1979 St. Louis Cardinals roster

37 players appeared for the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1979 MLB season.

1979 Cardinals roster: batting

1979 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 TempletonSS15467210521196226.314.331.790
Keith Hernandez1B1616101162101110511.344.417.930
Ken Reitz3B159605421628731.268.299.681
Tony ScottCF1535876915266837.259.301.662
George HendrickLF1404936714816752.300.359.816
Ted Simmons1B1234486812726870.283.369.875
Lou Brock—1204055612353821.304.342.739
Ken Oberkfell2B135369531111354.301.396.784
Jerry MumphreyLF124339531003328.295.341.710
Mike Tyson2B7519018425202.221.272.635
Dane Iorg1B7917912521211.291.337.717
Terry KennedyC3310911312170.284.319.723
Mike PhillipsSS44971022160.227.306.615
Steve SwisherC3873411130.151.213.445
Bernie CarboRF52646183121.281.368.806
Roger Freed—343128280.258.361.877
Jim LentineDH112329010.391.462.896
Tom Grieve—91513000.200.368.635
Keith SmithCF61313000.231.231.462
Tom Herr2B141042011.200.333.533
Mike Dimmel—6311000.333.333.667

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

1979 Cardinals roster: pitching

1979 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 VuckovichSP343215103.59233.01451.260
Bob ForschRP333211113.83218.2921.220
Silvio MartinezSP32291583.27206.21021.310
John DennySP31318114.85206.0991.490
John FulghamSP20191062.53146.0751.020
Mark LittellRP630942.1982.1671.2013
Roy ThomasRP266342.9277.0441.171
Bob SykesRP1311436.1867.0351.790
Will McEnaneyP450032.9564.0151.192
Darold KnowlesRP480254.0748.2221.466
Buddy SchultzP310434.4642.1381.283
Tom BrunoP271234.2338.1271.540
George FrazierRP250244.4532.1141.450
John UrreaRP32003.9711.151.940
Dan O'brienP60118.1811.052.180
Kim SeamanRP10000.002.031.000

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.