1973 St. Louis Cardinals
Record: 87-75
Finish: 3rd in NL Association Division Division
Runs Scored: 789
Runs Allowed: 705
Exp W-L: 89-73
 
Ballpark: Sportsmans Park
Attendance: 1,443,320
Manager: Cory Einhorn II

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 56-81, 9th in the National League
AA: 64-73, 7th in the National League
A: 70-67, 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
1B *Joe Pepitone 32 153 645 92 186 15 3 19 77 13 14 48 76 .288 .338 .409 .747 85.1 15.0 4.2
2B  Willie Horton 30 162 625 76 163 22 5 18 90 3 1 48 88 .261 .313 .398 .712 75.6 11.6 0.0
1B  Ron Santo 33 154 588 102 157 50 3 22 100 0 0 68 107 .267 .343 .474 .817 88.8 17.8 3.5
DH  Roy Foster 27 155 585 91 147 47 0 24 95 0 0 59 80 .251 .324 .455 .779 81.0 14.4 2.1
3B *Darrell Evans 26 155 543 86 148 18 2 27 76 1 0 83 86 .273 .369 .462 .831 94.4 19.6 7.5
RF *Ron Fairly 34 155 570 63 146 25 3 17 84 2 0 55 112 .256 .323 .400 .723 71.3 10.9 2.9
DH  Lee May 30 154 542 63 142 19 3 21 69 2 1 28 110 .262 .302 .424 .726 68.2 11.3 2.6
C  Bill Freehan 31 138 472 74 143 22 5 18 66 2 3 28 58 .303 .349 .485 .834 73.6 15.2 5.7
SS  Denis Menke 32 133 419 58 115 26 1 10 48 0 0 51 78 .274 .356 .413 .768 62.2 11.8 5.5
CF *Johnny Lewis 33 90 198 31 53 8 0 3 23 2 1 27 48 .268 .352 .354 .706 26.3 4.4 1.0
SS  Chris Speier 23 75 176 27 40 3 1 4 17 2 1 12 14 .227 .277 .324 .601 16.9 1.1 2.3
C *Ed Herrmann 26 36 106 6 19 2 0 2 11 0 1 11 6 .179 .254 .255 .509 6.4 0.0 1.3
2B #Larry Bowa 27 43 53 14 14 1 0 1 4 4 1 2 2 .264 .291 .340 .631 5.8 0.8 0.8
CF  Paul Blair 29 17 18 5 5 2 0 1 2 0 0 3 2 .278 .381 .556 .937 3.3 0.9 0.1
  Team Totals 29.5 1620 5540 788 1478 260 26 187 762 31 23 523 867 .267 .332 .424 .756 758.9 134.7 39.4
  Rank among 10 NL teams 9 5 6 4 8 2 4 9 2 7 6 5 5 2 3 5  
* - 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 26 14 11 .560 31 31 0 254.7 267 112 27 61 89 3.96 14.9
 Pedro Borbon 26 18 4 .818 33 33 0 244.7 214 68 11 46 131 2.50 25.0
*Tug McGraw 28 11 16 .407 33 33 0 235.0 231 136 27 113 153 5.21 5.9
*Steve Mingori 29 11 14 .440 32 32 0 223.3 224 104 24 75 101 4.19 10.1
 Buster Narum 32 9 10 .474 27 27 0 193.3 184 74 27 47 131 3.44 12.5
*Pete Richert 33 15 13 .536 79 2 20 125.3 138 72 13 51 70 5.17 7.3
 Hal Kurtz 29 5 5 .500 43 4 6 68.7 77 37 3 35 23 4.85 3.3
 Joe Bonikowski 32 4 2 .667 27 0 1 49.7 62 30 5 15 22 5.44 1.6
*Danny Coombs 31 0 0 .000 25 0 2 45.7 33 10 0 19 16 1.97 5.5
 Don Wilson 28 0 0 .000 3 0 0 5.3 2 1 1 2 4 1.69 0.6
Team Totals 29.4 87 75 .537 333 162 29 1445.6 1432 644 138 464 740 4.01 86.8
Rank among 10 NL teams 5 5 2 5 7 5 5 5 1 9 5  
* - 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 .992 37.9
B.Freehan 1163.7 130 134 611 62 4 0 .994 40.0
E.Herrmann 282.0 32 33 150 10 0 0 1.000 17.9
Team Total 1445.7 162 167 761 72 4 0 .995 35.0
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 11.39
R.Fairly 1319.3 149 151 1731 111 9 162 .995 12.57
J.Lewis 124.3 13 18 155 13 1 13 .994 12.16
R.Santo 1.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 27.00
D.Evans 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1445.7 162 171 1890 124 10 175 .995 12.54
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.87
D.Evans 1326.3 149 153 318 607 9 143 .990 6.28
C.Speier 89.0 11 11 25 48 2 7 .973 7.38
L.Bowa 26.7 2 10 6 14 2 1 .909 6.75
R.Santo 2.7 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Menke 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1445.7 162 177 349 669 13 151 .987 6.34
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .955 2.92
R.Santo 1302.0 147 147 87 357 24 36 .949 3.07
C.Speier 139.7 15 16 6 48 3 5 .947 3.48
B.Freehan 3.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00
D.Menke 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1445.7 162 165 94 406 27 41 .949 3.11
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .966 5.17
D.Menke 1084.0 128 131 175 493 20 89 .971 5.55
C.Speier 229.0 21 45 29 110 3 20 .979 5.46
L.Bowa 122.7 13 19 15 63 4 7 .951 5.72
R.Santo 10.0 0 3 0 6 0 2 1.000 5.40
Team Total 1445.7 162 198 219 672 27 118 .971 5.55
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 1.94
L.May 1321.0 152 154 257 3 6 2 .977 1.77
J.Lewis 73.3 6 20 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.47
P.Blair 38.3 4 8 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.64
R.Foster 8.0 0 5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Pepitone 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Evans 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1445.7 162 190 276 3 6 2 .979 1.74
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 2.48
J.Pepitone 1330.7 150 151 364 11 5 6 .987 2.54
J.Lewis 112.0 12 14 31 1 0 1 1.000 2.57
P.Blair 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1445.7 162 166 395 12 5 7 .988 2.53
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 1.93
R.Foster 1314.0 147 148 234 5 17 2 .934 1.64
J.Lewis 112.0 13 14 21 0 0 0 1.000 1.69
P.Blair 19.7 2 5 1 1 0 1 1.000 0.92
Team Total 1445.7 162 167 256 6 17 3 .939 1.63
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 1.92
K.Forsch 254.7 31 31 19 53 2 3 .973 2.54
P.Borbon 244.7 33 33 17 37 6 6 .900 1.99
T.McGraw 235.0 33 33 10 43 1 4 .981 2.03
S.Mingori 223.3 32 32 8 39 3 5 .940 1.89
B.Narum 193.3 27 27 13 22 0 0 1.000 1.63
P.Richert 125.3 2 79 5 15 0 0 1.000 1.44
H.Kurtz 68.7 4 43 4 16 1 5 .952 2.62
J.Bonikowski 49.7 0 27 6 10 0 1 1.000 2.90
D.Coombs 45.7 0 25 2 12 0 0 1.000 2.76
D.Wilson 5.3 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.69
Team Total 1445.6 162 333 85 247 13 24 .962 2.07
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Freehan .303
On-Base Pct Evans .369
Slugging Pct Freehan .485
OPS Freehan .834
XR Evans 94.4
Games Horton 162
At-Bats Pepitone 645
Runs Santo 102
Hits Pepitone 186
Total Bases Santo 279
Singles Pepitone 149
Doubles Santo 50
Triples Freehan, Horton 5
Homeruns Evans 27
RBIs Santo 100
Stolen Bases Pepitone 13
Caught Stealing Pepitone 14
Walks Evans 83
Strikeouts Fairly 112
ERA Borbon 2.50
Wins Borbon 18
Losses McGraw 16
Winning Pct Borbon .818
Saves Richert 20
Games Pitched Richert 79
Games Started Borbon, McGraw 33
Complete Games Forsch 18
Shutouts Forsch 2
Innings Pitched Forsch 254.7
Hits Allowed Forsch 267
Homeruns Allowed Forsch, McGraw, Narum 27
Strikeouts McGraw 153
Walks Allowed McGraw 113
Walks per 9IP Borbon 1.7
Hits per 9IP Borbon 7.9
Strikeouts per 9IP Narum 6.1
WHiP Borbon 1.06
OAVG Borbon .237
OOBP Borbon .275
OSLG Borbon .336
OOPS Borbon .611
Team All-Stars
Ron Fairly
Joe Pepitone
Player Salaries
Denis Menke $ 9,500,000
Ron Santo $ 7,220,000
Pete Richert $ 6,550,000
Joe Pepitone $ 4,850,000
Ron Fairly $ 4,500,000
Willie Horton $ 3,500,000
Pedro Borbon $ 3,328,571
Roy Foster $ 3,250,000
Bill Freehan $ 3,250,000
Johnny Lewis $ 2,000,000
Lee May $ 1,528,571
Jim Bouton $ 1,500,000
Hal Kurtz $ 1,500,000
Don Wilson $ 1,411,429
Ken Forsch $ 1,305,000
Joe Bonikowski $ 1,250,000
Buster Narum $ 1,207,143
Danny Coombs $ 646,429
Tug McGraw $ 500,000
Walt Williams $ 350,000
Paul Blair $ 300,000
Steve Mingori $ 300,000
Darrell Evans $ 300,000
Larry Bowa $ 300,000
Chris Speier $ 300,000
Ed Herrmann $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
3/3 Traded Jim O'Toole
Bob Veale
Kansas City Pete Richert
Buster Narum
Joe Pepitone