1976 St. Louis Cardinals
Record: 48-114
Finish: 5th in NL Association Division Division
Runs Scored: 605
Runs Allowed: 978
Exp W-L: 48-114
 
Ballpark: Sportsmans Park
Attendance: 1,336,124
Manager: Cory Einhorn II

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 56-81, 8th in the National League
AA: 49-88, 10th in the National League
A: 60-77, 6th 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
SS  Chris Speier 26 155 583 81 161 25 5 4 52 8 5 84 71 .276 .366 .357 .723 78.7 16.2 2.5
DH  Roy Foster 30 154 579 63 138 35 0 25 80 0 0 65 82 .238 .320 .428 .748 78.9 14.9 0.0
1B  Ron Santo 36 154 595 69 128 31 1 27 73 1 2 44 146 .215 .269 .407 .675 63.8 7.5 2.7
3B *Darrell Evans 29 131 407 42 86 20 2 16 51 1 1 55 91 .211 .307 .388 .695 48.9 7.3 1.5
C *Bill Fahey 26 126 434 43 125 17 4 2 36 2 0 26 33 .288 .326 .359 .686 47.3 7.9 4.9
1B *Joe Pepitone 35 127 429 35 110 10 2 5 41 5 2 16 47 .256 .281 .324 .605 34.9 2.3 0.0
3B *Jerry Remy 23 126 396 52 92 16 2 1 32 41 12 43 49 .232 .307 .290 .597 40.2 4.6 3.4
3B *Denny Walling 22 105 374 47 106 24 5 8 46 15 7 42 25 .283 .354 .439 .793 53.9 11.4 2.1
RF *Morris Nettles 24 122 336 37 74 10 3 3 37 36 14 24 64 .220 .271 .295 .565 27.9 0.9 0.0
C  Pete Varney 27 96 252 26 74 8 0 5 22 15 1 15 38 .294 .331 .385 .716 34.2 7.1 2.7
1B *Mike Epstein 33 56 201 24 45 18 0 0 11 0 1 24 51 .224 .313 .313 .626 19.1 2.3 0.4
3B  Tom Heintzelman 29 77 179 17 44 5 1 4 23 0 0 23 36 .246 .330 .352 .682 21.1 3.2 1.2
CF *Rick Miller 28 51 101 4 16 1 1 0 6 4 1 10 24 .158 .234 .188 .422 3.6 0.0 0.0
LF  Chet Lemon 21 28 90 7 13 1 0 2 7 0 0 11 14 .144 .250 .222 .472 4.9 0.0 0.0
LF  Dale Murphy 20 26 91 9 19 1 1 5 15 1 1 9 25 .209 .277 .407 .684 11.6 1.5 0.0
C  Wayne Nordhagen 27 18 61 6 13 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 8 .213 .213 .279 .492 2.6 0.0 0.0
CF  Jorge Roque 26 12 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 2 .000 .143 .000 .143 -0.5 0.0 0.0
C  Larry Cox 28 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
3B  Ron Jackson 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.4 0.0 0.0
CF *Charlie Manuel 32 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 27.3 1577 5117 564 1244 226 27 107 535 131 49 492 806 .243 .310 .361 .670 571.2 87.1 21.4
  Rank among 10 NL teams 10 10 10 9 6 8 10 2 8 7 7 10 9 9 9 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
 Stan Perzanowski 25 9 24 .273 34 34 0 247.7 292 160 22 117 99 5.81 2.7
 Rick Wise 30 11 15 .423 31 31 0 244.3 244 121 39 82 165 4.46 12.2
 Monty Montgomery 29 3 17 .150 23 21 0 171.0 188 99 23 74 61 5.21 3.9
*Mike Wallace 25 5 12 .294 22 18 0 116.3 141 76 9 77 56 5.88 0.6
 Lerrin Lagrow 27 4 10 .286 72 0 13 115.7 135 68 15 71 57 5.29 4.2
 Moose Haas 20 3 8 .273 11 11 0 78.3 98 52 12 28 38 5.97 1.3
 Jim Colborn 30 3 7 .300 10 10 0 69.3 106 54 14 22 28 7.01 0.0
*Ken Kravec 24 1 6 .143 12 12 0 69.3 80 58 10 45 35 7.53 0.0
 Gary Ross 28 0 7 .000 11 11 0 65.3 73 51 11 50 43 7.03 0.0
*Mike Paul 31 0 2 .000 27 1 1 61.3 68 26 8 22 30 3.82 3.6
 Dave Johnson 27 4 0 1.000 21 0 0 55.3 60 31 8 30 17 5.04 2.9
 Dock Ellis 31 1 0 1.000 22 2 0 49.0 59 29 4 34 15 5.33 1.0
*Scott McGregor 22 1 3 .250 6 6 0 33.0 41 13 2 19 9 3.55 1.8
*Bob McClure 24 2 1 .667 5 5 0 32.3 38 19 4 10 17 5.29 1.4
*Steve Mingori 32 1 1 .500 11 0 0 15.0 24 13 2 12 5 7.80 0.0
 Ed Sprague 30 0 1 .000 4 0 0 9.7 14 6 0 8 3 5.59 0.0
Team Totals 27.2 48 114 .296 322 162 14 1433.0 1661 876 183 701 678 5.50 35.4
Rank among 10 NL teams 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 10  
* - 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 31.5
B.Fahey 902.3 105 106 473 46 5 4 .990 33.7
P.Varney 530.7 57 74 244 29 1 0 .996 32.0
Team Total 1433.0 162 180 717 75 6 4 .992 33.1
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.81
R.Santo 1348.3 153 153 1701 116 26 175 .986 12.13
M.Epstein 183.3 20 21 233 10 3 18 .988 11.93
D.Evans 52.0 6 6 62 4 0 5 1.000 11.42
R.Miller 24.7 3 3 32 3 1 6 .972 12.77
B.Fahey 3.0 0 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 12.00
P.Varney 2.0 0 2 3 0 0 1 1.000 13.50
D.Walling 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
L.Cox 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1615.3 182 189 2035 134 30 205 .986 12.09
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 5.93
J.Remy 993.3 118 122 259 478 17 114 .977 6.68
T.Heintzelman 262.0 27 41 70 117 0 30 1.000 6.42
D.Evans 167.3 17 28 51 73 2 15 .984 6.67
D.Walling 4.7 0 2 2 4 0 0 1.000 11.59
J.Roque 2.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
C.Speier 2.0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 9.00
R.Santo 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1433.0 162 196 383 674 19 160 .982 6.64
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .951 3.08
D.Walling 864.0 99 100 56 257 15 27 .954 3.26
D.Evans 473.0 55 56 29 123 12 16 .927 2.89
T.Heintzelman 80.3 8 15 8 23 2 0 .939 3.47
B.Fahey 15.0 0 8 1 5 1 1 .857 3.60
C.Speier 0.7 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 13.64
Team Total 1433.0 162 180 95 408 30 44 .944 3.16
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 5.33
C.Speier 1333.3 151 152 223 599 27 124 .968 5.55
T.Heintzelman 58.0 7 7 7 25 2 3 .941 4.97
D.Evans 35.7 4 4 8 13 1 3 .955 5.30
R.Jackson 6.0 0 1 2 3 0 0 1.000 7.50
Team Total 1433.0 162 164 240 640 30 130 .967 5.53
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 1.89
J.Pepitone 835.0 99 103 152 4 2 1 .987 1.68
C.Lemon 221.0 28 28 55 2 0 2 1.000 2.32
D.Murphy 218.3 25 26 48 1 0 0 1.000 2.02
D.Evans 68.0 5 11 17 1 0 1 1.000 2.38
R.Miller 56.0 4 10 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.77
M.Nettles 21.7 0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.49
W.Nordhagen 7.0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
D.Walling 2.0 0 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 9.00
J.Roque 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Foster 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1432.0 162 189 292 9 2 5 .993 1.89
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 2.45
W.Nordhagen 127.0 15 15 29 2 1 0 .969 2.20
J.Pepitone 118.3 13 18 24 1 0 1 1.000 1.90
M.Nettles 112.0 12 15 35 0 1 0 .972 2.81
D.Evans 63.0 7 7 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
R.Miller 35.3 3 10 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.04
C.Manuel 3.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
J.Roque 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 460.7 50 68 106 3 2 1 .982 2.13
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 1.91
M.Nettles 760.3 89 92 160 8 0 2 1.000 1.99
R.Foster 447.3 52 53 111 2 5 1 .958 2.27
D.Evans 133.0 15 15 30 0 1 0 .968 2.03
R.Miller 63.7 4 16 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.84
W.Nordhagen 17.0 2 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.12
C.Manuel 4.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Roque 3.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00
T.Heintzelman 1.7 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 5.42
Team Total 1430.0 162 184 321 10 6 3 .982 2.08
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 2.09
S.Perzanowski 247.7 34 34 14 47 1 4 .984 2.22
R.Wise 244.3 31 31 9 44 0 2 1.000 1.95
M.Montgomery 171.0 21 23 9 34 0 2 1.000 2.26
M.Wallace 116.3 18 22 7 18 1 1 .962 1.93
L.Lagrow 115.7 0 72 3 24 1 1 .964 2.10
M.Haas 78.3 11 11 5 10 0 1 1.000 1.72
K.Kravec 69.3 12 12 6 12 0 0 1.000 2.34
J.Colborn 69.3 10 10 4 9 0 0 1.000 1.69
G.Ross 65.3 11 11 4 12 0 1 1.000 2.20
M.Paul 61.3 1 27 9 9 2 0 .900 2.64
D.Johnson 55.3 0 21 1 10 0 0 1.000 1.79
D.Ellis 49.0 2 22 5 7 0 2 1.000 2.20
S.McGregor 33.0 6 6 2 5 1 1 .875 1.91
B.McClure 32.3 5 5 1 11 0 0 1.000 3.34
S.Mingori 15.0 0 11 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.20
E.Sprague 9.7 0 4 2 3 0 0 1.000 4.66
Team Total 1433.0 162 322 82 256 6 15 .983 2.12
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Speier .276
On-Base Pct Speier .366
Slugging Pct Foster .428
OPS Foster .748
XR Foster 78.9
Games Speier 155
At-Bats Santo 595
Runs Speier 81
Hits Speier 161
Total Bases Foster 248
Singles Speier 127
Doubles Foster 35
Triples Speier, Walling 5
Homeruns Santo 27
RBIs Foster 80
Stolen Bases Remy 41
Caught Stealing Nettles 14
Walks Speier 84
Strikeouts Santo 146
ERA Wise 4.46
Wins Wise 11
Losses Perzanowski 24
Winning Pct Wise .423
Saves Lagrow 13
Games Pitched Lagrow 72
Games Started Perzanowski 34
Complete Games Perzanowski 13
Shutouts Haas, Kravec 1
Innings Pitched Perzanowski 247.7
Hits Allowed Perzanowski 292
Homeruns Allowed Wise 39
Strikeouts Wise 165
Walks Allowed Perzanowski 117
Walks per 9IP Wise 3.0
Hits per 9IP Wise 9.0
Strikeouts per 9IP Wise 6.1
WHiP Wise 1.33
OAVG Wise .260
OOBP Wise .322
OSLG Perzanowski .428
OOPS Wise .774
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Rick Wise $ 8,880,000
Ron Santo $ 7,220,000
Joe Pepitone $ 3,750,000
Roy Foster $ 3,000,000
Chris Speier $ 2,435,714
Mike Epstein $ 1,750,000
Darrell Evans $ 350,000
Steve Mingori $ 350,000
Moose Haas $ 300,000
Bob McClure $ 300,000
Chet Lemon $ 300,000
Lerrin Lagrow $ 300,000
Ken Kravec $ 300,000
Dave Johnson $ 300,000
Scott McGregor $ 300,000
Tom Heintzelman $ 300,000
Bill Fahey $ 300,000
Dock Ellis $ 300,000
Larry Cox $ 300,000
Ron Jackson $ 300,000
Jerry Remy $ 300,000
Denny Walling $ 300,000
Mike Wallace $ 300,000
Pete Varney $ 300,000
Ed Sprague $ 300,000
Gary Ross $ 300,000
Rick Miller $ 300,000
Craig Reynolds $ 300,000
Jim Colborn $ 300,000
Stan Perzanowski $ 300,000
Mike Paul $ 300,000
Wayne Nordhagen $ 300,000
Morris Nettles $ 300,000
Dale Murphy $ 300,000
Monty Montgomery $ 300,000
Jorge Roque $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
4/2 Released Dave Sells    
4/2 Released Art Kusnyer    
4/2 Released George Stone    
4/2 Released Daryl Patterson    
4/2 Released John Matias    
7/31 Traded Charlie Manuel Colorado Mike Epstein
8/18 Released Johnny Lewis