1981 St. Louis Cardinals Statistics

1980 Season 1982 Season

Record: 59-43-1, Finished 1st in NL_East (Schedule and Results)

First Half: 30-20, Finished 2nd

Second Half: 29-23, Finished 2nd

Manager: Whitey Herzog (59-43-1)

General Manager: Whitey Herzog

Scouting Director: Fred McAlister

Ballpark: Busch Stadium II

Attendance: 1,010,247 (6th of 12)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 102
One-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 100

Pythagorean W-L: 56-46, 464 Runs, 417 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	Darrell Porter*	29	61	217	174	22	39	10	2	6	31	1	2	39	32	.224	.364	.408	.772	117	71	3	1	0	3	7
2	1B	Keith Hernandez*	27	103	444	376	65	115	27	4	8	48	12	5	61	45	.306	.401	.463	.864	142	174	9	2	0	5	6
3	2B	Tom Herr#	25	103	463	411	50	110	14	9	0	46	23	7	39	30	.268	.329	.345	.674	90	142	9	1	6	5	3
4	SS	Garry Templeton#	25	80	350	333	47	96	16	8	1	33	8	12	14	55	.288	.315	.393	.709	98	131	4	0	1	2	3
5	3B	Ken Oberkfell*	25	102	420	376	43	110	12	6	2	45	13	5	37	28	.293	.353	.372	.725	104	140	11	0	3	4	6
6	LF	Dane Iorg*	31	75	227	217	23	71	11	2	2	39	2	0	7	9	.327	.344	.424	.768	115	92	7	0	0	3	0
7	CF	Tony Scott#	29	45	184	176	21	40	5	2	2	17	10	7	5	22	.227	.253	.313	.565	58	55	3	1	2	0	0
8	RF	George Hendrick	31	101	441	394	67	112	19	3	18	61	4	2	41	44	.284	.356	.485	.841	135	191	10	4	0	2	7
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	Sixto Lezcano	27	72	258	214	26	57	8	2	5	28	0	1	40	40	.266	.376	.393	.768	116	84	8	0	0	4	2
10	C	Gene Tenace	34	58	174	129	26	30	7	0	5	22	0	0	38	26	.233	.416	.403	.819	131	52	1	4	1	2	2
11	SS	Mike Ramsey#	27	47	133	124	19	32	3	0	0	9	4	0	8	16	.258	.303	.282	.585	65	35	6	0	1	0	1
12	OF	Tito Landrum	26	81	133	119	13	31	5	4	0	10	4	2	6	14	.261	.297	.370	.667	87	44	2	1	5	2	0
13	LF	Gene Roof#	23	23	73	60	11	18	6	0	0	3	5	1	12	16	.300	.411	.400	.811	129	24	1	0	0	1	2
14	UT	Steve Braun*	33	44	62	46	9	9	2	1	0	2	1	0	15	7	.196	.393	.283	.676	93	13	1	0	1	0	0
15	C	Orlando Sánchez*	24	27	52	49	5	14	2	1	0	6	1	0	2	6	.286	.308	.367	.675	89	18	2	0	0	1	1
16	CF	David Green	20	21	40	34	6	5	1	0	0	2	0	1	6	5	.147	.275	.176	.451	29	6	0	0	0	0	1
17	C	Glenn Brummer	26	21	33	30	2	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	.200	.219	.233	.452	27	7	1	0	1	1	0
18	IF	Julio González	28	20	24	22	2	7	1	0	1	3	0	0	1	3	.318	.348	.500	.848	136	11	2	0	1	0	0
19		Neil Fiala*	24	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	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
20	P	Lary Sorensen	25	23	52	46	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	.065	.085	.087	.172	-52	4	0	1	5	0	0
21	P	Bob Forsch	31	20	48	41	0	5	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	10	.122	.143	.146	.289	-19	6	2	0	6	0	0
22	P	John Martin#	25	18	42	33	2	7	2	1	0	8	0	0	2	14	.212	.257	.333	.590	65	11	0	0	7	0	0
23	P	Silvio Martínez	25	18	37	35	1	7	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	12	.200	.222	.257	.479	34	9	0	0	1	0	0
24	P	Bob Shirley	27	28	23	22	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	.136	.136	.136	.273	-23	3	0	0	1	0	0
25	P	Joaquín Andújar#	28	12	20	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0
26	P	Andy Rincon	22	5	16	13	1	3	1	0	0	5	0	0	1	6	.231	.286	.308	.593	67	4	0	0	2	0	0
27	P	Bruce Sutter	28	48	10	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.000	.100	.000	.100	-70	0	0	1	0	0	0
28	P	Jim Kaat*	42	41	9	8	2	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	.375	.444	.500	.944	165	4	0	0	0	0	0
29	P	Mark Littell*	28	28	8	8	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	41	2	0	0	0	0	0
30	P	Dave LaPoint*	21	3	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	P	Doug Bair	31	11	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	P	Jim Otten	29	24	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0
33	P	Joe Edelen	25	13	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	88	1	0	0	0	0	0
34	P	Bob Sykes#	26	22	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.333	.000	.333	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	P	Luis DeLeón	22	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	27.5	103	4014	3537	464	936	158	45	50	431	88	45	379	495	.265	.336	.377	.713	100	1334	82	16	46	35	41
		Rank in 12 NL teams				11	2	7	7	1	10		7	7	2	4	3	2	3	3		5		5		4
		Non-Pitcher Totals	27.5	103	3731	3287	457	902	150	44	50	407	88	45	372	401	.274	.347	.392	.740	108	1290	80	14	22	35	41
		Pitcher Totals	26.9	103	283	250	7	34	8	1	0	24	0	0	7	94	.136	.166	.176	.342	-4	44	2	2	24	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

Team Pitching

League Register

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	Lary Sorensen	25	7	7	.500	3.27	23	23	0	3	1	0	140.1	149	59	51	3	26	2	52	1	5	1	579	109	2.71	1.247	9.6	0.2	1.7	3.3	2.00
2	SP	Bob Forsch	31	10	5	.667	3.18	20	20	0	1	0	0	124.1	106	47	44	7	29	3	41	4	1	3	501	112	3.47	1.086	7.7	0.5	2.1	3.0	1.41
3	SP	John Martin*	25	8	5	.615	3.42	17	15	0	4	0	0	102.2	85	43	39	10	26	0	36	2	1	0	407	105	3.98	1.081	7.5	0.9	2.3	3.2	1.38
4	SP	Silvio Martínez	25	2	5	.286	3.99	18	16	0	0	0	0	97.0	95	48	43	4	39	3	34	1	0	2	413	90	3.67	1.381	8.8	0.4	3.6	3.2	0.87
5	SP	Joaquín Andújar	28	6	1	.857	3.74	11	8	0	1	0	0	55.1	56	24	23	4	11	1	19	0	1	2	223	96	3.45	1.211	9.1	0.7	1.8	3.1	1.73
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	Bruce Sutter	28	3	5	.375	2.62	48	0	36	0	0	25	82.1	64	24	24	5	24	8	57	1	1	0	328	136	2.92	1.069	7.0	0.5	2.6	6.2	2.38
7	RP	Bob Shirley*	27	6	4	.600	4.08	28	11	5	1	0	1	79.1	78	42	36	6	34	3	36	1	0	1	342	88	4.00	1.412	8.8	0.7	3.9	4.1	1.06
8	RP	Jim Kaat*	42	6	6	.500	3.40	41	1	16	0	0	4	53.0	60	25	20	2	17	8	8	0	0	2	229	106	3.75	1.453	10.2	0.3	2.9	1.4	0.47
9	RP	Mark Littell	28	1	3	.250	4.39	28	1	4	0	0	2	41.0	36	21	20	2	31	7	22	0	0	2	186	82	4.43	1.634	7.9	0.4	6.8	4.8	0.71
10	RP	Jim Otten	29	1	0	1.000	5.30	24	0	10	0	0	0	35.2	44	23	21	3	20	5	20	0	0	4	160	68	4.25	1.794	11.1	0.8	5.0	5.0	1.00
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		Bob Sykes*	26	2	0	1.000	4.58	22	1	7	0	0	0	37.1	37	20	19	2	18	1	14	1	0	3	160	79	4.07	1.473	8.9	0.5	4.3	3.4	0.78
12		Andy Rincon	22	3	1	.750	1.77	5	5	0	1	1	0	35.2	27	8	7	0	5	1	13	2	1	1	133	204	2.46	0.897	6.8	0.0	1.3	3.3	2.60
13		Joe Edelen	25	1	0	1.000	9.35	13	0	4	0	0	0	17.1	29	18	18	2	3	1	10	1	1	1	85	39	3.64	1.846	15.1	1.0	1.6	5.2	3.33
14		Doug Bair	31	2	0	1.000	3.45	11	0	8	0	0	1	15.2	13	6	6	0	2	0	14	0	0	0	60	106	1.20	0.957	7.5	0.0	1.1	8.0	7.00
15		Luis DeLeón	22	0	1	.000	2.35	10	0	2	0	0	0	15.1	11	4	4	1	3	2	8	0	0	0	59	156	2.99	0.913	6.5	0.6	1.8	4.7	2.67
16		Dave LaPoint*	21	1	0	1.000	4.22	3	2	0	0	0	0	10.2	12	5	5	1	2	0	4	1	0	0	45	88	3.91	1.313	10.1	0.8	1.7	3.4	2.00
		Team Totals	27.6	59	43	.578	3.63	103	103	92	11	2	33	943.0	902	417	380	52	290	45	388	15	11	22	3910	99	3.46	1.264	8.6	0.5	2.8	3.7	1.34
		Rank in 12 NL teams		5	11		8				6	7	1	10	3	6	8	2	2		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