1976 St. Louis Cardinals season

This article is about the Major League Baseball team. For the National Football League team, see 1976 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) season.

1976 St. Louis Cardinals
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1892)
Eastern Division (since 1969)
Location
Busch Memorial Stadium (since 1966)
St. Louis, Missouri (since 1882)
Results
Record	72–90 (.444)
Divisional place	5th
Other information
Owner(s)	August "Gussie" Busch
General manager(s)	Bing Devine
Manager(s)	Red Schoendienst
Local television	KSD-TV (Mike Shannon, Jay Randolph, Bob Starr)
Local radio	KMOX (Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Bob Starr)
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The 1976 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 95th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 85th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 72-90 during the season and finished fifth in the National League East, 29 games behind the Philadelphia Phillies.

Offseason

October 28, 1975: Mike Garman and a player to be named later were traded by the Cardinals to the Chicago Cubs for Don Kessinger. The Cardinals sent completed the deal by sending Bobby Hrapmann (minors) to the Cubs on April 5, 1976.^[1]
December 12, 1975: Buddy Bradford and Greg Terlecky were traded by the Cardinals to the Chicago White Sox for Lee Richard.^[2]
December 22, 1975, Mick Kelleher was traded by the Cardinals to the Chicago Cubs for Vic Harris.^[3]
January 7, 1976: John Butcher was drafted by the Cardinals in the 2nd round of the 1976 Major League Baseball Draft, but did not sign.^[4]
February 3, 1976: Tom Walker was purchased by the Cardinals from the Detroit Tigers.^[5]
March 2, 1976: Ted Sizemore was traded by the Cardinals to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Willie Crawford.^[6]

Regular season

This was the twelfth and final season for Red Schoendienst as the Cardinals' full-time manager, although he would manage the club in parts of two later seasons (1980 and 1990).

The Cardinals went to the Columbia blue road uniforms for the first time in '76. They would continue to wear those uniforms through the 1984 season.

Season standings

NL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Philadelphia Phillies	101	61	0.623	—	53–28	48–33
Pittsburgh Pirates	92	70	0.568	9	47–34	45–36
New York Mets	86	76	0.531	15	45–37	41–39
Chicago Cubs	75	87	0.463	26	42–39	33–48
St. Louis Cardinals	72	90	0.444	29	37–44	35–46
Montreal Expos	55	107	0.340	46	27–53	28–54

Record vs. opponents

1976 National League Records Sources:
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	6–6	6–12	7–11	8–10	8–4	4–8	5–7	3–9	10–8	9–9	4–8
Chicago	6–6	—	3–9	5–7	3–9	11–7	5–13	8–10	8–10	6–6	8–4	12–6
Cincinnati	12–6	9–3	—	12–6	13–5	9–3	6–6	5–7	8–4	13–5	9–9	6–6
Houston	11–7	7–5	6–12	—	5–13	10–2	6–6	4–8	2–10	10–8	10–8	9–3
Los Angeles	10–8	9–3	5–13	13–5	—	10–2	7–5	5–7	9–3	6–12	8–10	10–2
Montreal	4–8	7–11	3–9	2–10	2–10	—	8–10	3–15	8–10	4–8	7–5	7–11
New York	8–4	13–5	6–6	6–6	5–7	10–8	—	5–13	10–8	7–5	7–5	9–9
Philadelphia	7-5	10–8	7–5	8–4	7–5	15–3	13–5	—	8–10	8–4	6–6	12–6
Pittsburgh	9–3	10–8	4–8	10–2	3–9	10–8	8–10	10–8	—	7–5	9–3	12–6
San Diego	8–10	6–6	5–13	8–10	12–6	8–4	5–7	4–8	5–7	—	8–10	4–8
San Francisco	9–9	4–8	9–9	8–10	10–8	5–7	5–7	6–6	3–9	10–8	—	5–7
St. Louis	8–4	6–12	6–6	3–9	2–10	11–7	9–9	6–12	6–12	8–4	7–5	—

Notable transactions

April 9, 1976: Wayne Nordhagen was purchased from the Cardinals by the Philadelphia Phillies.^[7]
May 19, 1976: Luis Meléndez was traded by the Cardinals to the San Diego Padres for Bill Greif.^[8]
June 8, 1976: John Littlefield was drafted by the Cardinals in the 30th round of the 1976 Major League Baseball Draft.^[9]

Roster

1976 St. Louis Cardinals

Roster

Pitchers

26 Doug Capilla

22 John Curtis

36 John Denny

41 Pete Falcone

31 Bob Forsch

34 Danny Frisella

38 Bill Greif

39 Al Hrabosky

44 Lerrin LaGrow

47 Lynn McGlothen

46 Mike Proly

42 Eric Rasmussen

24 Eddie Solomon

34 Tom Walker

32 Mike Wallace

48 Steve Waterbury

Catchers

13 Joe Ferguson

9 Ken Rudolph

23 Ted Simmons

12 John Tamargo

Infielders

14 Luis Alvarado

16 Doug Clarey

25 Héctor Cruz

15 Ron Fairly

4 Vic Harris

37 Keith Hernandez

11 Don Kessinger

3 Lee Richard

7 Reggie Smith

19 Garry Templeton

10 Mike Tyson

Outfielders

27 Mike Anderson

20 Lou Brock

28 Charlie Chant

5 Willie Crawford

21 Bake McBride

7 Sam Mejías

26 Luis Meléndez

29 Jerry Mumphrey

40 Mike Potter

Manager

2 Red Schoendienst

Coaches

18 Preston Gómez

8 Fred Koenig

30 Johnny Lewis

33 Bob Milliken

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
3B	Cruz, HéctorHéctor Cruz	151	526	120	.228	13	71
SS	Kessinger, DonDon Kessinger	145	502	120	.239	1	40
RF	Crawford, WillieWillie Crawford	120	392	119	.304	9	50

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
Harris, VicVic Harris	97	259	59	.228	1	19
Anderson, MikeMike Anderson	86	199	58	.291	1	12
Ferguson, JoeJoe Ferguson	71	189	38	.201	4	21
Richard, LeeLee Richard	66	91	16	.176	0	5
Meléndez, LuisLuis Meléndez	20	24	3	.125	0	0
Mejías, SamSam Mejías	18	21	3	.143	0	0
Tamargo, JohnJohn Tamargo	10	10	3	.300	0	1

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
Falcone, PetePete Falcone	32	212	12	16	3.23	138
Denny, JohnJohn Denny	30	207	11	9	2.52	74
McGlothen, LynnLynn McGlothen	33	205	13	15	3.91	106
Forsch, BobBob Forsch	33	194	8	10	3.94	76

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
Rasmussen, EricEric Rasmussen	43	150.1	6	12	3.53	76
Curtis, JohnJohn Curtis	37	134	6	11	4.50	52

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
Greif, BillBill Greif	47	1	5	6	4.12	32
Walker, TomTom Walker	10	1	2	3	4.12	11
Capilla, DougDoug Capilla	7	1	0	0	5.40	5

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Tulsa Oilers	American Association	Ken Boyer
AA	Arkansas Travelers	Texas League	Jack Krol
A	St. Petersburg Cardinals	Florida State League	Hal Lanier
Rookie	Johnson City Cardinals	Appalachian League	Buzzy Keller
Rookie	GCL Cardinals	Gulf Coast League	Dave Ricketts

References

↑ Don Kessinger page at Baseball Reference
↑ Lee Richard page at Baseball Reference
↑ Vic Harris page at Baseball Reference
↑ John Butcher page at Baseball Reference
↑ Tom Walker page at Baseball Reference
↑ Ted Sizemore page at Baseball Reference
↑ Wayne Nordhagen page at Baseball Reference
↑ Luis Meléndez page at Baseball Reference
↑ John Littlefield page at Baseball Reference
↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

External links

1976 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Cleveland Detroit Milwaukee New York

AL West	California Chicago Kansas City Minnesota Oakland Texas

NL East	Chicago Montréal New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Atlanta Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

1976 All-Star Game 1976 World Series

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