1929 St. Louis Cardinals season

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.

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)
← 1928 Seasons 1930 →

Offseason

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Regular season

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Season standings

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National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago Cubs 98 54 .645 52‍–‍25 46‍–‍29
Pittsburgh Pirates 88 65 .575 10½ 45‍–‍31 43‍–‍34
New York Giants 84 67 .556 13½ 39‍–‍37 45‍–‍30
St. Louis Cardinals 78 74 .513 20 43‍–‍32 35‍–‍42
Philadelphia Phillies 71 82 .464 27½ 39‍–‍37 32‍–‍45
Brooklyn Robins 70 83 .458 28½ 42‍–‍35 28‍–‍48
Cincinnati Reds 66 88 .429 33 38‍–‍39 28‍–‍49
Boston Braves 56 98 .364 43 34‍–‍43 22‍–‍55

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 11–11 7–15 8–14 9–13 5–17 8–14 8–14
Brooklyn 11–11 6–16 11–11 14–7 9–13 9–13 10–12
Chicago 15–7 16–6 14–8–1 12–10–1 17–5–1 9–13 15–5–1
Cincinnati 14–8 11–11 8–14–1 10–12 11–11 9–13 3–19
New York 13–9 7–14 10–12–1 12–10 16–5 13–8 13–9
Philadelphia 17–5 13–9 5–17–1 11–11 5–16 11–11 9–13
Pittsburgh 14–8 13–9 13–9 13–9 8–13 11–11 16–6–1
St. Louis 14–8 12–10 5–15–1 19–3 9–13 13–9 6–16–1


Roster

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1929 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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 Jimmie Wilson 120 394 128 .325 4 71
1B Jim Bottomley 146 560 176 .314 29 137
2B Frankie Frisch 138 527 176 .334 5 74
SS Charlie Gelbert 146 512 134 .262 3 65
3B Andy High 146 603 178 .295 10 63
OF Chick Hafey 134 517 175 .338 29 125
OF Taylor Douthit 150 613 206 .336 9 62
OF Ernie Orsatti 113 346 115 .332 3 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
Wally Roettger 79 269 68 .253 3 42
Wattie Holm 64 176 41 .233 0 14
Earl Smith 57 145 50 .345 1 22
Johnny Butler 17 55 9 .164 0 5
Carey Selph 25 51 12 .235 0 7
Eddie Delker 22 40 6 .150 0 3
Billy Southworth 19 32 6 .188 0 3
Bubber Jonnard 18 31 3 .097 0 2
Fred Haney 10 26 3 .115 0 2

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 Sherdel 33 195.2 10 15 5.93 69
Jesse Haines 28 179.2 13 10 5.71 59
Clarence Mitchell 25 173.0 8 11 4.27 39
Pete Alexander 22 132.0 9 8 3.89 38
Al Grabowski 6 50.0 3 2 2.52 22
Jim Lindsey 2 16.1 1 1 5.51 8

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
Syl Johnson 42 182.1 13 7 3.60 80
Hal Haid 38 154.2 9 9 4.07 41
Fred Frankhouse 30 133.1 7 2 4.12 37
Bill Hallahan 20 93.2 4 4 4.42 52
Bill Doak 3 9.0 1 2 12.00 3
Carmen Hill 3 8.2 0 0 8.31 1

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
Mul Holland 8 0 1 0 9.42 5
Hi Bell 7 0 2 0 6.92 4
Hal Goldsmith 2 0 0 0 6.75 0

Farm system

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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

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  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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