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1981 St. Louis Cardinals

1981 > Class Major League > 1981 National League (East)
Overall: 59-43
Scored 464 runs, Allowed 417 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 56-46

Affiliation: none or n/a
Manager: Whitey Herzog
Represented: St. Louis, MO
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1980 / 1982

Team Batting

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer
Rk Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 Steve Braun* 33 44 62 46 9 9 2 1 0 2 1 0 15 7 .196 .393 .283 .676 13 1 0 1 0 0
2 Glenn Brummer 26 21 33 30 2 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 .200 .219 .233 .452 7 1 0 1 1 0
3 Luis DeLeon 22 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Bob Forsch 31 20 48 41 0 5 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 10 .122 .143 .146 .289 6 2 0 6 0 0
5 Julio Gonzalez 28 20 24 22 2 7 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 3 .318 .348 .500 .848 11 2 0 1 0 0
6 David Green 20 21 40 34 6 5 1 0 0 2 0 1 6 5 .147 .275 .176 .451 6 0 0 0 0 1
7 George Hendrick 31 101 441 394 67 112 19 3 18 61 4 2 41 44 .284 .356 .485 .841 191 10 4 0 2 7
8 Keith Hernandez* 27 103 444 376 65 115 27 4 8 48 12 5 61 45 .306 .401 .463 .864 174 9 2 0 5 6
9 Tom Herr# 25 103 462 411 50 110 14 9 0 46 23 7 39 30 .268 .329 .345 .674 142 9 1 6 5 3
10 Dane Iorg* 31 75 227 217 23 71 11 2 2 39 2 0 7 9 .327 .344 .424 .768 92 7 0 0 3 0
11 Jim Kaat* 42 41 9 8 2 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 .375 .444 .500 .944 4 0 0 0 0 0
12 Tito Landrum 26 81 133 119 13 31 5 4 0 10 4 2 6 14 .261 .297 .370 .667 44 2 1 5 2 0
13 Dave LaPoint* 21 3 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Sixto Lezcano 27 72 258 214 26 57 8 2 5 28 0 1 40 40 .266 .376 .393 .768 84 8 0 0 4 2
15 Mark Littell* 28 28 8 8 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 2 0 0 0 0 0
16 John Martin# 25 18 42 33 2 7 2 1 0 8 0 0 2 14 .212 .257 .333 .590 11 0 0 7 0 0
17 Silvio Martinez 25 18 37 35 1 7 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 12 .200 .222 .257 .479 9 0 0 1 0 0
18 Ken Oberkfell* 25 102 420 376 43 110 12 6 2 45 13 5 37 28 .293 .353 .372 .725 140 11 0 3 4 6
19 Jim Otten 29 24 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
20 Darrell Porter* 29 61 217 174 22 39 10 2 6 31 1 2 39 32 .224 .364 .408 .772 71 3 1 0 3 7
21 Mike Ramsey# 27 47 133 124 19 32 3 0 0 9 4 0 8 16 .258 .303 .282 .585 35 6 0 1 0 1
22 Andy Rincon 22 5 16 13 1 3 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 6 .231 .286 .308 .593 4 0 0 2 0 0
23 Gene Roof# 23 23 73 60 11 18 6 0 0 3 5 1 12 16 .300 .411 .400 .811 24 1 0 0 1 2
24 Orlando Sanchez* 24 27 52 49 5 14 2 1 0 6 1 0 2 6 .286 .308 .367 .675 18 2 0 0 1 1
25 Bob Shirley 27 28 23 22 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 .136 .136 .136 .273 3 0 0 1 0 0
26 Lary Sorensen 25 23 52 46 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 .065 .085 .087 .172 4 0 1 5 0 0
27 Bruce Sutter 28 48 10 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .000 .100 .000 .100 0 0 1 0 0 0
28 Bob Sykes# 26 22 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 Garry Templeton# 25 80 350 333 47 96 16 8 1 33 8 12 14 55 .288 .315 .393 .709 131 4 0 1 2 3
30 Gene Tenace 34 58 174 129 26 30 7 0 5 22 0 0 38 26 .233 .416 .403 .819 52 1 4 1 2 2
30 Players 27.4 103 4013 3537 464 936 158 45 50 431 88 45 379 495 .265 .336 .377 .713 1334 82 16 46 35 41
Only players for whom we have stats are shown. See roster for more complete team list.

Team Pitching

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Rk Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 Luis DeLeon 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 0.913 6.5 0.6 1.8 4.7 2.67
2 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 1.086 7.7 0.5 2.1 3.0 1.41
3 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 1.453 10.2 0.3 2.9 1.4 0.47
4 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 1.312 10.1 0.8 1.7 3.4 2.00
5 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 1.634 7.9 0.4 6.8 4.8 0.71
6 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 1.081 7.5 0.9 2.3 3.2 1.38
7 Silvio Martinez 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 1.381 8.8 0.4 3.6 3.2 0.87
8 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 4 159 1.794 11.1 0.8 5.0 5.0 1.00
9 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 0.897 6.8 0.0 1.3 3.3 2.60
10 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 1.412 8.8 0.7 3.9 4.1 1.06
11 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 1.247 9.6 0.2 1.7 3.3 2.00
12 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 0 329 1.069 7.0 0.5 2.6 6.2 2.38
13 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 1.473 8.9 0.5 4.3 3.4 0.78
13 Players 28.5 59 43 .578 3.63 103 103 92 11 5 33 943.0 902 417 380 52 290 45 388 15 11 22 3910 1.264 8.6 0.5 2.8 3.7 1.34

Team Fielding--By Pos

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C

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS% lgCS% PO
Darrell Porter 52 206 31 5 2 .979 4.56 2 39 22 36%
Gene Tenace 38 126 18 3 1 .980 3.79 2 32 12 27%
Glenn Brummer 19 43 3 0 1 1.000 2.42 0 10 4 29%
Orlando Sanchez 18 50 0 4 1 .926 2.78 1 13 2 13%

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Keith Hernandez 98 1054 86 3 99 .997 11.63
Dane Iorg 8 47 5 0 1 1.000 6.50
Gene Tenace 7 39 4 0 3 1.000 6.14

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Tom Herr 103 211 374 5 74 .992 5.68
Julio Gonzalez 4 3 5 1 0 .889 2.00
Mike Ramsey 1 2 2 0 0 1.000 4.00

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Ken Oberkfell 102 77 246 15 23 .956 3.17
Mike Ramsey 5 2 6 0 1 1.000 1.60
Julio Gonzalez 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.00
Dane Iorg 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.00
Steve Braun 1 0 0 0 0 0.00

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Garry Templeton 76 160 272 18 54 .960 5.68
Mike Ramsey 35 52 118 6 20 .966 4.86
Julio Gonzalez 5 3 7 0 1 1.000 2.00
Ken Oberkfell 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00

LF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Dane Iorg 46 0.00
Tito Landrum 43 0.00
Sixto Lezcano 32 0.00
Gene Roof 20 0.00
Steve Braun 6 0.00
Keith Hernandez 3 0.00
Mike Ramsey 1 0.00

CF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
George Hendrick 51 0.00
David Green 18 0.00
Tito Landrum 6 0.00

RF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
George Hendrick 59 0.00
Sixto Lezcano 34 0.00
Tito Landrum 24 0.00
Dane Iorg 14 0.00
Steve Braun 6 0.00

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
George Hendrick 101 227 6 4 0 .983 2.31
Tito Landrum 67 72 6 0 1 1.000 1.16
Sixto Lezcano 65 103 5 3 1 .973 1.66
Dane Iorg 57 78 0 3 0 .963 1.37
Gene Roof 20 38 0 2 0 .950 1.90
David Green 18 31 1 1 0 .970 1.78
Steve Braun 12 15 2 0 1 1.000 1.42
Keith Hernandez 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.67
Mike Ramsey 1 0 0 0 0 0.00

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Bruce Sutter 48 7 8 0 0 1.000 0.31
Jim Kaat 41 4 13 2 1 .895 0.41
Mark Littell 28 5 4 2 0 .818 0.32
Bob Shirley 28 1 10 0 0 1.000 0.39
Jim Otten 24 0 3 1 0 .750 0.13
Lary Sorensen 23 15 21 2 3 .947 1.57
Bob Sykes 22 4 8 0 1 1.000 0.55
Bob Forsch 20 14 20 0 1 1.000 1.70
Silvio Martinez 18 6 13 1 0 .950 1.06
John Martin 17 3 20 0 0 1.000 1.35
Luis DeLeon 10 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.20
Andy Rincon 5 2 5 0 0 1.000 1.40
Dave LaPoint 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Joaquin Andujar 28 S R 6' 0.0" 170 Dec 21, 1952 San Pedro de Macoris, San Pedro de Macoris, DO 1981-08-11 1981-09-29
Doug Bair 31 R R 6' 0.0" 170 Aug 22, 1949 Defiance, OH, US 1981-09-12 1981-10-01
Steve Braun 33 L R 5' 10.0" 180 May 8, 1948 Trenton, NJ, US 1981-04-11 1981-10-04
Glenn Brummer 26 R R 6' 0.0" 200 Nov 23, 1954 Olney, IL, US 1981-05-25 1981-10-04
Luis DeLeon 22 R R 6' 1.0" 153 Aug 19, 1958 Ponce, PR 1981-09-06 1981-10-02
Joe Edelen 25 R R 6' 0.0" 165 Sep 16, 1955 Durant, OK, US 1981-04-18 1981-09-09
Neil Fiala 24 L R 6' 1.0" 185 Aug 24, 1956 St. Louis, MO, US 1981-09-03 1981-09-09
Bob Forsch 31 R R 6' 4.0" 200 Jan 13, 1950 Sacramento, CA, US 1981-04-11 1981-09-30
Julio Gonzalez 28 R R 5' 11.0" 162 Dec 25, 1952 Caguas, PR 1981-05-09 1981-10-04
David Green 20 R R 6' 3.0" 170 Dec 4, 1960 Managua, NI 1981-09-04 1981-10-04
George Hendrick 31 R R 6' 3.0" 195 Oct 18, 1949 Los Angeles, CA, US 1981-04-11 1981-10-03
Keith Hernandez 27 L L 6' 0.0" 180 Oct 20, 1953 San Francisco, CA, US 1981-04-11 1981-10-04
Tom Herr 25 S R 6' 0.0" 175 Apr 4, 1956 Lancaster, PA, US 1981-04-11 1981-10-04
Dane Iorg 31 L R 6' 0.0" 180 May 11, 1950 Eureka, CA, US 1981-04-18 1981-10-04
Jim Kaat 42 L L 6' 4.0" 205 Nov 7, 1938 Zeeland, MI, US 1981-04-11 1981-10-02
Tito Landrum 26 R R 5' 11.0" 175 Oct 25, 1954 Joplin, MO, US 1981-04-18 1981-10-04
Dave LaPoint 21 L L 6' 3.0" 205 Jul 29, 1959 Glens Falls, NY, US 1981-09-24 1981-10-02
Sixto Lezcano 27 R R 5' 10.0" 165 Nov 28, 1953 Arecibo, PR 1981-04-11 1981-10-02
Mark Littell 28 L R 6' 3.0" 210 Jan 17, 1953 Cape Girardeau, MO, US 1981-05-22 1981-10-02
John Martin 25 S L 6' 0.0" 190 Apr 11, 1956 Wyandotte, MI, US 1981-05-14 1981-10-03
Silvio Martinez 25 R R 5' 10.0" 170 Aug 19, 1955 Santiago, Santiago, DO 1981-04-15 1981-10-04
Ken Oberkfell 25 L R 6' 0.0" 175 May 4, 1956 Highland, IL, US 1981-04-11 1981-10-04
Jim Otten 29 R R 6' 2.0" 195 Jul 1, 1951 Lewistown, MT, US 1981-04-11 1981-09-30
Darrell Porter 29 L R 6' 0.0" 193 Jan 17, 1952 Joplin, MO, US 1981-04-11 1981-10-04
Mike Ramsey 27 S R 6' 1.0" 170 Mar 29, 1954 Roanoke, VA, US 1981-05-04 1981-10-04
Andy Rincon 22 R R 6' 3.0" 195 Mar 5, 1959 Monterey Park, CA, US 1981-04-16 1981-05-09
Gene Roof 23 S R 6' 2.0" 180 Jan 13, 1958 Paducah, KY, US 1981-09-03 1981-10-04
Orlando Sanchez 24 L R 6' 1.0" 195 Sep 7, 1956 Canovanas, PR 1981-05-06 1981-10-04
Tony Scott 29 S R 6' 0.0" 164 Sep 18, 1951 Cincinnati, OH, US 1981-04-11 1981-06-05
Bob Shirley 27 R L 5' 11.0" 180 Jun 25, 1954 Cushing, OK, US 1981-04-11 1981-10-04
Lary Sorensen 25 R R 6' 2.0" 200 Oct 4, 1955 Detroit, MI, US 1981-04-12 1981-10-01
Bruce Sutter 28 R R 6' 2.0" 190 Jan 8, 1953 Lancaster, PA, US 1981-04-12 1981-10-02
Bob Sykes 26 S L 6' 1.0" 195 Dec 11, 1954 Neptune, NJ, US 1981-05-04 1981-10-04
Garry Templeton 25 S R 5' 11.0" 175 Mar 24, 1956 Lockney, TX, US 1981-04-11 1981-10-03
Gene Tenace 34 R R 6' 0.0" 190 Oct 10, 1946 Russellton, PA, US 1981-04-18 1981-10-02

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