1923 St. Louis Cardinals season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 St. Louis Cardinals The New York Giants playing against the St. Louis Cardinals on May 23, 1923 at The Polo Grounds Bentley_Wins_for_Giants.jpg 1923 National League Sportsman's Park St. Louis, Missouri 79–74 (.516) 5th Sam Breadon Branch Rickey The 1923 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 42nd season in St. Louis, Missouri and its 32nd season in the National League. The Cardinals went 79–74 during the season and finished fifth in the National League. This is the first season that the Cardinals wore numbers on their uniforms but only on the left sleeve and only for home games. By the next season the numbers were abandoned and wouldn't return, this time permanently, until 1932. Regular season Rogers Hornsby set a major league record of 13 consecutive games with two or more base hits, accomplished July 5 through July 18, 1923. Season standings St. Louis Cardinals Record vs. opponents STL Roster 1923 St. Louis Cardinals Roster Pitchers 20 Clyde Barfoot 22 Bill Doak 49 Jesse Haines 23 Lou North Bill Pertica 17 Jeff Pfeffer Epp Sell 31 Bill Sherdel 8 Johnny Stuart 18 Fred Toney Fred Wigington Catchers 16 Eddie Ainsmith 14 Verne Clemons George Kopshaw 15 Harry McCurdy Charlie Niebergall Infielders Les Bell 4 Jim Bottomley Jake Flowers Howard Freigau 6 Rogers Hornsby Jimmy Hudgens 9 Doc Lavan 5 Milt Stock 12 Specs Toporcer Speed Walker Outfielders Ray Blades Taylor Douthit 21 Eddie Dyer 3 Max Flack 11 Les Mann 7 Heinie Mueller 10 Hy Myers 61 Joe Schultz 1 Jack Smith Tige Stone Other batters 24 Burt Shotton Manager Branch Rickey Coaches 24 Burt Shotton Joe Sugden 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 82 263 56 .213 3 34 1B Jim Bottomley 134 523 194 .371 8 94 2B Rogers Hornsby 107 424 163 .384 17 83 SS Howard Freigau 113 358 94 .263 1 35 3B Milt Stock 151 603 174 .289 2 96 OF Hy Myers 96 330 99 .300 2 48 OF Jack Smith Jack Smith (outfielder) 124 407 126 .310 5 41 OF Max Flack 128 505 147 .291 3 28 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 Ray Blades 98 317 78 .246 5 44 Specs Toporcer 97 303 77 .254 3 35 Heinie Mueller Heinie Mueller (outfielder) 78 265 91 .343 5 41 Harry McCurdy 67 185 49 .265 0 15 Verne Clemons 57 130 37 .285 0 13 Doc Lavan 50 111 22 .198 1 12 Leslie Mann 38 89 33 .371 5 11 Les Bell 15 51 19 .373 0 9 Eddie Dyer 35 45 12 .267 2 5 Jake Flowers 13 32 3 .094 0 2 Charlie Niebergall 9 28 3 .107 0 1 Taylor Douthit 9 27 5 .185 0 0 Jimmy Hudgens 6 12 3 .250 0 0 Joe Schultz Joe Schultz (outfielder) 2 7 2 .286 0 1 Speed Walker 2 7 2 .286 0 1 George Kopshaw 2 5 1 .200 0 0 Tige Stone 5 1 1 1.000 0 0 Burt Shotton 1 0 0 ---- 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 Jesse Haines 37 266.0 20 13 3.11 73 Bill Sherdel 39 225.0 15 13 4.32 78 Fred Toney 29 196.2 11 12 3.84 48 Bill Doak 30 185.0 8 13 3.26 53 Jeff Pfeffer 26 152.1 8 9 4.02 32 Eddie Dyer 4 22.0 2 1 4.09 7 Bill Pertica 1 2.1 0 0 3.86 0 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 Johnny Stuart 37 149.2 9 5 4.27 55 Epp Sell 5 15.0 0 1 6.00 2 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 Lou North 34 3 4 1 5.15 24 Clyde Barfoot 33 3 3 1 3.73 23 Fred Wigington 4 0 0 0 3.24 2 Tige Stone 1 0 0 0 12.00 1 Awards and honors League leaders Rogers Hornsby, National League batting champion Farm system Minor league baseball AA Syracuse Stars International League Frank Shaughnessy A Houston Buffaloes Texas League Hunter Hill B Petersburg Trunkmakers Virginia League George Block and Baldy Altermatt C Fort Smith Twins Western Association Fred Hunter and Mickey Doolan D Vicksburg Hill Billies Cotton States League Cy Slapnicka and Ollie Mills Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007 References 2 External links 1923 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Reference 1923 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