1977 St. Louis Cardinals roster

29 players appeared for the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1977 MLB season.

1977 Cardinals roster: batting

1977 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.
Garry TempletonSS1536219420087928.322.336.786
Ken Reitz3B1575875815317792.261.291.703
Keith Hernandez1B1615609016315917.291.379.837
Ted Simmons1B1505168216421952.318.408.908
Lou Brock—1414896913324635.272.317.670
Jerry MumphreyLF1454637313323822.287.354.741
Mike Tyson2B138418421037573.246.299.641
Heity CruzCF11833950806424.236.326.683
Tony ScottCF95292388534113.291.368.765
Mike Anderson—9415418344172.221.286.623
Dave RaderC6611415301161.263.310.678
Roger Freed—498310335210.398.4631.090
Rick BosettiCF41691216034.232.303.535
Jim DwyerDH133137020.226.351.609
Taylor Duncan—81224120.333.400.983
Ken Oberkfell2B9901010.111.111.222
Jerry Davanon—9820000.000.111.111
Mike Potter—5700000.000.000.000
John TamargoC4400000.000.000.000
Bennie AyalaDH1301000.333.333.667

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

1977 Cardinals roster: pitching

1977 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.
Eric RasmussenSP343411173.48233.01201.230
Bob ForschRP35352073.48217.1951.280
John DennySP2626884.51149.2601.520
John UrreaRP4112763.16139.2811.154
Pete FalconeRP2722485.44124.0751.541
Al HraboskyRP650654.3886.1681.4210
Buddy SchultzP403612.3285.1661.171
Larry DierkerP119264.5839.161.420
John SuttonP140212.5924.191.520

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.