1981 St. Louis Cardinals roster

29 players appeared for the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1981 MLB season.

1981 Cardinals roster: batting

1981 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.
Tom Herr2B1034115011004623.268.329.674
George HendrickLF1013946711218614.284.356.841
Keith Hernandez1B1033766511584812.306.401.864
Ken Oberkfell2B1023764311024513.293.353.725
Garry TempletonSS8033347961338.288.315.709
Dane Iorg1B7521723712392.327.344.768
Sixto LezcanoCF7221426575280.266.376.768
Darrell PorterDH6117422396311.224.364.772
Gene Tenace1B5812926305220.233.416.819
Tito LandrumRF8111913310104.261.297.667
Gene RoofCF23601118035.300.411.811
Orlando SanchezC2749514061.286.308.675
Steve BraunCF444699021.196.393.676
David Green1B213465020.147.275.451
Glenn BrummerC213026020.200.219.452
Julio GonzalezSS202227130.318.348.848

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

1981 Cardinals roster: pitching

1981 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.
Lary SorensenRP2323773.27140.1521.250
Bob ForschRP20201053.18124.1411.090
John MartinRP1715853.42102.2361.080
Silvio MartinezSP1816253.9997.0341.380
Bruce SutterRP480352.6282.1571.0725
Bob ShirleyRP2811644.0879.1361.411
Jim KaatRP411663.4053.081.454
Mark LittellRP281134.3941.0221.632
Bob SykesRP221204.5837.1141.470
Jim OttenRP240105.3035.2201.790
Andy RinconSP55311.7735.2130.900
Luis DeLeonSP100012.3515.180.910
Dave LaPointSP32104.2210.241.310

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.