# 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.

## 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

vteNational 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 recordvte 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
## 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 | 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)