1977 St. Louis Cardinals

83-79 • 0.512 Win% • 3rd in NL E

📊 Season Record

83 Wins
79 Losses
0.512 Win %
3rd Rank
737 R 688 RA
Diff +49

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⚡ Quick Stats

737 Runs Scored
688 Runs Allowed
+49 Run Diff
1,658K Attendance

📈 vs. 1977 NL Average

Batting Avg .269 3% above the 1977 league average (.261)
OBP .328 1% above the 1977 league average (.327)
SLG .321 4% below the 1977 league average (.335)
Team ERA 3.81 3% better than the 1977 league average (3.91)
Runs Scored 737 3% above the 1977 league average (713 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumBusch Stadium II
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Home Games 83
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Total Attendance 1,658,282
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Avg per Game 19,979

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Roger Freed 0.398 2 Garry Templeton 0.322 3 Ted Simmons 0.318 4 Tony Scott 0.291 5 Keith Hernandez 0.291

Home Runs

1 Ted Simmons 21 2 Ken Reitz 17 3 Keith Hernandez 15 4 Garry Templeton 8 5 Mike Tyson 7

RBI

1 Ted Simmons 95 2 Keith Hernandez 91 3 Ken Reitz 79 4 Garry Templeton 79 5 Mike Tyson 57
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Garry Templeton 153 621 94 200 0 0 8 79 15 70 28 0.322
Ken Reitz 157 587 58 153 0 0 17 79 19 74 2 0.261
Keith Hernandez 161 560 90 163 0 0 15 91 79 88 7 0.291
Ted Simmons 150 516 82 164 0 0 21 95 79 37 2 0.318
Lou Brock 141 489 69 133 0 0 2 46 30 74 35 0.272
Jerry Mumphrey 145 463 73 133 0 0 2 38 47 70 22 0.287
Mike Tyson 138 418 42 103 0 0 7 57 30 48 3 0.246
Hector Cruz 118 339 50 80 0 0 6 42 46 56 4 0.236
Tony Scott 95 292 38 85 0 0 3 41 33 48 13 0.291
Mike Anderson 94 154 18 34 0 0 4 17 14 31 2 0.221
Don Kessinger 59 134 14 32 0 0 0 7 14 26 0 0.239
Bake McBride 43 122 21 32 0 0 4 20 7 19 9 0.262
Dave Rader 66 114 15 30 0 0 1 16 9 10 1 0.263
Mike Phillips 48 87 17 21 0 0 0 9 9 13 1 0.241
Roger Freed 49 83 10 33 0 0 5 21 11 9 0 0.398
Bob Forsch 35 72 6 12 0 0 0 4 2 29 0 0.167
Eric Rasmussen 34 72 4 10 0 0 0 3 5 27 0 0.139
Rick Bosetti 41 69 12 16 0 0 0 3 6 11 4 0.232
John Denny 26 51 4 5 0 0 0 2 1 15 1 0.098
Pete Falcone 27 41 3 10 0 0 0 2 2 12 0 0.244
Dane Iorg 30 32 2 10 0 0 0 4 5 4 0 0.312
Jim Dwyer 13 31 3 7 0 0 0 2 4 5 0 0.226
Tom Underwood 19 30 4 4 0 0 0 2 3 7 0 0.133
John Urrea 41 29 2 4 0 0 0 1 9 6 0 0.138
Joel Youngblood 25 27 1 5 0 0 0 1 3 5 0 0.185
Taylor Duncan 8 12 2 4 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 0.333
Buddy Schultz 41 12 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 0.167
Clay Carroll 51 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.091
Ken Oberkfell 9 9 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0.111
Jerry DaVanon 9 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.000
Larry Dierker 11 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.000
Al Hrabosky 65 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Mike Potter 5 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Rawly Eastwick 41 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0.400
Butch Metzger 58 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
John Tamargo 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Benny Ayala 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.333
John D'Acquisto 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
John Sutton 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Doug Capilla 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Buddy Schultz 2.32 2 Clay Carroll 2.50 3 Butch Metzger 3.11 4 John Urrea 3.16 5 Bob Forsch 3.48

Wins

1 Bob Forsch 20 2 Eric Rasmussen 11 3 John Denny 8 4 John Urrea 7 5 Al Hrabosky 6

Strikeouts

1 Eric Rasmussen 120 2 Bob Forsch 95 3 John Urrea 81 4 Pete Falcone 75 5 Al Hrabosky 68
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Eric Rasmussen 11 17 3.48 34 34 0 233.0 63 120
Bob Forsch 20 7 3.48 35 35 0 217.1 69 95
John Denny 8 8 4.51 26 26 0 149.2 62 60
John Urrea 7 6 3.16 41 12 4 139.2 35 81
Pete Falcone 4 8 5.44 27 22 1 124.0 61 75
Tom Underwood 6 9 4.95 19 17 0 100.0 57 66
Butch Metzger 4 2 3.11 58 0 7 92.2 38 48
Clay Carroll 4 2 2.50 51 1 4 90.0 24 34
Al Hrabosky 6 5 4.38 65 0 10 86.1 41 68
Buddy Schultz 6 1 2.32 40 3 1 85.1 24 66
Rawly Eastwick 3 7 4.70 41 1 4 53.2 21 30
Larry Dierker 2 6 4.58 11 9 0 39.1 16 6
John Sutton 2 1 2.59 14 0 0 24.1 9 9
John D'Acquisto 0 0 4.32 3 2 0 8.1 10 9
Doug Capilla 0 0 15.43 2 0 0 2.1 2 1

👥 Roster (40)

Mike Anderson Benny Ayala Rick Bosetti Lou Brock Doug Capilla Clay Carroll Hector Cruz John D'Acquisto Jerry DaVanon John Denny Larry Dierker Taylor Duncan +28 more

40 players

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