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| 1923 St. Louis Cardinals | ||
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| League | National League | |
| Ballpark | Sportsman's Park | |
| City | St. Louis, Missouri | |
| Record | 79–74 (.516) | |
| League place | 5th | |
| Owners | Sam Breadon | |
| Managers | Branch Rickey | |
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The 1923 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 42nd season in St. Louis, Missouri and its 32nd season in the National League. The Cardinals went 79–74 during the season and finished fifth in the National League. This is the first season that the Cardinals wore numbers on their uniforms but only on the left sleeve and only for home games. By the next season the numbers were abandoned and wouldn't return, this time permanently, until 1932.
Regular season
Rogers Hornsby set a major league record of 13 consecutive games with two or more base hits, accomplished July 5 through July 18, 1923.
Season standings
| National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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| New York Giants | 95 | 58 | 0.621 | — | 47–30 | 48–28 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 91 | 63 | 0.591 | 4½ | 46–32 | 45–31 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 87 | 67 | 0.565 | 8½ | 47–30 | 40–37 |
| Chicago Cubs | 83 | 71 | 0.539 | 12½ | 46–31 | 37–40 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 79 | 74 | 0.516 | 16 | 42–35 | 37–39 |
| Brooklyn Robins | 76 | 78 | 0.494 | 19½ | 37–40 | 39–38 |
| Boston Braves | 54 | 100 | 0.351 | 41½ | 22–55 | 32–45 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 50 | 104 | 0.325 | 45½ | 20–55 | 30–49 |
Record vs. opponents
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| Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
| Boston | — | 8–14 | 6–16 | 7–15 | 6–16 | 13–9 | 5–17 | 9–13–1 | |||||
| Brooklyn | 14–8 | — | 10–12 | 8–14 | 11–11 | 12–10–1 | 11–11 | 10–12 | |||||
| Chicago | 16–6 | 12–10 | — | 9–13 | 10–12 | 13–9 | 11–11 | 12–10 | |||||
| Cincinnati | 15–7 | 14–8 | 13–9 | — | 12–10 | 19–3 | 8–14 | 10–12 | |||||
| New York | 16–6 | 11–11 | 12–10 | 10–12 | — | 19–3 | 13–9 | 14–7 | |||||
| Philadelphia | 9–13 | 10–12–1 | 9–13 | 3–19 | 3–19 | — | 9–13 | 7–15 | |||||
| Pittsburgh | 17–5 | 11–11 | 11–11 | 14–8 | 9–13 | 13–9 | — | 12–10 | |||||
| St. Louis | 13–9–1 | 12–10 | 10–12 | 12–10 | 7–14 | 15–7 | 10–12 | — | |||||
Roster
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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 |
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| C | Eddie Ainsmith | 82 | 263 | 56 | .213 | 3 | 34 |
| 1B | Jim Bottomley | 134 | 523 | 194 | .371 | 8 | 94 |
| 2B | Rogers Hornsby | 107 | 424 | 163 | .384 | 17 | 83 |
| SS | Howard Freigau | 113 | 358 | 94 | .263 | 1 | 35 |
| 3B | Milt Stock | 151 | 603 | 174 | .289 | 2 | 96 |
| OF | Hi Myers | 96 | 330 | 99 | .300 | 2 | 48 |
| OF | Jack Smith | 124 | 407 | 126 | .310 | 5 | 41 |
| OF | Max Flack | 128 | 505 | 147 | .291 | 3 | 28 |
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 |
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| Ray Blades | 98 | 317 | 78 | .246 | 5 | 44 |
| Specs Toporcer | 97 | 303 | 77 | .254 | 3 | 35 |
| Heinie Mueller | 78 | 265 | 91 | .343 | 5 | 41 |
| Harry McCurdy | 67 | 185 | 49 | .265 | 0 | 15 |
| Verne Clemons | 57 | 130 | 37 | .285 | 0 | 13 |
| Doc Lavan | 50 | 111 | 22 | .198 | 1 | 12 |
| Leslie Mann | 38 | 89 | 33 | .371 | 5 | 11 |
| Les Bell | 15 | 51 | 19 | .373 | 0 | 9 |
| Eddie Dyer | 35 | 45 | 12 | .267 | 2 | 5 |
| Jake Flowers | 13 | 32 | 3 | .094 | 0 | 2 |
| Charlie Niebergall | 9 | 28 | 3 | .107 | 0 | 1 |
| Taylor Douthit | 9 | 27 | 5 | .185 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Hudgens | 6 | 12 | 3 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Schultz | 2 | 7 | 2 | .286 | 0 | 1 |
| Speed Walker | 2 | 7 | 2 | .286 | 0 | 1 |
| George Kopshaw | 2 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
| Tige Stone | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 |
| Burt Shotton | 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