1928 St. Louis Cardinals Roster, Stats, and Awards

Record: 95–59 (.617), 1st place in National League
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Regular Season Stats

Hitting Stats

Year Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS Avg OBP Slg OPS
1928 Andy High 111 382 58 105 14 3 6 37 37 10 2 0 .275 .344 .374 .718
1928 Art Reinhart 27 24 1 4 0 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 .167 .231 .167 .397
1928 Bill Sherdel 38 94 10 19 5 0 1 8 8 10 1 0 .202 .265 .287 .552
1928 Bob O'Farrell 16 52 6 11 1 0 0 4 13 9 2 0 .212 .369 .231 .600
1928 Carlisle Littlejohn 12 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1928 Chick Hafey 138 542 101 175 46 6 27 111 40 53 8 0 .323 .372 .579 .951
1928 Clarence Mitchell 19 61 0 7 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 .115 .115 .131 .246
1928 Earl Smith 24 59 3 13 2 0 0 7 5 4 0 0 .220 .281 .254 .535
1928 Ernie Orsatti 27 73 10 21 6 0 3 15 10 11 0 0 .288 .381 .493 .874
1928 Flint Rhem 28 68 4 11 0 0 1 6 2 23 0 0 .162 .186 .206 .392
1928 Frankie Frisch 141 566 107 164 29 9 10 86 64 17 29 0 .290 .363 .426 .789
1928 Fred Frankhouse 22 29 3 5 2 0 0 2 3 4 0 0 .172 .250 .241 .491
1928 George Toporcer 8 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1928 George Harper 99 284 41 83 8 2 17 58 51 15 2 0 .292 .404 .514 .918
1928 Gus Mancuso 11 40 2 7 0 1 0 3 0 5 0 0 .175 .175 .225 .400
1928 Hal Haid 27 8 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 .375 .444 .375 .819
1928 Howie Williamson 10 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 .222 .300 .222 .522
1928 Jesse Haines 33 94 4 16 2 0 0 10 4 13 0 0 .170 .204 .191 .396
1928 Jim Bottomley 149 593 123 187 42 20 31 136 71 54 10 0 .315 .391 .610 1.002
1928 Jimmie Wilson 120 425 45 106 26 2 2 50 45 24 9 0 .249 .323 .334 .657
1928 Pepper Martin 39 14 11 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 .286 .375 .286 .661
1928 Pete Alexander 34 94 13 25 2 0 1 11 4 8 0 0 .266 .296 .319 .615
1928 Rabbit Maranville 112 375 40 88 14 10 1 34 36 27 3 0 .235 .303 .333 .637
1928 Ray Blades 51 89 9 20 7 1 1 19 20 26 0 0 .225 .378 .360 .738
1928 Syl Johnson 34 38 5 6 1 0 0 1 3 18 0 0 .158 .238 .184 .422
1928 Taylor Douthit 154 658 111 191 35 3 3 43 84 36 11 0 .290 .379 .366 .745
1928 Tommy Thevenow 69 176 11 35 8 3 0 13 20 12 0 0 .199 .281 .278 .559
1928 Virgil Davis 2 6 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .167 .286 .167 .452
1928 Wally Roettger 68 270 27 89 17 4 6 44 10 22 2 0 .330 .360 .489 .849
1928 Wattie Holm 102 396 61 107 24 6 3 47 32 17 1 0 .270 .326 .384 .710
– – 154 5,544 807 1,505 292 70 113 749 568 438 82 0 .271 .343 .411 .753

Pitching Stats

Year Player G IP W L Sv BS Hld H R ER BB HBP SO GS QS CG ShO ERA WHIP
1928 Art Reinhart 23 75.1 4 6 2 0 0 80 39 24 27 0 12 9 0 3 1 2.87 1.42
1928 Bill Sherdel 38 248.2 21 10 5 0 0 251 96 79 56 2 72 27 0 20 0 2.86 1.23
1928 Carlisle Littlejohn 12 32.0 2 1 0 0 0 36 16 13 14 0 6 2 0 1 0 3.66 1.56
1928 Clarence Mitchell 19 150.0 8 9 0 0 0 149 59 55 38 3 31 18 0 9 1 3.30 1.25
1928 Flint Rhem 28 169.2 11 8 3 0 0 199 91 78 71 3 47 22 0 9 0 4.14 1.59
1928 Fred Frankhouse 21 84.0 3 2 1 0 0 91 47 37 36 5 29 10 0 1 0 3.96 1.51
1928 Hal Haid 27 47.0 2 2 5 0 0 39 24 12 11 1 21 0 0 0 0 2.30 1.06
1928 Jesse Haines 33 240.1 20 8 0 0 0 238 98 85 72 6 77 28 0 20 1 3.18 1.29
1928 Pete Alexander 34 243.2 16 9 2 0 0 262 106 91 37 2 59 31 0 18 1 3.36 1.23
1928 Syl Johnson 34 120.0 8 4 3 0 0 117 53 52 33 4 66 6 0 2 0 3.90 1.25
1928 Tony Kaufmann 4 4.2 0 0 0 0 0 8 5 5 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 9.64 2.57
– – 154 1,415.1 95 59 21 0 0 1,470 634 531 399 27 422 154 0 83 4 3.38 1.32

Fielding Stats

Year Player Pos G PO A E TC DP SB CS CSPct FPct RF
1928 Art Reinhart P 23 5 15 0 20 0 1.000 0.87
1928 Bill Sherdel P 38 6 36 2 44 1 .955 1.11
1928 Carlisle Littlejohn P 12 0 8 1 9 0 .889 0.67
1928 Clarence Mitchell P 19 6 48 1 55 3 .982 2.84
1928 Flint Rhem P 28 3 48 0 51 5 1.000 1.82
1928 Fred Frankhouse P 21 2 23 1 26 4 .962 1.19
1928 Hal Haid P 27 2 11 0 13 0 1.000 0.48
1928 Jesse Haines P 33 3 43 0 46 2 1.000 1.39
1928 Pete Alexander P 34 4 57 0 61 3 1.000 1.79
1928 Syl Johnson P 34 3 20 1 24 2 .958 0.68
1928 Tony Kaufmann P 4 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0.25
1928 Bob O'Farrell C 14 61 4 1 66 1 0 0 0.0% .985 4.64
1928 Earl Smith C 18 52 6 0 58 2 0 0 0.0% 1.000 3.22
1928 Gus Mancuso C 11 54 7 1 62 0 0 0 0.0% .984 5.55
1928 Jimmie Wilson C 120 394 82 8 484 13 0 0 0.0% .983 3.97
1928 Virgil Davis C 2 6 0 2 8 0 0 0 0.0% .750 3.00
1928 Ernie Orsatti 1B 5 41 1 1 43 2 .977 8.40
1928 George Toporcer 1B 1 7 3 0 10 0 1.000 10.00
1928 Jim Bottomley 1B 148 1,454 52 20 1,526 113 .987 10.18
1928 Tommy Thevenow 1B 1 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 1.00
1928 Andy High 2B 19 35 47 2 84 10 .976 4.32
1928 Frankie Frisch 2B 139 383 474 21 878 80 .976 6.17
1928 George Toporcer 2B 1 5 0 0 5 1 1.000 5.00
1928 Rabbit Maranville 2B 2 1 2 0 3 1 1.000 1.50
1928 Andy High 3B 73 56 117 12 185 10 .935 2.37
1928 Tommy Thevenow 3B 3 4 7 0 11 0 1.000 3.67
1928 Wattie Holm 3B 83 100 145 22 267 9 .918 2.95
1928 Rabbit Maranville SS 112 236 362 19 617 57 .969 5.34
1928 Tommy Thevenow SS 64 100 158 19 277 29 .931 4.03
1928 Chick Hafey LF 133 287 13 11 311 3 .965 2.26
1928 Taylor Douthit CF 154 547 10 9 566 4 .984 3.62
1928 Ernie Orsatti RF 17 29 2 0 31 0 1.000 1.82
1928 George Harper RF 84 156 13 2 171 2 .988 2.01
1928 Pepper Martin RF 4 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 0.50
1928 Ray Blades RF 19 34 1 1 36 1 .972 1.84
1928 Wally Roettger RF 66 152 2 3 157 1 .981 2.33
1928 Wattie Holm RF 7 18 0 0 18 0 1.000 2.57
– – 154 4,248 1,819 160 6,227 359 0 0 .974 39.40

Post-Season Stats

Hitting Stats

Year Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS Avg OBP Slg OPS
1928 Andy High 4 17 1 5 2 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 .294 .333 .412 .745
1928 Bill Sherdel 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1928 Chick Hafey 4 15 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 .200 .250 .200 .450
1928 Clarence Mitchell 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1928 Earl Smith 1 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .750 .750 .750 1.500
1928 Ernie Orsatti 4 7 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 .286 .375 .429 .804
1928 Flint Rhem 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1928 Frankie Frisch 4 14 1 3 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 0 .214 .294 .214 .508
1928 George Harper 3 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 .111 .273 .111 .384
1928 Jesse Haines 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1928 Jim Bottomley 4 14 1 3 0 1 1 3 2 6 0 0 .214 .312 .571 .884
1928 Jimmie Wilson 3 11 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 .091 .091 .182 .273
1928 Pepper Martin 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1928 Pete Alexander 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1928 Rabbit Maranville 4 13 2 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 .308 .357 .385 .742
1928 Ray Blades 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1928 Syl Johnson 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1928 Taylor Douthit 3 11 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 .091 .231 .091 .322
1928 Tommy Thevenow 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1928 Wattie Holm 3 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333
– – 4 132 10 27 5 1 1 9 11 29 3 2 .205 .269 .280 .549

Pitching Stats

Year Player G IP W L Sv BS Hld H R ER BB HBP SO GS QS CG ShO ERA WHIP
1928 Bill Sherdel 2 13.1 0 2 0 0 0 15 7 7 3 0 3 2 0 0 0 4.72 1.35
1928 Clarence Mitchell 1 5.2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 1.59 0.71
1928 Flint Rhem 1 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
1928 Jesse Haines 1 6.0 0 1 0 0 0 6 6 3 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 4.50 1.50
1928 Pete Alexander 2 5.0 0 1 0 0 0 10 11 11 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 19.80 2.80
1928 Syl Johnson 2 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4.50 2.50
– – 8 34.0 0 4 0 0 0 37 27 23 13 1 13 4 0 0 0 6.09 1.47

Fielding Stats

Year Player Pos G PO A E TC DP SB CS CSPct FPct RF
1928 Bill Sherdel P 2 0 4 0 4 0 1.000 2.00
1928 Clarence Mitchell P 1 0 1 1 2 0 .500 1.00
1928 Flint Rhem P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1928 Jesse Haines P 1 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 1.00
1928 Pete Alexander P 2 0 4 0 4 0 1.000 2.00
1928 Syl Johnson P 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1928 Earl Smith C 1 3 1 0 4 0 0 0 0.0% 1.000 4.00
1928 Jimmie Wilson C 3 14 2 2 18 0 0 0 0.0% .889 5.33
1928 Jim Bottomley 1B 4 36 2 0 38 3 1.000 9.50
1928 Frankie Frisch 2B 4 8 13 0 21 2 1.000 5.25
1928 Andy High 3B 4 2 5 0 7 1 1.000 1.75
1928 Rabbit Maranville SS 4 11 3 1 15 2 .933 3.50
1928 Tommy Thevenow SS 1 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.00
1928 Chick Hafey LF 4 8 0 1 9 0 .889 2.00
1928 Ernie Orsatti CF 1 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 4.00
1928 Taylor Douthit CF 3 6 1 0 7 0 1.000 2.33
1928 George Harper RF 3 5 0 0 5 0 1.000 1.67
1928 Wattie Holm RF 1 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 4.00
– – 4 102 37 5 144 8 0 0 .965 34.75

Awards

Player Award Stats
Jim Bottomley Most Valuable Player (1B) .315–31–136, 10 SB

Frequently asked questions about the 1928 St. Louis Cardinals

Who had the most hits on the 1928 St. Louis Cardinals?

Taylor Douthit led the 1928 St. Louis Cardinals with 191 hits in 154 games.

Who had the highest batting average on the 1928 St. Louis Cardinals?

Chick Hafey led the 1928 St. Louis Cardinals with a .323 batting average in 138 games.

Who had the most home runs on the 1928 St. Louis Cardinals?

Jim Bottomley led the 1928 St. Louis Cardinals with 31 home runs in 149 games.

Who had the highest on-base percentage (OBP) on the 1928 St. Louis Cardinals?

Jim Bottomley led the 1928 St. Louis Cardinals with a .391 on-base percentage (OBP) in 149 games.

Who had the highest slugging percentage on the 1928 St. Louis Cardinals?

Jim Bottomley led the 1928 St. Louis Cardinals with a .610 slugging percentage in 149 games.

Who had the most stolen bases on the 1928 St. Louis Cardinals?

Frankie Frisch led the 1928 St. Louis Cardinals with 29 stolen bases in 141 games.

Who had the lowest earned run average (ERA) on the 1928 St. Louis Cardinals?

Bill Sherdel had a 2.86 earned-run average (ERA) in 38 games, the lowest on the 1928 St. Louis Cardinals.

Who had the lowest WHIP (Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched) on the 1928 St. Louis Cardinals?

Pete Alexander had a 1.23 WHIP in 34 games, the lowest on the 1928 St. Louis Cardinals.

Who struck out the most batters on the 1928 St. Louis Cardinals?

Jesse Haines led the 1928 St. Louis Cardinals with 77 strikeouts in 33 games.

Who had the most wins on the 1928 St. Louis Cardinals?

Bill Sherdel led the 1928 St. Louis Cardinals with 21 wins in 38 games.

Who had the most saves on the 1928 St. Louis Cardinals?

Hal Haid led the 1928 St. Louis Cardinals with 5 saves in 27 games.