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1971 St. Louis Cardinals Statistics

1970 Season 1972 Season

Record: 90-72-1, Finished 2nd in NL_East (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Red Schoendienst (90-72-1)

General Manager: Bing Devine

Scouting Director: George Silvey

Ballpark: Busch Stadium II

Attendance: 1,604,671 (4th of 12)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 104
One-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 102

Pythagorean W-L: 85-77, 739 Runs, 699 Runs Allowed

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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#	21	133	563	510	64	155	32	4	7	77	1	3	36	50	.304	.347	.424	.771	114	216	20	3	4	10	3
2	1B	Joe Hague*	27	129	443	380	46	86	9	3	16	54	0	3	58	69	.226	.330	.392	.722	101	149	6	2	0	3	10
3	2B	Ted Sizemore	26	135	532	478	53	126	14	5	3	42	4	6	42	26	.264	.322	.333	.655	83	159	12	1	7	4	5
4	SS	Dal Maxvill	32	142	408	356	31	80	10	1	0	24	1	2	43	45	.225	.307	.258	.565	60	92	17	1	4	4	3
5	3B	Joe Torre	30	161	707	634	97	230	34	8	24	137	4	1	63	70	.363	.421	.555	.976	171	352	18	4	1	5	20
6	LF	Lou Brock*	32	157	721	640	126	200	37	7	7	61	64	19	76	107	.313	.385	.425	.810	126	272	5	1	1	2	5
7	CF	José Cruz*	23	83	346	292	46	80	13	2	9	27	6	3	49	35	.274	.377	.425	.801	124	124	6	1	1	3	6
8	RF	José Cardenal	27	89	339	301	37	73	12	4	7	48	12	3	29	35	.243	.303	.379	.681	89	114	8	0	2	7	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	UT	Matty Alou*	32	149	660	609	85	192	28	6	7	74	19	10	34	27	.315	.352	.415	.767	114	253	9	4	6	7	3
10	2B	Julián Javier	34	90	276	259	32	67	6	4	3	28	5	1	9	33	.259	.286	.347	.633	76	90	7	2	3	3	3
11	RF	Luis Meléndez	21	88	200	173	25	39	3	1	0	11	2	0	24	29	.225	.320	.254	.574	62	44	7	0	3	0	1
12	1B	Jim Beauchamp	31	77	175	162	24	38	8	3	2	16	3	1	9	26	.235	.274	.358	.632	75	58	4	1	0	3	1
13	C	Jerry McNertney	34	56	146	128	15	37	4	2	4	22	0	0	12	14	.289	.343	.445	.788	119	57	5	0	3	3	1
14	MI	Ted Kubiak#	29	32	84	72	8	18	3	2	1	10	1	0	11	12	.250	.345	.389	.734	105	28	0	0	0	1	3
15	1B	Bob Burda*	32	65	83	71	6	21	0	0	1	12	0	0	10	11	.296	.386	.338	.724	104	24	2	1	0	1	2
16	IF	Dick Schofield#	36	34	72	60	7	13	2	0	1	6	0	0	10	9	.217	.347	.300	.647	82	18	2	2	0	0	0
17	OF	Leron Lee*	23	25	32	28	3	5	1	0	1	2	0	1	4	12	.179	.281	.321	.603	68	9	2	0	0	0	0
18	UT	Bob Stinson#	25	17	20	19	3	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	7	.211	.250	.263	.513	44	5	0	0	0	0	0
19	SS	Milt Ramírez	21	4	13	11	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.273	.385	.273	.657	87	3	0	0	0	0	0
20	CF	Jorge Roque	21	3	11	10	2	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	.300	.300	.300	.600	68	3	0	0	1	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
21	P	Steve Carlton*	26	37	107	96	5	17	4	0	0	8	0	0	4	31	.177	.210	.219	.429	20	21	4	0	7	0	0
22	P	Bob Gibson	35	31	95	87	5	15	0	1	2	10	1	0	3	24	.172	.204	.264	.469	30	23	2	1	2	2	0
23	P	Reggie Cleveland	23	34	88	82	5	14	2	0	0	7	0	0	1	16	.171	.179	.195	.374	4	16	1	0	4	1	0
24	P	Jerry Reuss*	22	36	86	65	6	8	1	0	0	4	0	0	10	36	.123	.240	.138	.378	8	9	0	0	11	0	0
25	P	Chris Zachary*	27	24	33	33	3	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.242	.242	.242	.485	36	8	2	0	0	0	0
26	P	Chuck Taylor	29	43	12	12	1	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	5	.167	.167	.333	.500	37	4	0	0	0	0	0
27	P	Mike Torrez	24	9	11	7	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	.143	.400	.286	.686	95	2	0	1	1	0	0
28	P	Al Santorini	23	19	10	10	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.300	.300	.300	.600	68	3	0	0	0	0	0
29	P	Daryl Patterson*	27	13	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.167	.000	.167	-50	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	P	Moe Drabowsky	35	51	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.167	.167	.167	.333	-7	1	0	0	0	0	0
31	P	Frank Linzy	30	50	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.500	.500	.500	1.000	180	2	0	0	0	0	0
32	P	George Brunet	36	7	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	87	1	0	0	0	0	0
33	P	Santiago Guzmán	21	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0
34	P	Don Shaw*	27	45	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0
35	P	Dennis Higgins	31	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	P	Bob Reynolds	24	4	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	Rudy Arroyo*	21	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	P	Mike Jackson*	25	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	P	Stan Williams	34	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	P	Bob Chlupsa	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
41	P	Al Hrabosky	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
42	P	Harry Parker	23	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
43	P	Fred Norman#	28	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	28.5	163	6301	5610	739	1542	225	54	95	686	124	53	543	757	.275	.338	.385	.723	102	2160	139	25	63	59	67
		Rank in 12 NL teams				2	2	2	2	2	9		1	12	3	3	1	1	2	2		2		10		1
		Non-Pitcher Totals	28.7	163	5831	5193	712	1470	217	52	93	653	123	53	522	621	.283	.348	.399	.746	108	2070	130	23	36	56	67
		Pitcher Totals	26.7	163	470	417	27	72	8	2	2	33	1	0	21	136	.173	.214	.216	.430	21	90	9	2	27	3	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	Steve Carlton*	26	20	9	.690	3.56	37	36	0	18	4	0	273.1	275	120	108	23	98	11	172	5	0	12	1171	102	3.42	1.365	9.1	0.8	3.2	5.7	1.76
2	SP	Bob Gibson	35	16	13	.552	3.04	31	31	0	20	5	0	245.2	215	96	83	14	76	11	185	7	0	10	1026	119	2.70	1.185	7.9	0.5	2.8	6.8	2.43
3	SP	Reggie Cleveland	23	12	12	.500	4.01	34	34	0	10	2	0	222.0	238	107	99	20	53	12	148	6	1	3	953	90	3.09	1.311	9.6	0.8	2.1	6.0	2.79
4	SP	Jerry Reuss*	22	14	14	.500	4.78	36	35	0	7	2	0	211.0	228	125	112	15	109	11	131	7	2	9	952	76	3.78	1.597	9.7	0.6	4.6	5.6	1.20
5	SP	Chris Zachary	27	3	10	.231	5.32	23	12	4	1	1	0	89.2	114	58	53	3	26	7	48	4	0	3	399	68	2.82	1.561	11.4	0.3	2.6	4.8	1.85
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	Moe Drabowsky	35	6	1	.857	3.43	51	0	27	0	0	8	60.1	45	23	23	2	33	8	49	2	1	1	256	106	3.00	1.293	6.7	0.3	4.9	7.3	1.48
7	RP	Chuck Taylor	29	3	1	.750	3.53	43	1	11	0	0	3	71.1	72	32	28	7	25	5	46	1	1	3	303	103	3.53	1.360	9.1	0.9	3.2	5.8	1.84
8	RP	Frank Linzy	30	4	3	.571	2.12	50	0	24	0	0	6	59.1	49	18	14	2	27	11	24	0	0	2	250	171	3.45	1.281	7.4	0.3	4.1	3.6	0.89
9	RP	Don Shaw*	27	7	2	.778	2.65	45	0	18	0	0	2	51.0	45	19	15	1	31	6	19	1	0	3	227	137	3.84	1.490	7.9	0.2	5.5	3.4	0.61
10	RP	Al Santorini	23	0	2	.000	3.81	19	5	4	0	0	2	49.2	51	21	21	2	19	2	21	1	0	1	212	96	3.34	1.409	9.2	0.4	3.4	3.8	1.11
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		Mike Torrez	24	1	2	.333	6.00	9	6	0	0	0	0	36.0	41	27	24	2	30	3	8	1	0	2	172	61	5.31	1.972	10.3	0.5	7.5	2.0	0.27
12		Daryl Patterson	27	0	1	.000	4.39	13	2	7	0	0	1	26.2	20	14	13	3	15	1	11	0	0	2	112	84	4.78	1.313	6.8	1.0	5.1	3.7	0.73
13		Stan Williams	34	3	0	1.000	1.42	10	0	4	0	0	0	12.2	13	2	2	0	2	1	8	2	0	1	55	262	2.14	1.184	9.2	0.0	1.4	5.7	4.00
14		Rudy Arroyo*	21	0	1	.000	5.40	9	0	3	0	0	0	11.2	18	8	7	2	5	1	5	0	0	1	55	69	5.11	1.971	13.9	1.5	3.9	3.9	1.00
15		Santiago Guzmán	21	0	0		0.00	2	1	1	0	0	0	10.0	6	1	0	0	2	0	13	0	1	0	39		0.45	0.800	5.4	0.0	1.8	11.7	6.50
16		George Brunet*	36	0	1	.000	5.79	7	0	1	0	0	0	9.1	12	6	6	3	7	0	4	0	0	0	46	65	8.02	2.036	11.6	2.9	6.8	3.9	0.57
17		Dennis Higgins	31	1	0	1.000	3.86	3	0	1	0	0	0	7.0	6	3	3	0	2	0	6	0	0	0	29	99	1.59	1.143	7.7	0.0	2.6	7.7	3.00
18		Bob Reynolds	24	0	0		10.29	4	0	1	0	0	0	7.0	15	8	8	2	6	1	4	1	0	0	41	37	8.02	3.000	19.3	2.6	7.7	5.1	0.67
19		Harry Parker	23	0	0		7.20	4	0	1	0	0	0	5.0	6	4	4	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	23	54	8.05	1.600	10.8	3.6	3.6	3.6	1.00
20		Fred Norman*	28	0	0		12.27	4	0	0	0	0	0	3.2	7	5	5	1	7	0	4	0	0	3	24	33	9.54	3.818	17.2	2.5	17.2	9.8	0.57
21		Al Hrabosky*	21	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	8		0.45	1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	9.0
22		Bob Chlupsa	25	0	0		9.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	3	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	9	49	1.45	1.500	13.5	0.0	0.0	4.5
23		Mike Jackson*	25	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4		6.95	3.000	13.5	0.0	13.5	0.0	0.00
		Team Totals	27.2	90	72	.556	3.85	163	163	107	56	14	22	1467.0	1482	699	628	104	576	91	911	38	6	56	6366	94	3.39	1.403	9.1	0.6	3.5	5.6	1.58
		Rank in 12 NL teams		2	10		11				2	4	9	4	11	10	11	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