1917 St. Louis Cardinals season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 St. Louis Cardinals 1917 National League Cardinal Field St. Louis, Missouri 82–70 (.539) 3rd Sam Breadon Miller Huggins The 1917 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 36th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 26th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 82–70 during the season and finished third in the National League. Regular season Rogers Hornsby began to establish himself as an elite hitter. Hornsby had a .327 batting average which was second in the league. He led the league in triples (17), total bases (253), and slugging percentage (.484). Season standings St. Louis Cardinals Record vs. opponents STL Roster 1917 St. Louis Cardinals Roster Pitchers Red Ames Bill Doak Marv Goodwin Bruce Hitt Oscar Horstmann Jakie May Lee Meadows Tim Murchison Lou North Gene Packard George Pierce Bob Steele Milt Watson Catchers John Brock Mike González Paddy Livingston Jack Roche Frank Snyder Infielders Doug Baird Bruno Betzel Tony DeFate Rogers Hornsby Ike McAuley Dots Miller Gene Paulette Fred Smith Bobby Wallace Outfielders Bob Bescher Walton Cruise Tom Long Jack Smith Red Smyth Stuffy Stewart Manager Miller Huggins Coaches Charley O'Leary 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 C Frank Snyder 115 313 74 .236 1 33 1B Gene Paulette 95 332 88 .265 0 34 2B Dots Miller 148 544 135 .248 2 45 SS Rogers Hornsby 145 523 171 .327 8 66 3B Doug Baird Doug Baird (baseball) 104 364 92 .253 0 24 OF Jack Smith Jack Smith (outfielder) 137 462 137 .297 3 34 OF Tom Long Tom Long (outfielder) 144 530 123 .232 3 41 OF Walton Cruise 153 529 156 .295 5 59 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 Bruno Betzel 106 328 71 .216 1 17 Mike González Mike González (catcher) 106 290 76 .262 1 28 Fred Smith Fred Smith (infielder) 56 165 30 .182 1 17 Bob Bescher 42 110 17 .155 1 8 Red Smyth 38 72 15 .208 0 4 Paddy Livingston 7 20 4 .200 0 2 John Brock John Brock (baseball) 7 15 6 .400 0 2 Tony DeFate 14 14 2 .143 0 1 Bobby Wallace Bobby Wallace (baseball) 8 10 1 .100 0 2 Stuffy Stewart 13 9 0 .000 0 0 Ike McAuley 3 7 2 .286 0 1 Jack Roche Jack Roche (baseball) 1 1 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 Bill Doak 44 281.1 16 20 3.10 111 Lee Meadows 43 265.2 15 9 3.08 100 Marv Goodwin 14 85.1 6 4 2.21 38 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 Red Ames 43 209.0 15 10 2.71 62 Milt Watson 41 161.1 10 13 3.51 45 Gene Packard 34 153.1 9 6 2.47 44 Oscar Horstmann 35 138.2 9 4 3.44 50 Bob Steele Bob Steele (baseball) 12 42.0 1 3 3.21 23 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 Jakie May 15 0 0 0 3.38 18 Lou North 5 0 0 0 3.97 4 George Pierce George Pierce (baseball) 5 1 1 0 3.48 4 Bruce Hitt 2 0 0 0 9.00 1 Tim Murchison 1 0 0 0 0.00 2 External links 1917 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Reference 1917 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:St. Louis Cardinals seasons Saint Louis Cardinals season St Louis