# 1903 St. Louis Cardinals season

The 1903 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 22nd season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 12th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 43–94 during the season and finished eighth in the National League.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 91 | 49 | .650 | — | 46‍–‍24 | 45‍–‍25 |
| New York Giants | 84 | 55 | .604 | 6½ | 41‍–‍27 | 43‍–‍28 |
| Chicago Cubs | 82 | 56 | .594 | 8 | 45‍–‍28 | 37‍–‍28 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 74 | 65 | .532 | 16½ | 41‍–‍35 | 33‍–‍30 |
| Brooklyn Superbas | 70 | 66 | .515 | 19 | 40‍–‍33 | 30‍–‍33 |
| Boston Beaneaters | 58 | 80 | .420 | 32 | 31‍–‍35 | 27‍–‍45 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 49 | 86 | .363 | 39½ | 25‍–‍33 | 24‍–‍53 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 43 | 94 | .314 | 46½ | 22‍–‍45 | 21‍–‍49 |

### Record vs. opponents

1903 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | BRO | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL |
| Boston | — | 9–11 | 7–13–1 | 7–13 | 8–12 | 10–8–1 | 5–15 | 12–8 |
| Brooklyn | 11–9 | — | 8–12 | 10–10 | 7–12–2 | 11–8–1 | 9–11 | 14–4–1 |
| Chicago | 13–7–1 | 12–8 | — | 9–11 | 8–12 | 12–6 | 12–8 | 16–4 |
| Cincinnati | 13–7 | 10–10 | 11–9 | — | 12–10 | 12–8–2 | 4–16 | 12–7 |
| New York | 12–8 | 12–7–2 | 12–8 | 8–12 | — | 15–5 | 10–10 | 15–5–1 |
| Philadelphia | 8–10–1 | 8–11–1 | 6–12 | 8–12–2 | 5–15 | — | 4–16–1 | 10–10 |
| Pittsburgh | 15–5 | 11–9 | 8–12 | 16–4 | 10–10 | 16–4–1 | — | 15–5 |
| St. Louis | 8–12 | 4–14–1 | 4–16 | 7–12 | 5–15–1 | 10–10 | 5–15 | — |

### 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 | Jack O'Neill | 75 | 246 | 58 | .236 | 0 | 27 |
| 1B | Jim Hackett | 99 | 351 | 80 | .228 | 0 | 36 |
| 2B | John Farrell | 130 | 519 | 141 | .272 | 1 | 32 |
| 3B | Jimmy Burke | 115 | 431 | 123 | .285 | 0 | 42 |
| SS | Dave Brain | 119 | 464 | 107 | .231 | 1 | 60 |
| OF | Homer Smoot | 129 | 500 | 148 | .296 | 4 | 49 |
| OF | George Barclay | 108 | 419 | 104 | .248 | 0 | 42 |
| OF | Patsy Donovan | 105 | 410 | 134 | .327 | 0 | 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 |
| Jack Ryan | 67 | 227 | 54 | .238 | 1 | 10 |
| Jack Dunleavy | 67 | 193 | 48 | .249 | 0 | 10 |
| Otto Williams | 53 | 187 | 38 | .203 | 0 | 9 |
| Art Nichols | 36 | 120 | 23 | .192 | 0 | 9 |
| Lee DeMontreville | 26 | 70 | 17 | .243 | 0 | 7 |
| Art Weaver | 16 | 49 | 12 | .245 | 0 | 5 |
| Harry Berte | 4 | 15 | 5 | .333 | 0 | 1 |
| Jack Coveney | 4 | 14 | 2 | .143 | 0 | 0 |
| Lon Ury | 2 | 7 | 1 | .143 | 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 |
| Chappie McFarland | 28 | 229.0 | 9 | 19 | 3.07 | 76 |
| Mordecai Brown | 26 | 201.0 | 9 | 13 | 2.60 | 83 |
| Clarence Currie | 22 | 148.0 | 4 | 12 | 4.01 | 52 |
| Mike O'Neill | 19 | 145.0 | 4 | 13 | 3.79 | 39 |
| Bob Rhoads | 17 | 129.0 | 5 | 8 | 4.60 | 52 |
| Ed Murphy | 15 | 106.0 | 4 | 8 | 3.31 | 16 |
| Jack Dunleavy | 14 | 102.0 | 6 | 8 | 4.06 | 51 |
| Jim Hackett | 7 | 48.1 | 1 | 3 | 3.72 | 21 |
| War Sanders | 8 | 40.0 | 1 | 6 | 6.08 | 9 |
| Harry Betts | 1 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 10.00 | 2 |
| Pat Hynes | 1 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 4.00 | 1 |
| Stan Yerkes | 1 | 5.0 | 0 | 1 | 1.80 | 3 |

#### 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 |
| Charlie Moran | 3 | 24.0 | 0 | 1 | 5.25 | 7 |
| John Lovett | 3 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 3 |

#### 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 |
| Bob Wicker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 |
| Larry Milton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 0 |
| Ed Taylor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |