1917 St. Louis Cardinals

82-70 • .539 Win% • 3rd in NL

📊 Season Record

82 Wins
70 Losses
.539 Win %
3rd Rank
531 R 567 RA
Diff -36

📁 Franchise Info

St. Louis Cardinals Active
→

⚡ Quick Stats

531 Runs Scored
567 Runs Allowed
-36 Run Diff
366K Attendance

📈 vs. 1917 NL Average

Batting Avg .250 equal to the 1917 league average (.249)
OBP .302 1% below the 1917 league average (.305)
SLG .333 2% above the 1917 league average (.327)
Team ERA 3.03 12% worse than the 1917 league average (2.70)
Runs Scored 531 4% below the 1917 league average (551 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

🏟️
StadiumRobison Field
📅
Home Games 78
👥
Total Attendance 366,300
📊
Avg per Game 4,696

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1917

Batting Avg

1 Rogers Hornsby 0.327 2 Jack Smith 0.297 3 Walton Cruise 0.295 4 Gene Packard 0.288 5 Gene Paulette 0.265

Home Runs

1 Rogers Hornsby 8 2 Walton Cruise 5 3 Tom Long 3 4 Jack Smith 3 5 Dots Miller 2

RBI

1 Rogers Hornsby 66 2 Walton Cruise 59 3 Dots Miller 45 4 Tom Long 41 5 Gene Paulette 34
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Dots Miller 148 544 61 135 15 9 2 45 33 52 14 0.248
Tom Long 144 530 49 123 12 14 3 41 37 44 21 0.232
Walton Cruise 153 529 70 156 20 10 5 59 38 73 16 0.295
Rogers Hornsby 145 523 86 171 24 17 8 66 45 34 17 0.327
Jack Smith 137 462 64 137 16 11 3 34 38 65 25 0.297
Doug Baird 104 364 38 92 19 12 0 24 23 52 18 0.253
Gene Paulette 95 332 32 88 21 7 0 34 16 16 9 0.265
Bruno Betzel 106 328 24 71 4 3 1 17 20 47 9 0.216
Frank Snyder 115 313 18 74 9 2 1 33 27 43 4 0.236
Mike Gonzalez 106 290 28 76 8 1 1 28 22 24 12 0.262
Fred Smith 56 165 11 30 0 2 1 17 17 22 4 0.182
Bob Bescher 42 110 10 17 1 1 1 8 20 13 3 0.155
Bill Doak 44 95 5 12 1 0 0 3 3 34 0 0.126
Lee Meadows 43 89 5 9 1 0 0 4 1 32 0 0.101
Red Smyth 38 72 5 15 0 2 0 4 4 9 3 0.208
Red Ames 43 64 3 12 1 2 0 7 6 23 0 0.188
Gene Packard 36 52 4 15 2 0 0 1 2 11 0 0.288
Milt Watson 41 51 5 5 1 0 0 1 0 15 0 0.098
Oscar Horstmann 35 46 1 9 2 0 0 2 2 13 0 0.196
Marv Goodwin 14 23 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0.174
Paddy Livingston 7 20 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0.200
John Brock 7 15 4 6 1 0 0 2 0 2 2 0.400
Tony DeFate 14 14 0 2 0 0 0 1 4 5 0 0.143
Bob Steele 12 13 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.385
Bobby Wallace 8 10 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0.100
Stuffy Stewart 13 9 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.000
Ike McAuley 3 7 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.286
Jakie May 15 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
George Pierce 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.000
Lou North 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Bruce Hitt 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Jack Roche 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Tim Murchison 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1917

ERA

1 Marv Goodwin 2.21 2 Gene Packard 2.47 3 Red Ames 2.71 4 Lee Meadows 3.08 5 Bill Doak 3.10

Wins

1 Bill Doak 16 2 Red Ames 15 3 Lee Meadows 15 4 Milt Watson 10 5 Oscar Horstmann 9

Strikeouts

1 Bill Doak 111 2 Lee Meadows 100 3 Red Ames 62 4 Oscar Horstmann 50 5 Milt Watson 45
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Bill Doak 16 20 3.10 44 37 2 281.1 257 97 85 111
Lee Meadows 15 9 3.08 43 37 2 265.2 253 91 90 100
Red Ames 15 10 2.71 43 19 3 209.0 189 63 57 62
Milt Watson 10 13 3.51 41 20 0 161.1 149 63 51 45
Gene Packard 9 6 2.47 34 11 2 153.1 138 42 25 44
Oscar Horstmann 9 4 3.44 35 11 1 138.2 111 53 54 50
Marv Goodwin 6 4 2.21 14 12 0 85.1 70 21 19 38
Bob Steele 1 3 3.21 12 6 0 42.0 33 15 19 23
Jakie May 0 0 3.38 15 1 0 29.1 29 11 11 18
Lou North 0 0 3.97 5 0 0 11.1 14 5 4 4
George Pierce 1 1 3.48 5 0 0 10.1 7 4 3 4
Bruce Hitt 0 0 9.00 2 0 0 4.0 7 4 1 1
Tim Murchison 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 2 2

👥 Roster (33)

Red Ames Doug Baird Bob Bescher Bruno Betzel John Brock Walton Cruise Tony DeFate Bill Doak Mike Gonzalez Marv Goodwin Bruce Hitt Rogers Hornsby +21 more

33 players

📂 Quick Links

📅 1917 Season 🏠 All SLN Seasons

⏳ Browse Seasons

Frequently Asked Questions about the 1917 St. Louis Cardinals

What was the 1917 St. Louis Cardinals record?
The 1917 St. Louis Cardinals finished 82-70 (.539 win pct).
Who led the 1917 St. Louis Cardinals in home runs?
Rogers Hornsby led the 1917 St. Louis Cardinals with 8 home runs.
What was the 1917 St. Louis Cardinals team ERA?
The 1917 St. Louis Cardinals posted a team ERA of 3.03.
All Seasons