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1917 St. Louis Cardinals season

Summary

The 1917 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 36th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 26th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 82–70 during the season and finished third in the National League.

1917 St. Louis Cardinals
LeagueNational League
BallparkCardinal Field
CitySt. Louis, Missouri
Record82–70 (.539)
League place3rd
OwnersSam Breadon
ManagersMiller Huggins
← 1916 Seasons 1918 →

Regular season edit

Rogers Hornsby began to establish himself as an elite hitter. Hornsby had a .327 batting average which was second in the league. He led the league in triples (17), total bases (253), and slugging percentage (.484).

Season standings edit

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National League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Giants 98 56 0.636 — 50–28 48–28
Philadelphia Phillies 87 65 0.572 10 46–29 41–36
St. Louis Cardinals 82 70 0.539 15 38–38 44–32
Cincinnati Reds 78 76 0.506 20 39–38 39–38
Chicago Cubs 74 80 0.481 24 35–42 39–38
Boston Braves 72 81 0.471 25½ 35–42 37–39
Brooklyn Robins 70 81 0.464 26½ 36–38 34–43
Pittsburgh Pirates 51 103 0.331 47 25–53 26–50

Record vs. opponents edit

1917 National League record
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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston — 13–9–1 11–11 10–12–2 7–15 11–11 14–8 6–15–1
Brooklyn 9–13–1 — 7–15 10–12 9–13–2 9–11–1 16–6–1 10–11
Chicago 11–11 15–7 — 8–14–1 7–15–1 6–16–1 17–5 10–12
Cincinnati 12–10–2 12–10 14–8–1 — 11–11 8–14 12–10 9–13
New York 15–7 13–9–2 15–7–1 11–11 — 14–8 16–6–1 14–8
Philadelphia 11–11 11–9–1 16–6–1 14–8 8–14 — 14–8 13–9
Pittsburgh 8–14 6–16–1 5–17 10–12 6–16–1 8–14 — 8–14–1
St. Louis 15–6–1 11–10 12–10 13–9 8–14 9–13 14–8–1 — Roster edit
1917 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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
C Frank Snyder 115 313 74 .236 1 33
1B Gene Paulette 95 332 88 .265 0 34
2B Dots Miller 148 544 135 .248 2 45
SS Rogers Hornsby 145 523 171 .327 8 66
3B Doug Baird 104 364 92 .253 0 24
OF Jack Smith 137 462 137 .297 3 34
OF Tom Long 144 530 123 .232 3 41
OF Walton Cruise 153 529 156 .295 5 59

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
Bruno Betzel 106 328 71 .216 1 17
Mike González 106 290 76 .262 1 28
Fred Smith 56 165 30 .182 1 17
Bob Bescher 42 110 17 .155 1 8
Red Smyth 38 72 15 .208 0 4
Paddy Livingston 7 20 4 .200 0 2
John Brock 7 15 6 .400 0 2
Tony DeFate 14 14 2 .143 0 1
Bobby Wallace 8 10 1 .100 0 2
Stuffy Stewart 13 9 0 .000 0 0
Ike McAuley 3 7 2 .286 0 1
Jack Roche 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
Bill Doak 44 281.1 16 20 3.10 111
Lee Meadows 43 265.2 15 9 3.08 100
Marv Goodwin 14 85.1 6 4 2.21 38

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
Red Ames 43 209.0 15 10 2.71 62
Milt Watson 41 161.1 10 13 3.51 45
Gene Packard 34 153.1 9 6 2.47 44
Oscar Horstmann 35 138.2 9 4 3.44 50
Bob Steele 12 42.0 1 3 3.21 23

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
Jakie May 15 0 0 0 3.38 18
Lou North 5 0 0 0 3.97 4
George Pierce 5 1 1 0 3.48 4
Bruce Hitt 2 0 0 0 9.00 1
Tim Murchison 1 0 0 0 0.00 2

External links edit

  • 1917 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Reference
  • 1917 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com


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