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1968 St. Louis Cardinals  (1967)  (1969)
105-57, 1st in National League
Scored 680 runs, Allowed 498 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 105-57
Defensive Efficiency Rating: .723
Park Factor: Batting - 99 / Pitching - 97 (over 100 favors batters)
Pyth2 W-L: 80-82   (What is this?)

Actual W-L record in MLB: 97-65
Manager(s): Mike Rodriguez

Lost to Detroit Tigers in World Series, 4 games to 0.

Team Batting (ordered by runs created)    Glossary        Team Schedule and Splits            Photos

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 OF *Lou Brock            29  162  701  127  206  63  17  10   73  73  28   44  137  .294  .337  .475  110   5.5  2(+1)e15   66  
 OF  Curt Flood           30  162  686   88  222  21   8   7   82  24  14   33   68  .324  .360  .408  102   5.6  1(-1)e8    63  
 3B  Mike Shannon         28  161  654   88  186  32   1  24  107   1   3   37  116  .284  .325  .446   93   5.2  2e22       62  
 1B *Rusty Staub          24  162  629   63  156  43   0   7   72   4   0   36   76  .248  .288  .350   61   3.3  3e13     -123  
 C  *Tim McCarver         26  133  481   55  125  19   9  10   43   6   7   17   35  .260  .285  .399   49   3.6  2(+1)e9    39  
 2B  Julian Javier        31  124  373   48  103  24   2   4   51   7   2   27   41  .276  .321  .383   46   4.4  2e20       66  
 SS  Dal Maxvill          29  154  511   47  121   8   1   3   55   0   1   44   80  .237  .294  .274   43   2.9  2e25      -59  
 1B  Orlando Cepeda       30  125  318   35   83  13   4  15   41   4   7   18   46  .261  .306  .469   42   4.6  2e18       90  
 OF *Roger Maris          33  124  353   36   85  18   1   6   38   0   0   20   50  .241  .284  .348   34   3.4  2(-2)e6   -49  
 2B  Vern Fuller          24   85  265   22   66   9   3   0   22   3   4   21   56  .249  .323  .306   24   3.1  3e11       22  
 SS  Aurelio Rodriguez    20   59  108   10   28   7   1   0   14   0   0    6   21  .259  .298  .343   10   3.4  4e48       33  
 C  *Johnny Edwards       30   80  129   19   25   6   1   2   15   0   0    9   14  .194  .255  .302   10   2.6  2(-1)e5   -55  
 OF *Bobby Tolan          22   46   43   13   13   2   0   3    9   4   3    1    8  .302  .333  .558    7   5.8  3(-2)e12  285  
 PH  Ed Spiezio           26    2    1    2    1   0   0   0    0   1   0    1    0 1.000 1.000 1.000    1     ?           1615  
 SS #Dick Schofield       33    7   12    0    2   1   0   0    0   1   0    1    2  .167  .231  .250    0   2.3  3e21     -137  
 PH  Phil Gagliano        26   15   15    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    3  .067  .167  .067    0    .2           -352  
 OF  Ron Davis            26   13    9    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    4  .111  .111  .111    0    .0  2(0)e13  -314  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                           639                   15

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

Team Pitching   Glossary

     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  Bob Gibson           32  29   7  .806  38  38  29   0   0   0  10  347.1  211   70   61  14   63  304  1.58   62   1.6  -47  
  P  Ray Washburn         30  19   8  .704  35  35   7   0   0   0   4  241.1  198   68   57  12   39  154  2.13   71   2.6  -42  
  P *Steve Carlton        23  16  11  .593  37  37   8   0   0   0   3  263.0  276  119  102  16   73  173  3.49  118   4.0    4  
  P *Larry Jaster         24  12   3  .800  22  17   3   1   0   0   0  138.2  128   50   45  13   26   58  2.92   52   3.4  -41  
  P  Nelson Briles        24   8  12  .400  35  35   6   0   0   0   3  264.0  256  102   89  17   50  161  3.03  104   3.5  -42  
  P *Mel Nelson           32   6   0 1.000  28   0   0   4   2   1   0   27.2   18    2    2   0    6   17  0.65    5   2.0 -171  
  P  Dick Hughes          30   4   1  .800  25   0   0   9   0   0   0   33.2   21    6    6   4    9   23  1.60    8   2.3 -100  
  P  Minnie Rojas         34   3   3  .500  24   0   0   9   2   0   0   36.1   32   14   14   7    8   19  3.47   16   4.2  -72  
  P  Ron Willis           24   3   5  .375  42   0   0  29   6   3   0   66.1   49   30   21   6   23   45  2.85   22   2.9   -8  
  P *Joe Hoerner          31   2   3  .400  44   0   0  41  31   5   0   44.2   42   16   15   3   11   30  3.02   17   3.4   55  
  P  Wayne Granger        24   2   4  .333  25   0   0  14   1   1   0   44.1   40   13    8   1    8   25  1.62   13   2.7  -67  
  P  Marty Pattin         25   1   0 1.000   5   0   0   0   0   1   0    7.2   11    8    8   1    6    6  9.39    7   8.8  238  
  P  Horacio Pina         23   0   0  .000   3   0   0   2   0   0   0    2.1    3    0    0   0    1    3  0.00    1   5.3  151  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                                      502        -33

     * - 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
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---
 Tim McCarver         1141 132 133  830   67  16   0  .982  97  45
 Johnny Edwards        376  30  80  277   21   2   2  .993   9  13
 Ron Davis               1   0   1    0    0   0   0  .000   0   0
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---

First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Rusty Staub 787 92 93 721 76 5 46 .994 9.11 Orlando Cepeda 730 70 105 694 41 10 61 .987 9.07 Bobby Tolan 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Julian Javier 862 84 122 265 237 15 64 .971 5.24 Vern Fuller 651 78 79 190 134 4 28 .988 4.48 Phil Gagliano 4 0 2 2 1 0 1 1.000 6.75 Aurelio Rodriguez 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Mike Shannon 1501 160 161 162 302 17 35 .965 2.78 Aurelio Rodriguez 9 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 Phil Gagliano 8 1 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Dal Maxvill 1330 140 154 234 504 19 64 .975 5.00 Aurelio Rodriguez 164 19 21 25 64 4 6 .957 4.87 Dick Schofield 24 3 3 6 12 0 2 1.000 6.75 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

 Left Field            Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP   FP    RF
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
 Lou Brock            1516 162 162  311    6  18   0  .946  1.88
 Phil Gagliano           1   0   1    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
 Bobby Tolan             1   0   1    1    0   0   0 1.000  9.00
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Curt Flood 1515 162 162 453 19 7 2 .985 2.80 Bobby Tolan 3 0 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 12.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Roger Maris 858 89 119 180 6 5 0 .974 1.95 Rusty Staub 618 70 72 110 4 5 0 .958 1.66 Bobby Tolan 30 3 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.61 Ron Davis 12 0 6 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.77 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1968 Draft


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