1977 St. Louis Cardinals Statistics and Roster

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1977 St. Louis Cardinals (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1976/1978)
83-79, Finished 3rd in NL Eastern Division
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Scored 737 runs, Allowed 688 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 86-76
Managed by Vern Rapp

Ballpark: Busch Stadium II (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,659,287 (4th of 12)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 99, Pitching - 99
  (one-year): Batting - 96, Pitching - 95
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Team Batting Glossary

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         27  150  516   82  164  25  3  21   95  79   37  .318  .408  .500   2   6  20   2   0   4  25  144
1B *Keith Hernandez     23  161  560   90  163  41  4  15   91  79   88  .291  .379  .459   7   7  17   1   3   2  11  125
2B  Mike Tyson          27  138  418   42  103  15  2   7   57  30   48  .246  .299  .342   3   4   9   2   5   2  11   73
3B  Ken Reitz           26  157  587   58  153  36  1  17   79  19   74  .261  .291  .412   2   6  17   7   5   2   4   88
SS #Garry Templeton     21  153  621   94  200  19 18   8   79  15   70  .322  .336  .449  28  24   9   1   2   5   3  110
LF *Lou Brock           38  141  489   69  133  22  6   2   46  30   74  .272  .317  .354  35  24   6   2   0   0   2   81
CF #Tony Scott          25   95  292   38   85  16  3   3   41  33   48  .291  .368  .397  13  10   5   3   2   1   4  107
RF  Hector Cruz         24  118  339   50   80  19  2   6   42  46   56  .236  .326  .357   4   3   8   1   2   3   1   85
   #Jerry Mumphrey      24  145  463   73  133  20 10   2   38  47   70  .287  .354  .387  22  15   4   1   1   0   6  100
    Mike Anderson       26   94  154   18   34   4  1   4   17  14   31  .221  .286  .338   2   3   3   0   1   0   0   68
   #Don Kessinger       34   59  134   14   32   4  0   0    7  14   26  .239  .309  .269   0   0   3   0   0   1   1   58
   *Bake McBride        28   43  122   21   32   5  1   4   20   7   19  .262  .298  .418   9   3   1   0   1   2   2   91
   *Dave Rader          28   66  114   15   30   7  1   1   16   9   10  .263  .310  .368   1   0   0   0   3   3   0   82
   *Mike Phillips       26   48   87   17   21   3  2   0    9   9   13  .241  .320  .322   1   0   1   1   0   0   1   74
    Roger Freed         31   49   83   10   33   2  1   5   21  11    9  .398  .463  .627   0   0   2   0   0   1   0  191
    Rick Bosetti        23   41   69   12   16   0  0   0    3   6   11  .232  .303  .232   4   4   0   1   0   0   0   47
   *Dane Iorg           27   30   32    2   10   1  0   0    4   5    4  .313  .395  .344   0   1   1   0   0   1   0  102
   *Jim Dwyer           27   13   31    3    7   1  0   0    2   4    5  .226  .351  .258   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   68
    Joel Youngblood     25   25   27    1    5   2  0   0    1   3    5  .185  .267  .259   0   2   1   0   0   0   0   43
    Taylor Duncan       24    8   12    2    4   0  0   1    2   2    1  .333  .400  .583   0   0   0   0   0   1   0  162
   *Ken Oberkfell       21    9    9    0    1   0  0   0    1   0    3  .111  .111  .111   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -40
    Jerry Davanon       31    9    8    2    0   0  0   0    0   1    2  .000  .111  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -67
    Mike Potter         26    5    7    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   #John Tamargo        25    4    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Benny Ayala         26    1    3    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .333  .333  .333   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   81

    Bob Forsch          27   35   72    6   12   4  0   0    4   2   29  .167  .189  .222   0   0   0   0  12   0   0   11
    Eric Rasmussen      25   34   72    4   10   5  0   0    3   5   27  .139  .195  .208   0   0   0   0   6   0   0    9
    John Denny          24   26   51    4    5   0  0   0    2   1   15  .098  .132  .098   1   0   1   1   5   0   0  -37
   *Pete Falcone        23   27   41    3   10   0  1   0    2   2   12  .244  .279  .293   0   0   0   0   4   0   0   55
    Tom Underwood       23   19   30    4    4   1  0   0    2   3    7  .133  .206  .167   0   0   1   0   2   1   0    2
    John Urrea          22   41   29    2    4   0  0   0    1   9    6  .138  .342  .138   0   0   0   0   3   0   0   36
    Buddy Schultz       26   41   12    1    2   0  0   0    0   2    5  .167  .286  .167   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   26
    Clay Carroll        36   51   11    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    2  .091  .091  .091   0   0   1   0   3   0   0  -51
    Larry Dierker       30   11    8    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    4  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   2   0   0 -100
    Al Hrabosky         27   65    8    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Rawly Eastwick      26   41    5    0    2   0  0   0    1   2    2  .400  .571  .400   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  168
    Butch Metzger       25   58    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    3  .000  .000  .000   0   0   1   0   2   0   0 -100
    John D'Acquisto     25    3    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    John Sutton         24   14    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 26.3  162 5527  737 1490 252 56  96  686 489  823  .270  .329  .388 134 112 111  25  66  29  71   99
    Rank among 12 NL teams         9    4    4   7  3  11       10   10     4     6     6   5   2                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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.

Team Pitching Glossary

    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          27  35   3.48  20   7  0  35   0   8   2  217.3  210   97   84  20   69   95  915   9   3  1   2 111
SP  Eric Rasmussen      25  34   3.48  11  17  0  34   0  11   3  233.0  223  103   90  24   63  120  962   2   5  2   7 111
SP  John Denny          24  26   4.51   8   8  0  26   0   3   1  149.7  165   85   75   9   62   60  664   6   5  1   0  86
SP *Pete Falcone        23  27   5.44   4   8  1  22   3   1   1  124.0  130   79   75  19   61   75  553   4   3  1   3  71
SP *Tom Underwood       23  19   4.95   6   9  0  17   2   1   0  100.0  104   61   55   7   57   66  443   3   1  0   4  78
SP  Larry Dierker       30  11   4.58   2   6  0   9   1   0   0   39.3   40   21   20   7   16    6  169   2   2  1   0  85

CL *Al Hrabosky         27  65   4.38   6   5 10   0  39   0   0   86.3   82   44   42  12   41   68  374   4   3  0   7  88
RP  Butch Metzger       25  58   3.11   4   2  7   0  28   0   0   92.7   78   36   32   8   38   48  389   2   1  0   2 125
RP  Clay Carroll        36  51   2.50   4   2  4   1  16   0   0   90.0   77   28   25   8   24   34  357   0   1  1   8 155
RP  Rawly Eastwick      26  41   4.70   3   7  4   1  20   0   0   53.7   74   34   28   6   21   30  248   2   0  1   3  83
RP *Buddy Schultz       26  40   2.32   6   1  1   3   6   0   0   85.3   76   26   22   5   24   66  343   1   0  0   0 167

    John Urrea          22  41   3.16   7   6  4  12  15   2   1  139.7  126   56   49  13   35   81  560   5   0  1   3 123
    John Sutton         24  14   2.59   2   1  0   0   5   0   0   24.3   28   10    7   1    9    9  101   1   0  0   1 150
    John D'Acquisto     25   3   4.32   0   0  0   2   1   0   0    8.3    5    4    4   0   10    9   39   2   1  0   0  90
   *Doug Capilla        25   2  15.43   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    2.3    2    4    4   0    2    1   11   0   0  0   0  25
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 25.7 162   3.81  83  79 31 162 136  26  10 1446.0 1420  688  612 139  532  768 6128  43  25  9  40 102
    Rank among 12 NL teams          7   5   8  9           9   7      9    5    6        8    7   12

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

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- TSimmons 1226 139 143 683 75 10 5 .987 8 37 97 54 DRader 217 23 38 147 13 4 2 .976 2 6 20 8 JTamargo 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1446 162 162 831 88 14 7 .985 10 43 117 62 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 *9.89 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- KHernandez 1345 150 158 1453 106 12 146 .992 10.43 RFreed 101 12 18 102 7 0 13 1.000 9.71 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1446 162 162 1555 113 12 159 .993 10.38 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 *5.24 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MTyson 1097 128 135 267 423 15 99 .979 5.66 MPhillips 166 16 31 42 57 3 15 .971 5.37 DKessinger 151 16 24 32 63 5 9 .950 5.66 JDavanon 19 1 5 4 8 1 0 .923 5.68 KOberkfell 13 1 6 3 4 0 1 1.000 4.85 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1446 162 162 348 555 24 124 .974 5.62 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 *2.98 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- KReitz 1359 156 157 121 320 9 35 .980 2.92 MPhillips 26 2 5 4 6 1 0 .909 3.46 TDuncan 24 2 5 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.75 JYoungblood 19 1 6 1 6 1 0 .875 3.32 DKessinger 10 1 4 0 2 1 0 .667 1.75 HCruz 3 0 2 0 1 1 1 .500 2.73 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1446 162 162 126 337 13 36 .973 2.88 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .963 *5.02 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GTempleton 1264 146 151 285 453 32 98 .958 5.25 DKessinger 151 13 26 37 54 2 15 .978 5.42 MPhillips 31 3 5 11 11 1 6 .957 6.39 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1446 162 162 333 518 35 119 .960 5.30 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 *1.93 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- LBrock 902 121 130 185 2 9 1 .954 1.87 JMumphrey 235 15 51 50 2 1 0 .981 1.99 HCruz 128 12 28 29 1 1 1 .968 2.10 RBosetti 105 8 26 20 3 0 0 1.000 1.97 JYoungblood 40 4 10 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.57 JDwyer 17 1 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.53 DIorg 14 1 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.93 TScott 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 MAnderson 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1446 162 162 295 8 11 2 .965 1.89 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 *2.73 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- TScott 628 64 83 206 5 1 0 .995 3.02 JMumphrey 540 64 67 185 6 4 1 .979 3.18 BMcBride 220 29 33 49 2 0 0 1.000 2.09 RBosetti 57 5 8 24 0 0 0 1.000 3.79 MAnderson 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1446 162 162 465 13 5 1 .990 2.98 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 *2.11 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- HCruz 656 77 87 121 7 5 0 .962 1.76 MAnderson 371 31 75 98 4 2 0 .981 2.47 JMumphrey 227 28 36 59 0 4 0 .937 2.34 JDwyer 62 8 10 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.18 TScott 46 6 6 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.74 RFreed 41 7 7 6 0 1 0 .857 1.29 DIorg 15 2 3 2 0 1 0 .667 1.20 RBosetti 9 1 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 BAyala 8 1 1 6 1 0 1 1.000 7.88 TSimmons 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 MPotter 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 JYoungblood 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1446 162 162 321 12 13 1 .962 2.07 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 *2.26 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- JMumphrey 1002 107 133 291 8 9 1 .971 2.68 LBrock 902 121 130 184 2 9 1 .954 1.86 HCruz 784 89 106 154 9 6 1 .964 1.87 TScott 677 70 89 223 5 1 0 .996 3.03 MAnderson 373 31 77 96 4 2 0 .980 2.41 BMcBride 220 29 33 48 2 0 0 1.000 2.05 RBosetti 171 14 35 42 3 0 0 1.000 2.36 JDwyer 79 9 12 16 0 0 0 1.000 1.82 RFreed 41 7 6 5 0 1 0 .833 1.08 JYoungblood 41 4 11 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.53 DIorg 29 3 7 7 0 1 0 .875 2.17 BAyala 8 1 1 6 1 0 1 1.000 7.88 TSimmons 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 MPotter 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1446 162 162 1079 34 29 4 .975 2.31 162 162 162 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .950 *1.85 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- ERasmussen 233 34 34 8 30 1 4 .974 1.47 BForsch 217 35 35 12 29 2 2 .953 1.70 JDenny 149 26 26 9 37 3 3 .939 2.77 JUrrea 139 12 41 7 24 2 2 .939 2.00 PFalcone 124 22 27 4 15 0 1 1.000 1.38 TUnderwood 100 17 19 2 10 2 2 .857 1.08 BMetzger 92 0 58 5 9 0 1 1.000 1.36 CCarroll 90 0 51 6 19 1 3 .962 2.50 AHrabosky 86 0 65 3 8 0 1 1.000 1.15 BSchultz 85 4 40 3 10 1 1 .929 1.37 REastwick 53 1 41 4 3 0 0 1.000 1.17 LDierker 39 9 11 2 5 0 0 1.000 1.60 JSutton 24 0 14 1 5 0 2 1.000 2.22 JD'Acquisto 8 2 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 DCapilla 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.91 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1446 162 162 66 205 12 22 .958 1.69 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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 Average Templeton .322

On-base % Simmons .408

Slugging % Simmons .500

OPS Simmons .908

Games Hernandez 161

At Bats Templeton 621

Plate Appearances (approx.) Hernandez 645

Runs Templeton 94

Hits Templeton 200

Total Bases Templeton 279

Doubles Hernandez 41

Triples Templeton 18

Home Runs Simmons 21

RBI Simmons 95

Bases on Balls Hernandez and Simmons 79

Strikeouts Hernandez 88

Stolen Bases Brock 35

Singles Templeton 155

Adjusted OPS+ Simmons 144

Runs Created Simmons 100

Adjusted Batting Runs Simmons 35

Batting Wins Simmons 3.4

Extra-Base Hits Hernandez 60

Times on Base Simmons 245

Offensive Win% Simmons .685

Hit By Pitch Reitz 7

Sac. Hits Forsch 12

Sac. Flies Templeton 5

Intentional Walks Simmons 25

Grounded into Double Plays Simmons 20

Caught Stealing Brock and Templeton 24

Power/Speed Number Templeton 12.4

At Bats per Strikeout Simmons 13.9

At Bats per Home Run Simmons 24.6

Outs Reitz 464

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ERA Forsch and Rasmussen 3.48

Wins Forsch 20

Won-Loss % Forsch .741

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Rasmussen 1.227

Hits Allowed/9IP Rasmussen 8.61

Bases on Balls/9IP Rasmussen 2.43

Strikeouts/9IP Rasmussen 4.64

Games Hrabosky 65

Saves Hrabosky 10

Innings Rasmussen 233.0

Strikeouts Rasmussen 120

Games Started Forsch 35

Comp. Games Rasmussen 11

Shutouts Rasmussen 3

Home Runs Allow. Rasmussen 24

Bases On Balls Allow. Forsch 69

Hits Allowed Rasmussen 223

SO to Walk Rasmussen 1.90

Losses Rasmussen 17

Earned Runs Allow. Rasmussen 90

Wild Pitches Forsch 9

Hit Batsmen Denny and Rasmussen 5

Batters Faced Rasmussen 962

Games Finished Hrabosky 39

Adjusted ERA+ Rasmussen and Forsch 111

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Ted Simmons
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1976/1978

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