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1928 St. Louis Cardinals (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1927/1929)
95-59, Finished 1st in National League
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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

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

Game Results

Season Summary   95-59 , Final Rank: 1, GB: up 2.0
Days in First:                  93 (last on September 30, counts the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day)

Most Games over  .500:          37 (last on September 29)
Most Games under .500:           1 (last on May 6)

Biggest Lead:                  6.5 (last on August 5)
Farthest Behind Leader:        3.5 (last on June 2)

Longest Winning Streak:          8 (June 10 to June 17)
Longest Losing Streak:           4 (April 29 to May 2 and August 16 to August 19)

Most Runs Allowed:              16 (July 4)
Most Runs Scored:               18 (July 31)

Times Shutout by Opponent:       3
Times Opponent Shutout:          4

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Overall        95  59     807     636    .617

Home/Road
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Home           42  35     367     336    .545
Road           53  24     440     300    .688

Month by Month
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
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
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
First Half     49  29     433     338    .628
Second Half    46  30     374     298    .605
One-Run Games
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
One Run        29  23     199     193    .558

Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Blowout        31  14     331     211    .689

Opponent
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
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

Game Results

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
  1 Wed, Apr 11     STL  PIT  W  14-7        1-0     1    Tied       J Haines                          +
  2 Thu, Apr 12     STL  PIT  W   5-0        2-0     1    Tied       P Alexander                       ++
  3 Sat, Apr 14     STL  CHC  L   1-4        2-1     3     0.5       S Blake                           -
  4 Sun, Apr 15     STL  CHC  W   4-3        3-1     2     0.5       B Sherdel                         +
  5 Mon, Apr 16     STL  CHC  L   3-6        3-2     2     0.5       G Bush                            -
  6 Tue, Apr 17     STL  CHC  L   2-3        3-3     3     1.0       P Jones                           --
  7 Thu, Apr 19     STL @PIT  W  13-10       4-3     2     0.5       C Littlejohn                      +
  8 Fri, Apr 20     STL @PIT  W   6-2        5-3     1    Tied       J Haines                          ++
  9 Mon, Apr 23     STL @CIN  L   2-3        5-4     2     1.0       D Luque                           -
 10 Tue, Apr 24     STL @CIN  W   7-2        6-4     2     0.5       P Alexander                       +
 11 Wed, Apr 25     STL @CIN  L   4-5        6-5     3     1.0       R Lucas                           -
 12 Fri, Apr 27     STL @CHC  W   4-2        7-5     2     0.5       J Haines                          +
 13 Sat, Apr 28     STL @CHC  W   5-1        8-5     1    Tied       F Rhem                            ++
 14 Sun, Apr 29     STL @CHC  L   5-6        8-6     2     1.5       C Root                            -
 15 Mon, Apr 30     STL  CIN  L   4-6        8-7     4     1.5       R Kolp                            --
 16 Tue, May  1     STL  CIN  L   3-6        8-8     4     2.0       R Lucas                           ---
 17 Wed, May  2     STL  CIN  L   4-6        8-9     5     3.0       C Mays                            ----
 18 Thu, May  3     STL  CIN  W   7-5        9-9     4     2.5       F Rhem                            +
 19 Sat, May  5     STL  BRO  L   2-3        9-10    5     3.0       W Clark                           -
 20 Sun, May  6     STL  BRO  W   4-2       10-10    5     2.5       P Alexander                       +
 21                 STL  BRO  L   4-5       10-11    5     2.5       D McWeeny                         -
 22 Mon, May  7     STL  BRO  W   6-5       11-11    5     2.5       H Haid                            +
 23 Tue, May  8     STL  PHI  W  15-4       12-11    4     1.5       F Frankhouse                      ++
 24 Wed, May  9     STL  PHI  W   7-1       13-11    3     1.5       C Littlejohn                      +++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 25 Thu, May 10     STL  PHI  W   5-4       14-11    3     1.5       J Haines                          ++++
 26 Fri, May 11     STL  PHI  W   3-2       15-11    3     1.0       P Alexander                       +++++
 27 Sat, May 12     STL  BSN  W   5-3       16-11    2     0.5       F Rhem                            ++++++
 28 Sun, May 13     STL  BSN  L   5-6       16-12    3     1.5       J Genewich                        -
 29 Mon, May 14     STL  BSN  W   4-3       17-12    3     1.5       A Reinhart                        +
 30 Tue, May 15     STL  BSN  W   3-1       18-12    3     0.5       B Sherdel                         ++
 31 Fri, May 18     STL  NYG  L   6-10      18-13    3     2.0       L Benton                          -
 32 Sat, May 19     STL  NYG  L   3-4       18-14    3     3.0       D Henry                           --
 33 Sun, May 20     STL  NYG  L   3-5       18-15    3     2.5       F Fitzsimmon                      ---
 34                 STL  NYG  W   2-1       19-15    3     2.5       S Johnson                         +
 35 Mon, May 21     STL  CHC  W   8-7       20-15    3     1.5       H Haid                            ++
 36 Tue, May 22     STL  CHC  W   3-2       21-15    3     1.0       A Reinhart                        +++
 37 Thu, May 24     STL  CIN  W   7-1       22-15    2     0.5       F Rhem                            ++++
 38 Fri, May 25     STL  CIN  L   0-2       22-16    3     1.5       R Lucas                           -
 39 Sat, May 26     STL  CIN  L   7-10      22-17    3     2.5       E Rixey                           --
 40 Sun, May 27     STL  CIN  L   0-2       22-18    5     3.5       C Mays                            ---
 41 Tue, May 29     STL @PIT  W   7-1       23-18    4     3.0       F Rhem                            +
 42 Wed, May 30     STL @PIT  W  10-1       24-18    3     3.0       B Sherdel                         ++
 43                 STL @PIT  W   4-3       25-18    3     3.0       S Johnson                         +++
 44 Thu, May 31     STL @PIT  L   2-3       25-19    4     3.5       C Hill                            -
 45 Fri, Jun  1     STL @PHI  W   1-0       26-19    3     3.5       A Reinhart                        +
 46 Sat, Jun  2     STL @PHI  W  13-12      27-19    2     3.5       B Sherdel                         ++
 47 Wed, Jun  6     STL @NYG  W  11-6       28-19    2     2.0       C Mitchell                        +++
 48 Thu, Jun  7     STL @NYG  L   3-4       28-20    3     2.0       L Benton                          -
 49 Fri, Jun  8     STL @NYG  W   8-3       29-20    2     2.0       B Sherdel                         +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 50 Sat, Jun  9     STL @NYG  L   3-8       29-21    3     2.0       F Fitzsimmon                      -
 51 Sun, Jun 10     STL @BRO  W  15-7       30-21    2     2.0       J Haines                          +
 52 Mon, Jun 11     STL @BSN  W   8-1       31-21    2     2.0       P Alexander                       ++
 53 Tue, Jun 12     STL @BSN  W   9-6       32-21    2     1.0       F Frankhouse                      +++
 54 Wed, Jun 13     STL @BSN  W  11-8       33-21    2     1.0       F Rhem                            ++++
 55 Thu, Jun 14     STL @BSN  W   3-2       34-21    2     0.5       J Haines                          +++++
 56 Fri, Jun 15     STL @BRO  W   5-2       35-21    1  up 0.5       S Johnson                         ++++++
 57 Sat, Jun 16     STL @BRO  W   6-5       36-21    1  up 2.0       B Sherdel                         +++++++
 58 Sun, Jun 17     STL @CIN  W   6-2       37-21    1  up 3.0       P Alexander                       ++++++++
 59 Mon, Jun 18     STL @CIN  L   2-3       37-22    1  up 2.0       R Kolp                            -
 60 Tue, Jun 19     STL @CIN  W   9-4       38-22    1  up 3.0       P Alexander                       +
 61 Wed, Jun 20     STL @CHC  W   6-2       39-22    1  up 4.0       J Haines                          ++
 62 Thu, Jun 21     STL @CHC  L   1-2       39-23    1  up 3.5       S Blake                           -
 63                 STL @CHC  W   4-1       40-23    1  up 3.5       S Johnson                         +
 64 Fri, Jun 22     STL @CHC  W   4-1       41-23    1  up 4.5       B Sherdel                         ++
 65 Sat, Jun 23     STL @CHC  L   4-8       41-24    1  up 4.5       G Bush                            -
 66 Sun, Jun 24     STL @CIN  W   7-4       42-24    1  up 5.5       P Alexander                       +
 67 Mon, Jun 25     STL @CIN  W   5-2       43-24    1  up 5.5       J Haines                          ++
 68 Thu, Jun 28     STL  PIT  W   4-3       44-24    1  up 4.5       B Sherdel                         +++
 69 Fri, Jun 29     STL  PIT  W   9-4       45-24    1  up 5.0       C Mitchell                        ++++
 70 Sat, Jun 30     STL  PIT  L   3-4       45-25    1  up 3.5       B Grimes                          -
 71 Sun, Jul  1     STL  PIT  L   0-2       45-26    1  up 3.5       F Fussell                         --
 72                 STL  PIT  W   8-6       46-26    1  up 3.5       S Johnson                         +
 73 Tue, Jul  3     STL  CHC  L   5-13      46-27    1  up 2.5       G Bush                            -
 74 Wed, Jul  4     STL  CHC  W  11-6       47-27    1  up 2.5       F Rhem                            +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 75                 STL  CHC  L   9-16      47-28    1  up 2.5       P Malone                          -
 76 Sat, Jul  7     STL  BSN  L   3-11      47-29    1  up 2.5       A Delaney                         --
 77 Sun, Jul  8     STL  BSN  W   7-4       48-29    1  up 3.5       P Alexander                       +
 78                 STL  BSN  W  12-8       49-29    1  up 3.5       B Sherdel                         ++
 79 Mon, Jul  9     STL  BSN  W   8-5       50-29    1  up 4.5       F Rhem                            +++
 80 Tue, Jul 10     STL  NYG  W   5-1       51-29    1  up 4.5       C Mitchell                        ++++
 81 Wed, Jul 11     STL  NYG  L   4-6       51-30    1  up 4.5       B Walker                          -
 82 Thu, Jul 12     STL  NYG  W  11-1       52-30    1  up 5.0       J Haines                          +
 83 Fri, Jul 13     STL  NYG  W  11-6       53-30    1  up 5.5       B Sherdel                         ++
 84 Sat, Jul 14     STL  BRO  L   2-5       53-31    1  up 5.0       J Petty                           -
 85 Sun, Jul 15     STL  BRO  L   1-3       53-32    1  up 4.0       D McWeeny                         --
 86 Mon, Jul 16     STL  BRO  W   7-6       54-32    1  up 4.0       A Reinhart                        +
 87 Tue, Jul 17     STL  BRO  W   7-1       55-32    1  up 4.0       J Haines                          ++
 88 Thu, Jul 19     STL  PHI  W   6-5       56-32    1  up 4.5       S Johnson                         +++
 89 Fri, Jul 20     STL  PHI  W   5-4       57-32    1  up 5.5       P Alexander                       ++++
 90 Sat, Jul 21     STL  PHI  L   3-8       57-33    1  up 4.0       L Sweetland                       -
 91 Sun, Jul 22     STL  PHI  W   8-7       58-33    1  up 4.0       B Sherdel                         +
 92 Tue, Jul 24     STL @BRO  W   2-1       59-33    1  up 4.5       B Sherdel                         ++
 93 Wed, Jul 25     STL @BRO  L   1-8       59-34    1  up 4.5       J Elliott                         -
 94 Thu, Jul 26     STL @BRO  W   6-1       60-34    1  up 5.0       P Alexander                       +
 95 Fri, Jul 27     STL @BRO  L   2-5       60-35    1  up 4.0       D Vance                           -
 96 Sat, Jul 28     STL @PHI  W   7-6       61-35    1  up 4.5       B Sherdel                         +
 97                 STL @PHI  W  12-2       62-35    1  up 4.5       F Rhem                            ++
 98 Mon, Jul 30     STL @PHI  L   7-8       62-36    1  up 4.0       B McGraw                          -
 99 Tue, Jul 31     STL @PHI  W  18-5       63-36    1  up 5.0       P Alexander                       +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
100 Thu, Aug  2     STL @BSN  W   6-1       64-36    1  up 6.0       F Rhem                            ++
101 Fri, Aug  3     STL @BSN  W   5-1       65-36    1  up 6.5       B Sherdel                         +++
102 Sat, Aug  4     STL @BSN  W   3-2       66-36    1  up 5.5       J Haines                          ++++
103                 STL @BSN  L   1-2       66-37    1  up 5.5       B Smith                           -
104 Sun, Aug  5     STL @NYG  W   6-4       67-37    1  up 6.5       C Mitchell                        +
105 Tue, Aug  7     STL @NYG  L   1-10      67-38    1  up 5.5       L Benton                          -
106 Wed, Aug  8     STL @NYG  L   5-10      67-39    1  up 4.5       J Genewich                        --
107 Thu, Aug  9     STL @PIT  L   4-5       67-40    1  up 4.0       C Hill                            ---
108 Fri, Aug 10     STL @PIT  W   2-1       68-40    1  up 4.0       C Mitchell                        +
109 Sat, Aug 11     STL  CHC  L   1-5       68-41    1  up 3.0       S Blake                           -
110 Sun, Aug 12     STL  CHC  L   2-4       68-42    1  up 2.5       P Malone                          --
111 Tue, Aug 14     STL  BSN  W   6-1       69-42    1  up 2.5       P Alexander                       +
112 Wed, Aug 15     STL  BSN  W   7-3       70-42    1  up 3.5       B Sherdel                         ++
113 Thu, Aug 16     STL  BSN  L   4-9       70-43    1  up 3.5       E Brandt                          -
114 Fri, Aug 17     STL  NYG  L   2-3       70-44    1  up 2.5       F Fitzsimmon                      --
115 Sat, Aug 18     STL  NYG  L   2-3       70-45    1  up 1.5       C Hubbell                         ---
116 Sun, Aug 19     STL  NYG  L   2-3       70-46    1  up 0.5       L Benton                          ----
117 Mon, Aug 20     STL  BRO  W   2-1       71-46    1  up 0.5       J Haines                          +
118 Tue, Aug 21     STL  BRO  L   1-6       71-47    1  up 0.5       D McWeeny                         -
119 Wed, Aug 22     STL  BRO  L   2-3       71-48    1  up 0.5       J Petty                           --
120 Fri, Aug 24     STL  PHI  W   1-0       72-48    1  up 1.5       J Haines                          +
121 Sat, Aug 25     STL  PHI  W   2-1       73-48    1  up 2.5       P Alexander                       ++
122 Sun, Aug 26     STL  PHI  W   6-1       74-48    1  up 3.5       B Sherdel                         +++
123 Mon, Aug 27     STL @CHC  W  11-3       75-48    1  up 4.0       F Rhem                            ++++
124 Tue, Aug 28     STL @CHC  W   6-0       76-48    1  up 5.5       C Mitchell                        +++++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
125 Fri, Aug 31     STL @PIT  L   5-6       76-49    1  up 4.5       R Kremer                          -
126                 STL @PIT  W   6-2       77-49    1  up 4.5       J Haines                          +
127 Sat, Sep  1     STL @PIT  W   4-1       78-49    1  up 4.5       B Sherdel                         ++
128 Sun, Sep  2     STL @CIN  W   5-3       79-49    1  up 4.5       F Frankhouse                      +++
129 Mon, Sep  3     STL @CIN  L   5-6       79-50    1  up 4.5       K Ash                             -
130                 STL @CIN  L   2-8       79-51    1  up 4.5       D Luque                           --
131 Thu, Sep  6     STL  PIT  W   4-3       80-51    1  up 4.5       C Mitchell                        +
132 Fri, Sep  7     STL  PIT  W   6-3       81-51    1  up 4.5       J Haines                          ++
133 Sat, Sep  8     STL  PIT  L   2-4       81-52    1  up 3.5       C Hill                            -
134 Sun, Sep  9     STL  PIT  L   7-8       81-53    1  up 2.5       J Dawson                          --
135 Mon, Sep 10     STL  CIN  L   2-7       81-54    1  up 2.5       K Ash                             ---
136 Tue, Sep 11     STL  CIN  W   6-3       82-54    1  up 2.5       J Haines                          +
137 Wed, Sep 12     STL  CIN  W   2-1       83-54    1  up 3.0       P Alexander                       ++
138 Thu, Sep 13     STL @CHC  L   1-6       83-55    1  up 1.5       S Blake                           -
139 Fri, Sep 14     STL @PHI  W  13-6       84-55    1  up 1.0       B Sherdel                         +
140 Sat, Sep 15     STL @PHI  W   3-2       85-55    1  up 1.5       J Haines                          ++
141                 STL @PHI  W   8-6       86-55    1  up 1.5       S Johnson                         +++
142 Mon, Sep 17     STL @PHI  W   5-2       87-55    1  up 2.0       C Mitchell                        ++++
143 Tue, Sep 18     STL @PHI  W   4-2       88-55    1  up 2.0       J Haines                          +++++
144 Thu, Sep 20     STL @NYG  W   8-5       89-55    1  up 2.0       B Sherdel                         ++++++
145                 STL @NYG  L   4-7       89-56    1  up 2.0       C Hubbell                         -
146 Sat, Sep 22     STL @NYG  L   5-8       89-57    1  up 1.0       C Hubbell                         --
147 Sun, Sep 23     STL @BRO  W   7-1       90-57    1  up 1.0       J Haines                          +
148 Mon, Sep 24     STL @BRO  W   9-2       91-57    1  up 1.0       P Alexander                       ++
149 Tue, Sep 25     STL @BRO  W   4-3       92-57    1  up 1.0       B Sherdel                         +++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
150 Wed, Sep 26     STL @BRO  L   1-6       92-58    1  up 0.5       D Vance                           -
151 Thu, Sep 27     STL @BSN  W   8-3       93-58    1  up 1.0       J Haines                          +
152 Fri, Sep 28     STL @BSN  W  10-3       94-58    1  up 2.0       S Johnson                         ++
153 Sat, Sep 29     STL @BSN  W   3-1       95-58    1  up 3.0       B Sherdel                         +++
154 Sun, Sep 30     STL @NYG  L   2-4       95-59    1  up 2.0       C Hubbell                         -

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