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1978 St. Louis Cardinals (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1977/1979) 69-93, Finished 5th in NL Eastern Division View League Standings and Leaders Scored 600 runs, Allowed 657 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 74-88 Managed by Vern Rapp, Jack Krol, and Ken Boyer Ballpark: Busch Stadium II (ballparks.com) Attendance: 1,278,215 (8th of 12) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 99, Pitching - 99   (one-year): Batting - 96, Pitching - 97   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates BaseballAmerica.com: Team Executives Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C  #Ted Simmons         28  152  516   71  148  40  5  22   80  77   39  .287  .377  .512   1   1  19   3   0   8  17  148
1B *Keith Hernandez     24  159  542   90  138  32  4  11   64  82   68  .255  .351  .389  13   5  12   2   1   6  11  108
2B  Mike Tyson          28  125  377   26   88  16  0   3   26  24   41  .233  .277  .300   2   0  14   0   1   3   7   63
3B  Ken Reitz           27  150  540   41  133  26  2  10   75  23   61  .246  .280  .357   1   0  13   5   3   7   5   78
SS #Garry Templeton     22  155  647   82  181  31 13   2   47  22   87  .280  .303  .377  34  11   7   1   2   3   3   91
LF *Lou Brock           39   92  298   31   66   9  0   0   12  17   29  .221  .263  .252  17   5   4   0   1   1   2   46
CF  George Hendrick     28  102  382   55  110  27  1  17   67  28   44  .288  .337  .497   1   0   9   2   1   4   1  132
RF  Jerry Morales       29  130  457   44  109  19  8   4   46  33   44  .239  .288  .341   4   4  13   1   2   6   1   77
   #Jerry Mumphrey      25  125  367   41   96  13  4   2   37  30   40  .262  .317  .335  14  10  10   1   2   3   0   84
   #Tony Scott          26   96  219   28   50   5  2   1   14  14   41  .228  .278  .283   5   6   5   2   0   2   1   59
   *Mike Phillips       27   76  164   14   44   8  1   1   28  13   25  .268  .317  .348   0   0   4   2   0   7   2   87
    Steve Swisher       26   45  115   11   32   5  1   1   10   8   14  .278  .331  .365   1   0   6   1   0   0   0   96
    Roger Freed         32   52   92    3   22   6  0   2   20   8   17  .239  .297  .370   1   0   2   0   0   1   0   87
   *Dane Iorg           28   35   85    6   23   4  1   0    4   4   10  .271  .300  .341   0   0   2   0   0   1   1   80
   *Jim Dwyer           28   34   65    8   14   3  0   1    4   9    3  .215  .320  .308   1   0   1   1   0   0   1   78
   *Wayne Garrett       30   33   63   11   21   4  0   1   10  11   16  .333  .432  .444   1   0   3   0   0   0   1  147
   *Ken Oberkfell       22   24   50    7    6   1  0   0    0   3    1  .120  .170  .140   0   0   1   0   1   0   0  -12
   *Terry Kennedy       22   10   29    0    5   0  0   0    2   4    3  .172  .273  .172   0   0   2   0   0   0   2   28
    Jim Lentine         23    8   11    1    2   0  0   0    1   0    0  .182  .250  .182   1   0   0   1   0   0   0   23
    Gary Sutherland     33   10    6    1    1   0  0   0    0   0    0  .167  .167  .167   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   -6
   #John Tamargo        26    6    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   #Mike Ramsey         24   12    5    4    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .200  .200  .200   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   13
    Bob Coluccio        26    5    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    2  .000  .250  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -24

    Bob Forsch          28   34   83    2   15   7  0   1    8   1   26  .181  .190  .301   0   0   3   0   5   0   0   37
    John Denny          25   33   73   10   13   3  1   0    3   4   21  .178  .218  .247   0   0   0   0   7   1   0   31
    Pete Vuckovich      25   45   58    4    8   1  0   0    3   1   22  .138  .153  .155   0   0   0   0   7   0   0  -13
    Silvio Martinez     22   22   47    4    8   2  0   0    3   0   21  .170  .170  .213   0   0   0   0   6   0   0    7
    John Urrea          23   27   24    0    3   0  0   0    2   1    8  .125  .160  .125   0   0   1   0   2   0   0  -19
   *Pete Falcone        24   19   21    3    5   1  0   0    0   0    2  .238  .238  .286   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   47
    Eric Rasmussen      26   10   18    1    2   0  0   0    1   0    8  .111  .111  .111   0   0   0   0   2   0   0  -37
    Aurelio Lopez       29   25   14    0    3   0  0   0    0   0    6  .214  .214  .214   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   21
    Tom Bruno           25   18   12    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    3  .083  .083  .083   0   0   0   0   2   0   0  -53
   *Mark Littell        25   72    7    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    1  .000  .125  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -62
    Buddy Schultz       27   62    5    1    1   0  1   0    0   1    2  .200  .333  .600   0   0   0   0   2   0   0  158
    Roy Thomas          25   16    4    0    1   0  0   0    1   0    1  .250  .250  .250   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   41
    Rob Dressler        24    3    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0 -100
    George Frazier      23   14    3    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .333  .333  .333   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   88
    Dan O'Brien         24    7    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0 -100
   *Dave Hamilton       30   13    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 26.9  162 5415  600 1351 263 44  79  568 420  713  .249  .304  .358  97  42 131  22  55  53  55   91
    Rank among 12 NL teams         7   10    8   3  5   9       11   12     9    11     9   9  11                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Bob Forsch          28  34   3.70  11  17  0  34   0   7   3  233.7  205  110   96  15   97  114  981   8   5  3   9  96
SP  John Denny          25  33   2.96  14  11  0  33   0  11   2  234.0  200   81   77  13   74  103  936   8   6  4   4 120
SP  Pete Vuckovich      25  45   2.54  12  12  1  23  15   6   2  198.3  187   65   56   9   59  149  819   7   2  2   5 139
SP  Silvio Martinez     22  22   3.64   9   8  0  22   0   5   2  138.3  114   65   56  11   71   45  586   3   2  0   7  97
SP *Pete Falcone        24  19   5.76   2   7  0  14   2   0   0   75.0   94   52   48   9   48   28  352   8   2  0   2  62
SP  Eric Rasmussen      26  10   4.18   2   5  0  10   0   2   1   60.3   61   32   28   4   20   32  255   2   0  2   2  85

CL  Mark Littell        25  72   2.79   4   8 11   2  51   0   0  106.3   80   38   33   8   59  130  447   9   4  1  16 127
RP *Buddy Schultz       27  62   3.80   2   4  6   0  32   0   0   83.0   68   36   35   6   36   70  343   2   0  0   6  93
RP  Aurelio Lopez       29  25   4.29   4   2  0   4   4   0   0   65.0   52   35   31   4   32   46  279   5   1  0   2  83
RP  Tom Bruno           25  18   1.99   4   3  1   3   8   0   0   49.7   38   12   11   3   17   33  201   0   0  1   1 178
RP  Roy Thomas          25  16   3.81   1   1  3   1   7   0   0   28.3   21   14   12   0   16   16  120   3   0  2   3  93

    John Urrea          23  27   5.38   4   9  0  12   3   1   0   98.7  108   75   59   4   47   61  445   5   7  1   4  66
    George Frazier      23  14   4.09   0   3  0   0   3   0   0   22.0   22   14   10   2    6    8   96   1   0  0   2  87
    Dan O'Brien         24   7   4.50   0   2  0   2   1   0   0   18.0   22   12    9   1    8   12   86   0   2  1   2  79
   *Dave Hamilton       30  13   6.43   0   0  0   0   4   0   0   14.0   16   13   10   5    6    8   62   0   0  0   0  55
    Rob Dressler        24   3   2.08   0   1  0   2   0   0   0   13.0   12    3    3   0    4    4   49   0   0  0   1 171
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 25.3 162   3.58  69  93 22 162 130  32  13 1437.0 1300  657  572  94  600  859 6057  61  31 17  66  99
    Rank among 12 NL teams          7  10   2 12           6   4     10    1    8        4   11    4

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- TSimmons 1065 119 134 670 88 9 6 .988 8 42 125 65 SSwisher 298 34 42 202 13 2 0 .991 2 13 32 11 TKennedy 72 9 10 46 4 1 1 .980 1 6 5 2 JTamargo 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1437 162 162 918 105 12 7 .988 11 61 162 78 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 *9.98 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- KHernandez 1327 148 158 1436 96 10 124 .994 10.38 RFreed 110 14 15 110 10 1 13 .992 9.82 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1437 162 162 1546 106 11 137 .993 10.35 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 *5.30 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MTyson 986 115 124 246 306 13 78 .977 5.03 MPhillips 328 33 55 93 110 6 24 .971 5.57 KOberkfell 121 14 17 30 48 1 8 .987 5.79 GSutherland 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 1.000 15.88 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1437 162 162 369 467 20 110 .977 5.24 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .952 *3.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- KReitz 1294 144 150 111 314 12 18 .973 2.95 WGarrett 128 17 19 12 26 3 5 .927 2.67 MPhillips 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 KOberkfell 6 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1437 162 162 123 340 15 23 .969 2.90 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .966 *4.88 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GTempleton 1353 153 155 285 523 40 108 .953 5.37 MPhillips 68 7 10 14 25 1 7 .975 5.16 MRamsey 16 2 4 4 6 1 3 .909 5.62 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1437 162 162 303 554 42 118 .953 5.37 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 *1.99 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- LBrock 588 70 79 112 2 3 0 .974 1.74 JMumphrey 265 27 48 39 4 0 0 1.000 1.46 TScott 210 22 38 47 4 0 0 1.000 2.18 TSimmons 176 23 23 32 0 1 0 .970 1.63 JDwyer 104 9 18 12 1 0 0 1.000 1.12 DIorg 42 5 8 8 3 0 0 1.000 2.36 GHendrick 16 2 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 JLentine 16 2 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.56 RFreed 15 2 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.20 BColuccio 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1437 162 162 257 14 4 0 .985 1.70 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 *2.80 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GHendrick 747 87 88 212 4 1 0 .995 2.60 JMorales 300 34 34 98 1 2 0 .980 2.97 JMumphrey 234 27 30 68 5 1 1 .986 2.80 TScott 155 14 31 40 1 4 0 .911 2.38 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1437 162 162 418 11 8 1 .982 2.69 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 *2.13 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JMorales 751 85 94 155 5 4 0 .976 1.92 JMumphrey 326 34 48 70 1 0 0 1.000 1.96 DIorg 122 16 18 25 2 0 0 1.000 1.99 GHendrick 97 11 11 24 1 0 0 1.000 2.30 TScott 66 7 10 14 0 2 0 .875 1.90 JDwyer 40 5 5 5 0 1 0 .833 1.12 RFreed 23 3 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.78 JLentine 9 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 BColuccio 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1437 162 162 299 9 7 0 .978 1.93 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *2.31 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- JMorales 1051 119 126 254 5 6 0 .977 2.22 GHendrick 861 100 101 241 5 1 0 .996 2.57 JMumphrey 827 88 116 178 10 1 1 .995 2.05 LBrock 588 70 79 114 2 3 0 .975 1.77 TScott 432 43 77 100 6 6 0 .946 2.21 TSimmons 176 23 23 33 0 1 0 .971 1.68 DIorg 164 21 25 33 5 0 0 1.000 2.09 JDwyer 144 14 22 19 1 1 0 .952 1.24 RFreed 38 5 6 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.71 JLentine 25 3 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.44 BColuccio 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1437 162 162 980 34 19 1 .982 2.12 162 162 162 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .951 *1.91 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JDenny 234 33 33 17 73 4 8 .957 3.46 BForsch 233 34 34 18 37 0 4 1.000 2.12 PVuckovich 198 23 45 12 34 2 4 .958 2.09 SMartinez 138 22 22 9 18 3 0 .900 1.76 MLittell 106 2 72 4 10 1 0 .933 1.19 JUrrea 98 12 27 3 18 2 0 .913 1.91 BSchultz 83 0 62 4 6 0 1 1.000 1.08 PFalcone 75 14 19 0 7 2 0 .778 0.84 ALopez 65 4 25 0 5 1 0 .833 0.69 ERasmussen 60 10 10 3 9 1 2 .923 1.79 TBruno 49 3 18 2 4 0 1 1.000 1.09 RThomas 28 1 16 1 7 0 0 1.000 2.54 GFrazier 22 0 14 0 5 1 0 .833 2.05 DO'Brien 18 2 7 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.00 DHamilton 14 0 13 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.57 RDressler 13 2 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.38 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1437 162 162 74 240 17 20 .949 1.97 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Simmons .287 On-base % Simmons .377 Slugging % Simmons .512 OPS Simmons .889 Games Hernandez 159 At Bats Templeton 647 Plate Appearances (approx.) Templeton 675 Runs Hernandez 90 Hits Templeton 181 Total Bases Simmons 264 Doubles Simmons 40 Triples Templeton 13 Home Runs Simmons 22 RBI Simmons 80 Bases on Balls Hernandez 82 Strikeouts Templeton 87 Stolen Bases Templeton 34 Singles Templeton 135 Adjusted OPS+ Simmons 148 Runs Created Simmons 98 Adjusted Batting Runs Simmons 36 Batting Wins Simmons 3.7 Extra-Base Hits Simmons 67 Times on Base Simmons 228 Offensive Win% Simmons .699 Hit By Pitch Reitz 5 Sac. Hits Denny and Vuckovich 7 Sac. Flies Simmons 8 Intentional Walks Simmons 17 Grounded into Double Plays Simmons 19 Caught Stealing Templeton 11 Power/Speed Number Hernandez 11.9 At Bats per Strikeout Simmons 13.2 At Bats per Home Run Simmons 23.5 Outs Templeton 489

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Vuckovich 2.54 Wins Denny 14 Won-Loss % Denny .560 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Denny 1.171 Hits Allowed/9IP Denny 7.69 Bases on Balls/9IP Vuckovich 2.68 Strikeouts/9IP Vuckovich 6.76 Games Littell 72 Saves Littell 11 Innings Denny 234.0 Strikeouts Vuckovich 149 Games Started Forsch 34 Comp. Games Denny 11 Shutouts Forsch 3 Home Runs Allow. Forsch 15 Bases On Balls Allow. Forsch 97 Hits Allowed Forsch 205 SO to Walk Vuckovich 2.53 Losses Forsch 17 Earned Runs Allow. Forsch 96 Wild Pitches Littell 9 Hit Batsmen Urrea 7 Batters Faced Forsch 981 Games Finished Littell 51 Adjusted ERA+ Vuckovich 139

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