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
Seasons

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 W L Pct. GB Home Road
Brooklyn Robins 9361 0.604 — 49–29 44–32
New York Giants 8668 0.558 7 45–35 41–33
Cincinnati Reds 8271 0.536 10½ 42–34 40–37
Pittsburgh Pirates 7975 0.513 14 42–35 37–40
St. Louis Cardinals 7579 0.487 18 38–38 37–41
Chicago Cubs 7579 0.487 18 43–34 32–45
Boston Braves 6290 0.408 30 36–37 26–53
Philadelphia Phillies 6291 0.405 30½ 32–45 30–46

Record vs. opponents

1920 National League record

Sources:
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston —8–14–17–159–1210–1210–117–1511–11
Brooklyn 14–8–1—13–910–1215–714–812–1015–7
Chicago 15–79–13—9–137–1514–811–1110–12
Cincinnati 12–912–1013–9—6–16–114–812–1013–9
New York 12–107–1515–716–6–1—12–1013–911–11
Philadelphia 11–108–148–148–1410–12—9–138–14
Pittsburgh 15–710–1211–1110–129–1313–9—11–11–1
St. Louis 11–117–1512–109–1311–1114–811–11–1—

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
CVerne Clemons11233895.281136
1BJack Fournier141530162.306361
2BRogers Hornsby149589218.370994
SSDoc Lavan142516149.289163
3BMilt Stock155639204.319076
OFCliff Heathcote133489139.284356
OFAustin McHenry137504142.2821065
OFJoe Schultz9932084.263032

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 Smith91313104.332128
Hal Janvrin8727074.274128
Pickles Dillhoefer7622459.263013
Burt Shotton6218041.228112
Mike Knode426515.231012
Heinie Mueller4227.31801
Lew McCarty572.28600
Tim Griesenbeck531.33300
George Gilham130.00000
Bill Schindler120.00000
Ed Hock100----00

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 Haines47301.213202.98120
Bill Doak39270.020122.5390
Ferdie Schupp38250.216133.52119

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 Goodwin32116.1384.9523
Lou North2488.0323.2737
Elmer Jacobs2377.2485.2121
Jakie May1670.2143.0633
Mike Kircher936.2215.405
George Lyons723.1213.095

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 Sherdel43111063.2874
Hal Kime40002.571
George Scott20004.501
Walt Schulz20006.000
Bob Glenn20000.000
Oscar Tuero200054.000

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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