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1928 St. Louis Cardinals

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1927 / 1929

95-59, Finished 1st in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Bill McKechnie (95-59)
Scored 807 runs, Allowed 636 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 94-60

Ballparks: Sportsman's Park III · Attendance: 761,574 (3rd of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 101 · one-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 101

Postseason:  Lost World Series (4-0) to New York Yankees

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1927 / 1929 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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 Jimmie Wilson 27 120 473 411 45 106 26 2 2 50 9 45 24 .258 .333 .345 .678 75 142 1 14
2 1B Jim Bottomley* 28 149 667 576 123 187 42 20 31 136 10 71 54 .325 .402 .628 1.030 162 362 3 17
3 2B Frankie Frisch# 29 141 631 547 107 164 29 9 10 86 29 64 17 .300 .374 .441 .815 110 241 1 19
4 SS Rabbit Maranville 36 112 413 366 40 88 14 10 1 34 3 36 27 .240 .310 .342 .652 68 125 1 9
5 3B Wattie Holm 26 102 429 386 61 107 24 6 3 47 1 32 17 .277 .334 .394 .728 87 152 1 10
6 OF Chick Hafey 25 138 584 520 101 175 46 6 27 111 8 40 53 .337 .386 .604 .990 152 314 2 22
7 OF Taylor Douthit 27 154 752 648 111 191 35 3 3 43 11 84 36 .295 .384 .372 .756 96 241 10 10
8 OF George Harper* 36 99 337 272 41 83 8 2 17 58 2 51 15 .305 .418 .537 .955 145 146 2 12
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 IF Andy High* 30 111 422 368 58 105 14 3 6 37 2 37 10 .285 .355 .389 .744 92 143 3 14
10 OF Wally Roettger 25 68 281 261 27 89 17 4 6 44 2 10 22 .341 .372 .506 .878 125 132 3 9
11 SS Tommy Thevenow 24 69 197 171 11 35 8 3 0 13 0 20 12 .205 .288 .287 .575 49 49 0 5
12 OF Ray Blades 31 51 111 85 9 20 7 1 1 19 0 20 26 .235 .393 .376 .769 99 32 2 4
13 OF Ernie Orsatti* 25 27 84 69 10 21 6 0 3 15 0 10 11 .304 .400 .522 .922 136 36 1 4
14 C Bob O'Farrell 31 16 65 52 6 11 1 0 0 4 2 13 9 .212 .369 .231 .600 58 12 0 0
15 C Earl Smith* 31 24 64 58 3 13 2 0 0 7 0 5 4 .224 .286 .259 .544 41 15 0 1
16 C Gus Mancuso 22 11 40 38 2 7 0 1 0 3 0 0 5 .184 .184 .237 .421 8 9 0 2
17 OF Pepper Martin 24 39 16 13 11 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 .308 .400 .308 .708 85 4 1 1
18 IF Specs Toporcer* 29 8 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
19 Howie Williamson* 23 10 10 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .222 .300 .222 .522 37 2 0 0
20 C Spud Davis 23 2 7 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .200 .333 .200 .533 41 1 0 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
21 P Bill Sherdel* 31 38 101 84 10 19 5 0 1 8 1 8 10 .226 .293 .321 .615 59 27 0 10
22 P Pete Alexander 41 34 98 86 13 25 2 0 1 11 0 4 8 .291 .322 .349 .671 73 30 0 8
23 P Jesse Haines 34 33 98 87 4 16 2 0 0 10 0 4 13 .184 .220 .207 .427 11 18 0 7
24 P Flint Rhem 27 28 70 67 4 11 0 0 1 6 0 2 23 .164 .188 .209 .397 2 14 0 1
25 P Clarence Mitchell* 37 19 61 56 0 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 .125 .125 .143 .268 -31 8 0 5
26 P Syl Johnson 27 34 42 38 5 6 1 0 0 1 0 3 18 .158 .238 .184 .422 10 7 1 0
27 P Fred Frankhouse 24 22 32 27 3 5 2 0 0 2 0 3 4 .185 .267 .259 .526 36 7 0 2
28 P Art Reinhart* 29 27 26 24 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 .167 .231 .167 .397 4 4 0 0
29 P Carlisle Littlejohn 26 12 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
30 P Hal Haid 30 27 9 8 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 .375 .444 .375 .819 113 3 0 0
31 P Tony Kaufmann 27 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 28.7 154 6145 5357 807 1505 292 70 113 749 82 568 438 .281 .353 .425 .778 100 2276 32 187
Rank in 8 NL teams 3 2 3 1 2 2 3 1 1 4 3 2 2 3 2 1 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 Bill Sherdel* 31 21 10 .677 2.86 38 27 10 20 0 5 248.2 251 96 79 17 56 72 2 0 2 1041 141 1.235 9.1 0.6 2.0 2.6 1.29
2 SP Pete Alexander 41 16 9 .640 3.36 34 31 2 18 1 2 243.2 262 107 91 15 37 59 2 0 3 1009 120 1.227 9.7 0.6 1.4 2.2 1.59
3 SP Jesse Haines 34 20 8 .714 3.18 33 28 4 20 1 0 240.1 238 98 85 14 72 77 6 1 3 1007 127 1.290 8.9 0.5 2.7 2.9 1.07
4 SP Flint Rhem 27 11 8 .579 4.14 28 22 4 9 0 3 169.2 199 91 78 13 71 47 3 1 1 758 98 1.591 10.6 0.7 3.8 2.5 0.66
5 SP Clarence Mitchell* 37 8 9 .471 3.30 19 18 1 9 1 0 150.0 149 59 55 8 38 31 3 1 0 623 122 1.247 8.9 0.5 2.3 1.9 0.82
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 CL Hal Haid 30 2 2 .500 2.30 27 0 14 0 0 5 47.0 39 24 12 1 11 21 1 0 1 200 177 1.064 7.5 0.2 2.1 4.0 1.91
7 RP Syl Johnson 27 8 4 .667 3.90 34 6 14 2 0 3 120.0 117 53 52 6 33 66 4 1 1 504 104 1.250 8.8 0.5 2.5 5.0 2.00
8 RP Fred Frankhouse 24 3 2 .600 3.96 21 10 5 1 0 1 84.0 91 47 37 6 36 29 5 0 3 374 102 1.512 9.8 0.6 3.9 3.1 0.81
9 RP Art Reinhart* 29 4 6 .400 2.87 23 9 9 3 1 2 75.1 80 39 24 3 27 12 0 0 1 329 141 1.420 9.6 0.4 3.2 1.4 0.44
10 RP Carlisle Littlejohn 26 2 1 .667 3.66 12 2 4 1 0 0 32.0 36 16 13 2 14 6 0 0 1 144 112 1.563 10.1 0.6 3.9 1.7 0.43
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
11 Tony Kaufmann 27 0 0 9.64 4 1 2 0 0 0 4.2 8 5 5 1 4 2 1 0 0 26 45 2.571 15.4 1.9 7.7 3.9 0.50
Team Totals 32.4 95 59 .617 3.38 154 154 69 83 4 21 1415.1 1470 635 531 86 399 422 27 4 16 6015 120 1.321 9.3 0.5 2.5 2.7 1.06
Rank in 8 NL teams 1 8 2 1 6 1 1 5 2 3 6 1 3
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% lgCS% PO Pos Summary
Pete Alexander 41 34 31 18 61 4 57 0 3 1.000 1.79 P
Ray Blades 31 19 18 11 36 34 1 1 1 .972 1.84 OF
Jim Bottomley 28 148 148 146 1526 1454 52 20 113 .987 10.18 1B
Spud Davis 23 2 2 1 8 6 0 2 0 .750 3.00 0 4 0 0% 45% C
Taylor Douthit 27 154 154 154 566 547 10 9 4 .984 3.62 OF
Fred Frankhouse 24 21 10 1 26 2 23 1 4 .962 1.19 P
Frankie Frisch 29 139 139 133 878 383 474 21 80 .976 6.17 2B
Chick Hafey 25 133 132 127 311 287 13 11 3 .965 2.26 OF
Hal Haid 30 27 0 0 13 2 11 0 0 1.000 0.48 P
Jesse Haines 34 33 28 20 46 3 43 0 2 1.000 1.39 P
George Harper 36 84 76 69 171 156 13 2 2 .988 2.01 OF
Andy High 30 92 85 84 269 91 164 14 20 .948 2.77 3B-2B
Wattie Holm 26 90 86 82 285 118 145 22 9 .923 2.92 3B-OF
Syl Johnson 27 34 6 2 24 3 20 1 2 .958 0.68 P
Tony Kaufmann 27 4 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.25 P
Carlisle Littlejohn 26 12 2 1 9 0 8 1 0 .889 0.67 P
Gus Mancuso 22 11 10 10 62 54 7 1 0 .984 5.55 1 4 4 50% 45% C
Rabbit Maranville 36 112 105 90 620 237 364 19 58 .969 5.27 SS-2B
Pepper Martin 24 4 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 OF
Clarence Mitchell 37 19 18 9 55 6 48 1 3 .982 2.84 P
Bob O'Farrell 31 14 14 14 66 61 4 1 1 .985 4.64 0 10 2 17% 45% C
Ernie Orsatti 25 22 17 16 74 70 3 1 2 .986 3.32 OF-1B
Art Reinhart 29 23 9 3 20 5 15 0 0 1.000 0.87 P
Flint Rhem 27 28 22 9 51 3 48 0 5 1.000 1.82 P
Wally Roettger 25 66 66 64 157 152 2 3 1 .981 2.33 OF
Bill Sherdel 31 38 27 20 44 6 36 2 1 .955 1.11 P
Earl Smith 31 18 13 8 58 52 6 0 2 1.000 3.22 2 5 3 38% 45% C
Tommy Thevenow 24 68 51 44 289 104 166 19 29 .934 3.97 SS-3B-1B
Specs Toporcer 29 2 1 1 15 12 3 0 1 1.000 7.50 2B-1B
Jimmie Wilson 27 120 115 110 484 394 82 8 13 .983 3.97 6 31 43 58% 45% C
Team Totals 28.9 154 1386 1247 6227 4248 1819 160 359 .974 3.86 9 54 52 49% 45%
Rank in 8 NL teams 7 6 2
Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Pos Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Age G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Acquired Pos Summary
Pete Alexander 41 34 98 -4 0 0 0 10 7 0.7 3 10 0.7 .520 .504 0.7 -0.0 10 $17,500 Waivers 1
Ray Blades 31 51 111 0 0 0 -1 -1 -2 -0.2 3 2 0.1 .497 .499 0.3 -0.2 3 $ O9/7
Jim Bottomley* 28 149 667 50 -1 0 -9 -7 34 3.2 19 53 5.1 .522 .521 6.1 -1.6 62 $ Free Agency *3
Spud Davis 23 2 7 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .485 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ Rule 5 Draft /2
Taylor Douthit 27 154 752 1 -1 0 15 -4 11 1.0 21 33 3.1 .507 .507 1.7 1.1 18 $ *8O
Fred Frankhouse 24 22 32 -3 0 0 0 3 1 0.1 1 2 0.1 .503 .500 0.1 -0.0 2 $ 1
Frankie Frisch# 29 141 631 9 2 0 6 5 22 2.1 18 40 3.9 .516 .514 3.4 1.0 34 $ Traded *4
Chick Hafey 25 138 584 37 -0 0 2 -6 32 3.1 17 49 4.8 .523 .520 4.7 -0.5 47 $ Free Agency *O79
Hal Haid 30 27 9 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 0 2 0.1 .504 .501 0.1 -0.0 2 $ 1
Jesse Haines 34 33 98 -12 0 0 0 10 -2 -0.2 3 1 -0.2 .495 .499 -0.2 -0.0 1 $ Purchased 1
George Harper* 36 99 337 20 -0 0 -1 -4 15 1.5 10 25 2.4 .515 .509 2.6 -0.5 26 $ Traded O9
Andy High* 30 111 422 -3 0 0 -1 3 -1 -0.2 12 11 1.1 .499 .499 1.2 0.2 12 $ Traded 54
Wattie Holm 26 102 429 -7 0 0 -9 2 -14 -1.4 12 -1 -0.2 .487 .492 0.8 -0.7 8 $ 5/O9
Syl Johnson 27 34 42 -5 0 0 0 4 -1 -0.1 1 0 -0.1 .498 .499 -0.1 -0.0 0 $ 1
Tony Kaufmann 27 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ Purchased /1
Carlisle Littlejohn 26 12 11 -3 0 0 0 1 -2 -0.2 0 -2 -0.2 .483 .499 -0.2 0.0 -2 $ 1
Gus Mancuso 22 11 40 -5 0 0 0 0 -5 -0.5 1 -4 -0.4 .452 .497 -0.4 0.0 -4 $ 2
Rabbit Maranville 36 112 413 -17 -0 0 10 7 -1 -0.1 12 11 1.1 .500 .500 0.1 1.7 1 $ Free Agency *6/4
Pepper Martin 24 39 16 -0 0 0 -1 -0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .497 .499 0.0 -0.1 0 $ /O97
Clarence Mitchell* 37 19 61 -11 0 0 0 6 -5 -0.5 2 -3 -0.5 .475 .497 -0.5 -0.0 -3 $ Free Agency 1
Bob O'Farrell 31 16 65 -3 -0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 2 -0 -0.1 .485 .499 0.0 0.1 -0 $ Traded 2
Ernie Orsatti* 25 27 84 4 0 0 0 -1 3 0.3 2 5 0.5 .511 .502 0.5 -0.1 5 $ O9/37
Art Reinhart* 29 27 26 -3 0 0 0 3 -0 -0.1 1 0 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 -0.0 0 $ 1
Flint Rhem 27 28 70 -10 0 0 0 7 -3 -0.3 2 -1 -0.3 .490 .498 -0.3 -0.0 -1 $ 1
Wally Roettger 25 68 281 9 -0 0 2 -3 7 0.7 8 15 1.5 .511 .505 1.4 -0.1 13 $ O79
Bill Sherdel* 31 38 101 -6 -0 0 0 11 5 0.5 3 8 0.5 .513 .503 0.5 -0.0 8 $ 1
Earl Smith* 31 24 64 -5 0 0 0 0 -4 -0.4 2 -2 -0.3 .482 .497 -0.2 0.0 -2 $ Purchased 2
Tommy Thevenow 24 69 197 -13 0 0 2 3 -7 -0.8 6 -2 -0.2 .489 .495 -0.4 0.5 -4 $ Purchased 6/53
Specs Toporcer* 29 8 14 -4 0 0 1 0 -3 -0.3 0 -3 -0.3 .460 .498 -0.4 0.1 -4 $ /34
Howie Williamson* 23 10 10 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .491 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $
Jimmie Wilson 27 120 473 -14 -0 0 1 4 -10 -1.0 14 4 0.3 .492 .494 0.3 0.5 3 $ Traded *2
Team Total 28.7 1730 6145 1 1 0 17 58 76 6.5 175 251 22.2 .504 .501 21.6 1.2 234 $17,500
Age G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Acquired Pos Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Age IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Acquired
Pete Alexander 41 243.2 34 31 107 3.95 4.56 0.11 0.00 100.4 4.47 14 1.5 1.0 -0.1 3.3 38 .544 .509 $17,500 Waivers
Fred Frankhouse 24 84.0 21 10 47 5.04 4.61 0.11 0.00 99.4 4.48 -5 -0.5 1.0 -0.0 0.1 3 .476 .497 $
Hal Haid 30 47.0 27 0 24 4.60 4.66 0.11 0.00 100.6 4.58 0 0.0 1.0 -0.0 0.4 5 .500 .500 $
Jesse Haines 34 240.1 33 28 98 3.67 4.61 0.11 0.00 102.2 4.61 25 2.7 1.0 -0.1 4.5 49 .582 .517 $ Purchased
Syl Johnson 27 120.0 34 6 53 3.98 4.69 0.10 0.00 101.2 4.65 9 1.0 1.0 -0.1 1.9 21 .528 .506 $
Tony Kaufmann 27 4.2 4 1 5 9.64 4.80 0.12 0.00 102.0 4.78 -3 -0.2 1.0 -0.0 -0.2 -2 .440 .499 $ Purchased
Carlisle Littlejohn 26 32.0 12 2 16 4.50 4.70 0.11 0.00 101.3 4.64 1 0.1 1.0 -0.0 0.3 4 .505 .500 $
Clarence Mitchell* 37 150.0 19 18 59 3.54 4.86 0.11 0.00 100.0 4.75 20 2.2 1.0 -0.1 3.3 35 .617 .514 $ Free Agency
Art Reinhart* 29 76.1 23 9 39 4.60 4.61 0.11 0.00 103.2 4.64 1 0.1 1.0 -0.0 0.6 8 .502 .500 $
Flint Rhem 27 169.2 28 22 91 4.83 4.58 0.11 0.00 100.6 4.49 -6 -0.6 1.0 -0.1 0.6 11 .479 .496 $
Bill Sherdel* 31 248.2 38 27 96 3.47 4.70 0.11 0.00 100.7 4.62 32 3.5 1.0 -0.1 5.3 56 .591 .521 $
Team Total 32.4 1416.1 273 154 635 4.04 4.65 0.11 0.00 101.0 4.59 90 9.6 1.0 -0.8 20.1 227 .535 .505 $17,500
Age IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Acquired

1927 / 1929 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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