
1978 St. Louis Cardinals Statistics
Team Record: 69-93
Finished 5th in the NL's East Division
Attendance: 1,278,215, Avg. 16,387
Ballpark: Busch Stadium II
Manager: Vern Rapp (6-11)
Manager: Jack Krol (1-1)
Manager: Ken Boyer (62-81)
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
1978 St. Louis Cardinals Results
The St. Louis Cardinals of the National League ended the 1978 season with a record of 69 wins and 93 losses, finishing fifth in the NL's East Division.
The Cardinals scored 600 runs and conceded 657 runs. Ted Simmons led St. Louis with 22 home runs, while George Hendrick walloped 20 or more also. Ted Simmons drove in 80 runs and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .287 clip. John Denny paced the team with 14 wins, and Pete Vuckovich registered a 2.54 earned run average, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Vern Rapp, Jack Krol and Ken Boyer 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Denny | 14 | 11 | .560 | 2.96 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 234.0 | 200 | 81 | 77 | 13 | 74 | 4 | 103 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 936 |
Pete Vuckovich | 12 | 12 | .500 | 2.54 | 45 | 23 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 198.3 | 187 | 65 | 56 | 9 | 59 | 5 | 149 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 819 |
Bob Forsch | 11 | 17 | .393 | 3.70 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 233.7 | 205 | 110 | 96 | 15 | 97 | 9 | 114 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 981 |
Silvio Martinez | 9 | 8 | .529 | 3.64 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 138.3 | 114 | 65 | 56 | 11 | 71 | 7 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 586 |
Aurelio Lopez | 4 | 2 | .667 | 4.29 | 25 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65.0 | 52 | 35 | 31 | 4 | 32 | 2 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 279 |
Tom Bruno | 4 | 3 | .571 | 1.99 | 18 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 49.7 | 38 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 201 |
Mark Littell | 4 | 8 | .333 | 2.79 | 72 | 2 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 106.3 | 80 | 38 | 33 | 8 | 59 | 16 | 130 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 447 |
John Urrea | 4 | 9 | .308 | 5.38 | 27 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 98.7 | 108 | 75 | 59 | 4 | 47 | 4 | 61 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 445 |
Buddy Schultz | 2 | 4 | .333 | 3.80 | 62 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 83.0 | 68 | 36 | 35 | 6 | 36 | 6 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 343 |
Eric Rasmussen | 2 | 5 | .286 | 4.18 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 60.3 | 61 | 32 | 28 | 4 | 20 | 2 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 255 |
Pete Falcone | 2 | 7 | .222 | 5.76 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75.0 | 94 | 52 | 48 | 9 | 48 | 2 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 352 |
Roy Thomas | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.81 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 28.3 | 21 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 120 |
Dave Hamilton | 0 | 0 | 6.43 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | |
Rob Dressler | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2.08 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 |
Dan O'Brien | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4.50 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 86 |
George Frazier | 0 | 3 | .000 | 4.09 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 22 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 96 |
Totals | 69 | 93 | .426 | 3.59 | 420 | 162 | 130 | 32 | 10 | 22 | 1437.7 | 1300 | 657 | 574 | 94 | 600 | 66 | 859 | 31 | 17 | 61 | 6057 |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Garry Templeton | 155 | 675 | 647 | 82 | 181 | 31 | 13 | 2 | 47 | 34 | 11 | 22 | 87 | .280 | .303 | .377 | .680 | 244 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
Ted Simmons | 152 | 604 | 516 | 71 | 148 | 40 | 5 | 22 | 80 | 1 | 1 | 77 | 39 | .287 | .377 | .512 | .889 | 264 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 17 |
Keith Hernandez | 159 | 633 | 542 | 90 | 138 | 32 | 4 | 11 | 64 | 13 | 5 | 82 | 68 | .255 | .351 | .389 | .741 | 211 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 |
Ken Reitz | 150 | 578 | 540 | 41 | 133 | 26 | 2 | 10 | 75 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 61 | .246 | .280 | .357 | .637 | 193 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 5 |
George Hendrick | 102 | 417 | 382 | 55 | 110 | 27 | 1 | 17 | 67 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 44 | .288 | .337 | .497 | .834 | 190 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
Jerry Morales | 130 | 499 | 457 | 44 | 109 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 46 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 44 | .239 | .288 | .341 | .629 | 156 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
Jerry Mumphrey | 125 | 403 | 367 | 41 | 96 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 37 | 14 | 10 | 30 | 40 | .262 | .317 | .335 | .652 | 123 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
Mike Tyson | 125 | 405 | 377 | 26 | 88 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 41 | .233 | .277 | .300 | .577 | 113 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
Lou Brock | 92 | 317 | 298 | 31 | 66 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 17 | 5 | 17 | 29 | .221 | .263 | .252 | .514 | 75 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Tony Scott | 96 | 237 | 219 | 28 | 50 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 41 | .228 | .278 | .283 | .562 | 62 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Mike Phillips | 76 | 186 | 164 | 14 | 44 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 25 | .268 | .317 | .348 | .665 | 57 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
Steve Swisher | 45 | 124 | 115 | 11 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 14 | .278 | .331 | .365 | .696 | 42 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dane Iorg | 35 | 90 | 85 | 6 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | .271 | .300 | .341 | .641 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Roger Freed | 52 | 101 | 92 | 3 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 17 | .239 | .297 | .370 | .667 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Wayne Garrett | 33 | 74 | 63 | 11 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 16 | .333 | .432 | .444 | .877 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Bob Forsch | 34 | 89 | 83 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | .181 | .190 | .301 | .492 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Dwyer | 34 | 75 | 65 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | .215 | .320 | .308 | .628 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
John Denny | 33 | 85 | 73 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 21 | .178 | .218 | .247 | .465 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
Silvio Martinez | 22 | 53 | 47 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | .170 | .170 | .213 | .383 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Pete Vuckovich | 45 | 66 | 58 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | .138 | .153 | .155 | .308 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Ken Oberkfell | 24 | 54 | 50 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .120 | .170 | .140 | .310 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Pete Falcone | 19 | 23 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .238 | .238 | .286 | .524 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Terry Kennedy | 10 | 33 | 29 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | .172 | .273 | .172 | .445 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Aurelio Lopez | 25 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .214 | .214 | .214 | .429 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
John Urrea | 27 | 27 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .125 | .160 | .125 | .285 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Lentine | 8 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .182 | .250 | .182 | .432 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Eric Rasmussen | 10 | 20 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
George Frazier | 14 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Roy Thomas | 16 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Ramsey | 12 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Buddy Schultz | 62 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .200 | .333 | .600 | .933 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Gary Sutherland | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Tom Bruno | 18 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .083 | .083 | .083 | .167 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Rob Dressler | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
John Tamargo | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Coluccio | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mark Littell | 72 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .125 | .000 | .125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dave Hamilton | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dan O'Brien | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 2056 | 5965 | 5415 | 600 | 1351 | 263 | 44 | 79 | 568 | 97 | 42 | 420 | 713 | .249 | .303 | .358 | .661 | 1939 | 131 | 22 | 55 | 53 | 55 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Keith Hernandez | 1B | 158 | 148 | 1327.7 | 1436 | 96 | 10 | 124 | .994 | 1.385 | 9.696 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Roger Freed | 1B | 15 | 14 | 110.0 | 110 | 10 | 1 | 13 | .992 | 9.818 | 8.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mike Tyson | 2B | 124 | 115 | 986.7 | 246 | 306 | 13 | 78 | .977 | 5.035 | 4.452 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mike Phillips | 2B | 55 | 33 | 328.0 | 93 | 110 | 6 | 24 | .971 | 5.570 | 3.691 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ken Oberkfell | 2B | 17 | 14 | 121.3 | 30 | 48 | 1 | 8 | .987 | 5.786 | 4.588 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Gary Sutherland | 2B | 1 | 0 | 1.7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 16.200 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ken Reitz | 3B | 150 | 144 | 1294.7 | 111 | 314 | 12 | 18 | .973 | 2.954 | 2.833 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Wayne Garrett | 3B | 19 | 17 | 128.0 | 12 | 26 | 3 | 5 | .927 | 2.672 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mike Phillips | 3B | 1 | 1 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ken Oberkfell | 3B | 4 | 0 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ted Simmons | C | 134 | 119 | 1065.7 | 670 | 88 | 9 | 6 | .988 | 6.402 | 5.657 | 8 | 0 | 125 | 65 | 34.2 |
Steve Swisher | C | 42 | 34 | 298.7 | 202 | 13 | 2 | 0 | .991 | 6.479 | 5.119 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 11 | 25.6 |
Terry Kennedy | C | 10 | 9 | 72.3 | 46 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .980 | 6.221 | 5.000 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 28.6 |
John Tamargo | C | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jerry Morales | OF | 126 | 119 | 1051.0 | 254 | 5 | 6 | 0 | .977 | 2.218 | 2.056 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
George Hendrick | OF | 101 | 100 | 861.3 | 241 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .996 | 2.570 | 2.436 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jerry Mumphrey | OF | 116 | 88 | 827.0 | 178 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .995 | 2.046 | 1.621 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Lou Brock | OF | 79 | 70 | 588.3 | 114 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .975 | 1.775 | 1.468 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tony Scott | OF | 77 | 43 | 432.3 | 100 | 6 | 6 | 0 | .946 | 2.207 | 1.377 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ted Simmons | OF | 23 | 23 | 176.3 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .971 | 1.684 | 1.435 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dane Iorg | OF | 25 | 21 | 164.0 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.085 | 1.520 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Dwyer | OF | 22 | 14 | 144.7 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .952 | 1.244 | .909 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Roger Freed | OF | 6 | 5 | 38.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .711 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Lentine | OF | 3 | 3 | 25.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.440 | 1.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bob Coluccio | OF | 2 | 0 | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.800 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
John Denny | P | 33 | 33 | 234.0 | 17 | 73 | 4 | 8 | .957 | 3.462 | 2.727 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bob Forsch | P | 34 | 34 | 233.7 | 18 | 37 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 2.118 | 1.618 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Pete Vuckovich | P | 45 | 23 | 198.3 | 12 | 34 | 2 | 4 | .958 | 2.087 | 1.022 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Silvio Martinez | P | 22 | 22 | 138.3 | 9 | 18 | 3 | 0 | .900 | 1.757 | 1.227 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mark Littell | P | 72 | 2 | 106.3 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 1.185 | .194 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
John Urrea | P | 27 | 12 | 98.7 | 3 | 18 | 2 | 0 | .913 | 1.916 | .778 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Buddy Schultz | P | 62 | 0 | 83.0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.084 | .161 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Pete Falcone | P | 19 | 14 | 75.0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .778 | .840 | .368 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Aurelio Lopez | P | 25 | 4 | 65.0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .692 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Eric Rasmussen | P | 10 | 10 | 60.3 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 2 | .923 | 1.790 | 1.200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tom Bruno | P | 18 | 3 | 49.7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.087 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Roy Thomas | P | 16 | 1 | 28.3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.541 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
George Frazier | P | 14 | 0 | 22.0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 2.045 | .357 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dan O'Brien | P | 7 | 2 | 18.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | .286 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dave Hamilton | P | 13 | 0 | 14.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.571 | .308 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Rob Dressler | P | 3 | 2 | 13.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.385 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Garry Templeton | SS | 155 | 153 | 1353.7 | 285 | 523 | 40 | 108 | .953 | 5.372 | 5.213 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mike Phillips | SS | 10 | 7 | 68.0 | 14 | 25 | 1 | 7 | .975 | 5.162 | 3.900 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mike Ramsey | SS | 4 | 2 | 16.0 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | .909 | 5.625 | 2.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 1900 | 1458 | 12939.0 | 4313 | 1846 | 136 | 416 | .978 | 4.284 | 3.242 | 11 | 0 | 162 | 78 | 32.5 |
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