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1977 St. Louis Cardinals (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1976/1978)
83-79, Finished 3rd in NL Eastern Division
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Scored 737 runs, Allowed 688 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 86-76
Managed by Vern Rapp

Ballpark: Busch Stadium II (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,659,287 (4th of 12)
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Batting - 99, Pitching - 99
  (one-year): Batting - 96, Pitching - 95
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1977 Stats / Schedule / Transactions (1976/1978) / Lineups / Batting Orders / SplitsBat / Pitch / GamelogsBat / Pitch / Amateur Draft

Transactions listed are from November 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.

November 6, 1976

Released Lloyd Allen.

Sold Luis Alvarado to the Detroit Tigers.

Traded Bill Greif, Angel Torres, and Sam Mejias to the Montreal Expos. Received Steve Dunning, Pat Scanlon, and Tony Scott.

Released Lee Richard.

November 23, 1976

Traded Joe Ferguson and Bob Detherage to the Houston Astros. Received Larry Dierker and Jerry Davanon.

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 Brock Pemberton and Leon Brown.

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. Player signed May 11, 1977.

Drafted Jesse Orosco in the 7th round of the 1977 amateur draft, 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

Traded Mike Caldwell to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Pat Darcy.

Released Roric Harrison.

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 Joel Youngblood to the New York Mets. Received Mike Phillips.

Traded Bake McBride and Steve Waterbury to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Tom Underwood, Dane Iorg, and Rick Bosetti.

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 the 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.

Traded Stan Butkus (minors) to the Chicago White Sox. Received Jim Otten.

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.

December 6, 1977

Traded Tom Underwood and Victor Cruz 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 Dave Rader and Hector Cruz to the Chicago Cubs. Received Jerry Morales, Steve Swisher, and cash.

Traded Buck Martinez to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received George Frazier.

Traded Al Hrabosky to the Kansas City Royals. Received Mark Littell and Buck Martinez.

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 (Secondary Phase), but did not sign the player.

Drafted Gary Gaetti in the 4th round of the 1978 amateur draft, 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.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

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