1976 St. Louis Cardinals

72-90 • 0.444 Win% • 5th in NL E

📊 Season Record

72 Wins
90 Losses
0.444 Win %
5th Rank
629 R 671 RA
Diff -42

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⚡ Quick Stats

629 Runs Scored
671 Runs Allowed
-42 Run Diff
1,200K Attendance

📈 vs. 1976 NL Average

Batting Avg .259 2% above the 1976 league average (.254)
OBP .322 1% above the 1976 league average (.319)
SLG .293 4% below the 1976 league average (.305)
Team ERA 3.60 3% worse than the 1976 league average (3.50)
Runs Scored 629 2% below the 1976 league average (645 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumBusch Stadium II
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 1,200,323
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Avg per Game 14,818

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Bake McBride 0.335 2 Willie Crawford 0.304 3 Lou Brock 0.301 4 Mike Anderson 0.291 5 Ted Simmons 0.291

Home Runs

1 Hector Cruz 13 2 Willie Crawford 9 3 Reggie Smith 8 4 Keith Hernandez 7 5 Ted Simmons 5

RBI

1 Ted Simmons 75 2 Hector Cruz 71 3 Lou Brock 67 4 Willie Crawford 50 5 Keith Hernandez 46
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Ted Simmons 150 546 60 159 0 0 5 75 73 35 0 0.291
Hector Cruz 151 526 54 120 0 0 13 71 42 119 1 0.228
Don Kessinger 145 502 55 120 0 0 1 40 61 51 3 0.239
Lou Brock 133 498 73 150 0 0 4 67 35 75 56 0.301
Willie Crawford 120 392 49 119 0 0 9 50 37 53 2 0.304
Jerry Mumphrey 112 384 51 99 0 0 1 26 37 53 22 0.258
Keith Hernandez 129 374 54 108 0 0 7 46 49 53 4 0.289
Bake McBride 72 272 40 91 0 0 3 24 18 28 10 0.335
Vic Harris 97 259 21 59 0 0 1 19 16 55 1 0.228
Mike Tyson 76 245 26 70 0 0 3 28 16 34 3 0.286
Garry Templeton 53 213 32 62 0 0 1 17 7 33 11 0.291
Mike Anderson 86 199 17 58 0 0 1 12 26 30 1 0.291
Joe Ferguson 71 189 22 38 0 0 4 21 32 40 4 0.201
Reggie Smith 47 170 20 37 0 0 8 23 14 28 1 0.218
Ron Fairly 73 110 13 29 0 0 0 21 23 12 0 0.264
Lee Richard 66 91 12 16 0 0 0 5 4 9 1 0.176
Lynn McGlothen 33 71 3 15 0 0 0 11 1 15 0 0.211
John Denny 30 67 3 15 0 0 0 4 1 27 1 0.224
Pete Falcone 32 62 3 8 0 0 0 2 1 23 0 0.129
Bob Forsch 35 62 6 11 0 0 1 5 1 17 0 0.177
Ken Rudolph 27 50 1 8 0 0 0 5 1 7 0 0.160
Luis Alvarado 16 42 5 12 0 0 0 3 3 6 0 0.286
Eric Rasmussen 43 38 0 4 0 0 0 2 2 15 0 0.105
John Curtis 38 35 3 7 0 0 0 0 2 13 0 0.200
Luis Melendez 20 24 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.125
Sam Mejias 18 21 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0.143
Mike Potter 9 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 0.000
Charlie Chant 15 14 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.143
John Tamargo 10 10 2 3 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0.300
Al Hrabosky 68 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0.000
Lerrin LaGrow 8 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Eddie Solomon 26 5 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 0.400
Tom Walker 10 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.400
Doug Clarey 9 4 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0.250
Bill Greif 47 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0.000
Mike Wallace 49 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.333
Danny Frisella 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Doug Capilla 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mike Proly 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Steve Waterbury 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 John Denny 2.52 2 Pete Falcone 3.23 3 Al Hrabosky 3.30 4 Eric Rasmussen 3.53 5 Lynn McGlothen 3.91

Wins

1 Lynn McGlothen 13 2 Pete Falcone 12 3 John Denny 11 4 Bob Forsch 8 5 Al Hrabosky 8

Strikeouts

1 Pete Falcone 138 2 Lynn McGlothen 106 3 Bob Forsch 76 4 Eric Rasmussen 76 5 John Denny 74
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Pete Falcone 12 16 3.23 32 32 0 212.0 93 138
John Denny 11 9 2.52 30 30 0 207.0 74 74
Lynn McGlothen 13 15 3.91 33 32 0 205.0 68 106
Bob Forsch 8 10 3.94 33 32 0 194.0 71 76
Eric Rasmussen 6 12 3.53 43 17 0 150.1 54 76
John Curtis 6 11 4.50 37 15 1 134.0 65 52
Al Hrabosky 8 6 3.30 68 0 13 95.1 39 73
Mike Wallace 3 2 4.07 49 0 2 66.1 39 40
Bill Greif 1 5 4.12 47 0 6 54.2 26 32
Eddie Solomon 1 1 4.86 26 2 0 37.0 16 19
Lerrin LaGrow 0 1 1.48 8 2 0 24.1 7 10
Danny Frisella 0 0 3.97 18 0 1 22.2 13 11
Tom Walker 1 2 4.12 10 0 3 19.2 3 11
Mike Proly 1 0 3.71 14 0 0 17.0 6 4
Doug Capilla 1 0 5.40 7 0 0 8.1 4 5
Steve Waterbury 0 0 6.00 5 0 0 6.0 3 4

👥 Roster (40)

Luis Alvarado Mike Anderson Lou Brock Doug Capilla Charlie Chant Doug Clarey Willie Crawford Hector Cruz John Curtis John Denny Ron Fairly Pete Falcone +28 more

40 players

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