1918 St. Louis Cardinals season
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Record | 51–78 (.395) |
League place | 8th |
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Owner(s) | Sam Breadon |
Manager(s) | Jack Hendricks |
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The 1918 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 37th season in St. Louis, Missouri and its 27th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 51–78 during the season and finished 8th in the National League. It would be the last time the Cardinals would finish in last place until 1990, when they finished sixth in the National League East.
Regular season[]
Season standings[]
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Chicago Cubs | 84 | 45 | 0.651 | — | 49–25 | 35–20 |
New York Giants | 71 | 53 | 0.573 | 10½ | 35–21 | 36–32 |
Cincinnati Reds | 68 | 60 | 0.531 | 15½ | 46–24 | 22–36 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 65 | 60 | 0.520 | 17 | 42–28 | 23–32 |
Brooklyn Robins | 57 | 69 | 0.452 | 25½ | 33–21 | 24–48 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 55 | 68 | 0.447 | 26 | 27–29 | 28–39 |
Boston Braves | 53 | 71 | 0.427 | 28½ | 23–29 | 30–42 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 51 | 78 | 0.395 | 33 | 32–40 | 19–38 |
Record vs. opponents[]
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Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
Boston | — | 8–6 | 5–14 | 10–8 | 1–15 | 7–12 | 10–9 | 12–7 | |||||
Brooklyn | 6–8 | — | 10–9 | 6–12 | 8–12 | 9–8 | 10–9 | 8–11 | |||||
Chicago | 14–5 | 9–10 | — | 10–7–1 | 14–6 | 12–6 | 10–8–1 | 15–3 | |||||
Cincinnati | 8–10 | 12–6 | 7–10–1 | — | 12–7 | 12–7 | 4–12 | 13–8 | |||||
New York | 15–1 | 12–8 | 6–14 | 7–12 | — | 10–3 | 8–11 | 13–4 | |||||
Philadelphia | 12–7 | 8–9 | 6–12 | 7–12 | 3–10 | — | 11–7 | 8–11–2 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 9–10 | 9–10 | 8–10–1 | 12–4 | 11–8 | 7–11 | — | 9–7 | |||||
St. Louis | 7–12 | 11–8 | 3–15 | 8–13 | 4–13 | 11–8–2 | 7–9 | — |
Roster[]
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Pitchers
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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 |
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C | Mike González | 117 | 349 | 88 | .252 | 3 | 20 |
1B | Gene Paulette | 125 | 461 | 126 | .273 | 0 | 52 |
2B | Bob Fisher | 63 | 246 | 78 | .317 | 2 | 20 |
SS | Rogers Hornsby | 115 | 416 | 117 | .281 | 5 | 60 |
3B | Doug Baird | 82 | 316 | 78 | .247 | 2 | 25 |
OF | Cliff Heathcote | 88 | 348 | 90 | .259 | 4 | 32 |
OF | Austin McHenry | 80 | 272 | 71 | .261 | 1 | 29 |
OF | Walton Cruise | 70 | 240 | 65 | .271 | 6 | 39 |
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 |
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Bruno Betzel | 76 | 230 | 51 | .222 | 0 | 13 |
Jack Smith | 42 | 166 | 35 | .211 | 0 | 4 |
Charlie Grimm | 50 | 141 | 31 | .220 | 0 | 12 |
George Anderson | 35 | 132 | 39 | .295 | 0 | 6 |
Red Smyth | 40 | 113 | 24 | .212 | 0 | 4 |
Frank Snyder | 39 | 112 | 28 | .250 | 0 | 10 |
Bobby Wallace | 32 | 98 | 15 | .153 | 0 | 4 |
Bert Niehoff | 22 | 84 | 15 | .179 | 0 | 5 |
Herman Bronkie | 18 | 68 | 15 | .221 | 1 | 7 |
John Brock | 27 | 52 | 11 | .212 | 0 | 4 |
Johnny Beall | 19 | 49 | 11 | .224 | 0 | 6 |
Marty Kavanagh | 12 | 44 | 8 | .182 | 1 | 8 |
Dutch Distel | 8 | 17 | 3 | .176 | 0 | 1 |
Wally Mattick | 8 | 14 | 2 | .143 | 0 | 1 |
Bob Larmore | 4 | 7 | 2 | .286 | 0 | 1 |
Dick Wheeler | 3 | 6 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Tony Brottem | 2 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Ted Menze | 2 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 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 |
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Bill Doak | 31 | 211 | 9 | 15 | 2.43 | 74 |
Red Ames | 27 | 206.2 | 9 | 14 | 2.31 | 68 |
Gene Packard | 30 | 182.1 | 12 | 12 | 3.50 | 46 |
Lee Meadows | 30 | 165.1 | 8 | 14 | 3.59 | 49 |
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 |
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Bill Sherdel | 35 | 182.1 | 6 | 12 | 2.71 | 40 |
Jakie May | 29 | 152.2 | 5 | 6 | 3.83 | 61 |
Oscar Tuero | 11 | 44.1 | 1 | 2 | 1.02 | 13 |
Rankin Johnson Sr. | 6 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 2.74 | 4 |
Oscar Horstmann | 9 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 5.48 | 6 |
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 |
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Earl Howard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
Gene Paulette | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
External links[]
- St. Louis Cardinals seasons
- 1918 Major League Baseball season
- 1918 in sports in Missouri
- St. Louis Cardinals season stubs