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1928 St. Louis Cardinals (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1927/1929) 95-59, Finished 1st in National League View League Standings and Leaders Won NL Pennant Scored 807 runs, Allowed 636 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 94-60 Managed by Bill McKechnie Ballpark: Sportsman's Park IV (ballparks.com) Attendance: 761,574 (3rd of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 102, Pitching - 100   (one-year): Batting - 100, Pitching - 97   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. Postseason:   Lost World Series (4-0) to New York Yankees BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1928 Stats (1927/1929) / Schedule / Transactions

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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   Jimmie Wilson       27  120  411   45  106  26  2   2   50  45   24  .258  .333  .345   9           1  14           76
1B *Jim Bottomley       28  149  576  123  187  42 20  31  136  71   54  .325  .402  .628  10           3  17          163
2B #Frankie Frisch      29  141  547  107  164  29  9  10   86  64   17  .300  .374  .441  29           1  19          110
3B  Wattie Holm         26  102  386   61  107  24  6   3   47  32   17  .277  .334  .394   1           1  10           88
SS  Rabbit Maranville   36  112  366   40   88  14 10   1   34  36   27  .240  .310  .342   3           1   9           69
OF  Taylor Douthit      27  154  648  111  191  35  3   3   43  84   36  .295  .384  .372  11          10  10           97
OF  Chick Hafey         25  138  520  101  175  46  6  27  111  40   53  .337  .386  .604   8           2  22          153
OF *George Harper       36   99  272   41   83   8  2  17   58  51   15  .305  .418  .537   2           2  12          146
   *Andy High           30  111  368   58  105  14  3   6   37  37   10  .285  .355  .389   2           3  14           93
    Wally Roettger      25   68  261   27   89  17  4   6   44  10   22  .341  .372  .506   2           3   9          126
    Tommy Thevenow      24   69  171   11   35   8  3   0   13  20   12  .205  .288  .287   0           0   5           49
    Ray Blades          31   51   85    9   20   7  1   1   19  20   26  .235  .393  .376   0           2   4          100
   *Ernie Orsatti       25   27   69   10   21   6  0   3   15  10   11  .304  .400  .522   0           1   4          137
   *Earl Smith          31   24   58    3   13   2  0   0    7   5    4  .224  .286  .259   0           0   1           42
    Bob O'Farrell       31   16   52    6   11   1  0   0    4  13    9  .212  .369  .231   2           0   0           59
    Gus Mancuso         22   11   38    2    7   0  1   0    3   0    5  .184  .184  .237   0           0   2            8
   *Specs Toporczer     29    8   14    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    3  .000  .000  .000   0           0   0         -100
    Pepper Martin       24   39   13   11    4   0  0   0    0   1    2  .308  .400  .308   2           1   1           86
   *Howie Williamson    23   10    9    0    2   0  0   0    0   1    4  .222  .300  .222   0           0   0           37
    Spud Davis          23    2    5    1    1   0  0   0    1   1    0  .200  .333  .200   0           0   1           41

    Jesse Haines        34   33   87    4   16   2  0   0   10   4   13  .184  .220  .207   0           0   7           11
    Pete Alexander      41   34   86   13   25   2  0   1   11   4    8  .291  .322  .349   0           0   8           74
   *Bill Sherdel        31   38   84   10   19   5  0   1    8   8   10  .226  .293  .321   1           0  10           59
    Flint Rhem          27   28   67    4   11   0  0   1    6   2   23  .164  .188  .209   0           0   1            3
   *Clarence Mitchell   37   19   56    0    7   1  0   0    1   0    3  .125  .125  .143   0           0   5          -31
    Syl Johnson         27   34   38    5    6   1  0   0    1   3   18  .158  .238  .184   0           1   0           11
    Fred Frankhouse     24   22   27    3    5   2  0   0    2   3    4  .185  .267  .259   0           0   2           37
   *Art Reinhart        29   27   24    1    4   0  0   0    1   2    4  .167  .231  .167   0           0   0            5
    Carlisle Littlejohn 26   12   11    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0           0   0         -100
    Hal Haid            30   27    8    0    3   0  0   0    1   1    2  .375  .444  .375   0           0   0          114
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.7  154 5357  807 1505 292 70 113  749 568  438  .281  .350  .425  82          32 187          108
    Rank among 8 NL teams          3    2    3   1  2   2        1    4     3     2     2   3                        
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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.

    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  Pete Alexander      41  34   3.36  16   9  2  31   2  18   1  243.7  262  106   91  15   37   59 1009   3   2  0     118
SP  Jesse Haines        34  33   3.18  20   8  0  28   4  20   1  240.3  238   98   85  14   72   77 1007   3   6  1     125
SP *Bill Sherdel        31  38   2.86  21  10  5  27  10  20   0  248.7  251   96   79  17   56   72 1041   2   2  0     139
SP  Flint Rhem          27  28   4.14  11   8  3  22   4   9   0  169.7  199   91   78  13   71   47  758   1   3  1      96
SP *Clarence Mitchell   37  19   3.30   8   9  0  18   1   9   1  150.0  149   59   55   8   38   31  623   0   3  1     121

CL  Hal Haid            30  27   2.30   2   2  5   0  14   0   0   47.0   39   24   12   1   11   21  200   1   1  0     173
RP  Syl Johnson         27  34   3.90   8   4  3   6  14   2   0  120.0  117   53   52   6   33   66  504   1   4  1     102
RP *Art Reinhart        29  23   2.87   4   6  2   9   9   3   1   75.3   80   39   24   3   27   12  329   1   0  0     139
RP  Fred Frankhouse     24  21   3.96   3   2  1  10   5   1   0   84.0   91   47   37   6   36   29  374   3   5  0     100
RP  Carlisle Littlejohn 26  12   3.66   2   1  0   2   4   1   0   32.0   36   16   13   2   14    6  144   1   0  0     109

    Tony Kaufmann       27   4   9.64   0   0  0   1   2   0   0    4.7    8    5    5   1    4    2   26   0   1  0      41
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 32.1 154   3.38  95  59 21 154  71  83   4 1415.0 1470  636  531  86  399  422 6015  16  27  4     118
    Rank among 8 NL teams           2   1   8  1           1   6      1    5    2        6    1    3

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- JWilson 120 394 82 8 13 .983 6 ESmith 18 52 6 0 2 1.000 2 BO'Farrell 14 61 4 1 1 .985 0 GMancuso 11 54 7 1 0 .984 1 SDavis 2 6 0 2 0 .750 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 154 567 99 12 16 .982 9 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .989 10.17 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JBottomley 148 1454 52 20 113 .987 10.18 EOrsatti 5 41 1 1 2 .977 8.40 TThevenow 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 SToporczer 1 7 3 0 0 1.000 10.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 1502 57 21 115 .987 9.92 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .970 5.71 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- FFrisch 139 383 474 21 80 .976 6.17 AHigh 19 35 47 2 10 .976 4.32 RMaranville 2 1 2 0 1 1.000 1.50 SToporczer 1 5 0 0 1 1.000 5.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 424 523 23 92 .976 6.02 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .943 2.96 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- WHolm 83 100 145 22 9 .918 2.95 AHigh 73 56 117 12 10 .935 2.37 TThevenow 3 4 7 0 0 1.000 3.67 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 160 269 34 19 .927 2.73 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .950 5.22 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RMaranville 112 236 362 19 57 .969 5.34 TThevenow 64 100 158 19 29 .931 4.03 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 336 520 38 86 .957 5.44 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .972 2.31 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- TDouthit 154 547 10 9 4 .984 3.62 0 154 0 CHafey 133 287 13 11 3 .965 2.26 117 0 16 GHarper 84 156 13 2 2 .988 2.01 0 0 84 WRoettger 66 152 2 3 1 .981 2.33 33 0 34 RBlades 19 34 1 1 1 .972 1.84 4 0 15 EOrsatti 17 29 2 0 0 1.000 1.82 2 0 15 WHolm 7 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.57 0 0 7 PMartin 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 0 0 4 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 154 1225 41 26 11 .980 2.68 154 154 154 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .966 2.42 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BSherdel 38 6 36 2 1 .955 1.52 PAlexander 34 4 57 0 3 1.000 2.25 JHaines 33 3 43 0 2 1.000 1.72 FRhem 28 3 48 0 5 1.000 2.70 CMitchell 19 6 48 1 3 .982 3.24 SJohnson 34 3 20 1 2 .958 1.73 FFrankhouse 21 2 23 1 4 .962 2.68 AReinhart 23 5 15 0 0 1.000 2.39 HHaid 27 2 11 0 0 1.000 2.49 CLittlejohn 12 0 8 1 0 .889 2.25 TKaufmann 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.91 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 34 310 6 20 .983 2.19 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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.

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Hafey .337 On-base % Bottomley .402 Slugging % Bottomley .628 OPS Bottomley 1.030 Games Douthit 154 At Bats Douthit 648 Plate Appearances (approx.) Douthit 752 Runs Bottomley 123 Hits Douthit 191 Total Bases Bottomley 362 Doubles Hafey 46 Triples Bottomley 20 Home Runs Bottomley 31 RBI Bottomley 136 Bases on Balls Douthit 84 Strikeouts Bottomley 54 Stolen Bases Frisch 29 Singles Douthit 150 Adjusted OPS+ Bottomley 163 Runs Created Bottomley 144 Adjusted Batting Runs Bottomley 51 Batting Wins Bottomley 4.9 Extra-Base Hits Bottomley 93 Times on Base Douthit 285 Offensive Win% Bottomley .777 Hit By Pitch Douthit 10 Sac. Hits Hafey 22 Power/Speed Number Bottomley 15.1 At Bats per Strikeout High 36.8 At Bats per Home Run Bottomley 18.6 Outs Douthit 467

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Sherdel 2.86 Wins Sherdel 21 Won-Loss % Haines .714 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Alexander 1.227 Hits Allowed/9IP Haines 8.91 Bases on Balls/9IP Alexander 1.37 Strikeouts/9IP Haines 2.88 Games Sherdel 38 Saves Haid and Sherdel 5 Innings Sherdel 248.7 Strikeouts Haines 77 Games Started Alexander 31 Comp. Games Haines and Sherdel 20 Shutouts Alexander, Haines, Mitchell, and Reinhart 1 Home Runs Allow. Sherdel 17 Bases On Balls Allow. Haines 72 Hits Allowed Alexander 262 SO to Walk Alexander 1.59 Losses Sherdel 10 Earned Runs Allow. Alexander 91 Wild Pitches Alexander, Frankhouse, and Haines 3 Hit Batsmen Haines 6 Batters Faced Sherdel 1041 Games Finished Haid and Johnson 14 Adjusted ERA+ Sherdel 139

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