1917 St. Louis Cardinals
82 - 70
1916 / 1918 (Organization)
3rd place in the NL (15 GB)
Home Record:
Away Record: 		38 - 38 (.500)
44 - 32 (.579)		 -0.5 wins
+6.5 wins
   
Scored/Expected: 531 / 541 ( -10 )
Allowed/Expected: 567 / 544 ( -23 )
Pyth Record: 72 - 80 (+10)
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Attendance: 288,491 Avg Att: 3,699 (0.98)
Att Rank: 4 / 8 Lg Avg: 3,778
       
Park Factor: 1.00    
HR Factor: 0.98 R/L HR: 0.91 / 1.11
Notes:


Formation
Filters
Home Grown
Positions
#
via
1 Frank Snyder
C
23.1
1.2
9.6
1.2
6
Y
Not Available
2 Bill Doak
SP
26.4
-1.2
14.2
4.6
5
N
Not Available
3 Bruno Betzel
2B
22.6
0.1
5.0
-2.6
4
Y
Not Available
4 Dots Miller
2B
30.8
2.6
15.0
2.7
4
N
12
12
1913
 Trade PIT NL
5 Tom Long
RF
27.1
-0.4
10.8
0.0
3
N
Not Available
6 Walton Cruise
CF
27.2
2.9
23.2
10.9
3
Y
Not Available
7 Lee Meadows
SP
23.0
1.0
16.6
7.6
3
Y
Not Available
8 Jack Smith
CF
22.0
3.0
21.5
11.1
3
Y
Not Available
9 Jack Roche
C
26.6
-0.0
0.0
-0.0
3
N
1
1
1914
 Unknown SLA AL
10 Bob Bescher
LF
33.4
-0.3
1.2
-1.5
3
N
3
25
1915
 Trade NY1 NL
11 Mike Gonzalez
C
26.8
1.3
10.3
2.9
3
N
4
8
1915
 Trade CIN NL
12 Red Ames
SP
34.9
1.7
15.7
8.6
3
N
7
24
1915
 Purchased CIN NL
13 Rogers Hornsby
SS
21.2
9.9
36.4
22.5
3
Y
9
1
1915
 Purchased Denison (Western Assoc
14 Bob Steele
SP
23.3
0.3
2.3
0.9
2
Y
Not Available
15 Stuffy Stewart
CF
23.4
-0.4
0.1
-0.2
2
Y
Not Available
16 Milt Watson
SP
27.5
-1.2
6.5
1.0
2
Y
Not Available
17 George Pearce
RP
29.5
-0.3
0.2
-0.2
1
N
Not Available
18 Lou North
RP
26.0
-0.1
0.3
-0.1
1
N
Not Available
19 Fred Smith
3B
30.9
0.0
2.4
-1.9
1
N
Not Available
20 John Brock
C
20.7
0.2
1.1
0.7
1
Y
Not Available
21 Bruce Hitt
RP
20.3
-0.4
0.0
-0.1
1
Y
Not Available
22 Oscar Horstmann
SW
26.1
-1.0
6.3
1.5
1
Y
Not Available
23 Jakie May
RP
21.6
-0.1
1.0
0.0
1
Y
Not Available
24 Tim Murchison
RP
20.7
0.1
0.1
0.1
1
Y
Not Available
25 Tony DeFate
3B
22.4
0.0
0.2
-0.2
1
N
9
15
1916
 Draft (Rule 5) Topeka (Western)
26 Paddy Livingston
C
37.5
-0.1
0.3
-0.2
1
N
11
9
1916
 Purchased Sioux City (Western)
27 Gene Packard
SP
30.0
2.4
13.6
8.4
1
N
4
1
1917
 Purchased CHN NL
28 Ike McAuley
SS
25.9
0.0
0.1
-0.1
1
N
5
24
1917
 Waivers PIT NL
29 Gene Paulette
1B
26.1
1.4
10.4
3.8
1
N
6
1
1917
 Waivers SLA AL
30 Doug Baird
3B
25.8
3.1
14.6
5.4
1
N
6
14
1917
 Trade PIT NL
31 Marv Goodwin
SP
26.5
0.4
6.4
3.5
1
N
7
1
1917
 Trade Milwaukee (American Asso
32 Bobby Wallace
3B
43.7
-0.1
0.1
-0.2
1
N
7
11
1917
 Free Agency
33 Red Smyth
LF
24.4
-0.4
0.7
-0.9
1
N
7
16
1917
 Waivers BRO NL
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com


Player Pos Hometown
Red Ames SP Warren, OH (US)
Doug Baird 3B St. Charles, MO (USA)
Bob Bescher LF Fitchburg, MA (US)
Bruno Betzel 2B Chattanooga, OH (USA)
John Brock C Hamilton, IL (USA)
Walton Cruise CF Childersburg, AL (USA)
Tony DeFate 3B Kansas City, MO (USA)
Bill Doak SP Pittsburgh, PA (USA)
Mike Gonzalez C Havana (Cuba)
Marv Goodwin SP Godonsville, VA (US)
Bruce Hitt RP Comanche, TX (USA)
Rogers Hornsby SS Fort Worth, TX (US)
Oscar Horstmann SW Alma, MO (USA)
Paddy Livingston C Cleveland, OH (USA)
Tom Long RF Coffeeville, AL (USA)
Jakie May RP Youngsville, NC (USA)
Ike McAuley SS Wichita, KS (USA)
Lee Meadows SP Oxford, NC (US)
Dots Miller 2B Kearny, NJ (USA)
Tim Murchison RP Liberty, NC (USA)
Lou North RP Elgin, IL (USA)
Gene Packard SP Colorado Springs, CO (USA)
Gene Paulette 1B Centralia, IL (USA)
George Pearce RP Shabbona Grove, IL (USA)
Jack Roche C Los Angeles, CA (USA)
Fred Smith 3B Cleveland, OH (USA)
Jack Smith CF Chicago, IL (USA)
Red Smyth LF Holly Springs, MS (USA)
Frank Snyder C San Antonio, TX (USA)
Bob Steele SP Cassburn, ON (CAN)
Stuffy Stewart CF Jasper, FL (USA)
Bobby Wallace 3B Pittsburgh, PA (USA)
Milt Watson SP Flovilla, GA (USA)

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