1978 St. Louis Cardinals roster

32 players appeared for the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1978 MLB season.

1978 Cardinals roster: batting

1978 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 TempletonSS1556478218124734.280.303.680
Keith Hernandez1B15954290138116413.255.351.741
Ken Reitz3B1505404113310751.246.280.637
Ted Simmons1B1525167114822801.287.377.889
Jerry MoralesCF130457441094464.239.288.629
Mike Tyson2B12537726883262.233.277.577
Jerry MumphreyLF125367419623714.262.317.652
Lou Brock—92298316601217.221.263.514
Tony ScottCF9621928501145.228.278.562
Mike PhillipsSS7616414441280.268.317.665
Steve SwisherC4511511321101.278.331.696
Roger Freed—52923222201.239.297.667
Dane Iorg1B3585623040.271.300.641
Ken Oberkfell2B245076000.120.170.310
Terry KennedyC102905020.172.273.445
Jim LentineDH81112011.182.250.432
Gary Sutherland—10611000.167.167.333
Bob Coluccio—5300000.000.250.250

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

1978 Cardinals roster: pitching

1978 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.
John DennySP333314112.96234.01031.170
Bob ForschRP343411173.70233.21141.290
Pete VuckovichSP452312122.54198.11491.241
Silvio MartinezSP2222983.64138.1451.340
Mark LittellRP722482.79106.11301.3111
John UrreaRP2712495.3898.2611.570
Buddy SchultzP620243.8083.0701.256
Pete FalconeRP1914275.7675.0281.890
Aurelio LopezRP254424.2965.0461.290
Tom BrunoP183431.9949.2331.111
Roy ThomasRP161113.8128.1161.313
George FrazierRP140034.0922.081.270
Dan O'brienP72024.5018.0121.670
Rob DresslerRP32012.0813.041.230

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.