1922 St. Louis Cardinals season

1922 St. Louis Cardinals
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record 85–69 (.552)
League place 3rd
Other information
Owner(s) Sam Breadon
Manager(s) Branch Rickey
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The 1922 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 41st season in St. Louis, Missouri and its 31st season in the National League. The Cardinals went 85–69 during the season and finished 3rd in the National League.

Offseason

The club, just as it was preparing to leave for spring training, lost Bill "Pickles" Dillhoefer, a backup catcher, who died of pneumonia on February 23.

Regular season

The 1922 season was one of the productive seasons in the career of Rogers Hornsby. He became the only player in history to hit over 40 home runs and bat over .400 in the same season. Hornsby won the triple crown, leading the league in almost every batting category including batting average (.401), home runs (42, a National League record at the time), RBI (152), slugging average (.722, another record at the time), on-base percentage (.459), doubles (46), hits (250, again the highest in National League history to that point), and runs scored (141). His 450 total bases was the highest mark for any National League player during the 20th century. Hornsby also produced in the field, leading the league in putouts, double plays, and fielding percentage.

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Giants 9361 0.604 — 51–27 42–34
Cincinnati Reds 8668 0.558 7 48–29 38–39
St. Louis Cardinals 8569 0.552 8 42–35 43–34
Pittsburgh Pirates 8569 0.552 8 45–33 40–36
Chicago Cubs 8074 0.519 13 39–37 41–37
Brooklyn Robins 7678 0.494 17 44–34 32–44
Philadelphia Phillies 5796 0.373 35½ 35–41 22–55
Boston Braves 53100 0.346 39½ 32–43 21–57

Record vs. opponents

1922 National League Records

Sources:
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston —7–154–185–178–14–18–1310–1211–11
Brooklyn 15–7—11–118–148–14–115–711–118–14
Chicago 18–411–11—11–11–18–149–13–110–1213–9
Cincinnati 17–514–811–11–1—10–1215–711–11–18–14
New York 14–8–114–8–114–812–10—15–711–1113–9
Philadelphia 13–87–1513–9–17–157–15—3–197–15
Pittsburgh 12–1011–1112–1011–11–111–1119–3—9–13
St. Louis 11–1114–89–1314–89–1315–713–9—

Roster

1922 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

  • Ray Thomas

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
2BRogers Hornsby154623250.40242152
OFJack Smith143510158.310846
OFJoe Schultz112344108.314264

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
Verne Clemons7116041.256015
Heinie Mueller6115943.270326
Jim Bottomley3715149.325535

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 Doak37180.111135.5473

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

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
Clyde Barfoot424524.2119
Bill Bailey120205.4011
Sid Benton1000----–

Awards and honors

League leaders

  • Rogers Hornsby, National League batting champion

Records

  • Rogers Hornsby, National League record, Most total bases by a second baseman, (450).[1]
  • Rogers Hornsby, National League record, Most hits by a second baseman, (250).[1]
  • Rogers Hornsby, National League record, Most home runs by a second baseman, (42).[2]
  • Rogers Hornsby, National League record, Most runs batted in by a second baseman, (152).[2]

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
A Houston Buffaloes Texas League George Whiteman and Roy Thomas
D Corsicana Gumbo Busters Texas–Oklahoma League Chuck Miller and Harvey Grubb

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References

  1. 1 2 Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.91, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  2. 1 2 Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.90, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  3. ↑ 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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