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1928 St. Louis Cardinals Schedule, Box Scores and Splits
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1927 / 1929)
95-59, Finished 1st in National League
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Scored 807 runs, Allowed 636 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 94-60
Manager: Bill McKechnie (95-59)
Ballpark: Sportsman's Park IV (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 761,574 (3rd of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 102, Pitching - 100;   one-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 97
Won NL Pennant
Postseason:  Lost World Series (4-0) to New York Yankees

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1927 / 1929 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Game Results

Season Summary 95-59, Final Rank:1, GB: 0.0
Days in First93last on Sunday, Sep 30, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day
 114last on Sep 30, counts all days of the season including off days
Biggest Lead6.5last on Sunday, Aug 5, for days on which they played
Farthest Behind3.5last on Saturday, Jun 2, for days on which they played
Most Games over .50037last on Saturday, Sep 29
Most Games under .5001last on Sunday, May 6
Longest Winning Streak8Sunday, Jun 10 to Sunday, Jun 17
Longest Losing Streak4Sunday, Apr 29 to Wednesday, May 2 and Thursday, Aug 16 to Sunday, Aug 19
Most Runs Allowed16Wednesday, Jul 4
Most Runs Scored18Tuesday, Jul 31
Times Shutout by Opponent3 
Times Opponent Shutout4 

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
SplitWLRSRAWP
Overall 95 59 807 636 .617
Home/Road
SplitWLRSRAWP
Home 42 35 367 336 .545
Road 53 24 440 300 .688
Month by Month
SplitWLRSRAWP
April 8 7 79 60 .533
May 17 12 139 108 .586
June 20 6 160 104 .769
July 18 11 188 160 .621
August 14 13 101 90 .519
September 18 10 140 114 .643
By Season Half
SplitWLRSRAWP
First Half 49 29 433 338 .628
Second Half 46 30 374 298 .605
One-Run Games
SplitWLRSRAWP
One Run 29 23 199 193 .558
Blowouts (5+ Runs)
SplitWLRSRAWP
Blowout 31 14 331 211 .689
Opponent
SplitWLRSRAWP
BRO 13 9 96 81 .591
BSN 18 4 131 84 .818
CHC 11 11 100 101 .500
CIN 10 12 96 91 .455
NYG 8 14 107 112 .364
PHI 20 2 152 88 .909
PIT 15 7 125 79 .682

Team Game-by-Game Schedule and Results

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Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
1 1 Wednesday, Apr 11 STL PIT W 14 7 1-0 1 Tied Haines +
2 2 Thursday, Apr 12 STL PIT W 5 0 2-0 1 Tied Alexander ++
3 3 Saturday, Apr 14 STL CHC L 1 4 2-1 3 0.5 Blake -
4 4 Sunday, Apr 15 STL CHC W 4 3 3-1 2 0.5 Sherdel +
5 5 Monday, Apr 16 STL CHC L 3 6 3-2 2 0.5 Bush -
6 6 Tuesday, Apr 17 STL CHC L 2 3 3-3 3 1.0 Jones --
7 7 Thursday, Apr 19 STL @ PIT W 13 10 4-3 2 0.5 Littlejohn +
8 8 Friday, Apr 20 STL @ PIT W 6 2 5-3 1 Tied Haines ++
9 9 Monday, Apr 23 STL @ CIN L 2 3 5-4 2 1.0 Luque -
10 10 Tuesday, Apr 24 STL @ CIN W 7 2 6-4 2 0.5 Alexander +
11 11 Wednesday, Apr 25 STL @ CIN L 4 5 6-5 3 1.0 Lucas -
12 12 Friday, Apr 27 STL @ CHC W 4 2 7-5 2 0.5 Haines +
13 13 Saturday, Apr 28 STL @ CHC W 5 1 8-5 1 Tied Rhem ++
14 14 Sunday, Apr 29 STL @ CHC L 5 6 8-6 2 1.5 Root -
15 15 Monday, Apr 30 STL CIN L 4 6 8-7 4 1.5 Kolp --
16 16 Tuesday, May 1 STL CIN L 3 6 8-8 4 2.0 Lucas ---
17 17 Wednesday, May 2 STL CIN L 4 6 8-9 5 3.0 Mays ----
18 18 Thursday, May 3 STL CIN W 7 5 9-9 4 2.5 Rhem +
19 19 Saturday, May 5 STL BRO L 2 3 9-10 5 3.0 Clark -
20 20 Sunday, May 6 STL BRO W 4 2 10-10 5 2.5 Alexander +
21 21 Sunday, May 6 STL BRO L 4 5 10-11 5 2.5 McWeeny -
22 22 Monday, May 7 STL BRO W 6 5 11-11 5 2.5 Haid +
23 23 Tuesday, May 8 STL PHI W 15 4 12-11 4 1.5 Frankhouse ++
24 24 Wednesday, May 9 STL PHI W 7 1 13-11 3 1.5 Littlejohn +++
25 25 Thursday, May 10 STL PHI W 5 4 14-11 3 1.5 Haines ++++
26 26 Friday, May 11 STL PHI W 3 2 15-11 3 1.0 Alexander +++++
27 27 Saturday, May 12 STL BSN W 5 3 16-11 2 0.5 Rhem ++++++
28 28 Sunday, May 13 STL BSN L 5 6 16-12 3 1.5 Genewich -
29 29 Monday, May 14 STL BSN W 4 3 17-12 3 1.5 Reinhart +
30 30 Tuesday, May 15 STL BSN W 3 1 18-12 3 0.5 Sherdel ++
31 31 Friday, May 18 STL NYG L 6 10 18-13 3 2.0 Benton -
32 32 Saturday, May 19 STL NYG L 3 4 18-14 3 3.0 Henry --
33 33 Sunday, May 20 STL NYG L 3 5 18-15 3 2.5 Fitzsimmons ---
34 34 Sunday, May 20 STL NYG W 2 1 19-15 3 2.5 Johnson +
35 35 Monday, May 21 STL CHC W 8 7 20-15 3 1.5 Haid ++
36 36 Tuesday, May 22 STL CHC W 3 2 21-15 3 1.0 Reinhart +++
37 37 Thursday, May 24 STL CIN W 7 1 22-15 2 0.5 Rhem ++++
38 38 Friday, May 25 STL CIN L 0 2 22-16 3 1.5 Lucas -
39 39 Saturday, May 26 STL CIN L 7 10 22-17 3 2.5 Rixey --
40 40 Sunday, May 27 STL CIN L 0 2 22-18 5 3.5 Mays ---
41 41 Tuesday, May 29 STL @ PIT W 7 1 23-18 4 3.0 Rhem +
42 42 Wednesday, May 30 STL @ PIT W 10 1 24-18 3 3.0 Sherdel ++
43 43 Wednesday, May 30 STL @ PIT W 4 3 25-18 3 3.0 Johnson +++
44 44 Thursday, May 31 STL @ PIT L 2 3 25-19 4 3.5 Hill -
45 45 Friday, Jun 1 STL @ PHI W 1 0 26-19 3 3.5 Reinhart +
46 46 Saturday, Jun 2 STL @ PHI W 13 12 27-19 2 3.5 Sherdel ++
47 47 Wednesday, Jun 6 STL @ NYG W 11 6 28-19 2 2.0 Mitchell +++
48 48 Thursday, Jun 7 STL @ NYG L 3 4 28-20 3 2.0 Benton -
49 49 Friday, Jun 8 STL @ NYG W 8 3 29-20 2 2.0 Sherdel +
50 50 Saturday, Jun 9 STL @ NYG L 3 8 29-21 3 2.0 Fitzsimmons -
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
51 51 Sunday, Jun 10 STL @ BRO W 15 7 30-21 2 2.0 Haines +
52 52 Monday, Jun 11 STL @ BSN W 8 1 31-21 2 2.0 Alexander ++
53 53 Tuesday, Jun 12 STL @ BSN W 9 6 32-21 2 1.0 Frankhouse +++
54 54 Wednesday, Jun 13 STL @ BSN W 11 8 33-21 2 1.0 Rhem ++++
55 55 Thursday, Jun 14 STL @ BSN W 3 2 34-21 2 0.5 Haines +++++
56 56 Friday, Jun 15 STL @ BRO W 5 2 35-21 1 up 0.5 Johnson ++++++
57 57 Saturday, Jun 16 STL @ BRO W 6 5 36-21 1 up 2.0 Sherdel +++++++
58 58 Sunday, Jun 17 STL @ CIN W 6 2 37-21 1 up 3.0 Alexander ++++++++
59 59 Monday, Jun 18 STL @ CIN L 2 3 37-22 1 up 2.0 Kolp -
60 60 Tuesday, Jun 19 STL @ CIN W 9 4 38-22 1 up 3.0 Alexander +
61 61 Wednesday, Jun 20 STL @ CHC W 6 2 39-22 1 up 4.0 Haines ++
62 62 Thursday, Jun 21 STL @ CHC L 1 2 39-23 1 up 3.5 Blake -
63 63 Thursday, Jun 21 STL @ CHC W 4 1 40-23 1 up 3.5 Johnson +
64 64 Friday, Jun 22 STL @ CHC W 4 1 41-23 1 up 4.5 Sherdel ++
65 65 Saturday, Jun 23 STL @ CHC L 4 8 41-24 1 up 4.5 Bush -
66 66 Sunday, Jun 24 STL @ CIN W 7 4 42-24 1 up 5.5 Alexander +
67 67 Monday, Jun 25 STL @ CIN W 5 2 43-24 1 up 5.5 Haines ++
68 68 Thursday, Jun 28 STL PIT W 4 3 44-24 1 up 4.5 Sherdel +++
69 69 Friday, Jun 29 STL PIT W 9 4 45-24 1 up 5.0 Mitchell ++++
70 70 Saturday, Jun 30 STL PIT L 3 4 45-25 1 up 3.5 Grimes -
71 71 Sunday, Jul 1 STL PIT L 0 2 45-26 1 up 3.5 Fussell --
72 72 Sunday, Jul 1 STL PIT W 8 6 46-26 1 up 3.5 Johnson +
73 73 Tuesday, Jul 3 STL CHC L 5 13 46-27 1 up 2.5 Bush -
74 74 Wednesday, Jul 4 STL CHC W 11 6 47-27 1 up 2.5 Rhem +
75 75 Wednesday, Jul 4 STL CHC L 9 16 47-28 1 up 2.5 Malone -
76 76 Saturday, Jul 7 STL BSN L 3 11 47-29 1 up 2.5 Delaney --
77 77 Sunday, Jul 8 STL BSN W 7 4 48-29 1 up 3.5 Alexander +
78 78 Sunday, Jul 8 STL BSN W 12 8 49-29 1 up 3.5 Sherdel ++
79 79 Monday, Jul 9 STL BSN W 8 5 50-29 1 up 4.5 Rhem +++
80 80 Tuesday, Jul 10 STL NYG W 5 1 51-29 1 up 4.5 Mitchell ++++
81 81 Wednesday, Jul 11 STL NYG L 4 6 51-30 1 up 4.5 Walker -
82 82 Thursday, Jul 12 STL NYG W 11 1 52-30 1 up 5.0 Haines +
83 83 Friday, Jul 13 STL NYG W 11 6 53-30 1 up 5.5 Sherdel ++
84 84 Saturday, Jul 14 STL BRO L 2 5 53-31 1 up 5.0 Petty -
85 85 Sunday, Jul 15 STL BRO L 1 3 53-32 1 up 4.0 McWeeny --
86 86 Monday, Jul 16 STL BRO W 7 6 54-32 1 up 4.0 Reinhart +
87 87 Tuesday, Jul 17 STL BRO W 7 1 55-32 1 up 4.0 Haines ++
88 88 Thursday, Jul 19 STL PHI W 6 5 56-32 1 up 4.5 Johnson +++
89 89 Friday, Jul 20 STL PHI W 5 4 57-32 1 up 5.5 Alexander ++++
90 90 Saturday, Jul 21 STL PHI L 3 8 57-33 1 up 4.0 Sweetland -
91 91 Sunday, Jul 22 STL PHI W 8 7 58-33 1 up 4.0 Sherdel +
92 92 Tuesday, Jul 24 STL @ BRO W 2 1 59-33 1 up 4.5 Sherdel ++
93 93 Wednesday, Jul 25 STL @ BRO L 1 8 59-34 1 up 4.5 Elliott -
94 94 Thursday, Jul 26 STL @ BRO W 6 1 60-34 1 up 5.0 Alexander +
95 95 Friday, Jul 27 STL @ BRO L 2 5 60-35 1 up 4.0 Vance -
96 96 Saturday, Jul 28 STL @ PHI W 7 6 61-35 1 up 4.5 Sherdel +
97 97 Saturday, Jul 28 STL @ PHI W 12 2 62-35 1 up 4.5 Rhem ++
98 98 Monday, Jul 30 STL @ PHI L 7 8 62-36 1 up 4.0 McGraw -
99 99 Tuesday, Jul 31 STL @ PHI W 18 5 63-36 1 up 5.0 Alexander +
100 100 Thursday, Aug 2 STL @ BSN W 6 1 64-36 1 up 6.0 Rhem ++
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
101 101 Friday, Aug 3 STL @ BSN W 5 1 65-36 1 up 6.5 Sherdel +++
102 102 Saturday, Aug 4 STL @ BSN W 3 2 66-36 1 up 5.5 Haines ++++
103 103 Saturday, Aug 4 STL @ BSN L 1 2 66-37 1 up 5.5 Smith -
104 104 Sunday, Aug 5 STL @ NYG W 6 4 67-37 1 up 6.5 Mitchell +
105 105 Tuesday, Aug 7 STL @ NYG L 1 10 67-38 1 up 5.5 Benton -
106 106 Wednesday, Aug 8 STL @ NYG L 5 10 67-39 1 up 4.5 Genewich --
107 107 Thursday, Aug 9 STL @ PIT L 4 5 67-40 1 up 4.0 Hill ---
108 108 Friday, Aug 10 STL @ PIT W 2 1 68-40 1 up 4.0 Mitchell +
109 109 Saturday, Aug 11 STL CHC L 1 5 68-41 1 up 3.0 Blake -
110 110 Sunday, Aug 12 STL CHC L 2 4 68-42 1 up 2.5 Malone --
111 111 Tuesday, Aug 14 STL BSN W 6 1 69-42 1 up 2.5 Alexander +
112 112 Wednesday, Aug 15 STL BSN W 7 3 70-42 1 up 3.5 Sherdel ++
113 113 Thursday, Aug 16 STL BSN L 4 9 70-43 1 up 3.5 Brandt -
114 114 Friday, Aug 17 STL NYG L 2 3 70-44 1 up 2.5 Fitzsimmons --
115 115 Saturday, Aug 18 STL NYG L 2 3 70-45 1 up 1.5 Hubbell ---
116 116 Sunday, Aug 19 STL NYG L 2 3 70-46 1 up 0.5 Benton ----
117 117 Monday, Aug 20 STL BRO W 2 1 71-46 1 up 0.5 Haines +
118 118 Tuesday, Aug 21 STL BRO L 1 6 71-47 1 up 0.5 McWeeny -
119 119 Wednesday, Aug 22 STL BRO L 2 3 71-48 1 up 0.5 Petty --
120 120 Friday, Aug 24 STL PHI W 1 0 72-48 1 up 1.5 Haines +
121 121 Saturday, Aug 25 STL PHI W 2 1 73-48 1 up 2.5 Alexander ++
122 122 Sunday, Aug 26 STL PHI W 6 1 74-48 1 up 3.5 Sherdel +++
123 123 Monday, Aug 27 STL @ CHC W 11 3 75-48 1 up 4.0 Rhem ++++
124 124 Tuesday, Aug 28 STL @ CHC W 6 0 76-48 1 up 5.5 Mitchell +++++
125 125 Friday, Aug 31 STL @ PIT L 5 6 76-49 1 up 4.5 Kremer -
126 126 Friday, Aug 31 STL @ PIT W 6 2 77-49 1 up 4.5 Haines +
127 127 Saturday, Sep 1 STL @ PIT W 4 1 78-49 1 up 4.5 Sherdel ++
128 128 Sunday, Sep 2 STL @ CIN W 5 3 79-49 1 up 4.5 Frankhouse +++
129 129 Monday, Sep 3 STL @ CIN L 5 6 79-50 1 up 4.5 Ash -
130 130 Monday, Sep 3 STL @ CIN L 2 8 79-51 1 up 4.5 Luque --
131 131 Thursday, Sep 6 STL PIT W 4 3 80-51 1 up 4.5 Mitchell +
132 132 Friday, Sep 7 STL PIT W 6 3 81-51 1 up 4.5 Haines ++
133 133 Saturday, Sep 8 STL PIT L 2 4 81-52 1 up 3.5 Hill -
134 134 Sunday, Sep 9 STL PIT L 7 8 81-53 1 up 2.5 Dawson --
135 135 Monday, Sep 10 STL CIN L 2 7 81-54 1 up 2.5 Ash ---
136 136 Tuesday, Sep 11 STL CIN W 6 3 82-54 1 up 2.5 Haines +
137 137 Wednesday, Sep 12 STL CIN W 2 1 83-54 1 up 3.0 Alexander ++
138 138 Thursday, Sep 13 STL @ CHC L 1 6 83-55 1 up 1.5 Blake -
139 139 Friday, Sep 14 STL @ PHI W 13 6 84-55 1 up 1.0 Sherdel +
140 140 Saturday, Sep 15 STL @ PHI W 3 2 85-55 1 up 1.5 Haines ++
141 141 Saturday, Sep 15 STL @ PHI W 8 6 86-55 1 up 1.5 Johnson +++
142 142 Monday, Sep 17 STL @ PHI W 5 2 87-55 1 up 2.0 Mitchell ++++
143 143 Tuesday, Sep 18 STL @ PHI W 4 2 88-55 1 up 2.0 Haines +++++
144 144 Thursday, Sep 20 STL @ NYG W 8 5 89-55 1 up 2.0 Sherdel ++++++
145 145 Thursday, Sep 20 STL @ NYG L 4 7 89-56 1 up 2.0 Hubbell -
146 146 Saturday, Sep 22 STL @ NYG L 5 8 89-57 1 up 1.0 Hubbell --
147 147 Sunday, Sep 23 STL @ BRO W 7 1 90-57 1 up 1.0 Haines +
148 148 Monday, Sep 24 STL @ BRO W 9 2 91-57 1 up 1.0 Alexander ++
149 149 Tuesday, Sep 25 STL @ BRO W 4 3 92-57 1 up 1.0 Sherdel +++
150 150 Wednesday, Sep 26 STL @ BRO L 1 6 92-58 1 up 0.5 Vance -
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
151 151 Thursday, Sep 27 STL @ BSN W 8 3 93-58 1 up 1.0 Haines +
152 152 Friday, Sep 28 STL @ BSN W 10 3 94-58 1 up 2.0 Johnson ++
153 153 Saturday, Sep 29 STL @ BSN W 3 1 95-58 1 up 3.0 Sherdel +++
154 154 Sunday, Sep 30 STL @ NYG L 2 4 95-59 1 up 2.0 Hubbell -
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
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Rank and Games Behind are at the end of all games played on that date.

1927 / 1929 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits