1929 St. Louis Cardinals
LeagueNational League
BallparkSportsman's Park
CitySt. Louis, Missouri
Record78–74 (.513)
League place4th
OwnersSam Breadon
General managersBranch Rickey
ManagersBilly Southworth, Gabby Street, Bill McKechnie
RadioKMOX
(France Laux)
KWK
(Thomas Patrick)
Seasons

The 1929 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 48th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 38th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 78–74 during the season and finished fourth in the National League.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago Cubs 9854 0.645 52–25 46–29
Pittsburgh Pirates 8865 0.575 10½ 45–31 43–34
New York Giants 8467 0.556 13½ 39–37 45–30
St. Louis Cardinals 7874 0.513 20 43–32 35–42
Philadelphia Phillies 7182 0.464 27½ 39–37 32–45
Brooklyn Robins 7083 0.458 28½ 42–35 28–48
Cincinnati Reds 6688 0.429 33 38–39 28–49
Boston Braves 5698 0.364 43 34–43 22–55

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston 11–117–158–149–135–178–148–14
Brooklyn 11–116–1611–1114–79–139–1310–12
Chicago 15–716–614–8–112–10–117–5–19–1315–5–1
Cincinnati 14–811–118–14–110–1211–119–133–19
New York 13–97–1410–12–112–1016–513–813–9
Philadelphia 17–513–95–17–111–115–1611–119–13
Pittsburgh 14–813–913–913–98–1311–1116–6–1
St. Louis 14–812–105–15–119–39–1313–96–16–1

Roster

1929 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

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
CJimmie Wilson120394128.325471
1BJim Bottomley146560176.31429137
2BFrankie Frisch138527176.334574
SSCharlie Gelbert146512134.262365
3BAndy High146603178.2951063
OFChick Hafey134517175.33829125
OFTaylor Douthit150613206.336962
OFErnie Orsatti113346115.332339

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
Wally Roettger7926968.253342
Wattie Holm6417641.233014
Earl Smith5714550.345122
Johnny Butler17559.16405
Carey Selph255112.23507
Eddie Delker22406.15003
Billy Southworth19326.18803
Bubber Jonnard18313.09702
Fred Haney10263.11502

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
Bill Sherdel33195.210155.9369
Jesse Haines28179.213105.7159
Clarence Mitchell25173.08114.2739
Pete Alexander22132.0983.8938
Al Grabowski650.0322.5222
Jim Lindsey216.1115.518

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
Syl Johnson42182.11373.6080
Hal Haid38154.2994.0741
Fred Frankhouse30133.1724.1237
Bill Hallahan2093.2444.4252
Bill Doak39.01212.003
Carmen Hill38.2008.311

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
Mul Holland80109.425
Hi Bell70206.924
Hal Goldsmith20006.750

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AA Rochester Red Wings International League Bill McKechnie and Billy Southworth
A Houston Buffaloes Texas League Frank Snyder and Gene Bailey
B Danville Veterans Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Joe Schultz, Sr.
C Scottdale Scotties Middle Atlantic League Eddie Dyer
C Shawnee Robins Western Association Ray Powell
D Waynesboro Red Birds Blue Ridge League Kenzie Kirkham and Irwin Wimer
D Laurel Cardinals Cotton States League Clay Hopper

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Rochester[2]

References

  1. Tommy Thevenow at Baseball Reference
  2. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007


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