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1979 St. Louis Cardinals Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1978 / 1980)
86-76, Finished 3rd in NL East
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Scored 731 runs, Allowed 693 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 85-77
Manager: Ken Boyer (86-76)
Ballpark: Busch Stadium II (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,627,256 (7th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 102;   one-year: Batting - 106, Pitching - 106

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1978 / 1980 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
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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# 29 123 521 448 68 127 22 0 26 87 0 1 61 34 .283 .369 .507 .875 135 227 10 4 0 8 22
2 1B Keith Hernandez* 25 161 698 610 116 210 48 11 11 105 11 6 80 78 .344 .417 .513 .930 151 313 9 1 0 7 5
3 2B Ken Oberkfell* 23 135 435 369 53 111 19 5 1 35 4 1 57 35 .301 .396 .388 .784 114 143 9 4 1 4 9
4 SS Garry Templeton# 23 154 696 672 105 211 32 19 9 62 26 10 18 91 .314 .331 .458 .790 112 308 8 1 2 3 4
5 3B Ken Reitz 28 159 643 605 42 162 41 2 8 73 1 0 25 85 .268 .299 .382 .681 84 231 13 4 4 5 7
6 LF Lou Brock* 40 120 436 405 56 123 15 4 5 38 21 12 23 43 .304 .342 .398 .739 100 161 7 3 0 5 1
7 CF Tony Scott# 27 153 634 587 69 152 22 10 6 68 37 17 34 92 .259 .301 .361 .662 79 212 13 5 0 8 4
8 RF George Hendrick 29 140 548 493 67 148 27 1 16 75 2 3 49 62 .300 .359 .456 .816 120 225 17 0 0 6 5
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# 26 124 375 339 53 100 10 3 3 32 8 11 26 39 .295 .341 .369 .710 93 125 6 0 6 4 2
10 2B Mike Tyson 29 75 207 190 18 42 8 2 5 20 2 1 13 28 .221 .272 .363 .635 71 69 5 1 1 2 6
11 UT Dane Iorg* 29 79 195 179 12 52 11 1 1 21 1 2 12 28 .291 .337 .380 .717 94 68 5 1 2 1 1
12 C Terry Kennedy* 23 33 116 109 11 31 7 0 2 17 0 0 6 20 .284 .319 .404 .723 95 44 2 0 0 1 2
13 MI Mike Phillips* 28 44 109 97 10 22 3 1 1 6 0 0 10 9 .227 .306 .309 .615 67 30 5 1 1 0 0
14 C Steve Swisher 27 38 80 73 4 11 1 1 1 3 0 0 6 17 .151 .213 .233 .445 21 17 2 0 0 1 0
15 OF Bernie Carbo* 31 52 76 64 6 18 1 0 3 12 1 0 10 22 .281 .368 .438 .806 118 28 0 0 0 2 0
16 1B Roger Freed 33 34 36 31 2 8 2 0 2 8 0 0 5 7 .258 .361 .516 .877 135 16 1 0 0 0 0
17 OF Jim Lentine 24 11 26 23 2 9 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 6 .391 .462 .435 .896 145 10 0 0 0 0 0
18 LF Tom Grieve 31 9 19 15 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 .200 .368 .267 .635 76 4 0 0 0 0 1
19 LF Keith Smith 26 6 13 13 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 .231 .231 .231 .462 26 3 0 0 0 0 0
20 2B Tom Herr# 23 14 12 10 4 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 .200 .333 .200 .533 49 2 0 0 0 0 0
21 LF Mike Dimmel 24 6 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 82 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
22 P Pete Vuckovich 26 34 90 79 7 12 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 14 .152 .159 .152 .310 -15 12 2 0 8 2 0
23 P Bob Forsch 29 33 84 73 7 8 2 2 0 5 0 0 5 17 .110 .163 .192 .354 -4 14 1 0 4 2 0
24 P John Denny 26 31 80 70 5 9 2 1 0 3 1 2 1 21 .129 .139 .186 .325 -13 13 0 0 8 1 0
25 P Silvio Martinez 23 33 74 62 5 8 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 26 .129 .141 .145 .286 -22 9 0 0 10 1 0
26 P John Fulgham 23 22 59 42 3 6 2 0 0 4 0 0 6 21 .143 .250 .190 .440 21 8 0 0 11 0 0
27 P Bob Sykes# 24 13 26 21 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 .095 .208 .095 .304 -15 2 0 2 2 0 0
28 P Roy Thomas 26 26 18 17 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 .059 .059 .118 .176 -53 2 0 0 1 0 0
29 P Mark Littell* 26 63 16 14 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 11 .000 .067 .000 .067 -80 0 0 0 1 0 0
30 P Tom Bruno 26 27 6 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 9 1 0 0 1 0 0
31 P John Urrea 24 3 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 36 1 0 0 0 0 0
32 P Buddy Schultz 28 31 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 P Will McEnaney* 27 45 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 P Dan O'Brien 25 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 P Darold Knowles* 37 48 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0 0 0
36 P George Frazier 24 25 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 27.4 163 6347 5734 731 1594 279 63 100 685 116 69 460 838 .278 .331 .401 .732 98 2299 116 27 63 63 69
Rank in 12 NL teams 1 3 1 1 1 9 7 5 11 5 1 3 5 5 2
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 Pete Vuckovich 26 15 10 .600 3.59 34 32 0 9 0 0 233.0 229 108 93 22 64 4 145 3 3 7 968 106 1.258 8.8 0.8 2.5 5.6 2.27
2 SP Bob Forsch 29 11 11 .500 3.83 33 32 0 7 1 0 218.2 215 102 93 16 52 1 92 3 0 6 894 100 1.221 8.8 0.7 2.1 3.8 1.77
3 SP Silvio Martinez 23 15 8 .652 3.27 32 29 2 7 2 0 206.2 204 92 75 14 67 2 102 0 2 3 867 117 1.311 8.9 0.6 2.9 4.4 1.52
4 SP John Denny 26 8 11 .421 4.85 31 31 0 5 2 0 206.0 206 116 111 24 100 7 99 3 1 6 900 79 1.485 9.0 1.0 4.4 4.3 0.99
5 SP John Fulgham 23 10 6 .625 2.53 20 19 0 10 2 0 146.0 123 47 41 10 26 3 75 3 1 2 576 151 1.021 7.6 0.6 1.6 4.6 2.88
6 SP Bob Sykes* 24 4 3 .571 6.18 13 11 1 0 0 0 67.0 86 49 46 11 34 2 35 1 1 4 310 62 1.791 11.6 1.5 4.6 4.7 1.03
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
7 CL Mark Littell 26 9 4 .692 2.19 63 0 40 0 0 13 82.1 60 22 20 2 39 5 67 0 0 7 342 175 1.202 6.6 0.2 4.3 7.3 1.72
8 RP Will McEnaney* 27 0 3 .000 2.95 45 0 21 0 0 2 64.0 60 26 21 3 16 8 15 2 1 0 267 129 1.188 8.4 0.4 2.3 2.1 0.94
9 RP Darold Knowles* 37 2 5 .286 4.07 48 0 18 0 0 6 48.2 54 27 22 5 17 7 22 0 1 2 214 94 1.459 10.0 0.9 3.1 4.1 1.29
10 RP Buddy Schultz* 28 4 3 .571 4.46 31 0 12 0 0 3 42.1 40 21 21 7 14 5 38 0 0 2 178 85 1.276 8.5 1.5 3.0 8.1 2.71
11 RP Tom Bruno 26 2 3 .400 4.23 27 1 8 0 0 0 38.1 37 18 18 1 22 5 27 2 0 2 174 90 1.539 8.7 0.2 5.2 6.3 1.23
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
12 Roy Thomas 26 3 4 .429 2.92 26 6 4 0 0 1 77.0 66 29 25 9 24 3 44 0 0 3 308 131 1.169 7.7 1.1 2.8 5.1 1.83
13 George Frazier 24 2 4 .333 4.45 25 0 14 0 0 0 32.1 35 19 16 3 12 2 14 1 0 0 143 86 1.454 9.7 0.8 3.3 3.9 1.17
14 John Urrea 24 0 0 3.97 3 2 0 0 0 0 11.1 13 7 5 0 9 0 5 0 0 1 51 96 1.941 10.3 0.0 7.1 4.0 0.56
15 Dan O'Brien 25 1 1 .500 8.18 6 0 4 0 0 0 11.0 21 10 10 0 3 0 5 0 0 0 55 47 2.182 17.2 0.0 2.5 4.1 1.67
16 Kim Seaman* 22 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 8 1.000 0.0 0.0 9.0 13.5 1.50
Team Totals 26.0 86 76 .531 3.74 163 163 125 38 7 25 1486.2 1449 693 617 127 501 54 788 18 10 45 6255 102 1.312 8.8 0.8 3.0 4.8 1.57
Rank in 12 NL teams 5 8 2 5 11 2 7 6 6 8 5 8
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
Lou Brock 40 98 95 766.1 165 152 7 6 2 .964 -3.6 -5.6 -1.6 0.6 -2.2 -2 1.87 1.62 LF
Tom Bruno 26 27 1 38.1 7 2 5 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.64 0.26 P
Bernie Carbo 31 17 7 74.2 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 -1.7 -27.3 -1.7 -0.9 -0.8 0 1.08 0.53 RF-LF-CF
John Denny 26 31 31 206.0 54 16 36 2 4 .963 0.0 0.0 2.27 1.68 P
Mike Dimmel 24 5 0 12.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 50.0 0.5 0.2 0.3 0 2.25 0.60 LF
Bob Forsch 29 33 32 218.2 57 25 31 1 3 .982 0.0 0.0 2.30 1.70 P
George Frazier 24 25 0 32.1 9 4 4 1 0 .889 0.0 0.0 2.23 0.32 P
Roger Freed 33 1 1 8.0 9 7 1 1 0 .889 -0.1 -15.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 9.00 8.00 1B
John Fulgham 23 20 19 146.0 21 7 12 2 1 .905 0.0 0.0 1.17 0.95 P
Tom Grieve 31 5 5 33.0 6 5 0 1 0 .833 -1.5 -54.5 -0.5 -0.4 -0.1 -1 1.36 1.00 LF
George Hendrick 29 138 127 1147.2 276 254 20 2 7 .993 2.4 2.5 0.4 0.9 -0.5 2 2.15 1.99 RF-CF
Keith Hernandez 25 160 156 1413.0 1643 1489 146 8 145 .995 12.6 10.7 11.6 2.1 9.5 1 10.41 10.22 1B
Tom Herr 23 6 3 29.1 23 12 11 0 3 1.000 0.2 8.2 0.2 -0.6 0.8 0 7.06 3.83 2B
Dane Iorg 29 53 36 332.2 130 121 7 2 2 .985 -1.1 -4.0 0.9 -0.1 1.0 -2 0 3.46 2.42 RF-LF-1B
Terry Kennedy 23 32 26 238.1 143 135 7 1 1 .993 -2.0 -10.1 -2 5.36 4.44 2 6 24 7 23% C
Darold Knowles 37 48 0 48.2 13 2 7 4 0 .692 0.0 0.0 1.66 0.19 P
Jim Lentine 24 9 4 48.1 13 12 1 0 1 1.000 -0.4 -9.9 -0.4 -0.5 0.0 0 2.42 1.44 RF-LF-CF
Mark Littell 26 63 0 82.1 14 6 7 1 1 .929 0.0 0.0 1.42 0.21 P
Silvio Martinez 23 32 29 206.2 36 17 15 4 3 .889 0.0 0.0 1.39 1.00 P
Will McEnaney 27 45 0 64.0 21 2 19 0 2 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.95 0.47 P
Jerry Mumphrey 26 123 71 753.1 195 189 3 3 0 .985 7.7 12.3 6.7 1.9 5.0 1 2.29 1.56 LF-CF-RF
Dan O'Brien 25 6 0 11.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 P
Ken Oberkfell 23 136 103 961.2 575 223 343 9 67 .984 3.9 4.9 4.9 -0.8 5.7 -1 5.30 4.16 2B-3B-SS
Mike Phillips 28 42 20 260.1 165 54 107 4 16 .976 3.4 15.7 5.4 1.7 3.7 -2 5.57 3.83 SS-2B-3B
Ken Reitz 28 158 156 1400.1 426 124 290 12 26 .972 -6.9 -5.9 -7.9 -1.3 -6.6 1 2.66 2.62 3B
Buddy Schultz 28 31 0 42.1 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.28 0.19 P
Tony Scott 27 154 147 1327.2 447 426 14 7 5 .984 9.7 8.8 14.7 10.2 4.5 -5 2.98 2.86 CF-RF-LF
Kim Seaman 22 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 P
Ted Simmons 29 122 118 1052.1 685 606 69 10 10 .985 -5.0 -5.7 -5 5.77 5.53 14 34 98 40 29% C
Keith Smith 26 5 3 30.0 15 14 1 0 0 1.000 2.9 116.0 1.9 0.9 1.0 1 4.50 3.00 LF
Steve Swisher 27 33 19 196.0 114 105 6 3 2 .974 0.0 0.0 0 5.10 3.36 0 5 12 5 29% C
Bob Sykes 24 13 11 67.0 7 0 7 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.94 0.54 P
Garry Templeton 23 150 150 1314.2 851 292 525 34 102 .960 -1.3 -1.2 -1.3 1.7 -3.0 0 5.59 5.45 SS
Roy Thomas 26 26 6 77.0 23 10 13 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.69 0.88 P
Mike Tyson 29 71 57 493.2 317 125 184 8 42 .975 1.6 3.9 1.6 1.0 0.6 0 5.63 4.35 2B
John Urrea 24 3 2 11.1 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.38 1.00 P
Pete Vuckovich 26 34 32 233.0 47 14 28 5 2 .894 0.0 0.0 1.62 1.24 P
Team Totals 27.3 163 1467 13380.0 6524 4460 1932 132 448 .980 21.3 1.9 35.3 16.6 18.8 -6 -1 -7 4.30 3.30 16 45 134 52 28%
Rank in 12 NL teams 8 2 3
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

1978 / 1980 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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