1978 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS

| Level: MLB

Location: St. Louis,MO
Team Record: 69-93 .426
Result: 5th in National League - East Division
Manager(s): Ken Boyer, Vern Rapp, Jack Krol
General Manager: Bing Devine
Stadium: Busch Stadium II
Attendance: 1,278,215
Playoffs: Did not qualify

St. Louis Cardinals affiliate history

Oldest Player: Lou Brock (39)
Youngest Player: Terry Kennedy (22)
Longest Tenure: Lou Brock (14)
Top Hitter: Ted Simmons (8)
Top Pitcher: Pete Vuckovich (21)
Top Draft Pick: Bob Hicks (#15)

Roster Continuity: 64.36%

National League Standings

East	W	L	Pct	GB
Philadelphia	90	72	.556	--
Pittsburgh	88	73	.547	1.5
Chi Cubs	79	83	.488	11.0
Montreal	76	86	.469	14.0
St. Louis	69	93	.426	21.0
NY Mets	66	96	.407	24.0

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
1	Garry Templeton	ss	24	22	1974-1-13	MLB	155	647	82	181	31	13	2	47	34	11	22	87	1	3	2	3	7	.280	.303	.377	680	244	675	489	82	4.5	.319
37	Keith Hernandez	1b	30	24	1971-42-776	MLB	159	542	90	138	32	4	11	64	13	5	82	68	2	11	1	6	12	.255	.351	.389	741	211	633	428	86	5.4	.271
44	Ken Reitz	3b	62	27	1969-31-730	MLB	150	540	41	133	26	2	10	75	1	0	23	61	5	5	3	7	13	.246	.280	.357	637	193	578	430	58	3.6	.258
23	Ted Simmons	c-1b	8	28	1967-1-10	MLB	152	516	71	148	40	5	22	80	1	1	77	39	3	17	0	8	19	.287	.377	.512	889	264	604	396	112	7.6	.272
25	Jerry Morales	of	85	29	UDFA: 1982	MLB	130	457	44	109	19	8	4	46	4	4	33	44	1	1	2	6	13	.239	.288	.341	629	156	499	373	49	3.5	.253
27	George Hendrick	of	60	28	1968-1-1	MLB	102	382	55	110	27	1	17	67	1	0	28	44	2	1	1	4	9	.288	.337	.497	834	190	417	286	71	6.7	.286
10	Mike Tyson	2b	-	28	1970-3-60	MLB	125	377	26	88	16	0	3	26	2	0	24	41	0	7	1	3	14	.233	.277	.300	577	113	405	307	30	2.6	.253
29	Jerry Mumphrey	of	-	25	1971-4-78	MLB	125	367	41	96	13	4	2	37	14	10	30	40	1	0	2	3	10	.262	.317	.335	652	123	403	296	40	3.7	.287
20	Lou Brock	of	-	39	UDFA: 1961	MLB	92	298	31	66	9	0	0	12	17	5	17	29	0	2	1	1	4	.221	.263	.252	514	75	317	243	20	2.2	.244
30	Tony Scott	of	-	26	1969-71-1017	MLB	96	219	28	50	5	2	1	14	5	6	14	41	2	1	0	2	5	.228	.278	.283	562	62	237	182	14	2.1	.274
5	Mike Phillips	ss-2b	79	27	1969-1-18	MLB	76	164	14	44	8	1	1	28	0	0	13	25	2	2	0	7	4	.268	.317	.348	665	57	186	131	20	4.1	.297
2	Steve Swisher	c	-	26	1973-1-21	MLB	45	115	11	32	5	1	1	10	1	0	8	14	1	0	0	0	6	.278	.331	.365	696	42	124	89	14	4.2	.310
7	Roger Freed	of	-	32	1966-38-712	MLB	52	92	3	22	6	0	2	20	1	0	8	17	0	0	0	1	2	.239	.297	.370	667	34	101	73	11	4.0	.270
19	Dane Iorg	1b-of	-	28	1971-1-22	MLB	35	85	6	23	4	1	0	4	0	0	4	10	0	1	0	1	2	.271	.300	.341	641	29	90	65	9	3.8	.303
31	Bob Forsch	p	-	28	1968-26-594	MLB	34	83	2	15	7	0	1	8	0	0	1	26	0	0	5	0	3	.181	.190	.301	492	25	89	76	2	0.9	.250
36	John Denny	p	-	25	1970-29-671	MLB	33	73	10	13	3	1	0	3	0	0	4	21	0	0	7	1	0	.178	.218	.247	465	18	85	68	3	1.1	.245
11	Jim Dwyer	of	-	28	1971-1-1	MLB	34	65	8	14	3	0	1	4	1	0	9	3	1	1	0	0	1	.215	.320	.308	628	20	75	52	8	4.2	.213
11	Wayne Garrett	3b-2b	-	30	1965-6-104	MLB	33	63	11	21	4	0	1	10	1	0	11	16	0	1	0	0	3	.333	.432	.444	877	28	74	45	12	7.1	.435
46	Pete Vuckovich	p	-	25	1974-3-56	MLB	45	58	4	8	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	22	0	0	7	0	0	.138	.153	.155	308	9	66	57	-2	-1.0	.222
24	Ken Oberkfell	3b-2b	-	22	UDFA: 1975	MLB	24	50	7	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	.120	.170	.140	310	7	54	46	0	-0.0	.122
35	Silvio Martinez	p	-	22	UDFA: 1974	MLB	22	47	4	8	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	21	0	0	6	0	0	.170	.170	.213	383	10	53	45	-1	-0.4	.308
16	Terry Kennedy	c	-	22	1977-1-6	MLB	10	29	0	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	3	0	2	0	0	2	.172	.273	.172	445	5	33	26	0	0.5	.192
38	John Urrea	p	-	23	1974-1-14	MLB	27	24	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	8	0	0	2	0	1	.125	.160	.125	285	3	27	24	-1	-1.5	.187
41	Pete Falcone	p	-	24	1973-2-38	MLB	19	21	3	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	.238	.238	.286	524	6	23	18	2	2.3	.263
42	Eric Rasmussen	p	89	26	1973-32-676	MLB	10	18	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	2	0	0	.111	.111	.111	222	2	20	18	-1	-2.0	.200
39	Aurelio Lopez	p	-	29	UDFA: 1978	MLB	25	14	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	2	0	0	.214	.214	.214	429	3	16	13	0	-0.1	.375
49	Tom Bruno	p	-	25	UDFA: 1978	MLB	18	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	.083	.083	.083	167	1	14	13	-1	-1.7	.111
21	Jim Lentine	of	-	23	1975-12-280	MLB	8	11	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.182	.250	.182	432	2	12	9	1	2.1	.182
32	Mark Littell	p	-	25	1971-12-267	MLB	72	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.125	.000	125	0	8	7	0	-1.9	.000
21	Gary Sutherland	2b-ss	-	33	UDFA: 1965	MLB	10	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.167	.167	.167	333	1	8	7	0	0.5	.167
12	John Tamargo	c	-	26	1973-6-132	MLB	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	6	6	-	-	.000
33	Mike Ramsey	ss-2b	-	24	1975-3-64	MLB	12	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	400	1	5	4	0	0.3	.250
22	Buddy Schultz	p	-	27	1972-6-135	MLB	62	5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	.200	.333	.600	933	3	8	6	1	5.5	.333
42	Roy Thomas	p	-	25	1971-1-6	MLB	16	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	500	1	4	3	0	1.3	.333
21	Bob Coluccio	of	-	26	1969-17-403	MLB	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.250	.000	250	0	4	3	0	-2.0	.000
26	Rob Dressler	p	-	24	1972-1-19	MLB	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	4	4	-	-	.000
34	Dan O'Brien	p	-	24	1976-3-61	MLB	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	4	4	-	-	.000
43,49	George Frazier	p	-	23	1976-9-196	MLB	14	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	667	1	3	2	0	3.4	.500
26	Dave Hamilton	p	-	30	1966-5-82	MLB	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
Totals: (39 players)							162	5415	600	1351	263	44	79	568	97	42	420	713	22	55	55	53	131	.249	.303	.358	661	1939	5965	4345	632	3.9	.272

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
36	John Denny	23	25	1970-29-671	MLB	14	11	2.96	33	33	11	2	0	0	234.0	200	81	77	13	74	103	8	4	1.17	7.69	0.50	2.85	3.96	0.72	.258	1.91
31	Bob Forsch	24	28	1968-26-594	MLB	11	17	3.70	34	34	7	3	0	0	233.2	205	110	96	15	97	114	8	3	1.29	7.90	0.58	3.74	4.39	0.85	.259	1.53
46	Pete Vuckovich	21	25	1974-3-56	MLB	12	12	2.54	45	23	6	2	15	1	198.1	187	65	56	9	59	149	7	2	1.24	8.49	0.41	2.68	6.76	0.40	.307	1.14
35	Silvio Martinez	73	22	UDFA: 1974	MLB	9	8	3.64	22	22	5	2	0	0	138.1	114	65	56	11	71	45	3	0	1.34	7.42	0.72	4.62	2.93	1.58	.231	0.85
32	Mark Littell	31	25	1971-12-267	MLB	4	8	2.79	72	2	0	0	51	11	106.1	80	38	33	8	59	130	9	1	1.31	6.77	0.68	4.99	11.00	0.45	.303	1.04
38	John Urrea	-	23	1974-1-14	MLB	4	9	5.38	27	12	1	0	3	0	98.2	108	75	59	4	47	61	5	1	1.57	9.85	0.36	4.29	5.56	0.77	.330	1.44
22	Buddy Schultz	53	27	1972-6-135	MLB	2	4	3.80	62	0	0	0	32	6	83.0	68	36	35	6	36	70	2	0	1.25	7.37	0.65	3.90	7.59	0.51	.276	0.59
41	Pete Falcone	-	24	1973-2-38	MLB	2	7	5.76	19	14	0	0	2	0	75.0	94	52	48	9	48	28	8	0	1.89	11.28	1.08	5.76	3.36	1.71	.329	0.96
39	Aurelio Lopez	-	29	UDFA: 1978	MLB	4	2	4.29	25	4	0	0	4	0	65.0	52	35	31	4	32	46	5	0	1.29	7.20	0.55	4.43	6.37	0.70	.254	0.88
42	Eric Rasmussen	30	26	1973-32-676	MLB	2	5	4.18	10	10	2	1	0	0	60.1	61	32	28	4	20	32	2	2	1.34	9.10	0.60	2.98	4.77	0.63	--	0.80
49	Tom Bruno	-	25	UDFA: 1978	MLB	4	3	1.99	18	3	0	0	8	1	49.2	38	12	11	3	17	33	0	1	1.11	6.89	0.54	3.08	5.98	0.52	.240	0.95
42	Roy Thomas	-	25	1971-1-6	MLB	1	1	3.81	16	1	0	0	7	3	28.1	21	14	12	0	16	16	3	2	1.31	6.67	0.00	5.08	5.08	1.00	.259	0.51
43,49	George Frazier	-	23	1976-9-196	MLB	0	3	4.09	14	0	0	0	3	0	22.0	22	14	10	2	6	8	1	0	1.27	9.00	0.82	2.45	3.27	0.75	.256	1.60
34	Dan O'Brien	-	24	1976-3-61	MLB	0	2	4.50	7	2	0	0	1	0	18.0	22	12	9	1	8	12	0	1	1.67	11.00	0.50	4.00	6.00	0.67	.350	1.21
26	Dave Hamilton	-	30	1966-5-82	MLB	0	0	6.43	13	0	0	0	4	0	14.0	16	13	10	5	6	8	0	0	1.57	10.29	3.21	3.86	5.14	0.75	--	0.75
26	Rob Dressler	-	24	1972-1-19	MLB	0	1	2.08	3	2	0	0	0	0	13.0	12	3	3	0	4	4	0	0	1.23	8.31	0.00	2.77	2.77	1.00	.293	3.00
Totals: (39 players)						69	93	3.59	162	162	32	10	130	22	1,438	1300	657	574	79	600	859	61	17	1.23	8.14	0.59	3.76	5.38	0.70	.299

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Ted Simmons	C	134		670	88	9	6	.988	0.00
Steve Swisher	C	42		202	13	2	0	.991	0.00
Terry Kennedy	C	10		46	4	1	1	.980	0.00
John Tamargo	C	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Keith Hernandez	1B	158		1436	96	10	124	.994	0.00
Roger Freed	1B	15		110	10	1	13	.992	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Mike Tyson	2B	124		246	306	13	78	.977	0.00
Mike Phillips	2B	55		93	110	6	24	.971	0.00
Ken Oberkfell	2B	17		30	48	1	8	.987	0.00
Gary Sutherland	2B	1		0	3	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Ken Reitz	3B	150		111	314	12	18	.973	0.00
Wayne Garrett	3B	19		12	26	3	5	.927	0.00
Ken Oberkfell	3B	4		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Mike Phillips	3B	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Garry Templeton	SS	155		285	523	40	108	.953	0.00
Mike Phillips	SS	10		14	25	1	7	.975	0.00
Mike Ramsey	SS	4		4	6	1	3	.909	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jerry Morales	OF	126		254	5	6	0	.977	0.00
Jerry Mumphrey	OF	116		178	10	1	1	.995	0.00
George Hendrick	OF	101		241	5	1	0	.996	0.00
Lou Brock	OF	79		114	2	3	0	.975	0.00
Tony Scott	OF	77		100	6	6	0	.946	0.00
Dane Iorg	OF	25		33	5	0	0	1.000	0.00
Ted Simmons	OF	23		33	0	1	0	.971	0.00
Jim Dwyer	OF	22		19	1	1	0	.952	0.00
Roger Freed	OF	6		3	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Jim Lentine	OF	3		4	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Bob Coluccio	OF	2		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Mark Littell	P	72	106	4	10	1	0	.933	1.19
Buddy Schultz	P	62	83	4	6	0	1	1.000	1.08
Pete Vuckovich	P	45	198	12	34	2	4	.958	2.09
Bob Forsch	P	34	233	18	37	0	4	1.000	2.12
John Denny	P	33	234	17	73	4	8	.957	3.46
John Urrea	P	27	98	3	18	2	0	.913	1.92
Aurelio Lopez	P	25	65	0	5	1	0	.833	0.69
Silvio Martinez	P	22	138	9	18	3	0	.900	1.76
Pete Falcone	P	19	75	0	7	2	0	.778	0.84
Tom Bruno	P	18	49	2	4	0	1	1.000	1.10
Roy Thomas	P	16	28	1	7	0	0	1.000	2.56
George Frazier	P	14	22	0	5	1	0	.833	2.05
Dave Hamilton	P	13	14	1	3	0	0	1.000	2.57
Eric Rasmussen	P	10	60	3	9	1	2	.923	1.80
Dan O'Brien	P	7	18	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.00
Rob Dressler	P	3	13	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.38

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