1919 St. Louis Cardinals season

1919 St. Louis Cardinals
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1892)
Location
Cardinal Field (since 1893)
St. Louis, Missouri (since 1882)
Results
Record	54–83 (.394)
League place	7th
Other information
Owner(s)	Sam Breadon
Manager(s)	Branch Rickey
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The 1919 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 38th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 28th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 54–83 during the season and finished 7th in the National League.

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cincinnati Reds	96	44	0.686	—	51–19	45–25
New York Giants	87	53	0.621	9	46–23	41–30
Chicago Cubs	75	65	0.536	21	40–31	35–34
Pittsburgh Pirates	71	68	0.511	24½	39–31	32–37
Brooklyn Robins	69	71	0.493	27	36–34	33–37
Boston Braves	57	82	0.410	38½	29–38	28–44
St. Louis Cardinals	54	83	0.394	40½	34–35	20–48
Philadelphia Phillies	47	90	0.343	47½	26–44	21–46

Record vs. opponents

1919 National League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	7–13	7–13	4–16	6–14	15–5	8–11	10–10–1
Brooklyn	13–7	—	9–11	7–13	8–12	12–8–1	9–11	11–9
Chicago	13–7	11–9	—	8–12	6–14	13–7	11–9	13–7
Cincinnati	16–4	13–7	12–8	—	12–8	15–5	14–6	14–6
New York	14–6	12–8	14–6	8–12	—	14–6	11–9	14–6
Philadelphia	5–15	8–12–1	7–13	5–15	6–14	—	6–14	10–7
Pittsburgh	11–8	11–9	9–11	6–14	9–11	14–6	—	11–9
St. Louis	10–10–1	9–11	7–13	6–14	6–14	7–10	9–11	—

Notable transactions

• May 1919: Walton Cruise was purchased from the Cardinals by the Boston Braves.^[1]

Roster

1919 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers Red Ames Bill Bolden Bill Doak Marv Goodwin Oscar Horstmann Elmer Jacobs Will Koenigsmark Jakie May Lee Meadows Roy Parker Art Reinhart Ferdie Schupp Bill Sherdel Oscar Tuero Frank Woodward		Catchers Verne Clemons Pickles Dillhoefer Frank Snyder Infielders Doug Baird Sam Fishburn Bob Fisher Rogers Hornsby Hal Janvrin Wally Kimmick Doc Lavan Roy Leslie Dots Miller Fritz Mollwitz Gene Paulette Milt Stock		Outfielders Walton Cruise Cliff Heathcote Austin McHenry Joe Schultz Burt Shotton Jack Smith Other batters Mike Pasquella		Manager Branch Rickey

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	Clemons, VerneVerne Clemons	88	239	63	.264	2	22
1B	Miller, DotsDots Miller	101	346	80	.231	1	24
2B	Stock, MiltMilt Stock	135	492	151	.307	0	52
SS	Lavan, DocDoc Lavan	100	356	86	.242	1	25
3B	Hornsby, RogersRogers Hornsby	138	512	163	.318	8	71
OF	Heathcote, CliffCliff Heathcote	114	401	112	.279	1	29
OF	McHenry, AustinAustin McHenry	110	371	106	.286	1	47
OF	Smith, JackJack Smith	119	408	91	.223	0	15

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
Schultz, JoeJoe Schultz	88	229	58	.253	2	21
Snyder, FrankFrank Snyder	50	154	28	.182	0	14
Leslie, RoyRoy Leslie	12	24	5	.208	0	4
Cruise, WaltonWalton Cruise	9	21	2	.095	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
Doak, BillBill Doak	31	202.2	13	14	3.11	69

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
Goodwin, MarvMarv Goodwin	33	179	11	9	2.51	48
Ames, RedRed Ames	23	70	3	5	4.89	19
Bolden, BillBill Bolden	3	12	0	1	5.25	4

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
Koenigsmark, WillWill Koenigsmark	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
Class B	Houston Buffaloes	Texas League	Al Bridwell

References

1. Walton Cruise at Baseball-Reference

External links

• 1919 St. Louis Cardinals
• 1919 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com