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1977 St. Louis Cardinals Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(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 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 Ted Simmons# 27 150 601 516 82 164 25 3 21 95 2 6 79 37 .318 .408 .500 .908 144 258 20 2 0 4 25
2 1B Keith Hernandez* 23 161 645 560 90 163 41 4 15 91 7 7 79 88 .291 .379 .459 .837 125 257 17 1 3 2 11
3 2B Mike Tyson 27 138 457 418 42 103 15 2 7 57 3 4 30 48 .246 .299 .342 .641 73 143 9 2 5 2 11
4 SS Garry Templeton# 21 153 644 621 94 200 19 18 8 79 28 24 15 70 .322 .336 .449 .786 110 279 9 1 2 5 3
5 3B Ken Reitz 26 157 620 587 58 153 36 1 17 79 2 6 19 74 .261 .291 .412 .703 88 242 17 7 5 2 4
6 LF Lou Brock* 38 141 521 489 69 133 22 6 2 46 35 24 30 74 .272 .317 .354 .670 81 173 6 2 0 0 2
7 CF Tony Scott# 25 95 331 292 38 85 16 3 3 41 13 10 33 48 .291 .368 .397 .765 107 116 5 3 2 1 4
8 RF Hector Cruz 24 118 391 339 50 80 19 2 6 42 4 3 46 56 .236 .326 .357 .683 85 121 8 1 2 3 1
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 OF Jerry Mumphrey# 24 145 512 463 73 133 20 10 2 38 22 15 47 70 .287 .354 .387 .741 100 179 4 1 1 0 6
10 RF Mike Anderson 26 94 169 154 18 34 4 1 4 17 2 3 14 31 .221 .286 .338 .623 68 52 3 0 1 0 0
11 MI Don Kessinger# 34 59 149 134 14 32 4 0 0 7 0 0 14 26 .239 .309 .269 .577 58 36 3 0 0 1 1
12 CF Bake McBride* 28 43 132 122 21 32 5 1 4 20 9 3 7 19 .262 .298 .418 .716 91 51 1 0 1 2 2
13 C Dave Rader* 28 66 129 114 15 30 7 1 1 16 1 0 9 10 .263 .310 .368 .678 82 42 0 0 3 3 0
14 2B Mike Phillips* 26 48 97 87 17 21 3 2 0 9 1 0 9 13 .241 .320 .322 .641 74 28 1 1 0 0 1
15 UT Roger Freed 31 49 95 83 10 33 2 1 5 21 0 0 11 9 .398 .463 .627 1.090 191 52 2 0 0 1 0
16 OF Rick Bosetti 23 41 76 69 12 16 0 0 0 3 4 4 6 11 .232 .303 .232 .535 47 16 0 1 0 0 0
17 OF Dane Iorg* 27 30 38 32 2 10 1 0 0 4 0 1 5 4 .313 .395 .344 .738 102 11 1 0 0 1 0
18 OF Jim Dwyer* 27 13 37 31 3 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 5 .226 .351 .258 .609 68 8 0 2 0 0 0
19 UT Joel Youngblood 25 25 30 27 1 5 2 0 0 1 0 2 3 5 .185 .267 .259 .526 43 7 1 0 0 0 0
20 3B Taylor Duncan 24 8 15 12 2 4 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 .333 .400 .583 .983 162 7 0 0 0 1 0
21 2B Jerry Davanon 31 9 9 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .111 .000 .111 -67 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 2B Ken Oberkfell* 21 9 9 9 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .111 .111 .111 .222 -40 1 0 0 0 0 0
23 RF Mike Potter 26 5 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 C John Tamargo# 25 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 RF Benny Ayala 26 1 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 81 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
26 P Bob Forsch 27 35 86 72 6 12 4 0 0 4 0 0 2 29 .167 .189 .222 .411 11 16 0 0 12 0 0
27 P Eric Rasmussen 25 34 83 72 4 10 5 0 0 3 0 0 5 27 .139 .195 .208 .403 9 15 0 0 6 0 0
28 P John Denny 24 26 58 51 4 5 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 15 .098 .132 .098 .230 -37 5 1 1 5 0 0
29 P Pete Falcone* 23 27 47 41 3 10 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 12 .244 .279 .293 .572 55 12 0 0 4 0 0
30 P John Urrea 22 41 41 29 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 9 6 .138 .342 .138 .480 36 4 0 0 3 0 0
31 P Tom Underwood 23 19 36 30 4 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 7 .133 .206 .167 .373 2 5 1 0 2 1 0
32 P Buddy Schultz 26 41 16 12 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 .167 .286 .167 .452 26 2 0 0 2 0 0
33 P Clay Carroll 36 51 14 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .091 .091 .091 .182 -51 1 1 0 3 0 0
34 P Larry Dierker 30 11 10 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 2 0 0
35 P Al Hrabosky 27 65 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 P Rawly Eastwick 26 41 7 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 .400 .571 .400 .971 168 2 0 0 0 0 0
37 P Butch Metzger 25 58 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 2 0 0
38 P John D'Acquisto 25 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 P John Sutton 24 14 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 26.3 162 6136 5527 737 1490 252 56 96 686 134 112 489 823 .270 .330 .388 .718 93 2142 111 25 66 29 71
Rank in 12 NL teams 9 4 4 7 3 11 5 2 10 10 4 6 6 6 7
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
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* - 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 Eric Rasmussen 25 11 17 .393 3.48 34 34 0 11 3 0 233.0 223 103 90 24 63 7 120 5 2 2 962 111 1.227 8.6 0.9 2.4 4.6 1.90
2 SP Bob Forsch 27 20 7 .741 3.48 35 35 0 8 2 0 217.1 210 97 84 20 69 2 95 3 1 9 915 111 1.284 8.7 0.8 2.9 3.9 1.38
3 SP John Denny 24 8 8 .500 4.51 26 26 0 3 1 0 149.2 165 85 75 9 62 0 60 5 1 6 664 86 1.517 9.9 0.5 3.7 3.6 0.97
4 SP Pete Falcone* 23 4 8 .333 5.44 27 22 3 1 1 1 124.0 130 79 75 19 61 3 75 3 1 4 553 71 1.540 9.4 1.4 4.4 5.4 1.23
5 SP Tom Underwood* 23 6 9 .400 4.95 19 17 2 1 0 0 100.0 104 61 55 7 57 4 66 1 0 3 443 78 1.610 9.4 0.6 5.1 5.9 1.16
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 Al Hrabosky* 27 6 5 .545 4.38 65 0 39 0 0 10 86.1 82 44 42 12 41 7 68 3 0 4 374 88 1.425 8.5 1.3 4.3 7.1 1.66
7 RP John Urrea 22 7 6 .538 3.16 41 12 15 2 1 4 139.2 126 56 49 13 35 3 81 0 1 5 560 123 1.153 8.1 0.8 2.3 5.2 2.31
8 RP Butch Metzger 25 4 2 .667 3.11 58 0 28 0 0 7 92.2 78 36 32 8 38 2 48 1 0 2 389 125 1.252 7.6 0.8 3.7 4.7 1.26
9 RP Clay Carroll 36 4 2 .667 2.50 51 1 16 0 0 4 90.0 77 28 25 8 24 8 34 1 1 0 357 155 1.122 7.7 0.8 2.4 3.4 1.42
10 RP Rawly Eastwick 26 3 7 .300 4.70 41 1 20 0 0 4 53.2 74 34 28 6 21 3 30 0 1 2 248 83 1.770 12.4 1.0 3.5 5.0 1.43
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 Buddy Schultz* 26 6 1 .857 2.32 40 3 6 0 0 1 85.1 76 26 22 5 24 0 66 0 0 1 343 167 1.172 8.0 0.5 2.5 7.0 2.75
12 Larry Dierker 30 2 6 .250 4.58 11 9 1 0 0 0 39.1 40 21 20 7 16 0 6 2 1 2 169 85 1.424 9.2 1.6 3.7 1.4 0.38
13 John Sutton 24 2 1 .667 2.59 14 0 5 0 0 0 24.1 28 10 7 1 9 1 9 0 0 1 101 150 1.521 10.4 0.4 3.3 3.3 1.00
14 John D'Acquisto 25 0 0 4.32 3 2 1 0 0 0 8.1 5 4 4 0 10 0 9 1 0 2 39 90 1.800 5.4 0.0 10.8 9.7 0.90
15 Doug Capilla* 25 0 0 15.43 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 2 4 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 11 25 1.714 7.7 0.0 7.7 3.9 0.50
Team Totals 25.6 83 79 .512 3.81 162 162 136 26 8 31 1446.0 1420 688 612 139 532 40 768 25 9 43 6128 102 1.350 8.8 0.9 3.3 4.8 1.44
Rank in 12 NL teams 5 8 9 7 9 9 5 6 7 8 7 12
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
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* - 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
Mike Anderson 26 77 31 373.0 105 99 4 2 0 .981 8.0 25.7 8.0 3.3 4.7 0 2.49 1.34 RF-LF-CF
Benny Ayala 26 1 1 8.0 7 6 1 0 1 1.000 0.9 135.0 0.9 0.9 0.0 0 7.88 7.00 RF
Rick Bosetti 23 37 14 171.1 47 44 3 0 0 1.000 2.0 14.0 -0.0 -2.8 2.7 2 2.47 1.27 LF-CF-RF
Lou Brock 38 130 121 902.0 196 185 2 9 1 .954 -3.6 -4.8 1.4 -1.1 2.5 -5 1.87 1.44 LF
Doug Capilla 25 2 0 2.1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 3.86 0.50 P
Clay Carroll 36 51 0 90.0 26 6 19 1 3 .962 0.0 0.0 2.50 0.49 P
Hector Cruz 24 117 89 787.2 166 150 9 7 2 .958 -8.7 -13.3 -5.7 -0.6 -5.1 -3 0 1.82 1.36 RF-LF-3B
John D'Acquisto 25 3 2 8.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 P
Jerry Davanon 31 5 1 19.0 13 4 8 1 0 .923 -0.4 -25.3 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 5.68 2.40 2B
John Denny 24 26 26 149.2 49 9 37 3 3 .939 0.0 0.0 2.77 1.77 P
Larry Dierker 30 11 9 39.1 7 2 5 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.60 0.64 P
Taylor Duncan 24 5 2 24.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 -0.8 -40.0 -0.8 -0.2 -0.6 0 0.75 0.40 3B
Jim Dwyer 27 14 9 79.0 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 -1.5 -22.8 -0.5 0.1 -0.7 -1 1.82 1.14 RF-LF
Rawly Eastwick 26 41 1 53.2 7 4 3 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.17 0.17 P
Pete Falcone 23 27 22 124.0 19 4 15 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.38 0.70 P
Bob Forsch 27 35 35 217.1 43 12 29 2 2 .953 0.0 0.0 1.70 1.17 P
Roger Freed 31 25 19 142.2 116 108 7 1 13 .991 -2.0 -16.8 -1.0 -0.9 -0.1 -1 0 7.25 4.60 1B-RF
Keith Hernandez 23 158 150 1345.0 1571 1453 106 12 146 .992 7.2 6.4 7.2 4.1 3.1 0 10.43 9.87 1B
Al Hrabosky 27 65 0 86.1 11 3 8 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.15 0.17 P
Dane Iorg 27 7 3 29.0 6 5 0 1 0 .833 -0.3 -12.4 -0.3 -0.7 0.3 0 1.55 0.71 RF-LF
Don Kessinger 34 54 30 312.1 196 69 119 8 24 .959 3.8 14.6 2.8 3.5 -0.7 1 5.42 3.48 SS-2B-3B
Bake McBride 28 33 29 220.0 51 49 2 0 0 1.000 -5.9 -32.2 -4.9 -1.9 -3.0 -1 2.09 1.55 CF
Butch Metzger 25 58 0 92.2 14 5 9 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.36 0.24 P
Jerry Mumphrey 24 154 107 1002.1 311 294 8 9 1 .971 14.2 17.0 10.2 1.6 8.6 4 2.71 1.96 CF-LF-RF
Ken Oberkfell 21 6 1 13.0 7 3 4 0 1 1.000 -0.9 -83.1 -0.9 -1.1 0.2 0 4.85 1.17 2B
Mike Phillips 26 41 21 223.0 136 57 74 5 21 .963 -1.7 -9.1 -3.7 -0.6 -3.1 2 5.29 3.20 2B-SS-3B
Mike Potter 26 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -30.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.00 0.00 RF
Dave Rader 28 38 23 217.1 164 147 13 4 2 .976 -2.0 -11.0 -2 6.63 4.21 2 6 20 8 29% C
Eric Rasmussen 25 34 34 233.0 39 8 30 1 4 .974 0.0 0.0 1.47 1.12 P
Ken Reitz 26 157 156 1359.1 450 121 320 9 35 .980 -0.1 -0.1 -1.1 -1.6 0.5 1 2.92 2.81 3B
Buddy Schultz 26 40 4 85.1 14 3 10 1 1 .929 0.0 0.0 1.37 0.33 P
Tony Scott 25 91 70 677.0 226 220 5 1 0 .996 11.0 19.5 12.0 1.5 10.4 -1 2.99 2.47 CF-RF-LF
Ted Simmons 27 144 140 1231.2 768 683 75 10 5 .987 0.8 0.8 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 1 5.54 5.26 8 37 97 54 36% C-RF
John Sutton 24 14 0 24.1 6 1 5 0 2 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.22 0.43 P
John Tamargo 25 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 4.50 1.00 0 0 0 0 C
Garry Templeton 21 151 146 1264.0 770 285 453 32 98 .958 -3.8 -3.6 -5.8 -9.6 3.8 2 5.25 4.89 SS
Mike Tyson 27 135 128 1097.0 705 267 423 15 99 .979 18.8 20.6 15.8 6.5 9.4 3 5.66 5.11 2B
Tom Underwood 23 19 17 100.0 14 2 10 2 2 .857 0.0 0.0 1.08 0.63 P
John Urrea 22 41 12 139.2 33 7 24 2 2 .939 0.0 0.0 2.00 0.76 P
Joel Youngblood 25 17 5 60.1 15 8 6 1 0 .933 -1.3 -25.9 -1.3 -1.6 0.3 0 0 2.09 0.82 LF-3B-RF
Team Totals 26.4 162 1458 13010.0 6327 4338 1850 139 471 .978 33.6 3.1 31.6 -1.8 33.1 -6 9 -1 4.28 3.05 10 43 117 62 35%
Rank in 12 NL teams 7 1 5
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

1976 / 1978 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics