1903 St. Louis Cardinals season

1903 St. Louis Cardinals
LeagueNational League
BallparkLeague Park
CitySt. Louis, Missouri
Record43–94 (.314)
League place8th
OwnersFrank Robison and Stanley Robison
ManagersPatsy Donovan
← 1902 Seasons 1904 →

The 1903 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 22nd season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 12th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 43–94 during the season and finished eighth in the National League.

Regular season

Season standings

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Pittsburgh Pirates 91 49 .650 46‍–‍24 45‍–‍25
New York Giants 84 55 .604 41‍–‍27 43‍–‍28
Chicago Cubs 82 56 .594 8 45‍–‍28 37‍–‍28
Cincinnati Reds 74 65 .532 16½ 41‍–‍35 33‍–‍30
Brooklyn Superbas 70 66 .515 19 40‍–‍33 30‍–‍33
Boston Beaneaters 58 80 .420 32 31‍–‍35 27‍–‍45
Philadelphia Phillies 49 86 .363 39½ 25‍–‍33 24‍–‍53
St. Louis Cardinals 43 94 .314 46½ 22‍–‍45 21‍–‍49

Record vs. opponents


Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS BRO CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston 9–11 7–13–1 7–13 8–12 10–8–1 5–15 12–8
Brooklyn 11–9 8–12 10–10 7–12–2 11–8–1 9–11 14–4–1
Chicago 13–7–1 12–8 9–11 8–12 12–6 12–8 16–4
Cincinnati 13–7 10–10 11–9 12–10 12–8–2 4–16 12–7
New York 12–8 12–7–2 12–8 8–12 15–5 10–10 15–5–1
Philadelphia 8–10–1 8–11–1 6–12 8–12–2 5–15 4–16–1 10–10
Pittsburgh 15–5 11–9 8–12 16–4 10–10 16–4–1 15–5
St. Louis 8–12 4–14–1 4–16 7–12 5–15–1 10–10 5–15


Roster

1903 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

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 Jack O'Neill 75 246 58 .236 0 27
1B Jim Hackett 99 351 80 .228 0 36
2B John Farrell 130 519 141 .272 1 32
3B Jimmy Burke 115 431 123 .285 0 42
SS Dave Brain 119 464 107 .231 1 60
OF Homer Smoot 129 500 148 .296 4 49
OF George Barclay 108 419 104 .248 0 42
OF Patsy Donovan 105 410 134 .327 0 39

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
Jack Ryan 67 227 54 .238 1 10
Jack Dunleavy 67 193 48 .249 0 10
Otto Williams 53 187 38 .203 0 9
Art Nichols 36 120 23 .192 0 9
Lee DeMontreville 26 70 17 .243 0 7
Art Weaver 16 49 12 .245 0 5
Harry Berte 4 15 5 .333 0 1
Jack Coveney 4 14 2 .143 0 0
Lon Ury 2 7 1 .143 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
Chappie McFarland 28 229.0 9 19 3.07 76
Mordecai Brown 26 201.0 9 13 2.60 83
Clarence Currie 22 148.0 4 12 4.01 52
Mike O'Neill 19 145.0 4 13 3.79 39
Bob Rhoads 17 129.0 5 8 4.60 52
Ed Murphy 15 106.0 4 8 3.31 16
Jack Dunleavy 14 102.0 6 8 4.06 51
Jim Hackett 7 48.1 1 3 3.72 21
War Sanders 8 40.0 1 6 6.08 9
Harry Betts 1 9.0 0 1 10.00 2
Pat Hynes 1 9.0 0 1 4.00 1
Stan Yerkes 1 5.0 0 1 1.80 3

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
Charlie Moran 3 24.0 0 1 5.25 7
John Lovett 3 5.0 0 0 5.40 3

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
Bob Wicker 1 0 0 0 0.00 3
Larry Milton 1 0 0 0 2.25 0
Ed Taylor 1 0 0 0 0.00 1