .675 22.2 2.2 .951 .282 .135 16.6 *4/6
Chick Hafey 24 394 239 80 9.0 107 .334 .329 .294 .401 .353 .590 .405 .990 .758 159 .774 28.9 2.8 1.108 .399 .260 14.4 O
Jesse Haines 33 121 95 6 1.7 107 .274 .202 .294 .222 .353 .228 .405 .450 .758 19 .139 -13.4 -1.4 .319 .053 .026 1
Wattie Holm 25 460 315 56 4.8 107 .302 .286 .294 .327 .353 .411 .405 .737 .758 94 .518 -4.8 -0.5 .672 .191 .124 3.4 O/5
Syl Johnson 26 0 0 0.0 0.0 /1
Tony Kaufmann 26 0 0 0.0 0.0 /1
Vic Keen 28 4 3 0 0.0 107 .500 .250 .294 .250 .353 .250 .405 .500 .758 33 .000 -0.4 -0.0 .333 .000 .000 1
Carlisle Littlejohn 25 12 7 3 11.5 107 .500 .417 .294 .417 .353 .500 .405 .917 .758 142 .843 0.7 0.1 .857 .083 .083 1
Rabbit Maranville 35 31 22 2 2.4 107 .259 .241 .294 .290 .353 .276 .405 .566 .758 50 .239 -2.0 -0.2 .455 .103 .034 /6
Bob McGraw 32 37 31 2 1.7 107 .294 .182 .294 .182 .353 .394 .405 .576 .758 49 .144 -3.0 -0.3 .519 .242 .212 1.0 1
Bob O'Farrell 30 203 133 21 4.2 107 .301 .264 .294 .348 .353 .331 .405 .680 .758 81 .463 -4.1 -0.4 .649 .213 .067 .0 2
*Ernie Orsatti 24 105 65 16 6.6 107 .363 .315 .294 .388 .353 .457 .405 .845 .758 123 .661 3.2 0.3 .873 .283 .141 .0 O
Homer Peel 24 2 2 0 0.0 106 .000 .000 .294 .000 .352 .000 .405 .000 .758 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 /O
*Art Reinhart 28 35 23 4 4.6 107 .385 .313 .294 .353 .353 .344 .405 .697 .758 85 .507 -0.7 -0.1 .591 .094 .031 1/3
Flint Rhem 26 64 58 0 0.0 107 .143 .068 .294 .098 .353 .085 .405 .183 .758 -51 .000 -13.0 -1.3 .127 .051 .017 1
Jimmy Ring 32 8 5 2 10.7 107 .500 .375 .294 .375 .353 .625 .405 1.000 .758 161 .825 0.7 0.1 1.000 .250 .250 1
Wally Roettger 24 2 1 0 0.0 106 .000 .000 .294 .500 .352 .000 .405 .500 .758 42 .000 0.0 0.0 1.000 1.000 .000 /O
Bobby Schang 40 5 4 0 0.0 107 .200 .200 .294 .200 .353 .200 .405 .400 .758 6 .000 -0.7 -0.1 .250 .000 .000 /2
Heinie Schuble 20 228 164 22 3.6 107 .278 .257 .294 .283 .353 .358 .405 .641 .758 69 .390 -11.0 -1.1 .531 .133 .101 .0 6
*Johnny Schulte 30 208 115 38 8.8 107 .281 .288 .294 .456 .353 .538 .405 .994 .758 162 .769 17.1 1.7 1.198 .558 .250 1.8 2
*Bill Sherdel 30 85 64 5 2.1 107 .200 .194 .294 .266 .353 .264 .405 .530 .758 40 .192 -6.3 -0.6 .448 .167 .069 .0 1
Frank Snyder 33 210 151 17 3.0 107 .280 .258 .294 .291 .353 .299 .405 .590 .758 56 .317 -12.5 -1.2 .465 .088 .041 .0 2
*Billy Southworth 34 341 226 43 5.1 107 .303 .301 .294 .350 .353 .402 .405 .752 .758 98 .548 -1.1 -0.1 .729 .209 .101 3.3 O
Tommy Thevenow 23 207 156 11 1.9 107 .202 .194 .294 .249 .353 .236 .405 .484 .758 29 .165 -19.8 -2.0 .396 .126 .042 .0 6
*Specs Toporczer 28 329 229 29 3.4 107 .263 .248 .294 .314 .353 .321 .405 .635 .758 68 .366 -13.1 -1.3 .578 .183 .072 .0 56/43
League Average 4.7 104 .298 .281 .289 .337 .348 .384 .399 .721 .747 93 .510 .672 .197 .103
Team Total 5888 3928 743 5.1 107 .296 .278 .294 .343 .353 .408 .405 .751 .758 98 .546 -20.9 -2.4 .730 .244 .129 95.3
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

SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK ·
Hide non-qualifiers for rate stats (2 PA/G(lgAvg))
 · League Register
Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact
Pete Alexander 40 39 103 98 7 23 3 1 0 6 0 5 15 .235 .272 .286 .558 7 37 37
Hi Bell 29 26 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 25 25
Les Bell 25 121 443 407 48 103 27 6 9 65 5 35 66 .253 .314 .415 .729 53 115 115
Ray Blades 30 64 217 187 33 58 8 5 2 29 3 28 23 .310 .406 .439 .844 33 61 61
*Jim Bottomley 27 160 677 597 94 176 31 15 19 123 8 75 52 .295 .378 .492 .871 110 152 152
*Danny Clark 33 61 84 76 8 18 2 2 0 13 0 8 7 .237 .310 .316 .625 7 58 58
Taylor Douthit 26 137 562 508 79 129 29 6 5 49 6 52 47 .254 .326 .364 .690 60 130 130
*Eddie Dyer 27 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 1
Fred Frankhouse 23 8 21 20 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 .200 .238 .200 .438 1 8 8
#Frankie Frisch 28 161 692 641 111 211 31 11 10 77 49 44 11 .329 .379 .459 .837 109 153 153
Chick Hafey 24 108 400 359 61 115 26 5 18 62 12 36 43 .320 .390 .571 .961 79 103 103
Jesse Haines 33 40 121 118 5 22 3 0 0 7 0 3 32 .186 .207 .212 .418 5 38 38
Wattie Holm 25 116 461 436 54 121 27 8 3 65 4 24 31 .278 .317 .397 .713 55 110 110
Tony Kaufmann 26 19 28 24 3 6 0 0 2 8 0 4 5 .250 .357 .500 .857 4 18 18
Vic Keen 28 22 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 21 21
Carlisle Littlejohn 25 16 13 13 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 2 15 15
Rabbit Maranville 35 9 32 30 0 7 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 .233 .281 .267 .548 2 9 9
Bob McGraw 32 20 36 36 4 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 17 .000 .000 .000 .000 2 19 19
Bob O'Farrell 30 64 208 185 18 47 10 1 0 18 3 23 23 .254 .337 .319 .655 20 61 61
*Ernie Orsatti 24 28 106 95 15 29 7 3 0 12 2 11 13 .305 .377 .442 .819 16 27 27
Homer Peel 24 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2 2
*Art Reinhart 28 28 36 34 9 11 1 0 0 0 0 2 6 .324 .361 .353 .714 4 27 27
Flint Rhem 26 28 64 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 33 .000 .031 .000 .031 0 27 27
Jimmy Ring 32 14 8 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 2 13 13
Wally Roettger 24 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 5 5
Bobby Schang 40 3 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3 3
Heinie Schuble 20 68 234 226 28 56 6 2 4 27 0 7 28 .248 .274 .345 .619 21 65 65
*Johnny Schulte 30 67 212 163 35 46 8 2 9 32 1 48 20 .282 .448 .521 .970 38 64 64
*Bill Sherdel 30 41 84 76 9 15 2 0 1 5 0 8 6 .197 .274 .263 .537 5 39 39
Frank Snyder 33 66 211 202 7 51 5 0 1 30 0 9 19 .252 .284 .292 .576 17 63 63
*Billy Southworth 34 97 341 318 51 93 15 5 2 38 10 23 7 .292 .340 .390 .730 42 92 92
Tommy Thevenow 23 62 213 199 22 37 6 1 0 4 2 14 8 .186 .239 .226 .466 11 59 59
*Specs Toporczer 28 90 330 302 36 73 13 4 0 19 5 27 17 .242 .306 .311 .617 28 86 86
Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact

Team Cumulative Batting

SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK ·
Hide non-qualifiers for rate stats (1500 career PA)
 · League Register
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
Pete Alexander 40 17 1825 638 1825 1679 139 351 58 13 10 150 3 5 68 263 .209 .240 .277 .517 44 465 1 77
Hi Bell 29 3 76 80 76 67 5 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 23 .090 .187 .090 .276 -24 6 0 1
Les Bell 25 5 1865 455 1865 1665 223 490 93 32 38 267 19 5 143 186 .294 .351 .457 .808 109 761 2 55
Ray Blades 30 6 2289 556 2289 1961 387 601 106 47 41 262 29 22 246 231 .306 .395 .471 .866 127 924 42 40
*Jim Bottomley 27 6 3375 767 3375 2998 480 991 188 72 86 612 27 15 265 229 .331 .389 .527 .916 139 1581 20 92
*Danny Clark 33 3 677 245 677 582 75 161 36 8 5 93 5 7 74 37 .277 .360 .392 .752 96 228 2 19
Taylor Douthit 26 5 1487 361 1487 1291 217 364 65 14 9 123 34 3 125 120 .282 .349 .375 .724 92 484 9 62
*Eddie Dyer 27 6 171 129 171 157 31 35 7 3 2 13 3 1 10 14 .223 .269 .344 .613 62 54 0 4
Fred Frankhouse 23 1 22 8 22 20 0 5 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 .250 .286 .250 .536 43 5 0 1
#Frankie Frisch 28 9 5140 1153 5140 4670 813 1511 211 88 64 602 272 74 323 149 .324 .370 .448 .817 118 2090 20 127
Chick Hafey 24 4 1112 298 1112 1020 138 306 75 11 29 180 18 7 61 114 .300 .344 .480 .825 113 490 8 23
Jesse Haines 33 9 742 290 742 697 50 132 14 2 1 40 1 0 17 155 .189 .209 .220 .428 15 153 0 28
Wattie Holm 25 4 1003 259 1003 914 123 259 43 14 3 112 9 4 53 60 .283 .325 .371 .696 84 339 3 33
Syl Johnson 26 6 156 122 156 147 12 25 3 3 1 9 0 0 3 41 .170 .192 .252 .444 16 37 0 1 5 0 0
Tony Kaufmann 26 7 393 187 393 361 40 87 19 1 9 56 1 0 20 74 .241 .281 .374 .655 70 135 0 0 12 0 0
Vic Keen 28 8 256 165 256 230 18 34 4 0 0 12 1 1 8 70 .148 .176 .165 .342 -9 38 0 18
Carlisle Littlejohn 25 1 12 15 12 12 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 .417 .417 .500 .917 142 6 0 0
Rabbit Maranville 35 16 7708 1810 7708 6916 858 1807 255 136 25 639 251 93 567 574 .261 .319 .348 .668 88 2409 23 202
Bob McGraw 32 7 136 88 136 118 9 16 1 3 1 10 1 0 5 50 .136 .177 .220 .398 7 26 0 1 12 0 0
Bob O'Farrell 30 13 3254 946 3254 2815 369 793 138 43 37 368 27 7 378 244 .282 .368 .401 .768 105 1128 5 56
*Ernie Orsatti 24 1 105 27 105 92 15 29 7 3 0 12 2 11 12 .315 .388 .457 .845 123 42 0 2
Homer Peel 24 1 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
*Art Reinhart 28 4 173 96 173 162 24 52 5 3 0 18 1 0 5 19 .321 .341 .389 .730 89 63 0 0 6 0 0
Flint Rhem 26 4 248 97 248 226 22 38 4 0 2 23 0 0 8 94 .168 .200 .212 .412 8 48 1 13
Jimmy Ring 32 11 816 356 816 757 54 109 22 1 4 50 2 1 17 267 .144 .166 .192 .358 -5 145 3 39
Wally Roettger 24 1 2 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 42 0 0 0
Bobby Schang 40 3 213 82 213 186 14 35 7 4 0 6 3 2 18 47 .188 .263 .269 .532 61 50 1 8
Heinie Schuble 20 1 228 65 228 218 29 56 6 2 4 28 0 7 27 .257 .283 .358 .641 69 78 1 2
*Johnny Schulte 30 2 215 71 215 159 36 45 8 2 9 33 1 0 51 19 .283 .460 .528 .988 161 84 1 4
*Bill Sherdel 30 10 764 413 764 698 72 158 26 4 7 64 1 1 45 72 .226 .274 .305 .579 58 213 1 20
Frank Snyder 33 16 4619 1392 4619 4229 331 1122 170 44 47 525 37 20 281 416 .265 .313 .360 .672 89 1521 11 98
*Billy Southworth 34 12 4893 1173 4893 4327 660 1290 171 91 52 558 138 85 400 144 .298 .359 .416 .775 112 1799 14 152
Tommy Thevenow 23 4 1095 288 1095 1018 108 246 32 9 2 91 14 3 49 52 .242 .278 .297 .574 51 302 2 26
*Specs Toporczer 28 7 1763 538 1763 1552 223 437 76 22 9 151 22 9 150 90 .282 .350 .376 .727 91 584 14 47
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

1926 / 1928 Batting Statistics