1972 St. Louis Cardinals

75-81 • 0.481 Win% • 4th in NL E

📊 Season Record

75 Wins
81 Losses
0.481 Win %
4th Rank
568 R 600 RA
Diff -32

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⚡ Quick Stats

568 Runs Scored
600 Runs Allowed
-32 Run Diff
1,196K Attendance

📈 vs. 1972 NL Average

Batting Avg .259 5% above the 1972 league average (.248)
OBP .315 1% above the 1972 league average (.313)
SLG .299 4% below the 1972 league average (.313)
Team ERA 3.42 1% better than the 1972 league average (3.45)
Runs Scored 568 6% below the 1972 league average (605 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumBusch Stadium II
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Home Games 77
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Total Attendance 1,196,894
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Avg per Game 15,544

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Ken Reitz 0.359 2 Matty Alou 0.314 3 Lou Brock 0.311 4 Ted Simmons 0.303 5 Joe Torre 0.289

Home Runs

1 Ted Simmons 16 2 Joe Torre 11 3 Bernie Carbo 7 4 Bob Gibson 5 5 Luis Melendez 5

RBI

1 Ted Simmons 96 2 Joe Torre 81 3 Lou Brock 42 4 Ted Sizemore 38 5 Bernie Carbo 34
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Lou Brock 153 621 81 193 0 0 3 42 47 93 63 0.311
Ted Simmons 152 594 70 180 0 0 16 96 29 57 1 0.303
Joe Torre 149 544 71 157 0 0 11 81 54 64 3 0.289
Ted Sizemore 120 439 53 116 0 0 2 38 37 36 8 0.264
Matty Alou 108 404 46 127 0 0 3 31 24 23 11 0.314
Jose Cruz 117 332 33 78 0 0 2 23 36 54 9 0.235
Luis Melendez 118 332 32 79 0 0 5 28 25 34 5 0.238
Bernie Carbo 99 302 42 78 0 0 7 34 57 56 0 0.258
Ed Crosby 101 276 27 60 0 0 0 19 18 27 1 0.217
Dal Maxvill 105 276 22 61 0 0 1 23 31 47 0 0.221
Donn Clendenon 61 136 13 26 0 0 4 9 17 37 1 0.191
Dwain Anderson 57 135 12 36 0 0 1 8 8 23 0 0.267
Bob Gibson 34 103 12 20 0 0 5 12 1 25 0 0.194
Rick Wise 35 93 8 16 0 0 1 9 1 30 0 0.172
Ken Reitz 21 78 5 28 0 0 0 10 2 4 0 0.359
Joe Hague 27 76 8 18 0 0 3 11 17 18 0 0.237
Reggie Cleveland 33 71 3 17 0 0 0 7 1 13 0 0.239
Skip Jutze 21 71 1 17 0 0 0 5 1 16 0 0.239
Jorge Roque 32 67 3 7 0 0 1 5 6 19 1 0.104
Mick Kelleher 23 63 5 10 0 0 0 1 6 15 0 0.159
Jerry McNertney 39 48 3 10 0 0 0 9 6 16 0 0.208
Scipio Spinks 21 42 4 7 0 0 0 1 0 21 0 0.167
Al Santorini 30 40 2 3 0 0 0 1 3 13 0 0.075
Mike Tyson 13 37 1 7 0 0 0 0 1 9 0 0.189
Bill Stein 14 35 2 11 0 0 2 3 0 7 1 0.314
Brant Alyea 13 19 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 0.158
Bill Voss 11 15 1 4 0 0 0 3 2 2 0 0.267
Don Durham 14 14 3 7 0 0 2 4 0 4 0 0.500
Ron Allen 7 11 2 1 0 0 1 1 3 5 0 0.091
Mike Fiore 17 10 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 0.100
Jim Bibby 6 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0.125
Marty Martinez 9 7 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0.429
Diego Segui 33 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.143
John Cumberland 14 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Lowell Palmer 17 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Tony Cloninger 17 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Lance Clemons 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Moe Drabowsky 30 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Rich Folkers 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Joe Grzenda 30 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dennis Higgins 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Al Hrabosky 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Don Shaw 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Ray Bare 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Santiago Guzman 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Charlie Hudson 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Tim Plodinec 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Bob Gibson 2.46 2 Scipio Spinks 2.67 3 Diego Segui 3.07 4 Rick Wise 3.11 5 Jim Bibby 3.35

Wins

1 Bob Gibson 19 2 Rick Wise 16 3 Reggie Cleveland 14 4 Al Santorini 8 5 Scipio Spinks 5

Strikeouts

1 Bob Gibson 208 2 Reggie Cleveland 153 3 Rick Wise 142 4 Scipio Spinks 93 5 Al Santorini 72
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Bob Gibson 19 11 2.46 34 34 0 278.0 88 208
Rick Wise 16 16 3.11 35 35 0 269.0 71 142
Reggie Cleveland 14 15 3.94 33 33 0 230.2 60 153
Al Santorini 8 11 4.11 30 19 0 133.2 46 72
Scipio Spinks 5 5 2.67 16 16 0 118.0 59 93
Diego Segui 3 1 3.07 33 0 9 55.2 32 54
Don Durham 2 7 4.34 10 8 0 47.2 22 35
Jim Bibby 1 3 3.35 6 6 0 40.1 19 28
Joe Grzenda 1 0 5.66 30 0 0 35.0 17 15
Lowell Palmer 0 3 3.89 16 2 0 34.2 26 25
Moe Drabowsky 1 1 2.60 30 0 2 27.2 14 22
Tony Cloninger 0 2 5.19 17 0 0 26.0 19 11
Dennis Higgins 1 2 3.97 15 1 1 22.2 22 20
John Cumberland 1 1 6.65 14 1 0 21.2 7 7
Ray Bare 0 1 0.54 14 0 1 16.2 6 5
Rich Folkers 1 0 3.38 9 0 0 13.1 5 7
Charlie Hudson 1 0 5.11 12 0 0 12.1 7 4
Al Hrabosky 1 0 0.00 5 0 0 7.0 3 9
Lance Clemons 0 1 10.13 3 1 0 5.1 5 2
Don Shaw 0 1 9.00 8 0 0 3.0 3 0
Santiago Guzman 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 1.0 0 0
Tim Plodinec 0 0 27.00 1 0 0 0.1 0 0

👥 Roster (47)

Ron Allen Matty Alou Brant Alyea Dwain Anderson Ray Bare Jim Bibby Lou Brock Bernie Carbo Lance Clemons Donn Clendenon Reggie Cleveland Tony Cloninger +35 more

47 players

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