1926 St. Louis Cardinals Statistics

National League (NL)
Team Record: 89-65
Finished 1st in the NL
Attendance: 668,428, Avg. 10,547
Ballpark: Sportsman's Park IV
Won World Series
World Series - Defeated New York Yankees 4-3
Manager: Rogers Hornsby (89-65)
Location: St. Louis, Missouri

1926 St. Louis Cardinals Roster
1926 St. Louis Cardinals Results

The St. Louis Cardinals of the National League ended the 1926 season with a record of 89 wins and 65 losses, finishing first in the NL.

The Cardinals plated 817 runs, tops in the circuit. St. Louis conceded 678 runs. Jim Bottomley paced the squad with 19 home runs, and Les Bell walloped 20 or more as well. Jim Bottomley drove in 120 runs. Les Bell topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .325 clip. Flint Rhem led the squad with 20 wins, while Bill Sherdel added 15 or more wins, too Pete Alexander registered a 2.91 earned run average, leading regularly-used pitchers.

Rogers Hornsby coached the team. The 1926 St. Louis Cardinals won the World Series.

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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
Flint Rhem	20	7	.741	3.21	34	34	0	20	1	0	258.0	241	121	92	12	75	72	1	1	5	1068
Bill Sherdel	16	12	.571	3.49	34	29	2	17	3	0	234.7	255	103	91	15	49	59	5	0	0	992
Jesse Haines	13	4	.765	3.25	33	21	7	14	3	1	183.0	186	76	66	10	48	46	2	1	4	767
Art Reinhart	10	5	.667	4.22	27	11	10	9	0	0	143.0	159	75	67	5	47	26	3	0	1	620
Vic Keen	10	9	.526	4.56	26	21	3	12	1	0	152.0	179	89	77	15	42	29	1	0	1	658
Pete Alexander	9	7	.563	2.91	23	16	7	11	2	2	148.3	136	57	48	8	24	35	2	0	0	597
Herman Bell	6	6	.500	3.18	27	7	12	3	0	2	85.0	82	41	30	1	17	27	2	0	1	354
Allen Sothoron	3	3	.500	4.22	15	4	4	1	0	0	42.7	37	22	20	2	16	19	0	0	1	177
Eddie Dyer	1	0	1.000	11.57	6	0	3	0	0	0	9.3	7	14	12	0	14	4	1	0	1	49
Bill Hallahan	1	4	.200	3.65	19	3	8	0	0	0	56.7	45	27	23	1	32	28	1	0	0	212
Ed Clough	0	0		22.50	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	5	6	5	0	3	0	1	0	0	15
Duster Mails	0	1	.000	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	8
Syl Johnson	0	3	.000	4.22	19	6	4	1	0	1	49.0	54	27	23	3	15	10	2	0	0	208
Walt Huntzinger	0	4	.000	4.24	9	4	4	2	0	0	34.0	35	19	16	4	14	9	0	0	0	148
Totals	89	65	.578	3.67	274	156	65	90	10	6	1398.7	1423	678	570	76	397	365	21	2	14	5873

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	HBP	SH
Les Bell	155	666	581	85	189	33	14	17	100	9	54	62	.325	.383	.518	.901	301	0	31
Jim Bottomley	154	684	603	98	180	40	14	19	120	4	58	52	.299	.364	.506	.870	305	4	19
Rogers Hornsby	134	604	527	96	167	34	5	11	93	3	61	39	.317	.388	.463	.851	244	0	16
Taylor Douthit	139	624	530	96	163	20	4	3	52	23	55	46	.308	.375	.377	.752	200	2	37
Bob O'Farrell	147	567	492	63	144	30	9	7	68	1	61	44	.293	.371	.433	.804	213	0	14
Tommy Thevenow	156	608	563	64	144	15	5	2	63	8	27	26	.256	.291	.311	.602	175	1	17
Ray Blades	107	498	416	81	127	17	12	8	43	6	62	57	.305	.409	.462	.871	192	11	9
Billy Southworth	99	439	391	76	124	22	6	11	69	13	26	9	.317	.364	.488	.853	191	3	19
Chick Hafey	78	243	225	30	61	19	2	4	38	2	11	36	.271	.311	.427	.738	96	2	5
Heinie Mueller	52	218	191	36	51	7	5	3	28	8	11	6	.267	.330	.403	.733	77	7	9
Wattie Holm	55	169	144	18	41	5	1	0	21	3	18	14	.285	.364	.333	.698	48	0	7
George Toporcer	64	104	88	13	22	3	2	0	9	1	8	9	.250	.327	.330	.656	29	2	6
Bill Sherdel	36	94	90	9	22	5	1	1	8	0	1	9	.244	.253	.356	.608	32	0	3
Art Reinhart	40	67	63	7	20	2	2	0	11	1	1	3	.317	.328	.413	.741	26	0	3
Jake Flowers	40	81	74	13	20	1	0	3	9	1	5	9	.270	.325	.405	.730	30	1	1
Flint Rhem	34	105	96	11	18	1	0	1	12	0	4	36	.188	.220	.229	.449	22	0	5
Jesse Haines	33	66	61	4	13	1	0	0	1	0	3	5	.213	.250	.230	.480	14	0	2
Ernie Vick	24	56	51	6	10	2	0	0	4	0	3	4	.196	.241	.235	.476	12	0	2
Pete Alexander	23	55	50	1	6	1	0	0	3	0	2	14	.120	.154	.140	.294	7	0	3
Bill Warwick	9	15	14	0	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	.357	.357	.357	.714	5	0	1
Bill Hallahan	19	16	16	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	.250	.250	.313	.563	5	0	0
Allen Sothoron	15	14	13	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.231	.286	.231	.516	3	0	0
Herman Bell	27	29	25	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	3	5	.120	.214	.120	.334	3	0	1
Vic Keen	26	57	53	4	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	15	.057	.091	.057	.148	3	0	2
Eddie Dyer	6	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0
Ed Clough	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Syl Johnson	19	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Jack Smith	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Walt Huntzinger	9	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.111	.000	.111	0	0	0
Duster Mails	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0
Totals	1703	6104	5381	817	1541	259	82	90	756	83	478	518	.286	.348	.415	.763	2234	33	212

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Jake Flowers	1B	3	20	2	1	1	.957	7.333	0
Jim Bottomley	1B	154	1607	54	19	118	.989	1.786	0
George Toporcer	2B	27	22	35	1	3	.983	2.111	0
Rogers Hornsby	2B	134	245	433	27	73	.962	5.060	0
Jake Flowers	2B	11	17	43	1	4	.984	5.455	0
George Toporcer	3B	1	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.000	0
Les Bell	3B	155	165	254	22	25	.950	2.703	0
Bill Warwick	C	9	19	5	2	0	.923	2.667	1
Ernie Vick	C	23	40	11	3	1	.944	2.217	0
Bob O'Farrell	C	146	466	117	10	12	.983	3.993	4
Billy Southworth	OF	99	228	5	7	0	.971	2.354	0
Heinie Mueller	OF	51	106	7	6	3	.950	2.216	0
Wattie Holm	OF	39	75	1	3	1	.962	1.949	0
Chick Hafey	OF	64	106	6	3	1	.974	1.750	0
Taylor Douthit	OF	138	440	14	20	2	.958	3.290	0
Ray Blades	OF	105	229	10	5	1	.980	2.276	0
Allen Sothoron	P	15	0	7	2	0	.778	.467	0
Bill Sherdel	P	34	9	44	1	0	.981	1.559	0
Flint Rhem	P	34	1	76	6	6	.928	2.265	0
Art Reinhart	P	27	5	40	0	4	1.000	1.667	0
Duster Mails	P	1	0	1	1	0	.500	1.000	0
Vic Keen	P	26	7	29	0	0	1.000	1.385	0
Syl Johnson	P	19	0	10	0	1	1.000	.526	0
Walt Huntzinger	P	9	1	12	0	1	1.000	1.444	0
Bill Hallahan	P	19	1	12	4	1	.765	.684	0
Jesse Haines	P	33	4	32	2	1	.947	1.091	0
Eddie Dyer	P	6	0	3	0	0	1.000	.500	0
Ed Clough	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Herman Bell	P	27	2	17	4	0	.826	.704	0
Pete Alexander	P	23	2	39	2	1	.953	1.783	0
George Toporcer	SS	5	2	3	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Tommy Thevenow	SS	156	371	597	45	98	.956	6.205	0
Jake Flowers	SS	1	1	0	1	0	.500	1.000	0
Totals		1595	4191	1921	198	358	.969	3.832	5

Postseason - Pitching:

Player	Rnd	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Jesse Haines	WS	2	0	1.000	1.08	3	2	1	1	1	0	16.7	13	2	2	1	9	1	5	0	0	0	69
Pete Alexander	WS	2	0	1.000	1.33	3	2	1	2	0	1	20.3	12	4	3	0	4	0	17	0	0	0	76
Vic Keen	WS	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Bill Hallahan	WS	0	0		4.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	1	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	11
Flint Rhem	WS	0	0		6.75	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	7	3	3	2	2	0	4	0	0	0	18
Herman Bell	WS	0	0		9.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	4	2	2	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	10
Art Reinhart	WS	0	1	.000		1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	4	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	5
Bill Sherdel	WS	0	2	.000	2.12	2	2	0	1	0	0	17.0	15	5	4	0	8	1	3	1	0	1	73
Totals		4	3	.571	2.71	13	7	3	4	1	1	63.0	54	21	19	4	31	2	31	1	1	1	265

Postseason - Batting:

Player	Rnd	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF
Tommy Thevenow	WS	7	26	24	5	10	1	0	1	4	0	0	0	1	.417	.440	.583	1.023	14	0	1	1	0
Jim Bottomley	WS	7	31	29	4	10	3	0	0	5	0	1	1	2	.345	.367	.448	.815	13	0	0	1	0
Billy Southworth	WS	7	30	29	6	10	1	1	1	4	1	0	0	0	.345	.345	.552	.897	16	0	0	1	0
Bob O'Farrell	WS	7	26	23	2	7	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	2	.304	.346	.348	.694	8	0	0	0	1
Les Bell	WS	7	30	27	4	7	1	0	1	6	0	2	2	5	.259	.300	.407	.707	11	1	0	0	1
Rogers Hornsby	WS	7	31	28	2	7	1	0	0	4	1	0	2	2	.250	.300	.286	.586	8	1	0	1	0
Chick Hafey	WS	7	29	27	2	5	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	.185	.185	.259	.444	7	0	0	2	0
Taylor Douthit	WS	4	18	15	3	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	2	.267	.389	.400	.789	6	0	0	0	0
Jesse Haines	WS	3	6	5	1	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	.600	.600	1.200	1.800	6	0	0	1	0
Wattie Holm	WS	5	17	16	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.125	.176	.125	.301	2	1	0	0	0
Pete Alexander	WS	3	9	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0
Jake Flowers	WS	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Flint Rhem	WS	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Sherdel	WS	2	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Herman Bell	WS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
Bill Hallahan	WS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
Vic Keen	WS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
Art Reinhart	WS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
George Toporcer	WS	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		.000			0	0	0	0	1
Totals		75	263	239	31	65	12	1	4	30	2	4	11	30	.272	.303	.381	.684	91	3	1	9	3

Postseason - Fielding:

Player	Rnd	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G
Jim Bottomley	WS	1B	7	7	63.0	79	1	0	5	1.000	11.429	11.429
Rogers Hornsby	WS	2B	7	7	63.0	16	21	0	5	1.000	5.286	5.286
Les Bell	WS	3B	7	7	63.0	7	17	2	0	.923	3.429	3.429
Bob O'Farrell	WS	C	7	7	63.0	35	8	0	0	1.000	6.143	6.143
Taylor Douthit	WS	CF	4	4	35.0	5	2	0	0	1.000	1.800	1.750
Wattie Holm	WS	CF	3	3	28.0	7	0	0	0	1.000	2.250	2.333
Chick Hafey	WS	LF	7	7	63.0	20	1	0	0	1.000	3.000	3.000
Pete Alexander	WS	P	3	2	20.3	0	6	1	1	.857	2.656	2.000
Bill Sherdel	WS	P	2	2	17.0	2	5	0	0	1.000	3.706	3.500
Jesse Haines	WS	P	3	2	16.7	0	6	0	0	1.000	3.240	2.000
Flint Rhem	WS	P	1	1	4.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	2.250	1.000
Bill Hallahan	WS	P	1	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	4.500	1.000
Herman Bell	WS	P	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000
Vic Keen	WS	P	1	0	1.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	9.000	1.000
Art Reinhart	WS	P	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0			.000
Billy Southworth	WS	RF	7	7	62.0	8	3	0	1	1.000	1.597	1.571
Wattie Holm	WS	RF	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000
Tommy Thevenow	WS	SS	7	7	63.0	9	26	2	5	.946	5.000	5.000
Totals			70	63	567.0	189	98	5	17	.983	4.556	4.100

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