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1978 St. Louis Cardinals  (1977)  (1979)
83-79, 2nd in NL Eastern Division
Scored 657 runs, Allowed 677 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 79-83
Defensive Efficiency Rating: .701
Park Factor: Batting - 104 / Pitching - 104 (over 100 favors batters)
Pyth2 W-L: 84-78   (What is this?)

Actual W-L record in MLB: 69-93
Manager(s): Steve Dewing (35-42), Jim Sheehan (19-10), Rob Tomlinson (29-27)

Team Batting (ordered by runs created)    Glossary        Team Schedule and Splits            Photos Batting Splits     Pitching Splits
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 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          28  153  562   86  173  42   8  24  109   0   0   73   43  .308  .384  .539  118   7.7  2(+1)e3    34  
 OF  George Hendrick      28  145  547   73  162  38   1  17   84   3   0   53   74  .296  .360  .463   92   6.2  2(-1)e3    24  
 1B  Enos Cabell          28  158  615   88  193  32   9   5   65  40  10   26   83  .314  .345  .420   89   5.4  2e12       44  
 SS #Garry Templeton      22  159  688   90  182  35  21   1   63  44  11   22   89  .265  .287  .381   77   3.9  2e42      -13  
 3B  Carney Lansford      21  135  483   56  133  18   3  10   50  18   9   34   75  .275  .328  .387   60   4.4  3e24      -30  
 OF #Jerry Mumphrey       25  131  402   53  109  14   2   1   38  24   9   40   53  .271  .339  .323   47   4.2  3(0)e2     11  
 OF  Juan Beniquez        28  136  478   43  106  16   3  10   51   5  14   21   68  .222  .261  .331   37   2.5  1(-3)e12  -79  
 UT *Steve Braun          30   74  213   23   50  14   3   4   18   9   2   40   27  .235  .356  .385   32   5.1             11  
 OF *John Lowenstein      31  103  182   25   39   5   1   5   14  10   1   36   33  .214  .353  .335   26   5.0  2(0)e25   -61  
 2B #Derrel Thomas        27  108  334   30   69   9   0   2   33  16   6   25   48  .207  .262  .251   25   2.4  4e30      -80  
 1B *Wayne Cage           26   48   93   14   30   7   0   7   21   1   2    7   26  .323  .366  .624   20   8.3  4e18      233  
 OF  Mickey Stanley       35   81  150   14   43   9   0   3   11   0   0   12   24  .287  .340  .407   20   4.9  2(-1)e13   56  
 2B  Mick Kelleher        30   51  101    8   34   6   1   0    9   3   2    2   14  .337  .346  .416   13   4.8  2e24      195  
 C   John Ellis           29   42   79    8   22   7   0   3   14   0   0    6   16  .278  .326  .481   12   6.0  4(+2)e16  142  
 2B  Ted Martinez         30   33   46   12   19   2   0   1    3   3   4    3    9  .413  .460  .522   10   8.8  3e8       338  
 PH *Ed Kranepool         33   36   41    7   12   1   0   4    6   0   0    5    6  .293  .370  .610    8   8.1            354  
 OF *Dane Iorg            28   32   81    3   18   4   1   0    7   0   0    5   12  .222  .267  .296    6   2.7  4(-1)e10  -77  
 2B  Steve Dillard        27   47  105    4   16   3   0   0    9   2   3    9   10  .152  .217  .181    3   1.0  4e41     -151  
 UT  Ron Jackson          25    5   16    1    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .250  .333  .250    1   3.4           -174  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 26                                                                           705                    6

     * - 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 Forsch           28  16  11  .593  37  36   4   0   0   0   1  252.2  225   98   84  11   75  139  2.99   93   3.3  -65  
  P  Jack Billingham      35  13  14  .481  33  33   2   0   0   0   0  210.2  236  122  111  20   73   97  4.74  127   5.5   13  
  P  Pete Vuckovich       25  11  11  .500  35  31   1   2   0   0   0  207.0  197   87   76  18   51  162  3.30   88   3.8  -10  
  P *Jerry Koosman        35  11  16  .407  36  35   4   0   0   0   0  233.2  229  124  112  30  104  198  4.31  125   4.8   41  
  P *Buddy Schultz        27   7   2  .778  51   0   0  23   2   2   0   74.1   71   40   34   6   47   62  4.12   36   4.3   31  
  P  Aurelio Lopez        29   6   0 1.000  34   1   0  14   0   0   0   62.2   44   20   18   4   30   55  2.59   19   2.8  -90  
  P  Mark Littell         25   6   6  .500  61   1   0  27   3   2   0   77.2   56   27   24   6   32   90  2.78   24   2.8  -78  
  P  Joaquin Andujar      25   5   9  .357  34  13   1   9   1   0   0  121.0   87   61   53   7   75   81  3.94   48   3.5  -15  
  P  Rollie Fingers       31   4   3  .571  66   0   0  55  41   8   0   88.1   74   30   27   6   22   50  2.75   31   3.2   31  
  P  John Urrea           23   2   5  .286  10   9   1   1   0   0   0   48.0   58   43   42   5   31   42  7.88   36   6.9   24  
  P  George Frazier       23   1   0 1.000  12   0   0   3   0   0   0   21.2   27    7    4   0    6    8  1.66   12   4.8   47  
  P  Tom Bruno            25   1   2  .333  28   3   0  12   0   0   0   48.1   35   13   13   2   13   35  2.42   12   2.2  -98  
  P  Roy Thomas           25   0   0  .000   5   0   0   3   0   0   0    7.0    6    5    4   0    4    4  5.14    3   4.0    1  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                                      660        -10

     * - 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          1298 146 147 1007   79  14   6  .987 122  45
 John Ellis            155  16  25  123    8   4   0  .970  20   6
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---

First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Enos Cabell 1191 134 136 1128 111 8 105 .994 9.36 Wayne Cage 158 18 19 154 8 1 17 .994 9.23 George Hendrick 52 6 7 41 4 2 3 .957 7.84 Ed Kranepool 37 3 7 31 1 0 6 1.000 7.78 Mickey Stanley 15 1 4 12 1 0 0 1.000 7.80 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Derrel Thomas 863 99 104 283 253 20 63 .964 5.59 Steve Dillard 273 32 38 60 69 3 15 .977 4.25 Mick Kelleher 237 24 41 67 65 7 15 .950 5.02 Ted Martinez 79 7 18 19 19 0 9 1.000 4.31 John Ellis 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Carney Lansford 1071 120 125 83 271 14 21 .962 2.97 Enos Cabell 185 20 24 16 41 4 2 .934 2.78 Steve Braun 157 18 19 10 27 4 4 .902 2.12 John Lowenstein 34 4 6 0 11 0 0 1.000 2.91 Derrel Thomas 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00 Mick Kelleher 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Ted Martinez 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Garry Templeton 1419 159 159 293 426 32 89 .957 4.56 Carney Lansford 18 2 2 3 9 0 0 1.000 6.00 Enos Cabell 9 1 1 4 4 1 1 .889 8.00 Mick Kelleher 7 0 4 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.45 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

 Left Field            Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP   FP    RF
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
 Jerry Mumphrey        483  51  65   93    2   0   0 1.000  1.77
 Steve Braun           321  40  40   87    0   3   1  .967  2.44
 Mickey Stanley        244  24  40   57    2   1   0  .983  2.17
 John Lowenstein       204  23  32   41    0   2   0  .953  1.81
 Dane Iorg             125  15  16   21    0   0   0 1.000  1.51
 Ron Jackson            39   5   5    5    0   2   0  .714  1.15
 Ted Simmons            26   3   3    5    0   0   0 1.000  1.73
 George Hendrick        10   1   2    2    0   0   0 1.000  1.80
 Derrel Thomas           1   0   1    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Juan Beniquez 1089 119 130 255 8 6 0 .978 2.17 Jerry Mumphrey 219 26 28 45 3 0 0 1.000 1.97 George Hendrick 103 12 13 33 2 0 0 1.000 3.06 Mickey Stanley 42 5 6 3 0 2 0 .600 0.64 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- George Hendrick 1078 120 124 232 10 2 2 .992 2.02 Jerry Mumphrey 168 19 22 33 1 0 0 1.000 1.82 John Lowenstein 140 16 17 19 1 0 0 1.000 1.29 Dane Iorg 37 4 4 5 0 1 0 .833 1.22 Juan Beniquez 25 3 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.08 Mickey Stanley 5 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.86 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1978 Draft


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