1970 St. Louis Cardinals roster

36 players appeared for the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1970 MLB season.

1970 Cardinals roster: batting

1970 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 Brock155664114202135751.304.361.783
Joe Torre16162489203211002.325.398.896
Jose Cardenal14855273162107426.293.348.775
Julian Javier139513621292426.251.284.590
Dick Allen12245988128341015.279.377.937
Joe Hague1394515812214682.271.358.775
Dal Maxvill15239935800280.201.287.510
Ted Simmons8228429693242.243.333.650
Leron Lee12126428606235.227.290.642
Carl Taylor10424539616455.249.358.745
Vic Davalillo11118329571334.311.355.792
Mike Shannon5517418370221.213.275.562
Ed Crosby3895924060.253.308.623
Milt Ramirez6279815030.190.264.505
Luis Melendez21701121083.300.315.629
Jim Kennedy122413000.125.125.250
Jerry Davanon111822000.111.200.367
Jose Cruz61726010.353.500.912
Jim Campbell131303010.231.231.462
Joe Nossek1100000.000.000.000
Jorge Roque5120000.000.500.500

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

1970 Cardinals roster: pitching

1970 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 GibsonP34342373.12294.02741.190
Steve CarltonSP343310193.73253.21931.370
Mike TorrezSP30288104.22179.11001.510
Jerry ReussRP2020784.10127.1741.420
Chuck TaylorP567673.11124.1641.188
Nelson BrilesP3019676.24106.2591.550
Sal CampisiP370222.9249.1261.824
Frank BertainaP85123.1631.1141.630
Reggie ClevelandRP161047.6226.0221.880
Harry ParkerP74113.2222.191.750
Billy McCoolP180036.2321.2121.661
Tom HilgendorfP230043.9220.2131.693
Al HraboskyRP161214.7419.0121.530
Bob ChlupsaP140028.8216.1102.140
Santiago GuzmanP83117.2413.291.980

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.