# 1922 St. Louis Cardinals season

The 1922 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 41st season in St. Louis, Missouri and its 31st season in the National League. The Cardinals went 85–69 during the season and finished tied for third place with the Pirates in the National League. This was the first season to feature the now-famous birds on bat logo.

## Offseason

The club, just as it was preparing to leave for spring training, lost Bill "Pickles" Dillhoefer, a backup catcher, who died of pneumonia on February 23.

## Regular season

The 1922 season was one of the productive seasons in the career of Rogers Hornsby. He became the only player in history to hit over 40 home runs and bat over .400 in the same season. Hornsby won the triple crown, leading the league in almost every batting category including batting average (.401), home runs (42, a National League record at the time), RBI (152), slugging average (.722, another record at the time), on-base percentage (.459), doubles (46), hits (250, again the highest in National League history to that point), and runs scored (141). His 450 total bases was the highest mark for any National League player during the 20th century. Hornsby also produced in the field, leading the league in putouts, double plays, and fielding percentage.

### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Giants | 93 | 61 | .604 | — | 51‍–‍27 | 42‍–‍34 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 86 | 68 | .558 | 7 | 48‍–‍29 | 38‍–‍39 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 85 | 69 | .552 | 8 | 42‍–‍35 | 43‍–‍34 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 85 | 69 | .552 | 8 | 45‍–‍33 | 40‍–‍36 |
| Chicago Cubs | 80 | 74 | .519 | 13 | 39‍–‍37 | 41‍–‍37 |
| Brooklyn Robins | 76 | 78 | .494 | 17 | 44‍–‍34 | 32‍–‍44 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 57 | 96 | .373 | 35½ | 35‍–‍41 | 22‍–‍55 |
| Boston Braves | 53 | 100 | .346 | 39½ | 32‍–‍43 | 21‍–‍57 |

### Record vs. opponents

1922 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL |
| Boston | — | 7–15 | 4–18 | 5–17 | 8–14–1 | 8–13 | 10–12 | 11–11 |
| Brooklyn | 15–7 | — | 11–11 | 8–14 | 8–14–1 | 15–7 | 11–11 | 8–14 |
| Chicago | 18–4 | 11–11 | — | 11–11–1 | 8–14 | 9–13–1 | 10–12 | 13–9 |
| Cincinnati | 17–5 | 14–8 | 11–11–1 | — | 10–12 | 15–7 | 11–11–1 | 8–14 |
| New York | 14–8–1 | 14–8–1 | 14–8 | 12–10 | — | 15–7 | 11–11 | 13–9 |
| Philadelphia | 13–8 | 7–15 | 13–9–1 | 7–15 | 7–15 | — | 3–19 | 7–15 |
| Pittsburgh | 12–10 | 11–11 | 12–10 | 11–11–1 | 11–11 | 19–3 | — | 9–13 |
| St. Louis | 11–11 | 14–8 | 9–13 | 14–8 | 9–13 | 15–7 | 13–9 | — |

### 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 | Eddie Ainsmith | 119 | 379 | 111 | .293 | 13 | 59 |
| 1B | Jack Fournier | 128 | 404 | 119 | .295 | 10 | 61 |
| 2B | Rogers Hornsby | 154 | 623 | 250 | .401 | 42 | 152 |
| SS | Specs Toporcer | 116 | 352 | 114 | .324 | 3 | 36 |
| 3B | Milt Stock | 151 | 581 | 177 | .305 | 5 | 79 |
| OF | Jack Smith | 143 | 510 | 158 | .310 | 8 | 46 |
| OF | Joe Schultz | 112 | 344 | 108 | .314 | 2 | 64 |
| OF | Max Flack | 66 | 267 | 78 | .292 | 2 | 21 |

#### 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 |
| Doc Lavan | 89 | 264 | 60 | .227 | 0 | 27 |
| Austin McHenry | 64 | 238 | 72 | .303 | 5 | 43 |
| Verne Clemons | 71 | 160 | 41 | .256 | 0 | 15 |
| Heinie Mueller | 61 | 159 | 43 | .270 | 3 | 26 |
| Jim Bottomley | 37 | 151 | 49 | .325 | 5 | 35 |
| Les Mann | 84 | 147 | 51 | .347 | 2 | 20 |
| Ray Blades | 37 | 130 | 39 | .300 | 3 | 21 |
| Cliff Heathcote | 34 | 98 | 24 | .245 | 0 | 14 |
| Del Gainer | 43 | 97 | 26 | .268 | 2 | 23 |
| Burt Shotton | 34 | 30 | 6 | .200 | 0 | 2 |
| Harry McCurdy | 13 | 27 | 8 | .296 | 0 | 5 |
| Ernie Vick | 3 | 6 | 2 | .333 | 0 | 0 |
| Howard Freigau | 3 | 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 |
| Jeff Pfeffer | 44 | 261.1 | 19 | 12 | 3.58 | 83 |
| Bill Sherdel | 47 | 242.0 | 17 | 13 | 3.87 | 79 |
| Jesse Haines | 29 | 183.0 | 11 | 9 | 3.84 | 62 |
| Bill Doak | 37 | 180.1 | 11 | 13 | 5.54 | 73 |
| Jack Knight | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 |

#### 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 |
| Lou North | 53 | 149.2 | 10 | 3 | 4.45 | 84 |
| Bill Pertica | 34 | 117.1 | 8 | 8 | 5.91 | 30 |
| Epp Sell | 7 | 33.0 | 4 | 2 | 6.82 | 5 |
| Roy Walker | 12 | 32.0 | 1 | 2 | 4.78 | 14 |
| Johnny Stuart | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 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 |
| Clyde Barfoot | 42 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4.21 | 19 |
| Bill Bailey | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5.40 | 11 |
| Marv Goodwin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 0 |
| Eddie Dyer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.45 | 3 |
| Jack Fournier | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| Sid Benton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 0 |

## Awards and honors
### League leaders

* Rogers Hornsby, National League batting champion

### Records

* Rogers Hornsby, National League record, Most total bases by a second baseman, (450).
* Rogers Hornsby, National League record, Most hits by a second baseman, (250).
* Rogers Hornsby, National League record, Most home runs by a second baseman, (42).
* Rogers Hornsby, National League record, Most runs batted in by a second baseman, (152).

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| A | Houston Buffaloes | Texas League | George Whiteman and Roy Thomas |
| D | Corsicana Gumbo Busters | Texas–Oklahoma League | Chuck Miller and Harvey Grubb |