1972 St. Louis Cardinals season

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1972 St. Louis Cardinals
St Louis Cardinals Cap Insignia.svg
Major League affiliations
Location
  • Busch Memorial Stadium (since 1966)
  • St. Louis, Missouri (since 1882)
Results
Record75–81 (.481)
Divisional place4th
Other information
Owner(s)August "Gussie" Busch
General manager(s)Bing Devine
Manager(s)Red Schoendienst
Local televisionKSD-TV
Local radioKMOX
(Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Mike Walden)
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The 1972 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 91st season in St. Louis, Missouri and its 81st season in the National League. The Cardinals went 75–81 during the season and finished fourth in the National League East, 21½ games behind the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Offseason[]

  • February 25, 1972: Steve Carlton was traded by the Cardinals to the Philadelphia Phillies for Rick Wise.[1]

Regular season[]

Pitcher Bob Gibson won a Gold Glove this year.

Season standings[]

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NL East 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Pittsburgh Pirates 96 59 0.619 — 49–29 47–30
Chicago Cubs 85 70 0.548 11 46–31 39–39
New York Mets 83 73 0.532 13½ 41–37 42–36
St. Louis Cardinals 75 81 0.481 21½ 40–37 35–44
Montreal Expos 70 86 0.449 26½ 35–43 35–43
Philadelphia Phillies 59 97 0.378 37½ 28–51 31–46

Record vs. opponents[]

1972 National League Records
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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta — 5–7–1 9–9 7–7 7–8 4–8 7–5 6–6 6–6 6–11 7–11 6–6
Chicago 7–5–1 — 8–4 3–9 8–4 10–5 10–8 10–7 3–12 9–3 7–5 10–8
Cincinnati 9–9 4–8 — 11–6 9–5 8–4 8–4 10–2 8–4 8–10 10–5 10–2
Houston 7–7 9–3 6–11 — 7–11 8–4 6–6 9–3 3–9 12–2 13–5 4–8
Los Angeles 8–7 4–8 5–9 11–7 — 6–6 7–5 7–5 7–5 13–5 9–9 8–4
Montreal 8–4 5–10 4–8 4–8 6–6 — 6–12 10–6 6–12 6–6 6–6 9–8
New York 5–7 8–10 4–8 6–6 5–7 12–6 — 13–5 8–6 7–5 8–4 7–9
Philadelphia 6-6 7–10 2–10 3–9 5–7 6–10 5–13 — 5–13 6–6 6–6 8–7
Pittsburgh 6–6 12–3 4–8 9–3 5–7 12–6 6–8 13–5 — 10–2 9–3 10–8
San Diego 11–6 3–9 10–8 2–12 5–13 6–6 5–7 6–6 2–10 — 4–10 4–8
San Francisco 11–7 5–7 5–10 5–13 9–9 6–6 4–8 6–6 3–9 10–4 — 5–7
St. Louis 6–6 8–10 2–10 8–4 4–8 8–9 9–7 7–8 8–10 8–4 7–5 —


Opening Day starters[]

Notable transactions[]

  • May 15, 1972: Don Shaw was traded by the Cardinals to the Oakland Athletics for Dwain Anderson.[3]
  • May 16, 1972: Lowell Palmer was signed as a free agent by the Cardinals.[4]
  • May 18, 1972: Marty Martínez was traded by the Cardinals to the Oakland Athletics for Brant Alyea.[5]
  • June 6, 1972: Dan Larson was drafted by the Cardinals in the 1st round (21st pick) of the 1972 Major League Baseball Draft.[6]
  • June 7, 1972: Diego Seguí was sent to the Cardinals by the Oakland Athletics as part of a conditional deal.[7]
  • July 23, 1972: Brant Alyea was returned to the Oakland Athletics by the Cardinals.[5]
  • August 30, 1972: Dal Maxvill was traded by the Cardinals to the Oakland Athletics for a player to be named later and Joe Lindsey (minors). The Athletics completed the deal by sending Gene Dusen (minors) to the Cardinals on October 27.[8]
  • September 18, 1972: Lowell Palmer was selected off waivers from the Cardinals by the Cleveland Indians.[4]

Roster[]

1972 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager
  •  2 Red Schoendienst

Coaches

Player stats[]

Batting[]

Starters by position[]

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Ted Simmons 152 594 180 .303 16 96
1B Matty Alou 108 404 127 .314 3 31
2B Ted Sizemore 120 439 116 .264 2 38
SS Dal Maxvill 105 276 61 .221 1 23
3B Joe Torre 149 544 157 .289 11 81
LF Lou Brock 153 621 193 .311 3 42
CF José Cruz 117 332 78 .235 2 23
RF Bernie Carbo 99 302 78 .258 7 34

Other batters[]

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Luis Meléndez 118 332 79 .238 5 28
Ed Crosby 101 276 60 .217 0 19
Donn Clendenon 61 136 26 .191 4 9
Dwain Anderson 57 135 36 .267 1 8
Ken Reitz 21 78 28 .359 0 10
Joe Hague 27 76 18 .237 3 11
Skip Jutze 21 71 17 .239 0 5
Jorge Roque 32 67 7 .104 1 5
Mick Kelleher 23 63 10 .159 0 1
Jerry McNertney 39 48 10 .208 0 9
Mike Tyson 13 37 7 .189 0 0
Bill Stein 14 35 11 .314 2 3
Brant Alyea 13 19 3 .158 0 1
Bill Voss 11 15 4 .267 0 3
Ron Allen 7 11 1 .091 1 1
Mike Fiore 17 10 1 .100 0 1
Marty Martínez 9 7 3 .429 0 2

Pitching[]

Starting pitchers[]

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Bob Gibson 34 278 19 11 2.46 208
Rick Wise 35 269 16 16 3.11 142
Reggie Cleveland 33 230.2 14 15 3.94 153
Scipio Spinks 16 118 5 5 2.67 93
Don Durham 10 47.2 2 7 4.34 35
Jim Bibby 6 40.1 1 3 3.35 28

Other pitchers[]

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Al Santorini 30 133.2 8 11 4.11 72
Lance Clemons 3 5.1 0 1 10.12 2

Relief pitchers[]

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Diego Seguí 33 3 1 9 3.07 54
Joe Grzenda 30 1 0 0 5.66 15
Moe Drabowski 30 1 1 2 2.60 22
Tony Cloninger 17 0 2 0 5.19 11
Lowell Palmer 16 0 3 0 3.89 25
Dennis Higgins 15 1 2 1 3.97 20
John Cumberland 14 1 1 0 6.65 7
Ray Bare 14 0 1 1 0.54 5-
Charlie Hudson 12 1 0 0 5.11 4
Rich Folkers 9 1 0 0 3.38 7
Don Shaw 8 0 1 0 9.00 0
Al Hrabosky 5 1 0 0 0.00 9
Santiago Guzmán 1 0 0 0 9.00 0
Tim Plodinec 1 0 0 0 27.00 0

Awards and honors[]

League leaders[]

  • Lou Brock, National League leader, stolen bases, 63 [9]

Farm system[]

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Tulsa Oilers American Association Jack Krol
AA Arkansas Travelers Texas League Fred Koenig
A Modesto Reds California League Tom Burgess
A St. Petersburg Cardinals Florida State League Roy Majtyka
A Cedar Rapids Cardinals Midwest League Gary Geiger
Rookie GCL Cardinals Gulf Coast League Bobby Dews
Rookie GCL Red Birds Gulf Coast League Julio Gotay

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Modesto[10]

References[]

  1. ^ Steve Carlton page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ 1972 St. Louis Cardinals Roster by Baseball Almanac
  3. ^ Don Shaw page at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ a b Lowell Palmer page at Baseball-Reference
  5. ^ a b Brant Alyea page at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ Dan Larson page at Baseball Reference
  7. ^ Diego Seguí page at Baseball Reference
  8. ^ Dal Maxvill page at Baseball Reference
  9. ^ Stolen Bases Single Season National League Leaders by Baseball Almanac
  10. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

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