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1971 St. Louis Cardinals

90-72 • 0.556 Win% • 2nd in NL E

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📊 Season Record

90 Wins

72 Losses

0.556 Win %

2nd Rank

739 R 699 RA

Diff +40

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⚡ Quick Stats

739 Runs Scored

699 Runs Allowed

+40 Run Diff

1,604K Attendance

📈 vs. 1971 NL Average

Batting Avg .274 9% above the 1971 league average (.251)

OBP .338 8% above the 1971 league average (.314)

SLG .325 4% above the 1971 league average (.314)

Team ERA 3.85 11% worse than the 1971 league average (3.47)

Runs Scored 739 17% above the 1971 league average (633 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumBusch Stadium II

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Home Games 82

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Total Attendance 1,604,431

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Avg per Game 19,566

⚾ Batting Leaders

Player	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
Lou Brock	157	640	126	200	7	61	76	107	64	0.312
Joe Torre	161	634	97	230	24	137	63	70	4	0.363
Matty Alou	149	609	85	192	7	74	34	27	19	0.315
Ted Simmons	133	510	64	155	7	77	36	50	1	0.304
Ted Sizemore	135	478	53	126	3	42	42	26	4	0.264
Joe Hague	129	380	46	86	16	54	58	69	0	0.226
Dal Maxvill	142	356	31	80	0	24	43	45	1	0.225
Jose Cardenal	89	301	37	73	7	48	29	35	12	0.243
Jose Cruz	83	292	46	80	9	27	49	35	6	0.274
Julian Javier	90	259	32	67	3	28	9	33	5	0.259
Luis Melendez	88	173	25	39	0	11	24	29	2	0.225
Jim Beauchamp	77	162	24	38	2	16	9	26	3	0.235
Jerry McNertney	56	128	15	37	4	22	12	14	0	0.289
Steve Carlton	37	96	5	17	0	8	4	31	0	0.177
Bob Gibson	31	87	5	15	2	10	3	24	1	0.172
Reggie Cleveland	34	82	5	14	0	7	1	16	0	0.171
Ted Kubiak	32	72	8	18	1	10	11	12	1	0.250
Bob Burda	65	71	6	21	1	12	10	11	0	0.296
Jerry Reuss	36	65	6	8	0	4	10	36	0	0.123
Dick Schofield	34	60	7	13	1	6	10	9	0	0.217
Chris Zachary	24	33	3	8	0	0	0	5	0	0.242
Leron Lee	25	28	3	5	1	2	4	12	0	0.179
Bob Stinson	17	19	3	4	0	1	1	7	0	0.211
Chuck Taylor	43	12	1	2	0	2	0	5	0	0.167
Milt Ramirez	4	11	2	3	0	0	2	1	0	0.273
Jorge Roque	3	10	2	3	0	1	0	3	1	0.300
Al Santorini	19	10	0	3	0	1	0	4	0	0.300
Mike Torrez	9	7	0	1	0	1	2	2	0	0.143
Moe Drabowsky	51	6	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0.167
Daryl Patterson	13	5	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0.000
Frank Linzy	50	4	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0.500
George Brunet	7	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.333
Rudy Arroyo	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.000
Santiago Guzman	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.000
Dennis Higgins	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Mike Jackson	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.000
Bob Reynolds	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Don Shaw	45	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Stan Williams	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.000
Bob Chlupsa	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Al Hrabosky	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Fred Norman	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Harry Parker	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Frank Linzy 2.12 2 Don Shaw 2.65 3 Bob Gibson 3.04 4 Moe Drabowsky 3.43 5 Chuck Taylor 3.53

Wins

1 Steve Carlton 20 2 Bob Gibson 16 3 Jerry Reuss 14 4 Reggie Cleveland 12 5 Don Shaw 7

Strikeouts

1 Bob Gibson 185 2 Steve Carlton 172 3 Reggie Cleveland 148 4 Jerry Reuss 131 5 Moe Drabowsky 49

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BB	SO
Steve Carlton	20	9	3.56	37	36	0	273.1	98	172
Bob Gibson	16	13	3.04	31	31	0	245.2	76	185
Reggie Cleveland	12	12	4.01	34	34	0	222.0	53	148
Jerry Reuss	14	14	4.78	36	35	0	211.0	109	131
Chris Zachary	3	10	5.32	23	12	0	89.2	26	48
Chuck Taylor	3	1	3.53	43	1	3	71.1	25	46
Moe Drabowsky	6	1	3.43	51	0	8	60.1	33	49
Frank Linzy	4	3	2.12	50	0	6	59.1	27	24
Don Shaw	7	2	2.65	45	0	2	51.0	31	19
Al Santorini	0	2	3.81	19	5	2	49.2	19	21
Mike Torrez	1	2	6.00	9	6	0	36.0	30	8
Daryl Patterson	0	1	4.39	13	2	1	26.2	15	11
Stan Williams	3	0	1.42	10	0	0	12.2	2	8
Rudy Arroyo	0	1	5.40	9	0	0	11.2	5	5
Santiago Guzman	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	10.0	2	13
George Brunet	0	1	5.79	7	0	0	9.1	7	4
Dennis Higgins	1	0	3.86	3	0	0	7.0	2	6
Bob Reynolds	0	0	10.29	4	0	0	7.0	6	4
Harry Parker	0	0	7.20	4	0	0	5.0	2	2
Fred Norman	0	0	12.27	4	0	0	3.2	7	4
Bob Chlupsa	0	0	9.00	1	0	0	2.0	0	1
Al Hrabosky	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	2.0	0	2
Mike Jackson	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0.2	1	0

👥 Roster (43)

Matty Alou Rudy Arroyo Jim Beauchamp Lou Brock George Brunet Bob Burda Jose Cardenal Steve Carlton Bob Chlupsa Reggie Cleveland Jose Cruz Moe Drabowsky +31 more

43 players