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.

1918 St. Louis Cardinals
League	National League
Ballpark	Cardinal Field
City	St. Louis, Missouri
Record	51–78 (.395)
League place	8th
Owners	Sam Breadon
Managers	Jack Hendricks
Seasons

Regular season

Season standings

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 Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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	—

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

• 1918 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Reference
• 1918 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com