1978 St. Louis Cardinals Statistics

1977 Season 1979 Season

Record: 69-93-0, Finished 5th in NL_East (Schedule and Results)

Managers: Vern Rapp (6-11) , Jack Krol (1-1) and Ken Boyer (62-81)

General Manager: Bing Devine (Fired after season)

Scouting Director: Jim Bayens

Ballpark: Busch Stadium II

Attendance: 1,278,215 (8th of 12)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 99
One-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 97

Pythagorean W-L: 74-88, 600 Runs, 657 Runs Allowed

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162. Oct 1, STL (69-93) lost to MON, 1-5

Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Ted Simmons#	28	152	604	516	71	148	40	5	22	80	1	1	77	39	.287	.377	.512	.889	148	264	19	3	0	8	17
2	1B	Keith Hernandez*	24	159	633	542	90	138	32	4	11	64	13	5	82	68	.255	.351	.389	.741	108	211	12	2	1	6	11
3	2B	Mike Tyson	28	125	405	377	26	88	16	0	3	26	2	0	24	41	.233	.277	.300	.577	63	113	14	0	1	3	7
4	SS	Garry Templeton#	22	155	675	647	82	181	31	13	2	47	34	11	22	87	.280	.303	.377	.680	91	244	7	1	2	3	3
5	3B	Ken Reitz	27	150	578	540	41	133	26	2	10	75	1	0	23	61	.246	.280	.357	.637	78	193	13	5	3	7	5
6	LF	Lou Brock*	39	92	317	298	31	66	9	0	0	12	17	5	17	29	.221	.263	.252	.514	46	75	4	0	1	1	2
7	CF	George Hendrick	28	102	418	382	55	110	27	1	17	67	1	0	28	44	.288	.337	.497	.834	132	190	9	2	1	4	1
8	RF	Jerry Morales	29	130	499	457	44	109	19	8	4	46	4	4	33	44	.239	.288	.341	.629	77	156	13	1	2	6	1
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	OF	Jerry Mumphrey#	25	125	403	367	41	96	13	4	2	37	14	10	30	40	.262	.317	.335	.652	84	123	10	1	2	3	0
10	OF	Tony Scott#	26	96	237	219	28	50	5	2	1	14	5	6	14	41	.228	.278	.283	.562	59	62	5	2	0	2	1
11	2B	Mike Phillips*	27	76	186	164	14	44	8	1	1	28	0	0	13	25	.268	.317	.348	.665	87	57	4	2	0	7	2
12	C	Steve Swisher	26	45	124	115	11	32	5	1	1	10	1	0	8	14	.278	.331	.365	.696	96	42	6	1	0	0	0
13	UT	Roger Freed	32	52	101	92	3	22	6	0	2	20	1	0	8	17	.239	.297	.370	.667	87	34	2	0	0	1	0
14	OF	Dane Iorg*	28	35	90	85	6	23	4	1	0	4	0	0	4	10	.271	.300	.341	.641	80	29	2	0	0	1	1
15	OF	Jim Dwyer*	28	34	75	65	8	14	3	0	1	4	1	0	9	3	.215	.320	.308	.628	78	20	1	1	0	0	1
16	3B	Wayne Garrett*	30	33	74	63	11	21	4	0	1	10	1	0	11	16	.333	.432	.444	.877	147	28	3	0	0	0	1
17	2B	Ken Oberkfell*	22	24	54	50	7	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	.120	.170	.140	.310	-12	7	1	0	1	0	0
18	C	Terry Kennedy*	22	10	33	29	0	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	3	.172	.273	.172	.445	28	5	2	0	0	0	2
19	OF	Jim Lentine	23	8	12	11	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	.182	.250	.182	.432	23	2	0	1	0	0	0
20	2B	Gary Sutherland	33	10	8	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	-6	1	0	0	2	0	0
21	C	John Tamargo#	26	6	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	SS	Mike Ramsey#	24	12	5	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	13	1	0	0	0	0	0
23	OF	Bob Coluccio	26	5	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	-24	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
24	P	Bob Forsch	28	34	89	83	2	15	7	0	1	8	0	0	1	26	.181	.190	.301	.492	37	25	3	0	5	0	0
25	P	John Denny	25	33	85	73	10	13	3	1	0	3	0	0	4	21	.178	.218	.247	.465	31	18	0	0	7	1	0
26	P	Pete Vuckovich	25	45	66	58	4	8	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	22	.138	.153	.155	.308	-13	9	0	0	7	0	0
27	P	Silvio Martínez	22	22	53	47	4	8	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	21	.170	.170	.213	.383	7	10	0	0	6	0	0
28	P	John Urrea	23	27	27	24	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	8	.125	.160	.125	.285	-19	3	1	0	2	0	0
29	P	Pete Falcone*	24	19	23	21	3	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.238	.238	.286	.524	47	6	0	0	2	0	0
30	P	Eric Rasmussen	26	10	20	18	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	.111	.111	.111	.222	-37	2	0	0	2	0	0
31	P	Aurelio López	29	25	16	14	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.214	.214	.214	.429	21	3	0	0	2	0	0
32	P	Tom Bruno	25	18	14	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.083	.083	.083	.167	-53	1	0	0	2	0	0
33	P	Mark Littell*	25	72	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.125	.000	.125	-62	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	P	Buddy Schultz	27	62	8	5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	.200	.333	.600	.933	158	3	0	0	2	0	0
35	P	Roy Thomas	25	16	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	41	1	0	0	0	0	0
36	P	Rob Dressler	24	3	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0
37	P	Dan O'Brien	24	7	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0
38	P	George Frazier	23	14	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	88	1	0	0	0	0	0
39	P	Dave Hamilton*	30	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	27.0	162	5966	5415	600	1351	263	44	79	568	97	42	420	713	.249	.303	.358	.661	86	1939	131	22	55	53	55
		Rank in 12 NL teams				7	10	8	3	5	9		9	1	11	1	9	12	9	12		9		8		4
		Non-Pitcher Totals	27.1	162	5541	5039	575	1290	249	42	78	547	97	42	411	588	.256	.312	.369	.680	91	1857	127	22	16	52	55
		Pitcher Totals	25.3	162	425	376	25	61	14	2	1	21	0	0	9	125	.162	.181	.218	.399	12	82	4	0	39	1	0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	John Denny	25	14	11	.560	2.96	33	33	0	11	2	0	234.0	200	81	77	13	74	4	103	6	4	8	936	120	3.45	1.171	7.7	0.5	2.8	4.0	1.39
2	SP	Bob Forsch	28	11	17	.393	3.70	34	34	0	7	3	0	233.2	205	110	96	15	97	9	114	5	3	8	981	96	3.75	1.292	7.9	0.6	3.7	4.4	1.18
3	SP	Pete Vuckovich	25	12	12	.500	2.54	45	23	15	6	2	1	198.1	187	65	56	9	59	5	149	2	2	7	819	140	2.60	1.240	8.5	0.4	2.7	6.8	2.53
4	SP	Silvio Martínez	22	9	8	.529	3.64	22	22	0	5	2	0	138.1	114	65	56	11	71	7	45	2	0	3	586	98	4.55	1.337	7.4	0.7	4.6	2.9	0.63
5	SP	Pete Falcone*	24	2	7	.222	5.76	19	14	2	0	0	0	75.0	94	52	48	9	48	2	28	2	0	8	352	62	5.40	1.893	11.3	1.1	5.8	3.4	0.58
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
6	CL	Mark Littell	25	4	8	.333	2.79	72	2	51	0	0	11	106.1	80	38	33	8	59	16	130	4	1	9	447	127	2.90	1.307	6.8	0.7	5.0	11.0	2.20
7	RP	John Urrea	23	4	9	.308	5.38	27	12	3	1	0	0	98.2	108	75	59	4	47	4	61	7	1	5	445	66	3.52	1.571	9.9	0.4	4.3	5.6	1.30
8	RP	Buddy Schultz*	27	2	4	.333	3.80	62	0	32	0	0	6	83.0	68	36	35	6	36	6	70	0	0	2	343	94	3.14	1.253	7.4	0.7	3.9	7.6	1.94
9	RP	Aurelio López	29	4	2	.667	4.29	25	4	4	0	0	0	65.0	52	35	31	4	32	2	46	1	0	5	279	83	3.49	1.292	7.2	0.6	4.4	6.4	1.44
10	RP	Tom Bruno	25	4	3	.571	1.99	18	3	8	0	0	1	49.2	38	12	11	3	17	1	33	0	1	0	201	179	3.07	1.107	6.9	0.5	3.1	6.0	1.94
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
11		Eric Rasmussen	26	2	5	.286	4.18	10	10	0	2	1	0	60.1	61	32	28	4	20	2	32	0	2	2	255	85	3.38	1.343	9.1	0.6	3.0	4.8	1.60
12		Roy Thomas	25	1	1	.500	3.81	16	1	7	0	0	3	28.1	21	14	12	0	16	3	16	0	2	3	120	94	3.15	1.306	6.7	0.0	5.1	5.1	1.00
13		George Frazier	23	0	3	.000	4.09	14	0	3	0	0	0	22.0	22	14	10	2	6	2	8	0	0	1	96	88	3.86	1.273	9.0	0.8	2.5	3.3	1.33
14		Dan O'Brien	24	0	2	.000	4.50	7	2	1	0	0	0	18.0	22	12	9	1	8	2	12	2	1	0	86	81	3.64	1.667	11.0	0.5	4.0	6.0	1.50
15		Dave Hamilton*	30	0	0		6.43	13	0	4	0	0	0	14.0	16	13	10	5	6	0	8	0	0	0	62	57	7.37	1.571	10.3	3.2	3.9	5.1	1.33
16		Rob Dressler	24	0	1	.000	2.08	3	2	0	0	0	0	13.0	12	3	3	0	4	1	4	0	0	0	49	176	2.89	1.231	8.3	0.0	2.8	2.8	1.00
		Team Totals	25.3	69	93	.426	3.58	162	162	130	32	10	22	1437.2	1300	657	572	94	600	66	859	31	17	61	6057	99	3.56	1.322	8.1	0.6	3.8	5.4	1.43
		Rank in 12 NL teams		10	2		7				6	4	12	10	1	8	7	4	11		4
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W