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1977 St. Louis Cardinals

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1976 / 1978

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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1976 / 1978 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
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 Salary

Garry Templeton

Mike Phillips

Roger Freed

Mike Tyson

Jim Dwyer
Don Kessinger

John Tamargo

Dave Rader

Benny Ayala

Jerry DaVanon
Taylor Duncan

Dane Iorg
Joel Youngblood

Lou Brock

Rick Bosetti
Bake McBride

Buddy Schultz

Ted Simmons

Ken Oberkfell

Hector Cruz

Doug Capilla
Rawly Eastwick

Mike Anderson

Jerry Mumphrey

Tony Scott

Bob Forsch

Clay Carroll
Ken Reitz

John D'Acquisto
Butch Metzger

John Sutton

John Denny

Keith Hernandez

John Urrea

Al Hrabosky

Mike Potter
Tom Underwood

Pete Falcone

Eric Rasmussen

John D'Acquisto

Larry Dierker

1976 / 1978 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers