1975 St. Louis Cardinals
[edit] Summary
The 1975 St. Louis Cardinals finished with a record of 82-80. They scored 662 runs and belted 81 home runs to go along with a .273 batting average. Reggie Smith provided the power for the team with 19 homers. The offense was powered by Ted Simmons, who led the team with 100 RBI and 193 hits. Lou Brock had a great year on the basepaths with 56 stolen bases.
The team allowed 689 runs and had a team ERA of 3.58. Bob Forsch and Lynn McGlothen were tied for the team lead in wins with 15. Lynn McGlothen struck out 146 batters to lead the team. Al Hrabosky was the team's best fireman, with 22 saves.
[edit] Roster and Statistics
| Player Name | Pos | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | OBP | SLG | OPS | AVG |
| Infielders | ||||||||||||
| Ed Brinkman | SS | 28 | 75 | 6 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 0 | .306 | .333 | .639 | .240 |
| Danny Cater | 1B | 22 | 35 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .250 | .286 | .536 | .229 |
| Hector Cruz | 3B | 23 | 48 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .176 | .271 | .447 | .146 |
| Ron Fairly | 1B | 107 | 229 | 32 | 69 | 7 | 37 | 0 | .421 | .467 | .888 | .301 |
| Mario Guerrero | SS | 64 | 184 | 17 | 44 | 0 | 11 | 0 | .281 | .288 | .569 | .239 |
| Keith Hernandez | 1B | 64 | 188 | 20 | 47 | 3 | 20 | 0 | .309 | .362 | .671 | .250 |
| Doug Howard | 1B | 17 | 29 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .207 | .310 | .517 | .207 |
| Mick Kelleher | SS | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Larry Lintz | 2B | 27 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .381 | .333 | .714 | .278 |
| Ken Reitz | 3B | 161 | 592 | 43 | 159 | 5 | 63 | 1 | .298 | .340 | .638 | .269 |
| Ted Sizemore | 2B | 153 | 562 | 56 | 135 | 3 | 49 | 1 | .296 | .301 | .597 | .240 |
| Mike Tyson | SS | 122 | 368 | 45 | 98 | 2 | 37 | 5 | .316 | .342 | .658 | .266 |
| Outfielders | ||||||||||||
| Buddy Bradford | OF | 50 | 81 | 12 | 22 | 4 | 15 | 0 | .366 | .432 | .798 | .272 |
| Lou Brock | OF | 136 | 528 | 78 | 163 | 3 | 47 | 56 | .359 | .400 | .759 | .309 |
| Willie Davis | OF | 98 | 350 | 41 | 102 | 6 | 50 | 10 | .319 | .431 | .750 | .291 |
| Jim Dwyer | OF | 21 | 31 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .286 | .226 | .512 | .194 |
| Don Hahn | OF | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .222 | .125 | .347 | .125 |
| Ted Martinez | OF | 16 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .190 | .286 | .476 | .190 |
| Bake McBride | OF | 116 | 413 | 70 | 124 | 5 | 36 | 26 | .354 | .404 | .758 | .300 |
| Luis Melendez | OF | 110 | 291 | 33 | 77 | 2 | 27 | 3 | .301 | .347 | .648 | .265 |
| Jerry Mumphrey | OF | 11 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | .375 |
| Reggie Smith | OF | 135 | 477 | 67 | 144 | 19 | 76 | 9 | .382 | .488 | .870 | .302 |
| Catchers | ||||||||||||
| Ken Rudolph | C | 44 | 80 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 0 | .229 | .262 | .491 | .200 |
| Ted Simmons | C | 157 | 581 | 80 | 193 | 18 | 100 | 1 | .396 | .491 | .887 | .332 |
| Other | ||||||||||||
| Dick Billings | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | |
| Team Totals | - | - | 5597 | 662 | 1527 | 81 | 619 | 116 | .322 | .375 | .698 | .273 |
| Player Name | G | GS | IP | W | L | Win % | SV | SO | BB | ERA | WHIP | |||
| Pitchers | ||||||||||||||
| Mike Barlow | 9 | 0 | 7.7 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4.70 | 1.818 | |||
| Ron Bryant | 10 | 1 | 8.7 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 16.62 | 3.103 | |||
| John Curtis | 39 | 18 | 146.7 | 8 | 9 | .471 | 1 | 67 | 65 | 3.44 | 1.472 | |||
| John Denny | 25 | 24 | 136 | 10 | 7 | .588 | 0 | 72 | 51 | 3.97 | 1.471 | |||
| Bob Forsch | 34 | 34 | 230 | 15 | 10 | .600 | 0 | 108 | 70 | 2.86 | 1.230 | |||
| Mike Garman | 66 | 0 | 79 | 3 | 8 | .273 | 10 | 48 | 48 | 2.39 | 1.532 | |||
| Bob Gibson | 22 | 14 | 109 | 3 | 10 | .231 | 2 | 60 | 62 | 5.04 | 1.670 | |||
| Al Hrabosky | 65 | 0 | 97.3 | 13 | 3 | .813 | 22 | 82 | 33 | 1.66 | 1.079 | |||
| Ryan Kurosaki | 7 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 7.62 | 1.692 | |||
| Lynn McGlothen | 35 | 34 | 239 | 15 | 13 | .536 | 0 | 146 | 97 | 3.92 | 1.372 | |||
| Tommy Moore | 10 | 0 | 18.7 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 3.86 | 1.444 | |||
| Harry Parker | 14 | 0 | 18.7 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 6.27 | 1.658 | |||
| Eric Rasmussen | 14 | 13 | 81 | 5 | 5 | .500 | 0 | 59 | 20 | 3.78 | 1.309 | |||
| Ron Reed | 24 | 24 | 175.7 | 9 | 8 | .529 | 0 | 99 | 37 | 3.23 | 1.241 | |||
| Ken Reynolds | 10 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 1.59 | 1.353 | |||
| Ray Sadecki | 8 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 3.27 | 1.818 | |||
| Elias Sosa | 14 | 1 | 27.3 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0 | 15 | 14 | 3.95 | 1.319 | |||
| Greg Terlecky | 20 | 0 | 30.3 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 13 | 12 | 4.45 | 1.650 | |||
| Mike Wallace | 9 | 0 | 8.7 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 2.08 | 1.609 | |||
| Team Totals | 435 | 163 | 1454.8 | 82 | 80 | .506 | 36 | 824 | 571 | 3.58 | 1.391 | |||
[edit] Batting Leaders
| Category | ||
| Games | Ken Reitz | 161 |
| At Bats | Ken Reitz | 592 |
| Plate Appearances (approx.) | Ted Simmons | 649 |
| Batting Average | Ted Simmons | .332 |
| On-Base % | Ted Simmons | .396 |
| Slugging % | Ted Simmons | .491 |
| OPS | Ted Simmons | .887 |
| Runs | Ted Simmons | 80 |
| Hits | Ted Simmons | 193 |
| Total Bases | Ted Simmons | 285 |
| Doubles | Ted Simmons | 32 |
| Triples | Bake McBride | 9 |
| Home Runs | Reggie Smith | 19 |
| RBI | Ted Simmons | 100 |
| Walks | Ted Simmons and Reggie Smith | 63 |
| Strikeouts | Lou Brock | 64 |
| Stolen Bases | Lou Brock | 56 |
| Caught Stealing | Lou Brock | 16 |
| Sacrifice Hits | Ted Sizemore | 21 |
| Sacrifice Flies | Willie Davis | 8 |
| Grounded into Double Plays | Ted Simmons | 20 |
[edit] Pitching Leaders
| Category | ||
| Wins | Bob Forsch and Lynn McGlothen | 15 |
| Losses | Lynn McGlothen | 13 |
| Saves | Al Hrabosky | 22 |
| Won-Loss % | Al Hrabosky | .813 |
| ERA | Bob Forsch | 2.86 |
| WHIP | Bob Forsch | 1.230 |
| Innings Pitched | Lynn McGlothen | 239 |
| Games | Mike Garman | 66 |
| Games Started | Bob Forsch and Lynn McGlothen | 34 |
| Strikeouts | Lynn McGlothen | 146 |
| Complete Games | Lynn McGlothen | 9 |
| Shutouts | Bob Forsch | 4 |
| Batters Faced | Lynn McGlothen | 1028 |
| Earned Runs Allowed | Lynn McGlothen | 104 |
| Hits Allowed | Lynn McGlothen | 231 |
| Walks Allowed | Lynn McGlothen | 97 |
| Home Runs Allowed | Lynn McGlothen | 21 |
| Doubles Allowed | Lynn McGlothen | 41 |
| Triples Allowed | John Denny | 9 |
| Wild Pitches | Bob Forsch | 10 |
| Hit Batsmen | Bob Gibson, Lynn McGlothen, and Ron Reed | 4 |
| Double Plays Induced | Bob Forsch | 26 |
