1971 St. Louis Cardinals roster

33 players appeared for the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1971 MLB season.

1971 Cardinals roster: batting

1971 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 Brock15764012620076164.313.385.810
Joe Torre16163497230241374.363.421.976
Matty Alou1496098519277419.315.352.767
Ted Simmons133510641557771.304.347.771
Ted Sizemore135478531263424.264.322.655
Joe Hague129380468616540.226.330.722
Dal Maxvill14235631800241.225.307.565
Jose Cruz8329246809276.274.377.801
Julian Javier9025932673285.259.286.633
Luis Melendez8817325390112.225.320.574
Jim Beauchamp7716224382163.235.274.632
Jerry McNertney5612815374220.289.343.788
Bob Burda65716211120.296.386.724
Bob Stinson171934010.211.250.513
Milt Ramirez41123000.273.385.657
Jorge Roque31023011.300.300.600

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

1971 Cardinals roster: pitching

1971 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.
Steve CarltonSP37362093.56273.11721.360
Bob GibsonP313116133.04245.21851.180
Reggie ClevelandRP343412124.01222.01481.310
Jerry ReussRP363514144.78211.01311.600
Chris ZacharyP23123105.3289.2481.560
Chuck TaylorP431313.5371.1461.363
Moe DrabowskyP510613.4360.1491.298
Frank LinzyP500432.1259.1241.286
Don ShawP450722.6551.0191.492
Rudy ArroyoP90015.4011.251.970
Santiago GuzmanP21000.0010.0130.800
George BrunetP70015.799.142.040
Dennis HigginsP30103.867.061.140
Harry ParkerP40007.205.021.600
Al HraboskyRP10000.002.021.000
Bob ChlupsaP10009.002.011.500
Mike JacksonP10000.000.203.000

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.