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.
Regular season Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Roster 1918 St. Louis Cardinals Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders Manager
Player stats 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 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 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 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 31 211.0 9 15 2.43 74 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 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 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
External links 1918 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Reference 1918 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com