1978 St. Louis Cardinals

69-93 • 0.426 Win% • 5th in NL E

📊 Season Record

69 Wins
93 Losses
0.426 Win %
5th Rank
600 R 657 RA
Diff -57

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⚡ Quick Stats

600 Runs Scored
657 Runs Allowed
-57 Run Diff
1,278K Attendance

📈 vs. 1978 NL Average

Batting Avg .249 2% below the 1978 league average (.254)
OBP .303 5% below the 1978 league average (.319)
SLG .293 6% below the 1978 league average (.312)
Team ERA 3.58 equal to the 1978 league average (3.57)
Runs Scored 600 7% below the 1978 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 1,278,221
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Avg per Game 15,780

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Wayne Garrett 0.333 2 George Hendrick 0.288 3 Ted Simmons 0.287 4 Garry Templeton 0.280 5 Steve Swisher 0.278

Home Runs

1 Ted Simmons 22 2 George Hendrick 17 3 Keith Hernandez 11 4 Ken Reitz 10 5 Jerry Morales 4

RBI

1 Ted Simmons 80 2 Ken Reitz 75 3 George Hendrick 67 4 Keith Hernandez 64 5 Garry Templeton 47
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Garry Templeton 155 647 82 181 0 0 2 47 22 87 34 0.280
Keith Hernandez 159 542 90 138 0 0 11 64 82 68 13 0.255
Ken Reitz 150 540 41 133 0 0 10 75 23 61 1 0.246
Ted Simmons 152 516 71 148 0 0 22 80 77 39 1 0.287
Jerry Morales 130 457 44 109 0 0 4 46 33 44 4 0.239
George Hendrick 102 382 55 110 0 0 17 67 28 44 1 0.288
Mike Tyson 125 377 26 88 0 0 3 26 24 41 2 0.233
Jerry Mumphrey 125 367 41 96 0 0 2 37 30 40 14 0.262
Lou Brock 92 298 31 66 0 0 0 12 17 29 17 0.221
Tony Scott 96 219 28 50 0 0 1 14 14 41 5 0.228
Mike Phillips 76 164 14 44 0 0 1 28 13 25 0 0.268
Steve Swisher 45 115 11 32 0 0 1 10 8 14 1 0.278
Roger Freed 52 92 3 22 0 0 2 20 8 17 1 0.239
Dane Iorg 35 85 6 23 0 0 0 4 4 10 0 0.271
Bob Forsch 34 83 2 15 0 0 1 8 1 26 0 0.181
John Denny 33 73 10 13 0 0 0 3 4 21 0 0.178
Jim Dwyer 34 65 8 14 0 0 1 4 9 3 1 0.215
Wayne Garrett 33 63 11 21 0 0 1 10 11 16 1 0.333
Pete Vuckovich 45 58 4 8 0 0 0 3 1 22 0 0.138
Ken Oberkfell 24 50 7 6 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0.120
Silvio Martinez 22 47 4 8 0 0 0 3 0 21 0 0.170
Terry Kennedy 10 29 0 5 0 0 0 2 4 3 0 0.172
John Urrea 27 24 0 3 0 0 0 2 1 8 0 0.125
Pete Falcone 19 21 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.238
Eric Rasmussen 10 18 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 8 0 0.111
Aurelio Lopez 25 14 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0.214
Tom Bruno 18 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.083
Jim Lentine 8 11 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.182
Mark Littell 72 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.000
Gary Sutherland 10 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.167
John Tamargo 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Mike Ramsey 12 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.200
Buddy Schultz 62 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.200
Roy Thomas 16 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.250
Bob Coluccio 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.000
Rob Dressler 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
George Frazier 14 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.333
Dan O'Brien 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dave Hamilton 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Tom Bruno 1.99 2 Pete Vuckovich 2.54 3 Mark Littell 2.79 4 John Denny 2.96 5 Silvio Martinez 3.64

Wins

1 John Denny 14 2 Pete Vuckovich 12 3 Bob Forsch 11 4 Silvio Martinez 9 5 Tom Bruno 4

Strikeouts

1 Pete Vuckovich 149 2 Mark Littell 130 3 Bob Forsch 114 4 John Denny 103 5 Buddy Schultz 70
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
John Denny 14 11 2.96 33 33 0 234.0 74 103
Bob Forsch 11 17 3.70 34 34 0 233.2 97 114
Pete Vuckovich 12 12 2.54 45 23 1 198.1 59 149
Silvio Martinez 9 8 3.64 22 22 0 138.1 71 45
Mark Littell 4 8 2.79 72 2 11 106.1 59 130
John Urrea 4 9 5.38 27 12 0 98.2 47 61
Buddy Schultz 2 4 3.80 62 0 6 83.0 36 70
Pete Falcone 2 7 5.76 19 14 0 75.0 48 28
Aurelio Lopez 4 2 4.29 25 4 0 65.0 32 46
Eric Rasmussen 2 5 4.18 10 10 0 60.1 20 32
Tom Bruno 4 3 1.99 18 3 1 49.2 17 33
Roy Thomas 1 1 3.81 16 1 3 28.1 16 16
George Frazier 0 3 4.09 14 0 0 22.0 6 8
Dan O'Brien 0 2 4.50 7 2 0 18.0 8 12
Dave Hamilton 0 0 6.43 13 0 0 14.0 6 8
Rob Dressler 0 1 2.08 3 2 0 13.0 4 4

👥 Roster (39)

Lou Brock Tom Bruno Bob Coluccio John Denny Rob Dressler Jim Dwyer Pete Falcone Bob Forsch George Frazier Roger Freed Wayne Garrett Dave Hamilton +27 more

39 players

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