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1923 St. Louis Cardinals season

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1923 St. Louis Cardinals
LeagueNational League
BallparkSportsman's Park
CitySt. Louis, Missouri
Record79–74 (.516)
League place5th
OwnersSam Breadon
ManagersBranch Rickey
← 1922 Seasons 1924 →

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 fifth in the National League. This is the first season that the Cardinals wore numbers on their uniforms but only on the left sleeve and only for home games. By the next season the numbers were abandoned and wouldn't return, this time permanently, until 1932.

Regular season

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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

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National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Giants 95 58 .621 47‍–‍30 48‍–‍28
Cincinnati Reds 91 63 .591 46‍–‍32 45‍–‍31
Pittsburgh Pirates 87 67 .565 47‍–‍30 40‍–‍37
Chicago Cubs 83 71 .539 12½ 46‍–‍31 37‍–‍40
St. Louis Cardinals 79 74 .516 16 42‍–‍35 37‍–‍39
Brooklyn Robins 76 78 .494 19½ 37‍–‍40 39‍–‍38
Boston Braves 54 100 .351 41½ 22‍–‍55 32‍–‍45
Philadelphia Phillies 50 104 .325 45½ 20‍–‍55 30‍–‍49

Record vs. opponents

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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

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1923 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

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 82 263 56 .213 3 34
1B Jim Bottomley 134 523 194 .371 8 94
2B Rogers Hornsby 107 424 163 .384 17 83
SS Howard Freigau 113 358 94 .263 1 35
3B Milt Stock 151 603 174 .289 2 96
OF Hy Myers 96 330 99 .300 2 48
OF Jack Smith 124 407 126 .310 5 41
OF Max Flack 128 505 147 .291 3 28

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
Ray Blades 98 317 78 .246 5 44
Specs Toporcer 97 303 77 .254 3 35
Heinie Mueller 78 265 91 .343 5 41
Harry McCurdy 67 185 49 .265 0 15
Verne Clemons 57 130 37 .285 0 13
Doc Lavan 50 111 22 .198 1 12
Leslie Mann 38 89 33 .371 5 11
Les Bell 15 51 19 .373 0 9
Eddie Dyer 35 45 12 .267 2 5
Jake Flowers 13 32 3 .094 0 2
Charlie Niebergall 9 28 3 .107 0 1
Taylor Douthit 9 27 5 .185 0 0
Jimmy Hudgens 6 12 3 .250 0 0
Joe Schultz 2 7 2 .286 0 1
Speed Walker 2 7 2 .286 0 1
George Kopshaw 2 5 1 .200 0 0
Tige Stone 5 1 1 1.000 0 0
Burt Shotton 1 0 0 ---- 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
Jesse Haines 37 266.0 20 13 3.11 73
Bill Sherdel 39 225.0 15 13 4.32 78
Fred Toney 29 196.2 11 12 3.84 48
Bill Doak 30 185.0 8 13 3.26 53
Jeff Pfeffer 26 152.1 8 9 4.02 32
Eddie Dyer 4 22.0 2 1 4.09 7
Bill Pertica 1 2.1 0 0 3.86 0

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
Johnny Stuart 37 149.2 9 5 4.27 55
Epp Sell 5 15.0 0 1 6.00 2

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
Lou North 34 3 4 1 5.15 24
Clyde Barfoot 33 3 3 1 3.73 23
Fred Wigington 4 0 0 0 3.24 2
Tige Stone 1 0 0 0 12.00 1

Awards and honors

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League leaders

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Farm system

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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

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  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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