⭐ Division Winner

1981 St. Louis Cardinals

59-43 • 0.578 Win% • 1st in NL E

📊 Season Record

59 Wins
43 Losses
0.578 Win %
1st Rank
464 R 417 RA
Diff +47

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⚡ Quick Stats

464 Runs Scored
417 Runs Allowed
+47 Run Diff
1,010K Attendance

📈 vs. 1981 NL Average

Batting Avg .264 4% above the 1981 league average (.255)
OBP .335 5% above the 1981 league average (.319)
SLG .307 1% above the 1981 league average (.304)
Team ERA 3.63 4% worse than the 1981 league average (3.49)
Runs Scored 464 11% above the 1981 league average (420 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumBusch Stadium II
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Home Games 53
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Total Attendance 1,010,247
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Avg per Game 19,061

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Dane Iorg 0.327 2 Keith Hernandez 0.306 3 Gene Roof 0.300 4 Ken Oberkfell 0.293 5 Garry Templeton 0.288

Home Runs

1 George Hendrick 18 2 Keith Hernandez 8 3 Darrell Porter 6 4 Sixto Lezcano 5 5 Gene Tenace 5

RBI

1 George Hendrick 61 2 Keith Hernandez 48 3 Tom Herr 46 4 Ken Oberkfell 45 5 Dane Iorg 39
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Tom Herr 103 411 50 110 0 0 0 46 39 30 23 0.268
George Hendrick 101 394 67 112 0 0 18 61 41 44 4 0.284
Keith Hernandez 103 376 65 115 0 0 8 48 61 45 12 0.306
Ken Oberkfell 102 376 43 110 0 0 2 45 37 28 13 0.293
Garry Templeton 80 333 47 96 0 0 1 33 14 55 8 0.288
Dane Iorg 75 217 23 71 0 0 2 39 7 9 2 0.327
Sixto Lezcano 72 214 26 57 0 0 5 28 40 40 0 0.266
Tony Scott 45 176 21 40 0 0 2 17 5 22 10 0.227
Darrell Porter 61 174 22 39 0 0 6 31 39 32 1 0.224
Gene Tenace 58 129 26 30 0 0 5 22 38 26 0 0.233
Mike Ramsey 47 124 19 32 0 0 0 9 8 16 4 0.258
Tito Landrum 81 119 13 31 0 0 0 10 6 14 4 0.261
Gene Roof 23 60 11 18 0 0 0 3 12 16 5 0.300
Orlando Sanchez 27 49 5 14 0 0 0 6 2 6 1 0.286
Steve Braun 44 46 9 9 0 0 0 2 15 7 1 0.196
Lary Sorensen 23 46 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 0.065
Bob Forsch 20 41 0 5 0 0 0 3 1 10 0 0.122
Silvio Martinez 18 35 1 7 0 0 0 2 1 12 0 0.200
David Green 21 34 6 5 0 0 0 2 6 5 0 0.147
John Martin 18 33 2 7 0 0 0 8 2 14 0 0.212
Glenn Brummer 21 30 2 6 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0.200
Julio Gonzalez 20 22 2 7 0 0 1 3 1 3 0 0.318
Bob Shirley 28 22 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 0.136
Joaquin Andujar 12 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0.000
Andy Rincon 5 13 1 3 0 0 0 5 1 6 0 0.231
Bruce Sutter 48 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0.000
Jim Kaat 41 8 2 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0.375
Mark Littell 28 8 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0.250
Dave LaPoint 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Doug Bair 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Joe Edelen 13 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.333
Neil Fiala 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Jim Otten 24 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bob Sykes 22 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.000
Luis DeLeon 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Andy Rincon 1.77 2 Bruce Sutter 2.62 3 Bob Forsch 3.18 4 Lary Sorensen 3.27 5 Jim Kaat 3.40

Wins

1 Bob Forsch 10 2 John Martin 8 3 Lary Sorensen 7 4 Joaquin Andujar 6 5 Jim Kaat 6

Strikeouts

1 Bruce Sutter 57 2 Lary Sorensen 52 3 Bob Forsch 41 4 John Martin 36 5 Bob Shirley 36
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Lary Sorensen 7 7 3.27 23 23 0 140.1 26 52
Bob Forsch 10 5 3.18 20 20 0 124.1 29 41
John Martin 8 5 3.42 17 15 0 102.2 26 36
Silvio Martinez 2 5 3.99 18 16 0 97.0 39 34
Bruce Sutter 3 5 2.62 48 0 25 82.1 24 57
Bob Shirley 6 4 4.08 28 11 1 79.1 34 36
Joaquin Andujar 6 1 3.74 11 8 0 55.1 11 19
Jim Kaat 6 6 3.40 41 1 4 53.0 17 8
Mark Littell 1 3 4.39 28 1 2 41.0 31 22
Bob Sykes 2 0 4.58 22 1 0 37.1 18 14
Jim Otten 1 0 5.30 24 0 0 35.2 20 20
Andy Rincon 3 1 1.77 5 5 0 35.2 5 13
Joe Edelen 1 0 9.35 13 0 0 17.1 3 10
Doug Bair 2 0 3.45 11 0 1 15.2 2 14
Luis DeLeon 0 1 2.35 10 0 0 15.1 3 8
Dave LaPoint 1 0 4.22 3 2 0 10.2 2 4

👥 Roster (35)

Joaquin Andujar Doug Bair Steve Braun Glenn Brummer Luis DeLeon Joe Edelen Neil Fiala Bob Forsch Julio Gonzalez David Green George Hendrick Keith Hernandez +23 more

35 players

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