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== Notes ==
== Notes ==

Revision as of 16:57, 23 November 2009


1972 St. Louis Cardinals
File:St Louis Cardinals 1967-1997 logo.png
DivisionEastern Division
BallparkBusch Memorial Stadium
CitySt. Louis, Missouri
OwnersAugust "Gussie" Busch
ManagersRed Schoendienst
TelevisionKSD-TV
RadioKMOX
(Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Mike Walden)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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The St. Louis Cardinals 1972 season was the team's 91st season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 81st season in the National League. The Cardinals went 75-81 during the season and finished fourth in the National League East, 21½ games behind the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Pitcher Bob Gibson won a Gold Glove this year.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

NL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Pittsburgh Pirates 96 59 .619 — 49‍–‍29 47‍–‍30
Chicago Cubs 85 70 .548 11 46‍–‍31 39‍–‍39
New York Mets 83 73 .532 13½ 41‍–‍37 42‍–‍36
St. Louis Cardinals 75 81 .481 21½ 40‍–‍37 35‍–‍44
Montreal Expos 70 86 .449 26½ 35‍–‍43 35‍–‍43
Philadelphia Phillies 59 97 .378 37½ 28‍–‍51 31‍–‍46

Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

Roster

1972 St. Louis Cardinals roster
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
1B Matty Alou 108 404 127 .314 3 31
SS Dal Maxvill 105 276 61 .221 1 23
LF Lou Brock 153 621 193 .311 3 42
CF José Cruz 117 332 78 .235 2 23

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Luis Meléndez 118 332 79 .238 5 28
Dwain Anderson 57 135 36 .267 1 8
Joe Hague 27 76 18 .237 3 11
Skip Jutze 21 71 17 .239 0 5
Mike Fiore 17 10 1 .100 0 1
Marty Martínez 9 7 3 .429 0 2

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Rick Wise 35 269 16 16 3.11 142
Bob Gibson 34 278 19 11 2.46 208
Reggie Cleveland 33 230.2 14 15 3.94 153
Scipio Spinks 16 118 5 5 2.67 93
Jim Bibby 6 40.1 1 3 3.35 28

Other pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Al Santorini 30 133.2 8 11 4.11 72
Lance Clemons 3 5.1 0 1 10.12 2

Relief pitchers

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Diego Seguí 33 3 1 9 3.07 54
Tony Cloninger 17 0 2 0 5.19 11
Ray Bare 14 0 1 1 0.54 5
Charlie Hudson 12 1 0 0 5.11 4
Don Shaw 8 0 1 0 9.00 0
Santiago Guzmán 1 0 0 0 9.00 0
Tim Plodinec 1 0 0 0 27.00 0

Awards and honors

Farm system

See also: Minor league baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Tulsa Oilers American Association Jack Krol
AA Arkansas Travelers Texas League Fred Koenig
A Modesto Reds California League Tom Burgess
A St. Petersburg Cardinals Florida State League Roy Majtyka
A Cedar Rapids Cardinals Midwest League Gary Geiger
Rookie GCL Cardinals Gulf Coast League Bobby Dews

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Modesto[9]

Notes

  1. ^ Steve Carlton page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ 1972 St. Louis Cardinals Roster by Baseball Almanac
  3. ^ Don Shaw page at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ a b Brant Alyea page at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ Dan Larson page at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ Diego Seguí page at Baseball Reference
  7. ^ Dal Maxvill page at Baseball Reference
  8. ^ Stolen Bases Single Season National League Leaders by Baseball Almanac
  9. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References

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