1977 St. Louis Cardinals
LeagueNational League
DivisionEast
BallparkBusch Memorial Stadium
CitySt. Louis, Missouri
Record83–79 (.512)
Divisional place3rd
OwnersAugust "Gussie" Busch
General managersBing Devine
ManagersVern Rapp
TelevisionKSD-TV
(Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Jay Randolph, Bob Starr)
RadioKMOX
(Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Bob Starr)
Seasons

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

Regular season

Opening Day starters

Season standings

NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Philadelphia Phillies 10161 0.623 — 60–21 41–40
Pittsburgh Pirates 9666 0.593 5 58–23 38–43
St. Louis Cardinals 8379 0.512 18 52–31 31–48
Chicago Cubs 8181 0.500 20 46–35 35–46
Montreal Expos 7587 0.463 26 38–43 37–44
New York Mets 6498 0.395 37 35–44 29–54

Record vs. opponents

1977 National League record

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —5–74–149–95–136–67–52–103–911–78–101–11
Chicago 7–5—7–56–66–610–89–96–127–117–59–37–11
Cincinnati 14–45–7—5–1310–87–510–28–43–911–710–85–7
Houston 9–96–613–5—9–98–46–64–84–88–109–95–7
Los Angeles 13–56–68–109–9—7–58–46–69–312–614–46–6
Montreal 6–68–105–74–85–7—10–87–117–115–76–612–6
New York 5–79–92–106–64–88–10—5–134–146–67–58–10
Philadelphia 10-212–64–88–46–611–713–5—8–109–39–311–7
Pittsburgh 9–311–79–38–43–911–714–410–8—10–22–109–9
San Diego 7–115–77–1110–86–127–56–63–92–10—8–108–4
San Francisco 10–83–98–109–94–146–65–73–910–210–8—7–5
St. Louis 11–111–77–57–56–66–1210–87–119–94–85–7—

Notable transactions

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
CTed Simmons150516164.3182195
1BKeith Hernandez161560163.2911591
2BMike Tyson138418103.246757
3BKen Reitz157587153.2611779
SSGarry Templeton153621200.322879
LFLou Brock141489133.272246
CFTony Scott9529285.291341
RFHéctor Cruz11833980.236642

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 Mumphrey145463133.287238
Mike Anderson9415434.221417
Don Kessinger5913432.23907
Bake McBride4312232.262420
Dave Rader6611430.263116
Mike Phillips488721.24109
Roger Freed498333.398521
Rick Bosetti416916.23203
Dane Iorg303210.31304
Jim Dwyer13317.22602
Joel Youngblood25275.18501
Taylor Duncan8124.33312
Ken Oberkfell991.11101
Jerry DaVanon980.00000
Mike Potter570.00000
John Tamargo440.00000
Benny Ayala131.33300

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 Rasmussen34233.011173.48120
Bob Forsch35217.12073.4895
John Denny26149.2884.5160
Pete Falcone27124.0485.4475
Tom Underwood19100.0694.9566
Larry Dierker1139.1264.586

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 Urrea41139.2763.1681
John D'Acquisto38.1004.329

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 Hrabosky6565104.3868
Butch Metzger584273.1148
Clay Carroll514242.5034
Rawly Eastwick413744.7030
Buddy Schultz406112.3266
John Sutton142102.599
Doug Capilla200015.431

Awards and honors

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA New Orleans Pelicans American Association Lance Nichols
AA Arkansas Travelers Texas League Buzzy Keller 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. 1 2 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. 1 2 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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