1983 St. Louis Cardinals

79-83 • 0.488 Win% • 4th in NL E

📊 Season Record

79 Wins
83 Losses
0.488 Win %
4th Rank
679 R 710 RA
Diff -31

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⚡ Quick Stats

679 Runs Scored
710 Runs Allowed
-31 Run Diff
2,343K Attendance

📈 vs. 1983 NL Average

Batting Avg .269 6% above the 1983 league average (.255)
OBP .334 4% above the 1983 league average (.321)
SLG .314 1% below the 1983 league average (.319)
Team ERA 3.79 4% worse than the 1983 league average (3.63)
Runs Scored 679 2% above the 1983 league average (666 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumBusch Stadium II
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 2,343,669
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Avg per Game 28,934

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Tom Herr 0.323 2 Lonnie Smith 0.321 3 George Hendrick 0.318 4 Ken Oberkfell 0.293 5 Willie McGee 0.286

Home Runs

1 George Hendrick 18 2 Darrell Porter 15 3 David Green 8 4 Lonnie Smith 8 5 Andy Van Slyke 8

RBI

1 George Hendrick 97 2 Willie McGee 75 3 David Green 69 4 Darrell Porter 66 5 Ozzie Smith 50
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Willie McGee 147 601 75 172 0 0 5 75 26 98 39 0.286
Ozzie Smith 159 552 69 134 0 0 3 50 64 36 34 0.243
George Hendrick 144 529 73 168 0 0 18 97 51 76 3 0.318
Lonnie Smith 130 492 83 158 0 0 8 45 41 55 43 0.321
Ken Oberkfell 151 488 62 143 0 0 3 38 61 27 12 0.293
Darrell Porter 145 443 57 116 0 0 15 66 68 94 1 0.262
David Green 146 422 52 120 0 0 8 69 26 76 34 0.284
Tom Herr 89 313 43 101 0 0 2 31 43 27 6 0.323
Andy Van Slyke 101 309 51 81 0 0 8 38 46 64 21 0.262
Keith Hernandez 55 218 34 62 0 0 3 26 24 30 1 0.284
Mike Ramsey 97 175 25 46 0 0 1 16 12 23 4 0.263
Dane Iorg 58 116 6 31 0 0 0 11 10 11 1 0.267
Floyd Rayford 56 104 5 22 0 0 3 14 10 27 1 0.212
Steve Braun 78 92 8 25 0 0 3 7 21 7 0 0.272
Glenn Brummer 45 87 7 24 0 0 0 9 10 11 1 0.276
Jamie Quirk 48 86 3 18 0 0 2 11 6 27 0 0.209
Joaquin Andujar 39 73 2 6 0 0 0 2 2 38 2 0.082
Bill Lyons 42 60 3 10 0 0 0 3 1 11 3 0.167
Dave LaPoint 37 59 4 9 0 0 0 5 7 20 0 0.153
John Stuper 40 59 2 8 0 0 0 6 4 32 0 0.136
Bob Forsch 37 54 4 13 0 0 1 6 3 14 0 0.241
Neil Allen 25 39 2 5 0 0 0 3 0 19 0 0.128
Jeff Doyle 13 37 4 11 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0.297
Danny Cox 12 27 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0.074
Jim Adduci 10 20 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 0.050
John Martin 26 18 1 4 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 0.222
Rafael Santana 30 14 1 3 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0.214
Jeff Lahti 53 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.000
Jimmy Sexton 6 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0.111
Bruce Sutter 60 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.000
Dave Von Ohlen 46 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0.143
Orlando Sanchez 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.000
Kevin Hagen 9 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.000
Tito Landrum 6 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0.200
Jim Kaat 24 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Dave Rucker 34 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Gene Roof 6 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Doug Bair 26 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Ralph Citarella 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Steve Baker 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jeff Keener 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Eric Rasmussen 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Dave Rucker 2.43 2 Jeff Lahti 3.16 3 Danny Cox 3.25 4 Dave Von Ohlen 3.29 5 John Martin 3.53

Wins

1 Dave LaPoint 12 2 John Stuper 12 3 Neil Allen 10 4 Bob Forsch 10 5 Bruce Sutter 9

Strikeouts

1 Joaquin Andujar 125 2 Dave LaPoint 113 3 John Stuper 81 4 Neil Allen 74 5 Bruce Sutter 64
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Joaquin Andujar 6 16 4.16 39 34 1 225.0 75 125
John Stuper 12 11 3.68 40 30 1 198.0 71 81
Dave LaPoint 12 9 3.95 37 29 0 191.1 84 113
Bob Forsch 10 12 4.28 34 30 0 187.0 54 56
Neil Allen 10 6 3.70 25 18 0 121.2 48 74
Bruce Sutter 9 10 4.23 60 0 21 89.1 30 64
Danny Cox 3 6 3.25 12 12 0 83.0 23 36
Jeff Lahti 3 3 3.16 53 0 0 74.0 29 26
Dave Von Ohlen 3 2 3.29 46 0 2 68.1 25 21
John Martin 3 1 3.53 26 5 0 66.1 26 29
Dave Rucker 5 3 2.43 34 0 0 37.0 18 22
Jim Kaat 0 0 3.89 24 0 0 34.2 10 19
Doug Bair 1 1 3.03 26 0 1 29.2 13 21
Kevin Hagen 2 2 4.84 9 4 0 22.1 7 7
Ralph Citarella 0 0 1.64 6 0 0 11.0 3 4
Steve Baker 0 1 1.80 8 0 0 10.0 4 1
Eric Rasmussen 0 0 11.74 6 0 1 7.2 4 6
Jeff Keener 0 0 8.31 4 0 0 4.1 1 4

👥 Roster (42)

Jim Adduci Neil Allen Joaquin Andujar Doug Bair Steve Baker Steve Braun Glenn Brummer Ralph Citarella Danny Cox Jeff Doyle Bob Forsch David Green +30 more

42 players

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