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1922 St. Louis Cardinals season

Major League Baseball season

Field	Value
name	St. Louis Cardinals
season	1922
league	National League
ballpark	Sportsman's Park
city	St. Louis, Missouri
record	85–69 (.552)
league_place	3rd
owners	Sam Breadon
managers	Branch Rickey

The 1922 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 41st season in St. Louis, Missouri and its 31st season in the National League. The Cardinals went 85–69 during the season and finished tied for third place with the Pirates in the National League. This was the first season to feature the now-famous birds on bat logo.

Offseason

The club, just as it was preparing to leave for spring training, lost Bill "Pickles" Dillhoefer, a backup catcher, who died of pneumonia on February 23.

Regular season

The 1922 season was one of the productive seasons in the career of Rogers Hornsby. He became the only player in history to hit over 40 home runs and bat over .400 in the same season. Hornsby won the triple crown, leading the league in almost every batting category including batting average (.401), home runs (42, a National League record at the time), RBI (152), slugging average (.722, another record at the time), on-base percentage (.459), doubles (46), hits (250, again the highest in National League history to that point), and runs scored (141). His 450 total bases was the highest mark for any National League player during the 20th century. Hornsby also produced in the field, leading the league in putouts, double plays, and fielding percentage.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster

1922 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers

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	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	119	379	111	.293	13	59
1B	128	404	119	.295	10	61
2B	154	623	250	.401	42	152
SS	116	352	114	.324	3	36
3B	151	581	177	.305	5	79
OF	143	510	158	.310	8	46
OF	112	344	108	.314	2	64
OF	66	267	78	.292	2	21

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
89	264	60	.227	0	27
64	238	72	.303	5	43
71	160	41	.256	0	15
61	159	43	.270	3	26
37	151	49	.325	5	35
84	147	51	.347	2	20
37	130	39	.300	3	21
34	98	24	.245	0	14
43	97	26	.268	2	23
34	30	6	.200	0	2
13	27	8	.296	0	5
3	6	2	.333	0	0
3	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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
44	261.1	19	12	3.58	83
47	242.0	17	13	3.87	79
29	183.0	11	9	3.84	62
37	180.1	11	13	5.54	73
1	4.0	0	0	9.00	1

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
53	149.2	10	3	4.45	84
34	117.1	8	8	5.91	30
7	33.0	4	2	6.82	5
12	32.0	1	2	4.78	14
2	2.0	0	0	9.00	1

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
42	4	5	2	4.21	19
12	0	2	0	5.40	11
2	0	0	0	2.25	0
2	0	0	0	2.45	3
1	0	0	0	0.00	0
1	0	0	0	----	0

Awards and honors

League leaders

Rogers Hornsby, National League batting champion

Records

Rogers Hornsby, National League record, Most total bases by a second baseman, (450).
Rogers Hornsby, National League record, Most hits by a second baseman, (250).
Rogers Hornsby, National League record, Most home runs by a second baseman, (42).
Rogers Hornsby, National League record, Most runs batted in by a second baseman, (152).

Farm system

References

Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.91, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, {{ISBN. 978-0-451-22363-0
Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.90, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, {{ISBN. 978-0-451-22363-0
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball'', 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

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