1977 St. Louis Cardinals season

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1977 St. Louis Cardinals
St Louis Cardinals Cap Insignia.svg
Major League affiliations
Location
  • Busch Memorial Stadium (since 1966)
  • St. Louis, Missouri (since 1882)
Results
Record83–79 (.512)
Divisional place3rd
Other information
Owner(s)August "Gussie" Busch
General manager(s)Bing Devine
Manager(s)Vern Rapp
Local televisionKSD-TV
(Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Jay Randolph, Bob Starr)
Local radioKMOX
(Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Bob Starr)
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The 1977 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 96th season in St. Louis, Missouri and its 86th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 83–79 during the season and finished third in the National League East, 18 games behind the Philadelphia Phillies.

Vern Rapp took over as the Cardinals' manager this year, after the twelve-year reign of their longtime manager Red Schoendienst. On August 29, Cardinals left-fielder Lou Brock broke the modern-day stolen base record, by stealing bases 892 and 893 in a game against the Padres in San Diego.

Offseason[]

  • October 20, 1976: Willie Crawford, John Curtis and Vic Harris were traded by the Cardinals to the San Francisco Giants for Mike Caldwell, Dave Rader and John D'Acquisto.[1]
  • November 6, 1976: Bill Greif, Ángel Torres and Sam Mejías were traded by the Cardinals to the Montreal Expos for Pat Scanlon, Steve Dunning, and Tony Scott.[2]
  • November 6, 1976: Lee Richard was released by the Cardinals.[3]
  • November 21, 1977: Luis DeLeón was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cardinals.[4]
  • December 6, 1976: Roger Freed was selected by the Cardinals from the Montreal Expos in the rule 5 draft.[5]
  • January 11, 1977: Jesse Orosco was drafted by the Cardinals in the 7th round of the 1977 Major League Baseball Draft, but did not sign.[6] He would later pitch for the club in 2000.
  • February 28, 1977: Mark Covert (minors) was traded by the Cardinals to the Chicago Cubs for Buddy Schultz.[7]
  • March 24, 1977: Tom Walker was released by the Cardinals.[8]
  • March 28, 1977: Bill Caudill was traded by the Cardinals to the Cincinnati Reds for Joel Youngblood.[9]
  • March 30, 1977: Doug Clarey was traded by the Cardinals to the New York Mets for Benny Ayala.[10]
  • March 31, 1977: Ken Rudolph was purchased from the Cardinals by the San Francisco Giants.[11]

Regular season[]

Opening Day starters[]

Season standings[]

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  • t
NL East 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Philadelphia Phillies 101 61 0.623 — 60–21 41–40
Pittsburgh Pirates 96 66 0.593 5 58–23 38–43
St. Louis Cardinals 83 79 0.512 18 52–31 31–48
Chicago Cubs 81 81 0.500 20 46–35 35–46
Montreal Expos 75 87 0.463 26 38–43 37–44
New York Mets 64 98 0.395 37 35–44 29–54

Record vs. opponents[]

1977 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 4–14 9–9 5–13 6–6 7–5 2–10 3–9 11–7 8–10 1–11
Chicago 7–5 — 7–5 6–6 6–6 10–8 9–9 6–12 7–11 7–5 9–3 7–11
Cincinnati 14–4 5–7 — 5–13 10–8 7–5 10–2 8–4 3–9 11–7 10–8 5–7
Houston 9–9 6–6 13–5 — 9–9 8–4 6–6 4–8 4–8 8–10 9–9 5–7
Los Angeles 13–5 6–6 8–10 9–9 — 7–5 8–4 6–6 9–3 12–6 14–4 6–6
Montreal 6–6 8–10 5–7 4–8 5–7 — 10–8 7–11 7–11 5–7 6–6 12–6
New York 5–7 9–9 2–10 6–6 4–8 8–10 — 5–13 4–14 6–6 7–5 8–10
Philadelphia 10-2 12–6 4–8 8–4 6–6 11–7 13–5 — 8–10 9–3 9–3 11–7
Pittsburgh 9–3 11–7 9–3 8–4 3–9 11–7 14–4 10–8 — 10–2 2–10 9–9
San Diego 7–11 5–7 7–11 10–8 6–12 7–5 6–6 3–9 2–10 — 8–10 8–4
San Francisco 10–8 3–9 8–10 9–9 4–14 6–6 5–7 3–9 10–2 10–8 — 7–5
St. Louis 11–1 11–7 7–5 7–5 6–6 6–12 10–8 7–11 9–9 4–8 5–7 —


Notable transactions[]

  • May 17, 1977: John D'Acquisto and Pat Scanlon were traded by the Cardinals to the San Diego Padres for Butch Metzger.[2]
  • June 7, 1977: Mike Jeffcoat was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 30th round of the 1977 amateur draft, but did not sign.[13]
  • June 7, 1977: Neil Fiala was drafted by the Cardinals in the 32nd round of the 1977 Major League Baseball Draft.[14]
  • June 15, 1977: Bake McBride and Steve Waterbury were traded by the Cardinals to the Philadelphia Phillies for Tom Underwood, Dane Iorg, and Rick Bosetti.[15]
  • June 15, 1977: Joel Youngblood was traded by the Cardinals to the New York Mets for Mike Phillips.[9]
  • August 20, 1977: Don Kessinger was traded by the Cardinals to the Chicago White Sox for Steve Staniland (minors).[16]
  • August 31, 1977: Clay Carroll was traded by the Cardinals to the Chicago White Sox for players to be named later. The White Sox completed the deal by sending Nyls Nyman to the Cardinals on September 2, and sending Dave Hamilton and Silvio Martínez to the Cardinals on November 28.[17]

Roster[]

1977 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

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 150 516 164 .318 21 95
1B Keith Hernandez 161 560 163 .291 15 91
2B Mike Tyson 138 418 103 .246 7 57
3B Ken Reitz 157 587 153 .261 17 79
SS Garry Templeton 153 621 200 .322 8 79
LF Lou Brock 141 489 133 .272 2 46
CF Tony Scott 95 292 85 .291 3 41
RF Héctor Cruz 118 339 80 .236 6 42

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
Jerry Mumphrey 145 463 133 .287 2 38
Mike Anderson 94 154 34 .221 4 17
Don Kessinger 59 134 32 .239 0 7
Bake McBride 43 122 32 .262 4 20
Dave Rader 66 114 30 .263 1 16
Mike Phillips 48 87 21 .241 0 9
Roger Freed 49 83 33 .398 5 21
Rick Bosetti 41 69 16 .232 0 3
Dane Iorg 30 32 10 .313 0 4
Jim Dwyer 13 31 7 .226 0 2
Joel Youngblood 25 27 5 .185 0 1
Taylor Duncan 8 12 4 .333 1 2
Ken Oberkfell 9 9 1 .111 0 1
Jerry DaVanon 9 8 0 .000 0 0
Mike Potter 5 7 0 .000 0 0
John Tamargo 4 4 0 .000 0 0
Benny Ayala 1 3 1 .333 0 0

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
Eric Rasmussen 34 233 11 17 3.48 120
Bob Forsch 35 217.1 20 7 3.48 95
John Denny 26 149.2 8 8 4.51 60
Pete Falcone 27 124 4 8 5.44 75
Tom Underwood 19 100 6 9 4.95 66
Larry Dierker 11 39.1 2 6 4.58 6

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
John Urrea 41 139.2 7 6 3.16 81
John D'Acquisto 3 8.1 0 0 4.32 9

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
Al Hrabosky 65 6 5 10 4.38 68
Butch Metzger 58 4 2 7 3.11 48
Clay Carroll 51 4 2 4 2.50 34
Rawly Eastwick 41 3 7 4 4.70 30
Buddy Schultz 40 6 1 1 2.32 66
John Sutton 14 2 1 0 2.59 9
Doug Capilla 2 0 0 0 15.43 1

Awards and honors[]

Farm system[]

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA New Orleans Pelicans American Association Lance Nichols
AA Arkansas Travelers Texas League and Tommy Thompson
A St. Petersburg Cardinals Florida State League Hub Kittle
A Gastonia Cardinals Western Carolinas League Hal Lanier
Rookie Johnson City Cardinals Appalachian League Dave Ricketts
Rookie Calgary Cardinals Pioneer League Johnny Lewis

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Arkansas, Gastonia[19]

References[]

  1. ^ Vic Harris page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ a b Pat Scanlon page at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Lee Richard page at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Luis DeLeón page at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ Roger Freed page at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ Jesse Orosco page at Baseball Reference
  7. ^ Buddy Schultz page at Baseball Reference
  8. ^ Tom Walker page at Baseball Reference
  9. ^ a b Joel Youngblood page at Baseball Reference
  10. ^ Benny Ayala page at Baseball Reference
  11. ^ Ken Rudolph page at Baseball Reference
  12. ^ "1977 St. Louis Cardinals Roster by Baseball Almanac".
  13. ^ "Mike Jeffcoat Stats".
  14. ^ Neil Fiala page at Baseball Reference
  15. ^ Bake McBride page at Baseball Reference
  16. ^ Don Kessinger page at Baseball Reference
  17. ^ Nyls Nyman page at Baseball Reference
  18. ^ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.96, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  19. ^ 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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