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1977 St. Louis Cardinals Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1976 / 1978)
83-79, Finished 3rd in NL East
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Scored 737 runs, Allowed 688 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 86-76
Manager: Vern Rapp (83-79)
Ballpark: Busch Stadium II (ballparks.com)
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
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1976 / 1978 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

Team Roster & Games By Position

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR
Mike Anderson 26 R R 6' 2" 200 Jun 22, 1951 7 94 31 94 77 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 75 77 22 3
Benny Ayala 26 R R 6' 1" 185 Feb 7, 1951 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
Rick Bosetti 23 R R 5' 11" 185 Aug 5, 1953 2 41 14 41 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 8 3 35 2 7
Lou Brock HOF 38 L L 170 Jun 18, 1939 17 141 121 141 130 0 0 0 0 0 0 130 0 0 130 19 1
Doug Capilla 25 L L 5' 8" 175 Jan 7, 1952 2 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clay Carroll 36 R R 6' 1" 200 May 2, 1941 14 51 0 51 51 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hector Cruz 24 R R 5' 11" 170 Apr 2, 1953 4 118 89 118 106 0 0 0 0 2 0 28 0 87 106 17 1
John D'Acquisto 25 R R 6' 2" 205 Dec 24, 1951 5 3 2 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jerry Davanon 31 R R 5' 11" 175 Aug 21, 1945 8 9 1 9 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
John Denny 24 R R 6' 3" 190 Nov 8, 1952 4 26 26 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Larry Dierker 30 R R 6' 4" 215 Sep 22, 1946 14 11 9 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Taylor Duncan 24 R R 6' 0" 170 May 12, 1953 1st 8 2 8 5 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Jim Dwyer 27 L L 5' 10" 175 Jan 3, 1950 5 13 9 13 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 10 12 2 1
Rawly Eastwick 26 R R 6' 3" 180 Oct 24, 1950 4 41 1 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pete Falcone 23 L L 6' 2" 185 Oct 1, 1953 3 27 22 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Forsch 27 R R 6' 4" 200 Jan 13, 1950 4 35 35 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Roger Freed 31 R R 6' 0" 190 Jun 2, 1946 6 49 19 49 24 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 26 0
Keith Hernandez 23 L L 6' 0" 195 Oct 20, 1953 4 161 150 161 158 0 0 158 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Al Hrabosky 27 R L 5' 11" 185 Jul 21, 1949 8 65 0 65 65 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Dane Iorg 27 L R 6' 0" 180 May 11, 1950 1st 30 3 30 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 7 23 0
Don Kessinger 34 B R 6' 1" 175 Jul 17, 1942 14 59 30 59 47 0 0 0 24 4 26 0 0 0 0 18 1
Bake McBride 28 L R 6' 2" 190 Feb 3, 1949 5 43 29 43 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 0 33 11 2
Butch Metzger 25 R R 6' 1" 185 May 23, 1952 4 58 0 58 58 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jerry Mumphrey 24 B R 6' 2" 185 Sep 9, 1952 4 145 107 145 133 0 0 0 0 0 0 51 67 36 133 21 2
Ken Oberkfell 21 L R 6' 0" 210 May 4, 1956 1st 9 1 9 6 0 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Mike Phillips 26 L R 6' 1" 185 Aug 19, 1950 5 48 21 48 40 0 0 0 31 5 5 0 0 0 0 10 4
Mike Potter 26 R R 6' 1" 195 May 16, 1951 2 5 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 0
Dave Rader 28 L R 5' 11" 165 Dec 26, 1948 7 66 23 66 38 0 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 0
Eric Rasmussen 25 R R 6' 3" 205 Mar 22, 1952 3 34 34 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ken Reitz 26 R R 6' 0" 185 Jun 24, 1951 6 157 156 157 157 0 0 0 0 157 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Buddy Schultz 26 R L 6' 0" 175 Sep 19, 1950 3 41 4 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tony Scott 25 B R 6' 0" 175 Sep 18, 1951 4 95 70 95 88 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 83 6 88 10 0
Ted Simmons 27 B R 6' 0" 200 Aug 9, 1949 10 150 140 150 144 0 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 9 0 All-Star
John Sutton 24 R R 5' 11" 185 Nov 13, 1952 1st 14 0 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Tamargo 25 B R 5' 10" 180 Nov 7, 1951 2 4 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Garry Templeton 21 B R 5' 11" 190 Mar 24, 1956 2 153 146 153 151 0 0 0 0 0 151 0 0 0 0 2 3 All-Star
Mike Tyson 27 R R 5' 9" 170 Jan 13, 1950 6 138 128 138 135 0 0 0 135 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
Tom Underwood 23 R L 5' 11" 170 Dec 22, 1953 4 19 17 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Urrea 22 R R 6' 3" 205 Feb 9, 1955 1st 41 12 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joel Youngblood 25 R R 6' 0" 180 Aug 28, 1951 2 25 5 25 15 0 0 0 0 6 0 10 0 1 11 7 7
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR

1976 / 1978 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played