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1974 St. Louis Cardinals  (1973)  (1975) 82-80, 3rd in NL Eastern Division Scored 703 runs, Allowed 755 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 75-87 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .695 Park Factor: Batting - 99 / Pitching - 99 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 78-84   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 86-75 Manager(s): Derek Jones

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 OF #Reggie Smith         29  162  560   97  162  29   7  25   97   4   2   85   68  .289  .379  .500  107   6.9  2(-4)e9   -37  
 OF *Lou Brock            35  162  694  110  212  30   9   2   41 117  29   54   88  .305  .359  .383  105   5.5  4(+1)e11   -6  
 C  #Ted Simmons          24  160  674   87  185  42   8  26  111   0   0   32   32  .274  .305  .476   89   4.6  3(0)e5      7  
 OF  Cesar Tovar          34  161  616   95  173  19   5   4   70  11   2   51   49  .281  .348  .347   81   4.8  4(0)e8    -36  
 3B  Ken Reitz            23  162  636   55  178  31   2   7   76   1   0   21   58  .280  .300  .368   64   3.5  2e12        6  
 1B  Joe Torre            33  157  538   56  139  20   2   7   64   1   3   66   98  .258  .345  .342   63   4.1  2e12      -85  
 SS *Jim Mason            23  131  384   55  107  15   6   7   40   0   1   48   75  .279  .357  .404   54   4.9  3e28      106  
 2B #Vic Harris           24   65  164   18   60   3   1   0   19   5   4   24   21  .366  .447  .396   30   7.5  4e50      294  
 OF *Jose Cruz            26   82  137   21   40   5   1   8   24   3   0   10   26  .292  .340  .518   24   6.5  3(-2)e7   102  
 SS #Sandy Alomar         30  128  267   24   63   5   0   2   14   5   2   11   19  .236  .266  .277   18   2.3  4e20      -50  
 2B  Mike Tyson           24   88  269   16   59   5   3   2   23   1   0    8   52  .219  .246  .283   17   2.1  3e20      -22  
 PH *Jim Dwyer            24   86   85   14   31   3   0   1   11   0   0    5   16  .365  .413  .435   16   8.0            128  
 2B  Tommy Helms          33   33   95   12   28   8   0   3   15   0   0    5    7  .295  .330  .474   12   4.8  3e12      128  
 1B *Ed Kranepool         29   30   74    8   19   3   2   0    9   0   0    7    6  .257  .321  .351    8   3.9  3e30      -93  
 OF  Luis Melendez        24   65   53    5   10   3   3   0    4   0   1    4    3  .189  .283  .358    5   3.3  3(+1)e7    61  
 PH  Tom Heintzelman      27   10   14    2    6   1   0   1    5   0   0    1    3  .429  .467  .714    4  16.2            543  
 C  *Gene Lamont          27   20   24    3    3   0   0   2    2   0   0    3    6  .125  .222  .375    1   2.2  4(+1)e6   -34  
 PH  Marc Hill            22    8    8    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .250  .250  .250    0   2.2           -146  
 OF  Cito Gaston          30   31   39    0    4   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    7  .103  .125  .103    0    .1  3(-2)e3  -353  
 2B *Ed Crosby            25    3    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   -.0  4e50     -502  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                           708                    2

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary
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     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P  Clay Kirby           26  17   9  .654  33  33   5   0   0   0   2  220.1  187   98   84  19   97  176  3.43   89   3.6  -32  
  P  Lynn McGlothen       24  15  10  .600  33  33   7   0   0   0   2  233.2  224  102   93  17   84  183  3.58  104   4.0   20  
  P  Bob Gibson           38   9  15  .375  32  32   2   0   0   0   1  198.2  204  106   98  22   94  107  4.44  105   4.7  -14  
  P  Alan Foster          27   8   2  .800  53   9   1  14   3   0   0  136.0  129   59   51   7   41   77  3.38   59   3.9  -84  
  P *Al Hrabosky          24   7   2  .778  45   0   0  25   8   5   0   51.0   44   19   17   1   18   53  3.00   18   3.2   -7  
  P *Jerry Koosman        31   5   4  .556   9   9   1   0   0   0   0   59.0   56   30   27   5   25   38  4.12   28   4.4  -21  
  P *Mike Caldwell        25   5  14  .263  23  23   1   0   0   0   1  132.1  140   79   67  14   44   62  4.56   73   4.9   30  
  P *John Curtis          26   4   3  .571  53   0   0  27   3   0   0   85.0   79   36   33   4   30   43  3.49   32   3.4 -102  
  P  Bob Forsch           24   3   1  .750  51   0   0  15   3   2   0   83.0   64   34   29   5   32   44  3.14   28   3.0  -34  
  P  Mike Garman          24   3   2  .600  54   0   0  36  22   5   0   55.2   57   24   21   3   16   34  3.40   24   3.9   52  
  P *Mike Wallace         23   3   5  .375  40   0   0  18   1   1   0   40.2   53   31   25   4   30   29  5.53   35   7.8  209  
  P  Ron Schueler         26   3  10  .231  32  23   1   2   0   0   0  140.0  186  124  117  24   74   84  7.52  126   8.0  152  
  P  Frank Linzy          33   0   0  .000   2   0   0   1   0   0   0    2.1    0    0    0   0    1    1  0.00    0    .0 -555  
  P  John Cumberland      27   0   0  .000   1   0   0   0   0   0   0    2.0    0    0    0   0    0    2  0.00    0    .0 -769  
  P  Danny Frisella       28   0   1  .000   5   0   0   2   1   0   0    6.0    2    1    1   0    2    4  1.50    0   1.0 -335  
  P  Orlando Pena         40   0   2  .000  15   0   0   4   1   0   0   19.2   27   12   11   1    7    8  5.03   12   6.0   98  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                                      740          6

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed

Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP OSB OCS +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Ted Simmons 1431 159 160 1023 88 15 5 .987 72 45 Gene Lamont 34 3 8 27 1 0 0 1.000 1 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Joe Torre 1289 141 156 1243 110 8 125 .994 9.45 Ed Kranepool 129 16 18 125 10 3 13 .978 9.42 Jose Cruz 39 5 7 37 1 0 5 1.000 8.77 Reggie Smith 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 Jim Dwyer 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Tommy Helms* 981 113 113 300 263 5 81 .991 5.17 Mike Tyson* 879 111 119 295 252 11 70 .980 5.60 Vic Harris 421 49 55 123 111 14 33 .944 5.01 Sandy Alomar 159 1 72 60 45 2 16 .981 5.96 Tom Heintzelman 7 0 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 2.57 Jim Dwyer 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 Ed Crosby 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 .667 18.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ken Reitz 1449 160 162 128 322 17 46 .964 2.80 Sandy Alomar 7 1 2 1 3 2 0 .667 5.14 Tom Heintzelman 7 1 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.57 Joe Torre 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.37 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jim Mason 960 102 126 175 371 26 68 .955 5.12 Sandy Alomar 492 60 62 70 168 5 26 .979 4.35 Mike Tyson 10 0 4 4 7 0 3 1.000 9.58 Luis Melendez 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Lou Brock 1419 162 162 257 11 11 1 .961 1.70 Jose Cruz 31 0 17 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.88 Cito Gaston 5 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Ed Kranepool 5 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60 Cesar Tovar 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Jim Dwyer 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Cesar Tovar 1315 158 160 382 13 1 1 .997 2.70 Luis Melendez 83 2 35 20 0 1 0 .952 2.16 Jose Cruz 44 2 18 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 Jim Dwyer 22 0 10 7 1 0 0 1.000 3.22 Cito Gaston 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Reggie Smith 1332 143 160 282 11 9 2 .970 1.98 Jose Cruz 81 12 12 13 3 0 0 1.000 1.78 Cito Gaston 37 5 7 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.19 Luis Melendez 13 2 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.38 Sandy Alomar 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1974 Draft

Round 1 (#8):	Cesar Tovar
Round 2 (#23):	Mike Caldwell
Round 3 (#39):	Ron Schueler
Round 4 (#58):	Sandy Alomar
Round 5 (#74):	Mike Wallace
Round 6 (#89):	Orlando Pena
Round 7 (#103):	Tom Hall
Round 8 (#117):	Frank Linzy
Round 9 (#129):	John Cumberland

Transactions

• 1974-01: traded Tim Foli, Tom Hall, Dave Sells to CHN for Clay Kirby, Jim Kremmel, Jim Mason
• 1974-02: acquired Vic Harris as a free agent
• 1974-06: acquired Gene Lamont as a free agent
• 1974-17: traded Mike Caldwell, Keith Hernandez, Mike Tyson to NYN for Jerry Koosman, Ed Kranepool, Tommy Helms
• 1974-17: acquired Ed Crosby as a free agent
• 1974 postseason: released Clay Kirby, Mike Wallace

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