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1933 St. Louis Cardinals season
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Major League Baseball season
March 2026
November 2013
St. Louis Cardinals 1933 National League Sportsman's Park St. Louis, Missouri 82–71 (.536) 5th Sam Breadon Branch Rickey Gabby Street, Frankie Frisch KMOX(France Laux)KWK(Thomas Patrick, John Harrington, Bob Thomas)
The 1933 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 52nd season in St. Louis, Missouri and its 42nd season in the National League. The Cardinals went 82–71 during the season and finished fifth in the National League.
Offseason
October 25, 1932: Rogers Hornsby was signed as a free agent by the Cardinals.Rogers Hornsby page at Baseball Reference
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
STL
Notable transactions
July 26, 1933: Rogers Hornsby was released by the Cardinals.
Roster
1933 St. Louis Cardinals Roster Pitchers
15 Tex Carleton
17 Dizzy Dean
20 Paul Derringer
20 Burleigh Grimes
19 Walter Purcey
16 Jesse Haines
22 Bill Hallahan
30 Syl Johnson
20 Jim Lindsey
21 Jim Mooney
21 Allyn Stout
18 Dazzy Vance
10 Bill Walker Catchers
31 Bill Lewis
8 Bob O'Farrell
31 Joe Sprinz
9 Jimmie Wilson
Infielders
1 Sparky Adams
12 Ripper Collins
11 Pat Crawford
2 Leo Durocher
3 Frankie Frisch
4 Rogers Hornsby
28 Pepper Martin
14 Gordon Slade
14 Burgess Whitehead
33 Charlie Wilson Outfielders
24 Ethan Allen
27 Estel Crabtree
7 Joe Medwick
21 Gene Moore
6 Ernie Orsatti
29 Ray Pepper
38 George Watkins Manager
3 Frankie Frisch
25 Gabby Street
Coaches
26 Buzzy Wares
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 Jimmie Wilson Jimmie Wilson (baseball) 113 369 94 .255 1 45 1B Ripper Collins baseball 132 493 153 .310 10 68 2B Frankie Frisch 147 585 177 .303 4 66 SS Leo Durocher 123 395 102 .258 2 41 3B Pepper Martin 145 599 189 .316 8 57 OF Joe Medwick 148 595 182 .306 18 98 OF George Watkins George Watkins (baseball) 138 525 146 .278 5 62 OF Ernie Orsatti 120 436 130 .298 0 38
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 Ethan Allen Ethan Allen (baseball) 91 261 63 .241 0 36 Pat Crawford Pat Crawford (baseball) 91 224 60 .268 0 21 Bob O'Farrell 55 163 39 .239 2 20 Rogers Hornsby 46 83 27 .325 2 21 Gordon Slade 39 62 7 .113 0 3 Gene Moore Gene Moore (outfielder) 11 38 15 .395 0 8 Bill Lewis Bill Lewis (baseball) 15 35 14 .400 1 8 Estel Crabtree 23 34 9 .265 0 3 Sparky Adams 8 30 5 .167 0 0 Ray Pepper 3 9 2 .222 1 2 Burgess Whitehead 12 7 2 .286 0 1 Joe Sprinz 3 5 1 .200 0 0 Charlie Wilson Charlie Wilson (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 Dizzy Dean 48 293.0 20 18 3.04 199 Tex Carleton 44 277.0 17 11 3.38 147 Bill Hallahan 36 244.1 16 13 3.50 93
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 Bill Walker Bill Walker (baseball) 29 158.0 9 10 3.42 41 Jesse Haines 32 115.1 9 6 2.50 37 Dazzy Vance 28 99.0 6 2 3.55 67 Jim Mooney Jim Mooney (baseball) 21 77.1 2 5 3.72 14 Paul Derringer 3 17.0 1 2 4.24 3 Burleigh Grimes 4 13.2 0 1 5.27 4
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 Syl Johnson Syl Johnson (baseball) 35 3 3 3 4.29 28 Jim Lindsey Jim Lindsey (baseball) 1 0 0 0 4.50 1 Allyn Stout 1 0 0 0 0.00 1
Farm system
Minor league baseball
AA Columbus Red Birds American Association Ray Blades AA Rochester Red Wings International League Specs Toporcer A Elmira Red Wings New York-Pennsylvania League Bob Rice and Eddie Dyer A Houston Buffaloes Texas League Carey Selph A Springfield Cardinals Western League Joe Schultz Sr. B Springfield Senators Mississippi Valley League Clay Hopper B Greensboro Patriots Piedmont League Eddie Dyer and Bob Rice D Beatrice Blues Nebraska State League Sonny Brookhaus D Lincoln Links Nebraska State League Doc Bennett and John Hruska D Norfolk Elks Nebraska State League Joe McDermott D Sioux Falls Canaries Nebraska State League Rex Stucker
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Columbus, Greensboro, BeatriceJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
References
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External links
1933 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Reference
1933 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
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