1972 St. Louis Cardinals roster

33 players appeared for the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1972 MLB season.

1972 Cardinals roster: batting

1972 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 Brock1536218119334263.311.359.752
Ted Simmons1525947018016961.303.336.801
Joe Torre1495447115711813.289.357.776
Ted Sizemore120439531162388.264.324.659
Jose Cruz11733233782239.235.309.628
Luis Melendez11833232795285.238.292.627
Ed Crosby10127627600191.217.269.527
Donn Clendenon611361326491.191.279.588
Ken Reitz21785280100.359.370.781
Skip Jutze2171117050.239.247.514
Jorge Roque326737151.104.176.385
Mick Kelleher2363510010.159.232.454
Jerry McNertney3948310090.208.291.603
Mike Tyson133717000.189.211.427
Bill Stein1435211231.314.314.857
Ron Allen71121110.091.286.649

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

1972 Cardinals roster: pitching

1972 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 GibsonP343419112.46278.02081.130
Rick WiseRP353516163.11269.01421.190
Reggie ClevelandRP333314153.94230.21531.250
Al SantoriniP30198114.11133.2721.360
Scipio SpinksP1616552.67118.0931.310
Don DurhamP108274.3447.2351.340
Jim BibbyRP66133.3540.1281.190
Joe GrzendaP300105.6635.0151.800
Tony CloningerP170025.1926.0111.850
Dennis HigginsP151123.9722.2201.811
Ray BareP140010.5416.251.441
Rich FolkersP90103.3813.171.280
Charlie HudsonP120105.1112.141.380
Al HraboskyRP50100.007.090.710
Lance ClemonsP310110.135.122.440
Santiago GuzmanP10009.001.001.000
Tim PlodinecP100027.000.109.000

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.