The 1920 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 39th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 29th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 75–79 during the season and finished fifth in the National League.
Regular season Rogers Hornsby became a full-time second baseman. Hornsby won the first of his seven batting titles with a .370 batting average, and he also led the league in on-base percentage (.431), slugging percentage (.559), hits (218), total bases (329), doubles (44), and RBI (94). From a fielding perspective, Hornsby led the league in putouts, assists, and double plays.
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Roster 1920 St. Louis Cardinals Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders Manager
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 112 338 95 .281 1 36 1B Jack Fournier 141 530 162 .306 3 61 2B 149 589 218 .370 9 94 SS Doc Lavan 142 516 149 .289 1 63 3B Milt Stock 155 639 204 .319 0 76 OF Cliff Heathcote 133 489 139 .284 3 56 OF Austin McHenry 137 504 142 .282 10 65 OF Joe Schultz 99 320 84 .263 0 32
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 Jack Smith 91 313 104 .332 1 28 Hal Janvrin 87 270 74 .274 1 28 Pickles Dillhoefer 76 224 59 .263 0 13 Burt Shotton 62 180 41 .228 1 12 Mike Knode 42 65 15 .231 0 12 4 22 7 .318 0 1 Lew McCarty 5 7 2 .286 0 0 Tim Griesenbeck 5 3 1 .333 0 0 George Gilham 1 3 0 .000 0 0 Bill Schindler 1 2 0 .000 0 0 Ed Hock 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 47 301.2 13 20 2.98 120 39 270.0 20 12 2.53 90 Ferdie Schupp 38 250.2 16 13 3.52 119
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 32 116.1 3 8 4.95 23 Lou North 24 88.0 3 2 3.27 37 23 77.2 4 8 5.21 21 Jakie May 16 70.2 1 4 3.06 33 Mike Kircher 9 36.2 2 1 5.40 5 7 23.1 2 1 3.09 5
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 Bill Sherdel 43 11 10 6 3.28 74 Hal Kime 4 0 0 0 2.57 1 2 0 0 0 4.50 1 Walt Schulz 2 0 0 0 6.00 0 2 0 0 0 0.00 0 Oscar Tuero 2 0 0 0 54.00 0
Farm system Class B: Houston Buffaloes (Texas League; Jewel Ens, manager) Class D: Fort Smith Twins (Western Association; Boss Schmidt, manager)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 1920 St. Louis Cardinals season at Baseball Reference 1920 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com