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1929 St. Louis Cardinals Batting Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1928 / 1930)
78-74, Finished 4th in National League
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Scored 831 runs, Allowed 806 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 78-74
Manager: Billy Southworth (43-45), Gabby Street (1-0) and Bill McKechnie (34-29)
Ballpark: Sportsman's Park IV (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 399,887 (5th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 101, Pitching - 99;   one-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 98

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1928 / 1930 Batting Statistics

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 28 120 449 394 59 128 27 8 4 71 4 43 19 .325 .394 .464 .859 111 183 2 10
2 1B Jim Bottomley* 29 146 648 560 108 176 31 12 29 137 3 70 54 .314 .391 .568 .959 133 318 1 17
3 2B Frankie Frisch# 30 138 599 527 93 176 40 12 5 74 24 53 12 .334 .397 .484 .881 116 255 2 17
4 SS Charlie Gelbert 23 146 578 512 60 134 29 8 3 65 8 51 46 .262 .329 .367 .696 71 188 0 15
5 3B Andy High* 31 146 659 603 95 178 32 4 10 63 7 38 18 .295 .340 .411 .751 84 248 3 15
6 OF Chick Hafey 26 134 572 517 101 175 47 9 29 125 7 45 42 .338 .394 .632 1.026 149 327 2 8
7 OF Taylor Douthit 28 150 708 613 128 206 42 7 9 62 8 79 49 .336 .416 .471 .888 118 289 5 11
8 OF Ernie Orsatti* 26 113 389 346 64 115 21 7 3 39 7 33 43 .332 .394 .460 .853 110 159 2 8
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 Wally Roettger 26 79 289 269 27 68 11 3 3 42 0 13 27 .253 .287 .349 .637 56 94 0 7
10 OF Wattie Holm 27 64 196 176 21 41 5 6 0 14 1 12 8 .233 .282 .330 .611 50 58 0 8
11 C Earl Smith* 32 57 164 145 9 50 8 0 1 22 0 18 6 .345 .417 .421 .838 107 61 0 1
12 IF Johnny Butler 36 17 59 55 5 9 1 1 0 5 0 4 5 .164 .220 .218 .439 9 12 0 0
13 2B Carey Selph 27 25 59 51 8 12 1 1 0 7 1 6 4 .235 .316 .294 .610 51 15 0 2
14 IF Eddie Delker 23 22 47 40 5 6 0 1 0 3 0 2 12 .150 .227 .200 .427 6 8 2 3
15 OF Billy Southworth* 36 19 34 32 1 6 2 0 0 3 0 2 4 .188 .235 .250 .485 20 8 0 0
16 C Bubber Jonnard 31 18 33 31 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 .097 .097 .097 .194 -52 3 0 2
17 3B Fred Haney 33 10 28 26 4 3 1 1 0 2 0 1 2 .115 .179 .231 .409 0 6 1 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
18 P Bill Sherdel* 32 33 78 70 5 16 1 1 1 8 0 2 4 .229 .250 .314 .564 38 22 0 6
19 P Clarence Mitchell* 38 26 76 66 9 18 3 1 0 9 1 4 6 .273 .314 .348 .663 63 23 0 6
20 P Jesse Haines 35 28 73 69 5 11 0 0 1 3 1 1 22 .159 .171 .203 .374 -8 14 0 3
21 P Syl Johnson 28 42 64 60 4 7 2 1 1 5 0 1 23 .117 .131 .233 .364 -12 14 0 3
22 P Hal Haid 31 38 56 49 4 4 1 0 0 3 0 3 15 .082 .151 .102 .253 -36 5 1 3
23 P Fred Frankhouse 25 34 55 52 7 15 3 0 1 8 0 1 6 .288 .302 .404 .706 72 21 0 2
24 P Pete Alexander 42 22 48 41 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 3 5 .049 .133 .049 .182 -53 2 1 3
25 P Bill Hallahan 26 20 30 26 2 4 0 0 0 3 0 2 13 .154 .214 .154 .368 -7 4 0 2
26 P Al Grabowski* 27 6 18 16 3 4 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 .250 .294 .500 .794 92 8 0 1
27 P Mul Holland 26 8 5 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .250 .400 .250 .650 64 1 0 0
28 P Jim Lindsey 31 2 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 -1 1 0 0
29 P Bill Doak 38 3 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 -10 0 0 1
30 P Hi Bell 31 7 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
31 P Carmen Hill 33 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
32 P Hal Goldsmith 30 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
Team Totals 28.3 154 6030 5364 831 1569 310 84 100 779 72 490 455 .293 .354 .438 .792 94 2347 22 154
Rank in 8 NL teams 5 5 5 1 2 4 6 5 3 5 6 3 4 4
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
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Advanced Batting

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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 42 48 42 0 0.0 122 .056 .049 .306 .133 .370 .049 .445 .182 .815 -53 .000 -10.3 -1.0 .154 .073 .000 1
Hi Bell 31 3 3 0 0.0 122 .000 .000 .305 .000 .370 .000 .445 .000 .815 -100 .000 -1.0 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 /1
*Jim Bottomley 29 648 401 124 8.2 122 .308 .314 .306 .391 .370 .568 .445 .959 .815 133 .678 27.8 2.5 1.021 .384 .254 5.4 *3
Johnny Butler 36 59 46 3 1.7 122 .180 .164 .305 .220 .370 .218 .445 .439 .815 9 .109 -8.3 -0.8 .348 .127 .055 /56
Eddie Delker 23 47 37 2 1.4 122 .214 .150 .306 .227 .370 .200 .445 .427 .815 6 .080 -6.2 -0.6 .353 .100 .050 /645
Bill Doak 38 4 3 0 0.0 122 .000 .000 .306 .333 .370 .000 .445 .333 .815 -10 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .500 .500 .000 /1
Taylor Douthit 28 708 418 119 7.6 122 .355 .336 .306 .416 .370 .471 .445 .888 .815 118 .644 21.6 1.9 .936 .277 .135 8.5 *O
Fred Frankhouse 25 55 39 6 4.1 122 .311 .288 .306 .302 .370 .404 .445 .706 .815 72 .370 -2.5 -0.2 .595 .135 .115 .0 1
#Frankie Frisch 30 599 368 101 7.3 122 .335 .334 .305 .397 .370 .484 .445 .881 .815 116 .629 14.3 1.3 .952 .296 .150 8.3 *45/6
Charlie Gelbert 23 578 393 62 4.2 122 .283 .262 .306 .329 .370 .367 .445 .696 .815 71 .381 -23.6 -2.1 .653 .221 .105 4.4 *6
Hal Goldsmith 30 1 1 0 0.0 122 .000 .306 .000 .370 .000 .445 .000 .815 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000 /1
*Al Grabowski 27 18 13 2 4.1 122 .250 .250 .306 .294 .370 .500 .445 .794 .815 92 .370 -0.4 -0.0 .750 .313 .250 /1
Chick Hafey 26 572 350 128 9.7 122 .327 .338 .306 .394 .370 .632 .445 1.026 .815 149 .741 37.4 3.3 1.114 .395 .294 11.3 *O
Hal Haid 31 56 48 1 0.6 122 .118 .082 .306 .151 .370 .102 .445 .253 .815 -36 .015 -10.9 -1.0 .200 .082 .020 1
Jesse Haines 35 73 61 2 0.9 122 .217 .159 .306 .171 .370 .203 .445 .374 .815 -8 .033 -12.2 -1.1 .276 .072 .043 1.0 1
Bill Hallahan 26 30 24 1 1.1 122 .308 .154 .306 .214 .370 .154 .445 .368 .815 -7 .051 -4.5 -0.4 .273 .077 .000 1
Fred Haney 33 28 23 1 1.2 122 .125 .115 .306 .179 .370 .231 .445 .409 .815 0 .055 -4.4 -0.4 .348 .154 .115 /5
*Andy High 31 659 440 84 5.1 122 .292 .295 .305 .340 .370 .411 .445 .751 .815 84 .465 -16.0 -1.4 .696 .191 .116 8.2 *54
Carmen Hill 33 3 3 0 0.0 122 .000 .000 .305 .000 .370 .000 .445 .000 .815 -100 .000 -1.0 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 /1
Mul Holland 26 5 3 0 0.0 122 .250 .250 .306 .400 .370 .250 .445 .650 .815 64 .000 -0.2 -0.0 .667 .250 .000 /1
Wattie Holm 27 196 143 16 3.0 122 .244 .233 .306 .282 .370 .330 .445 .611 .815 50 .247 -15.0 -1.4 .526 .170 .097 .0 O/5
Syl Johnson 28 64 56 2 1.0 122 .167 .117 .306 .131 .370 .233 .445 .364 .815 -12 .039 -11.2 -1.0 .283 .133 .117 .0 1
Bubber Jonnard 31 33 30 0 0.0 122 .120 .097 .305 .097 .370 .097 .445 .194 .815 -52 .000 -7.6 -0.7 .107 .000 .000 2
Jim Lindsey 31 5 4 0 0.0 122 .200 .200 .305 .200 .370 .200 .445 .400 .815 -1 .000 -0.8 -0.1 .250 .000 .000 /1
*Clarence Mitchell 38 76 54 7 3.4 122 .300 .273 .306 .314 .370 .348 .445 .663 .815 63 .300 -4.0 -0.4 .583 .152 .076 .0 1
*Ernie Orsatti 26 389 239 62 6.9 122 .373 .332 .306 .394 .370 .460 .445 .853 .815 110 .604 5.8 0.5 .870 .243 .127 4.2 O3
Wally Roettger 26 289 208 27 3.5 122 .272 .253 .306 .287 .370 .349 .445 .637 .815 56 .301 -19.8 -1.8 .532 .145 .097 .0 O
Carey Selph 27 59 41 5 3.2 122 .255 .235 .305 .316 .370 .294 .445 .610 .815 51 .278 -4.0 -0.4 .564 .196 .059 .0 4
*Bill Sherdel 32 78 60 6 2.7 122 .231 .229 .306 .250 .370 .314 .445 .564 .815 38 .210 -7.3 -0.7 .444 .114 .086 .0 1
*Earl Smith 32 164 96 25 6.9 122 .355 .345 .306 .417 .370 .421 .445 .838 .815 107 .606 2.8 0.2 .832 .200 .076 .0 2
*Billy Southworth 36 34 26 2 2.0 122 .214 .188 .306 .235 .370 .250 .445 .485 .815 20 .142 -4.1 -0.4 .385 .125 .063 /O
Jimmie Wilson 28 449 276 72 7.0 122 .334 .325 .306 .394 .370 .464 .445 .859 .815 111 .607 7.7 0.7 .872 .259 .140 4.0 *2
League Average 5.6 120 .306 .293 .304 .356 .368 .423 .443 .779 .811 92 .511 .758 .237 .130
Team Total 6030 3949 860 5.8 122 .305 .293 .306 .354 .370 .438 .445 .792 .815 94 .526 -58.4 -5.6 .772 .250 .145 83.7
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

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Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact
Pete Alexander 42 23 47 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 .000 .085 .000 .085 0 22 22
Hi Bell 31 7 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 7 7
*Jim Bottomley 29 154 633 567 92 163 29 11 27 117 3 65 57 .287 .362 .520 .882 106 146 146
Johnny Butler 36 18 60 56 4 8 1 1 0 4 0 4 5 .143 .200 .196 .396 2 17 17
Eddie Delker 23 23 45 41 3 5 0 1 0 2 0 2 13 .122 .200 .171 .371 1 22 22
Bill Doak 38 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 3 3
Taylor Douthit 28 158 697 619 110 191 39 6 8 53 7 73 52 .309 .386 .430 .816 102 150 150
Fred Frankhouse 25 36 54 53 6 14 3 0 1 7 0 1 6 .264 .278 .377 .655 5 34 34
#Frankie Frisch 30 145 583 532 80 163 37 11 5 63 22 49 13 .306 .367 .445 .813 86 138 138
Charlie Gelbert 23 154 569 522 51 124 27 7 3 55 7 47 48 .238 .301 .333 .634 53 146 146
Hal Goldsmith 30 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2 2
*Al Grabowski 27 6 18 17 3 4 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 .235 .278 .471 .748 2 6 6
Chick Hafey 26 141 566 522 86 162 44 8 27 107 6 42 44 .310 .364 .580 .944 109 134 134
Hal Haid 31 40 57 52 6 5 1 0 0 5 0 4 16 .096 .175 .115 .291 1 38 38
Jesse Haines 35 29 72 71 4 10 0 0 1 3 1 1 23 .141 .153 .183 .336 2 28 28
Bill Hallahan 26 21 30 28 2 5 0 0 0 4 0 2 14 .179 .233 .179 .412 1 20 20
Fred Haney 33 11 29 27 5 3 1 1 0 2 0 1 2 .111 .172 .222 .395 1 10 10
*Andy High 31 154 651 613 81 166 30 4 9 54 7 35 19 .271 .313 .377 .690 72 146 146
Carmen Hill 33 32 34 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .000 .029 .000 .029 0 30 30
Mul Holland 26 8 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .200 .000 .200 0 8 8
Wattie Holm 27 67 191 180 18 38 5 6 0 12 1 11 8 .211 .257 .306 .562 14 64 64
Syl Johnson 28 44 62 61 2 5 1 1 1 3 0 1 24 .082 .097 .180 .277 1 42 42
Bubber Jonnard 31 19 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 18 18
Jim Lindsey 31 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2 2
*Clarence Mitchell 38 27 71 67 8 17 3 1 0 8 1 4 6 .254 .296 .328 .624 6 26 26
*Ernie Orsatti 26 119 383 350 55 107 20 7 3 34 7 31 45 .306 .366 .429 .794 54 113 113
Wally Roettger 26 83 287 275 23 64 10 3 3 36 0 12 28 .233 .265 .324 .588 23 79 79
Carey Selph 27 26 58 52 7 11 1 1 0 6 1 6 4 .212 .293 .269 .562 4 25 25
*Bill Sherdel 32 35 73 71 4 14 1 1 1 6 0 2 4 .197 .219 .282 .501 4 33 33
*Earl Smith 32 60 164 147 8 47 8 0 1 19 0 17 6 .320 .390 .395 .785 22 57 57
*Billy Southworth 36 20 36 34 1 7 2 0 0 3 0 2 4 .206 .250 .265 .515 2 19 19
Jimmie Wilson 28 126 440 398 50 118 25 7 4 60 4 40 20 .296 .364 .425 .788 61 120 120
Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact

Team Cumulative Batting

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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 42 19 1971 694 1971 1806 154 378 60 13 11 163 3 5 75 276 .209 .242 .275 .517 43 497 2 88
Hi Bell 31 4 79 87 79 70 5 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 25 .086 .179 .086 .265 -27 6 0 1
*Jim Bottomley 29 8 4690 1062 4690 4134 711 1354 261 104 146 885 40 15 406 337 .328 .391 .547 .938 142 2261 24 126
Johnny Butler 36 4 1415 375 1415 1251 115 315 48 12 3 146 17 111 89 .252 .320 .317 .636 71 396 14 39
Eddie Delker 23 1 47 22 47 40 5 6 0 1 0 3 0 2 12 .150 .227 .200 .427 6 8 2 3
Bill Doak 38 16 1008 453 1008 905 40 115 15 5 1 30 0 0 30 332 .127 .157 .158 .315 -9 143 0 2 71 0 0
Taylor Douthit 28 7 2947 665 2947 2552 456 761 142 24 21 228 53 3 288 205 .298 .375 .397 .772 100 1014 24 83
Fred Frankhouse 25 3 109 64 109 99 10 25 5 0 1 13 0 5 11 .253 .288 .333 .622 57 33 0 5
#Frankie Frisch 30 11 6370 1432 6370 5744 1013 1851 280 109 79 762 325 74 440 178 .322 .373 .450 .823 117 2586 23 163
Charlie Gelbert 23 1 578 146 578 512 60 134 29 8 3 65 8 51 46 .262 .329 .367 .696 71 188 0 15
Hal Goldsmith 30 4 66 47 66 62 8 13 3 0 0 7 0 2 11 .210 .234 .258 .492 36 16 0 2
*Al Grabowski 27 1 18 6 18 16 3 4 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 .250 .294 .500 .794 92 8 0 1
Chick Hafey 26 6 2268 570 2268 2057 340 656 168 26 85 416 33 7 146 209 .319 .367 .550 .917 132 1131 12 53
Hal Haid 31 3 65 66 65 57 4 7 1 0 0 4 0 0 4 17 .123 .194 .140 .334 -16 8 0 1 3 0 0
Jesse Haines 35 11 913 351 913 853 59 159 16 2 2 53 2 0 22 190 .186 .207 .217 .424 13 185 0 38
Bill Hallahan 26 3 49 45 49 45 2 9 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 21 .200 .234 .222 .456 16 10 0 2
Fred Haney 33 7 2372 622 2372 1977 338 544 66 21 8 228 51 25 282 123 .275 .368 .342 .710 87 676 10 103
*Andy High 31 8 4220 1024 4220 3752 540 1096 169 60 41 409 30 25 341 110 .292 .354 .402 .756 99 1508 17 110
Carmen Hill 33 9 295 144 295 274 18 52 3 7 0 28 0 0 13 69 .190 .226 .252 .478 25 69 0 0 8 0 0
Mul Holland 26 3 7 13 7 6 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .333 .429 .333 .762 96 2 0 0 0 0 0
Wattie Holm 27 6 1628 425 1628 1476 205 407 72 26 6 173 11 4 97 85 .276 .322 .372 .694 81 549 4 51
Syl Johnson 28 8 262 198 262 245 21 38 6 4 2 15 0 0 7 82 .155 .185 .237 .422 8 58 0 2 8 0 0
Bubber Jonnard 31 5 253 102 253 234 26 54 7 1 0 20 0 0 12 22 .231 .268 .269 .538 43 63 0 7
Jim Lindsey 31 3 32 34 32 32 1 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6 .156 .156 .219 .375 -5 7 0 0
*Clarence Mitchell 38 15 1255 590 1255 1155 122 293 38 10 6 128 9 1 68 82 .254 .297 .319 .617 66 369 4 28
*Ernie Orsatti 26 3 578 167 578 507 89 165 34 10 6 66 9 54 66 .325 .394 .467 .861 116 237 3 14
Wally Roettger 26 3 574 152 574 531 54 157 28 7 9 86 2 24 49 .296 .330 .426 .755 89 226 3 16
Carey Selph 27 1 59 25 59 51 8 12 1 1 0 7 1 6 4 .235 .316 .294 .610 51 15 0 2
*Bill Sherdel 32 12 944 484 944 852 87 193 32 5 9 80 2 1 55 86 .227 .274 .308 .582 56 262 1 36
*Earl Smith 32 11 2556 852 2556 2254 225 686 115 19 46 355 18 9 244 105 .304 .375 .433 .809 112 977 11 47
*Billy Southworth 36 13 4927 1192 4927 4359 661 1296 173 91 52 561 138 85 402 148 .297 .359 .415 .773 111 1807 14 152
Jimmie Wilson 28 7 2748 767 2748 2464 306 716 126 21 22 329 46 9 209 140 .291 .348 .386 .734 88 950 9 66
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

1928 / 1930 Batting Statistics