# 1900 St. Louis Cardinals season

The 1900 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 19th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the ninth season in the National League. The Cardinals went 65–75 during the season and finished fifth in the National League.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Brooklyn Superbas | 82 | 54 | .603 | — | 43‍–‍26 | 39‍–‍28 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 79 | 60 | .568 | 4½ | 42‍–‍28 | 37‍–‍32 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 75 | 63 | .543 | 8 | 45‍–‍23 | 30‍–‍40 |
| Boston Beaneaters | 66 | 72 | .478 | 17 | 42‍–‍29 | 24‍–‍43 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 65 | 75 | .464 | 19 | 40‍–‍31 | 25‍–‍44 |
| Chicago Orphans | 65 | 75 | .464 | 19 | 45‍–‍30 | 20‍–‍45 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 62 | 77 | .446 | 21½ | 27‍–‍34 | 35‍–‍43 |
| New York Giants | 60 | 78 | .435 | 23 | 38‍–‍31 | 22‍–‍47 |

### Record vs. opponents

1900 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | BR | CHI | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL |
| Boston | — | 4–16–2 | 12–8 | 13–7 | 11–7–2 | 9–11 | 5–15 | 12–8 |
| Brooklyn | 16–4–2 | — | 10–10–1 | 15–4–2 | 10–10 | 10–8 | 8–11–1 | 13–7 |
| Chicago | 8–12 | 10–10–1 | — | 9–11–1 | 12–8–1 | 9–11–1 | 8–12 | 9–11–2 |
| Cincinnati | 7–13 | 4–15–2 | 11–9–1 | — | 7–13 | 9–11–2 | 12–8 | 12–8 |
| New York | 7–11–2 | 10–10 | 8–12–1 | 13–7 | — | 7–13 | 9–11 | 6–14 |
| Philadelphia | 11–9 | 8–10 | 11–9–1 | 11–9–2 | 13–7 | — | 9–11 | 12–18 |
| Pittsburgh | 15–5 | 11–8–1 | 12–8 | 8–12 | 11–9 | 11–9 | — | 11–9 |
| St. Louis | 8–12 | 7–13 | 11–9–2 | 8–12 | 14–6 | 8–12 | 9–11 | — |

### Notable transactions

* May 22, 1900: Jack O'Connor was purchased from the Cardinals by the Pittsburgh Pirates for $2,000.

### 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 | Lou Criger | 80 | 288 | 78 | .271 | 2 | 38 |
| 1B | Dan McGann | 121 | 444 | 132 | .297 | 4 | 58 |
| 2B | Bill Keister | 126 | 497 | 149 | .300 | 1 | 72 |
| SS | Bobby Wallace | 126 | 485 | 130 | .268 | 4 | 70 |
| 3B | John McGraw | 99 | 334 | 115 | .344 | 2 | 33 |
| OF | Jesse Burkett | 141 | 559 | 203 | .363 | 7 | 68 |
| OF | Emmet Heidrick | 85 | 339 | 102 | .301 | 2 | 45 |
| OF | Patsy Donovan | 126 | 503 | 159 | .316 | 0 | 61 |

#### 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 |
| Mike Donlin | 78 | 276 | 90 | .326 | 10 | 48 |
| Wilbert Robinson | 60 | 224 | 52 | .248 | 0 | 28 |
| Pat Dillard | 57 | 183 | 42 | .230 | 0 | 12 |
| Willie Sudhoff | 35 | 106 | 20 | .189 | 0 | 6 |
| Joe Quinn | 22 | 80 | 21 | .263 | 1 | 11 |
| Lave Cross | 16 | 61 | 18 | .295 | 0 | 6 |
| Otto Krueger | 12 | 35 | 14 | .400 | 1 | 3 |
| Jack O'Connor | 10 | 32 | 7 | .219 | 0 | 6 |
| Fritz Buelow | 6 | 17 | 4 | .235 | 0 | 3 |
| Patsy Tebeau | 1 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Henry Stein | 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 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 |
| Cy Young | 41 | 321.1 | 19 | 19 | 3.00 | 115 |
| Cowboy Jones | 39 | 292.2 | 13 | 19 | 3.57 | 68 |
| Jack Powell | 38 | 287.2 | 17 | 16 | 4.44 | 77 |
| Willie Sudhoff | 16 | 127.0 | 6 | 8 | 2.76 | 29 |
| Jim Hughey | 20 | 112.2 | 5 | 7 | 5.19 | 23 |

#### 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 |
| Gus Weyhing | 7 | 46.2 | 3 | 2 | 4.63 | 6 |
| Tom Thomas | 5 | 26.1 | 2 | 2 | 3.76 | 7 |
| Jack Harper | 1 | 3.0 | 0 | 1 | 12.00 | 0 |