1920 St. Louis Cardinals season

1920 St. Louis Cardinals
LeagueNational League
BallparkCardinal Field (Since 1893)
Sportsman's Park
CitySt. Louis, Missouri
Record75–79 (.487)
League place5th
OwnersSam Breadon
ManagersBranch Rickey
← 1919 Seasons 1921 →

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.

Regular season

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.

Season standings

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Brooklyn Robins 93 61 .604 — 49‍–‍29 44‍–‍32
New York Giants 86 68 .558 7 45‍–‍35 41‍–‍33
Cincinnati Reds 82 71 .536 10½ 42‍–‍34 40‍–‍37
Pittsburgh Pirates 79 75 .513 14 42‍–‍35 37‍–‍40
St. Louis Cardinals 75 79 .487 18 38‍–‍38 37‍–‍41
Chicago Cubs 75 79 .487 18 43‍–‍34 32‍–‍45
Boston Braves 62 90 .408 30 36‍–‍37 26‍–‍53
Philadelphia Phillies 62 91 .405 30½ 32‍–‍45 30‍–‍46

Record vs. opponents

1920 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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 —


Roster

1920 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 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

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 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

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
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

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
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

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
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

Farm system

References

  1. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007


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