1965 St. Louis Cardinals
Record: 91-71
Finish: 4th in NL Association Division Division
Runs Scored: 712
Runs Allowed: 639
Exp W-L: 89-73
 
Ballpark: Sportsmans Park
Attendance: 2,122,273
Manager: Joel Roltgen

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 73-64, 5th in the National League
AA: 84-53, 1st in the National League
A: 90-47, 1st in the National League
 
 
 
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
LF  Frank Howard 28 159 562 87 143 28 2 19 71 3 4 83 80 .254 .350 .413 .763 78.7 15.8 3.2
1B *Norm Cash 30 156 546 97 164 32 2 35 110 5 4 72 104 .300 .384 .559 .943 109.7 28.7 4.6
CF *Tito Francona 31 141 532 66 168 20 1 8 53 8 4 45 52 .316 .368 .402 .771 76.2 17.5 2.2
2B  Chuck Schilling 27 156 514 49 155 25 3 1 33 0 0 59 50 .302 .373 .368 .741 69.3 15.3 5.7
3B  Jose Pagan 30 153 484 50 117 16 2 9 57 10 10 33 104 .242 .295 .339 .634 48.2 5.6 5.7
C  Bill Freehan 23 122 416 54 100 13 1 15 53 3 5 50 61 .240 .326 .385 .710 52.2 8.7 6.5
3B *Tony Gonzalez 28 145 427 65 119 18 2 10 48 22 10 33 57 .279 .335 .400 .736 56.6 10.9 3.1
2B  Willie Horton 22 122 416 48 107 16 1 13 46 3 1 23 69 .257 .296 .394 .690 46.2 7.4 1.9
2B  Don Demeter 30 135 342 57 91 25 1 21 68 0 0 34 67 .266 .332 .529 .862 55.4 12.4 1.7
C *Sammy Taylor 32 123 304 43 78 12 3 3 35 2 4 27 47 .257 .318 .345 .664 30.7 4.1 2.9
RF *Lee Maye 30 98 226 24 64 10 2 6 42 5 5 8 33 .283 .307 .425 .732 25.7 4.0 1.2
LF *Leon Wagner 31 48 143 22 38 5 0 10 23 0 0 10 29 .266 .321 .510 .831 22.7 5.0 0.8
P *Billy Hoeft 33 44 124 8 20 1 0 0 6 0 0 2 48 .161 .173 .169 .343 0.7 0.0 0.0
P *Pete Richert 25 44 97 4 13 0 0 0 2 4 2 3 32 .134 .160 .134 .294 -0.6 0.0 0.0
P  Joe Bonikowski 24 37 90 4 12 2 0 0 8 1 1 1 28 .133 .143 .156 .298 -0.2 0.0 0.0
2B  Frank Bolling 33 71 92 10 32 2 1 1 9 1 0 7 7 .348 .386 .424 .810 14.7 3.4 0.7
LF  Billy Moran 31 41 62 5 13 1 0 1 8 0 0 5 9 .210 .269 .274 .543 4.5 0.0 0.5
3B  Cam Carreon 27 20 43 3 7 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 5 .163 .213 .163 .376 1.7 0.0 0.4
P  Tug McGraw 20 17 38 0 6 1 0 0 7 0 0 1 13 .158 .171 .184 .355 0.7 0.0 0.0
P *Sam McDowell 22 27 24 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .125 .160 .125 .285 0.0 0.0 0.0
SS #Pumpsie Green 31 55 15 13 3 0 0 2 4 2 2 3 2 .200 .333 .600 .933 3.1 0.6 0.3
P  Bill Dailey 30 81 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7 0.0 0.0
P  Glen Hobbie 29 17 7 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .429 .429 .429 .857 1.1 0.2 0.0
P  Don Lee 31 60 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .200 .333 .200 .533 0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Jim Archer 33 29 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
SS  Frank Malzone 35 2 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333 0.9 0.3 0.0
P  Bob Blaylock 30 68 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.7 2171 5527 712 1459 227 21 154 689 69 53 504 910 .264 .327 .396 .723 696.8 140.1 41.4
  Rank among 10 NL teams 5 4 5 4 9 5 4 5 8 2 5 4 2 4 3 3  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
*Billy Hoeft 33 22 16 .579 44 44 0 349.0 341 138 35 70 291 3.56 19.6
*Pete Richert 25 23 10 .697 44 44 0 305.0 256 101 18 118 224 2.98 25.0
 Joe Bonikowski 24 17 7 .708 37 37 0 272.7 249 90 15 77 159 2.97 21.0
 Bill Dailey 30 11 8 .579 81 7 11 116.0 116 34 4 21 71 2.64 14.2
*Tug McGraw 20 5 7 .417 17 11 0 115.3 102 56 13 43 76 4.37 3.8
*Sam McDowell 22 4 9 .308 27 11 2 94.0 85 59 17 54 89 5.65 0.0
 Don Lee 31 3 8 .273 60 0 11 72.7 79 42 9 30 28 5.20 1.4
 Bob Blaylock 30 4 1 .800 57 0 10 63.3 54 28 8 37 58 3.98 4.4
 Glen Hobbie 29 1 3 .250 17 2 1 35.3 46 26 5 14 26 6.62 0.0
*Jim Archer 33 1 2 .333 29 0 5 34.0 40 14 3 8 13 3.71 2.1
Team Totals 27.7 91 71 .562 413 156 40 1457.3 1368 588 127 472 1035 3.63 91.5
Rank among 10 NL teams 5 5 3 5 4 7 5 7 6 3 7  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 34.9
B.Freehan 990.7 109 113 757 49 5 1 .994 31.3
S.Taylor 447.7 51 53 303 23 2 2 .994 38.5
C.Carreon 19.0 2 4 14 1 0 1 1.000 33.3
Team Total 1457.3 162 170 1074 73 7 4 .994 34.0
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 11.24
N.Cash 1268.7 144 150 1428 115 10 111 .994 10.95
L.Wagner 163.3 18 23 180 13 1 13 .995 10.64
L.Maye 70.0 8 10 82 4 0 9 1.000 11.06
C.Carreon 39.7 5 5 49 2 1 1 .981 11.57
F.Bolling 27.0 2 6 32 1 0 2 1.000 11.00
W.Horton 16.0 2 2 15 2 0 0 1.000 9.56
B.Moran 13.0 1 3 17 1 0 1 1.000 12.46
P.Green 12.7 0 8 13 0 0 2 1.000 9.24
F.Howard 5.3 0 2 11 0 0 0 1.000 18.57
D.Demeter 4.0 0 1 6 0 0 1 1.000 13.50
J.Pagan 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1620.6 180 211 1833 138 12 140 .994 10.95
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 5.61
J.Pagan 1224.0 148 149 275 474 8 94 .989 5.51
F.Bolling 106.3 11 26 24 35 1 3 .983 4.99
D.Demeter 72.3 3 24 9 19 1 3 .966 3.48
W.Horton 16.0 0 8 3 10 0 4 1.000 7.31
B.Moran 13.0 0 4 3 5 0 1 1.000 5.54
L.Maye 10.0 0 6 4 3 0 0 1.000 6.30
C.Schilling 8.0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
P.Green 6.7 0 6 0 3 0 0 1.000 4.05
F.Malzone 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1457.3 162 228 319 549 10 105 .989 5.36
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .953 2.72
T.Gonzalez 784.7 91 94 61 195 5 16 .981 2.94
D.Demeter 531.0 60 64 34 116 5 5 .968 2.54
L.Maye 77.3 7 11 4 21 2 1 .926 2.91
C.Carreon 32.0 4 4 1 9 1 0 .909 2.81
F.Bolling 9.0 0 3 0 1 1 0 .500 1.00
B.Freehan 8.7 0 4 1 1 1 0 .667 2.08
F.Malzone 6.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Moran 5.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80
P.Green 3.7 0 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 9.84
Team Total 1457.3 162 187 101 348 15 22 .968 2.77
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 4.90
C.Schilling 1234.7 148 150 146 489 15 71 .977 4.63
T.Gonzalez 86.3 6 22 14 37 1 10 .981 5.32
B.Moran 61.0 7 11 14 21 1 7 .972 5.16
L.Maye 23.3 0 14 0 8 0 1 1.000 3.09
F.Bolling 21.0 1 8 7 10 0 1 1.000 7.29
P.Green 13.0 0 10 0 5 0 0 1.000 3.46
D.Demeter 11.0 0 6 2 6 0 1 1.000 6.55
J.Pagan 7.0 0 4 1 5 0 2 1.000 7.71
Team Total 1457.3 162 225 184 581 17 93 .978 4.72
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 1.87
W.Horton 923.7 114 115 177 13 6 4 .969 1.85
L.Wagner 141.3 16 18 28 1 2 0 .935 1.85
S.Taylor 138.0 10 32 22 0 0 0 1.000 1.43
B.Moran 27.3 3 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.98
T.Gonzalez 23.7 0 8 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.28
L.Maye 17.0 1 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.59
P.Green 8.0 0 6 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
D.Demeter 6.0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
T.Francona 3.0 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
J.Pagan 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1290.0 144 197 247 14 8 4 .970 1.82
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 2.39
F.Howard 1244.3 139 143 311 8 0 2 1.000 2.31
L.Maye 135.3 16 19 34 0 0 0 1.000 2.26
T.Gonzalez 59.3 6 8 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.12
D.Demeter 14.0 1 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.21
P.Green 3.3 0 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 10.81
T.Francona 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1457.3 162 177 368 8 0 2 1.000 2.32
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.97
T.Francona 1163.0 134 137 235 7 0 1 1.000 1.87
L.Maye 156.7 18 21 32 0 2 0 .941 1.84
F.Howard 64.0 7 11 13 0 1 0 .929 1.83
D.Demeter 58.0 3 17 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.55
P.Green 13.7 0 6 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.64
L.Wagner 2.7 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1458.0 162 194 294 7 3 1 .990 1.86
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 2.04
B.Hoeft 349.0 44 44 21 60 5 7 .942 2.09
P.Richert 305.0 44 44 18 40 1 3 .983 1.71
J.Bonikowski 272.7 37 37 18 48 1 7 .985 2.18
B.Dailey 116.0 7 81 3 23 1 0 .963 2.02
T.McGraw 115.3 11 17 7 24 0 2 1.000 2.42
S.McDowell 94.0 11 27 5 18 0 0 1.000 2.20
D.Lee 72.7 0 60 4 16 0 1 1.000 2.48
B.Blaylock 63.3 0 57 9 8 0 0 1.000 2.42
G.Hobbie 35.3 2 17 2 5 0 1 1.000 1.78
J.Archer 34.0 0 29 4 5 1 1 .900 2.38
Team Total 1457.3 156 413 91 247 9 22 .974 2.09
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Francona .316
On-Base Pct Cash .384
Slugging Pct Cash .559
OPS Cash .943
XR Cash 109.7
Games Howard 159
At-Bats Howard 562
Runs Cash 97
Hits Francona 168
Total Bases Cash 305
Singles Francona 139
Doubles Cash 32
Triples Schilling, Taylor 3
Homeruns Cash 35
RBIs Cash 110
Stolen Bases Gonzalez 22
Caught Stealing Gonzalez, Pagan 10
Walks Howard 83
Strikeouts Pagan, Cash 104
ERA Bonikowski 2.97
Wins Richert 23
Losses Hoeft 16
Winning Pct Bonikowski .708
Saves Dailey, Lee 11
Games Pitched Dailey 81
Games Started Hoeft, Richert 44
Complete Games Hoeft 16
Shutouts Hoeft 4
Innings Pitched Hoeft 349.0
Hits Allowed Hoeft 341
Homeruns Allowed Hoeft 35
Strikeouts Hoeft 291
Walks Allowed Richert 118
Walks per 9IP Hoeft 1.8
Hits per 9IP Richert 7.6
Strikeouts per 9IP Hoeft 7.5
WHiP Hoeft 1.18
OAVG Richert .230
OOBP Hoeft .292
OSLG Richert .341
OOPS Richert .644
Team All-Stars
Norm Cash
Pete Richert
Player Salaries
Billy Hoeft $ 24,000,100
Norm Cash $ 8,780,000
Don Demeter $ 4,750,000
Frank Howard $ 4,400,000
Tito Francona $ 4,230,000
Bill Dailey $ 4,102,857
Tony Gonzalez $ 2,550,000
Jose Pagan $ 2,078,571
Sammy Taylor $ 1,710,000
Billy Moran $ 1,459,286
Bob Blaylock $ 1,411,429
Chuck Schilling $ 1,325,000
Frank Bolling $ 1,200,000
Lee Maye $ 1,120,000
Don Lee $ 794,286
Glen Hobbie $ 500,000
Pumpsie Green $ 350,000
Larry Jackson $ 350,000
Cam Carreon $ 350,000
Ted Bowsfield $ 350,000
Hal Smith $ 350,000
Jim Archer $ 300,000
Bill Freehan $ 300,000
Frank Malzone $ 300,000
Sam McDowell $ 300,000
Tug McGraw $ 300,000
Joe Bonikowski $ 300,000
Pete Richert $ 300,000
Willie Horton $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/7 Traded Willie Mccovey
Chuck Stobbs
Boston (A) Norm Cash
Walt Williams
6/1 Traded Leon Wagner Cleveland (N) Tug Mcgraw