# 1917 St. Louis Cardinals season

The 1917 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 36th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 26th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 82–70 during the season and finished third in the National League.

## Regular season

Rogers Hornsby began to establish himself as an elite hitter. Hornsby had a .327 batting average which was second in the league. He led the league in triples (17), total bases (253), and slugging percentage (.484).

### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Giants | 98 | 56 | .636 | — | 50‍–‍28 | 48‍–‍28 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 87 | 65 | .572 | 10 | 46‍–‍29 | 41‍–‍36 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 82 | 70 | .539 | 15 | 38‍–‍38 | 44‍–‍32 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 78 | 76 | .506 | 20 | 39‍–‍38 | 39‍–‍38 |
| Chicago Cubs | 74 | 80 | .481 | 24 | 35‍–‍42 | 39‍–‍38 |
| Boston Braves | 72 | 81 | .471 | 25½ | 35‍–‍42 | 37‍–‍39 |
| Brooklyn Robins | 70 | 81 | .464 | 26½ | 36‍–‍38 | 34‍–‍43 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 51 | 103 | .331 | 47 | 25‍–‍53 | 26‍–‍50 |

### Record vs. opponents

1917 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL |
| Boston | — | 13–9–1 | 11–11 | 10–12–2 | 7–15 | 11–11 | 14–8 | 6–15–1 |
| Brooklyn | 9–13–1 | — | 7–15 | 10–12 | 9–13–2 | 9–11–1 | 16–6–1 | 10–11 |
| Chicago | 11–11 | 15–7 | — | 8–14–1 | 7–15–1 | 6–16–1 | 17–5 | 10–12 |
| Cincinnati | 12–10–2 | 12–10 | 14–8–1 | — | 11–11 | 8–14 | 12–10 | 9–13 |
| New York | 15–7 | 13–9–2 | 15–7–1 | 11–11 | — | 14–8 | 16–6–1 | 14–8 |
| Philadelphia | 11–11 | 11–9–1 | 16–6–1 | 14–8 | 8–14 | — | 14–8 | 13–9 |
| Pittsburgh | 8–14 | 6–16–1 | 5–17 | 10–12 | 6–16–1 | 8–14 | — | 8–14–1 |
| St. Louis | 15–6–1 | 11–10 | 12–10 | 13–9 | 8–14 | 9–13 | 14–8–1 | — |

### 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 | Frank Snyder | 115 | 313 | 74 | .236 | 1 | 33 |
| 1B | Gene Paulette | 95 | 332 | 88 | .265 | 0 | 34 |
| 2B | Dots Miller | 148 | 544 | 135 | .248 | 2 | 45 |
| SS | Rogers Hornsby | 145 | 523 | 171 | .327 | 8 | 66 |
| 3B | Doug Baird | 104 | 364 | 92 | .253 | 0 | 24 |
| OF | Jack Smith | 137 | 462 | 137 | .297 | 3 | 34 |
| OF | Tom Long | 144 | 530 | 123 | .232 | 3 | 41 |
| OF | Walton Cruise | 153 | 529 | 156 | .295 | 5 | 59 |

#### 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 | 106 | 328 | 71 | .216 | 1 | 17 |
| Mike González | 106 | 290 | 76 | .262 | 1 | 28 |
| Fred Smith | 56 | 165 | 30 | .182 | 1 | 17 |
| Bob Bescher | 42 | 110 | 17 | .155 | 1 | 8 |
| Red Smyth | 38 | 72 | 15 | .208 | 0 | 4 |
| Paddy Livingston | 7 | 20 | 4 | .200 | 0 | 2 |
| John Brock | 7 | 15 | 6 | .400 | 0 | 2 |
| Tony DeFate | 14 | 14 | 2 | .143 | 0 | 1 |
| Bobby Wallace | 8 | 10 | 1 | .100 | 0 | 2 |
| Stuffy Stewart | 13 | 9 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Ike McAuley | 3 | 7 | 2 | .286 | 0 | 1 |
| Jack Roche | 1 | 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
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Bill Doak | 44 | 281.1 | 16 | 20 | 3.10 | 111 |
| Lee Meadows | 43 | 265.2 | 15 | 9 | 3.08 | 100 |
| Marv Goodwin | 14 | 85.1 | 6 | 4 | 2.21 | 38 |

#### 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 |
| Red Ames | 43 | 209.0 | 15 | 10 | 2.71 | 62 |
| Milt Watson | 41 | 161.1 | 10 | 13 | 3.51 | 45 |
| Gene Packard | 34 | 153.1 | 9 | 6 | 2.47 | 44 |
| Oscar Horstmann | 35 | 138.2 | 9 | 4 | 3.44 | 50 |
| Bob Steele | 12 | 42.0 | 1 | 3 | 3.21 | 23 |

#### 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 |
| Jakie May | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.38 | 18 |
| Lou North | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.97 | 4 |
| George Pierce | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.48 | 4 |
| Bruce Hitt | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 |
| Tim Murchison | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 |