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(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 Trades and Transactions
Transactions listed are from November 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.
October 20, 1976
Traded Willie Crawford, John Curtis and Vic Harris to the San Francisco Giants. Received Mike Caldwell, John D'Acquisto and Dave Rader.
October 22, 1976
Traded Mike Wallace to the Texas Rangers. Received John Sutton.
November 6, 1976
Released Lloyd Allen.
Sold Luis Alvarado to the Detroit Tigers.
Released Lee Richard.
Traded Bill Greif, Sam Mejias and Angel Torres to the Montreal Expos. Received Steve Dunning, Pat Scanlon and Tony Scott.
November 23, 1976
Traded Bob Detherage and Joe Ferguson to the Houston Astros. Received Jerry Davanon and Larry Dierker.
December 6, 1976
Drafted Roger Freed from the Montreal Expos in the 1976 rule 5 draft.
Mike Proly drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 1976 rule 5 draft.
December 9, 1976
Traded Ed Kurpiel (minors) to the New York Mets. Received Leon Brown and Brock Pemberton.
December 10, 1976
Traded Lynn McGlothen to the San Francisco Giants. Received Ken Reitz.
December 15, 1976
Traded Randy Wiles to the Chicago White Sox. Received Tony LaRussa.
January 11, 1977
Drafted Ty Waller in the 4th round of the 1977 amateur draft (January). Player signed May 11, 1977.
Drafted Jesse Orosco in the 7th round of the 1977 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.
February 28, 1977
Traded Mark Covert (minors) to the Chicago Cubs. Received Buddy Schultz.
March 23, 1977
Traded Lerrin LaGrow to the Chicago White Sox. Received Clay Carroll.
March 24, 1977
Released Tom Walker.
March 26, 1977
Purchased Tommy Sandt from the Oakland Athletics.
March 28, 1977
Traded Bill Caudill to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Joel Youngblood.
March 29, 1977
Released Roric Harrison.
Traded Mike Caldwell to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Pat Darcy.
March 30, 1977
Traded Doug Clarey to the New York Mets. Received Benny Ayala.
March 31, 1977
Sold Ken Rudolph to the San Francisco Giants.
May 11, 1977 (Standings)
Released Jerry Davanon.
May 17, 1977 (Standings)
Traded John D'Acquisto and Pat Scanlon to the San Diego Padres. Received Butch Metzger.
May 24, 1977 (Standings)
Sold Eddie Solomon to the Atlanta Braves.
June 7, 1977 (Standings)
Drafted Terry Kennedy in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1977 amateur draft.
Drafted Ricky Wright in the 2nd round of the 1977 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
Drafted Joe DeSa in the 3rd round of the 1977 amateur draft.
Drafted Jim Gott in the 4th round of the 1977 amateur draft.
Drafted Andy Rincon in the 5th round of the 1977 amateur draft.
Drafted Jeff Doyle in the 6th round of the 1977 amateur draft.
Drafted Floyd Chiffer in the 23rd round of the 1977 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
Drafted Mike Jeffcoat in the 30th round of the 1977 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
Drafted Neil Fiala in the 32nd round of the 1977 amateur draft.
June 15, 1977 (Standings)
Traded Doug Capilla to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Rawly Eastwick.
Traded Bake McBride and Steve Waterbury to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Rick Bosetti, Dane Iorg and Tom Underwood.
Traded Joel Youngblood to the New York Mets. Received Mike Phillips.
August 12, 1977 (Standings)
Traded Steve Dunning to the Oakland Athletics. Received Randy Scarbery.
August 20, 1977 (Standings)
Traded Don Kessinger to the Chicago White Sox. Received Steve Staniland (minors).
August 23, 1977 (Standings)
Selected Randy Wiles off waivers from the Chicago White Sox.
August 31, 1977 (Standings)
Traded Clay Carroll to the Chicago White Sox. Received players to be named later. The Chicago White Sox sent Nyls Nyman (September 2, 1977), Dave Hamilton (November 28, 1977) and Silvio Martinez (November 28, 1977) to the St. Louis Cardinals to complete the trade.
September 7, 1977 (Standings)
Selected Taylor Duncan off waivers from the Baltimore Orioles.
September 13, 1977 (Standings)
Signed Jim Dwyer as a free agent.
September 29, 1977 (Standings)
Released Tony LaRussa.
October 20, 1977
Randy Scarbery granted Free Agency.
October 25, 1977
Traded a player to be named later to the San Francisco Giants. Received Frank Riccelli. The St. Louis Cardinals sent Jim Dwyer (June 15, 1978) to the San Francisco Giants to complete the trade.
October 26, 1977
Purchased Aurelio Lopez from Mexico City Reds (Mexican).
November 2, 1977
Rawly Eastwick granted Free Agency.
November 21, 1977
Signed Luis DeLeon as an amateur free agent.
December 5, 1977
Taylor Duncan drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 1977 rule 5 draft.
Andy Replogle drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 1977 rule 5 draft.
John Sutton drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 1977 rule 5 draft.
Traded Stan Butkus (minors) to the Chicago White Sox. Received Jim Otten.
December 6, 1977
Traded Victor Cruz and Tom Underwood to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received a player to be named later and Pete Vuckovich. The Toronto Blue Jays sent John Scott (December 16, 1977) to the St. Louis Cardinals to complete the trade.
December 8, 1977
Traded Hector Cruz and Dave Rader to the Chicago Cubs. Received Jerry Morales, Steve Swisher and cash.
Traded Al Hrabosky to the Kansas City Royals. Received Mark Littell and Buck Martinez.
Traded Buck Martinez to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received George Frazier.
December 9, 1977
Traded Randy Wiles to the Houston Astros. Received Ron Selak (minors).
January 3, 1978
Signed Gary Sutherland as a free agent.
January 10, 1978
Drafted Dave Meier in the 3rd round of the 1978 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign the player.
Drafted Gary Gaetti in the 4th round of the 1978 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.
February 2, 1978
Signed Ken Rudolph as a free agent.
March 15, 1978
Traded Rick Bosetti to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received Tom Bruno and cash.
March 28, 1978
Released Mike Anderson.
Released Larry Dierker.
