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1972 St. Louis Cardinals
Record: 90-72
Finish: 2nd in NL Association Division Division
Runs Scored: 809
Runs Allowed: 699
Exp W-L: 92-70
 
Ballpark: Sportsmans Park
Attendance: 1,810,845
Manager: Cory Einhorn II

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 61-76, 8th in the National League
AA: 59-78, 10th in the National League
A: 62-75, 6th in the National League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Divisional Series 1-4 to Montreal Expos
 
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
1B  Ron Santo 32 154 589 112 157 33 3 44 111 0 0 76 96 .267 .349 .557 .906 105.5 21.4 3.5
DH  Roy Foster 26 149 574 90 158 34 0 27 98 0 0 58 84 .275 .348 .476 .823 92.1 17.7 2.4
RF *Ron Fairly 33 156 585 83 147 27 2 31 94 0 2 52 89 .251 .313 .463 .776 84.1 14.5 2.9
2B  Willie Horton 29 154 589 85 177 28 3 22 106 2 1 47 93 .301 .352 .470 .823 90.5 18.2 0.0
DH  Lee May 29 155 545 70 147 26 1 21 79 4 0 41 99 .270 .321 .437 .758 70.9 11.7 2.6
3B  Dick Howser 36 133 474 59 133 19 6 2 50 15 4 64 55 .281 .370 .359 .729 63.7 11.5 4.8
C  Bill Freehan 30 143 497 46 134 18 2 14 57 1 4 35 60 .270 .322 .398 .720 61.6 9.7 7.5
CF *Johnny Lewis 32 130 473 74 120 18 6 11 51 9 6 50 87 .254 .325 .387 .712 59.6 9.6 3.0
3B *Darrell Evans 25 121 411 74 101 16 0 18 54 2 2 62 62 .246 .346 .416 .762 60.2 10.1 4.9
SS  Denis Menke 31 90 303 38 59 13 0 9 41 1 1 36 55 .195 .278 .327 .605 27.1 1.0 3.7
2B #Larry Bowa 26 75 199 25 42 6 0 2 13 16 4 15 6 .211 .266 .271 .538 14.9 0.3 1.9
CF  Jesus Alou 30 65 193 28 67 2 3 1 13 0 0 4 4 .347 .353 .404 .757 26.2 5.1 1.3
C *Ed Herrmann 25 32 103 15 34 4 1 3 19 0 0 8 12 .330 .378 .476 .854 17.1 3.9 1.3
CF  Paul Blair 28 42 98 9 23 7 0 0 8 3 1 4 10 .235 .265 .306 .571 5.9 0.0 0.6
P  Hal Kurtz 28 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.3 1606 5633 809 1499 251 27 205 794 53 25 552 812 .266 .333 .429 .762 779.3 134.7 40.4
  Rank among 10 NL teams 2 3 5 3 6 2 3 5 3 4 4 5 4 3 3 4  
* - 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
*Bob Veale 36 21 9 .700 35 35 0 242.0 216 91 18 100 135 3.38 19.5
 Pedro Borbon 25 14 9 .609 34 34 0 234.7 271 94 12 53 125 3.61 16.4
*Tug McGraw 27 11 13 .458 32 32 0 227.3 200 98 21 92 180 3.88 13.4
*Jim O'Toole 35 13 15 .464 32 32 0 223.0 242 112 23 94 128 4.52 9.7
 Ken Forsch 25 7 7 .500 23 23 0 176.0 192 78 17 62 67 3.99 9.7
 Don Wilson 27 7 9 .438 62 5 10 148.7 141 70 22 59 72 4.24 8.9
*Danny Coombs 30 7 6 .538 40 1 9 79.0 87 44 5 42 42 5.01 4.0
 Hal Kurtz 28 3 3 .500 54 0 12 76.3 76 27 1 37 28 3.18 8.2
 Joe Bonikowski 31 7 1 .875 27 0 0 53.3 49 20 4 24 44 3.38 5.1
*Steve Mingori 28 0 0 .000 2 0 0 2.7 5 3 1 2 2 10.15 0.0
Team Totals 29.2 90 72 .556 341 162 31 1463.0 1479 637 124 565 823 3.92 94.8
Rank among 10 NL teams 4 4 3 4 1 7 4 4 8 8 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 .990 33.0
B.Freehan 1220.3 135 138 727 63 6 0 .992 37.3
E.Herrmann 242.7 27 29 124 13 2 0 .986 30.0
Team Total 1463.0 162 167 851 76 8 0 .991 36.1
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.38
R.Fairly 1359.0 150 154 1819 118 17 175 .991 12.83
D.Howser 104.0 12 12 132 4 2 16 .986 11.77
Team Total 1463.0 162 166 1951 122 19 191 .991 12.75
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 5.81
D.Evans 884.0 98 103 212 398 7 93 .989 6.21
D.Howser 532.0 61 61 142 269 4 63 .990 6.95
L.Bowa 29.0 3 4 6 18 1 4 .960 7.45
R.Santo 12.7 0 2 0 6 0 0 1.000 4.27
P.Blair 3.3 0 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 8.11
W.Horton 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1463.0 162 172 361 693 12 160 .989 6.48
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .959 2.96
R.Santo 1119.0 126 126 60 353 21 24 .952 3.32
D.Howser 248.7 27 28 16 67 2 12 .976 3.00
L.Bowa 83.0 9 10 4 20 1 1 .960 2.60
D.Evans 8.3 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.16
J.Alou 4.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25
Team Total 1463.0 162 167 80 443 24 37 .956 3.22
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 5.16
D.Menke 763.0 89 89 147 367 17 79 .968 6.06
L.Bowa 350.0 36 45 43 175 7 30 .969 5.61
R.Santo 215.3 23 25 24 106 4 19 .970 5.43
D.Howser 134.7 14 22 23 68 3 13 .968 6.08
Team Total 1463.0 162 181 237 716 31 141 .968 5.86
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .966 1.80
L.May 1299.3 149 152 217 9 4 4 .983 1.57
P.Blair 116.3 13 17 21 0 0 0 1.000 1.62
D.Evans 20.0 0 9 7 1 0 0 1.000 3.60
J.Lewis 12.3 0 6 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.73
J.Alou 8.0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
R.Foster 5.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
W.Horton 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1463.0 162 191 247 10 4 4 .985 1.58
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 2.47
J.Lewis 986.0 110 118 223 6 0 1 1.000 2.09
J.Alou 403.3 46 53 81 6 0 0 1.000 1.94
P.Blair 71.7 6 14 16 2 0 1 1.000 2.26
H.Kurtz 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1463.0 162 186 320 14 0 2 1.000 2.05
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 1.96
R.Foster 1308.3 147 147 229 3 12 2 .951 1.60
J.Alou 58.7 6 8 8 1 0 0 1.000 1.38
P.Blair 55.0 5 9 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.64
J.Lewis 31.0 3 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.74
R.Fairly 10.0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90
Team Total 1463.0 162 169 254 4 12 2 .956 1.59
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 1.96
B.Veale 242.0 35 35 9 40 3 4 .942 1.82
P.Borbon 234.7 34 34 22 43 3 4 .956 2.49
T.McGraw 227.3 32 32 9 35 2 2 .957 1.74
J.O'Toole 223.0 32 32 11 48 1 3 .983 2.38
K.Forsch 176.0 23 23 14 27 0 3 1.000 2.10
D.Wilson 148.7 5 62 6 22 1 2 .966 1.70
D.Coombs 79.0 1 40 1 19 0 1 1.000 2.28
H.Kurtz 76.3 0 54 3 11 1 1 .933 1.65
J.Bonikowski 53.3 0 27 4 8 0 0 1.000 2.03
S.Mingori 2.7 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.77
Team Total 1463.0 162 341 80 254 11 20 .968 2.05
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Horton .301
On-Base Pct Howser .370
Slugging Pct Santo .557
OPS Santo .906
XR Santo 105.5
Games Fairly 156
At-Bats Horton, Santo 589
Runs Santo 112
Hits Horton 177
Total Bases Santo 328
Singles Horton 124
Doubles Foster 34
Triples Howser, Lewis 6
Homeruns Santo 44
RBIs Santo 111
Stolen Bases Bowa 16
Caught Stealing Lewis 6
Walks Santo 76
Strikeouts May 99
ERA Veale 3.38
Wins Veale 21
Losses O'Toole 15
Winning Pct Veale .700
Saves Kurtz 12
Games Pitched Wilson 62
Games Started Veale 35
Complete Games Forsch 7
Shutouts Borbon 2
Innings Pitched Veale 242.0
Hits Allowed Borbon 271
Homeruns Allowed O'Toole 23
Strikeouts McGraw 180
Walks Allowed Veale 100
Walks per 9IP Borbon 2.0
Hits per 9IP McGraw 7.9
Strikeouts per 9IP McGraw 7.1
WHiP McGraw 1.28
OAVG McGraw .233
OOBP McGraw .306
OSLG Veale .329
OOPS Veale .644
Team All-Stars
Roy Foster
Willie Horton
Ron Santo
Player Salaries
Denis Menke $ 9,500,000
Jim O'Toole $ 7,100,000
Ron Santo $ 6,560,000
Dick Howser $ 5,000,000
Ron Fairly $ 4,500,000
Joe Bonikowski $ 4,400,000
Bill Freehan $ 3,750,000
Willie Horton $ 3,500,000
Johnny Lewis $ 3,357,143
Bob Veale $ 3,000,000
Jim Bouton $ 1,500,000
Don Wilson $ 1,411,429
Danny Coombs $ 646,429
Jesus Alou $ 620,000
Coco Laboy $ 570,000
Tug McGraw $ 500,000
Walt Williams $ 350,000
Lee May $ 350,000
Paul Blair $ 300,000
Pedro Borbon $ 300,000
Larry Bowa $ 300,000
Darrell Evans $ 300,000
Ed Herrmann $ 300,000
Roy Foster $ 300,000
Steve Mingori $ 300,000
Hal Kurtz $ 300,000
Ken Forsch $ 300,000
  
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