# 1919 St. Louis Cardinals season

The 1919 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 38th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 28th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 54–83 during the season and finished seventh in the National League.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Cincinnati Reds | 96 | 44 | .686 | — | 51‍–‍19 | 45‍–‍25 |
| New York Giants | 87 | 53 | .621 | 9 | 46‍–‍23 | 41‍–‍30 |
| Chicago Cubs | 75 | 65 | .536 | 21 | 40‍–‍31 | 35‍–‍34 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 71 | 68 | .511 | 24½ | 39‍–‍31 | 32‍–‍37 |
| Brooklyn Robins | 69 | 71 | .493 | 27 | 36‍–‍34 | 33‍–‍37 |
| Boston Braves | 57 | 82 | .410 | 38½ | 29‍–‍38 | 28‍–‍44 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 54 | 83 | .394 | 40½ | 34‍–‍35 | 20‍–‍48 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 47 | 90 | .343 | 47½ | 26‍–‍44 | 21‍–‍46 |

### Record vs. opponents

1919 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL |
| Boston | — | 7–13 | 7–13 | 4–16 | 6–14 | 15–5 | 8–11 | 10–10–1 |
| Brooklyn | 13–7 | — | 9–11 | 7–13 | 8–12 | 12–8–1 | 9–11 | 11–9 |
| Chicago | 13–7 | 11–9 | — | 8–12 | 6–14 | 13–7 | 11–9 | 13–7 |
| Cincinnati | 16–4 | 13–7 | 12–8 | — | 12–8 | 15–5 | 14–6 | 14–6 |
| New York | 14–6 | 12–8 | 14–6 | 8–12 | — | 14–6 | 11–9 | 14–6 |
| Philadelphia | 5–15 | 8–12–1 | 7–13 | 5–15 | 6–14 | — | 6–14 | 10–7 |
| Pittsburgh | 11–8 | 11–9 | 9–11 | 6–14 | 9–11 | 14–6 | — | 11–9 |
| St. Louis | 10–10–1 | 9–11 | 7–13 | 6–14 | 6–14 | 7–10 | 9–11 | — |

### Notable transactions

* May 1919: Walton Cruise was purchased from the Cardinals by the Boston Braves.

### 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 | 88 | 239 | 63 | .264 | 2 | 22 |
| 1B | Dots Miller | 101 | 346 | 80 | .231 | 1 | 24 |
| 2B | Milt Stock | 135 | 492 | 151 | .307 | 0 | 52 |
| SS | Doc Lavan | 100 | 356 | 86 | .242 | 1 | 25 |
| 3B | Rogers Hornsby | 138 | 512 | 163 | .318 | 8 | 71 |
| OF | Cliff Heathcote | 114 | 401 | 112 | .279 | 1 | 29 |
| OF | Austin McHenry | 110 | 371 | 106 | .286 | 1 | 47 |
| OF | Jack Smith | 119 | 408 | 91 | .223 | 0 | 15 |

#### 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 |
| Burt Shotton | 85 | 270 | 77 | .285 | 1 | 20 |
| Joe Schultz | 88 | 229 | 58 | .253 | 2 | 21 |
| Frank Snyder | 50 | 154 | 28 | .182 | 0 | 14 |
| Gene Paulette | 43 | 144 | 31 | .215 | 0 | 11 |
| Pickles Dillhoefer | 45 | 108 | 23 | .213 | 0 | 12 |
| Fritz Mollwitz | 25 | 83 | 19 | .229 | 0 | 5 |
| Doug Baird | 16 | 33 | 7 | .212 | 0 | 4 |
| Roy Leslie | 12 | 24 | 5 | .208 | 0 | 4 |
| Walton Cruise | 9 | 21 | 2 | .095 | 0 | 0 |
| Hal Janvrin | 7 | 14 | 3 | .214 | 0 | 1 |
| Bob Fisher | 3 | 11 | 3 | .273 | 0 | 1 |
| Sam Fishburn | 9 | 6 | 2 | .333 | 0 | 2 |
| Wally Kimmick | 2 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Pasquella | 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 | 31 | 202.2 | 13 | 14 | 3.11 | 69 |
| Ferdie Schupp | 10 | 69.2 | 4 | 4 | 3.75 | 37 |

#### 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 | 33 | 179.0 | 11 | 9 | 2.51 | 48 |
| Oscar Tuero | 45 | 154.2 | 5 | 7 | 3.20 | 45 |
| Bill Sherdel | 36 | 137.1 | 5 | 9 | 3.47 | 52 |
| Jakie May | 28 | 125.2 | 3 | 12 | 3.22 | 58 |
| Lee Meadows | 22 | 92.0 | 4 | 10 | 3.03 | 28 |
| Elmer Jacobs | 17 | 85.1 | 3 | 6 | 2.53 | 31 |
| Frank Woodward | 17 | 72.0 | 3 | 5 | 2.63 | 18 |
| Red Ames | 23 | 70.0 | 3 | 5 | 4.89 | 19 |
| Oscar Horstmann | 6 | 15.0 | 0 | 1 | 3.00 | 5 |
| Bill Bolden | 3 | 12.0 | 0 | 1 | 5.25 | 4 |

#### 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 |
| Roy Parker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.50 | 0 |
| Will Koenigsmark | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | inf | 0 |
| Art Reinhart | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | --- | 0 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| Class B | Houston Buffaloes | Texas League | Al Bridwell |