1972 St. Louis Cardinals Statistics

National League (NL)
Team Record: 75-81
Finished 4th in the NL's East Division
Attendance: 1,196,894, Avg. 16,624
Ballpark: Busch Stadium II
Manager: Red Schoendienst (75-81)
Location: St. Louis, Missouri

1972 St. Louis Cardinals Roster
1972 St. Louis Cardinals Results

The St. Louis Cardinals of the National League ended the 1972 season with a record of 75 wins and 81 losses, finishing fourth in the NL's East Division.

The Cardinals plated 568 runs and allowed 600 runs. Ted Simmons paced St. Louis with 16 home runs and drove in 96 runs. Lou Brock topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .311 clip. Bob Gibson paced the team with 19 wins, while Rick Wise added 15 or more victories as well Bob Gibson recorded a 2.46 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.

Red Schoendienst coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Bob Gibson	19	11	.633	2.46	34	34	0	23	4	0	278.0	226	83	76	14	88	11	208	3	2	10	1119
Rick Wise	16	16	.500	3.11	35	35	0	20	2	0	269.0	250	98	93	16	71	13	142	1	0	4	1089
Reggie Cleveland	14	15	.483	3.94	33	33	0	11	3	0	230.7	229	120	101	21	60	12	153	5	2	3	971
Al Santorini	8	11	.421	4.11	30	19	2	3	3	0	133.7	136	63	61	6	46	7	72	1	0	5	568
Scipio Spinks	5	5	.500	2.67	16	16	0	6	0	0	118.0	96	39	35	5	59	2	93	2	0	7	497
Diego Segui	3	1	.750	3.07	33	0	21	0	0	9	55.7	47	23	19	2	32	10	54	0	1	5	244
Don Durham	2	7	.222	4.34	10	8	0	1	0	0	47.7	42	28	23	1	22	5	35	0	0	2	207
Al Hrabosky	1	0	1.000	0.00	5	0	2	0	0	0	7.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	9	0	0	1	27
Rich Folkers	1	0	1.000	3.38	9	0	4	0	0	0	13.3	12	5	5	0	5	0	7	0	0	1	56
Charlie Hudson	1	0	1.000	5.11	12	0	6	0	0	0	12.3	10	8	7	0	7	0	4	1	0	0	54
Joe Grzenda	1	0	1.000	5.66	30	0	16	0	0	0	35.0	46	24	22	1	17	8	15	3	0	3	165
Moe Drabowsky	1	1	.500	2.60	30	0	15	0	0	2	27.7	29	13	8	4	14	4	22	1	0	2	128
John Cumberland	1	1	.500	6.65	14	1	3	0	0	0	21.7	23	17	16	6	7	0	7	0	0	1	91
Dennis Higgins	1	2	.333	3.97	15	1	7	0	0	1	22.7	19	14	10	0	22	0	20	0	0	2	107
Jim Bibby	1	3	.250	3.35	6	6	0	0	0	0	40.3	29	18	15	4	19	4	28	1	0	2	166
Santiago Guzman	0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Tim Plodinec	0	0		27.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4
Ray Bare	0	1	.000	0.54	14	0	5	0	0	1	16.7	18	2	1	0	6	2	5	0	0	0	71
Don Shaw	0	1	.000	9.00	8	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	5	3	3	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	16
Lance Clemons	0	1	.000	10.13	3	1	2	0	0	0	5.3	8	7	6	1	5	0	2	1	0	1	28
Tony Cloninger	0	2	.000	5.19	17	0	4	0	0	0	26.0	29	17	15	2	19	3	11	1	0	0	122
Lowell Palmer	0	3	.000	3.89	16	2	3	0	0	0	34.7	30	16	15	2	26	1	25	1	0	3	155
Totals	75	81	.481	3.43	372	156	92	64	12	13	1399.7	1290	600	533	87	531	82	912	21	5	53	5889

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Lou Brock	153	675	621	81	193	26	8	3	42	63	18	47	93	.311	.359	.393	.752	244	6	1	3	3	12
Ted Simmons	152	629	594	70	180	36	6	16	96	1	3	29	57	.303	.336	.465	.801	276	18	2	1	3	8
Joe Torre	149	613	544	71	157	26	6	11	81	3	0	54	64	.289	.357	.419	.776	228	19	8	0	7	13
Matty Alou	108	431	404	46	127	17	2	3	31	11	4	24	23	.314	.353	.389	.742	157	12	1	1	1	2
Ted Sizemore	120	489	439	53	116	17	4	2	38	8	3	37	36	.264	.324	.335	.659	147	11	4	4	5	1
Luis Melendez	118	360	332	32	79	11	3	5	28	5	4	25	34	.238	.292	.334	.627	111	8	1	1	1	0
Bernie Carbo	99	368	302	42	78	13	1	7	34	0	1	57	56	.258	.381	.377	.759	114	7	5	1	3	9
Jose Cruz	117	374	332	33	78	14	4	2	23	9	3	36	54	.235	.309	.319	.628	106	4	1	2	3	3
Dal Maxvill	105	313	276	22	61	6	1	1	23	0	1	31	47	.221	.299	.261	.560	72	12	0	5	1	4
Ed Crosby	101	300	276	27	60	9	1	0	19	1	1	18	27	.217	.269	.257	.527	71	10	2	3	1	1
Dwain Anderson	57	144	135	12	36	4	1	1	8	0	1	8	23	.267	.313	.333	.646	45	4	1	0	0	1
Ken Reitz	21	81	78	5	28	4	0	0	10	0	1	2	4	.359	.370	.410	.781	32	4	0	0	1	0
Donn Clendenon	61	154	136	13	26	4	0	4	9	1	2	17	37	.191	.279	.309	.588	42	7	0	0	1	4
Bob Gibson	34	106	103	12	20	6	0	5	12	0	1	1	25	.194	.202	.398	.600	41	0	0	2	0	0
Joe Hague	27	96	76	8	18	5	1	3	11	0	1	17	18	.237	.368	.447	.816	34	2	0	1	2	2
Skip Jutze	21	73	71	1	17	2	0	0	5	0	1	1	16	.239	.247	.268	.514	19	2	0	0	1	0
Reggie Cleveland	33	84	71	3	17	0	0	0	7	0	0	1	13	.239	.260	.239	.500	17	3	1	11	0	0
Rick Wise	35	100	93	8	16	2	0	1	9	0	0	1	30	.172	.181	.226	.407	21	1	0	6	0	0
Bill Stein	14	38	35	2	11	0	1	2	3	1	0	0	7	.314	.314	.543	.857	19	0	0	3	0	0
Jerry McNertney	39	57	48	3	10	3	1	0	9	0	0	6	16	.208	.291	.313	.603	15	1	0	2	1	1
Mick Kelleher	23	71	63	5	10	2	1	0	1	0	0	6	15	.159	.232	.222	.454	14	1	0	2	0	0
Don Durham	14	14	14	3	7	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	4	.500	.500	.929	1.429	13	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Tyson	13	38	37	1	7	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	9	.189	.211	.216	.427	8	0	0	0	0	0
Scipio Spinks	21	44	42	4	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	21	.167	.167	.167	.333	7	0	0	2	0	0
Jorge Roque	32	75	67	3	7	2	1	1	5	1	1	6	19	.104	.176	.209	.385	14	3	0	1	1	0
Bill Voss	11	18	15	1	4	2	0	0	3	0	0	2	2	.267	.333	.400	.733	6	1	0	0	1	0
Marty Martinez	9	7	7	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.429	.429	.429	.857	3	0	0	0	0	0
Brant Alyea	13	19	19	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	.158	.158	.211	.368	4	0	0	0	0	0
Al Santorini	30	46	40	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	13	.075	.140	.075	.215	3	1	0	3	0	0
Diego Segui	33	7	7	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.143	.143	.286	.429	2	1	0	0	0	0
Jim Bibby	6	12	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.125	.300	.125	.425	1	0	0	2	0	0
Mike Fiore	17	13	10	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	.100	.250	.100	.350	1	1	0	1	0	0
Ron Allen	7	14	11	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	5	.091	.286	.364	.649	4	1	0	0	0	0
Rich Folkers	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0
Lance Clemons	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tony Cloninger	17	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
John Cumberland	14	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
Dennis Higgins	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Moe Drabowsky	30	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Don Shaw	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Grzenda	30	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Al Hrabosky	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lowell Palmer	17	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Santiago Guzman	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Tim Plodinec	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Charlie Hudson	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Ray Bare	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1969	5884	5326	568	1383	214	42	70	518	104	48	437	793	.260	.317	.355	.672	1891	141	27	58	36	61

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Matty Alou	1B	66	62	538.0	535	40	7	53	.988	9.619	8.712	0	0	0
Donn Clendenon	1B	36	31	279.0	259	26	4	34	.986	9.194	7.917	0	0	0
Joe Torre	1B	27	27	242.0	234	16	4	17	.984	9.298	9.259	0	0	0
Joe Hague	1B	22	19	175.0	188	10	0	16	1.000	1.183	9.000	0	0	0
Ted Simmons	1B	15	15	132.0	125	15	5	9	.966	9.545	9.333	0	0	0
Ron Allen	1B	5	2	26.0	29	1	1	1	.968	1.385	6.000	0	0	0
Mike Fiore	1B	6	0	8.0	7	0	0	2	1.000	7.875	1.167	0	0	0
Ted Sizemore	2B	111	106	940.0	222	342	14	68	.976	5.400	5.081	0	0	0
Ed Crosby	2B	38	30	289.0	68	92	6	21	.964	4.983	4.211	0	0	0
Dal Maxvill	2B	11	10	89.0	28	30	2	4	.967	5.865	5.273	0	0	0
Mike Tyson	2B	11	10	73.0	20	31	1	3	.981	6.288	4.636	0	0	0
Marty Martinez	2B	2	0	5.0	2	1	0	1	1.000	5.400	1.500	0	0	0
Dwain Anderson	2B	1	0	3.0	2	1	0	1	1.000	9.000	3.000	0	0	0
Joe Torre	3B	117	115	1011.0	102	182	11	17	.963	2.528	2.427	0	0	0
Ken Reitz	3B	20	20	174.0	17	26	2	3	.956	2.224	2.150	0	0	0
Dwain Anderson	3B	13	10	86.0	9	16	1	3	.962	2.616	1.923	0	0	0
Ed Crosby	3B	14	8	85.0	11	19	1	1	.968	3.176	2.143	0	0	0
Bill Stein	3B	4	3	40.0	1	4	0	0	1.000	1.125	1.250	0	0	0
Bernie Carbo	3B	1	0	3.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	3.000	1.000	0	0	0
Marty Martinez	3B	1	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	9.000	1.000	0	0	0
Ted Simmons	C	135	134	1194.0	842	78	8	6	.991	6.935	6.815	15	83	39	32.0
Skip Jutze	C	17	17	148.0	93	15	4	1	.964	6.568	6.353	2	6	12	66.7
Jerry McNertney	C	10	5	58.0	50	4	1	0	.982	8.379	5.400	1	2	4	66.7
Lou Brock	OF	149	147	1304.0	253	6	13	1	.952	1.788	1.738	0	0	0
Jose Cruz	OF	102	89	806.0	220	9	5	5	.979	2.557	2.245	0	0	0
Bernie Carbo	OF	92	87	774.0	162	15	6	3	.967	2.058	1.924	0	0	0
Luis Melendez	OF	105	80	766.0	206	5	9	0	.959	2.479	2.010	0	0	0
Matty Alou	OF	39	36	298.0	52	4	0	0	1.000	1.691	1.436	0	0	0
Jorge Roque	OF	24	19	169.0	50	0	1	0	.980	2.663	2.083	0	0	0
Bill Stein	OF	4	3	26.0	4	0	0	0	1.000	1.385	1.000	0	0	0
Joe Hague	OF	3	3	24.0	2	1	0	0	1.000	1.125	1.000	0	0	0
Bill Voss	OF	2	2	16.0	4	0	0	0	1.000	2.250	2.000	0	0	0
Brant Alyea	OF	3	2	16.0	5	1	0	1	1.000	3.375	2.000	0	0	0
Mike Fiore	OF	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
Bob Gibson	P	34	34	278.0	12	46	1	3	.983	1.878	1.706	0	0	0
Rick Wise	P	35	35	269.0	15	48	1	7	.984	2.108	1.800	0	0	0
Reggie Cleveland	P	33	33	231.0	17	25	4	0	.913	1.636	1.273	0	0	0
Al Santorini	P	30	19	134.0	10	12	1	1	.957	1.478	.733	0	0	0
Scipio Spinks	P	16	16	118.0	2	21	1	1	.958	1.754	1.438	0	0	0
Diego Segui	P	33	0	56.0	5	9	1	1	.933	2.250	.424	0	0	0
Don Durham	P	10	8	48.0	1	4	0	0	1.000	.937	.500	0	0	0
Jim Bibby	P	6	6	40.0	2	6	0	0	1.000	1.800	1.333	0	0	0
Lowell Palmer	P	16	2	35.0	3	4	0	0	1.000	1.800	.438	0	0	0
Joe Grzenda	P	30	0	35.0	2	6	0	0	1.000	2.057	.267	0	0	0
Moe Drabowsky	P	30	0	28.0	2	1	3	0	.500	.964	.100	0	0	0
Tony Cloninger	P	17	0	26.0	1	7	0	1	1.000	2.769	.471	0	0	0
Dennis Higgins	P	15	1	23.0	2	1	0	0	1.000	1.174	.200	0	0	0
John Cumberland	P	14	1	22.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
Ray Bare	P	14	0	17.0	0	2	1	0	.667	1.059	.143	0	0	0
Rich Folkers	P	9	0	13.0	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.385	.222	0	0	0
Charlie Hudson	P	12	0	12.0	1	3	0	0	1.000	3.000	.333	0	0	0
Al Hrabosky	P	5	0	7.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
Lance Clemons	P	3	1	5.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.800	.333	0	0	0
Don Shaw	P	8	0	3.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
Santiago Guzman	P	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
Tim Plodinec	P	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0			.000	0	0	0
Dal Maxvill	SS	95	78	696.0	145	243	8	56	.980	5.017	4.084	0	0	0
Ed Crosby	SS	43	30	258.0	51	86	3	20	.979	4.779	3.186	0	0	0
Dwain Anderson	SS	43	23	235.0	59	80	7	14	.952	5.323	3.233	0	0	0
Mick Kelleher	SS	23	23	188.0	60	61	2	14	.984	5.793	5.261	0	0	0
Mike Tyson	SS	2	2	18.0	6	5	2	1	.846	5.500	5.500	0	0	0
Marty Martinez	SS	3	0	5.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.800	.333	0	0	0
Totals		1788	1404	12600.0	4199	1665	141	390	.977	4.189	3.280	18	91	55	37.7

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