1979 St. Louis Cardinals Batting Statistics

1978 Season 1980 Season

Record: 86-76-1, Finished 3rd in NL_East (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Ken Boyer (86-76-1)

General Manager: John Claiborne (Hired after 1978 season)

Scouting Director: Jim Bayens

Ballpark: Busch Stadium II

Attendance: 1,627,256 (7th of 12)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 102
One-year: Batting - 106, Pitching - 106

Pythagorean W-L: 85-77, 731 Runs, 693 Runs Allowed

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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#	29	123	521	448	68	127	22	0	26	87	0	1	61	34	.283	.369	.507	.875	135	227	10	4	0	8	22
2	1B	Keith Hernandez*	25	161	698	610	116	210	48	11	11	105	11	6	80	78	.344	.417	.513	.930	151	313	9	1	0	7	5
3	2B	Ken Oberkfell*	23	135	435	369	53	111	19	5	1	35	4	1	57	35	.301	.396	.388	.784	114	143	9	4	1	4	9
4	SS	Garry Templeton#	23	154	696	672	105	211	32	19	9	62	26	10	18	91	.314	.331	.458	.790	112	308	8	1	2	3	4
5	3B	Ken Reitz	28	159	643	605	42	162	41	2	8	73	1	0	25	85	.268	.299	.382	.681	84	231	13	4	4	5	7
6	LF	Lou Brock*	40	120	436	405	56	123	15	4	5	38	21	12	23	43	.304	.342	.398	.739	100	161	7	3	0	5	1
7	CF	Tony Scott#	27	153	634	587	69	152	22	10	6	68	37	17	34	92	.259	.301	.361	.662	79	212	13	5	0	8	4
8	RF	George Hendrick	29	140	548	493	67	148	27	1	16	75	2	3	49	62	.300	.359	.456	.816	120	225	17	0	0	6	5
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#	26	124	375	339	53	100	10	3	3	32	8	11	26	39	.295	.341	.369	.710	93	125	6	0	6	4	2
10	2B	Mike Tyson	29	75	207	190	18	42	8	2	5	20	2	1	13	28	.221	.272	.363	.635	71	69	5	1	1	2	6
11	UT	Dane Iorg*	29	79	195	179	12	52	11	1	1	21	1	2	12	28	.291	.337	.380	.717	94	68	5	1	2	1	1
12	C	Terry Kennedy*	23	33	116	109	11	31	7	0	2	17	0	0	6	20	.284	.319	.404	.723	95	44	2	0	0	1	2
13	MI	Mike Phillips*	28	44	109	97	10	22	3	1	1	6	0	0	10	9	.227	.306	.309	.615	67	30	5	1	1	0	0
14	C	Steve Swisher	27	38	80	73	4	11	1	1	1	3	0	0	6	17	.151	.213	.233	.445	21	17	2	0	0	1	0
15	OF	Bernie Carbo*	31	52	76	64	6	18	1	0	3	12	1	0	10	22	.281	.368	.438	.806	118	28	0	0	0	2	0
16	1B	Roger Freed	33	34	36	31	2	8	2	0	2	8	0	0	5	7	.258	.361	.516	.877	135	16	1	0	0	0	0
17	OF	Jim Lentine	24	11	26	23	2	9	1	0	0	1	0	1	3	6	.391	.462	.435	.896	145	10	0	0	0	0	0
18	LF	Tom Grieve	31	9	19	15	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	.200	.368	.267	.635	76	4	0	0	0	0	1
19	LF	Keith Smith	26	6	13	13	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.231	.231	.231	.462	26	3	0	0	0	0	0
20	2B	Tom Herr#	23	14	12	10	4	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	2	.200	.333	.200	.533	49	2	0	0	0	0	0
21	OF	Mike Dimmel	24	6	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	82	1	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
22	P	Pete Vuckovich	26	34	90	79	7	12	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	14	.152	.159	.152	.310	-15	12	2	0	8	2	0
23	P	Bob Forsch	29	33	84	73	7	8	2	2	0	5	0	0	5	17	.110	.163	.192	.354	-4	14	1	0	4	2	0
24	P	John Denny	26	31	80	70	5	9	2	1	0	3	1	2	1	21	.129	.139	.186	.325	-13	13	0	0	8	1	0
25	P	Silvio Martínez	23	33	74	62	5	8	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	26	.129	.141	.145	.286	-22	9	0	0	10	1	0
26	P	John Fulgham	23	22	59	42	3	6	2	0	0	4	0	0	6	21	.143	.250	.190	.440	21	8	0	0	11	0	0
27	P	Bob Sykes#	24	13	26	21	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	11	.095	.208	.095	.304	-15	2	0	2	2	0	0
28	P	Roy Thomas	26	26	18	17	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	.059	.059	.118	.176	-53	2	0	0	1	0	0
29	P	Mark Littell*	26	63	16	14	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	11	.000	.067	.000	.067	-80	0	0	0	1	0	0
30	P	Tom Bruno	26	27	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	1	0	0	1	0	0
31	P	John Urrea	24	3	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	36	1	0	0	0	0	0
32	P	Buddy Schultz	28	31	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	P	Will McEnaney*	27	45	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	P	Dan O'Brien	25	6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	P	Darold Knowles*	37	48	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0	0	0
36	P	George Frazier	24	25	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	P	Kim Seaman*	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	27.5	163	6347	5734	731	1594	279	63	100	685	116	69	460	838	.278	.331	.401	.732	98	2299	116	27	63	63	69
		Rank in 12 NL teams				1	3	1	1	1	9		7	8	11	8	1	3	5	5		2		6		1
		Non-Pitcher Totals	27.6	163	5878	5335	701	1546	271	60	100	664	115	67	444	700	.290	.344	.419	.763	106	2237	112	25	17	57	69
		Pitcher Totals	25.6	163	469	399	30	48	8	3	0	21	1	2	16	138	.120	.156	.155	.311	-15	62	4	2	46	6	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