1929 St. Louis Cardinals | ||
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League | National League | |
Ballpark | Sportsman's Park | |
City | St. Louis, Missouri | |
Record | 78–74 (.513) | |
League place | 4th | |
Owners | Sam Breadon | |
General managers | Branch Rickey | |
Managers | Billy Southworth, Gabby Street, Bill McKechnie | |
Radio |
KMOX ( France Laux) KWK (Thomas Patrick) | |
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The 1929 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 48th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 38th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 78–74 during the season and finished fourth in the National League.
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Chicago Cubs | 98 | 54 | 0.645 | — | 52–25 | 46–29 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 88 | 65 | 0.575 | 10½ | 45–31 | 43–34 |
New York Giants | 84 | 67 | 0.556 | 13½ | 39–37 | 45–30 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 78 | 74 | 0.513 | 20 | 43–32 | 35–42 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 71 | 82 | 0.464 | 27½ | 39–37 | 32–45 |
Brooklyn Robins | 70 | 83 | 0.458 | 28½ | 42–35 | 28–48 |
Cincinnati Reds | 66 | 88 | 0.429 | 33 | 38–39 | 28–49 |
Boston Braves | 56 | 98 | 0.364 | 43 | 34–43 | 22–55 |
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Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
Boston | — | 11–11 | 7–15 | 8–14 | 9–13 | 5–17 | 8–14 | 8–14 | |||||
Brooklyn | 11–11 | — | 6–16 | 11–11 | 14–7 | 9–13 | 9–13 | 10–12 | |||||
Chicago | 15–7 | 16–6 | — | 14–8–1 | 12–10–1 | 17–5–1 | 9–13 | 15–5–1 | |||||
Cincinnati | 14–8 | 11–11 | 8–14–1 | — | 10–12 | 11–11 | 9–13 | 3–19 | |||||
New York | 13–9 | 7–14 | 10–12–1 | 12–10 | — | 16–5 | 13–8 | 13–9 | |||||
Philadelphia | 17–5 | 13–9 | 5–17–1 | 11–11 | 5–16 | — | 11–11 | 9–13 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 14–8 | 13–9 | 13–9 | 13–9 | 8–13 | 11–11 | — | 16–6–1 | |||||
St. Louis | 14–8 | 12–10 | 5–15–1 | 19–3 | 9–13 | 13–9 | 6–16–1 | — |
1929 St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||
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Pitchers | Catchers
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Outfielders | Manager
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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 | Jimmie Wilson | 120 | 394 | 128 | .325 | 4 | 71 |
1B | Jim Bottomley | 146 | 560 | 176 | .314 | 29 | 137 |
2B | Frankie Frisch | 138 | 527 | 176 | .334 | 5 | 74 |
SS | Charlie Gelbert | 146 | 512 | 134 | .262 | 3 | 65 |
3B | Andy High | 146 | 603 | 178 | .295 | 10 | 63 |
OF | Chick Hafey | 134 | 517 | 175 | .338 | 29 | 125 |
OF | Taylor Douthit | 150 | 613 | 206 | .336 | 9 | 62 |
OF | Ernie Orsatti | 113 | 346 | 115 | .332 | 3 | 39 |
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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Wally Roettger | 79 | 269 | 68 | .253 | 3 | 42 |
Wattie Holm | 64 | 176 | 41 | .233 | 0 | 14 |
Earl Smith | 57 | 145 | 50 | .345 | 1 | 22 |
Johnny Butler | 17 | 55 | 9 | .164 | 0 | 5 |
Carey Selph | 25 | 51 | 12 | .235 | 0 | 7 |
Eddie Delker | 22 | 40 | 6 | .150 | 0 | 3 |
Billy Southworth | 19 | 32 | 6 | .188 | 0 | 3 |
Bubber Jonnard | 18 | 31 | 3 | .097 | 0 | 2 |
Fred Haney | 10 | 26 | 3 | .115 | 0 | 2 |
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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Bill Sherdel | 33 | 195.2 | 10 | 15 | 5.93 | 69 |
Jesse Haines | 28 | 179.2 | 13 | 10 | 5.71 | 59 |
Clarence Mitchell | 25 | 173.0 | 8 | 11 | 4.27 | 39 |
Pete Alexander | 22 | 132.0 | 9 | 8 | 3.89 | 38 |
Al Grabowski | 6 | 50.0 | 3 | 2 | 2.52 | 22 |
Jim Lindsey | 2 | 16.1 | 1 | 1 | 5.51 | 8 |
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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Syl Johnson | 42 | 182.1 | 13 | 7 | 3.60 | 80 |
Hal Haid | 38 | 154.2 | 9 | 9 | 4.07 | 41 |
Fred Frankhouse | 30 | 133.1 | 7 | 2 | 4.12 | 37 |
Bill Hallahan | 20 | 93.2 | 4 | 4 | 4.42 | 52 |
Bill Doak | 3 | 9.0 | 1 | 2 | 12.00 | 3 |
Carmen Hill | 3 | 8.2 | 0 | 0 | 8.31 | 1 |
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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Mul Holland | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9.42 | 5 |
Hi Bell | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6.92 | 4 |
Hal Goldsmith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 0 |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Rochester [2]