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1978 St. Louis Cardinals Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1977 / 1979)
69-93, Finished 5th in NL East
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Scored 600 runs, Allowed 657 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 74-88
Manager: Vern Rapp (6-11), Jack Krol (1-1) and Ken Boyer (62-81)
Ballpark: Busch Stadium II (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,278,215 (8th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 99, Pitching - 99;   one-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 97
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1977 / 1979 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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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
Lou Brock HOF 39 L L 170 Jun 18, 1939 18 92 70 92 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 79 0 0 79 18 3
Tom Bruno 25 R R 6' 5" 210 Jan 26, 1953 3 18 3 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Coluccio 26 R R 5' 11" 183 Oct 2, 1951 5 5 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 2 2
John Denny 25 R R 6' 3" 190 Nov 8, 1952 5 33 33 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rob Dressler 24 R R 6' 3" 180 Feb 2, 1954 3 3 2 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Dwyer 28 L L 5' 10" 175 Jan 3, 1950 6 34 14 34 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 5 22 14 0
Pete Falcone 24 L L 6' 2" 185 Oct 1, 1953 4 19 14 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Forsch 28 R R 6' 4" 200 Jan 13, 1950 5 34 34 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
George Frazier 23 R R 6' 5" 205 Oct 13, 1954 1st 14 0 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Roger Freed 32 R R 6' 0" 190 Jun 2, 1946 7 52 19 52 20 0 0 15 0 0 0 3 0 3 6 33 0
Wayne Garrett 30 L R 5' 11" 183 Dec 3, 1947 10 33 17 33 19 0 0 0 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 15 1
Dave Hamilton 30 L L 6' 0" 190 Dec 13, 1947 7 13 0 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
George Hendrick 28 R R 6' 3" 195 Oct 18, 1949 8 102 100 102 101 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 88 11 101 1 0
Keith Hernandez 24 L L 6' 0" 195 Oct 20, 1953 5 159 148 159 158 0 0 158 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Dane Iorg 28 L R 6' 0" 180 May 11, 1950 2 35 21 35 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 18 25 13 0
Terry Kennedy 22 L R 6' 3" 220 Jun 4, 1956 1st 10 9 10 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Jim Lentine 23 R R 6' 0" 175 Jul 16, 1954 1st 8 3 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 2 3
Mark Littell 25 L R 6' 3" 210 Jan 17, 1953 5 72 2 72 72 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aurelio Lopez 29 R R 6' 0" 220 Sep 21, 1948 2 25 4 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Silvio Martinez 22 R R 5' 10" 170 Aug 19, 1955 2 22 22 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jerry Morales 29 R R 5' 10" 175 Feb 18, 1949 10 130 119 130 126 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 94 126 8 0
Jerry Mumphrey 25 B R 6' 2" 185 Sep 9, 1952 5 125 88 125 116 0 0 0 0 0 0 48 30 48 116 18 6
Dan O'Brien 24 R R 6' 4" 215 Apr 22, 1954 1st 7 2 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ken Oberkfell 22 L R 6' 0" 210 May 4, 1956 2 24 14 24 19 0 0 0 17 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 4
Mike Phillips 27 L R 6' 1" 185 Aug 19, 1950 6 76 41 76 66 0 0 0 55 1 10 0 0 0 0 22 2
Mike Ramsey 24 B R 6' 1" 170 Mar 29, 1954 1st 12 2 12 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 8
Eric Rasmussen 26 R R 6' 3" 205 Mar 22, 1952 4 10 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ken Reitz 27 R R 6' 0" 185 Jun 24, 1951 7 150 144 150 150 0 0 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Buddy Schultz 27 R L 6' 0" 175 Sep 19, 1950 4 62 0 62 62 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tony Scott 26 B R 6' 0" 175 Sep 18, 1951 5 96 43 96 77 0 0 0 0 0 0 38 31 10 77 31 7
Ted Simmons 28 B R 6' 0" 200 Aug 9, 1949 11 152 142 152 149 0 134 0 0 0 0 23 0 0 23 10 0 All-Star
Gary Sutherland 33 R R 6' 0" 185 Sep 27, 1944 13 10 0 10 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
Steve Swisher 26 R R 6' 2" 205 Aug 9, 1951 5 45 34 45 42 0 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
John Tamargo 26 B R 5' 10" 180 Nov 7, 1951 3 6 0 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Garry Templeton 22 B R 5' 11" 190 Mar 24, 1956 3 155 153 155 155 0 0 0 0 0 155 0 0 0 0 2 0
Roy Thomas 25 R R 6' 6" 200 Jun 22, 1953 2 16 1 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Tyson 28 R R 5' 9" 170 Jan 13, 1950 7 125 115 125 124 0 0 0 124 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2
John Urrea 23 R R 6' 3" 205 Feb 9, 1955 2 27 12 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pete Vuckovich 25 R R 6' 4" 220 Oct 27, 1952 4 45 23 45 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR

1977 / 1979 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played