1917 St. Louis Cardinals Roster

The 1917 St. Louis Cardinals team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1917 season. It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season. Every player's name links to their career statistics.

Below the main roster you will find in the Fast Facts section: a 1917 St. Louis Cardinals Opening Day starters list, a 1917 St. Louis Cardinals salary list, a 1917 St. Louis Cardinals uniform number breakdown and a 1917 St. Louis Cardinals primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.

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1917 St. Louis Cardinals



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Complete Roster  
 

n/a Red Ames 5-10½ 185 Right Both 1882-08-02
n/a Bill Doak 6-00½ 165 Right Right 1891-01-28
n/a Marv Goodwin 5-11 168 Right Right 1891-01-16
n/a Bruce Hitt 6-01 190 Right Right 1897-03-14
n/a Oscar Horstmann 5-11 165 Right Right 1891-06-02
n/a Jakie May 5-08 178 Left Right 1895-11-25
n/a Lee Meadows 6-00 190 Right Left 1894-07-12
n/a Tim Murchison 6-00 185 Left Right 1896-10-08
n/a Lou North 5-11 175 Right Right 1891-06-15
n/a Gene Packard 5-10 155 Left Left 1887-07-13
n/a George Pierce 5-10½ 175 Left Left 1888-01-10
n/a Bob Steele 5-10½ 175 Left Both 1894-03-29
n/a Milt Watson 6-01 180 Right Right 1890-01-10
n/a John Brock 5-06½ 165 Right Right 1896-10-16
n/a Mike Gonzalez 6-01 200 Right Right 1890-09-24
n/a Paddy Livingston 5-08 197 Right Right 1880-01-14
n/a Jack Roche 6-01 178 Right Right 1890-11-22
n/a Frank Snyder 6-02 185 Right Right 1894-05-27
n/a Doug Baird 5-09½ 148 Right Right 1891-09-27
n/a Bruno Betzel 5-09 158 Right Right 1894-12-06
n/a Tony DeFate 5-08½ 158 Right Right 1895-02-22
n/a Rogers Hornsby 5-11 175 Right Right 1896-04-27
n/a Ike McAuley 5-09½ 150 Right Both 1891-08-19
n/a Dots Miller 5-11½ 170 Right Right 1886-09-09
n/a Gene Paulette 6-00 150 Right Right 1891-05-26
n/a Fred Smith 5-11½ 185 Right Right 1886-07-29
n/a Bobby Wallace 5-08 170 Right Right 1873-11-04
n/a Bob Bescher 6-01 200 Left Both 1884-02-25
n/a Walton Cruise 6-00 175 Right Left 1890-05-06
n/a Tom Long 5-10½ 165 Right Right 1890-06-01
n/a Jack Smith 5-08 165 Left Left 1895-06-23
n/a Red Smyth 5-09 152 Right Left 1893-01-30
n/a Stuffy Stewart 5-09 160 Right Right 1894-01-31


The 1917 St. Louis Cardinals played 152 games during the regular season, won 82 games, lost 70 games, and finished in third position. They played their home games at Robison Field (Park Factors: 97/99) where 288,491 fans witnessed their 1917 Cardinals finish the season with a .539 winning percentage.

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a unique set of rosters not easily found on the Internet. Included, where data is available, is a 1917 St. Louis Cardinals Opening Day starters list, a 1917 St. Louis Cardinals salary list, a 1917 St. Louis Cardinals uniform number breakdown and a 1917 St. Louis Cardinals primary starters list:

1917 St. Louis Cardinals
Opening Day Starters


No Opening Day Information Available

1917 St. Louis Cardinals
Most Games by Position

C Frank Snyder (94)
1B Gene Paulette (93)
2B Dots Miller (92)
3B Doug Baird (103)
SS Rogers Hornsby (144)
LF Walton Cruise (49)
CF Walton Cruise (85)
RF Tom Long (99)
  
SP Bill Doak
SP Lee Meadows
SP Milt Watson
  
CL Red Ames


1917 St. Louis Cardinals
Salaries

Rogers Hornsby $3,000.00


1917 St. Louis Cardinals
Uniform Numbers

Uniform Numbers Not Worn

Did you know that a 1917 St. Louis Cardinals Schedule is available and it includes dates of every game played, scores of every game played, a cumulative record, and many hard to find splits (Monthly Splits, Team vs Team Splits & Score Related Splits)?

     

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