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1979 St. Louis Cardinals  (1978)  (1980) 73-89, 4th in NL Eastern Division Scored 672 runs, Allowed 719 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 76-86 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .705 Park Factor: Batting - 100 / Pitching - 100 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 81-81   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 86-76 Manager(s): Rob Tomlinson

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
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 C  #Ted Simmons          29  137  475   78  146  34   0  27   94   1   0   61   48  .307  .391  .549  107   8.3  2(0)e10    66  
 OF  George Hendrick      29  141  525   73  156  32   2  19   83   1   5   68   90  .297  .375  .474   92   6.3  3(-3)e3    34  
 3B  Carney Lansford      22  161  681   91  173  33   3  17   80  18   6   36  131  .254  .293  .386   76   3.9  2e8       -85  
 2B *Ken Oberkfell        23  125  405   44  124  19   6   2   29   4   1   45   32  .306  .383  .398   63   5.8  3e14       -3  
 SS #Garry Templeton      23  106  462   58  132  14  13   6   44  19   5   17   68  .286  .310  .411   60   4.8  2e40      -69  
 OF *Gary Thomasson       27  110  319   43   79   7   1  10   38   7   1   43   74  .248  .337  .370   42   4.6  3(0)e8    -54  
 1B  John Ellis           30   78  264   25   70   6   0  16   41   1   1   12   48  .265  .300  .470   35   4.8  4e30       15  
 OF *Bake McBride         30   56  224   25   66   2   5   4   12  16   7   25   38  .295  .363  .402   34   5.5  2(+1)e5    26  
 OF #Jerry Mumphrey       26   87  248   29   85   4   1   3   31   6   7   10   29  .343  .367  .403   34   5.2  2(0)e6     60  
 1B  Enos Cabell          29   84  295   29   80  21   1   3   38   8   2    9   31  .271  .294  .380   30   3.4  2e6         6  
 1B *Dane Iorg            29   74  162   17   49   9   0   1   18   2   3   14   25  .302  .363  .377   20   4.4  4e25       23  
 UT  Junior Moore         26   80  205   19   58   9   3   1   22   0   0    9   24  .283  .309  .371   19   3.3             52  
 OF  Elliott Maddox       31   85  217   26   47  17   0   0   15   1   0   19   23  .217  .289  .295   19   3.0  2(-2)e7   -90  
 SS #Ozzie Smith          24   56  236   28   54   3   5   0   17   9   5   12   20  .229  .265  .284   18   2.5  1e22       27  
 2B  Ted Martinez         31   41   99   17   28   9   0   0   14   8   1   11   22  .283  .351  .374   14   5.3  3e8       102  
 OF *Von Joshua           31   58  133   18   36   7   2   0   12   0   0    4   26  .271  .290  .353   12   3.3  4(0)e13   -81  
 OF *Jerry Turner         25   38  109    8   25   4   0   0    3   0   1    9    8  .229  .288  .266    8   2.5  4(+3)e14 -115  
 OF *Steve Braun          31   20   49    3   12   1   0   2    6   0   0    6    6  .245  .327  .388    6   4.8  4(+3)e8   -57  
 UT  Fred Stanley         31   23   49    7   12   0   0   3    5   0   0    0    7  .245  .245  .429    5   3.6            168  
 C  *Terry Kennedy        23   17   34    3    8   1   0   1    8   0   0    4   10  .235  .300  .353    4   4.1  4(+1)e1   -70  
 UT *Ed Kranepool         34   39  104    9   17   2   0   2    6   0   0    3   13  .163  .194  .240    4   1.2           -156  
 C   Ray Fosse            32   14   26    1   10   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .385  .385  .423    3   6.0  3(+2)e6   195  
 C  #Tim Blackwell        26   11   13    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    5    5  .077  .333  .077    0   1.7  3(+1)e3  -132  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 26                                                                           715                   -9

     * - 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           29  14  10  .583  35  35   2   0   0   0   0  232.1  212   92   81  15   70  114  3.14   94   3.6  -57  
  P  Pete Vuckovich       26  13  13  .500  37  37   2   0   0   0   0  226.2  258  150  138  28   79  135  5.48  133   5.3   43  
  P  Joaquin Andujar      26  11  10  .524  32  32   2   0   0   0   1  204.2  171   92   75  10  100   88  3.30   82   3.6  -20  
  P  Jack Billingham      36  10   7  .588  34  20   1   5   0   2   0  147.0  133   53   50  10   51   66  3.06   56   3.4  -96  
  P  Roy Thomas           26   6  11  .353  55   1   0  25   0   3   0   81.2   74   38   35  11   33   52  3.86   41   4.5   40  
  P  Dick Tidrow          32   4   4  .500  70   0   0  22   5  10   0  105.1   92   44   41   3   48   76  3.50   41   3.5  -16  
  P  Mark Littell         26   3   5  .375  52   0   0  44  24   5   0   63.0   40   16   15   1   29   53  2.14   15   2.2  -59  
  P  John Fulgham         23   3   5  .375  19  19   0   0   0   0   0  122.0  106   48   40   8   31   70  2.95   48   3.6  -12  
  P *Dave Roberts         34   3   6  .333  39   3   0  15   1   1   0   54.1   86   40   37  11   22   37  6.13   53   8.7  204  
  P  Wayne Garland        28   3   8  .273  21  13   0   8   0   0   0   92.1   90   46   40   4   34   44  3.90   43   4.3 -156  
  P  Dave Freisleben      27   2   5  .286  38   1   0   8   1   3   0   63.0   89   59   58   6   42   30  8.29   60   8.8  114  
  P  George Frazier       24   1   0 1.000   3   0   0   2   0   0   0    5.0    3    1    1   0    1    4  1.80    0   1.3 -307  
  P *Buddy Schultz        28   0   0  .000  13   0   0   8   0   0   0   15.0   11    4    4   3    2   11  2.40    4   2.9  -84  
  P  Tom Bruno            26   0   2  .000  10   1   0   4   1   0   0   18.2   16    9    6   0   16   12  2.89    9   4.8  -33  
  P  Rollie Fingers       32   0   3  .000  30   0   0  14   4   2   0   37.2   52   27   25   4   13   31  5.97   28   6.8   49  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                                      715        -12

     * - 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 1100 123 133 704 64 6 2 .992 61 37 John Ellis 188 20 26 119 9 9 0 .934 21 7 Ray Fosse 76 7 13 50 4 0 0 1.000 15 3 Terry Kennedy 76 10 10 47 3 1 0 .980 12 2 Tim Blackwell 28 2 4 12 3 0 0 1.000 3 2 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Enos Cabell 641 71 75 645 57 4 58 .994 9.86 John Ellis 368 40 44 352 16 4 35 .989 9.01 Dane Iorg 263 29 32 247 14 4 20 .985 8.92 Ed Kranepool 123 14 14 127 16 2 19 .986 10.46 Gary Thomasson 73 8 10 75 8 0 9 1.000 10.23 Fred Stanley 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ken Oberkfell 919 99 107 344 286 7 72 .989 6.17 Junior Moore 251 32 32 91 81 7 21 .961 6.16 Ted Martinez 239 25 32 75 79 1 19 .994 5.81 Fred Stanley 59 6 8 17 21 1 7 .974 5.80 Enos Cabell 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Carney Lansford 1457 161 161 142 295 5 33 .989 2.70 Enos Cabell 8 1 1 0 1 1 7 .500 1.12 Steve Braun 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 Ted Martinez 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Garry Templeton* 1326 147 148 280 540 32 88 .962 5.57 Ozzie Smith* 1239 135 139 248 500 13 104 .983 5.43 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jerry Mumphrey* 539 57 75 111 5 1 0 .991 1.94 Jerry Turner* 296 33 42 55 2 3 0 .950 1.74 Elliott Maddox 280 31 34 56 2 3 0 .951 1.87 Junior Moore 159 18 20 28 0 1 0 .966 1.58 Bake McBride 157 18 18 27 0 0 0 1.000 1.55 Steve Braun 96 11 11 17 0 0 0 1.000 1.59 Von Joshua 92 11 12 12 1 1 0 .929 1.27 Gary Thomasson 54 5 7 16 0 0 0 1.000 2.65 Dane Iorg 36 4 5 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.02 Fred Stanley 33 4 5 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.70 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- George Hendrick 883 98 100 236 13 4 1 .984 2.54 Bake McBride 332 37 37 105 4 0 0 1.000 2.96 Jerry Mumphrey* 151 17 20 42 2 0 0 1.000 2.62 Von Joshua 128 15 16 25 2 0 0 1.000 1.90 Elliott Maddox 60 5 7 26 0 0 0 1.000 3.88 Gary Thomasson 49 5 8 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 Jerry Turner* 8 1 1 1 0 1 0 .500 1.12 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Gary Thomasson 547 62 62 90 1 6 0 .938 1.50 George Hendrick 311 35 36 79 7 1 0 .989 2.49 Elliott Maddox 188 20 27 36 0 2 0 .947 1.73 Jerry Mumphrey* 110 11 15 20 3 0 0 1.000 1.88 Ed Kranepool 105 12 12 21 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 Jerry Turner* 87 10 10 20 0 3 0 .870 2.07 Junior Moore 52 6 7 10 1 1 0 .917 1.92 Von Joshua 47 5 6 6 1 0 0 1.000 1.34 Bake McBride 16 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.10 Dane Iorg 6 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.59 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1979 Draft

Round 1 (#12):	Dick Tidrow
Round 3 (#50):	Gary Thomasson
Round 4 (#67):	Elliott Maddox
Round 5 (#83):	Dave Roberts
Round 6 (#98):	Junior Moore
Round 7 (#113):	Von Joshua
Round 8 (#127):	Dave Freisleben
Round 9 (#137):	Fred Stanley

Transactions

• 1979-02: acquired Wayne Garland as a free agent
• 1979-16: traded Garry Templeton, Jerry Mumphrey, Terry Kennedy to SDN for Ozzie Smith, Tim Blackwell, Jerry Turner
• 1979-16: traded Enos Cabell to KCA for Bake McBride
• 1979-17: acquired Ray Fosse as a free agent
• 1979 postseason: released John Ellis, Mark Littell, Junior Moore, Fred Stanley, Gary Thomasson

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