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1981 St. Louis Cardinals (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1980/1982)
First Half: 30-20, Finished 2nd
Second Half: 29-23, Finished 2nd
Overall: 59-43, Finished 1st in NL Eastern Division
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Scored 464 runs, Allowed 417 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 56-46
Managed by Whitey Herzog

Ballpark: Busch Stadium II (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,010,247 (6th of 12)
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Batting - 103, Pitching - 102
  (one-year): Batting - 101, Pitching - 100
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1981 Stats / Schedule / Transactions (1980/1982) / Lineups / Batting Orders / SplitsBat / Pitch / GamelogsBat / Pitch / Amateur Draft

Transactions listed are from November 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.

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.

Traded Terry Kennedy, Steve Swisher, Mike Phillips, John Littlefield, John Urrea, Kim Seaman, and Al Olmsted 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.

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.

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 Pete Vuckovich, Rollie Fingers, and Ted Simmons to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Sixto Lezcano, David Green, Lary Sorensen, and Dave LaPoint.

December 22, 1980

Released Bobby Bonds.

January 13, 1981

Drafted Oddibe McDowell in the 4th round of the 1981 amateur draft, 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 (Secondary Phase).

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 Neil Fiala and Joe Edelen 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 Lary Sorensen and Silvio Martinez 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 the Yucatan (Mexican).

Purchased Vicente Romo from the 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, Ozzie Smith, and Steve Mura. 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 (Secondary Phase), 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 Jeff Lahti and Jose Brito (minors).


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

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