1922 St. Louis Cardinals season

1922 St. Louis Cardinals
LeagueNational League
BallparkSportsman's Park
CitySt. Louis, Missouri
Record85–69 (.552)
League place3rd
OwnersSam Breadon
ManagersBranch Rickey
← 1921 Seasons 1923 →

The 1922 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 41st season in St. Louis, Missouri and its 31st season in the National League. The Cardinals went 85–69 during the season and finished tied for third place with the Pirates in the National League. This was the first season to feature the now-famous birds on bat logo.

Offseason

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The club, just as it was preparing to leave for spring training, lost Bill "Pickles" Dillhoefer, a backup catcher, who died of pneumonia on February 23.

Regular season

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The 1922 season was one of the productive seasons in the career of Rogers Hornsby. He became the only player in history to hit over 40 home runs and bat over .400 in the same season. Hornsby won the triple crown, leading the league in almost every batting category including batting average (.401), home runs (42, a National League record at the time), RBI (152), slugging average (.722, another record at the time), on-base percentage (.459), doubles (46), hits (250, again the highest in National League history to that point), and runs scored (141). His 450 total bases was the highest mark for any National League player during the 20th century. Hornsby also produced in the field, leading the league in putouts, double plays, and fielding percentage.

Season standings

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National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Giants 93 61 .604 — 51‍–‍27 42‍–‍34
Cincinnati Reds 86 68 .558 7 48‍–‍29 38‍–‍39
St. Louis Cardinals 85 69 .552 8 42‍–‍35 43‍–‍34
Pittsburgh Pirates 85 69 .552 8 45‍–‍33 40‍–‍36
Chicago Cubs 80 74 .519 13 39‍–‍37 41‍–‍37
Brooklyn Robins 76 78 .494 17 44‍–‍34 32‍–‍44
Philadelphia Phillies 57 96 .373 35½ 35‍–‍41 22‍–‍55
Boston Braves 53 100 .346 39½ 32‍–‍43 21‍–‍57

Record vs. opponents

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1922 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston — 7–15 4–18 5–17 8–14–1 8–13 10–12 11–11
Brooklyn 15–7 — 11–11 8–14 8–14–1 15–7 11–11 8–14
Chicago 18–4 11–11 — 11–11–1 8–14 9–13–1 10–12 13–9
Cincinnati 17–5 14–8 11–11–1 — 10–12 15–7 11–11–1 8–14
New York 14–8–1 14–8–1 14–8 12–10 — 15–7 11–11 13–9
Philadelphia 13–8 7–15 13–9–1 7–15 7–15 — 3–19 7–15
Pittsburgh 12–10 11–11 12–10 11–11–1 11–11 19–3 — 9–13
St. Louis 11–11 14–8 9–13 14–8 9–13 15–7 13–9 —


Roster

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1922 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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
C Eddie Ainsmith 119 379 111 .293 13 59
1B Jack Fournier 128 404 119 .295 10 61
2B Rogers Hornsby 154 623 250 .401 42 152
SS Specs Toporcer 116 352 114 .324 3 36
3B Milt Stock 151 581 177 .305 5 79
OF Jack Smith 143 510 158 .310 8 46
OF Joe Schultz 112 344 108 .314 2 64
OF Max Flack 66 267 78 .292 2 21

Other batters

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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
Doc Lavan 89 264 60 .227 0 27
Austin McHenry 64 238 72 .303 5 43
Verne Clemons 71 160 41 .256 0 15
Heinie Mueller 61 159 43 .270 3 26
Jim Bottomley 37 151 49 .325 5 35
Les Mann 84 147 51 .347 2 20
Ray Blades 37 130 39 .300 3 21
Cliff Heathcote 34 98 24 .245 0 14
Del Gainer 43 97 26 .268 2 23
Burt Shotton 34 30 6 .200 0 2
Harry McCurdy 13 27 8 .296 0 5
Ernie Vick 3 6 2 .333 0 0
Howard Freigau 3 1 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Jeff Pfeffer 44 261.1 19 12 3.58 83
Bill Sherdel 47 242.0 17 13 3.87 79
Jesse Haines 29 183.0 11 9 3.84 62
Bill Doak 37 180.1 11 13 5.54 73
Jack Knight 1 4.0 0 0 9.00 1

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Lou North 53 149.2 10 3 4.45 84
Bill Pertica 34 117.1 8 8 5.91 30
Epp Sell 7 33.0 4 2 6.82 5
Roy Walker 12 32.0 1 2 4.78 14
Johnny Stuart 2 2.0 0 0 9.00 1

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Clyde Barfoot 42 4 5 2 4.21 19
Bill Bailey 12 0 2 0 5.40 11
Marv Goodwin 2 0 0 0 2.25 0
Eddie Dyer 2 0 0 0 2.45 3
Jack Fournier 1 0 0 0 0.00 0
Sid Benton 1 0 0 0 ---- 0

Awards and honors

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League leaders

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  • Rogers Hornsby, National League batting champion

Records

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  • Rogers Hornsby, National League record, Most total bases by a second baseman, (450).[1]
  • Rogers Hornsby, National League record, Most hits by a second baseman, (250).[1]
  • Rogers Hornsby, National League record, Most home runs by a second baseman, (42).[2]
  • Rogers Hornsby, National League record, Most runs batted in by a second baseman, (152).[2]

Farm system

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See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
A Houston Buffaloes Texas League George Whiteman and Roy Thomas
D Corsicana Gumbo Busters Texas–Oklahoma League Chuck Miller and Harvey Grubb

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References

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  1. ^ a b Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.91, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  2. ^ a b Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.90, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  3. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
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