1981 St. Louis Cardinals Statistics and Roster

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1981 St. Louis Cardinals (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1980/1982)
First Half: 30-20, Finished 2nd
Second Half: 29-23, Finished 2nd
Overall: 59-43, Finished 1st in NL Eastern Division
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Scored 464 runs, Allowed 417 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 56-46
Managed by Whitey Herzog

Ballpark: Busch Stadium II (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,010,247 (6th of 12)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 103, Pitching - 102
  (one-year): Batting - 101, Pitching - 100
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C  *Darrell Porter      29   61  174   22   39  10  2   6   31  39   32  .224  .364  .408   1   2   3   1   0   3   7  117
1B *Keith Hernandez     27  103  376   65  115  27  4   8   48  61   45  .306  .401  .463  12   5   9   2   0   5   6  142
2B #Tom Herr            25  103  411   50  110  14  9   0   46  39   30  .268  .329  .345  23   7   9   1   6   5   3   90
3B *Ken Oberkfell       25  102  376   43  110  12  6   2   45  37   28  .293  .353  .372  13   5  11   0   3   4   6  104
SS #Garry Templeton     25   80  333   47   96  16  8   1   33  14   55  .288  .315  .393   8  12   4   0   1   2   3   98
LF *Dane Iorg           31   75  217   23   71  11  2   2   39   7    9  .327  .344  .424   2   0   7   0   0   3   0  115
CF  George Hendrick     31  101  394   67  112  19  3  18   61  41   44  .284  .356  .485   4   2  10   4   0   2   7  135
RF  Sixto Lezcano       27   72  214   26   57   8  2   5   28  40   40  .266  .376  .393   0   1   8   0   0   4   2  116
   #Tony Scott          29   45  176   21   40   5  2   2   17   5   22  .227  .253  .313  10   7   3   1   2   0   0   58
    Gene Tenace         34   58  129   26   30   7  0   5   22  38   26  .233  .416  .403   0   0   1   4   1   2   2  131
   #Mike Ramsey         27   47  124   19   32   3  0   0    9   8   16  .258  .303  .282   4   0   6   0   1   0   1   65
    Tito Landrum        26   81  119   13   31   5  4   0   10   6   14  .261  .297  .370   4   2   2   1   5   2   0   87
   #Gene Roof           23   23   60   11   18   6  0   0    3  12   16  .300  .411  .400   5   1   1   0   0   1   2  129
   *Orlando Sanchez     24   27   49    5   14   2  1   0    6   2    6  .286  .308  .367   1   0   2   0   0   1   1   89
   *Steve Braun         33   44   46    9    9   2  1   0    2  15    7  .196  .393  .283   1   0   1   0   1   0   0   93
    David Green         20   21   34    6    5   1  0   0    2   6    5  .147  .275  .176   0   1   0   0   0   0   1   29
    Glenn Brummer       26   21   30    2    6   1  0   0    2   1    2  .200  .219  .233   0   0   1   0   1   1   0   27
    Julio Gonzalez      28   20   22    2    7   1  0   1    3   1    3  .318  .348  .500   0   0   2   0   1   0   0  136
   *Neil Fiala          24    3    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100

    Lary Sorensen       25   23   46    1    3   1  0   0    0   0   21  .065  .085  .087   0   0   0   1   5   0   0  -52
    Bob Forsch          31   20   41    0    5   1  0   0    3   1   10  .122  .143  .146   0   0   2   0   6   0   0  -19
    Silvio Martinez     25   18   35    1    7   2  0   0    2   1   12  .200  .222  .257   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   34
   #John Martin         25   18   33    2    7   2  1   0    8   2   14  .212  .257  .333   0   0   0   0   7   0   0   65
    Bob Shirley         27   28   22    0    3   0  0   0    1   0    7  .136  .136  .136   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -23
   #Joaquin Andujar     28   12   19    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    9  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0 -100
    Andy Rincon         22    5   13    1    3   1  0   0    5   1    6  .231  .286  .308   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   67
    Bruce Sutter        28   48    9    0    0   0  0   0    1   0    4  .000  .100  .000   0   0   0   1   0   0   0  -70
   *Jim Kaat            42   41    8    2    3   1  0   0    2   1    0  .375  .444  .500   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  165
   *Mark Littell        28   28    8    0    2   0  0   0    2   0    2  .250  .250  .250   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   41
   *Dave LaPoint        21    3    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    3  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Doug Bair           31   11    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    3  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Joe Edelen          25   13    3    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .333  .333  .333   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   88
    Jim Otten           29   24    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0 -100
   #Bob Sykes           26   22    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    2  .000  .333  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0    1
    Luis DeLeon         22   10    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.5  103 3537  464  936 158 45  50  431 379  495  .265  .336  .377  88  45  82  16  46  35  41  108
    Rank among 12 NL teams        11    2    7   7  1  10        2    9     3     2     3   7   6                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Lary Sorensen       25  23   3.27   7   7  0  23   0   3   1  140.3  149   59   51   3   26   52  579   1   1  5   2 109
SP  Bob Forsch          31  20   3.18  10   5  0  20   0   1   0  124.3  106   47   44   7   29   41  501   3   4  1   3 112
SP  Silvio Martinez     25  18   3.99   2   5  0  16   0   0   0   97.0   95   48   43   4   39   34  413   2   1  0   3  89
SP *John Martin         25  17   3.42   8   5  0  15   0   4   0  102.7   85   43   39  10   26   36  407   0   2  1   0 104
SP  Joaquin Andujar     28  11   3.74   6   1  0   8   0   1   0   55.3   56   24   23   4   11   19  223   2   0  1   1  95
SP  Andy Rincon         22   5   1.77   3   1  0   5   0   1   1   35.7   27    8    7   0    5   13  133   1   2  1   1 202

CL  Bruce Sutter        28  48   2.62   3   5 25   0  36   0   0   82.3   64   24   24   5   24   57  328   0   1  1   8 136
RP *Jim Kaat            42  41   3.40   6   6  4   1  16   0   0   53.0   60   25   20   2   17    8  229   2   0  0   8 105
RP  Mark Littell        28  28   4.39   1   3  2   1   4   0   0   41.0   36   21   20   2   31   22  186   2   0  0   7  81
RP  Jim Otten           29  24   5.30   1   0  0   0  10   0   0   35.7   44   23   21   3   20   20  160   4   0  0   5  67
RP *Bob Sykes           26  22   4.58   2   0  0   1   7   0   0   37.3   37   20   19   2   18   14  160   3   1  0   1  78

   *Bob Shirley         27  28   4.08   6   4  1  11   5   1   0   79.3   78   42   36   6   34   36  342   1   1  0   3  87
    Joe Edelen          25  13   9.35   1   0  0   0   4   0   0   17.3   29   18   18   2    3   10   85   1   1  1   1  38
    Doug Bair           31  11   3.45   2   0  1   0   8   0   0   15.7   13    6    6   0    2   14   60   0   0  0   0 103
    Luis DeLeon         22  10   2.35   0   1  0   0   2   0   0   15.3   11    4    4   1    3    8   59   0   0  0   2 152
   *Dave LaPoint        21   3   4.22   1   0  0   2   0   0   0   10.7   12    5    5   1    2    4   45   0   1  0   0  84
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.9 103   3.63  59  43 33 103  92  11   5  943.0  902  417  380  52  290  388 3910  22  15 11  45  98
    Rank among 12 NL teams          8   5  11  1           6   7     10    3    6        2    2   12

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- DPorter 441 51 52 206 31 5 2 .979 2 10 39 22 GTenace 316 36 38 126 18 3 1 .980 2 5 32 12 OSanchez 97 9 18 50 0 4 1 .926 1 6 13 2 GBrummer 88 7 19 43 3 0 1 1.000 0 1 10 4 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 943 103 103 425 52 12 5 .975 5 22 94 40 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 *10.22 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- KHernandez 873 97 98 1054 86 3 99 .997 11.74 DIorg 38 3 8 47 5 0 1 1.000 12.32 GTenace 31 3 7 39 4 0 3 1.000 12.36 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 943 103 103 1140 95 3 103 .998 11.79 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 *5.52 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- THerr 925 103 103 211 374 5 74 .992 5.69 JGonzalez 15 0 4 3 5 1 0 .889 4.80 MRamsey 3 0 1 2 2 0 0 1.000 12.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 943 103 103 216 381 6 74 .990 5.70 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .948 *2.84 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- KOberkfell 906 101 102 77 246 15 23 .956 3.21 MRamsey 23 2 5 2 6 0 1 1.000 3.04 SBraun 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 JGonzalez 4 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 DIorg 4 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 943 103 103 80 255 15 24 .957 3.20 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 *5.10 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GTempleton 657 76 76 160 272 18 54 .960 5.91 MRamsey 271 27 35 52 118 6 20 .966 5.64 JGonzalez 13 0 5 3 7 0 1 1.000 6.92 KOberkfell 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 943 103 103 215 398 24 75 .962 5.85 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 *2.12 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DIorg 317 41 46 56 0 2 0 .966 1.59 SLezcano 275 31 33 52 2 2 0 .964 1.76 TLandrum 170 12 42 39 4 0 0 1.000 2.28 GRoof 144 15 20 39 0 2 0 .951 2.43 SBraun 25 2 6 6 1 0 1 1.000 2.52 KHernandez 9 2 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 MRamsey 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 943 103 103 194 7 6 1 .971 1.92 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 *2.80 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GHendrick 433 48 51 117 2 1 0 .992 2.47 TScott 374 41 44 120 2 0 0 1.000 2.93 DGreen 94 9 18 30 1 1 0 .969 2.96 TLandrum 40 5 6 21 1 0 1 1.000 4.86 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 943 103 103 288 6 2 1 .993 2.81 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 *2.08 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GHendrick 472 53 60 110 4 3 0 .974 2.17 SLezcano 268 30 33 54 3 1 1 .983 1.91 TLandrum 94 4 25 17 2 0 0 1.000 1.82 DIorg 79 12 14 17 0 1 0 .944 1.94 SBraun 30 4 6 9 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 943 103 103 207 10 5 1 .977 2.07 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *2.33 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- GHendrick 905 101 101 227 6 4 0 .983 2.32 SLezcano 543 61 65 103 5 3 1 .973 1.79 DIorg 396 53 57 78 0 3 0 .963 1.77 TScott 374 41 44 120 2 0 0 1.000 2.93 TLandrum 304 21 67 72 6 0 1 1.000 2.30 GRoof 144 15 20 38 0 2 0 .950 2.36 DGreen 94 9 18 31 1 1 0 .970 3.05 SBraun 55 6 12 15 2 0 1 1.000 2.78 KHernandez 9 2 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 MRamsey 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 943 103 103 686 22 13 3 .982 2.25 103 103 103 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .959 *1.97 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- LSorensen 140 23 23 15 21 2 3 .947 2.31 BForsch 124 20 20 14 20 0 1 1.000 2.46 JMartin 102 15 17 3 20 0 0 1.000 2.02 SMartinez 97 16 18 6 13 1 0 .950 1.76 BSutter 82 0 48 7 8 0 0 1.000 1.64 BShirley 79 11 28 1 10 0 0 1.000 1.25 JAndujar 55 8 11 4 11 1 0 .937 2.44 JKaat 53 1 41 4 13 2 1 .895 2.89 MLittell 41 1 28 5 4 2 0 .818 1.98 BSykes 37 1 22 4 8 0 1 1.000 2.90 ARincon 35 5 5 2 5 0 0 1.000 1.76 JOtten 35 0 24 0 3 1 0 .750 0.76 JEdelen 17 0 13 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.56 DBair 15 0 11 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.15 LDeLeon 15 0 10 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.18 DLaPoint 10 2 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.52 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 943 103 103 67 144 9 6 .959 2.01 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

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Batting Average Hernandez .306

On-base % Hernandez .401

Slugging % Hendrick .485

OPS Hernandez .864

Games Hernandez and Herr 103

At Bats Herr 411

Plate Appearances (approx.) Herr 462

Runs Hendrick 67

Hits Hernandez 115

Total Bases Hendrick 191

Doubles Hernandez 27

Triples Herr 9

Home Runs Hendrick 18

RBI Hendrick 61

Bases on Balls Hernandez 61

Strikeouts Templeton 55

Stolen Bases Herr 23

Singles Oberkfell 90

Adjusted OPS+ Hernandez 142

Runs Created Hernandez 73

Adjusted Batting Runs Hernandez 24

Batting Wins Hernandez 2.5

Extra-Base Hits Hendrick 40

Times on Base Hernandez 178

Offensive Win% Hernandez .728

Hit By Pitch Hendrick and Tenace 4

Sac. Hits Martin 7

Sac. Flies Hernandez and Herr 5

Intentional Walks Hendrick and Porter 7

Grounded into Double Plays Oberkfell 11

Caught Stealing Templeton 12

Power/Speed Number Hernandez 9.6

At Bats per Strikeout Herr 13.7

At Bats per Home Run Hendrick 21.9

Outs Herr 328

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ERA Forsch 3.18

Wins Forsch 10

Won-Loss % Forsch .667

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Forsch 1.086

Hits Allowed/9IP Forsch 7.67

Bases on Balls/9IP Sorensen 1.67

Strikeouts/9IP Sorensen 3.33

Games Sutter 48

Saves Sutter 25

Innings Sorensen 140.3

Strikeouts Sutter 57

Games Started Sorensen 23

Comp. Games Martin 4

Shutouts Rincon and Sorensen 1

Home Runs Allow. Martin 10

Bases On Balls Allow. Martinez 39

Hits Allowed Sorensen 149

SO to Walk Sorensen 2.00

Losses Sorensen 7

Earned Runs Allow. Sorensen 51

Wild Pitches Otten 4

Hit Batsmen Forsch 4

Batters Faced Sorensen 579

Games Finished Sutter 36

Adjusted ERA+ Forsch 112

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