1920 St. Louis Cardinals | ||
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League | National League | |
Ballpark |
Cardinal Field (Since 1893) Sportsman's Park | |
City | St. Louis, Missouri | |
Record | 75–79 (.487) | |
League place | 5th | |
Owners | Sam Breadon | |
Managers | Branch Rickey | |
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The 1920 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 39th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 29th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 75–79 during the season and finished fifth in the National League.
Rogers Hornsby became a full-time second baseman. Hornsby won the first of his seven batting titles with a .370 batting average, and he also led the league in on-base percentage (.431), slugging percentage (.559), hits (218), total bases (329), doubles (44), and RBI (94). From a fielding perspective, Hornsby led the league in putouts, assists, and double plays.
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Brooklyn Robins | 93 | 61 | 0.604 | — | 49–29 | 44–32 |
New York Giants | 86 | 68 | 0.558 | 7 | 45–35 | 41–33 |
Cincinnati Reds | 82 | 71 | 0.536 | 10½ | 42–34 | 40–37 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 79 | 75 | 0.513 | 14 | 42–35 | 37–40 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 75 | 79 | 0.487 | 18 | 38–38 | 37–41 |
Chicago Cubs | 75 | 79 | 0.487 | 18 | 43–34 | 32–45 |
Boston Braves | 62 | 90 | 0.408 | 30 | 36–37 | 26–53 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 62 | 91 | 0.405 | 30½ | 32–45 | 30–46 |
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Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
Boston | — | 8–14–1 | 7–15 | 9–12 | 10–12 | 10–11 | 7–15 | 11–11 | |||||
Brooklyn | 14–8–1 | — | 13–9 | 10–12 | 15–7 | 14–8 | 12–10 | 15–7 | |||||
Chicago | 15–7 | 9–13 | — | 9–13 | 7–15 | 14–8 | 11–11 | 10–12 | |||||
Cincinnati | 12–9 | 12–10 | 13–9 | — | 6–16–1 | 14–8 | 12–10 | 13–9 | |||||
New York | 12–10 | 7–15 | 15–7 | 16–6–1 | — | 12–10 | 13–9 | 11–11 | |||||
Philadelphia | 11–10 | 8–14 | 8–14 | 8–14 | 10–12 | — | 9–13 | 8–14 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 15–7 | 10–12 | 11–11 | 10–12 | 9–13 | 13–9 | — | 11–11–1 | |||||
St. Louis | 11–11 | 7–15 | 12–10 | 9–13 | 11–11 | 14–8 | 11–11–1 | — |
1920 St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||
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Roster | |||||||||
Pitchers | Catchers
Infielders |
Outfielders | Manager |
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 | Verne Clemons | 112 | 338 | 95 | .281 | 1 | 36 |
1B | Jack Fournier | 141 | 530 | 162 | .306 | 3 | 61 |
2B | Rogers Hornsby | 149 | 589 | 218 | .370 | 9 | 94 |
SS | Doc Lavan | 142 | 516 | 149 | .289 | 1 | 63 |
3B | Milt Stock | 155 | 639 | 204 | .319 | 0 | 76 |
OF | Cliff Heathcote | 133 | 489 | 139 | .284 | 3 | 56 |
OF | Austin McHenry | 137 | 504 | 142 | .282 | 10 | 65 |
OF | Joe Schultz | 99 | 320 | 84 | .263 | 0 | 32 |
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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Jack Smith | 91 | 313 | 104 | .332 | 1 | 28 |
Hal Janvrin | 87 | 270 | 74 | .274 | 1 | 28 |
Pickles Dillhoefer | 76 | 224 | 59 | .263 | 0 | 13 |
Burt Shotton | 62 | 180 | 41 | .228 | 1 | 12 |
Mike Knode | 42 | 65 | 15 | .231 | 0 | 12 |
Heinie Mueller | 4 | 22 | 7 | .318 | 0 | 1 |
Lew McCarty | 5 | 7 | 2 | .286 | 0 | 0 |
Tim Griesenbeck | 5 | 3 | 1 | .333 | 0 | 0 |
George Gilham | 1 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Bill Schindler | 1 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Ed Hock | 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 0 | 0 |
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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Jesse Haines | 47 | 301.2 | 13 | 20 | 2.98 | 120 |
Bill Doak | 39 | 270.0 | 20 | 12 | 2.53 | 90 |
Ferdie Schupp | 38 | 250.2 | 16 | 13 | 3.52 | 119 |
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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Marv Goodwin | 32 | 116.1 | 3 | 8 | 4.95 | 23 |
Lou North | 24 | 88.0 | 3 | 2 | 3.27 | 37 |
Elmer Jacobs | 23 | 77.2 | 4 | 8 | 5.21 | 21 |
Jakie May | 16 | 70.2 | 1 | 4 | 3.06 | 33 |
Mike Kircher | 9 | 36.2 | 2 | 1 | 5.40 | 5 |
George Lyons | 7 | 23.1 | 2 | 1 | 3.09 | 5 |
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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Bill Sherdel | 43 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 3.28 | 74 |
Hal Kime | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.57 | 1 |
George Scott | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 |
Walt Schulz | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 0 |
Bob Glenn | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
Oscar Tuero | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54.00 | 0 |