1924 St. Louis Cardinals season

1924 St. Louis Cardinals
1924 St. Louis Cardinals
League	National League
Ballpark	Sportsman's Park
City	St. Louis, Missouri
Record	65–89 (.422)
League place	6th
Owners	Sam Breadon
Managers	Branch Rickey

The 1924 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 43rd season in St. Louis, Missouri and its 33rd season in the National League. The Cardinals went 65–89 during the season and finished sixth in the National League.

Regular season

Rogers Hornsby hit an astonishing .424 in 1924, which remains the modern National League record for batting average in a single season. He also led the league with 89 walks, producing a .507 on-base percentage that was the highest in the National League during the 20th century. His slugging percentage of .696 again led the league, as did his 121 runs scored, 227 hits, and 43 doubles.

Season standings

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National League
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Giants	93	60	.608	—	51‍–‍26	42‍–‍34
Brooklyn Robins	92	62	.597	1½	46‍–‍31	46‍–‍31
Pittsburgh Pirates	90	63	.588	3	49‍–‍28	41‍–‍35
Cincinnati Reds	83	70	.542	10	43‍–‍33	40‍–‍37
Chicago Cubs	81	72	.529	12	46‍–‍31	35‍–‍41
St. Louis Cardinals	65	89	.422	28½	40‍–‍37	25‍–‍52
Philadelphia Phillies	55	96	.364	37	26‍–‍49	29‍–‍47
Boston Braves	53	100	.346	40	28‍–‍48	25‍–‍52

Record vs. opponents

1924 National League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	7–15	6–15	12–10	5–17	10–12–1	7–15	6–16
Brooklyn	15–7	—	12–10	12–10	8–14	17–5	13–9	15–7
Chicago	15–6	10–12	—	9–13	9–13–1	16–6	7–15	15–7
Cincinnati	10–12	10–12	13–9	—	9–13	16–5	12–10	13–9
New York	17–5	14–8	13–9–1	13–9	—	14–7	9–13	13–9
Philadelphia	12–10–1	5–17	6–16	5–16	7–14	—	8–13	12–10
Pittsburgh	15–7	9–13	15–7	10–12	13–9	13–8	—	15–7
St. Louis	16–6	7–15	7–15	9–13	9–13	10–12	7–15	—

Notable transactions

September 3, 1924: Tommy Thevenow was purchased by the Cardinals from the Syracuse Stars.^[1]

Roster

1924 St. Louis Cardinals

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Branch Rickey

Coaches

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	Mike González	120	402	119	.296	3	53
1B	Jim Bottomley	137	528	167	.316	14	111
2B	Rogers Hornsby	143	536	227	.424	25	94
SS	Jimmy Cooney	110	383	113	.295	1	57
3B	Howard Freigau	98	376	101	.269	2	39
OF	Jack Smith	124	459	130	.283	2	33
OF	Ray Blades	131	456	142	.311	11	68
OF	Wattie Holm	81	293	86	.294	0	23

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
Heinie Mueller	92	296	78	.264	2	37
Max Flack	67	209	55	.263	2	21
Specs Toporcer	70	198	62	.313	1	24
Taylor Douthit	53	173	48	.277	0	13
Hy Myers	43	124	26	.210	1	15
Chick Hafey	24	91	23	.253	2	22
Tommy Thevenow	23	89	18	.202	0	7
Charlie Niebergall	40	58	17	.293	0	7
Les Bell	17	57	14	.246	1	5
Verne Clemons	25	56	18	.321	0	6
Ernie Vick	16	23	8	.348	0	0
Ed Clough	7	14	1	.071	0	1
Joe Schultz	12	12	2	.167	0	2
Doc Lavan	4	6	0	.000	0	0
Ray Shepardson	3	6	0	.000	0	0
Joe Bratcher	4	1	0	.000	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	35	222.2	8	19	4.41	69
Allan Sothoron	29	196.2	10	16	3.57	62
Johnny Stuart	28	159.0	9	11	4.75	54
Leo Dickerman	18	119.2	7	4	2.41	28
Jeff Pfeffer	16	78.0	4	5	5.31	20
Pea Ridge Day	3	17.2	1	1	4.58	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
Bill Sherdel	35	168.2	8	9	3.42	57
Eddie Dyer	29	136.2	8	11	4.61	23
Hi Bell	28	113.1	3	6	4.92	29
Jesse Fowler	13	32.2	1	1	4.41	5
Flint Rhem	6	32.1	2	2	4.45	20
Art Delaney	8	20.0	1	0	1.80	2
Lou North	6	14.2	0	0	6.75	8
Vince Shields	2	12.0	1	1	3.00	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
Bill Doak	11	2	1	3	3.27	7
Jack Berly	4	0	0	0	5.62	2
Bob Vines	2	0	0	0	9.28	0

Awards and honors

League leaders

Rogers Hornsby, National League batting champion
Rogers Hornsby led the National League in hits, doubles, runs, walks, slugging and on-base percentage^[2]

Records

Rogers Hornsby, National League record, Best batting average by a second baseman, (.424).^[3]

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Syracuse Stars	International League	Frank Shaughnessy
A	Houston Buffaloes	Texas League	Hunter Hill and Marv Goodwin
C	Fort Smith Twins	Western Association	Runt Marr
D	Sioux City Cardinals	Tri-State League	Joe McDermott

Tri-State League folded, July 17, 1924^[4]

References

^ Tommy Thevenow page at Baseball Reference
^ Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p. 43, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC, ISBN 978-1-55365-507-7
^ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.90, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

External links

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[1] Tommy Thevenow page at Baseball Reference

[2] Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p. 43, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC, ISBN 978-1-55365-507-7

[3] Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.90, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0

[4] 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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