1976 St. Louis Cardinals | ||
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League | National League | |
Division | East | |
Ballpark | Busch Memorial Stadium | |
City | St. Louis, Missouri | |
Record | 72–90 (.444) | |
Divisional place | 5th | |
Owners | August "Gussie" Busch | |
General managers | Bing Devine | |
Managers | Red Schoendienst | |
Television |
KSD-TV ( Mike Shannon, Jay Randolph, Bob Starr) | |
Radio |
KMOX ( Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Bob Starr) | |
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The 1976 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 95th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 85th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 72–90 during the season and finished fifth in the National League East, 29 games behind the Philadelphia Phillies.
This was the twelfth and final season for Red Schoendienst as the Cardinals' full-time manager, although he would manage the club in parts of two later seasons ( 1980 and 1990).
The Cardinals went to the Columbia blue road uniforms for the first time in '76. They would continue to wear those uniforms through the 1984 season.
NL East | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Philadelphia Phillies | 101 | 61 | 0.623 | — | 53–28 | 48–33 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 92 | 70 | 0.568 | 9 | 47–34 | 45–36 |
New York Mets | 86 | 76 | 0.531 | 15 | 45–37 | 41–39 |
Chicago Cubs | 75 | 87 | 0.463 | 26 | 42–39 | 33–48 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 72 | 90 | 0.444 | 29 | 37–44 | 35–46 |
Montreal Expos | 55 | 107 | 0.340 | 46 | 27–53 | 28–54 |
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Team | ATL | CHC | CIN | HOU | LAD | MON | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | |||||
Atlanta | — | 6–6 | 6–12 | 7–11 | 8–10 | 8–4 | 4–8 | 5–7 | 3–9 | 10–8 | 9–9 | 4–8 | |||||
Chicago | 6–6 | — | 3–9 | 5–7 | 3–9 | 11–7 | 5–13 | 8–10 | 8–10 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 12–6 | |||||
Cincinnati | 12–6 | 9–3 | — | 12–6 | 13–5 | 9–3 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 8–4 | 13–5 | 9–9 | 6–6 | |||||
Houston | 11–7 | 7–5 | 6–12 | — | 5–13 | 10–2 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 2–10 | 10–8 | 10–8 | 9–3 | |||||
Los Angeles | 10–8 | 9–3 | 5–13 | 13–5 | — | 10–2 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 9–3 | 6–12 | 8–10 | 10–2 | |||||
Montreal | 4–8 | 7–11 | 3–9 | 2–10 | 2–10 | — | 8–10 | 3–15 | 8–10 | 4–8 | 7–5 | 7–11 | |||||
New York | 8–4 | 13–5 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 10–8 | — | 5–13 | 10–8 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 9–9 | |||||
Philadelphia | 7-5 | 10–8 | 7–5 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 15–3 | 13–5 | — | 8–10 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 12–6 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 9–3 | 10–8 | 4–8 | 10–2 | 3–9 | 10–8 | 8–10 | 10–8 | — | 7–5 | 9–3 | 12–6 | |||||
San Diego | 8–10 | 6–6 | 5–13 | 8–10 | 12–6 | 8–4 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 5–7 | — | 8–10 | 4–8 | |||||
San Francisco | 9–9 | 4–8 | 9–9 | 8–10 | 10–8 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 3–9 | 10–8 | — | 5–7 | |||||
St. Louis | 8–4 | 6–12 | 6–6 | 3–9 | 2–10 | 11–7 | 9–9 | 6–12 | 6–12 | 8–4 | 7–5 | — |
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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 |
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C | Ted Simmons | 150 | 546 | 159 | .291 | 5 | 75 |
1B | Keith Hernandez | 129 | 374 | 108 | .289 | 7 | 46 |
2B | Mike Tyson | 76 | 245 | 70 | .286 | 3 | 28 |
3B | Héctor Cruz | 151 | 526 | 120 | .228 | 13 | 71 |
SS | Don Kessinger | 145 | 502 | 120 | .239 | 1 | 40 |
LF | Lou Brock | 133 | 498 | 150 | .301 | 4 | 67 |
CF | Jerry Mumphrey | 112 | 384 | 99 | .258 | 1 | 26 |
RF | Willie Crawford | 120 | 392 | 119 | .304 | 9 | 50 |
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 |
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Bake McBride | 72 | 272 | 91 | .335 | 3 | 24 |
Vic Harris | 97 | 259 | 59 | .228 | 1 | 19 |
Garry Templeton | 53 | 213 | 62 | .291 | 1 | 17 |
Mike Anderson | 86 | 199 | 58 | .291 | 1 | 12 |
Joe Ferguson | 71 | 189 | 38 | .201 | 4 | 21 |
Reggie Smith | 47 | 170 | 37 | .218 | 8 | 23 |
Ron Fairly | 73 | 110 | 29 | .264 | 0 | 21 |
Lee Richard | 66 | 91 | 16 | .176 | 0 | 5 |
Ken Rudolph | 27 | 50 | 8 | .160 | 0 | 5 |
Luis Alvarado | 16 | 42 | 12 | .286 | 0 | 3 |
Luis Meléndez | 20 | 24 | 3 | .125 | 0 | 0 |
Sam Mejías | 18 | 21 | 3 | .143 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Potter | 9 | 16 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Charlie Chant | 15 | 14 | 2 | .143 | 0 | 0 |
John Tamargo | 10 | 10 | 3 | .300 | 0 | 1 |
Doug Clarey | 9 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 1 | 2 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Pete Falcone | 32 | 212.0 | 12 | 16 | 3.23 | 138 |
John Denny | 30 | 207.0 | 11 | 9 | 2.52 | 74 |
Lynn McGlothen | 33 | 205.0 | 13 | 15 | 3.91 | 106 |
Bob Forsch | 33 | 194.0 | 8 | 10 | 3.94 | 76 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Eric Rasmussen | 43 | 150.1 | 6 | 12 | 3.53 | 76 |
John Curtis | 37 | 134.0 | 6 | 11 | 4.50 | 52 |
Lerrin LaGrow | 8 | 24.1 | 0 | 1 | 1.48 | 10 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Al Hrabosky | 68 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 3.30 | 73 |
Mike Wallace | 49 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4.07 | 40 |
Bill Greif | 47 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4.12 | 32 |
Eddie Solomon | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.86 | 19 |
Danny Frisella | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.97 | 11 |
Mike Proly | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.71 | 4 |
Tom Walker | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4.12 | 11 |
Doug Capilla | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 5 |
Steve Waterbury | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 4 |
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