1928 St. Louis Cardinals Statistics

National League (NL)
Team Record: 95-59
Finished 1st in the NL
Attendance: 761,574, Avg. 12,607
Ballpark: Sportsman's Park IV
Won League Championship Series
World Series - Lost to New York Yankees 4-0
Manager: Bill McKechnie (95-59)
Location: St. Louis, Missouri

1928 St. Louis Cardinals Roster
1928 St. Louis Cardinals Results

The St. Louis Cardinals of the National League ended the 1928 season with a record of 95 wins and 59 losses, finishing first in the NL.

The Cardinals plated 807 runs and yielded 636 runs. Jim Bottomley walloped 31 home runs for St. Louis, while George Harper and Chick Hafey swatted 20 or more as well. Jim Bottomley drove in 136 runs. Chick Hafey led all regular batters by connecting at a .337 clip. Bill Sherdel topped the squad with 21 wins, plus Pete Alexander and Jesse Haines added 15 or more wins, too Bill Sherdel recorded a 2.86 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.

Bill McKechnie coached the team. The 1928 St. Louis Cardinals won the League Championship 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
Bill Sherdel	21	10	.677	2.86	38	27	10	20	0	5	248.7	251	96	79	17	56	72	2	0	2	1041
Jesse Haines	20	8	.714	3.18	33	28	4	20	1	0	240.3	238	98	85	14	72	77	6	1	3	1007
Pete Alexander	16	9	.640	3.36	34	31	2	18	1	2	243.7	262	106	91	15	37	59	2	0	3	1009
Flint Rhem	11	8	.579	4.14	28	22	4	9	0	3	169.7	199	91	78	13	71	47	3	1	1	758
Syl Johnson	8	4	.667	3.90	34	6	14	2	0	3	120.0	117	53	52	6	33	66	4	1	1	504
Clarence Mitchell	8	9	.471	3.30	19	18	1	9	1	0	150.0	149	59	55	8	38	31	3	1	0	623
Art Reinhart	4	6	.400	2.87	23	9	9	3	1	2	75.3	80	39	24	3	27	12	0	0	1	329
Fred Frankhouse	3	2	.600	3.96	21	10	5	1	0	1	84.0	91	47	37	6	36	29	5	0	3	374
Carlisle Littlejohn	2	1	.667	3.66	12	2	4	1	0	0	32.0	36	16	13	2	14	6	0	0	1	144
Hal Haid	2	2	.500	2.30	27	0	14	0	0	5	47.0	39	24	12	1	11	21	1	0	1	200
Tony Kaufmann	0	0		9.64	4	1	2	0	0	0	4.7	8	5	5	1	4	2	1	0	0	26
Totals	95	59	.617	3.38	273	154	69	83	4	21	1415.3	1470	634	531	86	399	422	27	4	16	6015

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	HBP	SH
Taylor Douthit	154	752	648	111	191	35	3	3	43	11	84	36	.295	.384	.372	.756	241	10	10
Jim Bottomley	149	667	576	123	187	42	20	31	136	10	71	54	.325	.402	.628	1.030	362	3	17
Chick Hafey	138	584	520	101	175	46	6	27	111	8	40	53	.337	.386	.604	.990	314	2	22
Frankie Frisch	141	631	547	107	164	29	9	10	86	29	64	17	.300	.374	.441	.815	241	1	19
Wattie Holm	102	429	386	61	107	24	6	3	47	1	32	17	.277	.334	.394	.728	152	1	10
Jimmie Wilson	120	471	411	45	106	26	2	2	50	9	45	24	.258	.333	.345	.678	142	1	14
Andy High	111	422	368	58	105	14	3	6	37	2	37	10	.285	.355	.389	.744	143	3	14
Wally Roettger	68	283	261	27	89	17	4	6	44	2	10	22	.341	.372	.506	.878	132	3	9
Rabbit Maranville	112	412	366	40	88	14	10	1	34	3	36	27	.240	.310	.342	.652	125	1	9
George Harper	99	337	272	41	83	8	2	17	58	2	51	15	.305	.418	.537	.955	146	2	12
Tommy Thevenow	69	196	171	11	35	8	3	0	13	0	20	12	.205	.288	.287	.575	49	0	5
Pete Alexander	34	98	86	13	25	2	0	1	11	0	4	8	.291	.322	.349	.671	30	0	8
Ernie Orsatti	27	84	69	10	21	6	0	3	15	0	10	11	.304	.400	.522	.922	36	1	4
Ray Blades	51	111	85	9	20	7	1	1	19	0	20	26	.235	.393	.376	.769	32	2	4
Bill Sherdel	38	102	84	10	19	5	0	1	8	1	8	10	.226	.293	.321	.615	27	0	10
Jesse Haines	33	98	87	4	16	2	0	0	10	0	4	13	.184	.220	.207	.427	18	0	7
Earl Smith	24	64	58	3	13	2	0	0	7	0	5	4	.224	.286	.259	.544	15	0	1
Bob O'Farrell	16	65	52	6	11	1	0	0	4	2	13	9	.212	.369	.231	.600	12	0	0
Flint Rhem	28	70	67	4	11	0	0	1	6	0	2	23	.164	.188	.209	.397	14	0	1
Gus Mancuso	11	40	38	2	7	0	1	0	3	0	0	5	.184	.184	.237	.421	9	0	2
Clarence Mitchell	19	61	56	0	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	.125	.125	.143	.268	8	0	5
Syl Johnson	34	42	38	5	6	1	0	0	1	0	3	18	.158	.238	.184	.422	7	1	0
Fred Frankhouse	22	32	27	3	5	2	0	0	2	0	3	4	.185	.267	.259	.526	7	0	2
Pepper Martin	39	16	13	11	4	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	.308	.400	.308	.708	4	1	1
Art Reinhart	27	26	24	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	2	4	.167	.231	.167	.397	4	0	0
Hal Haid	27	9	8	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	.375	.444	.375	.819	3	0	0
Howie Williamson	10	10	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.222	.300	.222	.522	2	0	0
Virgil Davis	2	7	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	.200	.333	.200	.533	1	0	1
George Toporcer	8	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Carlisle Littlejohn	12	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Tony Kaufmann	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0
Totals	1730	6144	5357	807	1505	292	70	113	749	82	568	438	.281	.353	.425	.778	2276	32	187

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
George Toporcer	1B	1	7	3	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Tommy Thevenow	1B	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Ernie Orsatti	1B	5	41	1	1	2	.977	8.400	0
Jim Bottomley	1B	148	1454	52	20	113	.987	1.176	0
George Toporcer	2B	1	5	0	0	1	1.000	5.000	0
Rabbit Maranville	2B	2	1	2	0	1	1.000	1.500	0
Andy High	2B	19	35	47	2	10	.976	4.316	0
Frankie Frisch	2B	139	383	474	21	80	.976	6.165	0
Tommy Thevenow	3B	3	4	7	0	0	1.000	3.667	0
Wattie Holm	3B	83	100	145	22	9	.918	2.952	0
Andy High	3B	73	56	117	12	10	.935	2.370	0
Jimmie Wilson	C	120	394	82	8	13	.983	3.967	6
Earl Smith	C	18	52	6	0	2	1.000	3.222	2
Bob O'Farrell	C	14	61	4	1	1	.985	4.643	0
Gus Mancuso	C	11	54	7	1	0	.984	5.545	1
Virgil Davis	C	2	6	0	2	0	.750	3.000	0
Wally Roettger	OF	66	152	2	3	1	.981	2.333	0
Ernie Orsatti	OF	17	29	2	0	0	1.000	1.824	0
Pepper Martin	OF	4	2	0	0	0	1.000	.500	0
Wattie Holm	OF	7	18	0	0	0	1.000	2.571	0
George Harper	OF	84	156	13	2	2	.988	2.012	0
Chick Hafey	OF	133	287	13	11	3	.965	2.256	0
Taylor Douthit	OF	154	547	10	9	4	.984	3.617	0
Ray Blades	OF	19	34	1	1	1	.972	1.842	0
Bill Sherdel	P	38	6	36	2	1	.955	1.105	0
Flint Rhem	P	28	3	48	0	5	1.000	1.821	0
Art Reinhart	P	23	5	15	0	0	1.000	.870	0
Clarence Mitchell	P	19	6	48	1	3	.982	2.842	0
Carlisle Littlejohn	P	12	0	8	1	0	.889	.667	0
Tony Kaufmann	P	4	0	1	0	0	1.000	.250	0
Syl Johnson	P	34	3	20	1	2	.958	.676	0
Jesse Haines	P	33	3	43	0	2	1.000	1.394	0
Hal Haid	P	27	2	11	0	0	1.000	.481	0
Fred Frankhouse	P	21	2	23	1	4	.962	1.190	0
Pete Alexander	P	34	4	57	0	3	1.000	1.794	0
Tommy Thevenow	SS	64	100	158	19	29	.931	4.031	0
Rabbit Maranville	SS	112	236	362	19	57	.969	5.339	0
Totals		1573	4248	1819	160	359	.974	3.857	9

Postseason - Pitching:

Player	Rnd	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BF
Flint Rhem	WS	0		0.00	1	0	1	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6
Clarence Mitchell	WS	0		1.59	1	0	1	5.7	2	1	1	0	2	3	1	21
Syl Johnson	WS	0		4.50	2	0	1	2.0	4	2	1	0	1	1	0	12
Jesse Haines	WS	1	.000	4.50	1	1	0	6.0	6	6	3	2	3	3	0	26
Pete Alexander	WS	1	.000	19.80	2	1	1	5.0	10	11	11	3	4	2	0	30
Bill Sherdel	WS	2	.000	4.73	2	2	0	13.3	15	7	7	4	3	3	0	58
Totals		4	.000	6.09	9	4	4	34.0	37	27	23	9	13	13	1	153

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
Andy High	WS	4	18	17	1	5	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.294	.333	.412	.745	7	0	0	0	0
Rabbit Maranville	WS	4	14	13	2	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	.308	.357	.385	.742	5	0	0	0	0
Earl Smith	WS	1	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.750	.750	.750	1.500	3	0	0	0	0
Frankie Frisch	WS	4	17	13	1	3	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	2	.231	.313	.231	.543	3	0	0	1	1
Jim Bottomley	WS	4	16	14	1	3	0	1	1	3	0	0	2	6	.214	.313	.571	.884	8	0	0	0	0
Chick Hafey	WS	4	16	15	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.200	.250	.200	.450	3	0	0	0	0
Ernie Orsatti	WS	4	8	7	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.286	.375	.429	.804	3	0	0	0	0
Wattie Holm	WS	3	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	1	0	0	0	0
George Harper	WS	3	11	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.111	.273	.111	.384	1	1	0	0	0
Taylor Douthit	WS	3	13	11	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.091	.231	.091	.322	1	1	1	0	0
Jimmie Wilson	WS	3	11	11	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	.091	.091	.182	.273	2	1	0	0	0
Pete Alexander	WS	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Ray Blades	WS	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Jesse Haines	WS	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Clarence Mitchell	WS	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.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
Syl Johnson	WS	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
Pepper Martin	WS	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
Flint Rhem	WS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
Tommy Thevenow	WS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
Totals		49	145	131	10	27	5	1	1	9	3	2	11	29	.206	.271	.282	.553	37	3	1	1	1

Postseason - Fielding:

Player	Rnd	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G
Jim Bottomley	WS	1B	4	4	34.0	36	2	0	3	1.000	1.059	9.500
Frankie Frisch	WS	2B	4	4	34.0	8	13	0	2	1.000	5.559	5.250
Andy High	WS	3B	4	4	34.0	2	5	0	1	1.000	1.853	1.750
Jimmie Wilson	WS	C	3	3	25.0	14	2	2	0	.889	5.760	5.333
Earl Smith	WS	C	1	1	9.0	3	1	0	0	1.000	4.000	4.000
Taylor Douthit	WS	CF	3	3	25.0	6	1	0	0	1.000	2.520	2.333
Ernie Orsatti	WS	CF	1	1	9.0	4	0	0	0	1.000	4.000	4.000
Chick Hafey	WS	LF	4	4	34.0	8	0	1	0	.889	2.118	2.000
Bill Sherdel	WS	P	2	2	13.3	0	4	0	0	1.000	2.700	2.000
Jesse Haines	WS	P	1	1	6.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.500	1.000
Clarence Mitchell	WS	P	1	0	5.7	0	1	1	0	.500	1.588	1.000
Pete Alexander	WS	P	2	1	5.0	0	4	0	0	1.000	7.200	2.000
Flint Rhem	WS	P	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000
Syl Johnson	WS	P	2	0	2.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000
George Harper	WS	RF	3	3	25.0	5	0	0	0	1.000	1.800	1.667
Wattie Holm	WS	RF	1	1	9.0	4	0	0	0	1.000	4.000	4.000
Rabbit Maranville	WS	SS	4	4	33.0	11	3	1	2	.933	3.818	3.500
Tommy Thevenow	WS	SS	1	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	9.000	1.000
Totals			42	36	306.0	102	37	5	8	.965	4.088	3.310

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