The 1917 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 36th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 26th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 82–70 during the season and finished third in the National League.

Regular season Rogers Hornsby began to establish himself as an elite hitter. Hornsby had a .327 batting average which was second in the league. He led the league in triples (17), total bases (253), and slugging percentage (.484).

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster 1917 St. Louis Cardinals Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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 115 313 74 .236 1 33 1B 95 332 88 .265 0 34 2B 148 544 135 .248 2 45 SS 145 523 171 .327 8 66 3B 104 364 92 .253 0 24 OF 137 462 137 .297 3 34 OF 144 530 123 .232 3 41 OF 153 529 156 .295 5 59

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 106 328 71 .216 1 17 106 290 76 .262 1 28 56 165 30 .182 1 17 42 110 17 .155 1 8 38 72 15 .208 0 4 7 20 4 .200 0 2 7 15 6 .400 0 2 14 14 2 .143 0 1 8 10 1 .100 0 2 13 9 0 .000 0 0 3 7 2 .286 0 1 1 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 44 281.1 16 20 3.10 111 43 265.2 15 9 3.08 100 14 85.1 6 4 2.21 38

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 43 209.0 15 10 2.71 62 41 161.1 10 13 3.51 45 34 153.1 9 6 2.47 44 35 138.2 9 4 3.44 50 12 42.0 1 3 3.21 23

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 15 0 0 0 3.38 18 5 0 0 0 3.97 4 5 1 1 0 3.48 4 2 0 0 0 9.00 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 2

External links 1917 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Reference 1917 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com