1923 St. Louis Cardinals season

{{Infobox baseball team season

| name = St. Louis Cardinals

| season = 1923

| misc =

| league = National League

| ballpark = Sportsman's Park

| city = St. Louis, Missouri

| record = 79–74 (.516)

| league_place = 5th

| owners = Sam Breadon

| managers = Branch Rickey

| television =

| radio =

}}

The 1923 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 42nd season in St. Louis, Missouri and its 32nd season in the National League. The Cardinals went 79–74 during the season and finished fifth in the National League. This is the first season that the Cardinals wore numbers on their uniforms but only on the left sleeve and only for home games. By the next season the numbers were abandoned and wouldn't return, this time permanently, until 1932.

Regular season

Rogers Hornsby set a major league record of 13 consecutive games with two or more base hits, accomplished July 5 through July 18, 1923.

= Season standings =

= Record vs. opponents =

= Roster =

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colspan="10" style="background-color: #c41c3a; color: white; text-align: center;" \| 1923 St. Louis Cardinals
colspan="10" style="background-color: #0a2252; color: white; text-align: center;" \| Roster
valign="top" \| Pitchers {{MLBplayer\|20\|Clyde Barfoot}} {{MLBplayer\|22\|Bill Doak}} {{MLBplayer\|49\|Jesse Haines}} {{MLBplayer\|23\|Lou North}} {{MLBplayer	Bill Pertica}} {{MLBplayer\|17\|Jeff Pfeffer}} {{MLBplayer	Epp Sell}} {{MLBplayer\|31\|Bill Sherdel}} {{MLBplayer\|8\|Johnny Stuart}} {{MLBplayer\|18\|Fred Toney}} {{MLBplayer	Fred Wigington}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \| Catchers {{MLBplayer\|16\|Eddie Ainsmith}} {{MLBplayer\|14\|Verne Clemons}} {{MLBplayer	George Kopshaw}} {{MLBplayer\|15\|Harry McCurdy}} {{MLBplayer	Charlie Niebergall}} Infielders {{MLBplayer	Les Bell}} {{MLBplayer\|4\|Jim Bottomley}} {{MLBplayer	Jake Flowers}} {{MLBplayer	Howard Freigau}} {{MLBplayer\|6\|Rogers Hornsby}} {{MLBplayer	Jimmy Hudgens}} {{MLBplayer\|9\|Doc Lavan}} {{MLBplayer\|5\|Milt Stock}} {{MLBplayer\|12\|Specs Toporcer}} {{MLBplayer	Speed Walker}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \| Outfielders {{MLBplayer	Ray Blades}} {{MLBplayer	Taylor Douthit}} {{MLBplayer\|21\|Eddie Dyer}} {{MLBplayer\|3\|Max Flack}} {{MLBplayer\|11\|Les Mann}} {{MLBplayer\|7\|Heinie Mueller}} {{MLBplayer\|10\|Hy Myers}} {{MLBplayer\|61\|Joe Schultz}} {{MLBplayer\|1\|Jack Smith}} {{MLBplayer	Tige Stone}} Other batters {{MLBplayer\|24\|Burt Shotton}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \| Manager {{MLBplayer	Branch Rickey}} Coaches {{MLBplayer\|24\|Burt Shotton}} {{MLBplayer	Joe Sugden}}

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colspan="10" style="background-color: #c41c3a; color: white; text-align: center;" | 1923 St. Louis Cardinals

colspan="10" style="background-color: #0a2252; color: white; text-align: center;" | Roster

valign="top" | Pitchers

{{MLBplayer

Bill Pertica}}

{{MLBplayer

Epp Sell}}

{{MLBplayer

Fred Wigington}}

| width="25px" |

| valign="top" | Catchers

{{MLBplayer

George Kopshaw}}

{{MLBplayer

Charlie Niebergall}}

Infielders

{{MLBplayer

{{MLBplayer

{{MLBplayer

{{MLBplayer

{{MLBplayer

| width="25px" |

| valign="top" | Outfielders

{{MLBplayer

Ray Blades}}

{{MLBplayer

Taylor Douthit}}

{{MLBplayer

Tige Stone}}

Other batters

| width="25px" |

| valign="top" | Manager

{{MLBplayer

Branch Rickey}}

Coaches

{{MLBplayer

Joe Sugden}}

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

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" \| Pos ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| AB ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| H ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| Avg. ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| HR ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| RBI
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| C	Eddie Ainsmith	82	263	56	.213	3	34
align="center" \| 1B	Jim Bottomley	134	523	194	.371	8	94
align="center" \| 2B	{{sortname\|Rogers\|Hornsby}}	107	424	163	.384	17	83
align="center" \| SS	Howard Freigau	113	358	94	.263	1	35
align="center" \| 3B	Milt Stock	151	603	174	.289	2	96
align="center" \| OF	Hy Myers	96	330	99	.300	2	48
align="center" \| OF	{{sortname\|Jack\|Smith\|Jack Smith (outfielder)}}	124	407	126	.310	5	41
align="center" \| OF	Max Flack	128	505	147	.291	3	28

== Other batters ==

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| AB ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| H ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| Avg. ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| HR ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| RBI
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| Ray Blades	98	317	78	.246	5	44
align="center" \| Specs Toporcer	97	303	77	.254	3	35
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Heinie\|Mueller\|Heinie Mueller (outfielder)}}	78	265	91	.343	5	41
align="center" \| Harry McCurdy	67	185	49	.265	0	15
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Verne\|Clemons}}	57	130	37	.285	0	13
align="center" \| Doc Lavan	50	111	22	.198	1	12
align="center" \| Leslie Mann	38	89	33	.371	5	11
align="center" \| Les Bell	15	51	19	.373	0	9
align="center" \| Eddie Dyer	35	45	12	.267	2	5
align="center" \| Jake Flowers	13	32	3	.094	0	2
align="center" \| Charlie Niebergall	9	28	3	.107	0	1
align="center" \| Taylor Douthit	9	27	5	.185	0	0
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Jimmy\|Hudgens}}	6	12	3	.250	0	0
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Joe\|Schultz\|Joe Schultz (outfielder)}}	2	7	2	.286	0	1
align="center" \| Speed Walker	2	7	2	.286	0	1
align="center" \| George Kopshaw	2	5	1	.200	0	0
align="center" \| Tige Stone	5	1	1	1.000	0	0
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Burt\|Shotton}}	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

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| IP ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| SO
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Jesse\|Haines}}	37	266.0	20	13	3.11	73
align="center" \| Bill Sherdel	39	225.0	15	13	4.32	78
align="center" \| Fred Toney	29	196.2	11	12	3.84	48
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Bill\|Doak}}	30	185.0	8	13	3.26	53
align="center" \| Jeff Pfeffer	26	152.1	8	9	4.02	32
align="center" \| Eddie Dyer	4	22.0	2	1	4.09	7
align="center" \| Bill Pertica	1	2.1	0	0	3.86	0

== Other pitchers ==

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

class="wikitable sortable"
bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| IP ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| SO
align="center" \| Johnny Stuart	37	149.2	9	5	4.27	55
align="center" \| Epp Sell	5	15.0	0	1	6.00	2

class="wikitable sortable"

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" | Player

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | G

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | IP

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | W

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | L

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | ERA

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | SO

align="center"

| Johnny Stuart

149.2

4.27

align="center"

| Epp Sell

15.0

6.00

== Relief pitchers ==

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| SV ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| SO
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Lou\|North}}	34	3	4	1	5.15	24
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Clyde\|Barfoot}}	33	3	3	1	3.73	23
align="center" \| Fred Wigington	4	0	0	0	3.24	2
align="center" \| Tige Stone	1	0	0	0	12.00	1

Awards and honors

= League leaders =

Rogers Hornsby, National League batting champion

Farm system

{{MLB Farm System

|level16=AA|team16=Syracuse Stars|league16=International League|manager16=Frank Shaughnessy

|level17=A|team17=Houston Buffaloes|league17=Texas League|manager17=Hunter Hill

|level18=B|team18=Petersburg Trunkmakers|league18=Virginia League|manager18=George Block and Baldy Altermatt

|level19=C|team19=Fort Smith Twins|league19=Western Association|manager19=Fred Hunter and Mickey Doolan

|level20=D|team20=Vicksburg Hill Billies|league20=Cotton States League|manager20=Cy Slapnicka and Ollie Mills}}

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

References

External links

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/STL/1923.shtml 1923 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Reference]
[http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1923&t=SLN 1923 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]

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