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(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1980 / 1982)
First Half: 30-20, Finished 2nd
Second Half: 29-23, Finished 2nd
Overall: 59-43, Finished 1st in NL East
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Scored 464 runs, Allowed 417 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 56-46
Manager: Whitey Herzog (59-43)
Ballpark: Busch Stadium II (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,010,247 (6th of 12)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 102; one-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 100
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1980 / 1982 Trades and Transactions
Transactions listed are from November 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.
October 25, 1980
Released Don Hood.
November 15, 1980
Signed Gibson Alba as a free agent.
December 7, 1980
Signed Darrell Porter as a free agent.
December 8, 1980
George Bjorkman drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 1980 rule 5 draft.
Jody Davis drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 1980 rule 5 draft.
Drafted Orlando Sanchez from the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1980 rule 5 draft.
Roy Thomas drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 1980 rule 5 draft.
Traded Terry Kennedy, John Littlefield, Al Olmsted, Mike Phillips, Kim Seaman, Steve Swisher and John Urrea to the San Diego Padres. Received a player to be named later, Rollie Fingers, Bob Shirley and Gene Tenace. The San Diego Padres sent Bob Geren (December 10, 1980) to the St. Louis Cardinals to complete the trade.
December 9, 1980
Traded a player to be named later, Leon Durham and Ken Reitz to the Chicago Cubs. Received Bruce Sutter. The St. Louis Cardinals sent Ty Waller (December 22, 1980) to the Chicago Cubs to complete the trade.
December 12, 1980
Traded Rollie Fingers, Ted Simmons and Pete Vuckovich to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received David Green, Dave LaPoint, Sixto Lezcano and Lary Sorensen.
December 22, 1980
Released Bobby Bonds.
January 13, 1981
Drafted Oddibe McDowell in the 4th round of the 1981 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.
January 27, 1981
Signed Steve Busby as a free agent.
February 16, 1981
Traded a player to be named later to the New York Yankees. Received Rafael Santana. The St. Louis Cardinals sent George Frazier (June 7, 1981) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.
March 3, 1981
Signed Steve Braun as a free agent.
March 26, 1981
Signed Stan Javier as an amateur free agent.
April 3, 1981 (Standings)
Signed Julio Gonzalez as a free agent.
April 7, 1981 (Standings)
The San Francisco Giants returned George Bjorkman (earlier draft pick).
April 29, 1981 (Standings)
Signed Bill Lyons as a free agent.
June 7, 1981 (Standings)
Traded Tony Scott to the Houston Astros. Received Joaquin Andujar.
June 8, 1981 (Standings)
Drafted Randy Hunt in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1981 amateur draft (June Secondary).
Drafted Bob Meacham in the 1st round (8th pick) of the 1981 amateur draft.
Drafted Tom Nieto in the 3rd round of the 1981 amateur draft.
Drafted Curt Ford in the 4th round of the 1981 amateur draft.
Drafted Reggie Williams in the 6th round of the 1981 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
Drafted Jeff Keener in the 7th round of the 1981 amateur draft.
Drafted Bruce Walton in the 10th round of the 1981 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
Drafted Danny Cox in the 13th round of the 1981 amateur draft.
September 3, 1981 (Standings)
Sold Donnie Moore to the Milwaukee Brewers.
September 10, 1981 (Standings)
Traded Joe Edelen and Neil Fiala to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Doug Bair.
October 14, 1981 (Standings)
Released Jim Otten.
October 21, 1981
Traded Bob Sykes to the New York Yankees. Received Willie McGee.
October 23, 1981
Traded Jeff Little to the Minnesota Twins. Received Mike Kinnunen.
November 5, 1981
The Milwaukee Brewers returned Donnie Moore following previous purchase.
November 13, 1981
Joaquin Andujar granted Free Agency.
November 20, 1981
As part of a 3-team trade, traded Silvio Martinez and Lary Sorensen to the Cleveland Indians. Received Lonnie Smith from the Philadelphia Phillies. In addition, the Cleveland Indians sent Bo Diaz to the Philadelphia Phillies; and the Philadelphia Phillies sent a player to be named later to the Cleveland Indians. The Philadelphia Phillies sent Scott Munninghoff (December 9, 1981) to the Cleveland Indians to complete the trade.
November 27, 1981
Signed Mike Hartley as an amateur free agent.
December 7, 1981
Jim Gott drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1981 rule 5 draft.
Purchased Mike Stanton from the Cleveland Indians.
December 8, 1981
Gibson Alba selected by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1981 minor league draft.
December 9, 1981
Purchased Eric Rasmussen from Yucatan (Mexican).
Purchased Vicente Romo from Coatzacoalcos (Mexican).
December 10, 1981
Traded a player to be named later, Sixto Lezcano and Garry Templeton to the San Diego Padres. Received a player to be named later, Steve Mura and Ozzie Smith. The San Diego Padres sent Al Olmsted (February 19, 1982) to the St. Louis Cardinals to complete the trade. The St. Louis Cardinals sent Luis DeLeon (February 19, 1982) to the San Diego Padres to complete the trade.
December 29, 1981
Signed Joaquin Andujar as a free agent.
January 12, 1982
Drafted Brad Arnsberg in the 1st round (20th pick) of the 1982 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign the player.
February 1, 1982
Traded Donnie Moore to the Atlanta Braves. Received Dan Morogiello.
February 8, 1982
Sold Mike Stanton to the Cleveland Indians.
April 1, 1982
Traded Bob Shirley to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Jose Brito (minors) and Jeff Lahti.
