1979 St. Louis Cardinals 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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Top 12 Players

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Standard Batting Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1	Ted Simmons#	29	C	3.7	123	521	448	68	127	22	0	26	87	0	1	61	34	.283	.369	.507	.875	135	.386	134	227	10	4	0	8	22	*2/H	AS
2	Keith Hernandez*	25	1B	7.6	161	698	610	116	210	48	11	11	105	11	6	80	78	*.344*	.417	.513	.930	151	.416	154	313	9	1	0	7	5	*3/H	AS,MVP-1,GG
3	Ken Oberkfell*	23	2B	3.5	135	435	369	53	111	19	5	1	35	4	1	57	35	.301	.396	.388	.784	114	.368	119	143	9	4	1	4	9	*4H5/6
4	Garry Templeton#	23	SS	4.3	154	696	672	105	211	32	19	9	62	26	10	18	91	.314	.331	.458	.790	112	.355	108	308	8	1	2	3	4	*6/H	AS,MVP-25
5	Ken Reitz	28	3B	-0.3	159	643	605	42	162	41	2	8	73	1	0	25	85	.268	.299	.382	.681	84	.312	78	231	13	4	4	5	7	*5/H
6	Lou Brock*	40	LF	0.7	120	436	405	56	123	15	4	5	38	21	12	23	43	.304	.342	.398	.739	100	.340	100	161	7	3	0	5	1	7H	AS
7	Tony Scott#	27	CF	1.1	153	634	587	69	152	22	10	6	68	37	17	34	92	.259	.301	.361	.662	79	.305	72	212	13	5	0	8	4	*89/H
8	George Hendrick	29	RF	2.8	140	548	493	67	148	27	1	16	75	2	3	49	62	.300	.359	.456	.816	120	.376	126	225	17	0	0	6	5	*98/H
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
9	Jerry Mumphrey#	26	OF	1.1	124	375	339	53	100	10	3	3	32	8	11	26	39	.295	.341	.369	.710	93	.329	98	125	6	0	6	4	2	*7H89
10	Mike Tyson	29	2B	-0.1	75	207	190	18	42	8	2	5	20	2	1	13	28	.221	.272	.363	.635	71	.283	56	69	5	1	1	2	6	4H
11	Dane Iorg*	29	UT	0.2	79	195	179	12	52	11	1	1	21	1	2	12	28	.291	.337	.380	.717	94	.339	101	68	5	1	2	1	1	H793
12	Terry Kennedy*	23	C	0.0	33	116	109	11	31	7	0	2	17	0	0	6	20	.284	.319	.404	.723	95	.318	82	44	2	0	0	1	2	2/H
13	Mike Phillips*	28	MI	0.5	44	109	97	10	22	3	1	1	6	0	0	10	9	.227	.306	.309	.615	67	.296	67	30	5	1	1	0	0	64/H5
14	Steve Swisher	27	C	-0.5	38	80	73	4	11	1	1	1	3	0	0	6	17	.151	.213	.233	.445	21	.231	20	17	2	0	0	1	0	2/H
15	Bernie Carbo*	31	OF	0.2	52	76	64	6	18	1	0	3	12	1	0	10	22	.281	.368	.438	.806	118	.378	124	28	0	0	0	2	0	H9/7
16	Roger Freed	33	1B	0.3	34	36	31	2	8	2	0	2	8	0	0	5	7	.258	.361	.516	.877	135	.416	154	16	1	0	0	0	0	H/3
17	Jim Lentine	24	OF	0.1	11	26	23	2	9	1	0	0	1	0	1	3	6	.391	.462	.435	.896	145	.393	151	10	0	0	0	0	0	/9H78
18	Tom Grieve	31	LF	-0.1	9	19	15	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	.200	.368	.267	.635	76	.343	102	4	0	0	0	0	1	/7H
19	Keith Smith	26	LF	0.1	6	13	13	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.231	.231	.231	.462	26	.171	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	/7H
20	Tom Herr#	23	2B	0.0	14	12	10	4	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	2	.200	.333	.200	.533	49	.292	49	2	0	0	0	0	0	H/4
21	Mike Dimmel	24	OF	0.0	6	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	82	.135	72	1	0	0	0	0	0	/78H
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
22	Pete Vuckovich	26	P	-0.3	34	90	79	7	12	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	14	.152	.159	.152	.310	-15	.142	-58	12	2	0	8	2	0	1
23	Bob Forsch	29	P	-0.1	33	84	73	7	8	2	2	0	5	0	0	5	17	.110	.163	.192	.354	-4	.164	-35	14	1	0	4	2	0	1
24	John Denny	26	P	-0.2	31	80	70	5	9	2	1	0	3	1	2	1	21	.129	.139	.186	.325	-13	.160	-37	13	0	0	8	1	0	1
25	Silvio Martínez	23	P	-0.3	33	74	62	5	8	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	26	.129	.141	.145	.286	-22	.146	-64	9	0	0	10	1	0	1/H
26	John Fulgham	23	P	0.1	22	59	42	3	6	2	0	0	4	0	0	6	21	.143	.250	.190	.440	21	.219	-9	8	0	0	11	0	0	1/H
27	Bob Sykes#	24	P	-0.1	13	26	21	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	11	.095	.208	.095	.304	-15	.167	-36	2	0	2	2	0	0	1
28	Roy Thomas	26	P	-0.1	26	18	17	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	.059	.059	.118	.176	-53	.131	-61	2	0	0	1	0	0	1
29	Mark Littell*	26	P	-0.2	63	16	14	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	11	.000	.067	.000	.067	-80	.109	-78	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
30	Tom Bruno	26	P	0.0	27	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	.182	-37	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
31	Buddy Schultz	28	P	-0.1	31	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-147	0	0	0	0	0	0	1/H
32	John Urrea	24	P	0.0	3	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	36	.228	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	/1
33	Will McEnaney*	27	P	-0.1	45	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-150	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
34	Darold Knowles*	37	P	-0.1	48	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-141	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
35	Dan O'Brien	25	P	0.0	6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-141	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
36	George Frazier	24	P	0.0	25	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-145	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
37	Kim Seaman*	22	P	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0								0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
	Team Totals			24.0	163	6347	5734	731	1594	279	63	100	685	116	69	460	838	.278	.331	.401	.732	98	.335	95	2299	116	27	63	63	69
	Non-Pitcher Totals			25.2		5878	5335	701	1546	271	60	100	664	115	67	444	700	.290	.344	.419	.763	106	.349	106	2237	112	25	17	57	69
	Pitcher Totals			-1.2		469	399	30	48	8	3	0	21	1	2	16	138	.120	.156	.155	.311	-15	.155	-47	62	4	2	46	6	0

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	Pete Vuckovich	26	15	10	.600	3.59	34	32	0	9	0	0	233.0	229	108	93	22	64	4	145	3	3	7	968	106	3.58	1.258	8.8	0.8	2.5	5.6	2.27
2	SP	Bob Forsch	29	11	11	.500	3.83	33	32	0	7	1	0	218.2	215	102	93	16	52	1	92	3	0	6	894	100	3.60	1.221	8.8	0.7	2.1	3.8	1.77
3	SP	Silvio Martínez	23	15	8	.652	3.27	32	29	2	7	2	0	206.2	204	92	75	14	67	2	102	0	2	3	867	117	3.60	1.311	8.9	0.6	2.9	4.4	1.52
4	SP	John Denny	26	8	11	.421	4.85	31	31	0	5	2	0	206.0	206	116	111	24	100	7	99	3	1	6	900	79	4.79	1.485	9.0	1.0	4.4	4.3	0.99
5	SP	John Fulgham	23	10	6	.625	2.53	20	19	0	10	2	0	146.0	123	47	41	10	26	3	75	3	1	2	576	151	3.19	1.021	7.6	0.6	1.6	4.6	2.88
6	SP	Bob Sykes*	24	4	3	.571	6.18	13	11	1	0	0	0	67.0	86	49	46	11	34	2	35	1	1	4	310	62	5.39	1.791	11.6	1.5	4.6	4.7	1.03
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
7	CL	Mark Littell	26	9	4	.692	2.19	63	0	40	0	0	13	82.1	60	22	20	2	39	5	67	0	0	7	342	175	2.84	1.202	6.6	0.2	4.3	7.3	1.72
8	RP	Will McEnaney*	27	0	3	.000	2.95	45	0	21	0	0	2	64.0	60	26	21	3	16	8	15	2	1	0	267	130	3.72	1.188	8.4	0.4	2.3	2.1	0.94
9	RP	Darold Knowles*	37	2	5	.286	4.07	48	0	18	0	0	6	48.2	54	27	22	5	17	7	22	0	1	2	214	95	4.21	1.459	10.0	0.9	3.1	4.1	1.29
10	RP	Buddy Schultz*	28	4	3	.571	4.46	31	0	12	0	0	3	42.1	40	21	21	7	14	5	38	0	0	2	178	86	4.08	1.276	8.5	1.5	3.0	8.1	2.71
11	RP	Tom Bruno	26	2	3	.400	4.23	27	1	8	0	0	0	38.1	37	18	18	1	22	5	27	2	0	2	174	91	3.54	1.539	8.7	0.2	5.2	6.3	1.23
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
12		Roy Thomas	26	3	4	.429	2.92	26	6	4	0	0	1	77.0	66	29	25	9	24	3	44	0	0	3	308	131	4.04	1.169	7.7	1.1	2.8	5.1	1.83
13		George Frazier	24	2	4	.333	4.45	25	0	14	0	0	0	32.1	35	19	16	3	12	2	14	1	0	0	143	87	4.28	1.454	9.7	0.8	3.3	3.9	1.17
14		John Urrea	24	0	0		3.97	3	2	0	0	0	0	11.1	13	7	5	0	9	0	5	0	0	1	51	100	4.23	1.941	10.3	0.0	7.1	4.0	0.56
15		Dan O'Brien	25	1	1	.500	8.18	6	0	4	0	0	0	11.0	21	10	10	0	3	0	5	0	0	0	55	48	2.64	2.182	17.2	0.0	2.5	4.1	1.67
16		Kim Seaman*	22	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	8		2.73	1.000	0.0	0.0	9.0	13.5	1.50
		Team Totals	26.0	86	76	.531	3.72	163	163	125	38	7	25	1486.2	1449	693	615	127	501	54	788	18	10	45	6255	103	3.83	1.312	8.8	0.8	3.0	4.8	1.57
		Rank in 12 NL teams		5	8		6				2	5	11	2	7	6	7	8	5		8
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