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Revision as of 15:12, 21 December 2019

This article is about the Major League Baseball team. For the National Football League team, see 1972 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) season.


1972 St. Louis Cardinals
DivisionEastern Division
BallparkBusch Memorial Stadium
CitySt. Louis, Missouri
Record75–81 (.481)
OwnersAugust "Gussie" Busch
ManagersRed Schoendienst
TelevisionKSD-TV
RadioKMOX
(Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Mike Walden)
← 1971 Seasons 1973 →

The 1972 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 91st season in St. Louis, Missouri and its 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.

Offseason

Regular season

Pitcher Bob Gibson won a Gold Glove this year.

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

Record vs. opponents

1972 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta — 5–7–1 9–9 7–7 7–8 4–8 7–5 6–6 6–6 6–11 7–11 6–6
Chicago 7–5–1 — 8–4 3–9 8–4 10–5 10–8 10–7 3–12 9–3 7–5 10–8
Cincinnati 9–9 4–8 — 11–6 9–5 8–4 8–4 10–2 8–4 8–10 10–5 10–2
Houston 7–7 9–3 6–11 — 7–11 8–4 6–6 9–3 3–9 12–2 13–5 4–8
Los Angeles 8–7 4–8 5–9 11–7 — 6–6 7–5 7–5 7–5 13–5 9–9 8–4
Montreal 8–4 5–10 4–8 4–8 6–6 — 6–12 10–6 6–12 6–6 6–6 9–8
New York 5–7 8–10 4–8 6–6 5–7 12–6 — 13–5 8–6 7–5 8–4 7–9
Philadelphia 6-6 7–10 2–10 3–9 5–7 6–10 5–13 — 5–13 6–6 6–6 8–7
Pittsburgh 6–6 12–3 4–8 9–3 5–7 12–6 6–8 13–5 — 10–2 9–3 10–8
San Diego 11–6 3–9 10–8 2–12 5–13 6–6 5–7 6–6 2–10 — 4–10 4–8
San Francisco 11–7 5–7 5–10 5–13 9–9 6–6 4–8 6–6 3–9 10–4 — 5–7
St. Louis 6–6 8–10 2–10 8–4 4–8 8–9 9–7 7–8 8–10 8–4 7–5 —


Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

Roster

1972 St. Louis Cardinals
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
C Ted Simmons 152 594 180 .303 16 96
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

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

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

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

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

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

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
John Cumberland 14 1 1 0 6.65 7
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

League leaders

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
Rookie GCL Red Birds Gulf Coast League Julio Gotay

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Modesto[10]

References

  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 Lowell Palmer page at Baseball-Reference
  5. ^ a b Brant Alyea page at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ Dan Larson page at Baseball Reference
  7. ^ Diego Seguí page at Baseball Reference
  8. ^ Dal Maxvill page at Baseball Reference
  9. ^ Stolen Bases Single Season National League Leaders by Baseball Almanac
  10. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
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