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1970 St. Louis Cardinals
Record: 84-78
Finish: 3rd in NL Association Division Division
Runs Scored: 784
Runs Allowed: 752
Exp W-L: 84-78
 
Ballpark: Sportsmans Park
Attendance: 1,726,243
Manager: Cory Einhorn II

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 80-57, 1st in the National League
AA: 65-72, 5th in the National League
A: 48-89, 10th in the National League
 
 
 
 
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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
SS  Denis Menke 29 153 596 81 149 40 2 16 90 2 2 84 131 .250 .342 .404 .746 83.2 15.0 8.1
DH  Roy Foster 24 150 585 96 172 36 2 28 111 1 1 67 103 .294 .370 .506 .876 101.2 22.3 2.1
2B  Willie Horton 27 157 605 84 197 26 0 27 112 4 4 39 81 .326 .367 .502 .869 99.6 21.5 2.2
C  Bill Freehan 28 146 559 79 145 20 3 16 69 2 3 40 63 .259 .316 .392 .708 67.3 10.1 7.2
DH  Coco Laboy 30 143 563 64 147 27 1 18 67 0 1 33 112 .261 .300 .409 .708 63.9 8.7 0.0
3B  Cam Carreon 32 137 479 66 138 28 2 5 45 3 2 24 43 .288 .321 .386 .707 56.8 9.3 3.0
CF *Tito Francona 36 123 445 61 107 19 3 5 44 1 0 51 60 .240 .319 .330 .650 49.5 6.5 2.2
1B *Mike Jorgensen 21 119 378 64 103 15 2 15 62 1 3 60 61 .272 .378 .442 .819 63.3 13.0 1.5
CF  Jesus Alou 28 99 289 29 81 12 2 1 37 2 0 13 9 .280 .309 .346 .655 30.9 4.0 2.3
3B *Darrell Evans 23 74 237 33 41 5 0 8 28 0 0 40 36 .173 .287 .295 .583 24.0 0.9 2.6
3B  Jose Pagan 35 84 250 35 62 10 1 3 24 5 2 21 46 .248 .308 .332 .640 24.1 2.4 3.2
DH  Lee May 27 80 253 31 62 15 0 11 38 0 0 13 54 .245 .278 .435 .713 31.0 4.3 0.7
2B #Larry Bowa 24 61 178 23 42 9 1 1 9 14 1 16 14 .236 .297 .315 .612 19.2 2.3 2.3
RF  Bob Allison 35 58 171 25 46 6 0 7 19 2 0 22 41 .269 .351 .427 .777 26.1 5.0 0.8
C *Ken Retzer 36 32 113 12 26 5 1 0 6 2 0 7 14 .230 .273 .292 .565 9.6 0.6 1.4
  Team Totals 29.0 1616 5701 783 1518 273 20 161 761 39 19 530 868 .266 .329 .406 .735 749.5 125.7 39.6
  Rank among 10 NL teams 1 4 4 4 10 5 3 9 1 5 4 5 4 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
 Ken Forsch 23 15 14 .517 33 33 0 270.3 282 99 20 72 121 3.30 20.8
 Don Wilson 25 12 13 .480 34 34 0 248.3 264 126 34 91 152 4.57 12.1
*Tug McGraw 25 11 14 .440 30 30 0 217.0 224 114 27 92 140 4.73 9.0
 Joe Bonikowski 29 11 12 .478 32 32 0 214.3 226 99 17 84 118 4.16 12.5
 Pedro Borbon 23 13 10 .565 26 26 0 173.0 215 88 19 33 74 4.58 8.0
*Danny Coombs 28 7 4 .636 31 6 1 96.3 97 42 7 34 59 3.92 6.7
 Hal Kurtz 26 4 6 .400 63 0 19 80.7 92 42 2 37 32 4.69 6.1
 Jim Bouton 31 6 0 1.000 34 0 5 53.0 56 19 4 19 16 3.23 6.0
 Bob Anderson 34 2 4 .333 27 0 4 51.7 56 23 6 24 21 4.01 3.7
*Sam McDowell 27 2 1 .667 15 1 1 41.7 34 26 6 19 30 5.62 1.2
*Steve Mingori 26 1 0 1.000 6 0 0 12.0 16 7 1 3 8 5.25 0.5
*Mike Paul 25 0 0 .000 3 0 0 7.3 7 4 2 5 7 4.91 0.1
Team Totals 26.8 84 78 .519 334 162 30 1465.6 1569 689 145 513 778 4.23 86.6
Rank among 10 NL teams 5 5 4 5 1 9 4 7 5 9 6  
* - 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 31.7
B.Freehan 1158.7 126 133 659 53 2 0 .997 32.5
K.Retzer 264.0 31 32 132 13 3 0 .980 45.5
C.Carreon 43.0 5 6 20 3 0 0 1.000 25.0
Team Total 1465.7 162 171 811 69 5 0 .994 34.9
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.46
M.Jorgensen 922.7 104 110 1220 80 10 113 .992 12.68
L.May 305.0 33 44 384 19 3 42 .993 11.89
B.Allison 234.0 25 30 286 14 4 36 .987 11.54
C.Carreon 2.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50
J.Pagan 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
T.Francona 1.0 0 1 2 0 0 1 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1465.7 162 187 1896 113 17 192 .992 12.34
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 5.86
L.Bowa 465.3 54 56 114 225 7 45 .980 6.56
J.Pagan 420.7 48 54 95 209 3 51 .990 6.50
D.Evans 403.3 45 48 100 196 3 46 .990 6.61
J.Alou 140.7 13 27 40 67 1 20 .991 6.85
W.Horton 21.7 1 6 6 10 0 2 1.000 6.65
D.Menke 10.0 1 2 3 7 0 3 1.000 9.00
C.Carreon 4.0 0 1 1 1 1 1 .667 4.50
Team Total 1465.6 162 194 359 715 15 168 .986 6.60
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .959 2.81
C.Carreon 1119.0 124 128 79 290 11 32 .971 2.97
D.Evans 228.0 25 25 22 51 3 7 .961 2.88
J.Pagan 104.0 12 12 10 29 3 5 .929 3.38
J.Alou 11.7 1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.54
B.Freehan 3.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1465.7 162 169 112 372 17 44 .966 2.97
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 5.15
D.Menke 1321.3 147 150 200 668 31 125 .966 5.91
J.Pagan 102.0 11 15 16 54 1 7 .986 6.18
B.Allison 36.3 4 6 12 15 1 4 .964 6.69
L.Bowa 6.0 0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1465.7 162 174 228 740 33 136 .967 5.94
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .965 1.88
W.Horton 1304.3 143 150 239 5 5 1 .980 1.68
L.May 117.7 14 15 18 1 0 0 1.000 1.45
B.Allison 25.0 3 4 3 0 1 0 .750 1.08
T.Francona 16.7 2 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.16
R.Foster 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1465.7 162 172 264 6 6 1 .978 1.66
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 2.36
T.Francona 881.7 97 109 218 5 0 3 1.000 2.28
J.Alou 497.7 55 64 127 9 0 0 1.000 2.46
B.Allison 86.3 10 16 20 0 0 0 1.000 2.09
Team Total 1465.7 162 189 365 14 0 3 1.000 2.33
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 1.95
R.Foster 1304.0 145 147 252 4 12 4 .955 1.77
L.May 70.0 8 10 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.41
J.Alou 34.3 3 5 4 1 0 1 1.000 1.31
T.Francona 26.0 3 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.04
B.Allison 16.0 2 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.56
M.Jorgensen 13.3 1 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.03
J.Pagan 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1465.7 162 172 275 5 12 5 .959 1.72
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 2.03
K.Forsch 270.3 33 33 12 43 3 2 .948 1.83
D.Wilson 248.3 34 34 11 37 0 1 1.000 1.74
T.McGraw 217.0 30 30 10 38 1 4 .980 1.99
J.Bonikowski 214.3 32 32 17 21 0 4 1.000 1.60
P.Borbon 173.0 26 26 17 38 3 4 .948 2.86
D.Coombs 96.3 6 31 3 14 0 1 1.000 1.59
H.Kurtz 80.7 0 63 4 10 3 2 .824 1.56
J.Bouton 53.0 0 34 3 6 0 0 1.000 1.53
B.Anderson 51.7 0 27 0 12 0 0 1.000 2.09
S.McDowell 41.7 1 15 1 8 0 0 1.000 1.94
S.Mingori 12.0 0 6 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
M.Paul 7.3 0 3 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.46
Team Total 1465.6 162 334 79 228 10 18 .968 1.89
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Horton .326
On-Base Pct Foster .370
Slugging Pct Foster .506
OPS Foster .876
XR Foster 101.2
Games Horton 157
At-Bats Horton 605
Runs Foster 96
Hits Horton 197
Total Bases Horton 304
Singles Horton 144
Doubles Menke 40
Triples Francona, Freehan 3
Homeruns Foster 28
RBIs Horton 112
Stolen Bases Bowa 14
Caught Stealing Horton 4
Walks Menke 84
Strikeouts Menke 131
ERA Forsch 3.30
Wins Forsch 15
Losses Forsch, McGraw 14
Winning Pct Borbon .565
Saves Kurtz 19
Games Pitched Kurtz 63
Games Started Wilson 34
Complete Games Forsch 19
Shutouts Forsch 4
Innings Pitched Forsch 270.3
Hits Allowed Forsch 282
Homeruns Allowed Wilson 34
Strikeouts Wilson 152
Walks Allowed McGraw 92
Walks per 9IP Borbon 1.7
Hits per 9IP McGraw 9.3
Strikeouts per 9IP McGraw 5.8
WHiP Forsch 1.31
OAVG Forsch .268
OOBP Forsch .316
OSLG Forsch .382
OOPS Forsch .698
Team All-Stars
Bill Freehan
Player Salaries
Denis Menke $ 9,500,000
Joe Bonikowski $ 4,400,000
Bill Freehan $ 3,750,000
Willie Horton $ 3,500,000
Tito Francona $ 1,750,000
Jim Bouton $ 1,500,000
Sam McDowell $ 1,300,000
Tug McGraw $ 1,157,143
Jose Pagan $ 1,100,000
Bob Anderson $ 1,084,000
Bob Allison $ 1,000,000
Julian Javier $ 782,857
Cam Carreon $ 500,000
Jesus Alou $ 350,000
Walt Williams $ 350,000
George Thomas $ 350,000
Ken Forsch $ 300,000
Pedro Borbon $ 300,000
Ken Retzer $ 300,000
Larry Bowa $ 300,000
Glen Hobbie $ 300,000
Darrell Evans $ 300,000
Hal Kurtz $ 300,000
Roy Foster $ 300,000
Mike Paul $ 300,000
Steve Mingori $ 300,000
Lee May $ 300,000
Coco Laboy $ 300,000
Don Wilson $ 300,000
Mike Jorgensen $ 300,000
Danny Coombs $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/7 Signed     Denis Menke
2/8 Signed     Bob Allison
2/17 Signed     Jim Bouton
4/2 Released Amado Samuel    
4/2 Released Choo Choo Coleman    
4/2 Released Ron Campbell    
4/2 Released Tommie Aaron    
4/2 Released Al Moran    
4/2 Released Vern Handrahan    
4/2 Signed     Bob Anderson
4/2 Signed     Bob Duliba
4/2 Released Bob Duliba    
5/1 Released Roberto Pena    
5/1 Released Gil Blanco    
 
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