1923 St. Louis Cardinals Statistics

National League (NL)
Team Record: 79-74
Finished 5th in the NL
Attendance: 338,551, Avg. 6,286
Ballpark: Sportsman's Park IV
Manager: Branch Rickey (79-74)
Location: St. Louis, Missouri

1923 St. Louis Cardinals Roster
1923 St. Louis Cardinals Results

The St. Louis Cardinals of the National League ended the 1923 season with a record of 79 wins and 74 losses, finishing fifth in the NL.

The Cardinals plated 746 runs and allowed 732 runs. Rogers Hornsby paced St. Louis with 17 home runs Milt Stock drove in 96 runs. Rogers Hornsby topped batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .384 clip. Jesse Haines led the squad with 20 wins, while Bill Sherdel added 15 or more wins, too Jesse Haines recorded a 3.11 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.

Branch Rickey coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Jesse Haines	20	13	.606	3.11	37	36	1	23	1	0	266.0	283	125	92	7	75	73	5	0	5	1133
Bill Sherdel	15	13	.536	4.32	39	26	9	14	0	2	225.0	270	127	108	15	59	78	6	1	4	999
Fred Toney	11	12	.478	3.84	29	28	1	16	1	0	196.7	211	104	84	8	61	48	6	0	4	847
Johnny Stuart	9	5	.643	4.27	37	10	17	7	1	3	149.7	139	82	71	11	70	55	9	0	2	648
Jeff Pfeffer	8	9	.471	4.02	26	18	4	7	1	0	152.3	171	80	68	8	40	32	9	0	1	667
Bill Doak	8	13	.381	3.26	30	26	2	7	2	0	185.0	199	85	67	4	69	53	3	0	2	802
Clyde Barfoot	3	3	.500	3.73	33	2	22	1	1	1	101.3	112	49	42	7	27	23	1	0	1	428
Lou North	3	4	.429	5.15	34	3	17	0	0	1	71.7	90	50	41	8	31	24	3	0	1	331
Eddie Dyer	2	1	.667	4.09	4	3	0	2	1	0	22.0	30	10	10	0	5	7	1	0	0	97
Fred Wigington	0	0		3.24	4	0	0	0	0	0	8.3	11	4	3	0	5	2	0	0	0	39
Bill Pertica	0	0		3.86	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.3	2	2	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	13
Tige Stone	0	0		12.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	5	4	4	1	3	1	0	0	1	14
Epp Sell	0	1	.000	6.00	5	1	3	0	0	0	15.0	16	10	10	1	8	2	0	0	1	65
Totals	79	74	.516	3.87	280	154	77	77	8	7	1398.3	1539	732	601	70	456	398	44	1	22	6083

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	HBP	SH
Jim Bottomley	134	587	523	79	194	34	14	8	94	4	6	45	44	.371	.425	.535	.960	280	4	15
Milt Stock	151	667	603	63	174	33	3	2	96	9	6	40	21	.289	.334	.363	.697	219	1	23
Rogers Hornsby	107	487	424	89	163	32	10	17	83	3	7	55	29	.384	.459	.627	1.086	266	3	5
Max Flack	128	562	505	82	147	16	9	3	28	7	8	41	16	.291	.348	.376	.724	190	3	13
Jack Smith	124	444	407	98	126	16	6	5	41	32	11	27	20	.310	.356	.415	.771	169	2	8
Hi Myers	96	356	330	29	99	18	2	2	48	5	3	12	19	.300	.330	.385	.715	127	3	11
Howard Freigau	113	392	358	30	94	18	1	1	35	5	4	25	36	.263	.314	.327	.641	117	2	7
Heinie Mueller	78	290	265	39	91	16	9	5	41	4	3	18	16	.343	.392	.528	.920	140	3	4
Ray Blades	98	366	317	48	78	21	5	5	44	4	2	37	46	.246	.342	.391	.733	124	9	3
George Toporcer	97	354	303	45	77	11	3	3	35	4	3	41	14	.254	.349	.340	.689	103	3	7
Eddie Ainsmith	82	296	263	22	56	11	6	3	34	4	0	22	19	.213	.276	.335	.611	88	1	10
Harry McCurdy	67	200	185	17	49	11	2	0	15	3	1	11	11	.265	.306	.346	.652	64	0	4
Verne Clemons	57	142	130	6	37	9	1	0	13	0	0	10	11	.285	.345	.369	.714	48	2	0
Les Mann	38	99	89	20	33	5	2	5	11	0	0	9	5	.371	.434	.640	1.075	57	1	0
Bill Sherdel	45	93	83	13	28	2	0	1	9	0	1	7	8	.337	.389	.398	.786	33	0	3
Doc Lavan	50	128	111	10	22	6	0	1	12	0	3	9	7	.198	.264	.279	.544	31	1	7
Jesse Haines	37	104	99	8	20	1	0	0	8	0	0	1	20	.202	.210	.212	.422	21	0	4
Les Bell	15	60	51	5	19	2	1	0	9	1	0	9	7	.373	.467	.451	.918	23	0	0
Johnny Stuart	37	58	57	7	14	2	0	0	3	0	1	1	7	.246	.259	.281	.539	16	0	0
Eddie Dyer	35	48	45	17	12	3	0	2	5	1	0	3	5	.267	.313	.467	.779	21	0	0
Fred Toney	29	74	69	2	8	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	11	.116	.141	.116	.257	8	0	3
Clyde Barfoot	37	39	37	1	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	10	.189	.211	.216	.427	8	0	1
Jeff Pfeffer	26	56	55	3	7	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	10	.127	.127	.164	.291	9	0	1
Taylor Douthit	9	27	27	3	5	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	4	.185	.185	.333	.519	9	0	0
Lou North	34	23	22	3	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	.182	.217	.182	.399	4	0	0
Jimmy Hudgens	6	15	12	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	.250	.400	.333	.733	4	0	0
Charlie Niebergall	9	31	28	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	.107	.167	.143	.310	4	0	1
Jake Flowers	13	35	32	0	3	1	0	0	2	1	2	2	7	.094	.147	.125	.272	4	0	1
Bill Doak	30	71	67	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	27	.045	.059	.045	.104	3	0	3
Speed Walker	2	7	7	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.286	.286	.286	.571	2	0	0
Joe Schultz	2	9	7	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	.286	.375	.286	.661	2	0	1
Tige Stone	5	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0
George Kopshaw	2	5	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.400	.600	2	0	0
Bill Pertica	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Epp Sell	5	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Fred Wigington	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Burt Shotton	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0
Totals	1804	6137	5526	746	1582	274	76	63	676	89	61	438	446	.286	.343	.398	.740	2197	38	135

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Speed Walker	1B	2	19	0	0	1	1.000	9.500	0
George Toporcer	1B	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Doc Lavan	1B	3	14	1	1	1	.938	5.000	0
Jimmy Hudgens	1B	3	29	3	0	0	1.000	1.667	0
Rogers Hornsby	1B	10	131	16	2	13	.987	14.700	0
Howard Freigau	1B	9	47	8	4	5	.932	6.111	0
Jim Bottomley	1B	130	1264	43	18	95	.986	1.054	0
George Toporcer	2B	52	130	162	17	39	.945	5.615	0
Milt Stock	2B	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Doc Lavan	2B	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Jimmy Hudgens	2B	1	8	0	1	1	.889	8.000	0
Rogers Hornsby	2B	96	192	283	19	48	.962	4.948	0
Howard Freigau	2B	16	33	41	4	10	.949	4.625	0
Jake Flowers	2B	2	2	3	0	0	1.000	2.500	0
George Toporcer	3B	1	1	1	0	0	1.000	2.000	0
Milt Stock	3B	150	165	261	20	24	.955	2.840	0
Doc Lavan	3B	4	5	8	0	0	1.000	3.250	0
Howard Freigau	3B	1	0	1	1	0	.500	1.000	0
Jake Flowers	3B	2	3	1	1	0	.800	2.000	0
Ray Blades	3B	4	0	1	0	0	1.000	.250	0
Charlie Niebergall	C	7	28	5	0	0	1.000	4.714	2
Harry McCurdy	C	58	157	30	6	4	.969	3.224	1
George Kopshaw	C	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000	0
Verne Clemons	C	41	124	34	3	1	.981	3.854	4
Eddie Ainsmith	C	80	235	57	6	3	.980	3.650	7
Tige Stone	OF	4	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Jack Smith	OF	109	247	11	7	3	.974	2.367	0
Joe Schultz	OF	2	5	0	0	0	1.000	2.500	0
Hi Myers	OF	87	239	15	6	0	.977	2.920	0
Heinie Mueller	OF	74	197	9	8	3	.963	2.784	0
Les Mann	OF	26	44	3	1	0	.979	1.808	0
Howard Freigau	OF	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Max Flack	OF	121	242	8	13	4	.951	2.066	0
Eddie Dyer	OF	8	18	0	0	0	1.000	2.250	0
Taylor Douthit	OF	7	12	1	0	0	1.000	1.857	0
Ray Blades	OF	83	194	11	7	2	.967	2.470	0
Fred Wigington	P	4	0	5	2	0	.714	1.250	0
Fred Toney	P	29	9	63	2	3	.973	2.483	0
Johnny Stuart	P	37	6	29	3	2	.921	.946	0
Tige Stone	P	1	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.000	0
Bill Sherdel	P	39	6	41	5	3	.904	1.205	0
Epp Sell	P	5	0	3	0	0	1.000	.600	0
Jeff Pfeffer	P	26	3	31	1	2	.971	1.308	0
Bill Pertica	P	1	1	1	0	0	1.000	2.000	0
Lou North	P	34	3	18	0	2	1.000	.618	0
Jesse Haines	P	37	13	64	3	1	.963	2.081	0
Eddie Dyer	P	4	0	4	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Bill Doak	P	30	1	62	3	3	.955	2.100	0
Clyde Barfoot	P	33	2	26	2	1	.933	.848	0
George Toporcer	SS	33	62	77	7	18	.952	4.212	0
Doc Lavan	SS	40	64	95	13	20	.924	3.975	0
Howard Freigau	SS	87	193	290	37	42	.929	5.552	0
Jake Flowers	SS	7	10	24	1	1	.971	4.857	0
Les Bell	SS	15	35	53	8	9	.917	5.867	0
Totals		1660	4196	1905	232	364	.963	3.675	14

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