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1977 St. Louis Cardinals Statistics

1976 Season 1978 Season

Record: 83-79-0, Finished 3rd in NL_East (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Vern Rapp (83-79)

General Manager: Bing Devine

Scouting Director: Jim Bayens

Ballpark: Busch Stadium II

Attendance: 1,659,287 (4th of 12)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 99
One-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 95

Pythagorean W-L: 86-76, 737 Runs, 688 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#	27	150	601	516	82	164	25	3	21	95	2	6	79	37	.318	.408	.500	.908	144	258	20	2	0	4	25
2	1B	Keith Hernandez*	23	161	645	560	90	163	41	4	15	91	7	7	79	88	.291	.379	.459	.837	125	257	17	1	3	2	11
3	2B	Mike Tyson	27	138	457	418	42	103	15	2	7	57	3	4	30	48	.246	.299	.342	.641	73	143	9	2	5	2	11
4	SS	Garry Templeton#	21	153	644	621	94	200	19	18	8	79	28	24	15	70	.322	.336	.449	.786	110	279	9	1	2	5	3
5	3B	Ken Reitz	26	157	620	587	58	153	36	1	17	79	2	6	19	74	.261	.291	.412	.703	88	242	17	7	5	2	4
6	LF	Lou Brock*	38	141	521	489	69	133	22	6	2	46	35	24	30	74	.272	.317	.354	.670	81	173	6	2	0	0	2
7	CF	Tony Scott#	25	95	331	292	38	85	16	3	3	41	13	10	33	48	.291	.368	.397	.765	107	116	5	3	2	1	4
8	RF	Héctor Cruz	24	118	391	339	50	80	19	2	6	42	4	3	46	56	.236	.326	.357	.683	85	121	8	1	2	3	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#	24	145	512	463	73	133	20	10	2	38	22	15	47	70	.287	.354	.387	.741	100	179	4	1	1	0	6
10	RF	Mike Anderson	26	94	169	154	18	34	4	1	4	17	2	3	14	31	.221	.286	.338	.623	68	52	3	0	1	0	0
11	MI	Don Kessinger#	34	59	149	134	14	32	4	0	0	7	0	0	14	26	.239	.309	.269	.577	58	36	3	0	0	1	1
12	CF	Bake McBride*	28	43	132	122	21	32	5	1	4	20	9	3	7	19	.262	.298	.418	.716	91	51	1	0	1	2	2
13	C	Dave Rader*	28	66	129	114	15	30	7	1	1	16	1	0	9	10	.263	.310	.368	.678	82	42	0	0	3	3	0
14	2B	Mike Phillips*	26	48	97	87	17	21	3	2	0	9	1	0	9	13	.241	.320	.322	.641	74	28	1	1	0	0	1
15	UT	Roger Freed	31	49	95	83	10	33	2	1	5	21	0	0	11	9	.398	.463	.627	1.090	191	52	2	0	0	1	0
16	OF	Rick Bosetti	23	41	76	69	12	16	0	0	0	3	4	4	6	11	.232	.303	.232	.535	47	16	0	1	0	0	0
17	OF	Dane Iorg*	27	30	38	32	2	10	1	0	0	4	0	1	5	4	.313	.395	.344	.738	102	11	1	0	0	1	0
18	OF	Jim Dwyer*	27	13	37	31	3	7	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	5	.226	.351	.258	.609	68	8	0	2	0	0	0
19	UT	Joel Youngblood	25	25	30	27	1	5	2	0	0	1	0	2	3	5	.185	.267	.259	.526	43	7	1	0	0	0	0
20	3B	Taylor Duncan	24	8	15	12	2	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	1	.333	.400	.583	.983	162	7	0	0	0	1	0
21	2B	Jerry DaVanon	31	9	9	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.111	.000	.111	-67	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	2B	Ken Oberkfell*	21	9	9	9	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.111	.111	.111	.222	-40	1	0	0	0	0	0
23	RF	Mike Potter	26	5	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	C	John Tamargo#	25	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	RF	Benny Ayala	26	1	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	81	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
26	P	Bob Forsch	27	35	86	72	6	12	4	0	0	4	0	0	2	29	.167	.189	.222	.411	11	16	0	0	12	0	0
27	P	Eric Rasmussen	25	34	83	72	4	10	5	0	0	3	0	0	5	27	.139	.195	.208	.403	9	15	0	0	6	0	0
28	P	John Denny	24	26	58	51	4	5	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	15	.098	.132	.098	.230	-37	5	1	1	5	0	0
29	P	Pete Falcone*	23	27	47	41	3	10	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	12	.244	.279	.293	.572	55	12	0	0	4	0	0
30	P	John Urrea	22	41	41	29	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	9	6	.138	.342	.138	.480	36	4	0	0	3	0	0
31	P	Tom Underwood	23	19	36	30	4	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	7	.133	.206	.167	.373	2	5	1	0	2	1	0
32	P	Buddy Schultz	26	41	16	12	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	.167	.286	.167	.452	26	2	0	0	2	0	0
33	P	Clay Carroll	36	51	14	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.091	.091	.091	.182	-51	1	1	0	3	0	0
34	P	Larry Dierker	30	11	10	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	2	0	0
35	P	Al Hrabosky	27	65	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	P	Rawly Eastwick	26	41	7	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	.400	.571	.400	.971	168	2	0	0	0	0	0
37	P	Butch Metzger	25	58	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	2	0	0
38	P	John D'Acquisto	25	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	P	John Sutton	24	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	P	Doug Capilla*	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	26.4	162	6136	5527	737	1490	252	56	96	686	134	112	489	823	.270	.330	.388	.718	93	2142	111	25	66	29	71
		Rank in 12 NL teams				9	4	4	7	3	11		5	11	10	3	4	5	6	6		7		7		12
		Non-Pitcher Totals	26.4	162	5721	5181	713	1440	242	55	96	671	133	112	463	709	.278	.338	.401	.740	99	2080	107	24	25	28	71
		Pitcher Totals	25.2	162	415	346	24	50	10	1	0	15	1	0	26	114	.145	.206	.179	.385	5	62	4	1	41	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	Eric Rasmussen	25	11	17	.393	3.48	34	34	0	11	3	0	233.0	223	103	90	24	63	7	120	5	2	2	962	112	3.92	1.227	8.6	0.9	2.4	4.6	1.90
2	SP	Bob Forsch	27	20	7	.741	3.48	35	35	0	8	2	0	217.1	210	97	84	20	69	2	95	3	1	9	915	112	4.05	1.284	8.7	0.8	2.9	3.9	1.38
3	SP	John Denny	24	8	8	.500	4.51	26	26	0	3	1	0	149.2	165	85	75	9	62	0	60	5	1	6	664	86	4.06	1.517	9.9	0.5	3.7	3.6	0.97
4	SP	Pete Falcone*	23	4	8	.333	5.44	27	22	3	1	1	1	124.0	130	79	75	19	61	3	75	3	1	4	553	71	5.07	1.540	9.4	1.4	4.4	5.4	1.23
5	SP	Tom Underwood*	23	6	9	.400	4.95	19	17	2	1	0	0	100.0	104	61	55	7	57	4	66	1	0	3	443	79	4.07	1.610	9.4	0.6	5.1	5.9	1.16
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	Al Hrabosky*	27	6	5	.545	4.38	65	0	39	0	0	10	86.1	82	44	42	12	41	7	68	3	0	4	374	89	4.50	1.425	8.5	1.3	4.3	7.1	1.66
7	RP	John Urrea	22	7	6	.538	3.16	41	12	15	2	1	4	139.2	126	56	49	13	35	3	81	0	1	5	560	123	3.54	1.153	8.1	0.8	2.3	5.2	2.31
8	RP	Butch Metzger	25	4	2	.667	3.11	58	0	28	0	0	7	92.2	78	36	32	8	38	2	48	1	0	2	389	125	4.09	1.252	7.6	0.8	3.7	4.7	1.26
9	RP	Clay Carroll	36	4	2	.667	2.50	51	1	16	0	0	4	90.0	77	28	25	8	24	8	34	1	1	0	357	156	3.97	1.122	7.7	0.8	2.4	3.4	1.42
10	RP	Rawly Eastwick	26	3	7	.300	4.70	41	1	20	0	0	4	53.2	74	34	28	6	21	3	30	0	1	2	248	83	4.25	1.770	12.4	1.0	3.5	5.0	1.43
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		Buddy Schultz*	26	6	1	.857	2.32	40	3	6	0	0	1	85.1	76	26	22	5	24	0	66	0	0	1	343	168	2.80	1.172	8.0	0.5	2.5	7.0	2.75
12		Larry Dierker	30	2	6	.250	4.58	11	9	1	0	0	0	39.1	40	21	20	7	16	0	6	2	1	2	169	86	6.12	1.424	9.2	1.6	3.7	1.4	0.38
13		John Sutton	24	2	1	.667	2.59	14	0	5	0	0	0	24.1	28	10	7	1	9	1	9	0	0	1	101	152	3.64	1.521	10.4	0.4	3.3	3.3	1.00
14		John D'Acquisto	25	0	0		4.32	3	2	1	0	0	0	8.1	5	4	4	0	10	0	9	1	0	2	39	94	4.54	1.800	5.4	0.0	10.8	9.7	0.90
15		Doug Capilla*	25	0	0		15.43	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	2	4	4	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	11	29	4.45	1.714	7.7	0.0	7.7	3.9	0.50
		Team Totals	25.6	83	79	.512	3.81	162	162	136	26	8	31	1446.0	1420	688	612	139	532	40	768	25	9	43	6128	102	4.08	1.350	8.8	0.9	3.3	4.8	1.44
		Rank in 12 NL teams		5	8		7				9	7	9	9	5	6	7	8	7		12
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