1900 St. Louis Cardinals season

The 1900 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 19th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 9th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 65–75 during the season and finished 5th in the National League.

1900 St. Louis Cardinals
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1892)
Location
League Park (since 1893) St. Louis, Missouri (since 1882)
Results
Record	65–75 (.464)
League place	5th
Other information
Owner(s)	Frank Robison and Stanley Robison
Manager(s)	Patsy Tebeau (42–50) Louie Heilbroner (23–25)
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Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Brooklyn Superbas	82	54	0.603	—	43–26	39–28
Pittsburgh Pirates	79	60	0.568	4½	42–28	37–32
Philadelphia Phillies	75	63	0.543	8	45–23	30–40
Boston Beaneaters	66	72	0.478	17	42–29	24–43
St. Louis Cardinals	65	75	0.464	19	40–31	25–44
Chicago Orphans	65	75	0.464	19	45–30	20–45
Cincinnati Reds	62	77	0.446	21½	27–34	35–43
New York Giants	60	78	0.435	23	38–31	22–47

Record vs. opponents

1900 National League Records 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.[1]

Roster

1900 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers Jack Harper Jim Hughey Cowboy Jones Jack Powell Willie Sudhoff Tom Thomas Gus Weyhing Cy Young		Catchers Fritz Buelow Lou Criger Jack O'Connor Wilbert Robinson Harry Stanton Henry Stein Infielders Lave Cross Bill Keister Otto Krueger Dan McGann John McGraw Joe Quinn Patsy Tebeau Bobby Wallace		Outfielders Jesse Burkett Pat Dillard Mike Donlin Patsy Donovan Emmet Heidrick		Manager Patsy Tebeau Louie Heilbroner

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	.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
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

References

1. Jack O'Connor page at Baseball Reference

External links

• 1900 St. Louis Cardinals
• 1900 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com