1919 St. Louis Cardinals season
1919 St. Louis Cardinals | ||
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League | National League | |
Ballpark | Cardinal Field | |
City | St. Louis, Missouri | |
Record | 54–83 (.394) | |
League place | 7th | |
Owners | Sam Breadon | |
Managers | Branch Rickey | |
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The 1919 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 38th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 28th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 54–83 during the season and finished seventh in the National League.
Regular season
[edit]Season standings
[edit]Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Cincinnati Reds | 96 | 44 | .686 | — | 51–19 | 45–25 |
New York Giants | 87 | 53 | .621 | 9 | 46–23 | 41–30 |
Chicago Cubs | 75 | 65 | .536 | 21 | 40–31 | 35–34 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 71 | 68 | .511 | 24½ | 39–31 | 32–37 |
Brooklyn Robins | 69 | 71 | .493 | 27 | 36–34 | 33–37 |
Boston Braves | 57 | 82 | .410 | 38½ | 29–38 | 28–44 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 54 | 83 | .394 | 40½ | 34–35 | 20–48 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 47 | 90 | .343 | 47½ | 26–44 | 21–46 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
Boston | — | 7–13 | 7–13 | 4–16 | 6–14 | 15–5 | 8–11 | 10–10–1 | |||||
Brooklyn | 13–7 | — | 9–11 | 7–13 | 8–12 | 12–8–1 | 9–11 | 11–9 | |||||
Chicago | 13–7 | 11–9 | — | 8–12 | 6–14 | 13–7 | 11–9 | 13–7 | |||||
Cincinnati | 16–4 | 13–7 | 12–8 | — | 12–8 | 15–5 | 14–6 | 14–6 | |||||
New York | 14–6 | 12–8 | 14–6 | 8–12 | — | 14–6 | 11–9 | 14–6 | |||||
Philadelphia | 5–15 | 8–12–1 | 7–13 | 5–15 | 6–14 | — | 6–14 | 10–7 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 11–8 | 11–9 | 9–11 | 6–14 | 9–11 | 14–6 | — | 11–9 | |||||
St. Louis | 10–10–1 | 9–11 | 7–13 | 6–14 | 6–14 | 7–10 | 9–11 | — |
Notable transactions
[edit]- May 1919: Walton Cruise was purchased from the Cardinals by the Boston Braves.[1]
Roster
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Pitchers | Catchers Infielders | Outfielders Other batters | Manager |
Player stats
[edit]Batting
[edit]Starters by position
[edit]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 |
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C | Verne Clemons | 88 | 239 | 63 | .264 | 2 | 22 |
1B | Dots Miller | 101 | 346 | 80 | .231 | 1 | 24 |
2B | Milt Stock | 135 | 492 | 151 | .307 | 0 | 52 |
SS | Doc Lavan | 100 | 356 | 86 | .242 | 1 | 25 |
3B | Rogers Hornsby | 138 | 512 | 163 | .318 | 8 | 71 |
OF | Cliff Heathcote | 114 | 401 | 112 | .279 | 1 | 29 |
OF | Austin McHenry | 110 | 371 | 106 | .286 | 1 | 47 |
OF | Jack Smith | 119 | 408 | 91 | .223 | 0 | 15 |
Other batters
[edit]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 |
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Burt Shotton | 85 | 270 | 77 | .285 | 1 | 20 |
Joe Schultz | 88 | 229 | 58 | .253 | 2 | 21 |
Frank Snyder | 50 | 154 | 28 | .182 | 0 | 14 |
Gene Paulette | 43 | 144 | 31 | .215 | 0 | 11 |
Pickles Dillhoefer | 45 | 108 | 23 | .213 | 0 | 12 |
Fritz Mollwitz | 25 | 83 | 19 | .229 | 0 | 5 |
Doug Baird | 16 | 33 | 7 | .212 | 0 | 4 |
Roy Leslie | 12 | 24 | 5 | .208 | 0 | 4 |
Walton Cruise | 9 | 21 | 2 | .095 | 0 | 0 |
Hal Janvrin | 7 | 14 | 3 | .214 | 0 | 1 |
Bob Fisher | 3 | 11 | 3 | .273 | 0 | 1 |
Sam Fishburn | 9 | 6 | 2 | .333 | 0 | 2 |
Wally Kimmick | 2 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Pasquella | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
[edit]Starting pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Bill Doak | 31 | 202.2 | 13 | 14 | 3.11 | 69 |
Ferdie Schupp | 10 | 69.2 | 4 | 4 | 3.75 | 37 |
Other pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Marv Goodwin | 33 | 179.0 | 11 | 9 | 2.51 | 48 |
Oscar Tuero | 45 | 154.2 | 5 | 7 | 3.20 | 45 |
Bill Sherdel | 36 | 137.1 | 5 | 9 | 3.47 | 52 |
Jakie May | 28 | 125.2 | 3 | 12 | 3.22 | 58 |
Lee Meadows | 22 | 92.0 | 4 | 10 | 3.03 | 28 |
Elmer Jacobs | 17 | 85.1 | 3 | 6 | 2.53 | 31 |
Frank Woodward | 17 | 72.0 | 3 | 5 | 2.63 | 18 |
Red Ames | 23 | 70.0 | 3 | 5 | 4.89 | 19 |
Oscar Horstmann | 6 | 15.0 | 0 | 1 | 3.00 | 5 |
Bill Bolden | 3 | 12.0 | 0 | 1 | 5.25 | 4 |
Relief pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Roy Parker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.50 | 0 |
Will Koenigsmark | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | inf | 0 |
Art Reinhart | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | --- | 0 |
Farm system
[edit]Level | Team | League | Manager |
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Class B | Houston Buffaloes | Texas League | Al Bridwell |
References
[edit]- ^ Walton Cruise at Baseball-Reference
External links
[edit]- 1919 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Reference
- 1919 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com