1966 St. Louis Cardinals

83-79 • 0.512 Win% • 6th in NL

📊 Season Record

83 Wins
79 Losses
0.512 Win %
6th Rank
571 R 577 RA
Diff -6

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⚡ Quick Stats

571 Runs Scored
577 Runs Allowed
-6 Run Diff
1,590K Attendance

📈 vs. 1966 NL Average

Batting Avg .251 2% below the 1966 league average (.256)
OBP .295 5% below the 1966 league average (.311)
SLG .310 6% below the 1966 league average (.331)
Team ERA 3.11 14% better than the 1966 league average (3.61)
Runs Scored 571 14% below the 1966 league average (662 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumSportsman's Park IV/Busch Stadium II
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Home Games 71
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Total Attendance 1,590,563
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Avg per Game 22,402

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Orlando Cepeda 0.303 2 Mike Shannon 0.288 3 Lou Brock 0.285 4 Tim McCarver 0.274 5 Curt Flood 0.267

Home Runs

1 Orlando Cepeda 17 2 Mike Shannon 16 3 Lou Brock 15 4 Tim McCarver 12 5 Curt Flood 10

RBI

1 Curt Flood 78 2 Tim McCarver 68 3 Mike Shannon 64 4 Orlando Cepeda 58 5 Lou Brock 46
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Lou Brock 156 643 94 183 0 0 15 46 31 134 74 0.285
Curt Flood 160 626 64 167 0 0 10 78 26 50 14 0.267
Tim McCarver 150 543 50 149 0 0 12 68 36 38 9 0.274
Julian Javier 147 460 52 105 0 0 7 31 26 63 11 0.228
Mike Shannon 137 459 61 132 0 0 16 64 37 106 8 0.288
Orlando Cepeda 123 452 65 137 0 0 17 58 34 68 9 0.303
Dal Maxvill 134 394 25 96 0 0 0 24 37 61 3 0.244
Charley Smith 116 391 34 104 0 0 10 43 22 81 0 0.266
Jerry Buchek 100 284 23 67 0 0 4 25 23 71 0 0.236
Phil Gagliano 90 213 23 54 0 0 2 15 24 29 2 0.254
Tito Francona 83 156 14 33 0 0 4 17 7 27 0 0.212
Bob Gibson 46 100 11 20 0 0 1 8 3 35 3 0.200
Bobby Tolan 43 93 10 16 0 0 1 6 6 15 1 0.172
Alex Johnson 25 86 7 16 0 0 2 6 5 18 1 0.186
Al Jackson 51 74 6 13 0 0 0 5 3 30 2 0.176
Ed Spiezio 26 73 4 16 0 0 2 10 5 11 1 0.219
Pat Corrales 28 72 5 13 0 0 0 3 2 17 1 0.181
Ray Washburn 27 54 2 5 0 0 1 6 2 25 0 0.093
George Kernek 20 50 5 12 0 0 0 3 4 9 1 0.240
Larry Jaster 26 45 4 8 0 0 1 3 2 8 0 0.178
Bob Skinner 49 45 2 7 0 0 1 5 2 17 0 0.156
Nelson Briles 49 38 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 16 0 0.079
Ted Savage 16 29 4 5 0 0 0 3 4 7 4 0.172
Steve Carlton 9 15 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.267
Tracy Stallard 20 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0.000
Don Dennis 38 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.083
Jimy Williams 13 11 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 5 0 0.273
Joe Hoerner 57 8 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 5 0 0.125
Curt Simmons 10 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0.125
Art Mahaffey 12 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Ray Sadecki 6 7 2 3 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0.429
Dick Hughes 6 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.400
Hal Woodeshick 59 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.200
Ron Piche 20 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Jim Cosman 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Dennis Aust 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Ron Willis 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Joe Hoerner 1.54 2 Hal Woodeshick 1.92 3 Bob Gibson 2.44 4 Al Jackson 2.51 5 Steve Carlton 3.12

Wins

1 Bob Gibson 21 2 Al Jackson 13 3 Larry Jaster 11 4 Ray Washburn 11 5 Joe Hoerner 5

Strikeouts

1 Bob Gibson 225 2 Nelson Briles 100 3 Ray Washburn 98 4 Larry Jaster 92 5 Al Jackson 90
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Bob Gibson 21 12 2.44 35 35 0 280.1 78 225
Al Jackson 13 15 2.51 36 30 0 232.2 45 90
Ray Washburn 11 9 3.76 27 26 0 170.0 44 98
Nelson Briles 4 15 3.21 49 17 6 154.0 54 100
Larry Jaster 11 5 3.26 26 21 0 151.2 45 92
Joe Hoerner 5 1 1.54 57 0 13 76.0 21 63
Hal Woodeshick 2 1 1.92 59 0 4 70.1 23 30
Don Dennis 4 2 4.98 38 1 2 59.2 17 25
Tracy Stallard 1 5 5.68 20 7 1 52.1 25 35
Steve Carlton 3 3 3.12 9 9 0 52.0 18 25
Art Mahaffey 1 4 6.43 12 5 1 35.0 21 19
Curt Simmons 1 1 4.59 10 5 0 33.1 14 14
Ron Piche 1 3 4.26 20 0 2 25.1 18 21
Ray Sadecki 2 1 2.22 5 3 0 24.1 9 21
Dick Hughes 2 1 1.71 6 2 1 21.0 7 20
Dennis Aust 0 1 6.52 9 0 1 9.2 6 7
Jim Cosman 1 0 0.00 1 1 0 9.0 2 5
Ron Willis 0 0 0.00 4 0 1 3.0 1 2

👥 Roster (37)

Dennis Aust Nelson Briles Lou Brock Jerry Buchek Steve Carlton Orlando Cepeda Pat Corrales Jim Cosman Don Dennis Curt Flood Tito Francona Phil Gagliano +25 more

37 players

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