# 1918 St. Louis Cardinals season

The 1918 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 37th season in St. Louis, Missouri and its 27th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 51–78 during the season and finished eighth in the National League. It was the seventh time in their history they had finished last in the National League. It would be the last time the Cardinals would finish in last place until 1990, when they finished sixth in the National League East.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Chicago Cubs | 84 | 45 | .651 | — | 49‍–‍25 | 35‍–‍20 |
| New York Giants | 71 | 53 | .573 | 10½ | 35‍–‍21 | 36‍–‍32 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 68 | 60 | .531 | 15½ | 46‍–‍24 | 22‍–‍36 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 65 | 60 | .520 | 17 | 42‍–‍28 | 23‍–‍32 |
| Brooklyn Robins | 57 | 69 | .452 | 25½ | 33‍–‍21 | 24‍–‍48 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 55 | 68 | .447 | 26 | 27‍–‍29 | 28‍–‍39 |
| Boston Braves | 53 | 71 | .427 | 28½ | 23‍–‍29 | 30‍–‍42 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 51 | 78 | .395 | 33 | 32‍–‍40 | 19‍–‍38 |

### Record vs. opponents

1918 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL |
| Boston | — | 8–6 | 5–14 | 10–8 | 1–15 | 7–12 | 10–9 | 12–7 |
| Brooklyn | 6–8 | — | 10–9 | 6–12 | 8–12 | 9–8 | 10–9 | 8–11 |
| Chicago | 14–5 | 9–10 | — | 10–7–1 | 14–6 | 12–6 | 10–8–1 | 15–3 |
| Cincinnati | 8–10 | 12–6 | 7–10–1 | — | 12–7 | 12–7 | 4–12 | 13–8 |
| New York | 15–1 | 12–8 | 6–14 | 7–12 | — | 10–3 | 8–11 | 13–4 |
| Philadelphia | 12–7 | 8–9 | 6–12 | 7–12 | 3–10 | — | 11–7 | 8–11–2 |
| Pittsburgh | 9–10 | 9–10 | 8–10–1 | 12–4 | 11–8 | 7–11 | — | 9–7 |
| St. Louis | 7–12 | 11–8 | 3–15 | 8–13 | 4–13 | 11–8–2 | 7–9 | — |

### 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 | Mike González | 117 | 349 | 88 | .252 | 3 | 20 |
| 1B | Gene Paulette | 125 | 461 | 126 | .273 | 0 | 52 |
| 2B | Bob Fisher | 63 | 246 | 78 | .317 | 2 | 20 |
| SS | Rogers Hornsby | 115 | 416 | 117 | .281 | 5 | 60 |
| 3B | Doug Baird | 82 | 316 | 78 | .247 | 2 | 25 |
| OF | Cliff Heathcote | 88 | 348 | 90 | .259 | 4 | 32 |
| OF | Austin McHenry | 80 | 272 | 71 | .261 | 1 | 29 |
| OF | Walton Cruise | 70 | 240 | 65 | .271 | 6 | 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 |
| Bruno Betzel | 76 | 230 | 51 | .222 | 0 | 13 |
| Jack Smith | 42 | 166 | 35 | .211 | 0 | 4 |
| Charlie Grimm | 50 | 141 | 31 | .220 | 0 | 12 |
| George Anderson | 35 | 132 | 39 | .295 | 0 | 6 |
| Red Smyth | 40 | 113 | 24 | .212 | 0 | 4 |
| Frank Snyder | 39 | 112 | 28 | .250 | 0 | 10 |
| Bobby Wallace | 32 | 98 | 15 | .153 | 0 | 4 |
| Bert Niehoff | 22 | 84 | 15 | .179 | 0 | 5 |
| Herman Bronkie | 18 | 68 | 15 | .221 | 1 | 7 |
| John Brock | 27 | 52 | 11 | .212 | 0 | 4 |
| Johnny Beall | 19 | 49 | 11 | .224 | 0 | 6 |
| Marty Kavanagh | 12 | 44 | 8 | .182 | 1 | 8 |
| Dutch Distel | 8 | 17 | 3 | .176 | 0 | 1 |
| Wally Mattick | 8 | 14 | 2 | .143 | 0 | 1 |
| Bob Larmore | 4 | 7 | 2 | .286 | 0 | 1 |
| Dick Wheeler | 3 | 6 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Brottem | 2 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Ted Menze | 2 | 3 | 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 | 211.0 | 9 | 15 | 2.43 | 74 |
| Red Ames | 27 | 206.2 | 9 | 14 | 2.31 | 68 |
| Gene Packard | 30 | 182.1 | 12 | 12 | 3.50 | 46 |
| Lee Meadows | 30 | 165.1 | 8 | 14 | 3.59 | 49 |

#### 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 |
| Bill Sherdel | 35 | 182.1 | 6 | 12 | 2.71 | 40 |
| Jakie May | 29 | 152.2 | 5 | 6 | 3.83 | 61 |
| Oscar Tuero | 11 | 44.1 | 1 | 2 | 1.02 | 13 |
| Rankin Johnson Sr. | 6 | 23.0 | 1 | 1 | 2.74 | 4 |
| Oscar Horstmann | 9 | 23.0 | 0 | 2 | 5.48 | 6 |

#### 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 |
| Earl Howard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| Gene Paulette | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |