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1971 St. Louis Cardinals
Record: 90-72
Finish: 2nd in NL Association Division Division
Runs Scored: 760
Runs Allowed: 681
Exp W-L: 89-73
 
Ballpark: Sportsmans Park
Attendance: 1,901,937
Manager: Cory Einhorn II

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 77-60, 2nd in the National League
AA: 68-69, 5th in the National League
A: 71-66, 5th in the National League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost NL League Series 2-4 to Montreal Expos
Won Divisional Series 4-2 over Washington Nationals
 
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 28 161 618 86 171 28 3 25 79 4 2 60 93 .277 .344 .453 .797 93.8 17.0 0.0
DH  Roy Foster 25 155 595 89 170 35 0 28 103 0 0 59 97 .286 .359 .486 .845 96.5 19.0 2.9
RF *Ron Fairly 32 154 560 83 142 17 3 23 87 0 1 72 72 .254 .337 .418 .755 78.3 12.5 1.8
1B  Ron Santo 31 147 547 94 150 33 3 36 110 0 0 72 82 .274 .356 .543 .899 100.8 19.8 4.6
SS  Denis Menke 30 157 526 62 123 33 0 11 64 0 0 83 85 .234 .337 .359 .696 69.4 10.2 6.6
DH  Lee May 28 154 536 56 114 15 5 12 66 2 1 26 111 .213 .252 .326 .579 40.8 0.4 2.6
C  Bill Freehan 29 142 530 71 154 31 1 15 53 1 1 39 48 .291 .338 .438 .776 74.4 13.4 4.8
CF *Johnny Lewis 31 139 461 73 109 12 2 11 38 8 6 81 93 .236 .350 .343 .693 57.7 7.5 3.7
3B  Dick Howser 35 122 443 55 108 12 2 5 48 24 3 56 32 .244 .327 .314 .641 54.7 7.0 7.6
3B  Cam Carreon 33 87 254 24 72 16 0 2 35 0 0 16 24 .283 .325 .370 .695 28.3 3.6 2.0
CF  Jesus Alou 29 75 195 22 57 17 0 1 27 0 0 1 13 .292 .312 .395 .707 21.6 3.5 1.2
2B #Larry Bowa 25 68 141 23 37 8 2 0 8 12 0 2 6 .262 .271 .348 .618 14.4 1.8 2.5
3B *Darrell Evans 24 24 66 8 16 2 1 4 12 0 1 15 10 .242 .383 .485 .868 13.0 2.6 1.1
CF  Paul Blair 27 33 76 5 10 1 0 1 3 3 1 6 13 .132 .195 .184 .379 1.6 0.0 0.7
3B  Jose Pagan 36 29 58 3 7 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 13 .121 .150 .138 .288 -1.4 0.0 0.6
DH  Coco Laboy 31 7 18 3 5 3 0 1 5 0 0 1 1 .278 .316 .611 .927 3.3 0.9 0.0
  Team Totals 29.6 1654 5624 757 1445 264 22 175 739 54 17 591 793 .257 .329 .405 .734 747.4 119.0 42.8
  Rank among 10 NL teams 5 4 5 2 7 4 4 5 3 3 3 5 5 5 4 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
 Ken Forsch 24 14 11 .560 32 32 0 263.7 266 111 19 74 138 3.79 16.7
 Pedro Borbon 24 21 7 .750 32 32 0 237.3 249 87 10 45 104 3.30 21.4
*Bob Veale 35 12 11 .522 32 32 0 222.7 193 91 14 102 149 3.68 14.3
*Tug McGraw 26 8 8 .500 29 22 2 179.3 167 70 14 59 108 3.51 13.8
*Jim O'Toole 34 8 9 .471 25 25 0 178.7 172 81 13 87 107 4.08 9.7
 Monty Montgomery 24 6 7 .462 18 13 0 116.3 106 37 5 41 49 2.86 9.7
 Don Wilson 26 11 8 .579 41 6 4 114.0 109 50 15 40 71 3.95 9.2
 Joe Bonikowski 30 6 4 .600 48 0 9 97.7 96 45 11 43 63 4.15 7.7
 Hal Kurtz 27 4 7 .364 37 0 13 40.7 40 13 0 28 21 2.88 5.6
 Stan Perzanowski 20 0 0 .000 12 0 1 14.3 23 11 1 6 6 6.91 0.0
*Steve Mingori 27 0 0 .000 3 0 1 5.0 6 5 0 4 2 9.00 0.0
Team Totals 27.0 90 72 .556 309 162 30 1469.6 1427 601 102 529 818 3.68 108.2
Rank among 10 NL teams 3 3 1 3 2 4 2 2 5 8 2  
* - 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 37.2
B.Freehan 1174.7 129 134 656 56 6 0 .992 32.1
C.Carreon 267.0 31 32 172 17 2 0 .990 41.7
R.Santo 10.0 0 1 3 2 0 0 1.000 0.0
L.Bowa 1.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1452.7 160 168 833 75 8 0 .991 33.8
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.32
R.Fairly 1302.0 142 153 1672 119 25 164 .986 12.38
C.Carreon 115.7 14 16 177 8 1 15 .995 14.40
J.Pagan 52.0 6 11 70 4 0 10 1.000 12.81
Team Total 1469.7 162 180 1919 131 26 189 .987 12.55
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 5.66
D.Howser 1045.7 119 119 268 491 11 117 .986 6.53
L.Bowa 210.7 22 32 54 107 4 25 .976 6.88
D.Evans 179.0 19 23 38 74 0 14 1.000 5.63
J.Pagan 25.3 2 5 5 12 0 4 1.000 6.04
J.Alou 4.0 0 2 0 3 0 0 1.000 6.75
R.Santo 2.0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00
W.Horton 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Menke 1.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1469.7 162 186 367 689 15 160 .986 6.47
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .959 2.90
R.Santo 1239.7 138 140 68 361 19 30 .958 3.11
C.Carreon 163.0 17 19 5 45 3 3 .943 2.76
J.Pagan 56.3 7 10 3 17 0 4 1.000 3.20
C.Laboy 4.7 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Alou 3.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
D.Menke 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1469.7 162 174 76 424 22 37 .958 3.06
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 5.06
D.Menke 1321.7 146 152 210 618 31 124 .964 5.64
L.Bowa 126.0 15 17 22 68 1 12 .989 6.43
J.Pagan 13.0 1 2 0 5 0 0 1.000 3.46
R.Santo 9.0 0 3 3 3 0 1 1.000 6.00
Team Total 1469.7 162 174 235 694 32 137 .967 5.69
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .966 1.87
L.May 1305.3 149 154 229 2 9 0 .963 1.59
J.Alou 126.7 13 21 16 2 0 0 1.000 1.28
J.Lewis 25.0 0 10 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.08
R.Foster 4.7 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.93
J.Pagan 4.0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
P.Blair 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1469.7 162 194 249 4 9 0 .966 1.55
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.44
J.Lewis 1047.3 115 123 262 4 1 1 .996 2.29
J.Alou 215.7 22 33 53 2 1 0 .982 2.30
P.Blair 206.7 25 28 44 2 0 1 1.000 2.00
Team Total 1469.7 162 184 359 8 2 2 .995 2.25
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 1.93
R.Foster 1356.3 149 151 258 3 19 1 .932 1.73
J.Alou 107.0 13 14 13 0 1 0 .929 1.09
P.Blair 4.7 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.93
C.Carreon 1.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1469.7 162 169 272 3 20 1 .932 1.68
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .966 1.91
K.Forsch 263.7 32 32 22 46 2 4 .971 2.32
P.Borbon 237.3 32 32 11 53 2 5 .970 2.43
B.Veale 222.7 32 32 12 44 3 3 .949 2.26
T.McGraw 179.3 22 29 8 33 2 2 .953 2.06
J.O'Toole 178.7 25 25 10 40 1 2 .980 2.52
M.Montgomery 116.3 13 18 4 14 0 1 1.000 1.39
D.Wilson 114.0 6 41 6 22 0 2 1.000 2.21
J.Bonikowski 97.7 0 48 8 13 0 1 1.000 1.94
H.Kurtz 40.7 0 37 0 6 1 1 .857 1.33
S.Perzanowski 14.3 0 12 0 2 1 0 .667 1.26
S.Mingori 5.0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.60
Team Total 1469.6 162 309 82 274 12 21 .967 2.18
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Freehan .291
On-Base Pct Foster .359
Slugging Pct Santo .543
OPS Santo .899
XR Santo 100.8
Games Horton 161
At-Bats Horton 618
Runs Santo 94
Hits Horton 171
Total Bases Santo 297
Singles Horton 115
Doubles Foster 35
Triples May 5
Homeruns Santo 36
RBIs Santo 110
Stolen Bases Howser 24
Caught Stealing Lewis 6
Walks Menke 83
Strikeouts May 111
ERA Borbon 3.30
Wins Borbon 21
Losses Forsch, Veale 11
Winning Pct Borbon .750
Saves Kurtz 13
Games Pitched Bonikowski 48
Games Started Borbon, Forsch, Veale 32
Complete Games Forsch 13
Shutouts Forsch 5
Innings Pitched Forsch 263.7
Hits Allowed Forsch 266
Homeruns Allowed Forsch 19
Strikeouts Veale 149
Walks Allowed Veale 102
Walks per 9IP Borbon 1.7
Hits per 9IP Veale 7.8
Strikeouts per 9IP Veale 6.0
WHiP Borbon 1.24
OAVG Veale .229
OOBP McGraw .304
OSLG Veale .338
OOPS Veale .649
Team All-Stars
Pedro Borbon
Roy Foster
Willie Horton
Player Salaries
Denis Menke $ 9,500,000
Jim O'Toole $ 7,100,000
Ron Santo $ 6,560,000
Ron Fairly $ 5,750,000
Dick Howser $ 5,000,000
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
Jose Pagan $ 748,000
Danny Coombs $ 646,429
Jesus Alou $ 620,000
Bob Anderson $ 580,000
Coco Laboy $ 570,000
Tug McGraw $ 500,000
Cam Carreon $ 500,000
Walt Williams $ 350,000
George Thomas $ 350,000
Paul Blair $ 300,000
Pedro Borbon $ 300,000
Larry Bowa $ 300,000
Darrell Evans $ 300,000
Hal Kurtz $ 300,000
Roy Foster $ 300,000
Monty Montgomery $ 300,000
Stan Perzanowski $ 300,000
Don Wilson $ 300,000
Lee May $ 300,000
Steve Mingori $ 300,000
Ken Forsch $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Thad Tillotson San Diego Dick Howser
2/5 Signed     Bob Veale
2/5 Signed     Jim O'Toole
2/7 Traded Mike Jorgensen
Buck Martinez
Jim Nelson
Tito Francona
Sam Mcdowell		 San Diego Ron Fairly
2/7 Traded Bob Allison San Diego Jim Weaver
2/7 Traded Jack Cullen Seattle Johnny Lewis
3/3 Traded Dave Adlesh San Diego Ron Santo
4/2 Released Jim Weaver    
6/16 Released Ken Retzer    
 
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