1924 St. Louis Cardinals season

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 6th in the National League.

1924 St. Louis Cardinals
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record65–89 (.422)
League place6th
Other information
Owner(s)Sam Breadon
Manager(s)Branch Rickey
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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
National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Giants 9360 0.608 — 51–26 42–34
Brooklyn Robins 9262 0.597 1½ 46–31 46–31
Pittsburgh Pirates 9063 0.588 3 49–28 41–35
Cincinnati Reds 8370 0.542 10 43–33 40–37
Chicago Cubs 8172 0.529 12 46–31 35–41
St. Louis Cardinals 6589 0.422 28½ 40–37 25–52
Philadelphia Phillies 5596 0.364 37 26–49 29–47
Boston Braves 53100 0.346 40 28–48 25–52

Record vs. opponents
1924 National League Records

Sources:
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston —7–156–1512–105–1710–12–17–156–16
Brooklyn 15–7—12–1012–108–1417–513–915–7
Chicago 15–610–12—9–139–13–116–67–1515–7
Cincinnati 10–1210–1213–9—9–1316–512–1013–9
New York 17–514–813–9–113–9—14–79–1313–9
Philadelphia 12–10–15–176–165–167–14—8–1312–10
Pittsburgh 15–79–1315–710–1213–913–8—15–7
St. Louis 16–67–157–159–139–1310–127–15—

Notable transactions

Roster
1924 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders
  • Hy Myers
 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
CMike González120402119.296353
2BRogers Hornsby143536227.4242594

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
Tommy Thevenow238918.20207
Verne Clemons255618.32106
Joe Schultz12122.16702

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
Pea Ridge Day317.2114.583

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
Hi Bell28113.1364.9229

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
Jack Berly40005.622

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
  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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