1974 St. Louis Cardinals roster

32 players appeared for the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1974 MLB season.

1974 Cardinals roster: batting

1974 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 Brock—153635105194348118.306.368.749
Ted Simmons1B15259966163201030.272.327.774
Ken Reitz3B154579481577540.271.299.662
Bake McBrideDH1505598117365630.309.369.763
Joe Torre—1475295914911701.282.371.772
Reggie Smith1B14351779160231004.309.389.917
Ted Sizemore2B129504681262478.250.339.634
Mike Tyson2B15142235941374.223.264.551
Jose CruzRF10716124425204.261.341.757
Luis Melendez—831241527082.218.283.581
Jim DwyerDH748613242110.279.360.720
Tom Heintzelman—38741017160.230.313.638
Jim Hickman—5060516240.267.353.720
Jerry Davanon—304046040.150.255.430
Keith Hernandez1B1434310020.294.415.856
Marc HillC102125020.238.360.646
Danny Godby—131322010.154.294.448
Stan Papi3B8401010.250.250.500
Jerry MumphreyLF5220000.000.000.000
Larry HerndonLF121310001.0001.0002.000

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

1974 Cardinals roster: pitching

1974 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 GibsonP333311133.83240.01291.420
Lynn McGlothenRP313116122.69237.11421.270
John CurtisRP332910143.78195.0891.451
Alan FosterP31257103.88162.1781.400
Sonny SiebertP2820883.84133.2681.500
Bob ForschRP1914742.97100.0391.180
Rich FolkersP550623.0090.0571.142
Al HraboskyRP650812.9588.1821.239
Mike GarmanP640722.6481.2451.146
Ray BareP103125.9224.161.400
John DennySP20000.002.011.500
Barry LerschP100040.501.106.000

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.