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1978 St. Louis Cardinals Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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#	28	152	604	516	71	148	40	5	22	80	1	1	77	39	.287	.377	.512	.889	148	264	19	3	0	8	17
2	1B	Keith Hernandez*	24	159	633	542	90	138	32	4	11	64	13	5	82	68	.255	.351	.389	.741	108	211	12	2	1	6	11
3	2B	Mike Tyson	28	125	405	377	26	88	16	0	3	26	2	0	24	41	.233	.277	.300	.577	63	113	14	0	1	3	7
4	SS	Garry Templeton#	22	155	675	647	82	181	31	13	2	47	34	11	22	87	.280	.303	.377	.680	91	244	7	1	2	3	3
5	3B	Ken Reitz	27	150	578	540	41	133	26	2	10	75	1	0	23	61	.246	.280	.357	.637	78	193	13	5	3	7	5
6	LF	Lou Brock*	39	92	317	298	31	66	9	0	0	12	17	5	17	29	.221	.263	.252	.514	46	75	4	0	1	1	2
7	CF	George Hendrick	28	102	417	382	55	110	27	1	17	67	1	0	28	44	.288	.337	.497	.834	132	190	9	2	1	4	1
8	RF	Jerry Morales	29	130	499	457	44	109	19	8	4	46	4	4	33	44	.239	.288	.341	.629	77	156	13	1	2	6	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#	25	125	403	367	41	96	13	4	2	37	14	10	30	40	.262	.317	.335	.652	84	123	10	1	2	3	0
10	OF	Tony Scott#	26	96	237	219	28	50	5	2	1	14	5	6	14	41	.228	.278	.283	.562	59	62	5	2	0	2	1
11	2B	Mike Phillips*	27	76	186	164	14	44	8	1	1	28	0	0	13	25	.268	.317	.348	.665	87	57	4	2	0	7	2
12	C	Steve Swisher	26	45	124	115	11	32	5	1	1	10	1	0	8	14	.278	.331	.365	.696	96	42	6	1	0	0	0
13	UT	Roger Freed	32	52	101	92	3	22	6	0	2	20	1	0	8	17	.239	.297	.370	.667	87	34	2	0	0	1	0
14	OF	Dane Iorg*	28	35	90	85	6	23	4	1	0	4	0	0	4	10	.271	.300	.341	.641	80	29	2	0	0	1	1
15	OF	Jim Dwyer*	28	34	75	65	8	14	3	0	1	4	1	0	9	3	.215	.320	.308	.628	78	20	1	1	0	0	1
16	3B	Wayne Garrett*	30	33	74	63	11	21	4	0	1	10	1	0	11	16	.333	.432	.444	.877	147	28	3	0	0	0	1
17	2B	Ken Oberkfell*	22	24	54	50	7	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	.120	.170	.140	.310	-12	7	1	0	1	0	0
18	C	Terry Kennedy*	22	10	33	29	0	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	3	.172	.273	.172	.445	28	5	2	0	0	0	2
19	OF	Jim Lentine	23	8	12	11	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	.182	.250	.182	.432	23	2	0	1	0	0	0
20	2B	Gary Sutherland	33	10	8	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	-6	1	0	0	2	0	0
21	C	John Tamargo#	26	6	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	SS	Mike Ramsey#	24	12	5	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	13	1	0	0	0	0	0
23	OF	Bob Coluccio	26	5	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	-24	0	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
24	P	Bob Forsch	28	34	89	83	2	15	7	0	1	8	0	0	1	26	.181	.190	.301	.492	37	25	3	0	5	0	0
25	P	John Denny	25	33	85	73	10	13	3	1	0	3	0	0	4	21	.178	.218	.247	.465	31	18	0	0	7	1	0
26	P	Pete Vuckovich	25	45	66	58	4	8	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	22	.138	.153	.155	.308	-13	9	0	0	7	0	0
27	P	Silvio Martinez	22	22	53	47	4	8	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	21	.170	.170	.213	.383	7	10	0	0	6	0	0
28	P	John Urrea	23	27	27	24	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	8	.125	.160	.125	.285	-19	3	1	0	2	0	0
29	P	Pete Falcone*	24	19	23	21	3	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.238	.238	.286	.524	47	6	0	0	2	0	0
30	P	Eric Rasmussen	26	10	20	18	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	.111	.111	.111	.222	-37	2	0	0	2	0	0
31	P	Aurelio Lopez	29	25	16	14	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.214	.214	.214	.429	21	3	0	0	2	0	0
32	P	Tom Bruno	25	18	14	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.083	.083	.083	.167	-53	1	0	0	2	0	0
33	P	Mark Littell*	25	72	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.125	.000	.125	-62	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	P	Buddy Schultz	27	62	8	5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	.200	.333	.600	.933	158	3	0	0	2	0	0
35	P	Roy Thomas	25	16	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	41	1	0	0	0	0	0
36	P	Rob Dressler	24	3	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0
37	P	Dan O'Brien	24	7	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0
38	P	George Frazier	23	14	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	88	1	0	0	0	0	0
39	P	Dave Hamilton*	30	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	26.9	162	5965	5415	600	1351	263	44	79	568	97	42	420	713	.249	.303	.358	.661	86	1939	131	22	55	53	55
		Rank in 12 NL teams				7	10	8	3	5	9		9	11	11	12	9	11	9	12		9
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

* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

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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	John Denny	25	14	11	.560	2.96	33	33	0	11	2	0	234.0	200	81	77	13	74	4	103	6	4	8	936	120	1.171	7.7	0.5	2.8	4.0	1.39
2	SP	Bob Forsch	28	11	17	.393	3.70	34	34	0	7	3	0	233.2	205	110	96	15	97	9	114	5	3	8	981	96	1.292	7.9	0.6	3.7	4.4	1.18
3	SP	Pete Vuckovich	25	12	12	.500	2.54	45	23	15	6	2	1	198.1	187	65	56	9	59	5	149	2	2	7	819	139	1.240	8.5	0.4	2.7	6.8	2.53
4	SP	Silvio Martinez	22	9	8	.529	3.64	22	22	0	5	2	0	138.1	114	65	56	11	71	7	45	2	0	3	586	97	1.337	7.4	0.7	4.6	2.9	0.63
5	SP	Pete Falcone*	24	2	7	.222	5.76	19	14	2	0	0	0	75.0	94	52	48	9	48	2	28	2	0	8	352	62	1.893	11.3	1.1	5.8	3.4	0.58
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	Mark Littell	25	4	8	.333	2.79	72	2	51	0	0	11	106.1	80	38	33	8	59	16	130	4	1	9	447	127	1.307	6.8	0.7	5.0	11.0	2.20
7	RP	John Urrea	23	4	9	.308	5.38	27	12	3	1	0	0	98.2	108	75	59	4	47	4	61	7	1	5	445	66	1.571	9.9	0.4	4.3	5.6	1.30
8	RP	Buddy Schultz*	27	2	4	.333	3.80	62	0	32	0	0	6	83.0	68	36	35	6	36	6	70	0	0	2	343	93	1.253	7.4	0.7	3.9	7.6	1.94
9	RP	Aurelio Lopez	29	4	2	.667	4.29	25	4	4	0	0	0	65.0	52	35	31	4	32	2	46	1	0	5	279	83	1.292	7.2	0.6	4.4	6.4	1.44
10	RP	Tom Bruno	25	4	3	.571	1.99	18	3	8	0	0	1	49.2	38	12	11	3	17	1	33	0	1	0	201	178	1.107	6.9	0.5	3.1	6.0	1.94
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		Eric Rasmussen	26	2	5	.286	4.18	10	10	0	2	1	0	60.1	61	32	28	4	20	2	32	0	2	2	255	85	1.343	9.1	0.6	3.0	4.8	1.60
12		Roy Thomas	25	1	1	.500	3.81	16	1	7	0	0	3	28.1	21	14	12	0	16	3	16	0	2	3	120	93	1.306	6.7	0.0	5.1	5.1	1.00
13		George Frazier	23	0	3	.000	4.09	14	0	3	0	0	0	22.0	22	14	10	2	6	2	8	0	0	1	96	87	1.273	9.0	0.8	2.5	3.3	1.33
14		Dan O'Brien	24	0	2	.000	4.50	7	2	1	0	0	0	18.0	22	12	9	1	8	2	12	2	1	0	86	79	1.667	11.0	0.5	4.0	6.0	1.50
15		Dave Hamilton*	30	0	0		6.43	13	0	4	0	0	0	14.0	16	13	10	5	6	0	8	0	0	0	62	55	1.571	10.3	3.2	3.9	5.1	1.33
16		Rob Dressler	24	0	1	.000	2.08	3	2	0	0	0	0	13.0	12	3	3	0	4	1	4	0	0	0	49	171	1.231	8.3	0.0	2.8	2.8	1.00
		Team Totals	25.3	69	93	.426	3.59	162	162	130	32	10	22	1437.2	1300	657	574	94	600	66	859	31	17	61	6057	99	1.322	8.1	0.6	3.8	5.4	1.43
		Rank in 12 NL teams		10	2		7				6	4	12	10	1	8	7	4	11		9906
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

* - 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
Lou Brock	39	79	70	588.1	117	112	2	3	0	.974	-4.5	-9.2	-1.5	0.3	-1.8	-3			1.74	1.44						LF
Tom Bruno	25	18	3	49.2	6	2	4	0	1	1.000									1.09	0.33						P
Bob Coluccio	26	2	0	5.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0			1.80	0.50						LF-RF
John Denny	25	33	33	234.0	94	17	73	4	8	.957									3.46	2.73						P
Rob Dressler	24	3	2	13.0	2	0	2	0	0	1.000									1.38	0.67						P
Jim Dwyer	28	23	14	144.2	19	17	1	1	0	.947	-1.9	-15.8	-2.9	-1.1	-1.8	1			1.12	0.78						LF-RF
Pete Falcone	24	19	14	75.0	9	0	7	2	0	.778									0.84	0.37						P
Bob Forsch	28	34	34	233.2	55	18	37	0	4	1.000									2.12	1.62						P
George Frazier	23	14	0	22.0	6	0	5	1	0	.833									2.05	0.36						P
Roger Freed	32	21	19	148.0	125	114	10	1	13	.992	-0.6	-4.9	-0.6	0.7	-1.4	0	0		7.54	5.90						1B-RF-LF
Wayne Garrett	30	19	17	128.0	41	12	26	3	5	.927	-0.3	-2.8	-0.3	0.0	-0.3		0		2.67	2.00						3B
Dave Hamilton	30	13	0	14.0	4	1	3	0	0	1.000									2.57	0.31						P
George Hendrick	28	101	100	861.1	246	240	5	1	0	.996	-1.5	-2.1	0.5	3.2	-2.7	-2			2.56	2.43						CF-RF-LF
Keith Hernandez	24	158	148	1327.2	1542	1436	96	10	124	.994	3.1	2.8	3.1	1.3	1.8		0		10.39	9.70						1B
Dane Iorg	28	26	21	164.0	38	33	5	0	0	1.000	1.4	10.2	0.4	-0.7	1.1	1			2.09	1.46						RF-LF
Terry Kennedy	22	10	9	72.1	51	46	4	1	1	.980	-1.0	-16.6						-1	6.22	5.00	1	6	5	2	29%	C
Jim Lentine	23	3	3	25.0	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	-0.8	-38.4	-0.8	-0.1	-0.7	0			1.44	1.33						LF-RF
Mark Littell	25	72	2	106.1	15	4	10	1	0	.933									1.18	0.19						P
Aurelio Lopez	29	25	4	65.0	6	0	5	1	0	.833									0.69	0.20						P
Silvio Martinez	22	22	22	138.1	30	9	18	3	0	.900									1.76	1.23						P
Jerry Morales	29	128	119	1051.0	265	253	6	6	0	.977	-2.1	-2.4	2.9	-4.7	7.5	-5			2.22	2.02						RF-CF
Jerry Mumphrey	25	126	88	827.0	188	177	10	1	1	.995	-3.8	-5.5	-3.8	-2.6	-1.1	0			2.04	1.48						RF-LF-CF
Dan O'Brien	24	7	2	18.0	2	0	2	0	0	1.000									1.00	0.29						P
Ken Oberkfell	22	21	14	127.1	79	30	48	1	8	.987	2.8	26.4	2.8	2.1	0.8		0		5.51	3.71						2B-3B
Mike Phillips	27	66	41	405.0	249	107	135	7	31	.972	-3.6	-10.7	-4.6	-2.1	-2.5		1		5.38	3.67						2B-SS-3B
Mike Ramsey	24	4	2	16.0	11	4	6	1	3	.909	-1.5	-112.5	-1.5	-1.0	-0.4		0		5.62	2.50						SS
Eric Rasmussen	26	10	10	60.1	13	3	9	1	2	.923									1.79	1.20						P
Ken Reitz	27	150	144	1294.2	437	111	314	12	18	.973	9.3	8.6	9.3	4.8	4.5		0		2.95	2.83						3B
Buddy Schultz	27	62	0	83.0	10	4	6	0	1	1.000									1.08	0.16						P
Tony Scott	26	79	43	432.1	112	101	5	6	0	.946	-2.1	-5.8	-1.1	-3.4	2.3	-1			2.21	1.34						LF-CF-RF
Ted Simmons	28	157	142	1242.0	800	702	88	10	6	.988	-0.9	-0.9	-0.9	-0.6	-0.2	-3		3	5.72	5.03	8	42	125	65	34%	C-LF
Gary Sutherland	33	1	0	1.2	3	0	3	0	0	1.000	0.5	360.0	0.5	0.5	0.0		0		16.20	3.00						2B
Steve Swisher	26	42	34	298.2	217	202	13	2	0	.991	-2.0	-8.0						-2	6.48	5.12	2	13	32	11	26%	C
John Tamargo	26	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0						0	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	0		C
Garry Templeton	22	155	153	1353.2	848	285	523	40	108	.953	4.8	4.3	3.8	5.8	-2.0		1		5.37	5.21						SS
Roy Thomas	25	16	1	28.1	8	1	7	0	0	1.000									2.54	0.50						P
Mike Tyson	28	124	115	986.2	565	246	306	13	78	.977	-9.7	-11.8	-11.7	-7.0	-4.7		2		5.04	4.45						2B
John Urrea	23	27	12	98.2	23	3	18	2	0	.913									1.92	0.78						P
Pete Vuckovich	25	45	23	198.1	48	12	34	2	4	.958									2.09	1.02						P
Team Totals	26.7	162	1458	12939.0	6295	4313	1846	136	416	.978	-14.4	-1.3	-6.4	-4.6	-1.6	-12	4	0	4.28	3.24	11	61	162	78	33%
Rank in 12 NL teams								7	4	4
	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

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