1920 St. Louis Cardinals season

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.

1920 St. Louis Cardinals
League	National League
Ballpark	Cardinal Field (Since 1893) Sportsman's Park
City	St. Louis, Missouri
Record	75–79 (.487)
League place	5th
Owners	Sam Breadon
Managers	Branch Rickey
← 1919 Seasons 1921 →

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

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National League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Brooklyn Robins	93	61	.604	—	49‍–‍29	44‍–‍32
New York Giants	86	68	.558	7	45‍–‍35	41‍–‍33
Cincinnati Reds	82	71	.536	10½	42‍–‍34	40‍–‍37
Pittsburgh Pirates	79	75	.513	14	42‍–‍35	37‍–‍40
St. Louis Cardinals	75	79	.487	18	38‍–‍38	37‍–‍41
Chicago Cubs	75	79	.487	18	43‍–‍34	32‍–‍45
Boston Braves	62	90	.408	30	36‍–‍37	26‍–‍53
Philadelphia Phillies	62	91	.405	30½	32‍–‍45	30‍–‍46

Record vs. opponents

1920 National League record v t e Sources:
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	8–14–1	7–15	9–12	10–12	10–11	7–15	11–11
Brooklyn	14–8–1	—	13–9	10–12	15–7	14–8	12–10	15–7
Chicago	15–7	9–13	—	9–13	7–15	14–8	11–11	10–12
Cincinnati	12–9	12–10	13–9	—	6–16–1	14–8	12–10	13–9
New York	12–10	7–15	15–7	16–6–1	—	12–10	13–9	11–11
Philadelphia	11–10	8–14	8–14	8–14	10–12	—	9–13	8–14
Pittsburgh	15–7	10–12	11–11	10–12	9–13	13–9	—	11–11–1
St. Louis	11–11	7–15	12–10	9–13	11–11	14–8	11–11–1	—

Roster

1920 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers Bill Doak Bob Glenn Marv Goodwin Jesse Haines Elmer Jacobs Hal Kime Mike Kircher George Lyons Jakie May Lou North Walt Schulz Ferdie Schupp George Scott Bill Sherdel Oscar Tuero		Catchers Verne Clemons Pickles Dillhoefer George Gilham Tim Griesenbeck Lew McCarty Bill Schindler Infielders Jack Fournier Rogers Hornsby Hal Janvrin Doc Lavan Milt Stock		Outfielders Cliff Heathcote Ed Hock Mike Knode Austin McHenry Heinie Mueller Joe Schultz Burt Shotton Jack Smith		Manager Branch Rickey

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	Verne Clemons	112	338	95	.281	1	36
1B	Jack Fournier	141	530	162	.306	3	61
2B	Rogers Hornsby	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
Heinie Mueller	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
Jesse Haines	47	301.2	13	20	2.98	120
Bill Doak	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
Marv Goodwin	32	116.1	3	8	4.95	23
Lou North	24	88.0	3	2	3.27	37
Elmer Jacobs	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
George Lyons	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
George Scott	2	0	0	0	4.50	1
Walt Schulz	2	0	0	0	6.00	0
Bob Glenn	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)^[1]