The 1922 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 41st season in St. Louis, Missouri and its 31st season in the National League. The Cardinals went 85–69 during the season and finished tied for third place with the Pirates in the National League. This was the first season to feature the now-famous birds on bat logo.
Offseason The club, just as it was preparing to leave for spring training, lost Bill "Pickles" Dillhoefer, a backup catcher, who died of pneumonia on February 23.
Regular season The 1922 season was a milestone year in the career of Rogers Hornsby. He became the only player in history to hit over 40 home runs and bat over .400 in the same season. Hornsby won the triple crown, leading the league in almost every batting category including batting average (.401), home runs (42, a National League record at the time), RBI (152), slugging average (.722, another record at the time), on-base percentage (.459), doubles (46), hits (250, again the highest in National League history to that point), and runs scored (141). His 450 total bases was the highest mark for any National League player during the 20th century. Hornsby also produced in the field, leading the league in putouts, double plays, and fielding percentage.
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Roster 1922 St. Louis Cardinals Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders 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 119 379 111 .293 13 59 1B 128 404 119 .295 10 61 2B 154 623 250 .401 42 152 SS 116 352 114 .324 3 36 3B 151 581 177 .305 5 79 OF 143 510 158 .310 8 46 OF 112 344 108 .314 2 64 OF 66 267 78 .292 2 21
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 89 264 60 .227 0 27 64 238 72 .303 5 43 71 160 41 .256 0 15 61 159 43 .270 3 26 37 151 49 .325 5 35 84 147 51 .347 2 20 37 130 39 .300 3 21 34 98 24 .245 0 14 43 97 26 .268 2 23 34 30 6 .200 0 2 13 27 8 .296 0 5 3 6 2 .333 0 0 3 1 0 .000 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 44 261.1 19 12 3.58 83 47 242.0 17 13 3.87 79 29 183.0 11 9 3.84 62 37 180.1 11 13 5.54 73 1 4.0 0 0 9.00 1
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 53 149.2 10 3 4.45 84 34 117.1 8 8 5.91 30 7 33.0 4 2 6.82 5 12 32.0 1 2 4.78 14 2 2.0 0 0 9.00 1
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 42 4 5 2 4.21 19 12 0 2 0 5.40 11 2 0 0 0 2.25 0 2 0 0 0 2.45 3 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 0 0 0 ---- 0
Awards and honors
League leaders Rogers Hornsby, National League batting champion
Records Rogers Hornsby, National League record, Most total bases by a second baseman, (450).Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.91, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, Rogers Hornsby, National League record, Most hits by a second baseman, (250). Rogers Hornsby, National League record, Most home runs by a second baseman, (42).Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.90, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, Rogers Hornsby, National League record, Most runs batted in by a second baseman, (152).
Farm system
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
References
External links 1922 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Reference 1922 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com