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1972 St. Louis Cardinals  (1971)  (1973) 73-89, 3rd in NL Eastern Division Scored 620 runs, Allowed 649 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 77-85 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .700 Park Factor: Batting - 100 / Pitching - 101 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 76-86   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 75-81 Manager(s): Michael Stucchi

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 C  #Ted Simmons          22  162  677   74  228  43   4  21  105   0   0   38   38  .337  .370  .505  119   6.7  3(-1)e7    75  
 OF *Lou Brock            33  162  705  102  195  18  12   4   41  48  15   46  105  .277  .320  .353   82   4.2  4(+1)e16  -78  
 3B  Joe Torre            31  162  628   55  159  21   5   6   67   3   0   53   84  .253  .317  .331   62   3.4  4e37     -129  
 1B *Don Mincher          34   95  273   50   68  13   0  10   44   2   1   83   32  .249  .425  .407   54   6.6  3e11      135  
 OF *Jose Cruz            24  116  384   46  102  22   6   2   42   4   1   47   45  .266  .346  .370   52   4.8  3(-1)e9    87  
 OF  Cito Gaston          28  124  424   56  120  23   0   7   41   0   0   24   90  .283  .327  .387   51   4.4  3(-2)e8    40  
 UT  Tim Foli             21  162  609   46  148  15   2   2   64   3   3   15   54  .243  .264  .284   44   2.5            -13  
 UT  Mike Andrews         29  137  459   40   92  17   0   6   50   0   1   55   75  .200  .289  .277   40   2.8            -45  
 OF  Luis Melendez        22   99  231   34   63  11   2   5   26   0   2   24   16  .273  .349  .403   31   4.8  3(0)e9    125  
 SS  Dal Maxvill          33  117  309   32   71   7   1   1   18   0   0   30   50  .230  .295  .269   24   2.6  2e22        3  
 OF *Dave Marshall        29   56  180   21   41   4   0   6   21   1   1   26   30  .228  .325  .350   21   4.1  3(0)e9    -30  
 3B  Ken Reitz            21   73   82   11   37   1   0   0   20   0   0    2    4  .451  .465  .463   17   9.5  3e15      148  
 1B *Mike Hegan           29   62   92   11   29   3   0   1    9   0   0    7   23  .315  .360  .380   13   5.4  2e3       -65  
 2B *Ed Crosby            23   26   51    4   11   3   0   0    2   0   0    4    6  .216  .273  .275    3   2.5  4e41       21  
 OF  Bill Stein           25   16   40    4    9   0   0   2    6   0   0    1    8  .225  .238  .375    3   2.7  4(+2)e7  -244  
 PH  Doug Howard          24   24   36    4    9   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .250  .289  .250    2   2.3            -50  
 2B  Mike Tyson           22   20   27    0    6   2   0   0    4   0   0    0    6  .222  .214  .296    1   2.2  2e18       84  
 2B  Bobby Floyd          28   29   55    4   10   0   0   0    1   0   0    1   13  .182  .196  .182    1    .9  3e16      -32  
 C   Skip Jutze           26   10    8    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .125  .222  .125    0   1.1  4(0)e16  -167  
 PH  Mick Kelleher        24    2    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0    .0           -454  
 PR  Jorge Roque          22    3    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0    .0           -385  
 C   Mike Ryan            30    2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0    .0  2(-1)e3  -528  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                           629                    0

     * - 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  Bob Gibson           36  24   9  .727  40  38  12   1   0   0   9  317.2  235   85   71  18   88  229  2.01   87   2.5  -52  
  P  Reggie Cleveland     24  15  16  .484  40  39   6   1   0   0   3  269.1  269  128  110  27   64  189  3.68  120   3.9  -34  
  P *Jerry Reuss          23   9  17  .346  59  29   0  12   2   2   0  222.0  243  129  114  19  102  208  4.62  131   5.3   46  
  P  Al Santorini         24   8   9  .471  47  15   0  14   0   1   0  148.0  145   74   64  13   48   84  3.89   69   4.2   -8  
  P *Mike Kekich          27   6  15  .286  37  34   0   0   0   0   0  203.1  216  120  107  17   98  108  4.74  112   4.9    9  
  P  Jim Bibby            27   4   2  .667   7   6   1   0   0   0   1   44.0   20   11   11   3   14   26  2.25    8   1.8 -181  
  P  Frank Linzy          31   3   5  .375  74   0   0  40  13   0   0   88.1   76   26   23   4   21   37  2.34   26   2.7  -94  
  P  Don Durham           23   2   2  .500  29   1   0  15   4   0   0   52.2   41   12   12   1    8   36  2.05   13   2.2 -131  
  P *Dave LaRoche         24   2  12  .143  83   0   0  50  11   5   0  114.1  120   55   43  12   33   93  3.38   53   4.2   49  
  P  J.R. Richard         22   0   0  .000   2   0   0   1   0   0   0    3.0    2    1    0   0    2    3  0.00    1   3.5 -365  
  P  Ray Bare             23   0   2  .000  18   0   0   9   8   3   0   20.0   18    8    8   0   11    9  3.60    6   2.9  -43  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                                      631        -21

     * - 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 1479 162 162 1091 70 10 8 .991 44 27 Mike Ryan 3 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 Skip Jutze 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Don Mincher 706 84 85 676 61 2 46 .997 9.40 Mike Andrews 614 66 72 613 45 8 72 .988 9.64 Mike Hegan 103 7 34 102 14 1 12 .991 10.17 Doug Howard 42 4 6 57 5 0 5 1.000 13.29 Joe Torre 18 1 6 19 1 1 3 .952 10.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Tim Foli 614 69 75 183 191 9 47 .977 5.48 Mike Andrews 484 57 61 155 127 9 24 .969 5.24 Dal Maxvill 136 11 30 47 40 2 13 .978 5.74 Ed Crosby 99 11 12 39 24 0 13 1.000 5.73 Bobby Floyd 88 10 12 41 25 0 9 1.000 6.75 Mike Tyson 56 4 12 21 14 0 4 1.000 5.62 Mike Hegan 5 0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 5.40 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Joe Torre 1390 159 159 103 282 32 21 .923 2.49 Ken Reitz 59 2 22 4 13 1 0 .944 2.61 Bobby Floyd 21 0 5 4 1 1 0 .833 2.14 Bill Stein 9 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 Ed Crosby 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Tim Foli 840 93 95 161 354 21 58 .961 5.52 Dal Maxvill 620 68 77 115 259 6 45 .984 5.43 Bobby Floyd 12 1 3 3 7 1 1 .909 7.50 Ed Crosby 9 0 4 2 2 0 1 1.000 4.00 Mike Tyson 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Lou Brock 1466 161 161 279 8 16 2 .947 1.76 Dave Marshall 9 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.04 Cito Gaston 6 0 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.42 Luis Melendez 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jose Cruz 927 103 110 251 6 6 1 .977 2.50 Luis Melendez 554 59 76 143 9 2 2 .987 2.47 Jorge Roque 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Cito Gaston 973 108 112 159 10 10 2 .944 1.56 Dave Marshall 408 47 50 45 1 2 0 .958 1.01 Bill Stein 63 6 6 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 Mike Hegan 25 1 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.73 Luis Melendez 11 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.53 Doug Howard 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1972 Draft

Round 1 (#7):	Tim Foli
Round 2 (#24):	Jerry Reuss
Round 3 (#43):	Dave LaRoche
Round 4 (#62):	Frank Linzy
Round 5 (#80):	Don Mincher

Transactions

• 1972-07: acquired Doug Howard as a free agent
• 1972 postseason: released Ray Bare, Doug Howard, Mike Ryan

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