1918 St. Louis Cardinals season

1918 St. Louis Cardinals
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1892)
Location
Cardinal Field (since 1893)
St. Louis, Missouri (since 1882)
Results
Record	51–78 (.395)
League place	8th
Other information
Owner(s)	Sam Breadon
Manager(s)	Jack Hendricks
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The 1918 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 37th season in St. Louis, Missouri and its 27th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 51–78 during the season and finished 8th in the National League. It would be the last time the Cardinals would finish in last place until 1990, when they finished sixth in the National League East.

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago Cubs	84	45	0.651	—	49–25	35–20
New York Giants	71	53	0.573	10½	35–21	36–32
Cincinnati Reds	68	60	0.531	15½	46–24	22–36
Pittsburgh Pirates	65	60	0.520	17	42–28	23–32
Brooklyn Robins	57	69	0.452	25½	33–21	24–48
Philadelphia Phillies	55	68	0.447	26	27–29	28–39
Boston Braves	53	71	0.427	28½	23–29	30–42
St. Louis Cardinals	51	78	0.395	33	32–40	19–38

Record vs. opponents

1918 National League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	8–6	5–14	10–8	1–15	7–12	10–9	12–7
Brooklyn	6–8	—	10–9	6–12	8–12	9–8	10–9	8–11
Chicago	14–5	9–10	—	10–7–1	14–6	12–6	10–8–1	15–3
Cincinnati	8–10	12–6	7–10–1	—	12–7	12–7	4–12	13–8
New York	15–1	12–8	6–14	7–12	—	10–3	8–11	13–4
Philadelphia	12–7	8–9	6–12	7–12	3–10	—	11–7	8–11–2
Pittsburgh	9–10	9–10	8–10–1	12–4	11–8	7–11	—	9–7
St. Louis	7–12	11–8	3–15	8–13	4–13	11–8–2	7–9	—

Roster

1918 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers Red Ames Bill Doak Oscar Horstmann Earl Howard Rankin Johnson Jakie May Lee Meadows Gene Packard Bill Sherdel Oscar Tuero		Catchers John Brock Mike González Frank Snyder Infielders Doug Baird Bruno Betzel Herman Bronkie Tony Brottem Dutch Distel Bob Fisher Charlie Grimm Rogers Hornsby Bob Larmore Bert Niehoff Gene Paulette Bobby Wallace		Outfielders George Anderson Johnny Beall Walton Cruise Cliff Heathcote Marty Kavanagh Wally Mattick Austin McHenry Ted Menze Jack Smith Red Smyth Dick Wheeler		Manager Jack Hendricks

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	González, MikeMike González	117	349	88	.252	3	20

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

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
Doak, BillBill Doak	31	211	9	15	2.43	74
Ames, RedRed Ames	27	206.2	9	14	2.31	68

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

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

External links

• 1918 St. Louis Cardinals
• 1918 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com