1976 St. Louis Cardinals roster

34 players appeared for the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1976 MLB season.

1976 Cardinals roster: batting

1976 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.
Ted Simmons150546601595750.291.371.765
Heity Cruz1515265412013711.228.286.625
Don Kessinger145502551201403.239.320.633
Lou Brock1334987315046756.301.344.738
Willie Crawford120392491199502.304.360.801
Jerry Mumphrey112384519912622.258.322.653
Keith Hernandez129374541087464.289.376.803
Bake McBride72272409132410.335.386.831
Vic Harris9725921591191.228.275.584
Mike Tyson7624526703283.286.326.771
Garry Templeton53213326211711.291.314.675
Mike Anderson8619917581121.291.371.728
Lee Richard66911216051.176.211.474
Ken Rudolph275018050.160.176.396
Luis Alvarado1642512030.286.333.643
Sam Mejias182113002.143.217.408
Mike Potter91600000.000.059.059
Charlie Chant151402000.143.143.286
John Tamargo101023010.300.429.729
Doug Clarey9421120.250.2501.250

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

1976 Cardinals roster: pitching

1976 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.
Pete FalconeRP323212163.23212.01381.250
John DennySP30301192.52207.0741.270
Lynn McGlothenRP333213153.91205.01061.350
Bob ForschRP33328103.94194.0761.440
Eric RasmussenSP43176123.53150.1761.280
John CurtisRP37156114.50134.0521.521
Al HraboskyRP680863.3095.1731.3413
Mike WallaceP490324.0766.1401.582
Eddie SolomonSP262114.8637.0191.650
Lerrin LaGrowRP82011.4824.1101.150
Tom WalkerP100124.1219.2111.273
Mike ProlyRP140103.7117.041.590
Doug CapillaRP70105.408.151.440
Steve WaterburyP50006.006.041.670

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.