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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, 21+1⁄2 games behind the Pittsburgh Pirates.
1972 St. Louis Cardinals | ||
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League | National League | |
Division | East | |
Ballpark | Busch Memorial Stadium | |
City | St. Louis, Missouri | |
Record | 75–81 (.481) | |
Divisional place | 4th | |
Owners | August "Gussie" Busch | |
General managers | Bing Devine | |
Managers | Red Schoendienst | |
Television | KSD-TV | |
Radio | KMOX (Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Mike Walden) | |
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Pitcher Bob Gibson won a Gold Glove this year.
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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 |
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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 | — |
1972 St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||
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Outfielders
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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 |
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C | Ted Simmons | 152 | 594 | 180 | .303 | 16 | 96 |
1B | Matty Alou | 108 | 404 | 127 | .314 | 3 | 31 |
2B | Ted Sizemore | 120 | 439 | 116 | .264 | 2 | 38 |
SS | Dal Maxvill | 105 | 276 | 61 | .221 | 1 | 23 |
3B | Joe Torre | 149 | 544 | 157 | .289 | 11 | 81 |
LF | Lou Brock | 153 | 621 | 193 | .311 | 3 | 42 |
CF | José Cruz | 117 | 332 | 78 | .235 | 2 | 23 |
RF | Bernie Carbo | 99 | 302 | 78 | .258 | 7 | 34 |
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 |
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Luis Meléndez | 118 | 332 | 79 | .238 | 5 | 28 |
Ed Crosby | 101 | 276 | 60 | .217 | 0 | 19 |
Donn Clendenon | 61 | 136 | 26 | .191 | 4 | 9 |
Dwain Anderson | 57 | 135 | 36 | .267 | 1 | 8 |
Ken Reitz | 21 | 78 | 28 | .359 | 0 | 10 |
Joe Hague | 27 | 76 | 18 | .237 | 3 | 11 |
Skip Jutze | 21 | 71 | 17 | .239 | 0 | 5 |
Jorge Roque | 32 | 67 | 7 | .104 | 1 | 5 |
Mick Kelleher | 23 | 63 | 10 | .159 | 0 | 1 |
Jerry McNertney | 39 | 48 | 10 | .208 | 0 | 9 |
Mike Tyson | 13 | 37 | 7 | .189 | 0 | 0 |
Bill Stein | 14 | 35 | 11 | .314 | 2 | 3 |
Brant Alyea | 13 | 19 | 3 | .158 | 0 | 1 |
Bill Voss | 11 | 15 | 4 | .267 | 0 | 3 |
Ron Allen | 7 | 11 | 1 | .091 | 1 | 1 |
Mike Fiore | 17 | 10 | 1 | .100 | 0 | 1 |
Marty Martínez | 9 | 7 | 3 | .429 | 0 | 2 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Bob Gibson | 34 | 278.0 | 19 | 11 | 2.46 | 208 |
Rick Wise | 35 | 269.0 | 16 | 16 | 3.11 | 142 |
Reggie Cleveland | 33 | 230.2 | 14 | 15 | 3.94 | 153 |
Scipio Spinks | 16 | 118.0 | 5 | 5 | 2.67 | 93 |
Don Durham | 10 | 47.2 | 2 | 7 | 4.34 | 35 |
Jim Bibby | 6 | 40.1 | 1 | 3 | 3.35 | 28 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Al Santorini | 30 | 133.2 | 8 | 11 | 4.11 | 72 |
Lance Clemons | 3 | 5.1 | 0 | 1 | 10.12 | 2 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Diego Seguí | 33 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 3.07 | 54 |
Joe Grzenda | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.66 | 15 |
Moe Drabowski | 30 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.60 | 22 |
Tony Cloninger | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5.19 | 11 |
Lowell Palmer | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3.89 | 25 |
Dennis Higgins | 15 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3.97 | 20 |
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 |
Rich Folkers | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.38 | 7 |
Don Shaw | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 |
Al Hrabosky | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 9 |
Santiago Guzmán | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 |
Tim Plodinec | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 0 |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Modesto[10]
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