1918 St. Louis Cardinals season

The 1918 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 37th season in St. Louis, Missouri and its 27th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 51–78 during the season and finished eighth in the National League. It was the seventh time in their history they had finished last in the National League. It would be the last time the Cardinals would finish in last place until 1990, when they finished sixth in the National League East.

1918 St. Louis Cardinals
LeagueNational League
BallparkCardinal Field
CitySt. Louis, Missouri
Record51–78 (.395)
League place8th
OwnersSam Breadon
ManagersJack Hendricks
← 1917 Seasons 1919 →

Regular season

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Season standings

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National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago Cubs 84 45 .651 49‍–‍25 35‍–‍20
New York Giants 71 53 .573 10½ 35‍–‍21 36‍–‍32
Cincinnati Reds 68 60 .531 15½ 46‍–‍24 22‍–‍36
Pittsburgh Pirates 65 60 .520 17 42‍–‍28 23‍–‍32
Brooklyn Robins 57 69 .452 25½ 33‍–‍21 24‍–‍48
Philadelphia Phillies 55 68 .447 26 27‍–‍29 28‍–‍39
Boston Braves 53 71 .427 28½ 23‍–‍29 30‍–‍42
St. Louis Cardinals 51 78 .395 33 32‍–‍40 19‍–‍38

Record vs. opponents

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston 8–6 5–14 10–8 1–15 7–12 10–9 12–7
Brooklyn 6–8 10–9 6–12 8–12 9–8 10–9 8–11
Chicago 14–5 9–10 10–7–1 14–6 12–6 10–8–1 15–3
Cincinnati 8–10 12–6 7–10–1 12–7 12–7 4–12 13–8
New York 15–1 12–8 6–14 7–12 10–3 8–11 13–4
Philadelphia 12–7 8–9 6–12 7–12 3–10 11–7 8–11–2
Pittsburgh 9–10 9–10 8–10–1 12–4 11–8 7–11 9–7
St. Louis 7–12 11–8 3–15 8–13 4–13 11–8–2 7–9


Roster

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1918 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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
C Mike González 117 349 88 .252 3 20
1B Gene Paulette 125 461 126 .273 0 52
2B Bob Fisher 63 246 78 .317 2 20
SS Rogers Hornsby 115 416 117 .281 5 60
3B Doug Baird 82 316 78 .247 2 25
OF Cliff Heathcote 88 348 90 .259 4 32
OF Austin McHenry 80 272 71 .261 1 29
OF Walton Cruise 70 240 65 .271 6 39

Other batters

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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
Bruno Betzel 76 230 51 .222 0 13
Jack Smith 42 166 35 .211 0 4
Charlie Grimm 50 141 31 .220 0 12
George Anderson 35 132 39 .295 0 6
Red Smyth 40 113 24 .212 0 4
Frank Snyder 39 112 28 .250 0 10
Bobby Wallace 32 98 15 .153 0 4
Bert Niehoff 22 84 15 .179 0 5
Herman Bronkie 18 68 15 .221 1 7
John Brock 27 52 11 .212 0 4
Johnny Beall 19 49 11 .224 0 6
Marty Kavanagh 12 44 8 .182 1 8
Dutch Distel 8 17 3 .176 0 1
Wally Mattick 8 14 2 .143 0 1
Bob Larmore 4 7 2 .286 0 1
Dick Wheeler 3 6 0 .000 0 0
Tony Brottem 2 4 0 .000 0 0
Ted Menze 2 3 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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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 Doak 31 211.0 9 15 2.43 74
Red Ames 27 206.2 9 14 2.31 68
Gene Packard 30 182.1 12 12 3.50 46
Lee Meadows 30 165.1 8 14 3.59 49

Other pitchers

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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 Sherdel 35 182.1 6 12 2.71 40
Jakie May 29 152.2 5 6 3.83 61
Oscar Tuero 11 44.1 1 2 1.02 13
Rankin Johnson Sr. 6 23.0 1 1 2.74 4
Oscar Horstmann 9 23.0 0 2 5.48 6

Relief pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Earl Howard 1 0 0 0 0.00 0
Gene Paulette 1 0 0 0 0.00 0
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