1903 St. Louis Cardinals season

Major League Baseball season

Major League Baseball team season

1903 St. Louis Cardinals

League| National League
Ballpark| League Park
City| St. Louis, Missouri
Record| 43–94 (.314)
League place| 8th
Owners| Frank Robison and Stanley Robison
Managers| Patsy Donovan
| <- 1902 | Seasons | 1904 ->

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The 1903 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 22nd season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 12th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 43–94 during the season and finished eighth in the National League.

## Regular season

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### Season standings

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National League Team  | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road

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Pittsburgh Pirates | 91 | 49  | .650  | —  | 46‍–‍24  | 45‍–‍25
New York Giants | 84 | 55  | .604  | 6½  | 41‍–‍27  | 43‍–‍28
Chicago Cubs | 82 | 56  | .594  | 8  | 45‍–‍28  | 37‍–‍28
Cincinnati Reds | 74 | 65  | .532  | 16½  | 41‍–‍35  | 33‍–‍30
Brooklyn Superbas | 70 | 66  | .515  | 19  | 40‍–‍33  | 30‍–‍33
Boston Beaneaters | 58 | 80  | .420  | 32  | 31‍–‍35  | 27‍–‍45
Philadelphia Phillies | 49 | 86  | .363  | 39½  | 25‍–‍33  | 24‍–‍53
St. Louis Cardinals | 43 | 94  | .314  | 46½  | 22‍–‍45  | 21‍–‍49

### Record vs. opponents

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1903 National League record

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Team  | BOS  | BRO  | CHC  | CIN  | NYG  | PHI  | PIT  | STL
Boston | — | 9–11 | 7–13–1 | 7–13 | 8–12 | 10–8–1 | 5–15 | 12–8
Brooklyn | 11–9 | — | 8–12 | 10–10 | 7–12–2 | 11–8–1 | 9–11 | 14–4–1
Chicago | 13–7–1 | 12–8 | — | 9–11 | 8–12 | 12–6 | 12–8 | 16–4
Cincinnati | 13–7 | 10–10 | 11–9 | — | 12–10 | 12–8–2 | 4–16 | 12–7
New York | 12–8 | 12–7–2 | 12–8 | 8–12 | — | 15–5 | 10–10 | 15–5–1
Philadelphia | 8–10–1 | 8–11–1 | 6–12 | 8–12–2 | 5–15 | — | 4–16–1 | 10–10
Pittsburgh | 15–5 | 11–9 | 8–12 | 16–4 | 10–10 | 16–4–1 | — | 15–5
St. Louis | 8–12 | 4–14–1 | 4–16 | 7–12 | 5–15–1 | 10–10 | 5–15 | —

### Roster

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1903 St. Louis Cardinals

Roster
Pitchers

* Harry Betts
* Mordecai Brown
* Clarence Currie
* Pat Hynes
* John Lovett
* Chappie McFarland
* Larry Milton
* Charlie Moran
* Ed Murphy
* Mike O'Neill
* Bob Rhoads
* War Sanders
* Ed Taylor
* Bob Wicker
* Stan Yerkes

|  | Catchers

* Jack Coveney
* Jack O'Neill
* Jack Ryan
* Art Weaver

Infielders

* Harry Berte
* Dave Brain
* Jimmy Burke
* Lee DeMontreville
* John Farrell
* Jim Hackett
* Art Nichols
* Lon Ury
* Otto Williams

|  | Outfielders

* George Barclay
* Patsy Donovan
* Jack Dunleavy
* Homer Smoot

|  | Manager

* Patsy Donovan

## Player stats

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### Batting

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#### Starters by position

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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 | Jack O'Neill | 75 | 246 | 58 | .236 | 0 | 27
1B | Jim Hackett | 99 | 351 | 80 | .228 | 0 | 36
2B | John Farrell | 130 | 519 | 141 | .272 | 1 | 32
3B | Jimmy Burke | 115 | 431 | 123 | .285 | 0 | 42
SS | Dave Brain | 119 | 464 | 107 | .231 | 1 | 60
OF | Homer Smoot | 129 | 500 | 148 | .296 | 4 | 49
OF | George Barclay | 108 | 419 | 104 | .248 | 0 | 42
OF | Patsy Donovan | 105 | 410 | 134 | .327 | 0 | 39

#### Other batters

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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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Jack Ryan | 67 | 227 | 54 | .238 | 1 | 10
Jack Dunleavy | 67 | 193 | 48 | .249 | 0 | 10
Otto Williams | 53 | 187 | 38 | .203 | 0 | 9
Art Nichols | 36 | 120 | 23 | .192 | 0 | 9
Lee DeMontreville | 26 | 70 | 17 | .243 | 0 | 7
Art Weaver | 16 | 49 | 12 | .245 | 0 | 5
Harry Berte | 4 | 15 | 5 | .333 | 0 | 1
Jack Coveney | 4 | 14 | 2 | .143 | 0 | 0
Lon Ury | 2 | 7 | 1 | .143 | 0 | 0

### Pitching

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#### Starting pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player  | G  | IP  | W  | L  | ERA  | SO

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Chappie McFarland | 28 | 229.0 | 9 | 19 | 3.07 | 76
Mordecai Brown | 26 | 201.0 | 9 | 13 | 2.60 | 83
Clarence Currie | 22 | 148.0 | 4 | 12 | 4.01 | 52
Mike O'Neill | 19 | 145.0 | 4 | 13 | 3.79 | 39
Bob Rhoads | 17 | 129.0 | 5 | 8 | 4.60 | 52
Ed Murphy | 15 | 106.0 | 4 | 8 | 3.31 | 16
Jack Dunleavy | 14 | 102.0 | 6 | 8 | 4.06 | 51
Jim Hackett | 7 | 48.1 | 1 | 3 | 3.72 | 21
War Sanders | 8 | 40.0 | 1 | 6 | 6.08 | 9
Harry Betts | 1 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 10.00 | 2
Pat Hynes | 1 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 4.00 | 1
Stan Yerkes | 1 | 5.0 | 0 | 1 | 1.80 | 3

#### Other pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player  | G  | IP  | W  | L  | ERA  | SO

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Charlie Moran | 3 | 24.0 | 0 | 1 | 5.25 | 7
John Lovett | 3 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 3

#### Relief pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player  | G  | W  | L  | SV  | ERA  | SO

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Bob Wicker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3
Larry Milton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 0
Ed Taylor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1

## External links

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* 1903 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Reference
* 1903 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

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