St. Louis Cardinals History - 1979 Summary

Team Results

Year	W	L	WPct	Finish	GB	Exp Rec	Diff	Avg	ERA	Playoffs	Champion	Attendance	Expenses	Revenue
1979 St. Louis Cardinals	86	76	.531	3^rd	18	89-73	-3	.265	3.97	X		2,263,074	$3,354,950	$4,585,460

Award Winners

Award	Players	Qty
Rookie of the Year	Tim Raines	1
Gold Glove	John Mayberry (1B), Jerry Mumphrey (CF)	2
All-Star	John Candelaria, John Mayberry, Tim Raines, Dave Revering, Ted Simmons	5
Pitcher of the Month	John Candelaria (May, Sep)	2
Batter of the Month	John Mayberry (Apr), Ted Simmons (May)	2
Rookie of the Month	Dave Revering (Jun), Tim Raines (Sep)	2
Player of the Week	Tim Raines (Apr 9), John Mayberry (Jun 25), Jeff Burroughs (Jul 30), John Mayberry (Sep 17)	4

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+
LF	Tim Raines	19	158	614	179	30	6	7	62	120	109	3	2	6	65	101	34	.292	.398	.394	.792	3.8	112
1B	John Mayberry	30	159	569	157	18	1	39	138	108	124	2	0	10	82	3	2	.276	.401	.517	.918	6.3	143
RF	Jeff Burroughs	28	157	604	151	16	2	31	98	91	69	2	0	6	123	0	0	.250	.326	.437	.763	2.1	101
SS	Dickie Thon	21	157	579	159	26	3	6	53	59	45	1	11	2	71	37	15	.275	.327	.361	.688	3.0	83
CF	Jerry Mumphrey	26	141	512	132	23	3	1	55	69	36	3	1	5	88	53	23	.258	.308	.320	.628	1.8	68
2B	Jerry Remy	26	130	481	130	14	2	1	57	69	58	0	11	4	42	68	32	.270	.346	.314	.660	1.7	78
3B	Tim Johnson	29	138	483	134	11	8	0	42	62	29	3	10	3	95	12	3	.277	.320	.333	.654	-0.0	75
1B	Dave Revering	26	120	457	112	25	5	24	87	62	33	1	0	4	62	0	1	.245	.295	.479	.774	1.0	103
C	Ted Simmons	29	87	352	114	34	2	9	63	55	28	0	1	5	27	5	0	.324	.369	.509	.877	3.7	131
C	Brian Harper	19	78	293	76	16	0	5	40	30	12	7	0	1	20	3	3	.259	.304	.365	.669	0.7	77
3B	Rob Picciolo	26	55	140	29	10	1	3	18	16	2	0	3	1	27	1	0	.207	.217	.357	.574	-0.3	50
1B	Mike Squires	27	41	93	19	5	1	0	9	14	18	0	3	1	12	8	2	.204	.330	.280	.610	-0.0	65
C	Buck Martinez	30	34	97	21	5	2	1	9	11	5	0	3	2	21	0	0	.216	.250	.340	.590	0.0	56
RF	Von Joshua	31	35	76	17	3	0	2	14	11	4	0	2	1	10	2	1	.224	.259	.342	.601	-0.2	59
3B	Taylor Duncan	26	27	72	19	4	0	2	7	14	4	1	3	0	10	2	0	.264	.312	.403	.714	0.1	89
CF	Rod Craig	21	20	57	10	4	0	0	4	5	1	0	1	0	10	2	1	.175	.190	.246	.435	-0.5	15
3B	Richie Hebner	31	9	31	1	0	0	0	3	3	4	0	0	0	3	1	0	.032	.143	.032	.175	-0.5	-50
3B	Tim Flannery	21	8	27	4	0	0	0	4	1	3	0	2	0	4	0	0	.148	.233	.148	.381	-0.4	4
CF	Sam Mejias	27	19	28	10	0	1	0	3	4	1	0	0	0	4	3	2	.357	.379	.429	.808	0.3	115
3B	Bill Stein	32	7	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0.0	168
SS	Roger Metzger	31	3	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	0.0	114
2B	Frank Taveras	29	3	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	-0.0	7
-	Lou Brock	40	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0
23 Players		25.6	1587	5581	1480	244	37	131	766	805	585	23	53	51	779	301	119	.265	.335	.393	.727	22.6	93
FL Rank				9	5	6	7	6	3	3	2	7	6	3	8	1	1	3	2	4	4	3
DBL Rank				17	9	12	12	11	6	6	2	13	8	8	14	2	2	6	2	10	9	10

Pitching Stats

Player	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HLD	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	WAR	ERA+
John Candelaria	25	33	33	19	9	0	3.46	257.7	255	108	99	25	58	181	0	12	0	1.21	.287	5.9	126
Eric Rasmussen	27	32	32	13	9	0	3.79	233.0	252	111	98	27	70	93	0	5	0	1.38	.281	2.3	115
Nelson Briles	35	27	27	9	8	0	3.77	181.3	173	83	76	25	38	82	0	5	0	1.16	.251	2.0	116
Steve Trout	21	22	20	6	7	0	4.44	129.7	148	70	64	7	39	46	1	1	0	1.44	.299	2.2	98
Dan Petry	20	20	19	6	7	0	4.39	127.0	129	65	62	16	49	78	0	2	1	1.40	.284	1.2	99
John Urrea	24	62	0	4	9	23	3.41	97.7	95	41	37	9	23	56	1	0	0	1.21	.270	1.2	128
Don Aase	24	12	12	6	0	0	3.54	89.0	78	37	35	7	49	42	0	2	1	1.43	.244	0.7	123
Dennis Lamp	26	11	11	2	4	0	5.26	77.0	88	50	45	12	25	33	0	1	0	1.47	.281	0.2	83
Al Hrabosky	29	43	0	8	7	7	3.78	64.3	53	31	27	4	28	66	4	0	0	1.26	.292	1.5	115
Chuck Rainey	24	11	8	4	3	0	5.09	53.0	59	35	30	5	22	18	0	1	0	1.53	.287	0.3	86
Steve Mura	24	30	0	2	6	2	3.86	46.7	49	23	20	4	26	35	2	0	0	1.61	.312	0.3	113
Tom Walker	30	13	0	2	0	0	5.24	22.3	24	14	13	3	13	8	0	0	0	1.66	.292	-0.3	83
Rick Sawyer	31	10	0	2	1	0	3.68	22.0	17	12	9	2	12	9	1	0	0	1.32	.211	-0.2	118
Juan Berenguer	24	14	0	1	1	0	3.18	17.0	18	8	6	2	17	16	0	0	0	2.06	.327	-0.2	137
Bob Forsch	29	10	0	0	1	0	6.00	15.0	26	11	10	2	6	10	0	0	0	2.13	.414	-0.0	73
Tom Tellmann	25	8	0	0	1	0	4.40	14.3	17	10	7	2	12	6	0	0	0	2.02	.306	-0.2	99
Dewey Robinson	24	10	0	1	2	0	5.84	12.3	8	8	8	0	8	12	1	0	0	1.30	.258	0.4	75
Ken Kravec	27	4	0	1	1	2	1.04	8.7	6	1	1	0	3	8	0	0	0	1.04	.261	0.5	420
Ed Plank	27	1	0	0	0	0	5.40	1.7	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.20	.250	0.0	81
Joe Kerrigan	25	1	0	0	0	0	5.40	1.7	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.80	.400	0.0	81
Mike Wallace	28	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	.000	0.0	0
21 Pitchers	26.0	375	162	86	76	34	3.97	1471.7	1498	720	649	152	500	801	10	29	2	1.36	.280	17.8	113
FL Rank		7	3	3	8	8	5	3	5	5	5	10	4	7	8	4	9	6	4	5
DBL Rank		9	3	6	14	17	9	3	11	9	9	18	11	12	14	10	16	12	8	11

Fielding Stats

Pitchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
J. Candelaria	33	33	14	32	2	49	3	.939	257.7	1.61	-1.6
E. Rasmussen	32	32	7	34	1	42	1	.976	233.0	1.58	-1.3
N. Briles	27	27	8	29	0	39	2	.949	181.3	1.84	-0.8
S. Trout	22	20	5	15	0	22	2	.909	129.7	1.39	-1.1
D. Petry	19	19	2	20	0	22	0	1.000	127.0	1.56	-1.0
J. Urrea	62	0	2	14	0	19	3	.842	97.7	1.47	-1.5
D. Aase	12	12	3	16	0	20	1	.950	89.0	1.92	0.1
D. Lamp	11	11	6	13	0	20	1	.950	77.0	2.22	-0.5
A. Hrabosky	43	0	4	8	0	12	0	1.000	64.3	1.68	-0.1
C. Rainey	11	8	1	9	0	12	2	.833	53.0	1.70	-1.0
S. Mura	27	0	5	5	3	10	0	1.000	46.7	1.93	-0.1
T. Walker	13	0	3	5	0	8	0	1.000	22.3	3.22	-0.1
R. Sawyer	10	0	1	7	0	10	2	.800	22.0	3.27	-0.8
J. Berenguer	14	0	2	4	1	7	1	.857	17.0	3.18	-0.4
B. Forsch	10	0	1	1	0	2	0	1.000	15.0	1.20	-0.5
T. Tellmann	8	0	2	4	0	6	0	1.000	14.3	3.77	0.1
D. Robinson	10	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	12.3	0.73	-0.1
K. Kravec	4	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	8.7	1.04	-0.0
J. Kerrigan	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.7	0.00	-0.0
E. Plank	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.7	0.00	-0.0
M. Wallace	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.3	0.00	-0.0
Totals	371	162	66	218	7	302	18	.940	1471.7	1.74	-10.8

Catchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR	PB	RTO%
T. Simmons	78	77	400	43	10	447	4	.991	693.0	5.75	0.0	7	26.8
B. Harper	58	57	315	30	3	353	8	.977	524.0	5.93	-0.2	6	20.3
B. Martinez	32	28	130	21	1	153	2	.987	254.7	5.34	1.5	3	37.9
Totals	168	162	845	94	14	953	14	.985	1471.7	5.74	1.3	16	26.2

First Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
J. Mayberry	158	158	1475	80	109	1564	9	.994	1412.0	9.91	6.5
M. Squires	7	2	25	2	4	27	0	1.000	25.0	9.72	0.2
T. Duncan	3	2	21	0	1	21	0	1.000	19.0	9.95	0.1
T. Simmons	1	0	9	2	0	11	0	1.000	5.7	17.47	0.3
B. Stein	1	0	3	0	0	3	0	1.000	3.0	9.00	0.0
D. Revering	2	0	6	0	0	6	0	1.000	3.0	18.00	0.0
V. Joshua	1	0	5	0	0	5	0	1.000	3.0	15.00	0.1
T. Johnson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00	-0.4
Totals	174	162	1544	84	114	1637	9	.995	1471.7	9.96	6.8

Second Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
J. Remy	130	128	281	393	85	686	12	.983	1160.7	5.23	8.0
T. Johnson	28	25	39	70	14	116	7	.940	218.0	4.50	-1.3
R. Picciolo	9	6	16	23	1	39	0	1.000	66.0	5.32	1.1
T. Flannery	2	2	7	5	1	13	1	.923	19.0	5.68	-0.2
F. Taveras	1	1	1	3	1	4	0	1.000	8.0	4.50	0.0
Totals	170	162	344	494	102	858	20	.977	1471.7	5.12	7.6

Third Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
T. Johnson	112	110	49	215	16	281	17	.940	964.3	2.46	-4.9
R. Picciolo	39	26	10	62	1	73	1	.986	247.0	2.62	1.1
T. Duncan	16	11	13	22	1	38	3	.921	107.0	2.94	-2.4
R. Hebner	9	9	9	10	0	20	1	.950	82.0	2.09	-0.1
T. Flannery	6	6	4	12	1	16	0	1.000	51.3	2.81	0.2
B. Stein	6	0	1	3	0	4	0	1.000	17.0	2.12	-0.4
F. Taveras	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	3.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	189	162	86	324	19	432	22	.949	1471.7	2.51	-6.6

Shortstops
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
D. Thon	157	157	203	507	90	738	28	.962	1404.0	4.55	7.8
R. Picciolo	8	4	11	21	3	35	3	.914	46.7	6.17	-1.0
T. Johnson	2	0	1	6	0	7	0	1.000	10.0	6.30	0.2
R. Metzger	1	1	2	5	2	7	0	1.000	9.0	7.00	0.1
F. Taveras	1	0	1	2	1	3	0	1.000	2.0	13.50	0.0
Totals	169	162	218	541	96	790	31	.961	1471.7	4.64	7.1

Left Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
T. Raines	155	155	361	12	0	378	5	.987	1399.7	2.40	-8.2
V. Joshua	12	7	19	0	0	19	0	1.000	67.0	2.55	-0.3
J. Mumphrey	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	3.0	3.00	0.0
S. Mejias	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	2.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	169	162	381	12	0	399	6	.985	1471.7	2.40	-8.5

Center Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
J. Mumphrey	141	141	495	12	4	510	3	.994	1261.7	3.62	11.9
R. Craig	19	15	46	2	0	48	0	1.000	142.0	3.04	0.6
S. Mejias	13	6	22	1	0	24	1	.958	64.0	3.23	0.7
V. Joshua	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	4.0	2.25	0.0
Totals	175	162	564	15	4	583	4	.993	1471.7	3.54	13.2

Right Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
J. Burroughs	153	153	345	10	5	363	8	.978	1386.0	2.31	-6.0
V. Joshua	11	9	22	1	0	24	1	.958	85.7	2.42	0.1
Totals	164	162	367	11	5	387	9	.977	1471.7	2.31	-5.9

Team Leaders

Batting Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Batting Average	Tim Raines	.292
On-Base Percentage	John Mayberry	.401
Slugging Percentage	John Mayberry	.517
OPS	John Mayberry	.918
Games	John Mayberry	159
At-Bats	Tim Raines	614
Runs	Tim Raines	120
Hits	Tim Raines	179
Doubles	Ted Simmons	34
Triples	Tim Johnson	8
Home Runs	John Mayberry	39
Runs Batted In	John Mayberry	138
Stolen Bases	Tim Raines	101
Caught Stealing	Tim Raines	34
Walks	John Mayberry	124
Strikeouts	Jeff Burroughs	123

Pitching Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Wins	John Candelaria	19
Losses	John Candelaria, Eric Rasmussen, John Urrea	9
Saves	John Urrea	23
Games	John Urrea	62
Games Started	John Candelaria	33
Complete Games	John Candelaria	12
Shutouts	Dan Petry, Don Aase	1
Innings Pitched	John Candelaria	257.7
Hits Allowed	John Candelaria	255
Home Runs Allowed	Eric Rasmussen	27
Strikeouts	John Candelaria	181
Walks Allowed	Eric Rasmussen	70
Earned Run Average	John Candelaria	3.46
Walks + Hits per IP	Nelson Briles	1.16
BABIP	Nelson Briles	.251

Trades
Date	Sent		Recieved
March 1st		to the Pittsburgh Pirates for	P Dick Bosman
April 27th	3B Tim Flannery	to the Pittsburgh Pirates for	2B Jerry Remy
May 17th	2B Frank Taveras	to the Oakland Athletics for	P Tom Tellmann
June 1st		to the Pittsburgh Pirates for	P Don Aase
July 12th		to the Pittsburgh Pirates for	3B Richie Hebner
November 15th	P Juan Berenguer	to the Montreal Expos for	P Lynn McGlothen
November 20th		to the Pittsburgh Pirates for	P Hisashi Yamada
November 20th		to the Pittsburgh Pirates for	2B Doug Rader
December 10th	P Steve Trout	to the Montreal Expos for	P Frank LaCorte RF Alberto Lois
December 15th	RF Jeff Burroughs	to the Pittsburgh Pirates for