1968 St. Louis Cardinals Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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1968 St. Louis Cardinals Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1967 / 1969)
97-65, Finished 1st in National League
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Scored 583 runs, Allowed 472 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 96-66
Manager: Red Schoendienst (97-65)
Ballpark: Busch Stadium II (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 2,011,167 (1st of 10)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 97; one-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 94
Won NL Pennant

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1967 / 1969 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Redesign Note: Summary Batting, Pitching and Fielding Stats are below. Detailed Batting, Pitching, and Fielding Stats are available using the navigation bar just above this note or the "Detailed" links beside the table headers. Leaderboards have been removed since all tables are now sortable by clicking the headers. The all-stars and salaries are on the roster page linked above.

Team Batting

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Rk	Pos		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	Tim McCarver*	26	128	467	434	35	110	15	6	5	48	4	3	26	31	.253	.295	.350	.645	94	152	6	1	2	4	8
2	1B	Orlando Cepeda	30	157	656	600	71	149	26	2	16	73	8	6	43	96	.248	.306	.378	.685	106	227	13	9	0	4	13
3	2B	Julian Javier	31	139	553	519	54	135	25	4	4	52	10	3	24	61	.260	.291	.347	.638	92	180	10	1	4	5	2
4	SS	Dal Maxvill	29	151	516	459	51	116	8	5	1	24	0	2	52	71	.253	.329	.298	.627	91	137	8	1	2	2	9
5	3B	Mike Shannon	28	156	625	576	62	153	29	2	15	79	1	2	37	114	.266	.309	.401	.710	113	231	11	2	4	6	5
6	LF	Lou Brock*	29	159	712	660	92	184	46	14	6	51	62	12	46	124	.279	.328	.418	.746	124	276	4	3	1	2	7
7	CF	Curt Flood	30	150	666	618	71	186	17	4	5	60	11	6	33	58	.301	.339	.366	.705	113	226	8	5	6	4	2
8	RF	Roger Maris*	33	100	340	310	25	79	18	2	5	45	0	0	24	38	.255	.307	.374	.681	105	116	3	1	1	4	3
Rk	Pos		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	RF	Bobby Tolan*	22	92	296	278	28	64	12	1	5	17	9	5	13	42	.230	.272	.335	.607	83	93	8	3	2	0	3
10	C	Johnny Edwards*	30	85	252	230	14	55	9	1	3	29	1	1	16	20	.239	.287	.326	.613	85	75	6	1	1	4	0
11	MI	Dick Schofield#	33	69	142	127	14	28	7	1	1	8	1	2	13	31	.220	.303	.315	.618	87	40	1	2	0	0	2
12	UT	Phil Gagliano	26	53	115	105	13	24	4	2	0	13	0	0	7	12	.229	.281	.305	.585	77	32	2	1	1	1	0
13	OF	Ron Davis	26	33	87	79	11	14	4	2	0	5	1	0	5	17	.177	.221	.278	.499	50	22	2	0	1	2	0
14	RF	Dick Simpson	24	26	65	56	11	13	0	0	3	8	0	1	8	21	.232	.323	.393	.716	116	22	1	0	0	1	2
15	UT	Ed Spiezio	26	29	57	51	1	8	0	0	0	2	1	1	5	6	.157	.228	.157	.385	18	8	1	0	0	1	0
16	C	Dave Ricketts#	32	20	22	22	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.136	.136	.136	.273	-17	3	0	0	0	0	0
17	UT	Joe Hague*	24	7	19	17	2	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	.235	.316	.412	.728	119	7	0	0	0	0	0
18		Floyd Wicker*	24	5	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	203	2	0	0	0	0	0
19	C	Ted Simmons#	18	2	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.333	.500	.333	.833	156	1	0	0	0	0	0
Rk	Pos		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	Bob Gibson	32	35	110	94	3	16	5	0	0	6	1	1	7	32	.170	.233	.223	.456	39	21	1	1	7	1	0
21	P	Nelson Briles	24	33	95	80	5	11	2	0	0	5	0	0	4	21	.138	.186	.163	.349	6	13	2	1	9	1	0
22	P	Ray Washburn	30	31	79	60	5	5	0	1	0	5	0	0	8	38	.083	.191	.117	.308	-5	7	2	0	11	0	0
23	P	Steve Carlton*	23	35	79	73	6	12	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	25	.164	.164	.274	.438	31	20	1	0	6	0	0
24	P	Larry Jaster*	24	31	50	43	2	6	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	9	.140	.159	.209	.368	11	9	0	0	6	0	0
25	P	Dick Hughes	30	25	17	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.000	.063	.000	.063	-80	0	0	0	1	0	0
26	P	Mel Nelson	32	18	13	12	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	4	.167	.231	.167	.397	22	2	0	0	0	0	0
27	P	Ron Willis	24	48	12	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.083	.000	.083	-73	0	1	0	0	0	0
28	P	Joe Hoerner	31	47	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0
29	P	Mike Torrez	21	5	7	7	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.286	.286	.286	.571	73	2	0	0	0	0	0
30	P	Wayne Granger	24	34	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	21	1	0	0	0	0	0
31	P	Hal Gilson	26	13	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0
32	P	Pete Mikkelsen	28	5	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	28.7	162	6080	5561	583	1383	227	48	73	539	110	45	378	897	.249	.298	.346	.644	94	1925	91	32	67	42	56
		Rank in 10 NL teams				3	4	4	2	1	8		2	5	10	8	4	5	3	5		3
Rk	Pos		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

* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk	Pos		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+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	SP	Bob Gibson	32	22	9	.710	1.12	34	34	0	28	13	0	304.2	198	49	38	11	62	6	268	7	0	4	1161	258	0.853	5.8	0.3	1.8	7.9	4.32
2	SP	Nelson Briles	24	19	11	.633	2.81	33	33	0	13	4	0	243.2	251	90	76	18	55	12	141	7	0	4	1024	103	1.256	9.3	0.7	2.0	5.2	2.56
3	SP	Steve Carlton*	23	13	11	.542	2.99	34	33	1	10	5	0	231.2	214	87	77	11	61	4	162	3	0	6	954	97	1.187	8.3	0.4	2.4	6.3	2.66
4	SP	Ray Washburn	30	14	8	.636	2.26	31	30	1	8	4	0	215.0	191	67	54	9	47	7	124	1	0	3	861	128	1.107	8.0	0.4	2.0	5.2	2.64
5	SP	Larry Jaster*	24	9	13	.409	3.50	31	21	6	3	1	0	154.1	153	63	60	13	38	5	70	6	0	2	644	83	1.238	8.9	0.8	2.2	4.1	1.84
Rk	Pos		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+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
6	CL	Joe Hoerner*	31	8	2	.800	1.48	47	0	33	0	0	17	48.2	34	9	8	2	12	4	42	0	0	3	194	196	0.945	6.3	0.4	2.2	7.8	3.50
7	RP	Dick Hughes	30	2	2	.500	3.52	25	5	8	0	0	4	64.0	45	25	25	7	21	3	49	0	0	1	249	82	1.031	6.3	1.0	3.0	6.9	2.33
8	RP	Ron Willis	24	2	3	.400	3.39	48	0	15	0	0	4	63.2	50	25	24	4	28	11	39	1	0	1	270	85	1.225	7.1	0.6	4.0	5.5	1.39
9	RP	Mel Nelson*	32	2	1	.667	2.91	18	4	8	1	0	1	52.2	49	20	17	3	9	3	16	0	0	0	212	100	1.101	8.4	0.5	1.5	2.7	1.78
10	RP	Wayne Granger	24	4	2	.667	2.25	34	0	19	0	0	4	44.0	40	14	11	2	12	3	27	2	0	2	184	129	1.182	8.2	0.4	2.5	5.5	2.25
Rk	Pos		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+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
11		Hal Gilson*	26	0	2	.000	4.57	13	0	6	0	0	2	21.2	27	11	11	1	11	1	19	0	0	1	101	63	1.754	11.2	0.4	4.6	7.9	1.73
12		Mike Torrez	21	2	1	.667	2.79	5	2	0	0	0	0	19.1	20	7	6	1	12	0	6	1	0	2	87	104	1.655	9.3	0.5	5.6	2.8	0.50
13		Pete Mikkelsen	28	0	0		1.12	5	0	2	0	0	0	16.0	10	5	2	0	7	3	8	0	0	1	65	257	1.063	5.6	0.0	3.9	4.5	1.14
		Team Totals	27.2	97	65	.599	2.49	162	162	99	63	27	32	1479.1	1282	472	409	82	375	62	971	28	0	30	6006	116	1.120	7.8	0.5	2.3	5.9	2.59
		Rank in 10 NL teams		1	10						2	1	2	4	2	1	1	4	3		4
Rk	Pos		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+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB

* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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	Age	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rof	Rdp	Rctch	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Pos. Summary
Nelson Briles	24	33	33	243.2	48	15	31	2	1	.958	0.0	0.0							1.70	1.39						P
Lou Brock	29	156	155	1400.1	292	269	9	14	1	.952	4.8	4.1	3.8	3.5	0.3	1			1.79	1.78						LF
Steve Carlton	23	34	33	232.0	46	4	39	3	1	.935	0.0	0.0							1.67	1.26						P
Orlando Cepeda	30	154	154	1388.1	1469	1362	90	17	109	.988	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	1.2	-1.5		0		9.41	9.43						1B
Ron Davis	26	27	22	199.0	48	44	3	1	1	.979	1.4	8.4	-0.6	-1.9	1.2	2			2.13	1.74						RF-CF-LF
Johnny Edwards	30	54	52	486.2	378	350	25	3	2	.992	5.0	12.3						5	6.93	6.94	1	9	11	14	56%	C
Curt Flood	30	149	147	1342.0	402	384	11	7	4	.983	-3.4	-3.0	5.6	-0.6	6.2	-9			2.65	2.65						CF
Phil Gagliano	26	32	20	206.1	84	31	52	1	8	.988	0.7	4.1	0.7	-1.7	2.5	0	0		3.62	2.59						2B-3B-LF-RF
Bob Gibson	32	34	34	304.2	50	21	28	1	2	.980	0.0	0.0							1.45	1.44						P
Hal Gilson	26	13	0	21.2	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0							0.00	0.00						P
Wayne Granger	24	34	0	44.0	22	6	14	2	1	.909	0.0	0.0							4.09	0.59						P
Joe Hague	24	5	4	37.0	21	19	1	1	1	.952	-1.0	-32.4	-1.0	-1.0	0.0	0	0		4.86	4.00						RF-1B
Joe Hoerner	31	47	0	49.0	9	2	6	1	0	.889	0.0	0.0							1.47	0.17						P
Dick Hughes	30	25	5	63.2	17	7	10	0	3	1.000	0.0	0.0							2.40	0.68						P
Larry Jaster	24	31	21	153.2	25	5	20	0	1	1.000	0.0	0.0							1.46	0.81						P
Julian Javier	31	139	135	1222.1	659	304	339	16	68	.976	-7.4	-7.3	-7.4	-4.2	-3.2		0		4.73	4.63						2B
Roger Maris	33	84	71	667.2	176	170	3	3	1	.983	5.3	9.5	6.3	5.5	0.7	-1			2.33	2.06						RF
Dal Maxvill	29	151	149	1293.0	712	232	458	22	81	.969	-1.0	-0.9	-1.0	-3.9	2.8		0		4.80	4.57						SS
Tim McCarver	26	109	108	977.0	773	708	54	11	6	.986	0.0	0.0						0	7.02	6.99	8	20	38	22	37%	C
Pete Mikkelsen	28	5	0	16.0	4	0	2	2	0	.500	0.0	0.0							1.12	0.40						P
Mel Nelson	32	18	4	52.2	12	3	9	0	0	1.000	0.0	0.0							2.05	0.67						P
Dave Ricketts	32	1	1	5.1	5	5	0	0	0	1.000	-1.0	-225.0						-1	8.44	5.00	1	1	1	0	0%	C
Dick Schofield	33	66	30	344.2	231	109	116	6	22	.974	1.1	3.8	3.1	1.5	1.6		-2		5.88	3.41						SS-2B
Mike Shannon	28	156	155	1398.2	441	110	310	21	25	.952	-4.2	-3.6	-3.2	-1.4	-1.8		-1		2.70	2.69						3B
Ted Simmons	18	2	1	10.0	4	3	1	0	0	1.000	0.0	0.0						0	3.60	2.00	0	0	0	0		C
Dick Simpson	24	22	18	145.2	27	25	2	0	0	1.000	-3.3	-27.2	-2.3	-1.2	-1.1	-1			1.67	1.23						RF
Ed Spiezio	26	14	11	98.2	26	21	5	0	1	1.000	-2.1	-25.5	-0.1	0.1	-0.3	-2	0		2.37	1.86						RF-LF-3B
Bobby Tolan	22	78	63	609.1	216	200	12	4	8	.981	2.4	4.7	3.4	-1.7	5.2	-1	0		3.13	2.72						RF-1B-CF-LF
Mike Torrez	21	5	2	19.0	7	2	4	1	0	.857	0.0	0.0							2.84	1.20						P
Ray Washburn	30	31	30	215.1	45	24	20	1	2	.978	0.0	0.0							1.84	1.42						P
Ron Willis	24	48	0	63.2	17	2	15	0	0	1.000	0.0	0.0							2.40	0.35						P
Team Totals	28.5	162	1458	13311.0	6266	4437	1689	140	349	.978	-2.9	-0.3	7.1	-5.8	12.6	-11	-3	4	4.14	3.50	10	30	50	36	42%
Rank in 10 NL teams								5	8	6
	Age	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rof	Rdp	Rctch	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Pos. Summary

1967 / 1969 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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