1974 St. Louis Cardinals
Record: 65-97
Finish: 5th in NL Association Division Division
Runs Scored: 644
Runs Allowed: 816
Exp W-L: 64-98
 
Ballpark: Sportsmans Park
Attendance: 1,644,283
Manager: Cory Einhorn II

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 56-81, 10th in the National League
AA: 70-67, 4th in the National League
A: 64-73, 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 31 162 629 56 170 24 1 10 61 0 4 43 98 .270 .318 .359 .677 63.1 8.3 0.0
1B  Ron Santo 34 156 589 85 134 39 4 28 86 0 1 57 134 .228 .297 .450 .747 80.3 14.0 2.1
DH  Roy Foster 28 155 578 69 124 41 0 22 84 0 0 50 74 .215 .287 .400 .687 64.7 7.9 1.6
1B *Joe Pepitone 33 145 575 71 149 16 5 8 57 9 3 47 72 .259 .315 .346 .661 62.2 8.6 2.4
DH  Lee May 31 154 587 79 164 19 1 31 91 3 1 30 92 .279 .317 .474 .790 83.1 16.7 1.9
SS  Chris Speier 24 149 528 48 149 21 6 3 42 3 3 66 46 .282 .361 .362 .723 68.5 12.9 4.9
3B *Darrell Evans 27 150 520 61 87 12 4 18 57 0 1 73 128 .167 .270 .310 .580 44.6 0.3 2.5
SS  Denis Menke 33 137 431 53 90 19 1 6 36 1 1 58 95 .209 .305 .299 .604 39.8 2.5 7.2
C *Bill Fahey 24 107 339 34 95 10 1 4 32 1 0 35 14 .280 .348 .351 .699 41.2 7.1 3.5
2B #Larry Bowa 28 93 258 36 77 14 1 5 28 20 7 7 5 .298 .316 .419 .734 32.5 6.0 3.4
C *Ed Herrmann 27 78 231 17 44 5 0 3 22 0 0 23 35 .190 .268 .251 .520 14.8 0.0 2.3
CF  Paul Blair 30 66 170 13 36 8 1 2 11 2 1 13 21 .212 .266 .306 .572 11.7 0.0 1.0
3B #Sandy Alomar Sr. 30 45 88 13 23 2 0 2 7 10 4 10 9 .261 .333 .352 .686 11.1 1.5 0.5
LF *Jim Gosger 31 36 48 9 8 3 0 0 4 3 4 6 11 .167 .259 .229 .488 1.2 0.0 0.3
  Team Totals 29.4 1633 5571 644 1350 233 25 142 618 52 30 518 834 .242 .308 .370 .678 618.8 85.9 33.7
  Rank among 10 NL teams 9 10 10 9 6 6 10 6 4 5 5 10 9 9 10 10  
* - 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
 Pedro Borbon 27 15 9 .625 35 35 0 255.7 264 94 24 27 125 3.31 22.0
 Buster Narum 33 11 18 .379 34 34 0 238.0 259 98 32 49 177 3.71 15.7
 Ken Forsch 27 10 18 .357 30 30 0 232.3 267 134 28 56 80 5.19 6.9
*Tug McGraw 29 5 18 .217 34 34 0 219.3 254 151 31 103 139 6.20 0.0
 Don Wilson 29 7 13 .350 39 18 5 148.0 176 101 14 51 70 6.14 0.8
*Pete Richert 34 5 9 .357 84 0 13 146.3 148 55 16 55 84 3.38 14.7
 Hal Kurtz 30 8 10 .444 55 11 7 137.7 142 57 7 42 57 3.73 11.8
*Steve Mingori 30 2 0 1.000 25 0 2 34.3 39 18 4 15 15 4.72 1.7
*Danny Coombs 32 1 0 1.000 17 0 2 29.3 33 16 4 14 16 4.91 1.0
 Stan Perzanowski 23 1 2 .333 9 0 1 18.0 21 9 2 10 7 4.50 0.9
Team Totals 29.4 65 97 .401 362 162 30 1459.0 1603 733 162 422 770 4.52 75.4
Rank among 10 NL teams 10 10 2 10 2 10 10 8 1 8 8  
* - 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 35.3
B.Fahey 864.7 96 102 470 54 9 0 .983 34.4
E.Herrmann 594.3 66 76 333 28 4 0 .989 34.7
Team Total 1459.0 162 178 803 82 13 0 .986 34.5
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.59
R.Santo 1166.0 130 131 1483 102 17 136 .989 12.23
S.Alomar Sr. 188.7 21 22 226 17 5 22 .980 11.59
D.Evans 102.3 11 15 125 9 4 8 .971 11.79
L.Bowa 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
P.Blair 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1459.0 162 170 1836 128 26 166 .987 12.12
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 5.79
C.Speier 809.3 90 102 165 347 4 71 .992 5.69
L.Bowa 586.3 70 74 137 263 9 61 .978 6.14
D.Evans 34.3 2 9 7 15 0 4 1.000 5.77
P.Blair 23.0 0 11 10 9 0 3 1.000 7.43
R.Santo 3.0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.00
J.Gosger 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1459.0 162 199 319 636 13 139 .987 5.89
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 2.99
D.Evans 1050.7 118 118 82 271 30 25 .922 3.02
C.Speier 310.0 33 35 15 80 5 7 .950 2.76
R.Santo 93.3 11 12 6 26 1 2 .970 3.09
J.Gosger 4.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25
S.Alomar Sr. 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1459.0 162 168 103 378 36 34 .930 2.97
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 5.13
D.Menke 1163.3 133 136 180 538 20 95 .973 5.55
R.Santo 75.7 7 10 9 28 1 8 .974 4.40
C.Speier 74.0 8 10 7 35 4 7 .913 5.11
L.Bowa 69.7 7 13 13 24 1 5 .974 4.78
D.Evans 39.0 4 4 4 18 1 1 .957 5.08
S.Alomar Sr. 37.3 3 5 6 17 1 3 .958 5.55
Team Total 1459.0 162 178 219 660 28 119 .969 5.42
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 1.91
L.May 1331.0 149 151 280 6 13 2 .957 1.93
J.Gosger 99.0 11 14 21 2 0 0 1.000 2.09
J.Pepitone 14.0 1 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
P.Blair 11.3 1 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.59
R.Foster 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Evans 1.7 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1459.0 162 174 303 8 13 2 .960 1.92
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 2.45
J.Pepitone 1166.7 129 136 306 5 5 2 .984 2.40
P.Blair 286.3 33 36 76 1 1 0 .987 2.42
J.Gosger 6.0 0 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 7.50
Team Total 1459.0 162 176 387 6 6 2 .985 2.42
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.01
R.Foster 1281.0 143 152 261 1 16 0 .942 1.84
P.Blair 115.0 14 18 27 0 0 0 1.000 2.11
J.Gosger 28.0 2 6 4 1 0 0 1.000 1.61
J.Pepitone 26.0 3 3 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.42
S.Alomar Sr. 5.0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.40
L.May 4.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
Team Total 1459.0 162 184 303 2 16 0 .950 1.88
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 2.02
P.Borbon 255.7 35 35 16 38 2 4 .964 1.90
B.Narum 238.0 34 34 10 33 0 1 1.000 1.63
K.Forsch 232.3 30 30 25 45 5 5 .933 2.71
T.McGraw 219.3 34 34 12 37 2 1 .961 2.01
D.Wilson 148.0 18 39 12 18 2 1 .938 1.82
P.Richert 146.3 0 84 9 25 1 4 .971 2.09
H.Kurtz 137.7 11 55 10 18 0 0 1.000 1.83
S.Mingori 34.3 0 25 1 5 0 1 1.000 1.57
D.Coombs 29.3 0 17 4 6 0 1 1.000 3.07
S.Perzanowski 18.0 0 9 1 5 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1459.0 162 362 100 230 12 18 .965 2.04
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Speier .282
On-Base Pct Speier .361
Slugging Pct May .474
OPS May .790
XR May 83.1
Games Horton 162
At-Bats Horton 629
Runs Santo 85
Hits Horton 170
Total Bases May 278
Singles Horton 135
Doubles Foster 41
Triples Speier 6
Homeruns May 31
RBIs May 91
Stolen Bases Bowa 20
Caught Stealing Bowa 7
Walks Evans 73
Strikeouts Santo 134
ERA Borbon 3.31
Wins Borbon 15
Losses Forsch, McGraw, Narum 18
Winning Pct Borbon .625
Saves Richert 13
Games Pitched Richert 84
Games Started Borbon 35
Complete Games Forsch 11
Shutouts Wilson 1
Innings Pitched Borbon 255.7
Hits Allowed Forsch 267
Homeruns Allowed Narum 32
Strikeouts Narum 177
Walks Allowed McGraw 103
Walks per 9IP Borbon 1.0
Hits per 9IP Borbon 9.3
Strikeouts per 9IP Narum 6.7
WHiP Borbon 1.14
OAVG Borbon .264
OOBP Borbon .285
OSLG Borbon .385
OOPS Borbon .669
Team All-Stars
Lee May
Player Salaries
Ron Santo $ 7,220,000
Pete Richert $ 6,550,000
Pedro Borbon $ 6,014,286
Joe Pepitone $ 3,750,000
Willie Horton $ 3,500,000
Roy Foster $ 3,000,000
Denis Menke $ 1,750,000
Hal Kurtz $ 1,500,000
Don Wilson $ 1,411,429
Ken Forsch $ 1,392,857
Joe Bonikowski $ 1,250,000
Lee May $ 1,000,000
Danny Coombs $ 920,000
Tug McGraw $ 500,000
Larry Bowa $ 350,000
Steve Mingori $ 300,000
Stan Perzanowski $ 300,000
Bill Fahey $ 300,000
Darrell Evans $ 300,000
Chris Speier $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Ron Fairly
Bill Freehan
Johnny Lewis
Kansas City Celerino Sanchez
7/31 Released Jim French    
7/31 Released Celerino Sanchez    
7/31 Released Gary Waslewski    
10/22 Released Buster Narum    
10/22 Released Walt Williams    
10/22 Released Paul Blair    
10/22 Released Ed Herrmann    
10/22 Released Jim Gosger    
10/22 Released Sandy Alomar Sr.