The 1923 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 42nd season in St. Louis, Missouri and its 32nd season in the National League. The Cardinals went 79–74 during the season and finished fifth in the National League. This is the first season that the Cardinals wore numbers on their uniforms but only on the left sleeve and only for home games. By the next season the numbers were abandoned and wouldn't return, this time permanently, until 1932.
Regular season Rogers Hornsby set a major league record of 13 consecutive games with two or more base hits, accomplished July 5 through July 18, 1923.
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Roster 1923 St. Louis Cardinals Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders
Other batters Manager
Coaches
Player stats = Indicates team leader = Indicates league leader 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 C Eddie Ainsmith 82 263 56 .213 3 34 1B Jim Bottomley 134 523 194 .371 8 94 2B 107 424 163 .384 17 83 SS Howard Freigau 113 358 94 .263 1 35 3B Milt Stock 151 603 174 .289 2 96 OF Hy Myers 96 330 99 .300 2 48 OF 124 407 126 .310 5 41 OF Max Flack 128 505 147 .291 3 28
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 Ray Blades 98 317 78 .246 5 44 Specs Toporcer 97 303 77 .254 3 35 78 265 91 .343 5 41 Harry McCurdy 67 185 49 .265 0 15 57 130 37 .285 0 13 Doc Lavan 50 111 22 .198 1 12 Leslie Mann 38 89 33 .371 5 11 Les Bell 15 51 19 .373 0 9 Eddie Dyer 35 45 12 .267 2 5 Jake Flowers 13 32 3 .094 0 2 Charlie Niebergall 9 28 3 .107 0 1 Taylor Douthit 9 27 5 .185 0 0 6 12 3 .250 0 0 2 7 2 .286 0 1 Speed Walker 2 7 2 .286 0 1 George Kopshaw 2 5 1 .200 0 0 Tige Stone 5 1 1 1.000 0 0 1 0 0 ---- 0 0
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 37 266.0 20 13 3.11 73 Bill Sherdel 39 225.0 15 13 4.32 78 Fred Toney 29 196.2 11 12 3.84 48 30 185.0 8 13 3.26 53 Jeff Pfeffer 26 152.1 8 9 4.02 32 Eddie Dyer 4 22.0 2 1 4.09 7 Bill Pertica 1 2.1 0 0 3.86 0
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 Johnny Stuart 37 149.2 9 5 4.27 55 Epp Sell 5 15.0 0 1 6.00 2
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 34 3 4 1 5.15 24 33 3 3 1 3.73 23 Fred Wigington 4 0 0 0 3.24 2 Tige Stone 1 0 0 0 12.00 1
Awards and honors League leaders Rogers Hornsby, National League batting champion
Farm system
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
References
External links 1923 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Reference 1923 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com