1923 St. Louis Cardinals season

1923 St. Louis Cardinals
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record 79–74 (.516)
League place 5th
Other information
Owner(s) Sam Breadon
Manager(s) Branch Rickey
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The 1923 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 42nd season in St. Louis, Missouri and its 32nd season in the National League. The Cardinals went 79–74 during the season and finished 5th in the National League.

Regular season

Rogers Hornsby set a major league record of 13 consecutive games with two or more base hits, accomplished July 5 through July 18, 1923.

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Giants 95 58 0.621 — 47–30 48–28
Cincinnati Reds 91 63 0.591 4½ 46–32 45–31
Pittsburgh Pirates 87 67 0.565 8½ 47–30 40–37
Chicago Cubs 83 71 0.539 12½ 46–31 37–40
St. Louis Cardinals 79 74 0.516 16 42–35 37–39
Brooklyn Robins 76 78 0.494 19½ 37–40 39–38
Boston Braves 54 100 0.351 41½ 22–55 32–45
Philadelphia Phillies 50 104 0.325 45½ 20–55 30–49

Record vs. opponents

1923 National League Records

Sources:

Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston — 8–14 6–16 7–15 6–16 13–9 5–17 9–13–1
Brooklyn 14–8 — 10–12 8–14 11–11 12–10–1 11–11 10–12
Chicago 16–6 12–10 — 9–13 10–12 13–9 11–11 12–10
Cincinnati 15–7 14–8 13–9 — 12–10 19–3 8–14 10–12
New York 16–6 11–11 12–10 10–12 — 19–3 13–9 14–7
Philadelphia 9–13 10–12–1 9–13 3–19 3–19 — 9–13 7–15
Pittsburgh 17–5 11–11 11–11 14–8 9–13 13–9 — 12–10
St. Louis 13–9–1 12–10 10–12 12–10 7–14 15–7 10–12 —

Roster

1923 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
2B Hornsby, RogersRogers Hornsby 107 424 163 .384 17 83
OF Smith, JackJack Smith 124 407 126 .310 5 41

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Mueller, HeinieHeinie Mueller 78 265 91 .343 5 41
Clemons, VerneVerne Clemons 57 130 37 .285 0 13
Hudgens, JimmyJimmy Hudgens 6 12 3 .250 0 0
Schultz, JoeJoe Schultz 2 7 2 .286 0 1
Shotton, BurtBurt Shotton 1 0 0 ---- 0 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Haines, JesseJesse Haines 37 266 20 13 3.11 73
Doak, BillBill Doak 30 185 8 13 3.26 53

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
North, LouLou North 34 3 4 1 5.15 24
Barfoot, ClydeClyde Barfoot 33 3 3 1 3.73 23

Awards and honors

League leaders

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AA Syracuse Stars International League Frank Shaughnessy
A Houston Buffaloes Texas League Hunter Hill
B Petersburg Trunkmakers Virginia League George Block and Baldy Altermatt
C Fort Smith Twins Western Association Fred Hunter and Mickey Doolan
D Vicksburg Hill Billies Cotton States League Cy Slapnicka and Ollie Mills

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References

  1. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

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