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1968 St. Louis Cardinals
Record: 63-99
Finish: 4th in NL Association Division Division
Runs Scored: 591
Runs Allowed: 717
Exp W-L: 67-95
 
Ballpark: Sportsmans Park
Attendance: 1,381,242
Manager: Joel Roltgen

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 55-82, 9th in the National League
AA: 83-54, 2nd in the National League
A: 65-72, 7th 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
1B *Norm Cash 33 156 527 69 142 27 1 25 76 0 0 67 122 .269 .353 .467 .820 82.9 16.2 2.6
2B  Willie Horton 25 155 534 60 152 24 4 8 50 6 3 33 77 .285 .327 .390 .716 62.2 10.6 2.6
C  Bill Freehan 26 147 491 53 121 25 3 14 59 1 1 42 44 .246 .309 .395 .704 56.7 8.4 6.4
2B  Don Demeter 33 142 496 48 107 25 2 22 87 1 0 29 105 .216 .260 .407 .667 51.8 5.5 1.8
CF *Tito Francona 34 141 470 43 122 8 0 11 47 6 6 46 52 .260 .327 .347 .674 54.2 7.8 2.5
LF  Frank Howard 31 121 425 63 123 15 0 18 61 1 1 54 66 .289 .369 .452 .821 67.1 13.5 2.8
2B  Frank Bolling 36 146 434 29 98 14 2 2 32 2 1 23 76 .226 .264 .281 .545 28.6 0.1 4.4
3B *Tony Gonzalez 31 133 417 53 113 15 3 5 24 21 12 25 54 .271 .312 .357 .669 40.2 4.5 2.3
CF  Jesus Alou 26 132 391 44 109 13 3 2 26 3 0 24 10 .279 .322 .343 .665 39.7 5.4 2.2
3B  Jose Pagan 33 113 349 43 89 15 0 5 32 8 2 20 71 .255 .296 .341 .637 35.0 4.3 1.8
1B  Lou Johnson 33 114 219 22 53 9 3 4 19 6 1 8 40 .242 .272 .365 .637 20.4 2.0 0.8
3B  Cam Carreon 30 83 178 16 41 15 0 2 24 0 0 8 13 .230 .262 .348 .610 13.7 0.7 1.9
P  Tug McGraw 23 44 108 4 12 1 0 1 6 0 0 0 30 .111 .111 .148 .259 -2.1 0.0 0.0
P  Joe Bonikowski 27 44 94 7 13 1 0 0 4 2 0 5 29 .138 .190 .149 .339 1.8 0.0 0.0
1B  Julian Javier 31 77 92 23 31 3 1 3 12 8 0 4 10 .337 .367 .489 .856 16.7 3.9 0.8
P *Pete Richert 28 43 94 5 16 4 1 0 6 3 2 1 32 .170 .179 .234 .413 1.8 0.0 0.0
P  Danny Coombs 26 44 59 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 19 .068 .083 .085 .168 -3.2 0.0 0.0
1B  George Thomas 30 39 36 3 8 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 .222 .243 .278 .521 1.1 0.0 0.3
C *Ken Retzer 34 13 36 2 8 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 6 .222 .243 .250 .493 1.4 0.0 0.6
P  Roger Nelson 24 51 14 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .286 .286 .286 .571 1.1 0.1 0.0
RF  Walt Williams 24 15 6 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 .500 .571 .500 1.071 1.6 0.5 0.0
P  Jim Archer 36 24 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0 0.0
P *Sam McDowell 25 105 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Glen Hobbie 32 61 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.6 2143 5485 591 1369 218 23 122 575 69 29 392 863 .250 .301 .364 .665 571.7 83.5 33.5
  Rank among 10 NL teams 7 8 5 8 10 7 8 3 4 9 2 6 8 6 6 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
*Tug McGraw 23 12 21 .364 44 44 0 313.7 321 158 42 105 243 4.53 7.2
 Joe Bonikowski 27 15 24 .385 44 44 0 300.7 305 139 12 120 175 4.16 13.1
*Pete Richert 28 15 17 .469 42 42 0 278.0 266 107 16 63 203 3.46 20.0
*Danny Coombs 26 6 17 .261 44 27 2 187.3 231 110 10 81 104 5.28 0.0
*Sam McDowell 25 4 4 .500 105 0 12 137.7 108 47 13 85 125 3.07 14.3
 Roger Nelson 24 7 10 .412 51 4 11 90.7 83 40 13 26 46 3.97 8.1
 Glen Hobbie 32 2 4 .333 61 1 5 82.0 61 24 10 29 61 2.63 9.4
*Jim Archer 36 2 1 .667 24 0 2 38.0 53 26 6 18 19 6.16 0.0
 Cam Carreon 30 0 1 .000 1 0 0 2.0 1 2 0 3 1 9.00 0.0
Team Totals 27.9 63 99 .389 416 162 32 1430.0 1429 653 122 530 977 4.11 72.0
Rank among 10 NL teams 8 8 5 8 10 6 5 7 8 6 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 .994 33.8
B.Freehan 1061.0 120 121 761 44 4 0 .995 34.5
C.Carreon 281.0 33 33 204 12 1 2 .995 22.7
K.Retzer 88.0 9 12 52 8 0 0 1.000 43.8
Team Total 1430.0 162 166 1017 64 5 2 .995 33.3
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 11.25
N.Cash 1265.0 147 152 1371 108 14 112 .991 10.52
L.Johnson 78.7 9 13 98 8 0 7 1.000 12.13
T.Francona 33.0 4 4 44 1 0 4 1.000 12.27
C.Carreon 28.0 2 7 32 2 0 5 1.000 10.93
J.Javier 11.0 0 9 10 0 0 0 1.000 8.18
D.Demeter 8.0 0 1 8 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
J.Pagan 4.0 0 2 5 0 0 1 1.000 11.25
G.Thomas 2.3 0 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 15.45
Team Total 1430.0 162 193 1572 119 14 129 .992 10.64
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.60
F.Bolling 1155.3 146 146 268 417 9 85 .987 5.34
J.Javier 100.7 5 33 20 50 1 13 .986 6.26
J.Alou 95.7 6 29 26 39 2 10 .970 6.12
J.Pagan 45.0 3 18 11 17 0 5 1.000 5.60
G.Thomas 23.0 2 5 7 7 1 0 .933 5.48
W.Horton 6.3 0 3 1 3 0 1 1.000 5.69
D.Demeter 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
C.Carreon 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1430.0 162 236 334 533 13 114 .985 5.46
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 2.88
T.Gonzalez 769.3 86 103 48 206 12 15 .955 2.97
J.Pagan 449.0 57 58 30 115 7 8 .954 2.91
J.Alou 84.0 10 12 4 28 1 4 .970 3.43
J.Javier 56.0 7 10 8 13 1 1 .955 3.38
B.Freehan 35.0 0 19 4 10 0 1 1.000 3.60
C.Carreon 28.0 2 8 0 6 1 1 .857 1.93
G.Thomas 4.7 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Demeter 4.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25
Team Total 1430.0 162 215 94 379 22 30 .956 2.98
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 4.98
D.Demeter 1108.0 130 132 161 415 22 64 .963 4.68
J.Pagan 213.0 22 30 29 78 3 17 .973 4.52
T.Gonzalez 59.0 4 12 10 16 0 2 1.000 3.97
J.Javier 41.0 5 8 5 14 1 3 .950 4.17
G.Thomas 9.0 1 1 2 4 0 1 1.000 6.00
Team Total 1430.0 162 183 207 527 26 87 .966 4.62
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 1.77
W.Horton 1236.7 143 147 251 12 6 1 .978 1.91
L.Johnson 93.0 10 13 23 0 0 0 1.000 2.23
T.Francona 40.0 5 5 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.70
J.Alou 38.0 4 8 4 1 0 1 1.000 1.18
J.Pagan 8.3 0 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.24
T.Gonzalez 6.0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
G.Thomas 6.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
F.Howard 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1430.0 162 185 296 13 6 2 .981 1.94
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 2.43
F.Howard 986.7 112 114 262 4 3 1 .989 2.43
T.Francona 232.3 26 29 54 3 0 0 1.000 2.21
J.Alou 113.0 13 18 32 0 0 0 1.000 2.55
T.Gonzalez 51.0 6 9 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.41
G.Thomas 35.0 4 8 11 1 0 1 1.000 3.09
D.Demeter 8.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
W.Williams 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
L.Johnson 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1430.0 162 182 368 8 3 2 .992 2.37
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 1.87
T.Francona 728.0 83 94 161 4 1 2 .994 2.04
J.Alou 481.7 60 63 106 3 7 0 .940 2.04
L.Johnson 211.3 19 42 38 2 1 0 .976 1.70
F.Howard 5.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
G.Thomas 2.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
W.Williams 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Demeter 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1430.0 162 206 307 9 9 2 .972 1.99
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 2.05
T.McGraw 313.7 44 44 23 55 1 2 .987 2.24
J.Bonikowski 300.7 44 44 15 52 0 6 1.000 2.01
P.Richert 278.0 42 42 17 43 1 2 .984 1.94
D.Coombs 187.3 27 44 12 39 0 3 1.000 2.45
S.McDowell 137.7 0 105 7 18 0 2 1.000 1.63
R.Nelson 90.7 4 51 7 14 0 1 1.000 2.08
G.Hobbie 82.0 1 61 3 19 0 1 1.000 2.41
J.Archer 38.0 0 24 1 4 2 0 .714 1.18
C.Carreon 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1430.0 162 416 85 244 4 17 .988 2.07
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Horton .285
On-Base Pct Howard .355
Slugging Pct Cash .467
OPS Cash .820
XR Cash 82.9
Games Cash 156
At-Bats Horton 534
Runs Cash 69
Hits Horton 152
Total Bases Cash 246
Singles Horton 116
Doubles Cash 27
Triples Horton 4
Homeruns Cash 25
RBIs Demeter 87
Stolen Bases Gonzalez 21
Caught Stealing Gonzalez 12
Walks Cash 67
Strikeouts Cash 122
ERA Richert 3.46
Wins Bonikowski, Richert 15
Losses Bonikowski 24
Winning Pct Richert .469
Saves McDowell 12
Games Pitched McDowell 105
Games Started Bonikowski, McGraw 44
Complete Games McGraw 10
Shutouts McGraw 2
Innings Pitched McGraw 313.7
Hits Allowed McGraw 321
Homeruns Allowed McGraw 42
Strikeouts McGraw 243
Walks Allowed Bonikowski 120
Walks per 9IP Richert 2.0
Hits per 9IP Richert 8.6
Strikeouts per 9IP McGraw 7.0
WHiP Richert 1.18
OAVG Richert .252
OOBP Richert .294
OSLG Richert .350
OOPS Richert .644
Team All-Stars
Norm Cash
Frank Howard
Player Salaries
Norm Cash $ 8,780,000
Frank Howard $ 5,300,000
Joe Bonikowski $ 4,614,286
Bill Freehan $ 4,028,571
Don Demeter $ 3,950,000
Pete Richert $ 2,257,143
Tito Francona $ 1,750,000
Tony Gonzalez $ 1,500,000
Jose Pagan $ 1,100,000
Lou Johnson $ 1,000,000
Sam McDowell $ 788,571
Ted Bowsfield $ 350,000
George Thomas $ 350,000
Danny Coombs $ 300,000
Jim Archer $ 300,000
Cam Carreon $ 300,000
Jesus Alou $ 300,000
Willie Horton $ 300,000
Walt Williams $ 300,000
Julian Javier $ 300,000
Tug McGraw $ 300,000
Roger Nelson $ 300,000
Ken Retzer $ 300,000
Glen Hobbie $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
4/2 Signed     Lou Johnson
10/22 Released Frank Bolling    
 
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