# 1929 St. Louis Cardinals season

The 1929 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 48th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 38th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 78–74 during the season and finished fourth in the National League.

## Offseason

* December 13, 1928: Tommy Thevenow was traded by the Cardinals to the Philadelphia Phillies for Heinie Sand and $10,000.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Chicago Cubs | 98 | 54 | .645 | — | 52‍–‍25 | 46‍–‍29 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 88 | 65 | .575 | 10½ | 45‍–‍31 | 43‍–‍34 |
| New York Giants | 84 | 67 | .556 | 13½ | 39‍–‍37 | 45‍–‍30 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 78 | 74 | .513 | 20 | 43‍–‍32 | 35‍–‍42 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 71 | 82 | .464 | 27½ | 39‍–‍37 | 32‍–‍45 |
| Brooklyn Robins | 70 | 83 | .458 | 28½ | 42‍–‍35 | 28‍–‍48 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 66 | 88 | .429 | 33 | 38‍–‍39 | 28‍–‍49 |
| Boston Braves | 56 | 98 | .364 | 43 | 34‍–‍43 | 22‍–‍55 |

### Record vs. opponents

1929 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL |
| Boston | — | 11–11 | 7–15 | 8–14 | 9–13 | 5–17 | 8–14 | 8–14 |
| Brooklyn | 11–11 | — | 6–16 | 11–11 | 14–7 | 9–13 | 9–13 | 10–12 |
| Chicago | 15–7 | 16–6 | — | 14–8–1 | 12–10–1 | 17–5–1 | 9–13 | 15–5–1 |
| Cincinnati | 14–8 | 11–11 | 8–14–1 | — | 10–12 | 11–11 | 9–13 | 3–19 |
| New York | 13–9 | 7–14 | 10–12–1 | 12–10 | — | 16–5 | 13–8 | 13–9 |
| Philadelphia | 17–5 | 13–9 | 5–17–1 | 11–11 | 5–16 | — | 11–11 | 9–13 |
| Pittsburgh | 14–8 | 13–9 | 13–9 | 13–9 | 8–13 | 11–11 | — | 16–6–1 |
| St. Louis | 14–8 | 12–10 | 5–15–1 | 19–3 | 9–13 | 13–9 | 6–16–1 | — |

### 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 | Jimmie Wilson | 120 | 394 | 128 | .325 | 4 | 71 |
| 1B | Jim Bottomley | 146 | 560 | 176 | .314 | 29 | 137 |
| 2B | Frankie Frisch | 138 | 527 | 176 | .334 | 5 | 74 |
| SS | Charlie Gelbert | 146 | 512 | 134 | .262 | 3 | 65 |
| 3B | Andy High | 146 | 603 | 178 | .295 | 10 | 63 |
| OF | Chick Hafey | 134 | 517 | 175 | .338 | 29 | 125 |
| OF | Taylor Douthit | 150 | 613 | 206 | .336 | 9 | 62 |
| OF | Ernie Orsatti | 113 | 346 | 115 | .332 | 3 | 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 |
| Wally Roettger | 79 | 269 | 68 | .253 | 3 | 42 |
| Wattie Holm | 64 | 176 | 41 | .233 | 0 | 14 |
| Earl Smith | 57 | 145 | 50 | .345 | 1 | 22 |
| Johnny Butler | 17 | 55 | 9 | .164 | 0 | 5 |
| Carey Selph | 25 | 51 | 12 | .235 | 0 | 7 |
| Eddie Delker | 22 | 40 | 6 | .150 | 0 | 3 |
| Billy Southworth | 19 | 32 | 6 | .188 | 0 | 3 |
| Bubber Jonnard | 18 | 31 | 3 | .097 | 0 | 2 |
| Fred Haney | 10 | 26 | 3 | .115 | 0 | 2 |

### 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 Sherdel | 33 | 195.2 | 10 | 15 | 5.93 | 69 |
| Jesse Haines | 28 | 179.2 | 13 | 10 | 5.71 | 59 |
| Clarence Mitchell | 25 | 173.0 | 8 | 11 | 4.27 | 39 |
| Pete Alexander | 22 | 132.0 | 9 | 8 | 3.89 | 38 |
| Al Grabowski | 6 | 50.0 | 3 | 2 | 2.52 | 22 |
| Jim Lindsey | 2 | 16.1 | 1 | 1 | 5.51 | 8 |

#### 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 |
| Syl Johnson | 42 | 182.1 | 13 | 7 | 3.60 | 80 |
| Hal Haid | 38 | 154.2 | 9 | 9 | 4.07 | 41 |
| Fred Frankhouse | 30 | 133.1 | 7 | 2 | 4.12 | 37 |
| Bill Hallahan | 20 | 93.2 | 4 | 4 | 4.42 | 52 |
| Bill Doak | 3 | 9.0 | 1 | 2 | 12.00 | 3 |
| Carmen Hill | 3 | 8.2 | 0 | 0 | 8.31 | 1 |

#### 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 |
| Mul Holland | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9.42 | 5 |
| Hi Bell | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6.92 | 4 |
| Hal Goldsmith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 0 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AA | Rochester Red Wings | International League | Bill McKechnie and Billy Southworth |
| A | Houston Buffaloes | Texas League | Frank Snyder and Gene Bailey |
| B | Danville Veterans | Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League | Joe Schultz, Sr. |
| C | Scottdale Scotties | Middle Atlantic League | Eddie Dyer |
| C | Shawnee Robins | Western Association | Ray Powell |
| D | Waynesboro Red Birds | Blue Ridge League | Kenzie Kirkham and Irwin Wimer |
| D | Laurel Cardinals | Cotton States League | Clay Hopper |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Rochester