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83-79, Finished 3rd in NL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Vern Rapp (83-79)
Scored 737 runs, Allowed 688 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 86-76
Ballparks: Busch Stadium II · 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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| Age | B | T | Ht | Wt | DoB | Yrs | G | GS | Batting | Defense | P | C | 1B | 2B | 3B | SS | LF | CF | RF | OF | PH | PR | WAR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 0.4 | $ | |
| 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 | 0.1 | $ | |
| 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 | 37 | 2 | 7 | 0.1 | $ | |
| Lou Brock HOF | 38 | L | L | 5' 11" | 170 | Jun 18, 1939 | 17 | 141 | 121 | 141 | 130 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 130 | 0 | 0 | 130 | 19 | 1 | -0.5 | $150,000 | |
| Doug Capilla | 25 | L | L | 5' 11" | 160 | Jan 7, 1952 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.2 | $ | |
| Clay Carroll | 36 | R | R | 6' 1" | 178 | May 2, 1941 | 14 | 51 | 0 | 51 | 51 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.6 | $ | |
| 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 | 115 | 17 | 1 | -0.5 | $55,000 | |
| 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 | 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 | -0.2 | $ | |
| John Denny | 24 | R | R | 6' 3" | 185 | Nov 8, 1952 | 4 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.7 | $40,000 | |
| 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 | 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 | 0.1 | $ | |
| Jim Dwyer | 27 | L | L | 5' 10" | 165 | Jun 3, 1950 | 5 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 1 | -0.2 | $ | |
| 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 | -0.6 | $ | |
| 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 | -1.0 | $ | |
| 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 | 2.4 | $ | |
| 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 | 1.5 | $ | |
| Keith Hernandez | 23 | L | L | 6' 0" | 180 | Oct 20, 1953 | 4 | 161 | 150 | 161 | 158 | 0 | 0 | 158 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4.9 | $60,000 | |
| 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 | -0.2 | $ | |
| 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 | 0.2 | $ | |
| Don Kessinger | 34 | B | R | 6' 1" | 170 | Jul 17, 1942 | 14 | 59 | 30 | 59 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 4 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0.4 | $ | |
| 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 | -0.1 | $80,000 | |
| 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 | 0.9 | $ | |
| 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 | 154 | 21 | 2 | 3.6 | $ | |
| Ken Oberkfell | 21 | L | R | 6' 0" | 175 | May 4, 1956 | 1st | 9 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -0.2 | $ | |
| Mike Phillips | 26 | L | R | 6' 0" | 170 | Aug 19, 1950 | 5 | 48 | 21 | 48 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 0.1 | $ | |
| 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 | -0.2 | $ | |
| 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 | 0.5 | $ | |
| 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 | 2.5 | $ | |
| Ken Reitz | 26 | R | R | 6' 0" | 180 | Jun 24, 1951 | 6 | 157 | 156 | 157 | 157 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | $85,000 | |
| Buddy Schultz | 26 | R | L | 6' 0" | 170 | Sep 19, 1950 | 3 | 41 | 4 | 41 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 | $ | |
| Tony Scott | 25 | B | R | 6' 0" | 164 | Sep 18, 1951 | 4 | 95 | 70 | 95 | 88 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 83 | 6 | 91 | 10 | 0 | 2.5 | $ | |
| Ted Simmons | 27 | B | R | 5' 11" | 193 | Aug 9, 1949 | 10 | 150 | 140 | 150 | 144 | 0 | 143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 6.3 | $200,000 | 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 | 0.2 | $ | |
| John Tamargo | 25 | B | R | 5' 10" | 170 | Nov 7, 1951 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -0.1 | $ | |
| Garry Templeton | 21 | B | R | 5' 11" | 175 | Mar 24, 1956 | 2 | 153 | 146 | 153 | 151 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4.2 | $30,000 | 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 | 1.6 | $60,000 | |
| 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 | -0.9 | $ | |
| John Urrea | 22 | R | R | 6' 3" | 200 | Feb 9, 1955 | 1st | 41 | 12 | 41 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | $ | |
| 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 | -0.3 | $ | |
| Age | B | T | Ht | Wt | DoB | Yrs | G | GS | Batting | Defense | P | C | 1B | 2B | 3B | SS | LF | CF | RF | OF | PH | PR | WAR |