1966 St. Louis Cardinals
Record: 97-66
Finish: 2nd in NL Association Division Division
Runs Scored: 780
Runs Allowed: 612
Exp W-L: 99-64
 
Ballpark: Sportsmans Park
Attendance: 2,205,007
Manager: Joel Roltgen

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 83-54, 1st in the National League
AA: 92-45, 1st in the National League
A: 72-65, 4th in the National League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Divisional Series 1-4 to Cleveland (N) Spiders
 
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 29 155 588 92 148 29 2 26 86 2 4 72 100 .252 .332 .440 .773 84.7 17.1 4.8
CF *Tito Francona 32 155 597 75 172 35 1 10 63 9 2 40 70 .288 .333 .400 .733 74.6 15.3 3.6
1B *Norm Cash 31 156 533 108 130 22 3 39 109 2 1 88 116 .244 .355 .516 .871 97.0 21.9 3.1
C  Bill Freehan 24 151 554 93 166 29 3 27 83 2 1 52 60 .300 .367 .509 .876 96.4 24.1 3.3
2B  Willie Horton 23 152 570 73 169 29 3 22 96 2 4 20 71 .296 .321 .474 .795 78.6 16.9 3.8
2B  Chuck Schilling 28 153 509 56 143 18 3 3 39 0 1 63 72 .281 .359 .346 .705 66.1 13.3 7.6
2B  Don Demeter 31 153 504 70 136 24 1 21 93 0 1 41 87 .270 .330 .446 .776 69.7 14.1 4.7
3B *Tony Gonzalez 29 145 482 83 141 29 5 4 53 24 17 50 67 .293 .357 .398 .755 65.1 13.5 4.2
3B  Jose Pagan 31 110 275 29 80 15 1 3 37 9 6 19 54 .291 .333 .385 .719 33.5 6.0 3.4
RF *Lee Maye 31 91 205 24 53 7 0 9 40 2 3 8 31 .259 .288 .424 .713 24.0 4.0 1.5
2B  Frank Bolling 34 89 142 16 45 9 0 2 12 2 1 11 20 .317 .364 .423 .786 20.6 4.6 1.1
P *Billy Hoeft 34 44 125 7 26 1 0 0 10 1 1 0 40 .208 .214 .216 .430 2.7 0.0 0.0
P  Joe Bonikowski 25 43 111 3 21 2 0 0 7 2 3 2 33 .189 .209 .207 .416 2.9 0.0 0.0
3B  Cam Carreon 28 35 93 8 26 7 0 0 7 0 1 4 12 .280 .309 .355 .664 8.0 1.1 0.6
P *Pete Richert 26 41 88 4 13 4 1 0 4 2 1 1 36 .148 .157 .216 .373 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Tug McGraw 21 26 68 6 9 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 21 .132 .145 .132 .277 -1.2 0.0 0.0
C *Sammy Taylor 33 35 63 4 14 2 1 1 9 0 0 6 6 .222 .286 .333 .619 6.5 0.6 0.5
1B  George Thomas 28 43 55 10 14 4 0 4 12 1 0 1 10 .255 .263 .545 .809 8.0 1.5 0.4
SS #Pumpsie Green 32 63 28 18 8 0 0 2 3 3 4 4 7 .286 .364 .500 .864 4.3 0.6 0.4
P *Sam McDowell 23 55 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .091 .091 .091 .182 -0.8 0.0 0.0
P  Jim Archer 34 25 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7 0.0 0.0
P  Bill Dailey 31 88 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.6 0.2 0.0
P  Glen Hobbie 30 66 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.0 2074 5620 780 1518 266 24 173 765 63 51 483 926 .270 .329 .418 .747 740.6 155.0 43.0
  Rank among 10 NL teams 2 2 2 2 10 3 2 5 9 4 5 2 2 2 2 2  
* - 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 34 20 16 .556 44 44 0 354.3 282 107 22 80 280 2.72 26.4
 Joe Bonikowski 25 25 9 .735 43 43 0 315.7 307 110 14 92 132 3.14 22.6
*Pete Richert 26 19 14 .576 41 41 0 265.0 245 126 24 81 177 4.28 8.1
*Tug McGraw 21 15 6 .714 26 26 0 187.7 170 72 15 74 114 3.45 11.2
 Bill Dailey 31 3 7 .300 88 6 15 126.0 119 41 6 34 71 2.93 12.4
*Sam McDowell 23 4 6 .400 55 3 5 87.3 84 44 12 42 71 4.53 2.5
 Glen Hobbie 30 9 3 .750 66 0 8 79.7 52 26 7 35 56 2.94 9.7
*Jim Archer 34 2 4 .333 25 0 1 47.7 61 34 9 15 17 6.42 0.0
 Cam Carreon 28 0 1 .000 2 0 1 2.0 2 3 0 2 0 13.50 0.0
Team Totals 28.0 97 66 .595 390 163 30 1465.3 1322 563 109 455 918 3.46 93.0
Rank among 10 NL teams 3 3 5 3 3 4 3 4 6 6 4  
* - 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 .992 34.0
B.Freehan 1217.3 135 135 755 55 12 0 .985 28.3
C.Carreon 165.3 19 20 107 5 1 0 .991 22.2
S.Taylor 136.8 25 25 111 7 1 0 .992 33.3
Team Total 1519.5 179 180 973 67 14 0 .987 28.2
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.20
N.Cash 1273.3 145 154 1499 122 11 121 .993 11.46
L.Maye 66.0 9 9 75 4 1 5 .988 10.77
F.Bolling 52.0 4 8 57 5 0 6 1.000 10.73
C.Carreon 38.0 5 5 42 3 0 1 1.000 10.66
P.Green 21.0 0 10 24 2 1 4 .963 11.14
T.Francona 5.0 0 2 4 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
G.Thomas 4.0 0 3 5 0 0 2 1.000 11.25
J.Pagan 4.0 0 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
C.Schilling 2.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50
Team Total 1465.3 163 195 1713 137 13 139 .993 11.36
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 5.57
J.Pagan 665.0 81 83 142 262 4 51 .990 5.47
D.Demeter 609.3 67 74 138 225 1 51 .997 5.36
F.Bolling 145.0 15 31 31 46 2 11 .975 4.78
L.Maye 18.0 0 9 3 10 0 4 1.000 6.50
P.Green 9.0 0 11 3 4 0 2 1.000 7.00
G.Thomas 8.0 0 4 1 3 0 1 1.000 4.50
W.Horton 8.0 0 2 3 2 0 2 1.000 5.63
C.Schilling 3.0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00
Team Total 1465.3 163 216 322 553 7 122 .992 5.37
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 2.74
T.Gonzalez 865.3 100 102 48 234 6 21 .979 2.93
D.Demeter 496.0 56 58 35 121 10 10 .940 2.83
F.Bolling 39.0 3 6 5 12 0 0 1.000 3.92
L.Maye 33.0 4 5 3 7 0 1 1.000 2.73
B.Freehan 23.0 0 14 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.96
J.Pagan 5.0 0 1 0 3 1 0 .750 5.40
G.Thomas 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
P.Green 1.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
C.Carreon 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1465.3 163 190 92 382 17 32 .965 2.91
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 4.87
C.Schilling 1232.3 148 151 174 517 14 86 .980 5.05
T.Gonzalez 84.3 6 23 9 35 2 5 .957 4.70
G.Thomas 67.7 7 14 10 24 0 4 1.000 4.52
P.Green 19.7 0 12 4 10 0 0 1.000 6.41
L.Maye 17.0 0 8 4 6 0 1 1.000 5.29
F.Bolling 17.0 1 5 0 7 0 1 1.000 3.71
J.Pagan 15.0 1 6 4 5 0 2 1.000 5.40
D.Demeter 12.3 0 7 1 9 0 0 1.000 7.30
Team Total 1465.3 163 226 206 613 16 99 .981 5.03
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.90
W.Horton 1304.3 147 149 293 10 12 0 .962 2.09
L.Maye 77.0 9 9 22 0 1 0 .957 2.57
T.Gonzalez 45.0 5 7 5 2 0 1 1.000 1.40
D.Demeter 5.7 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.18
T.Francona 5.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60
S.Taylor 4.1 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.20
J.Pagan 3.7 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.46
P.Green 3.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
G.Thomas 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1448.8 162 177 327 12 13 1 .963 2.11
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 2.39
F.Howard 1333.3 150 153 351 4 1 2 .997 2.40
T.Gonzalez 64.0 8 10 12 0 1 0 .923 1.69
L.Maye 51.0 5 6 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.65
P.Green 6.7 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
G.Thomas 5.3 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Demeter 5.0 0 2 1 0 1 0 .500 1.80
Team Total 1465.3 163 178 379 4 3 2 .992 2.35
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .989 1.86
T.Francona 1272.7 146 150 275 3 0 2 1.000 1.97
L.Maye 134.3 14 24 34 1 1 0 .972 2.34
D.Demeter 31.0 2 6 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.16
P.Green 18.3 1 9 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.45
G.Thomas 8.0 0 6 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
T.Gonzalez 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1465.3 163 196 319 4 1 2 .997 1.98
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 2.07
B.Hoeft 354.3 44 44 20 73 5 4 .949 2.36
J.Bonikowski 315.7 43 43 20 60 0 4 1.000 2.28
P.Richert 265.0 41 41 12 39 2 1 .962 1.73
T.McGraw 187.7 26 26 12 29 1 4 .976 1.97
B.Dailey 126.0 6 88 9 19 2 1 .933 2.00
S.McDowell 87.3 3 55 7 7 0 0 1.000 1.44
G.Hobbie 79.7 0 66 12 11 2 3 .920 2.60
J.Archer 47.7 0 25 4 8 0 1 1.000 2.27
C.Carreon 2.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1465.3 163 390 97 246 12 18 .966 2.11
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Freehan .300
On-Base Pct Freehan .367
Slugging Pct Cash .516
OPS Freehan .876
XR Cash 97.0
Games Cash 156
At-Bats Francona 597
Runs Cash 108
Hits Francona 172
Total Bases Freehan 282
Singles Francona 126
Doubles Francona 35
Triples Gonzalez 5
Homeruns Cash 39
RBIs Cash 109
Stolen Bases Gonzalez 24
Caught Stealing Gonzalez 17
Walks Cash 88
Strikeouts Cash 116
ERA Hoeft 2.72
Wins Bonikowski 25
Losses Hoeft 16
Winning Pct Bonikowski .735
Saves Dailey 15
Games Pitched Dailey 88
Games Started Hoeft 44
Complete Games Hoeft 19
Shutouts Hoeft 4
Innings Pitched Hoeft 354.3
Hits Allowed Bonikowski 307
Homeruns Allowed Richert 24
Strikeouts Hoeft 280
Walks Allowed Bonikowski 92
Walks per 9IP Hoeft 2.0
Hits per 9IP Hoeft 7.2
Strikeouts per 9IP Hoeft 7.1
WHiP Hoeft 1.02
OAVG Hoeft .217
OOBP Hoeft .263
OSLG Hoeft .315
OOPS Hoeft .578
Team All-Stars
Joe Bonikowski
Norm Cash
Bill Freehan
Frank Howard
Player Salaries
Billy Hoeft $ 24,000,100
Norm Cash $ 8,780,000
Frank Howard $ 5,300,000
Don Demeter $ 4,750,000
Tito Francona $ 4,230,000
Bill Dailey $ 4,102,857
Tony Gonzalez $ 2,550,000
Bill Freehan $ 2,285,714
Chuck Schilling $ 2,078,571
Jose Pagan $ 2,078,571
Frank Bolling $ 1,200,000
Lee Maye $ 1,120,000
Glen Hobbie $ 500,000
Cam Carreon $ 350,000
Ted Bowsfield $ 350,000
Jim Archer $ 350,000
Pumpsie Green $ 350,000
Walt Williams $ 300,000
Jesus Alou $ 300,000
Willie Horton $ 300,000
Frank Malzone $ 300,000
Sam McDowell $ 300,000
Tug McGraw $ 300,000
Pete Richert $ 300,000
George Thomas $ 300,000
Joe Bonikowski $ 300,000
Bob Uecker $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
6/1 Traded Sammy Taylor Montreal Bob Uecker