1978 St. Louis Cardinals season

Major League Baseball season the Major League Baseball team the National Football League team 1978 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) season March 2026 November 2013 St. Louis Cardinals 1978 St Louis Cardinals Cap Insignia.svg National League East Busch Memorial Stadium St. Louis, Missouri 69–93 (.426) 5th August "Gussie" Busch Bing Devine Vern Rapp, Jack Krol, Ken Boyer KSD-TV(Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Jay Randolph, Bob Starr) KMOX(Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Bob Starr) The 1978 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 97th season in St. Louis, Missouri and its 87th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 69–93 during the season and finished fifth in the National League East, 21 games behind the Philadelphia Phillies. Offseason October 25, 1977: The Cardinals traded a player to be named later to the San Francisco Giants for Frank Riccelli. The Cardinals completed the deal by sending Jim Dwyer to the Giants on June 15, 1978.Frank Riccelli page at Baseball Reference December 8, 1977: Dave Rader and Héctor Cruz were traded by the Cardinals to the Chicago Cubs for Jerry Morales, Steve Swisher, and cash.Dave Rader page at Baseball Reference February 2, 1978: Ken Rudolph was signed as a free agent by the Cardinals.Ken Rudolph page at Baseball Reference March 15, 1978: Rick Bosetti was traded by the Cardinals to the Toronto Blue Jays for Tom Bruno and cash.Rick Bosetti page at Baseball Reference Regular season In late April, the Cardinals fired manager Vern Rapp, who had started at 7–11. He was briefly replaced by coach Jack Krol for two games (1-1) before giving the job on a permanent basis to their former MVP third-baseman Ken Boyer, who went 61–81 the rest of the way. On June 16, Tom Seaver of the Cincinnati Reds made history by pitching a no-hitter against the Cardinals. It would be the only no-hitter of his career. First baseman Keith Hernandez won a Gold Glove. This remains to date the only 162-game season in which the Cardinals failed to win at least 70 games. Season standings Record vs. opponents STL Opening Day starters Lou Brock John Denny Keith Hernandez Jerry Morales Ken Reitz Tony Scott Ted Simmons Garry Templeton Mike Tysonhttp://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1978&t=SLN 1978 St. Louis Cardinals Roster by Baseball Almanac Notable transactions May 26, 1978: Eric Rasmussen was traded by the Cardinals to the San Diego Padres for George Hendrick.Eric Rasmussen page at Baseball Reference June 8, 1978: Frank Riccelli was traded by the Cardinals to the Houston Astros for Bob Coluccio. July 18, 1978: John Tamargo was traded by the Cardinals to the San Francisco Giants for a player to be named later. The Giants completed the deal by sending Rob Dressler to the Cardinals on July 24.John Tamargo page at Baseball Reference Roster 1978 St. Louis Cardinals Roster Pitchers 49 Tom Bruno 36 John Denny 26 Rob Dressler 41 Pete Falcone 31 Bob Forsch 43,49 George Frazier 26 Dave Hamilton 32 Mark Littell 39 Aurelio López 35 Silvio Martínez 34 Dan O'Brien 42 Eric Rasmussen 22 Buddy Schultz 42 Roy Thomas 38 John Urrea 46 Pete Vuckovich Catchers 16 Terry Kennedy 23 Ted Simmons  2 Steve Swisher 12 John Tamargo Infielders  7 Roger Freed 11 Wayne Garrett 37 Keith Hernandez 24 Ken Oberkfell  5 Mike Phillips 33 Mike Ramsey 44 Ken Reitz 21 Gary Sutherland  1 Garry Templeton 10 Mike Tyson Outfielders 20 Lou Brock 21 Bob Coluccio 11 Jim Dwyer 27 George Hendrick 19 Dane Iorg 21 Jim Lentine 25 Jerry Morales 29 Jerry Mumphrey 30 Tony Scott Manager 14 Ken Boyer  8 Jack Krol  9 Vern Rapp Coaches  8 Jack Krol  4 Mo Mozzali 18 Claude Osteen 14 Dave Ricketts  3 Sonny Ruberto 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 152 516 148 .287 22 80 1B Keith Hernandez 159 542 138 .255 11 64 2B Mike Tyson 125 377 88 .233 3 26 SS Garry Templeton 155 647 181 .280 2 47 3B Ken Reitz 150 540 133 .246 10 75 LF Lou Brock 92 298 66 .221 0 12 CF George Hendrick 102 382 110 .288 17 67 RF Jerry Morales 130 457 109 .239 4 46 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 Jerry Mumphrey 125 367 96 .262 2 37 Tony Scott 96 219 50 .228 1 14 Mike Phillips Mike Phillips (baseball) 76 164 44 .268 1 28 Steve Swisher 45 115 32 .278 1 10 Roger Freed 52 92 22 .239 2 20 Dane Iorg 35 85 23 .271 0 4 Jim Dwyer Jim Dwyer (baseball) 34 65 14 .215 1 4 Wayne Garrett 33 63 21 .333 1 10 Ken Oberkfell 24 50 6 .120 0 0 Terry Kennedy 10 29 5 .172 0 2 Jim Lentine 8 11 2 .182 0 1 Gary Sutherland 10 6 1 .167 0 0 John Tamargo 6 6 0 .000 0 0 Mike Ramsey 12 5 1 .200 0 0 Bob Coluccio 5 3 0 .000 0 0 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 John Denny 33 234.0 14 11 2.96 103 Bob Forsch 34 233.2 11 17 3.70 114 Silvio Martínez 22 138.1 9 8 3.64 45 Pete Falcone 19 75.0 2 7 5.76 28 Eric Rasmussen baseball 10 60.1 2 5 4.18 32 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 Pete Vuckovich 45 198.1 12 12 2.54 149 John Urrea 27 98.2 4 9 5.38 61 Aurelio López 25 65.0 4 2 4.29 46 Tom Bruno 18 49.2 4 3 1.99 33 Dan O'Brien 7 18.0 0 2 4.50 12 Rob Dressler 3 13.0 0 1 2.08 4 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 Mark Littell 72 4 8 11 2.79 130 Buddy Schultz 62 2 4 6 3.80 70 Roy Thomas Roy Thomas (pitcher) 16 1 1 3 3.81 16 George Frazier George Frazier (pitcher) 14 0 3 0 4.09 8 Dave Hamilton Dave Hamilton (baseball) 13 0 0 0 6.43 8 Awards and records League leaders Garry Templeton, National League leader, Triples Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Springfield Redbirds American Association Jimy Williams AA Arkansas Travelers Texas League Tommy Thompson A St. Petersburg Cardinals Florida State League Hal Lanier A Gastonia Cardinals Western Carolinas League Buzzy Keller Rookie Johnson City Cardinals Appalachian League Nick Leyva Rookie Calgary Cardinals Pioneer League Johnny LewisJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007 References 2 External links 1978 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Reference 1978 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:St. Louis Cardinals seasons Saint Louis Cardinals season St Louis