St. Louis Cardinals History - 1978 Summary

Team Results

Year	W	L	WPct	Finish	GB	Exp Rec	Diff	Avg	ERA	Playoffs	Champion	Attendance	Expenses	Revenue
1978 St. Louis Cardinals	62	100	.383	5^th	39	59-103	3	.259	4.35			2,227,101	$3,354,950	$4,585,460

Award Winners

Award	Players	Qty
All-Star	Ted Simmons	1
Rookie of the Month	Dave Revering (Sep)	1
Player of the Week	Jeff Burroughs (Jul 3), Von Joshua (Sep 18)	2

Batting Stats

Pos	Player	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SH	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR	OPS+
CF	Jerry Mumphrey	25	157	634	152	21	2	4	38	60	39	2	0	2	119	37	31	.240	.285	.298	.583	-0.4	63
SS	Rob Picciolo	25	160	573	136	20	4	3	43	53	13	1	14	1	76	5	3	.237	.255	.302	.557	-1.1	55
C	Ted Simmons	28	136	543	154	31	2	6	64	61	36	1	0	4	28	3	2	.284	.327	.381	.708	3.0	97
LF	Lou Brock	39	137	523	136	28	4	3	58	54	28	3	2	6	103	35	22	.260	.298	.346	.644	-0.9	79
1B	Ray Knight	25	127	508	154	39	4	8	57	64	33	2	3	6	46	1	2	.303	.344	.443	.787	2.1	118
RF	Jeff Burroughs	27	114	412	110	12	2	16	55	57	56	3	0	0	80	0	0	.267	.359	.422	.781	1.7	117
3B	Taylor Duncan	25	98	355	87	15	2	2	31	25	22	0	10	2	62	3	1	.245	.288	.315	.603	-0.2	68
LF	Von Joshua	30	88	309	85	11	3	3	30	30	20	0	3	1	47	10	7	.275	.318	.359	.677	0.3	89
2B	Bill Russell	29	74	277	76	20	0	1	25	31	9	0	3	2	32	10	3	.274	.295	.357	.653	0.3	81
2B	Don Kessinger	35	72	206	40	7	4	1	12	15	27	0	5	1	22	1	0	.194	.286	.282	.568	-0.1	59
3B	Buddy Bell	26	44	165	51	13	1	1	23	18	9	0	2	2	10	1	1	.309	.341	.418	.759	0.8	111
LF	Bill Buckner	28	36	147	41	13	1	1	10	14	7	1	0	2	15	4	3	.279	.312	.401	.713	0.6	98
CF	Bake McBride	29	32	136	41	5	0	1	13	18	4	4	0	0	11	4	7	.301	.340	.360	.701	0.4	96
1B	Keith Hernandez	24	32	119	27	2	1	4	14	12	23	0	1	0	21	0	1	.227	.352	.361	.713	0.3	100
LF	Wilbur Howard	29	45	133	31	11	0	0	11	9	5	0	3	1	26	6	9	.233	.259	.316	.575	-1.2	60
1B	Mike Squires	26	25	92	22	3	0	0	3	12	15	1	3	1	10	9	2	.239	.349	.272	.620	0.1	75
C	Buck Martinez	29	31	96	20	3	0	3	16	10	7	0	2	3	23	0	0	.208	.255	.333	.588	0.0	63
DH	Dave Revering	25	20	76	25	3	0	6	17	13	7	0	0	0	8	0	1	.329	.386	.605	.991	0.8	173
2B	Fernando Gonzalez	28	21	78	14	3	0	1	7	5	2	0	0	0	13	1	0	.179	.200	.256	.456	-0.3	27
CF	Joe Lahoud	31	27	60	13	2	0	1	5	8	15	0	0	0	8	0	0	.217	.373	.300	.673	0.2	90
RF	Mike Anderson	27	18	48	11	2	0	1	3	9	9	0	0	0	10	0	0	.229	.351	.333	.684	0.1	92
3B	Bill Stein	31	25	52	12	3	0	1	7	3	3	0	0	1	11	0	0	.231	.268	.346	.614	-0.1	70
3B	Chris Speier	28	5	11	3	0	0	1	5	2	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	.273	.308	.545	.853	0.1	134
SS	Nelson Norman	20	11	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	.083	.154	.167	.321	-0.2	-10
LF	Jim Lentine	23	3	6	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.167	.167	.333	.500	0.0	37
C	Terry Humphrey	28	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	-0.0	-25
26 Players		28.1	1540	5574	1443	269	30	68	548	584	392	18	51	36	789	131	95	.259	.308	.355	.662	6.5	85
FL Rank				5	7	1	10	10	10	10	10	10	6	9	4	4	1	8	9	10	10	10
DBL Rank				9	9	1	17	20	18	18	20	18	9	17	7	9	2	10	17	17	18	20

Pitching Stats

Player	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HLD	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	WAR	ERA+
Eric Rasmussen	26	31	31	10	16	0	4.73	217.0	242	128	114	23	87	88	0	3	0	1.52	.292	0.8	81
Bob Forsch	28	33	29	9	17	0	5.00	203.3	246	130	113	26	56	74	1	3	1	1.49	.296	0.8	77
Dennis Lamp	25	30	30	10	11	0	4.84	200.7	239	125	108	16	59	72	0	0	0	1.49	.311	1.9	79
Nelson Briles	34	21	21	7	8	0	3.55	152.0	164	67	60	13	32	57	0	3	1	1.29	.284	2.3	108
Luis Tiant	37	17	17	2	11	0	3.67	120.0	134	59	49	11	35	54	0	3	0	1.41	.296	1.5	105
Rick Honeycutt	24	18	18	3	9	0	6.47	114.0	150	86	82	15	45	46	0	1	0	1.71	.330	-0.1	59
John Urrea	23	65	0	6	9	18	2.72	112.7	96	41	34	8	31	69	0	0	0	1.13	.252	1.8	142
Al Hrabosky	28	34	0	2	3	8	2.03	53.3	38	13	12	2	18	45	5	0	0	1.05	.257	1.3	190
Goose Gossage	26	27	0	1	3	9	3.46	39.0	39	15	15	1	22	34	2	0	0	1.56	.339	0.8	111
Steve Comer	24	5	5	3	2	0	3.79	38.0	42	24	16	2	9	14	0	3	0	1.34	.299	0.6	102
Ken Kravec	26	5	5	3	1	0	3.75	36.0	34	15	15	6	13	23	0	0	0	1.31	.259	0.1	103
Joe Kerrigan	24	15	0	1	2	0	4.11	30.7	33	15	14	1	20	11	0	0	0	1.73	.302	0.1	94
Tom Walker	29	12	0	0	2	0	5.55	24.3	27	19	15	4	11	8	1	0	0	1.56	.280	-0.5	69
Steve Trout	20	4	4	2	1	0	6.85	23.7	31	18	18	2	12	7	0	0	0	1.82	.309	0.0	56
Mike Wallace	27	20	0	2	3	1	0.83	21.7	17	4	2	0	15	17	2	0	0	1.48	.262	0.5	463
Roy Lee Jackson	24	11	0	0	0	0	4.19	19.3	16	10	9	2	9	12	1	0	0	1.29	.250	-0.1	92
John Denny	25	2	2	0	0	0	0.64	14.0	7	1	1	0	8	5	0	0	0	1.07	.175	0.1	599
Bob Moose	30	9	0	1	1	2	7.82	12.7	13	12	11	2	7	5	1	0	0	1.58	.244	-0.4	49
Juan Berenguer	23	4	0	0	1	1	4.66	9.7	8	5	5	0	7	9	0	0	0	1.55	.276	0.1	83
Rick Sawyer	30	3	0	0	0	0	16.87	2.7	5	6	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.87	.364	-0.1	23
20 Pitchers	27.4	366	162	62	100	39	4.35	1444.7	1581	793	698	135	496	651	13	16	2	1.44	.293	11.5	104
FL Rank		5	1	10	1	9	10	7	9	10	10	10	4	8	7	7	8	9	9	10
DBL Rank		10	1	20	1	16	19	16	19	20	19	18	7	18	14	16	17	18	18	19

Fielding Stats

Pitchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
E. Rasmussen	31	31	4	29	0	35	2	.943	217.0	1.37	-0.8
B. Forsch	33	29	10	28	0	40	2	.950	203.3	1.68	-0.1
D. Lamp	30	30	6	37	0	44	1	.977	200.7	1.93	0.6
N. Briles	21	21	4	22	0	27	1	.963	152.0	1.54	0.5
L. Tiant	17	17	1	19	0	23	3	.870	120.0	1.50	-1.5
R. Honeycutt	18	18	6	24	1	32	2	.938	114.0	2.37	-0.0
J. Urrea	65	0	5	17	0	24	2	.917	112.7	1.76	-1.0
A. Hrabosky	34	0	0	7	1	7	0	1.000	53.3	1.18	-0.1
G. Gossage	27	0	1	9	0	10	0	1.000	39.0	2.31	0.5
S. Comer	5	5	2	8	0	10	0	1.000	38.0	2.37	0.3
K. Kravec	5	5	0	5	0	5	0	1.000	36.0	1.25	-0.4
J. Kerrigan	15	0	2	7	0	9	0	1.000	30.7	2.64	0.3
T. Walker	12	0	1	7	0	8	0	1.000	24.3	2.96	0.1
S. Trout	4	4	2	1	0	4	1	.750	23.7	1.14	0.0
M. Wallace	18	0	0	3	0	3	0	1.000	21.7	1.25	0.1
R. Jackson	10	0	1	1	0	3	1	.667	19.3	0.93	0.1
J. Denny	2	2	0	3	0	3	0	1.000	14.0	1.93	0.1
B. Moose	9	0	0	3	1	4	1	.750	12.7	2.13	0.1
J. Berenguer	4	0	0	1	0	2	1	.500	9.7	0.93	-0.5
R. Sawyer	3	0	1	1	0	2	0	1.000	2.7	6.75	0.1
Totals	363	162	46	232	3	295	17	.942	1444.7	1.73	-1.7

Catchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR	PB	RTO%
T. Simmons	131	131	550	84	9	651	17	.974	1174.0	4.86	-0.9	11	31.5
B. Martinez	31	30	139	19	2	160	2	.988	262.7	5.41	-0.7	3	31.6
T. Humphrey	1	1	5	1	0	6	0	1.000	8.0	6.75	0.2	0	100.0
Totals	163	162	694	104	11	817	19	.977	1444.7	4.97	-1.4	14	32.0

First Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
R. Knight	103	103	994	36	93	1043	13	.988	908.3	10.21	-3.1
K. Hernandez	31	31	291	12	21	307	4	.987	277.7	9.82	0.4
M. Squires	25	25	251	14	17	268	3	.989	218.7	10.91	0.4
B. Stein	10	2	38	2	2	40	0	1.000	39.0	9.23	-0.3
T. Simmons	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.0	9.00	0.0
Totals	170	161	1575	64	133	1659	20	.988	1444.7	10.21	-2.6

Second Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
B. Russell	74	74	166	235	57	420	19	.955	655.7	5.50	-3.9
D. Kessinger	69	64	131	220	48	359	8	.978	561.3	5.63	0.4
F. Gonzalez	21	21	46	66	14	114	2	.982	178.7	5.64	0.7
B. Stein	4	1	6	7	2	15	2	.867	18.3	6.38	-0.9
C. Speier	2	1	4	1	0	5	0	1.000	11.7	3.86	-0.1
N. Norman	3	1	2	1	0	3	0	1.000	11.0	2.45	-0.1
R. Knight	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	4.0	2.25	0.0
R. Picciolo	3	0	0	3	0	3	0	1.000	4.0	6.75	0.1
Totals	179	162	356	533	121	920	31	.966	1444.7	5.54	-3.8

Third Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
T. Duncan	89	89	44	157	13	211	10	.953	789.3	2.29	-1.3
B. Bell	44	44	21	92	5	116	3	.974	388.7	2.62	-0.1
R. Knight	24	24	18	51	2	74	5	.932	203.7	3.05	-1.0
B. Stein	7	4	3	10	0	14	1	.929	41.0	2.85	0.3
C. Speier	2	1	0	3	0	3	0	1.000	14.0	1.93	0.1
F. Gonzalez	2	0	1	1	1	2	0	1.000	4.0	4.50	-0.0
D. Kessinger	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	4.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	170	162	87	314	21	420	19	.955	1444.7	2.50	-2.1

Shortstops
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
R. Picciolo	160	160	249	550	112	825	26	.968	1407.3	5.11	-4.7
B. Stein	2	1	1	5	0	6	0	1.000	13.3	4.05	0.1
D. Kessinger	2	1	5	6	1	11	0	1.000	12.0	8.25	-0.3
N. Norman	7	0	1	4	0	6	1	.833	12.0	3.75	-0.5
Totals	171	162	256	565	113	848	27	.968	1444.7	5.11	-5.4

Left Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
V. Joshua	87	87	224	6	2	237	7	.970	739.3	2.80	0.8
B. Buckner	36	36	86	4	2	90	0	1.000	323.7	2.50	2.2
W. Howard	38	36	83	2	0	86	1	.988	321.7	2.38	-3.8
J. Lahoud	10	2	8	0	0	8	0	1.000	41.0	1.76	0.2
L. Brock	1	1	6	0	0	6	0	1.000	9.0	6.00	0.3
J. Lentine	3	0	4	0	0	4	0	1.000	9.0	4.00	0.3
M. Anderson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	176	162	411	12	4	431	8	.981	1444.7	2.64	0.0

Center Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
J. Mumphrey	124	124	418	14	5	438	6	.986	1096.3	3.55	0.6
B. McBride	32	32	116	1	0	119	2	.983	270.7	3.89	0.5
J. Lahoud	11	6	27	1	0	29	1	.966	74.7	3.37	-2.0
M. Anderson	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	2.0	4.50	0.1
V. Joshua	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00	-0.7
Totals	169	162	562	16	5	587	9	.985	1444.7	3.60	-1.4

Right Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
J. Burroughs	113	113	214	13	2	231	4	.983	989.0	2.07	-5.5
J. Mumphrey	32	32	82	2	0	84	0	1.000	286.7	2.64	4.7
M. Anderson	14	13	34	0	0	36	2	.944	118.0	2.59	-0.7
J. Lahoud	5	4	10	0	0	11	1	.909	37.0	2.43	0.6
V. Joshua	3	0	3	0	0	3	0	1.000	7.0	3.86	0.1
W. Howard	4	0	3	0	0	3	0	1.000	7.0	3.86	-0.2
Totals	171	162	346	15	2	368	7	.981	1444.7	2.25	-0.9

Team Leaders

Batting Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Batting Average	Ray Knight	.303
On-Base Percentage	Ray Knight	.344
Slugging Percentage	Ray Knight	.443
OPS	Ray Knight	.787
Games	Rob Picciolo	160
At-Bats	Jerry Mumphrey	634
Runs	Ray Knight	64
Hits	Ted Simmons, Ray Knight	154
Doubles	Ray Knight	39
Triples	4 Players Tied	4
Home Runs	Jeff Burroughs	16
Runs Batted In	Ted Simmons	64
Stolen Bases	Jerry Mumphrey	37
Caught Stealing	Jerry Mumphrey	31
Walks	Jeff Burroughs	56
Strikeouts	Jerry Mumphrey	119

Pitching Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Wins	Eric Rasmussen, Dennis Lamp	10
Losses	Bob Forsch	17
Saves	John Urrea	18
Games	John Urrea	65
Games Started	Eric Rasmussen	31
Complete Games	5 Players Tied	3
Shutouts	Bob Forsch, Nelson Briles	1
Innings Pitched	Eric Rasmussen	217.0
Hits Allowed	Bob Forsch	246
Home Runs Allowed	Bob Forsch	26
Strikeouts	Eric Rasmussen	88
Walks Allowed	Eric Rasmussen	87
Earned Run Average	Eric Rasmussen	4.73
Walks + Hits per IP	Dennis Lamp	1.49
BABIP	Eric Rasmussen	.292

Trades
Date	Sent		Recieved
March 20th	P Santo Alcala	to the Pittsburgh Pirates for	C Ed Ott 1B Karl Pagel LF Bombo Rivera
May 8th	1B Keith Hernandez CF Bake McBride	to the New York Mets for
May 13th	LF Bill Buckner	to the Pittsburgh Pirates for
May 23rd	3B Buddy Bell	to the Texas Rangers for	RF Jeff Burroughs P Juan Berenguer
May 28th	P Goose Gossage	to the New York Yankees for
June 27th	2B Bill Russell	to the Minnesota Twins for
July 7th	C Ed Ott	to the Los Angeles Dodgers for	3B Junior Moore
July 31st	P Nelson Briles	to the Los Angeles Dodgers for
December 1st	P Steve Comer	to the Pittsburgh Pirates for	P John Candelaria
December 1st	1B Ray Knight	to the Pittsburgh Pirates for	1B John Mayberry
December 14th	P Jim Burton	to the Pittsburgh Pirates for
December 15th	P Rick Honeycutt	to the Pittsburgh Pirates for	SS Frank Taveras