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1973 St. Louis Cardinals  (1972)  (1974) 71-91, 5th in NL Eastern Division Scored 587 runs, Allowed 703 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 67-95 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .695 Park Factor: Batting - 96 / Pitching - 97 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 73-89   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 81-81 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
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 C  #Ted Simmons          23  162  636   68  205  42   0  16   92   2   1   61   44  .322  .378  .464  106   6.1  3(-1)e5    34  
 OF *Lou Brock            34  162  670  103  157  22   8   7   42  52  11   73  112  .234  .309  .322   73   3.7  4(+1)e12 -131  
 1B  Joe Torre            32  161  586   52  157  19   3   9   73   3   1   57  103  .268  .347  .357   72   4.3  3e11      -76  
 OF *Jose Cruz            25  134  372   46   85  16   7   9   35   7   2   52   50  .228  .326  .382   47   4.2  4(-1)e8    18  
 1B  Deron Johnson        34   87  221   36   66  10   1  10   28   0   0   35   39  .299  .393  .489   43   7.2  3e17      144  
 OF #Reggie Smith         28   70  241   41   66  12   0  11   36   2   0   32   35  .274  .365  .461   41   6.1  3(-4)e8   -88  
 SS  Tim Foli             22  151  517   49  127  15   0   3   34   2   3   14   52  .246  .264  .292   38   2.4  2e36       -5  
 2B  Mike Tyson           23  150  517   38  113  12   8   3   40   0   3   14   85  .219  .239  .290   32   2.0  3e10      -48  
 OF  Luis Melendez        23  138  307   34   76  16   2   3   26   0   4   18   49  .248  .289  .342   29   3.1  3(+1)e3   -31  
 3B  Ken Reitz            22  129  409   33   89  20   3   3   35   0   0    8   37  .218  .236  .303   28   2.3  2e12      -50  
 OF  Cito Gaston          29  105  338   29   71   8   4  12   42   0   0   15   66  .210  .243  .364   26   2.6  3(-2)e17  -79  
 PH  Bobby Floyd          29   64   77    6   31   3   1   0    9   0   0    9   17  .403  .466  .468   17   9.4            179  
 SS  Tom Ragland          27   70  154    7   39   8   0   0   15   0   0    9   40  .253  .294  .305   14   3.2  4e48        2  
 OF  Tommie Agee          30   71   74    8   14   1   1   5   19   0   0    7   20  .189  .259  .432    7   3.2  3(-1)e6    12  
 2B  Billy Parker         31   18   22    8    8   2   0   0    2   0   0    2    6  .364  .440  .455    4   8.6  4e30      344  
 OF *Bake McBride         24   26   25    3    8   1   0   0    5   0   0    2    3  .320  .393  .360    3   6.1  4(0)e10    52  
 2B  Tom Heintzelman      26   15   23    4    6   0   1   0    2   0   0    4    5  .261  .370  .348    2   3.8  4e17       33  
 C   Paul Casanova        31   10    7    3    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .429  .500  .429    1  11.0  4(+2)e8   340  
 PH  Jerry Moses          26    4    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000  .250  .000    0    .6           -308  
 SS  Mick Kelleher        25    3    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0    .0  2e33     -516  
 OF *Jim Dwyer            23    8    6    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0    .0  3(+1)e7  -453  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 26                                                                           592                  -29

     * - 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  Reggie Cleveland     25  11  13  .458  32  32   9   0   0   0   4  231.2  232   86   77  13   67  125  2.99  100   3.9   -1  
  P  Alan Foster          26   9  14  .391  32  32   4   0   0   0   3  223.1  211   89   77  19   62  121  3.10   93   3.8  -25  
  P  Bob Gibson           37   9  15  .375  32  32   3   0   0   0   1  215.0  218  104   93  18   69  176  3.89  101   4.2   63  
  P  Milt Pappas          34   8   6  .571  17  17   0   0   0   0   0  100.2  102   51   49  17   26   34  4.38   51   4.6  -69  
  P  Bob Locker           35   7   7  .500  73   0   0  43  15   7   0  107.0  116   61   55   6   54   92  4.63   56   4.8   37  
  P  Dave Sells           26   5   4  .556  61   0   0  25   7   4   0   63.1   58   25   18   2   34   28  2.56   26   3.8  -83  
  P  Mike Strahler        26   5   4  .556  55   0   0  23   2   2   0   71.2   72   38   34   6   50   35  4.27   40   5.0  -34  
  P *John Curtis          25   4   4  .500  16  16   1   0   0   0   0  113.0  109   51   46  16   47   57  3.66   56   4.5  -21  
  P *Al Hrabosky          23   4   6  .400  54   0   0  25   7   7   0   59.0   51   31   26   6   29   64  3.97   26   4.0   49  
  P *Jerry Reuss          24   4  15  .211  32  32   2   0   0   0   0  198.1  234  124  109  23   85  133  4.95  132   6.1   87  
  P  Danny Frisella       27   3   0 1.000   9   0   0   4   0   0   0   12.2   13    8    7   0   10    7  4.97    6   4.7  -22  
  P  Frank Linzy          32   2   2  .500  35   0   0  20   2   0   0   51.0   51   24   20   8   14   17  3.53   24   4.2  -27  
  P  Lynn McGlothen       23   0   0  .000   2   0   0   1   0   0   0    5.1    2    0    0   0    2    4  0.00    0    .7 -643  
  P  Wayne Simpson        24   0   0  .000   2   0   0   2   0   0   0    2.0    3    1    1   0    0    1  4.50    1   6.0   20  
  P  Mike Garman          23   0   0  .000   3   0   0   0   0   0   0    4.0    7    2    0   0    2    1  0.00    3   6.8  -37  
  P *Chris Short          35   0   1  .000   1   1   0   0   0   0   0    4.0    8    8    8   1    2    6 18.00    7  15.8  241  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                                      730          8

     * - 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 1454 162 162 986 68 13 9 .988 36 26 Paul Casanova 7 0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 Jerry Moses 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Joe Torre 954 106 120 906 108 6 99 .994 9.57 Deron Johnson 492 54 69 500 41 5 50 .991 9.90 Reggie Smith 16 2 3 18 3 0 1 1.000 11.81 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Mike Tyson 1257 144 149 396 367 4 101 .995 5.46 Bobby Floyd 76 4 21 30 20 1 7 .980 5.95 Tom Ragland 56 6 14 19 23 1 6 .977 6.79 Billy Parker 39 5 6 12 16 0 6 1.000 6.46 Tom Heintzelman 30 3 5 6 8 1 1 .933 4.20 Tim Foli 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.08 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ken Reitz 1013 114 123 118 213 9 24 .974 2.94 Joe Torre 446 48 60 37 94 4 7 .970 2.64 Tom Ragland 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Tim Foli 1181 130 146 243 417 29 85 .958 5.03 Tom Ragland 256 31 38 45 97 3 17 .979 4.99 Ken Reitz 15 1 5 1 7 0 0 1.000 4.91 Mike Tyson 4 0 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 4.50 Bobby Floyd 3 0 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 8.10 Mick Kelleher 3 0 3 2 0 1 0 .667 6.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Lou Brock 1457 162 162 227 14 9 1 .964 1.49 Tommie Agee 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jose Cruz 819 97 102 239 19 7 3 .974 2.83 Reggie Smith* 529 60 61 173 8 2 0 .989 3.08 Luis Melendez 527 56 85 162 6 0 1 1.000 2.87 Tommie Agee 35 1 18 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.34 Bake McBride 5 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60 Jim Dwyer 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Cito Gaston 765 91 91 152 3 6 1 .963 1.82 Reggie Smith 474 51 60 97 0 0 0 1.000 1.84 Jose Cruz 98 11 14 27 0 1 0 .964 2.47 Tommie Agee 87 6 24 18 0 1 0 .947 1.85 Luis Melendez 37 3 9 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.47 Jim Dwyer 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1973 Draft

Round 1 (#11):	Alan Foster
Round 2 (#26):	Bob Locker
Round 3 (#44):	Deron Johnson
Round 4 (#63):	Milt Pappas
Round 5 (#79):	Tommie Agee
Round 6 (#93):	Dave Sells
Round 7 (#105):	Danny Frisella
Round 8 (#115):	Tom Ragland
Round 9 (#124):	Jerry Moses
Round 10 (#130):	Wayne Simpson
Round 11 (#135):	Mike Strahler

Transactions

• 1973-02: traded Bill Stein to CHA for Paul Casanova
• 1973-02: acquired Billy Parker as a free agent
• 1973-08: acquired Chris Short as a free agent
• 1973-13: traded Bake McBride, J.R. Richard to BOA for Reggie Smith, John Curtis, Lynn McGlothen, Mike Garman
• 1973-13: released Chris Short
• 1973 postseason: released Paul Casanova, Bob Locker

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