1977 St. Louis Cardinals season

Major League Baseball season the Major League Baseball team the National Football League team 1977 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) season March 2026 November 2013 St. Louis Cardinals 1977 St Louis Cardinals Cap Insignia.svg National League East Busch Memorial Stadium St. Louis, Missouri 83–79 (.512) 3rd August "Gussie" Busch Bing Devine Vern Rapp KSD-TV (Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Jay Randolph, Bob Starr) KMOX (Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Bob Starr) The 1977 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 96th season in St. Louis, Missouri and its 86th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 83–79 during the season and finished third in the National League East, 18 games behind the Philadelphia Phillies. Vern Rapp took over as the Cardinals' manager this year, after the twelve-year reign of their longtime manager Red Schoendienst. On August 29, Cardinals left-fielder Lou Brock broke the modern-day stolen base record, by stealing bases 892 and 893 in a game against the Padres in San Diego. Offseason October 20, 1976: Willie Crawford, John Curtis and Vic Harris were traded by the Cardinals to the San Francisco Giants for Mike Caldwell, Dave Rader and John D'Acquisto.Vic Harris page at Baseball Reference November 6, 1976: Bill Greif, Ángel Torres and Sam Mejías were traded by the Cardinals to the Montreal Expos for Pat Scanlon, Steve Dunning, and Tony Scott.Pat Scanlon page at Baseball Reference November 6, 1976: Lee Richard was released by the Cardinals.Lee Richard page at Baseball Reference November 21, 1977: Luis DeLeón was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cardinals.Luis DeLeón page at Baseball Reference December 6, 1976: Roger Freed was selected by the Cardinals from the Montreal Expos in the rule 5 draft.Roger Freed page at Baseball Reference January 11, 1977: Jesse Orosco was drafted by the Cardinals in the 7th round of the 1977 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign.Jesse Orosco page at Baseball Reference He would later pitch for the club in 2000. February 28, 1977: Mark Covert (minors) was traded by the Cardinals to the Chicago Cubs for Buddy Schultz.Buddy Schultz page at Baseball Reference March 24, 1977: Tom Walker was released by the Cardinals.Tom Walker page at Baseball Reference March 28, 1977: Bill Caudill was traded by the Cardinals to the Cincinnati Reds for Joel Youngblood.Joel Youngblood page at Baseball Reference March 30, 1977: Doug Clarey was traded by the Cardinals to the New York Mets for Benny Ayala.Benny Ayala page at Baseball Reference March 31, 1977: Ken Rudolph was purchased from the Cardinals by the San Francisco Giants.Ken Rudolph page at Baseball Reference Regular season Opening Day starters Lou Brock Héctor Cruz Pete Falcone Keith Hernandez Don Kessinger Bake McBride Ken Reitz Ted Simmons Garry Templetonhttp://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1977&t=SLN 1977 St. Louis Cardinals Roster by Baseball Almanac Season standings Record vs. opponents STL Notable transactions May 17, 1977: John D'Acquisto and Pat Scanlon were traded by the Cardinals to the San Diego Padres for Butch Metzger. June 7, 1977: Mike Jeffcoat was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 30th round of the 1977 amateur draft, but did not sign.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/jeffcmi01.shtml Mike Jeffcoat Stats June 7, 1977: Neil Fiala was drafted by the Cardinals in the 32nd round of the 1977 Major League Baseball draft.Neil Fiala page at Baseball Reference June 15, 1977: Bake McBride and Steve Waterbury were traded by the Cardinals to the Philadelphia Phillies for Tom Underwood, Dane Iorg, and Rick Bosetti.Bake McBride page at Baseball Reference June 15, 1977: Joel Youngblood was traded by the Cardinals to the New York Mets for Mike Phillips. August 20, 1977: Don Kessinger was traded by the Cardinals to the Chicago White Sox for Steve Staniland (minors).Don Kessinger page at Baseball Reference August 31, 1977: Clay Carroll was traded by the Cardinals to the Chicago White Sox for players to be named later. The White Sox completed the deal by sending Nyls Nyman to the Cardinals on September 2, and sending Dave Hamilton and Silvio Martínez to the Cardinals on November 28.Nyls Nyman page at Baseball Reference Roster 1977 St. Louis Cardinals Roster Pitchers 26 Doug Capilla 33 Clay Carroll 34 John D'Acquisto 36 John Denny 49 Larry Dierker 26 Rawly Eastwick 41 Pete Falcone 31 Bob Forsch 39 Al Hrabosky 34 Butch Metzger 42 Eric Rasmussen 22 Buddy Schultz 35 John Sutton 40 Tom Underwood 38 John Urrea Catchers 14 Dave Rader 23 Ted Simmons 12 John Tamargo Infielders 16 Jerry DaVanon 16 Taylor Duncan  7 Roger Freed 37 Keith Hernandez 11 Don Kessinger 24 Ken Oberkfell  5 Mike Phillips 44 Ken Reitz  1 Garry Templeton 10 Mike Tyson Outfielders 27 Mike Anderson 15 Benny Ayala 21 Rick Bosetti 20 Lou Brock 25 Héctor Cruz 11 Jim Dwyer 19 Dane Iorg 21 Bake McBride 29 Jerry Mumphrey 43 Mike Potter 30 Tony Scott 19 Joel Youngblood Manager  9 Vern Rapp Coaches  8 Jack Krol  4 Mo Mozzali 18 Claude Osteen  3 Sonny Ruberto Game log Regular season Legend Cardinals Win Cardinals Loss Game postponed Eliminated from playoff race Boldface text denotes a Cardinals pitcher St. Louis Cardinals 1940thru2021 1977 regular season game log: 83–79 (Home: 52–31; Away: 31–48)https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/SLN/1977-schedule-scores.shtml 1977 St. Louis Cardinals schedule and results Baseball Reference May 30, 2026 y St. Louis Cardinals 1940thru2021 April: 12–7 (Home: 5–3; Away: 7–4) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record BoxStreak |- y St. Louis Cardinals 1940thru2021 May: 16–11 (Home: 12–8; Away: 4–3) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record BoxStreak |- y St. Louis Cardinals 1940thru2021 June: 13–15 (Home: 11–5; Away: 2–10) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record BoxStreak |- y St. Louis Cardinals 1940thru2021 July: 15–15 (Home: 9–2; Away: 6–13) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record BoxStreak |- y St. Louis Cardinals 1940thru2021 August: 15–14 (Home: 8–5; Away: 7–9) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record BoxStreak |- y St. Louis Cardinals 1940thru2021 September: 11–15 (Home: 6–6; Away: 5–9) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record BoxStreak |- y St. Louis Cardinals 1940thru2021 October: 1–2 (Home: 1–2; Away: 0–0) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record BoxStreak |- 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 150 516 164 .318 21 95 1B Keith Hernandez 161 560 163 .291 15 91 2B Mike Tyson 138 418 103 .246 7 57 3B Ken Reitz 157 587 153 .261 17 79 SS Garry Templeton 153 621 200 .322 8 79 LF Lou Brock 141 489 133 .272 2 46 CF Tony Scott Tony Scott (baseball) 95 292 85 .291 3 41 RF Héctor Cruz Héctor Cruz (baseball) 118 339 80 .236 6 42 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 145 463 133 .287 2 38 Mike Anderson 94 154 34 .221 4 17 Don Kessinger 59 134 32 .239 0 7 Bake McBride 43 122 32 .262 4 20 Dave Rader Dave Rader (baseball) 66 114 30 .263 1 16 Mike Phillips Mike Phillips (baseball) 48 87 21 .241 0 9 Roger Freed 49 83 33 .398 5 21 Rick Bosetti 41 69 16 .232 0 3 Dane Iorg 30 32 10 .313 0 4 Jim Dwyer Jim Dwyer (baseball) 13 31 7 .226 0 2 Joel Youngblood 25 27 5 .185 0 1 Taylor Duncan 8 12 4 .333 1 2 Ken Oberkfell 9 9 1 .111 0 1 Jerry DaVanon 9 8 0 .000 0 0 Mike Potter 5 7 0 .000 0 0 John Tamargo 4 4 0 .000 0 0 Benny Ayala 1 3 1 .333 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 Eric Rasmussen baseball 34 233.0 11 17 3.48 120 Bob Forsch 35 217.1 20 7 3.48 95 John Denny 26 149.2 8 8 4.51 60 Pete Falcone 27 124.0 4 8 5.44 75 Tom Underwood 19 100.0 6 9 4.95 66 Larry Dierker 11 39.1 2 6 4.58 6 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 John Urrea 41 139.2 7 6 3.16 81 John D'Acquisto 3 8.1 0 0 4.32 9 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 Al Hrabosky 65 6 5 10 4.38 68 Butch Metzger 58 4 2 7 3.11 48 Clay Carroll 51 4 2 4 2.50 34 Rawly Eastwick 41 3 7 4 4.70 30 Buddy Schultz 40 6 1 1 2.32 66 John Sutton 14 2 1 0 2.59 9 Doug Capilla 2 0 0 0 15.43 1 Awards and honors Lou Brock, Lou Gehrig Award Garry Templeton, National League leader, triples (19)Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.96, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, 978-0-451-22363-0 Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA New Orleans Pelicans American Association Lance Nichols AA Arkansas Travelers Texas League Buzzy Keller and Tommy Thompson A St. Petersburg Cardinals Florida State League Hub Kittle A Gastonia Cardinals Western Carolinas League Hal Lanier Rookie Johnson City Cardinals Appalachian League Dave Ricketts Rookie Calgary Cardinals Pioneer League Johnny LewisLEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Arkansas, GastoniaJohnson, 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 1977 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Reference 1977 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:St. Louis Cardinals seasons Saint Louis Cardinals season St Louis