St. Louis Cardinals 1978

69–93record

.426win pct

600runs

657allowed

-57run diff

79home runs

39players

The three rarest things in 1978

Rarity	What	Who	Date	Rate	Game
75	Four Wild Pitches	John Denny	1978-04-22	1 in 2,630 games	box score ↗
64	No-Hitter	Bob Forsch	1978-04-16	1 in 881 games	box score ↗
58	Two Balks	John Denny	1978-05-14	1 in 551 games	box score ↗

Batting (39)

Player	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Garry Templeton	155	675	647	82	181	31	13	2	47	22	87	34	11	.280	.303	.377	.680
Keith Hernandez	159	633	542	90	138	32	4	11	64	82	68	13	5	.255	.351	.389	.741
Ted Simmons	152	604	516	71	148	40	5	22	80	77	39	1	1	.287	.377	.512	.889
Ken Reitz	150	578	540	41	133	26	2	10	75	23	61	1	0	.246	.280	.357	.637
Jerry Morales	130	499	457	44	109	19	8	4	46	33	44	4	4	.239	.288	.341	.629
George Hendrick	102	418	382	55	110	27	1	17	67	28	44	1	0	.288	.337	.497	.834
Mike Tyson	125	405	377	26	88	16	0	3	26	24	41	2	0	.233	.277	.300	.577
Jerry Mumphrey	125	403	367	41	96	13	4	2	37	30	40	14	10	.262	.317	.335	.652
Lou Brock	92	317	298	31	66	9	0	0	12	17	29	17	5	.221	.263	.252	.514
Tony Scott	96	237	219	28	50	5	2	1	14	14	41	5	6	.228	.278	.283	.562
Mike Phillips	76	186	164	14	44	8	1	1	28	13	25	0	0	.268	.317	.348	.665
Steve Swisher	45	124	115	11	32	5	1	1	10	8	14	1	0	.278	.331	.365	.696
Roger Freed	52	101	92	3	22	6	0	2	20	8	17	1	0	.239	.297	.370	.667
Dane Iorg	35	90	85	6	23	4	1	0	4	4	10	0	0	.271	.300	.341	.641
Bob Forsch	34	89	83	2	15	7	0	1	8	1	26	0	0	.181	.190	.301	.492
John Denny	33	85	73	10	13	3	1	0	3	4	21	0	0	.178	.218	.247	.465
Jim Dwyer	34	75	65	8	14	3	0	1	4	9	3	1	0	.215	.320	.308	.628
Wayne Garrett	33	74	63	11	21	4	0	1	10	11	16	1	0	.333	.432	.444	.877
Pete Vuckovich	45	66	58	4	8	1	0	0	3	1	22	0	0	.138	.153	.155	.308
Ken Oberkfell	24	54	50	7	6	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	.120	.170	.140	.310
Silvio Martinez	22	53	47	4	8	2	0	0	3	0	21	0	0	.170	.170	.213	.383
Terry Kennedy	10	33	29	0	5	0	0	0	2	4	3	0	0	.172	.273	.172	.445
John Urrea	27	27	24	0	3	0	0	0	2	1	8	0	0	.125	.160	.125	.285
Pete Falcone	19	23	21	3	5	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.238	.238	.286	.524
Eric Rasmussen	10	20	18	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	8	0	0	.111	.111	.111	.222
Aurelio Lopez	25	16	14	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	.214	.214	.214	.429
Tom Bruno	18	14	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	.083	.083	.083	.167
Jim Lentine	8	12	11	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	.182	.250	.182	.432
Mark Littell	72	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	.000	.125	.000	.125
Buddy Schultz	62	8	5	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	.200	.333	.600	.933
Gary Sutherland	10	8	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333
John Tamargo	6	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Mike Ramsey	12	5	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400
Bob Coluccio	5	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	.000	.250	.000	.250
Rob Dressler	3	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Dan O'Brien	7	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Roy Thomas	16	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500
George Frazier	14	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667
Dave Hamilton	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000

Pitching (16)

Player	G	W–L	GS	CG	SV	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP
John Denny	33	14–11	33	11	0	200	81	77	74	103	13	234.0	2.96	1.17
Bob Forsch	34	11–17	34	7	0	205	110	96	97	114	15	233.2	3.70	1.29
Pete Vuckovich	45	12–12	23	6	1	187	65	56	59	149	9	198.1	2.54	1.24
Silvio Martinez	22	9–8	22	5	0	114	65	56	71	45	11	138.1	3.64	1.34
Mark Littell	72	4–8	2	0	11	80	38	33	59	130	8	106.1	2.79	1.31
John Urrea	27	4–9	12	1	0	108	75	59	47	61	4	98.2	5.38	1.57
Buddy Schultz	62	2–4	0	0	6	68	36	35	36	70	6	83.0	3.80	1.25
Pete Falcone	19	2–7	14	0	0	94	52	48	48	28	9	75.0	5.76	1.89
Aurelio Lopez	25	4–2	4	0	0	52	35	31	32	46	4	65.0	4.29	1.29
Eric Rasmussen	10	2–5	10	2	0	61	32	28	20	32	4	60.1	4.18	1.34
Tom Bruno	18	4–3	3	0	1	38	12	11	17	33	3	49.2	1.99	1.11
Roy Thomas	16	1–1	1	0	3	21	14	12	16	16	0	28.1	3.81	1.31
George Frazier	14	0–3	0	0	0	22	14	10	6	8	2	22.0	4.09	1.27
Dan O'Brien	7	0–2	2	0	0	22	12	9	8	12	1	18.0	4.50	1.67
Dave Hamilton	13	0–0	0	0	0	16	13	10	6	8	5	14.0	6.43	1.57
Rob Dressler	3	0–1	2	0	0	12	3	3	4	4	0	13.0	2.08	1.23