1922 St. Louis Cardinals season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 St. Louis Cardinals 1922 National League Sportsman's Park St. Louis, Missouri 85–69 (.552) 3rd Sam Breadon Branch Rickey The 1922 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 41st season in St. Louis, Missouri and its 31st season in the National League. The Cardinals went 85–69 during the season and finished tied for third place with the Pirates in the National League. This was the first season to feature the now-famous birds on bat logo. Offseason The club, just as it was preparing to leave for spring training, lost Bill "Pickles" Dillhoefer, a backup catcher, who died of pneumonia on February 23. Regular season The 1922 season was a milestone year in the career of Rogers Hornsby. He became the only player in history to hit over 40 home runs and bat over .400 in the same season. Hornsby won the triple crown, leading the league in almost every batting category including batting average (.401), home runs (42, a National League record at the time), RBI (152), slugging average (.722, another record at the time), on-base percentage (.459), doubles (46), hits (250, again the highest in National League history to that point), and runs scored (141). His 450 total bases was the highest mark for any National League player during the 20th century. Hornsby also produced in the field, leading the league in putouts, double plays, and fielding percentage. Season standings St. Louis Cardinals Record vs. opponents STL Roster 1922 St. Louis Cardinals Roster Pitchers Bill Bailey Clyde Barfoot Sid Benton Bill Doak Eddie Dyer Marv Goodwin Jesse Haines Jack Knight Lou North Bill Pertica Jeff Pfeffer Epp Sell Bill Sherdel Johnny Stuart Roy Walker Catchers Eddie Ainsmith Verne Clemons Harry McCurdy Ernie Vick Infielders Jim Bottomley Jack Fournier Howard Freigau Del Gainer Rogers Hornsby Doc Lavan Milt Stock Specs Toporcer Outfielders Ray Blades Max Flack Cliff Heathcote Les Mann Austin McHenry Heinie Mueller Joe Schultz Burt Shotton Jack Smith Manager Branch Rickey Coaches Joe Sugden Ray Thomas Player stats = Indicates team leader = Indicates league leader 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 Eddie Ainsmith 119 379 111 .293 13 59 1B Jack Fournier 128 404 119 .295 10 61 2B Rogers Hornsby 154 623 250 .401 42 152 SS Specs Toporcer 116 352 114 .324 3 36 3B Milt Stock 151 581 177 .305 5 79 OF Jack Smith Jack Smith (outfielder) 143 510 158 .310 8 46 OF Joe Schultz Joe Schultz (outfielder) 112 344 108 .314 2 64 OF Max Flack 66 267 78 .292 2 21 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 Doc Lavan 89 264 60 .227 0 27 Austin McHenry 64 238 72 .303 5 43 Verne Clemons 71 160 41 .256 0 15 Heinie Mueller Heinie Mueller (outfielder) 61 159 43 .270 3 26 Jim Bottomley 37 151 49 .325 5 35 Les Mann 84 147 51 .347 2 20 Ray Blades 37 130 39 .300 3 21 Cliff Heathcote 34 98 24 .245 0 14 Del Gainer 43 97 26 .268 2 23 Burt Shotton 34 30 6 .200 0 2 Harry McCurdy 13 27 8 .296 0 5 Ernie Vick 3 6 2 .333 0 0 Howard Freigau 3 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 Jeff Pfeffer 44 261.1 19 12 3.58 83 Bill Sherdel 47 242.0 17 13 3.87 79 Jesse Haines 29 183.0 11 9 3.84 62 Bill Doak 37 180.1 11 13 5.54 73 Jack Knight Jack Knight (baseball) 1 4.0 0 0 9.00 1 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 Lou North 53 149.2 10 3 4.45 84 Bill Pertica 34 117.1 8 8 5.91 30 Epp Sell 7 33.0 4 2 6.82 5 Roy Walker Roy Walker (baseball) 12 32.0 1 2 4.78 14 Johnny Stuart 2 2.0 0 0 9.00 1 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 Clyde Barfoot 42 4 5 2 4.21 19 Bill Bailey Bill Bailey (pitcher) 12 0 2 0 5.40 11 Marv Goodwin 2 0 0 0 2.25 0 Eddie Dyer 2 0 0 0 2.45 3 Jack Fournier 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 Sid Benton 1 0 0 0 ---- 0 Awards and honors League leaders Rogers Hornsby, National League batting champion Records Rogers Hornsby, National League record, Most total bases by a second baseman, (450).Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.91, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, 978-0-451-22363-0 Rogers Hornsby, National League record, Most hits by a second baseman, (250). Rogers Hornsby, National League record, Most home runs by a second baseman, (42).Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.90, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, 978-0-451-22363-0 Rogers Hornsby, National League record, Most runs batted in by a second baseman, (152). Farm system Minor League Baseball A Houston Buffaloes Texas League George Whiteman and Roy Thomas D Corsicana Gumbo Busters Texas–Oklahoma League Chuck Miller and Harvey GrubbJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007 References 2 External links 1922 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Reference 1922 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:St. Louis Cardinals seasons Saint Louis Cardinals season St Louis Category:1920s in St. Louis