1977 St. Louis Cardinals season

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.

This article is about the Major League Baseball team. For the National Football League team, see 1977 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) season.

1977 St. Louis Cardinals
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record83–79 (.512)
Divisional place3rd
Other information
Owner(s)August "Gussie" Busch
General manager(s)Bing Devine
Manager(s)Vern Rapp
Local televisionKSD-TV
(Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Jay Randolph, Bob Starr)
Local radioKMOX
(Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Bob Starr)
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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 Records

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

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
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
Don Kessinger5913432.23907
Bake McBride4312232.262420
Dave Rader6611430.263116
Mike Phillips488721.24109
Roger Freed498333.398521
Jim Dwyer13317.22602
Joel Youngblood25275.18501
John Tamargo440.00000
Benny Ayala131.33300

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 Rasmussen3423311173.48120
John Denny26149.2884.5160
Pete Falcone27124485.4475
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 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
Clay Carroll514242.5034
Rawly Eastwick413744.7030
Buddy Schultz406112.3266
Doug Capilla200015.431

Awards and honors

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
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. 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. Joel Youngblood page at Baseball Reference
  10. Benny Ayala page at Baseball Reference
  11. Ken Rudolph page at Baseball Reference
  12. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1977&t=SLN
  13. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/jeffcmi01.shtml
  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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