1923 St. Louis Cardinals season

1923 St. Louis Cardinals
File:St Louis Cardinals 1922-1926 logo.png
Ballpark	Sportsman's Park
City	St. Louis, Missouri
Record	79–74 (.516)
Owners	Sam Breadon
Managers	Branch Rickey
Seasons

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 record 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	—

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	Rogers Hornsby	107	424	163	.384	17	83
OF	Jack 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
Heinie Mueller	78	265	91	.343	5	41
Verne Clemons	57	130	37	.285	0	13
Jimmy Hudgens	6	12	3	.250	0	0
Joe Schultz	2	7	2	.286	0	1
Burt 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
Jesse Haines	37	266	20	13	3.11	73
Bill 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
Lou North	34	3	4	1	5.15	24
Clyde Barfoot	33	3	3	1	3.73	23

Awards and honors

League leaders

• Rogers Hornsby, National League batting champion

Farm system

See also: Minor league baseball

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

External links

• 1923 St. Louis Cardinals
• 1923 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com