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1969 St. Louis Cardinals
Record: 69-93
Finish: 5th in NL Association Division Division
Runs Scored: 639
Runs Allowed: 755
Exp W-L: 69-93
 
Ballpark: Sportsmans Park
Attendance: 1,543,145
Manager: Cory Einhorn II

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 66-71, 6th in the National League
AA: 56-81, 9th in the National League
A: 70-67, 5th 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
2B  Willie Horton 26 154 601 77 180 38 3 21 81 4 2 48 105 .300 .350 .478 .827 92.9 17.4 0.8
3B  Jose Pagan 34 153 569 58 140 19 1 9 52 12 10 41 112 .246 .295 .330 .626 52.2 3.0 5.5
C  Bill Freehan 27 148 557 75 162 24 4 25 100 5 1 44 58 .291 .343 .483 .826 90.1 16.2 9.6
3B #Sandy Alomar Sr. 25 155 475 47 102 16 4 5 28 20 8 21 74 .215 .246 .297 .542 30.7 0.0 5.0
3B  Cam Carreon 31 122 474 52 124 22 1 3 46 0 1 19 44 .262 .289 .331 .621 39.8 2.8 2.9
CF *Tito Francona 35 133 410 44 107 18 2 5 32 2 3 47 48 .261 .343 .351 .694 48.7 6.7 2.1
DH  Lee May 26 123 387 51 100 21 1 14 52 0 1 24 58 .258 .299 .426 .725 46.4 5.7 1.6
1B *Norm Cash 34 120 347 33 83 12 0 12 43 0 0 41 86 .239 .324 .378 .702 44.7 5.5 1.3
LF *Jim Gosger 26 115 346 44 93 18 2 5 30 17 10 45 56 .269 .351 .376 .727 47.1 7.3 2.0
DH  Coco Laboy 29 113 323 39 83 23 1 9 38 0 0 33 61 .257 .323 .418 .741 41.8 6.2 0.3
1B  Julian Javier 32 120 285 37 71 8 2 10 35 7 3 18 53 .249 .297 .396 .694 32.8 3.7 2.1
CF  Jesus Alou 27 89 274 24 76 5 3 3 25 2 1 10 12 .277 .302 .350 .652 24.9 2.1 1.7
CF  Bobby Del Greco 36 72 233 22 58 11 1 1 18 0 0 22 69 .249 .315 .318 .633 22.6 2.2 1.8
CF  Paul Blair 25 55 174 19 42 15 3 4 21 1 0 4 29 .241 .263 .431 .694 18.0 2.2 1.7
RF  Walt Williams 25 54 119 6 17 4 0 1 4 1 0 5 18 .143 .177 .202 .379 1.8 0.0 0.9
C *Ken Retzer 35 31 108 7 30 5 0 0 7 2 1 3 15 .278 .297 .324 .621 9.0 0.6 1.8
SS  Ron Hansen 31 29 20 2 3 1 0 1 2 0 0 5 5 .150 .320 .350 .670 2.8 0.5 0.2
1B  George Thomas 31 4 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333 .500 .667 1.167 0.9 0.3 0.1
P  Hal Kurtz 25 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.5 1794 5707 638 1472 261 28 128 614 73 41 431 904 .258 .310 .381 .691 647.0 82.2 41.1
  Rank among 10 NL teams 3 10 7 4 7 7 10 3 7 10 5 7 9 8 9 8  
* - 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
 Joe Bonikowski 28 14 14 .500 37 37 0 274.3 258 108 7 95 156 3.54 21.2
*Sam McDowell 26 8 20 .286 35 35 0 269.7 212 131 40 165 257 4.37 12.6
 Don Wilson 24 15 16 .484 35 35 0 248.7 245 108 22 105 143 3.91 16.3
*Tug McGraw 24 6 17 .261 34 34 0 241.0 269 145 35 85 175 5.41 3.8
 Norm Bass 30 4 5 .444 13 13 0 99.3 108 44 13 35 48 3.99 5.2
 Hal Kurtz 25 5 10 .333 58 0 8 92.0 95 39 3 40 35 3.82 7.1
*Danny Coombs 27 11 4 .733 63 0 15 79.7 82 30 6 31 41 3.39 11.5
 Mel Stottlemyre 27 0 0 .000 22 0 2 40.7 57 25 7 13 15 5.53 0.4
 Glen Hobbie 33 2 2 .500 26 0 1 37.0 47 21 1 21 17 5.11 1.4
 Roger Nelson 25 2 1 .667 10 0 0 30.7 18 6 2 7 13 1.76 4.0
 Jim Colborn 23 1 2 .333 4 4 0 28.3 40 18 5 10 7 5.72 0.1
*Jack Curtis 32 1 2 .333 4 4 0 27.0 32 18 1 16 11 6.00 0.1
Team Totals 27.0 69 93 .426 341 162 26 1468.3 1463 693 142 623 918 4.25 83.7
Rank among 10 NL teams 10 10 5 10 3 5 4 7 10 4 5  
* - 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 .990 34.0
B.Freehan 1187.0 131 133 786 64 3 5 .996 40.9
K.Retzer 258.3 29 30 150 17 3 0 .982 44.8
C.Carreon 23.0 2 5 14 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1468.3 162 168 950 81 6 5 .994 41.8
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .994 11.18
N.Cash 837.3 93 110 954 71 12 88 .988 11.02
L.May 545.3 67 69 631 47 4 60 .994 11.19
T.Francona 36.0 1 13 39 8 0 6 1.000 11.75
C.Carreon 12.3 0 6 15 1 0 2 1.000 11.68
J.Javier 10.7 0 7 16 0 0 2 1.000 13.51
S.Alomar Sr. 10.0 0 1 22 0 0 2 1.000 19.80
C.Laboy 9.0 1 1 14 0 0 3 1.000 14.00
G.Thomas 4.0 0 1 7 1 0 1 1.000 18.00
R.Hansen 3.7 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 7.38
Team Total 1468.3 162 211 1701 128 16 164 .991 11.21
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 5.73
J.Pagan 1295.7 147 148 305 547 11 126 .987 5.92
J.Javier 151.0 14 29 53 61 3 14 .974 6.79
W.Horton 11.0 1 4 5 3 1 0 .889 6.55
J.Alou 6.7 0 4 1 4 0 1 1.000 6.76
R.Hansen 4.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1468.3 162 188 364 615 15 141 .985 6.00
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 2.87
C.Carreon 952.3 114 116 60 251 7 18 .978 2.94
J.Javier 328.3 39 43 18 70 3 4 .967 2.41
C.Laboy 145.3 9 43 10 31 3 4 .932 2.54
B.Freehan 29.3 0 13 0 10 0 0 1.000 3.07
J.Gosger 11.0 0 5 0 2 0 1 1.000 1.64
R.Hansen 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1468.3 162 222 88 364 13 27 .972 2.77
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 5.05
S.Alomar Sr. 1267.7 154 154 202 539 26 105 .966 5.26
J.Javier 150.7 7 44 30 57 1 16 .989 5.20
R.Hansen 37.0 1 17 4 16 0 4 1.000 4.86
J.Pagan 9.0 0 5 2 5 0 1 1.000 7.00
G.Thomas 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 4.50
M.Stottlemyre 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
J.Alou 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1468.3 162 223 239 619 27 127 .969 5.26
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 1.93
J.Gosger 694.3 86 89 151 4 3 3 .981 2.01
W.Horton 498.7 55 57 75 2 3 0 .963 1.39
L.May 185.0 14 38 48 1 1 1 .980 2.38
J.Alou 32.7 3 4 7 1 0 0 1.000 2.20
J.Pagan 17.7 2 4 2 1 0 1 1.000 1.53
T.Francona 17.3 2 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.04
R.Hansen 12.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
W.Williams 7.7 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.17
K.Retzer 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1468.3 162 204 289 9 7 5 .977 1.83
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 2.48
B.Del Greco 599.0 72 72 153 1 2 1 .987 2.31
P.Blair 447.0 53 53 130 4 2 0 .985 2.70
T.Francona 150.3 16 23 30 2 0 1 1.000 1.92
W.Williams 141.0 11 27 46 1 2 1 .959 3.00
J.Alou 78.3 7 18 30 1 0 1 1.000 3.56
J.Gosger 49.7 2 15 12 1 0 0 1.000 2.36
G.Thomas 3.0 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1468.3 162 209 404 10 6 4 .986 2.54
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 1.93
T.Francona 766.0 87 91 142 3 1 1 .993 1.70
J.Alou 517.3 59 61 101 5 4 3 .964 1.84
W.Williams 122.3 14 18 29 0 0 0 1.000 2.13
L.May 37.3 2 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.69
J.Gosger 13.3 0 8 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.35
N.Cash 7.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
C.Carreon 4.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
G.Thomas 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1468.3 162 189 281 8 5 4 .983 1.77
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 1.91
J.Bonikowski 274.3 37 37 17 36 0 1 1.000 1.74
S.McDowell 269.7 35 35 12 25 1 4 .974 1.23
D.Wilson 248.7 35 35 18 54 5 6 .935 2.61
T.McGraw 241.0 34 34 8 45 3 2 .946 1.98
N.Bass 99.3 13 13 4 18 3 1 .880 1.99
H.Kurtz 92.0 0 58 11 19 5 0 .857 2.93
D.Coombs 79.7 0 63 7 18 0 0 1.000 2.82
M.Stottlemyre 40.7 0 22 3 7 0 0 1.000 2.21
G.Hobbie 37.0 0 26 0 5 0 2 1.000 1.22
R.Nelson 30.7 0 10 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.88
J.Colborn 28.3 4 4 1 2 2 0 .600 0.95
J.Curtis 27.0 4 4 1 5 0 1 1.000 2.00
Team Total 1468.3 162 341 83 236 19 17 .944 1.96
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Horton .300
On-Base Pct Horton .350
Slugging Pct Freehan .483
OPS Horton .827
XR Horton 92.9
Games Alomar Sr. 155
At-Bats Horton 601
Runs Horton 77
Hits Horton 180
Total Bases Horton 287
Singles Horton 118
Doubles Horton 38
Triples Alomar Sr., Freehan 4
Homeruns Freehan 25
RBIs Freehan 100
Stolen Bases Alomar Sr. 20
Caught Stealing Gosger, Pagan 10
Walks Horton 48
Strikeouts Pagan 112
ERA Bonikowski 3.54
Wins Wilson 15
Losses McDowell 20
Winning Pct Bonikowski .500
Saves Coombs 15
Games Pitched Coombs 63
Games Started Bonikowski 37
Complete Games McDowell, Wilson 7
Shutouts McDowell 2
Innings Pitched Bonikowski 274.3
Hits Allowed McGraw 269
Homeruns Allowed McDowell 40
Strikeouts McDowell 257
Walks Allowed McDowell 165
Walks per 9IP Bonikowski 3.1
Hits per 9IP McDowell 7.1
Strikeouts per 9IP McDowell 8.6
WHiP Bonikowski 1.29
OAVG McDowell .218
OOBP Bonikowski .306
OSLG Bonikowski .322
OOPS Bonikowski .628
Team All-Stars
Bill Freehan
Willie Horton
Player Salaries
Norm Cash $ 8,780,000
Joe Bonikowski $ 4,400,000
Bill Freehan $ 3,750,000
Willie Horton $ 1,864,286
Tito Francona $ 1,750,000
Sam McDowell $ 1,300,000
Tug McGraw $ 1,157,143
Jose Pagan $ 1,100,000
Cam Carreon $ 500,000
George Thomas $ 350,000
Paul Blair $ 300,000
Norm Bass $ 300,000
Jim Colborn $ 300,000
Danny Coombs $ 300,000
Jack Curtis $ 300,000
Jesus Alou $ 300,000
Jim Gosger $ 300,000
Sandy Alomar Sr. $ 300,000
Glen Hobbie $ 300,000
Don Wilson $ 300,000
Julian Javier $ 300,000
Hal Kurtz $ 300,000
Coco Laboy $ 300,000
Lee May $ 300,000
Roger Nelson $ 300,000
Ken Retzer $ 300,000
Mel Stottlemyre $ 300,000
Walt Williams $ 300,000
Ron Hansen $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/3 Traded Pete Richert Kansas City Gil Blanco
Ed Sprague
2/6 Traded Frank Howard Oakland Don Rowe
2/6 Traded Lou Johnson
$8,500,000		 San Diego Bobby Del Greco
2/21 Traded Tony Gonzalez Washington Amado Samuel
2/21 Traded Don Demeter
Clyde Wright		 San Diego Jack Curtis
5/1 Released Don Rowe    
9/22 Released Bobby Del Greco    
 
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