1969 St. Louis Cardinals roster

33 players appeared for the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1969 MLB season.

1969 Cardinals roster: batting

1969 St. Louis Cardinals batting
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
Lou Brock15765597195124753.298.349.782
Curt Flood153606801734579.285.344.710
Joe Torre15960272174181010.289.361.808
Mike Shannon1505515114012551.254.315.679
Tim McCarver138515461347514.260.323.688
Vada Pinson1324955812610704.255.303.686
Julian Javier1434935913910428.282.336.744
Dal Maxvill13237227652321.175.263.492
Steve Huntz7113913273130.194.325.613
Phil Gagliano621287291100.227.303.568
Joe Hague40100817280.170.259.529
Bill White4957712041.211.338.566
Byron Browne2253912170.226.359.680
Dave Ricketts3044212050.273.320.615
Leron Lee72335000.217.308.569
Chip Coulter61936040.316.381.855
Ted Simmons51403030.214.250.607
Boots Day11610000.000.143.143

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · OPS

1969 Cardinals roster: pitching

1969 St. Louis Cardinals pitching
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.GS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
Bob GibsonP353520132.18314.02691.100
Steve CarltonSP313117112.17236.12101.180
Nelson BrilesP363315133.52227.21261.230
Ray WashburnP2816383.06132.1801.381
Chuck TaylorP2713752.56126.2621.090
Mike TorrezSP24151043.59107.2611.470
Dave GiustiP2212373.6199.2621.330
Joe HoernerP450232.8753.1350.9915
Sal CampisiP70100.939.271.030
Santiago GuzmanP11014.917.171.640
Jerry ReussRP11100.007.030.710
Tom HilgendorfP60001.426.120.792
Mel NelsonP800111.815.133.000
Jim EllisP21001.695.101.880
Reggie ClevelandRP11009.004.032.000

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · WHIP · SV

Regular season. Player lines are the season lines ESPN files under this club; a player traded during the season may appear under his last club only. Age is the player’s age on June 30 of the season. Standings start in 1995, so this season shows no league or division placing.