1979 St. Louis Cardinals

86-76 • 0.531 Win% • 3rd in NL E

📊 Season Record

86 Wins
76 Losses
0.531 Win %
3rd Rank
731 R 693 RA
Diff +38

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⚡ Quick Stats

731 Runs Scored
693 Runs Allowed
+38 Run Diff
1,628K Attendance

📈 vs. 1979 NL Average

Batting Avg .277 7% above the 1979 league average (.260)
OBP .331 2% above the 1979 league average (.323)
SLG .330 1% above the 1979 league average (.325)
Team ERA 3.72 equal to the 1979 league average (3.73)
Runs Scored 731 7% above the 1979 league average (682 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumBusch Stadium II
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Home Games 82
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Total Attendance 1,628,406
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Avg per Game 19,858

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Keith Hernandez 0.344 2 Garry Templeton 0.314 3 Lou Brock 0.304 4 Ken Oberkfell 0.301 5 George Hendrick 0.300

Home Runs

1 Ted Simmons 26 2 George Hendrick 16 3 Keith Hernandez 11 4 Garry Templeton 9 5 Ken Reitz 8

RBI

1 Keith Hernandez 105 2 Ted Simmons 87 3 George Hendrick 75 4 Ken Reitz 73 5 Tony Scott 68
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Garry Templeton 154 672 105 211 0 0 9 62 18 91 26 0.314
Keith Hernandez 161 610 116 210 0 0 11 105 80 78 11 0.344
Ken Reitz 159 605 42 162 0 0 8 73 25 85 1 0.268
Tony Scott 153 587 69 152 0 0 6 68 34 92 37 0.259
George Hendrick 140 493 67 148 0 0 16 75 49 62 2 0.300
Ted Simmons 123 448 68 127 0 0 26 87 61 34 0 0.283
Lou Brock 120 405 56 123 0 0 5 38 23 43 21 0.304
Ken Oberkfell 135 369 53 111 0 0 1 35 57 35 4 0.301
Jerry Mumphrey 124 339 53 100 0 0 3 32 26 39 8 0.295
Mike Tyson 75 190 18 42 0 0 5 20 13 28 2 0.221
Dane Iorg 79 179 12 52 0 0 1 21 12 28 1 0.291
Terry Kennedy 33 109 11 31 0 0 2 17 6 20 0 0.284
Mike Phillips 44 97 10 22 0 0 1 6 10 9 0 0.227
Pete Vuckovich 34 79 7 12 0 0 0 3 1 14 0 0.152
Bob Forsch 33 73 7 8 0 0 0 5 5 17 0 0.110
Steve Swisher 38 73 4 11 0 0 1 3 6 17 0 0.151
John Denny 31 70 5 9 0 0 0 3 1 21 1 0.129
Bernie Carbo 52 64 6 18 0 0 3 12 10 22 1 0.281
Silvio Martinez 33 62 5 8 0 0 0 4 1 26 0 0.129
John Fulgham 22 42 3 6 0 0 0 4 6 21 0 0.143
Roger Freed 34 31 2 8 0 0 2 8 5 7 0 0.258
Jim Lentine 11 23 2 9 0 0 0 1 3 6 0 0.391
Bob Sykes 13 21 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 11 0 0.095
Roy Thomas 26 17 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0.059
Tom Grieve 9 15 1 3 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0.200
Mark Littell 63 14 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 11 0 0.000
Keith Smith 6 13 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.231
Tom Herr 14 10 4 2 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 0.200
Tom Bruno 27 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.200
Buddy Schultz 31 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
John Urrea 3 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.250
Mike Dimmel 6 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.333
Will McEnaney 45 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Darold Knowles 48 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dan O'Brien 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
George Frazier 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Kim Seaman 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Mark Littell 2.19 2 John Fulgham 2.53 3 Roy Thomas 2.92 4 Will McEnaney 2.95 5 Silvio Martinez 3.27

Wins

1 Silvio Martinez 15 2 Pete Vuckovich 15 3 Bob Forsch 11 4 John Fulgham 10 5 Mark Littell 9

Strikeouts

1 Pete Vuckovich 145 2 Silvio Martinez 102 3 John Denny 99 4 Bob Forsch 92 5 John Fulgham 75
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Pete Vuckovich 15 10 3.59 34 32 0 233.0 64 145
Bob Forsch 11 11 3.83 33 32 0 218.2 52 92
Silvio Martinez 15 8 3.27 32 29 0 206.2 67 102
John Denny 8 11 4.85 31 31 0 206.0 100 99
John Fulgham 10 6 2.53 20 19 0 146.0 26 75
Mark Littell 9 4 2.19 63 0 13 82.1 39 67
Roy Thomas 3 4 2.92 26 6 1 77.0 24 44
Bob Sykes 4 3 6.18 13 11 0 67.0 34 35
Will McEnaney 0 3 2.95 45 0 2 64.0 16 15
Darold Knowles 2 5 4.07 48 0 6 48.2 17 22
Buddy Schultz 4 3 4.46 31 0 3 42.1 14 38
Tom Bruno 2 3 4.23 27 1 0 38.1 22 27
George Frazier 2 4 4.45 25 0 0 32.1 12 14
John Urrea 0 0 3.97 3 2 0 11.1 9 5
Dan O'Brien 1 1 8.18 6 0 0 11.0 3 5
Kim Seaman 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 2.0 2 3

👥 Roster (37)

Lou Brock Tom Bruno Bernie Carbo John Denny Mike Dimmel Bob Forsch George Frazier Roger Freed John Fulgham Tom Grieve George Hendrick Keith Hernandez +25 more

37 players

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