1976_St._Louis_Cardinals_season

1976 St. Louis Cardinals
1976 St. Louis Cardinals
League	National League
Division	East
Ballpark	Busch Memorial Stadium
City	St. Louis, Missouri
Record	72–90 (.444)
Divisional place	5th
Owners	August "Gussie" Busch
General managers	Bing Devine
Managers	Red Schoendienst
Television	KSD-TV; (Mike Shannon, Jay Randolph, Bob Starr)
Radio	KMOX; (Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Bob Starr)

1976 St. Louis Cardinals season

Major League Baseball team season

The 1976 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 95th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 85th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 72–90 during the season and finished fifth in the National League East, 29 games behind the Philadelphia Phillies.

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v t e NL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Philadelphia Phillies	101	61	0.623	—	53–28	48–33
Pittsburgh Pirates	92	70	0.568	9	47–34	45–36
New York Mets	86	76	0.531	15	45–37	41–39
Chicago Cubs	75	87	0.463	26	42–39	33–48
St. Louis Cardinals	72	90	0.444	29	37–44	35–46
Montreal Expos	55	107	0.340	46	27–53	28–54

1976 National League record v t e Sources:
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	6–6	6–12	7–11	8–10	8–4	4–8	5–7	3–9	10–8	9–9	4–8
Chicago	6–6	—	3–9	5–7	3–9	11–7	5–13	8–10	8–10	6–6	8–4	12–6
Cincinnati	12–6	9–3	—	12–6	13–5	9–3	6–6	5–7	8–4	13–5	9–9	6–6
Houston	11–7	7–5	6–12	—	5–13	10–2	6–6	4–8	2–10	10–8	10–8	9–3
Los Angeles	10–8	9–3	5–13	13–5	—	10–2	7–5	5–7	9–3	6–12	8–10	10–2
Montreal	4–8	7–11	3–9	2–10	2–10	—	8–10	3–15	8–10	4–8	7–5	7–11
New York	8–4	13–5	6–6	6–6	5–7	10–8	—	5–13	10–8	7–5	7–5	9–9
Philadelphia	7-5	10–8	7–5	8–4	7–5	15–3	13–5	—	8–10	8–4	6–6	12–6
Pittsburgh	9–3	10–8	4–8	10–2	3–9	10–8	8–10	10–8	—	7–5	9–3	12–6
San Diego	8–10	6–6	5–13	8–10	12–6	8–4	5–7	4–8	5–7	—	8–10	4–8
San Francisco	9–9	4–8	9–9	8–10	10–8	5–7	5–7	6–6	3–9	10–8	—	5–7
St. Louis	8–4	6–12	6–6	3–9	2–10	11–7	9–9	6–12	6–12	8–4	7–5	—

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Ted Simmons	150	546	159	.291	5	75
1B	Keith Hernandez	129	374	108	.289	7	46
2B	Mike Tyson	76	245	70	.286	3	28
3B	Héctor Cruz	151	526	120	.228	13	71
SS	Don Kessinger	145	502	120	.239	1	40
LF	Lou Brock	133	498	150	.301	4	67
CF	Jerry Mumphrey	112	384	99	.258	1	26
RF	Willie Crawford	120	392	119	.304	9	50

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Bake McBride	72	272	91	.335	3	24
Vic Harris	97	259	59	.228	1	19
Garry Templeton	53	213	62	.291	1	17
Mike Anderson	86	199	58	.291	1	12
Joe Ferguson	71	189	38	.201	4	21
Reggie Smith	47	170	37	.218	8	23
Ron Fairly	73	110	29	.264	0	21
Lee Richard	66	91	16	.176	0	5
Ken Rudolph	27	50	8	.160	0	5
Luis Alvarado	16	42	12	.286	0	3
Luis Meléndez	20	24	3	.125	0	0
Sam Mejías	18	21	3	.143	0	0
Mike Potter	9	16	0	.000	0	0
Charlie Chant	15	14	2	.143	0	0
John Tamargo	10	10	3	.300	0	1
Doug Clarey	9	4	1	.250	1	2

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Pete Falcone	32	212.0	12	16	3.23	138
John Denny	30	207.0	11	9	2.52	74
Lynn McGlothen	33	205.0	13	15	3.91	106
Bob Forsch	33	194.0	8	10	3.94	76

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Eric Rasmussen	43	150.1	6	12	3.53	76
John Curtis	37	134.0	6	11	4.50	52
Lerrin LaGrow	8	24.1	0	1	1.48	10

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Al Hrabosky	68	8	6	13	3.30	73
Mike Wallace	49	3	2	2	4.07	40
Bill Greif	47	1	5	6	4.12	32
Eddie Solomon	26	1	1	0	4.86	19
Danny Frisella	18	0	0	1	3.97	11
Mike Proly	14	1	0	0	3.71	4
Tom Walker	10	1	2	3	4.12	11
Doug Capilla	7	1	0	0	5.40	5
Steve Waterbury	5	0	0	0	6.00	4

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Tulsa Oilers	American Association	Ken Boyer
AA	Arkansas Travelers	Texas League	Jack Krol
A	St. Petersburg Cardinals	Florida State League	Hal Lanier
Rookie	Johnson City Cardinals	Appalachian League	Buzzy Keller
Rookie	GCL Cardinals	Gulf Coast League	Dave Ricketts