1918 St. Louis Cardinals season

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

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National League
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago Cubs	84	45	.651	—	49‍–‍25	35‍–‍20
New York Giants	71	53	.573	10½	35‍–‍21	36‍–‍32
Cincinnati Reds	68	60	.531	15½	46‍–‍24	22‍–‍36
Pittsburgh Pirates	65	60	.520	17	42‍–‍28	23‍–‍32
Brooklyn Robins	57	69	.452	25½	33‍–‍21	24‍–‍48
Philadelphia Phillies	55	68	.447	26	27‍–‍29	28‍–‍39
Boston Braves	53	71	.427	28½	23‍–‍29	30‍–‍42
St. Louis Cardinals	51	78	.395	33	32‍–‍40	19‍–‍38

Record vs. opponents

1918 National League record v t e Sources:
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	8–6	5–14	10–8	1–15	7–12	10–9	12–7
Brooklyn	6–8	—	10–9	6–12	8–12	9–8	10–9	8–11
Chicago	14–5	9–10	—	10–7–1	14–6	12–6	10–8–1	15–3
Cincinnati	8–10	12–6	7–10–1	—	12–7	12–7	4–12	13–8
New York	15–1	12–8	6–14	7–12	—	10–3	8–11	13–4
Philadelphia	12–7	8–9	6–12	7–12	3–10	—	11–7	8–11–2
Pittsburgh	9–10	9–10	8–10–1	12–4	11–8	7–11	—	9–7
St. Louis	7–12	11–8	3–15	8–13	4–13	11–8–2	7–9	—

Roster

1918 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers Red Ames Bill Doak Oscar Horstmann Earl Howard Rankin Johnson Jakie May Lee Meadows Gene Packard Bill Sherdel Oscar Tuero		Catchers John Brock Mike González Frank Snyder Infielders Doug Baird Bruno Betzel Herman Bronkie Tony Brottem Dutch Distel Bob Fisher Charlie Grimm Rogers Hornsby Bob Larmore Bert Niehoff Gene Paulette Bobby Wallace		Outfielders George Anderson Johnny Beall Walton Cruise Cliff Heathcote Marty Kavanagh Wally Mattick Austin McHenry Ted Menze Jack Smith Red Smyth Dick Wheeler		Manager Jack Hendricks

1918 St. Louis Cardinals

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Jack Hendricks

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	Mike González	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
Bill Doak	31	211.0	9	15	2.43	74
Red Ames	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

v t e 1918 MLB season by team
American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington
National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis
1918 World Series

St. Louis Cardinals

Established in 1882
Based in St. Louis, Missouri

Franchise

History

Ballparks

Robison Field Sportsman's Park Busch Memorial Stadium Busch Stadium
Spring training:	Whittington Park Herald Park West End Park City Park City Island Ball Park Ninth Street Park Al Lang Stadium Roger Dean Stadium

Culture

Lore

Rivalries

Key personnel

Owner: Bill DeWitt Jr.
President of Baseball Operations: John Mozeliak
General Manager: Mike Girsch
Manager: Oliver Marmol

Minor league
affiliates

Triple-A: Memphis Redbirds
Double-A: Springfield Cardinals
High-A: Peoria Chiefs
Single-A: Palm Beach Cardinals
Rookie: Florida Complex League Cardinals
Foreign Rookie: Dominican Summer League Cardinals

World Series
Championships

pre-MLB	1885 1886
MLB	1926 1931 1934 1942 1944 1946 1964 1967 1982 2006 2011

League pennants

American Association	1885 1886 1887 1888
National League	1926 1928 1930 1931 1934 1942 1943 1944 1946 1964 1967 1968 1982 1985 1987 2004 2006 2011 2013

Division titles

National League East: 1982; 1985; 1987
National League Central: 1996; 2000; 2002; 2004; 2005; 2006; 2009; 2013; 2014; 2015; 2019; 2022

Wild card titles

All Star Games hosted

Seasons (144)
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1950s	1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
1960s	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
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