1972 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS

| Level: MLB

Location: St. Louis,MO
Team Record: 75-81 .481
Result: 4th in National League - East Division
Manager(s): Red Schoendienst
General Manager: Bing Devine
Stadium: Busch Stadium II
Attendance: 1,196,894
Playoffs: Did not qualify

St. Louis Cardinals affiliate history

Oldest Player: Donn Clendenon (36)
Youngest Player: Ken Reitz (21)
Longest Tenure: Bob Gibson (14)
Top Hitter: Lou Brock (9)
Top Pitcher: Bob Gibson (5)
Top Draft Pick: Dan Larson (#21)

Roster Continuity: 60.21%

National League Standings

East	W	L	Pct	GB
Pittsburgh	96	59	.619	--
Chi Cubs	85	70	.548	11.0
NY Mets	83	73	.532	13.5
St. Louis	75	81	.481	21.5
Montreal	70	86	.449	26.5
Philadelphia	59	97	.378	37.5

BATTING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

Extra

Batting Orders

Defensive Lineups

Feats

Splits Analysis

#	Player	Pos	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	PA	OUT	RC	RC/G	babip
20	Lou Brock	of	9	33	UDFA: 1961	MLB	153	621	81	193	26	8	3	42	63	18	47	93	1	12	3	3	6	.311	.359	.393	752	244	675	458	97	5.7	.360
23	Ted Simmons	c-1b	12	22	1967-1-10	MLB	152	594	70	180	36	6	16	96	1	3	29	57	2	8	1	3	18	.303	.336	.465	801	276	629	439	99	6.1	.313
9	Joe Torre	c-1b	34	31	UDFA: 1959	MLB	149	544	71	157	26	6	11	81	3	0	54	64	8	13	0	7	19	.289	.357	.419	776	228	613	413	88	5.8	.307
41	Ted Sizemore	2b	65	27	1966-15-299	MLB	120	439	53	116	17	4	2	38	8	3	37	36	4	1	4	5	11	.264	.324	.335	659	147	489	346	54	4.2	.281
17	Matty Alou	of	-	33	UDFA: 1957	MLB	108	404	46	127	17	2	3	31	11	4	24	23	1	2	1	1	12	.314	.353	.389	742	157	431	295	60	5.5	.327
26	Luis Melendez	of	-	22	UDFA: 1967	MLB	118	332	32	79	11	3	5	28	5	4	25	34	1	0	1	1	8	.238	.292	.334	627	111	360	267	34	3.5	.252
38	Jose Cruz	of-cf	-	24	UDFA: 1967	MLB	117	332	33	78	14	4	2	23	9	3	36	54	1	3	2	3	4	.235	.309	.319	628	106	374	266	36	3.7	.272
12	Bernie Carbo	of-rf	42	24	1965-1-16	MLB	99	302	42	78	13	1	7	34	0	1	57	56	5	9	1	3	7	.258	.381	.377	759	114	368	236	48	5.5	.293
27	Dal Maxvill	ss-2b	-	33	UDFA: 1960	MLB	105	276	22	61	6	1	1	23	0	1	31	47	0	4	5	1	12	.221	.299	.261	560	72	313	234	18	2.1	.262
4	Ed Crosby	ss-3b	-	23	1969-2-43	MLB	101	276	27	60	9	1	0	19	1	1	18	27	2	1	3	1	10	.217	.269	.257	527	71	300	231	17	2.0	.240
16	Donn Clendenon	1b	-	36	-	MLB	61	136	13	26	4	0	4	9	1	2	17	37	0	4	0	1	7	.191	.279	.309	588	42	154	120	8	1.8	.229
19	Dwain Anderson	ss	-	24	UDFA: 1965	MLB	57	135	12	36	4	1	1	8	0	1	8	23	1	1	0	0	4	.267	.312	.333	646	45	144	104	13	3.4	.315
45	Bob Gibson	p	-	36	UDFA: 1957	MLB	34	103	12	20	6	0	5	12	0	1	1	25	0	0	2	0	0	.194	.202	.398	600	41	106	86	8	2.6	.205
40	Rick Wise	p	-	26	UDFA: 1963	MLB	35	93	8	16	2	0	1	9	0	0	1	30	0	0	6	0	1	.172	.181	.226	407	21	100	84	0	-0.0	.242
44,47	Ken Reitz	3b	-	21	1969-31-730	MLB	21	78	5	28	4	0	0	10	0	1	2	4	0	0	0	1	4	.359	.370	.410	781	32	81	56	12	5.6	.373
12	Joe Hague	1b-of	-	28	UDFA: 1966	MLB	27	76	8	18	5	1	3	11	0	1	17	18	0	2	1	2	2	.237	.368	.447	816	34	96	64	14	5.8	.263
22	Reggie Cleveland	p	63	24	UDFA: 1966	MLB	33	71	3	17	0	0	0	7	0	0	1	13	1	0	11	0	3	.239	.260	.239	500	17	84	68	3	1.1	.293
18	Skip Jutze	c	-	26	1968-4-74	MLB	21	71	1	17	2	0	0	5	0	1	1	16	0	0	0	1	2	.239	.247	.268	514	19	73	58	3	1.2	.304
21	Jorge Roque	of	-	22	UDFA: 1967	MLB	32	67	3	7	2	1	1	5	1	1	6	19	0	0	1	1	3	.104	.176	.209	385	14	75	66	-1	-0.3	.125
25	Mick Kelleher	ss-3b	-	24	1969-3-68	MLB	23	63	5	10	2	1	0	1	0	0	6	15	0	0	2	0	1	.159	.232	.222	454	14	71	56	2	1.0	.208
15	Jerry McNertney	c	-	35	UDFA: 1958	MLB	39	48	3	10	3	1	0	9	0	0	6	16	0	1	2	1	1	.208	.291	.312	603	15	57	42	4	2.6	.303
24	Scipio Spinks	p	-	24	UDFA: 1966	MLB	21	42	4	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	21	0	0	2	0	0	.167	.167	.167	333	7	44	38	-2	-1.6	.333
34	Al Santorini	p	-	24	1966-1-11	MLB	30	40	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	13	0	0	3	0	1	.075	.140	.075	215	3	46	41	-3	-1.8	.111
10	Mike Tyson	2b	-	22	1970-3-60	MLB	13	37	1	7	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	9	0	0	0	0	0	.189	.211	.216	427	8	38	31	0	0.3	.250
32	Bill Stein	3b-2b	-	25	1969-4-90	MLB	14	35	2	11	0	1	2	3	1	0	0	7	0	0	3	0	0	.314	.314	.543	857	19	38	27	6	6.4	.346
21	Brant Alyea	of	-	31	UDFA: 1962	MLB	13	19	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	.158	.158	.211	368	4	19	16	0	-0.2	.231
17	Bill Voss	of	-	28	UDFA: 1964	MLB	11	15	1	4	2	0	0	3	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	.267	.333	.400	733	6	18	13	2	4.8	.286
46	Don Durham	p	-	23	1970-7-155	MLB	14	14	3	7	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.929	1429	13	14	7	5	20.7	.625
16	Ron Allen	1b	-	28	1966-20-394	MLB	7	11	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	5	0	0	0	0	1	.091	.286	.364	649	4	14	11	1	1.7	.000
10	Mike Fiore	1b	-	27	UDFA: 1978	MLB	17	10	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	0	0	1	0	1	.100	.250	.100	350	1	13	11	0	-0.9	.143
48	Jim Bibby	p	-	27	UDFA: 1965	MLB	6	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	2	0	0	.125	.300	.125	425	1	12	9	0	0.7	.200
11	Marty Martinez	ss-3b	-	30	UDFA: 1978	MLB	9	7	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.429	.429	.429	857	3	7	4	1	8.3	.500
35	Diego Segui	p	-	34	UDFA: 1959	MLB	33	7	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	.143	.143	.286	429	2	7	7	-	-	.250
44	Lowell Palmer	p	-	24	1966-1-6	MLB	17	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	5	5	-	-	.000
36	John Cumberland	p	-	25	UDFA: 1967	MLB	14	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	6	6	-	-	.000
25	Tony Cloninger	p	-	31	UDFA: 1958	MLB	17	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	3	3	-	-	.000
47	Lance Clemons	p	-	24	1968-7-153	MLB	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
28	Moe Drabowsky	p	-	36	-	MLB	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
28	Rich Folkers	p	-	25	1967-3-44	MLB	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	2	-	-	.000
31	Joe Grzenda	p	-	35	-	MLB	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
44	Don Shaw	p	-	28	1965-35-636	MLB	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
39	Al Hrabosky	p	-	22	1969-1-19	MLB	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
37	Dennis Higgins	p	-	32	UDFA: 1958	MLB	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
Totals: (43 players)							156	5326	568	1383	214	42	70	518	104	48	437	793	27	61	58	36	141	.260	.317	.355	672	1891	5884	4226	621	4	.292

PITCHING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

Extra

Starting Pitcher Log

Feats

Splits Analysis

Draft Picks

#	Player	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	BABIP	GB/FB
45	Bob Gibson	5	36	UDFA: 1957	MLB	19	11	2.46	34	34	23	4	0	0	278.0	226	83	76	14	88	208	10	2	1.13	7.32	0.45	2.85	6.73	0.42	.269	0.90
40	Rick Wise	11	26	UDFA: 1963	MLB	16	16	3.11	35	35	20	2	0	0	269.0	250	98	93	16	71	142	4	0	1.19	8.36	0.54	2.38	4.75	0.50	.279	1.37
22	Reggie Cleveland	17	24	UDFA: 1966	MLB	14	15	3.94	33	33	11	3	0	0	230.2	229	120	101	21	60	153	3	2	1.25	8.93	0.82	2.34	5.97	0.39	.291	0.94
34	Al Santorini	74	24	1966-1-11	MLB	8	11	4.11	30	19	3	3	2	0	133.2	136	63	61	6	46	72	5	0	1.36	9.16	0.40	3.10	4.85	0.64	.296	1.36
24	Scipio Spinks	-	24	UDFA: 1966	MLB	5	5	2.67	16	16	6	0	0	0	118.0	96	39	35	5	59	93	7	0	1.31	7.32	0.38	4.50	7.09	0.63	.271	1.32
35	Diego Segui	61	34	UDFA: 1959	MLB	3	1	3.07	33	0	0	0	21	9	55.2	47	23	19	2	32	54	5	1	1.42	7.60	0.32	5.17	8.73	0.59	.302	0.93
46	Don Durham	-	23	1970-7-155	MLB	2	7	4.34	10	8	1	0	0	0	47.2	42	28	23	1	22	35	2	0	1.34	7.93	0.19	4.15	6.61	0.63	.295	0.67
48	Jim Bibby	-	27	UDFA: 1965	MLB	1	3	3.35	6	6	0	0	0	0	40.1	29	18	15	4	19	28	2	0	1.19	6.47	0.89	4.24	6.25	0.68	.229	0.98
31	Joe Grzenda	-	35	-	MLB	1	0	5.66	30	0	0	0	16	0	35.0	46	24	22	1	17	15	3	0	1.80	11.83	0.26	4.37	3.86	1.13	.363	1.90
44	Lowell Palmer	-	24	1966-1-6	MLB	0	3	3.89	16	2	0	0	3	0	34.2	30	16	15	2	26	25	3	0	1.62	7.79	0.52	6.75	6.49	1.04	.292	0.67
28	Moe Drabowsky	-	36	-	MLB	1	1	2.60	30	0	0	0	15	2	27.2	29	13	8	4	14	22	2	0	1.55	9.43	1.30	4.55	7.16	0.64	.291	0.94
25	Tony Cloninger	-	31	UDFA: 1958	MLB	0	2	5.19	17	0	0	0	4	0	26.0	29	17	15	2	19	11	0	0	1.85	10.04	0.69	6.58	3.81	1.73	.314	1.46
37	Dennis Higgins	-	32	UDFA: 1958	MLB	1	2	3.97	15	1	0	0	7	1	22.2	19	14	10	0	22	20	2	0	1.81	7.54	0.00	8.74	7.94	1.10	.292	2.13
36	John Cumberland	-	25	UDFA: 1967	MLB	1	1	6.65	14	1	0	0	3	0	21.2	23	17	16	6	7	7	1	0	1.38	9.55	2.49	2.91	2.91	1.00	.258	1.12
42	Ray Bare	-	23	1969-3-49	MLB	0	1	0.54	14	0	0	0	5	1	16.2	18	2	1	0	6	5	0	0	1.44	9.72	0.00	3.24	2.70	1.20	.305	1.33
28	Rich Folkers	-	25	1967-3-44	MLB	1	0	3.38	9	0	0	0	4	0	13.1	12	5	5	0	5	7	1	0	1.28	8.10	0.00	3.38	4.73	0.71	.279	0.94
30	Charlie Hudson	-	22	1967-10-183	MLB	1	0	5.11	12	0	0	0	6	0	12.1	10	8	7	0	7	4	0	0	1.38	7.30	0.00	5.11	2.92	1.75	.256	0.68
39	Al Hrabosky	-	22	1969-1-19	MLB	1	0	0.00	5	0	0	0	2	0	7.0	2	0	0	0	3	9	1	0	0.71	2.57	0.00	3.86	11.57	0.33	.143	0.86
47	Lance Clemons	-	24	1968-7-153	MLB	0	1	10.13	3	1	0	0	2	0	5.1	8	7	6	1	5	2	1	0	2.44	13.50	1.69	8.44	3.38	2.50	.368	3.00
44	Don Shaw	-	28	1965-35-636	MLB	0	1	9.00	8	0	0	0	1	0	3.0	5	3	3	1	3	0	0	0	2.67	15.00	3.00	9.00	0.00	--	--	1.67
36	Santiago Guzman	-	22	-	MLB	0	0	9.00	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.00	9.00	9.00	0.00	0.00	--	.000	--
56	Tim Plodinec	-	25	1968-33-738	MLB	0	0	27.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	9.00	81.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	--	.750	0.00
Totals: (43 players)						75	81	3.43	156	156	64	12	92	13	1,400	1290	600	533	70	531	912	53	5	1.30	8.29	0.56	3.41	5.86	0.58	.288

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Ted Simmons	C	135	1193	842	78	8	6	.991	6.94
Skip Jutze	C	17	148	93	15	4	1	.964	6.57
Jerry McNertney	C	10	58	50	4	1	0	.982	8.38
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Matty Alou	1B	66	538	535	40	7	53	.988	9.62
Donn Clendenon	1B	36	279	259	26	4	34	.986	9.19
Joe Torre	1B	27	242	234	16	4	17	.984	9.29
Joe Hague	1B	22	174	188	10	0	16	1.000	10.23
Ted Simmons	1B	15	132	125	15	5	9	.966	9.55
Mike Fiore	1B	6	8	7	0	0	2	1.000	7.88
Ron Allen	1B	5	25	29	1	1	1	.968	10.71
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Ted Sizemore	2B	111	940	222	342	14	68	.976	5.40
Ed Crosby	2B	38	289	68	92	6	21	.964	4.98
Dal Maxvill	2B	12	89	28	30	2	4	.967	5.87
Mike Tyson	2B	11	73	20	31	1	3	.981	6.29
Marty Martinez	2B	2	5	2	1	0	1	1.000	5.40
Dwain Anderson	2B	1	3	2	1	0	1	1.000	9.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Joe Torre	3B	117	1010	102	182	11	17	.963	2.53
Ken Reitz	3B	20	174	17	26	2	3	.956	2.22
Ed Crosby	3B	14	85	11	19	1	1	.968	3.18
Dwain Anderson	3B	13	86	9	16	1	3	.962	2.62
Bill Stein	3B	4	40	1	4	0	0	1.000	1.13
Bernie Carbo	3B	1	3	0	1	0	0	1.000	3.00
Marty Martinez	3B	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	9.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Dal Maxvill	SS	94	695	145	243	8	56	.980	5.02
Dwain Anderson	SS	43	235	59	80	7	14	.952	5.32
Ed Crosby	SS	43	258	51	86	3	20	.979	4.78
Mick Kelleher	SS	23	188	60	61	2	14	.984	5.79
Marty Martinez	SS	3	5	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.80
Mike Tyson	SS	2	18	6	5	2	1	.846	5.50
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Lou Brock	OF	149	1303	253	6	13	1	.952	1.79
Luis Melendez	OF	105	765	206	5	9	0	.959	2.48
Jose Cruz	OF	102	805	220	9	5	5	.979	2.56
Bernie Carbo	OF	92	774	162	15	6	3	.967	2.06
Matty Alou	OF	39	298	52	4	0	0	1.000	1.69
Jorge Roque	OF	24	169	50	0	1	0	.980	2.66
Bill Stein	OF	4	26	4	0	0	0	1.000	1.38
Brant Alyea	OF	3	16	5	1	0	1	1.000	3.38
Joe Hague	OF	3	24	2	1	0	0	1.000	1.13
Bill Voss	OF	2	16	4	0	0	0	1.000	2.25
Mike Fiore	OF	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Rick Wise	P	35	269	15	48	1	7	.984	2.11
Bob Gibson	P	34	278	12	46	1	3	.983	1.88
Reggie Cleveland	P	33	230	17	25	4	0	.913	1.64
Diego Segui	P	33	55	5	9	1	1	.933	2.28
Moe Drabowsky	P	30	27	2	1	3	0	.500	0.99
Joe Grzenda	P	30	35	2	6	0	0	1.000	2.06
Al Santorini	P	30	133	10	12	1	1	.957	1.49
Tony Cloninger	P	17	26	1	7	0	1	1.000	2.77
Lowell Palmer	P	16	34	3	4	0	0	1.000	1.84
Scipio Spinks	P	16	118	2	21	1	1	.958	1.75
Dennis Higgins	P	15	22	2	1	0	0	1.000	1.22
Ray Bare	P	14	16	0	2	1	0	.667	1.11
John Cumberland	P	14	21	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Charlie Hudson	P	12	12	1	3	0	0	1.000	2.98
Don Durham	P	10	47	1	4	0	0	1.000	0.95
Rich Folkers	P	9	13	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.37
Don Shaw	P	8	3	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Jim Bibby	P	6	40	2	6	0	0	1.000	1.80
Al Hrabosky	P	5	7	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Lance Clemons	P	3	5	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.76
Santiago Guzman	P	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Tim Plodinec	P	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00

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