1976 St. Louis Cardinals season

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.

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
Location
Results
Record72–90 (.444)
Divisional place5th
Other information
Owner(s)August "Gussie" Busch
General manager(s)Bing Devine
Manager(s)Red Schoendienst
Local televisionKSD-TV
(Mike Shannon, Jay Randolph, Bob Starr)
Local radioKMOX
(Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Bob Starr)
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Offseason

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 10161 0.623 — 53–28 48–33
Pittsburgh Pirates 9270 0.568 9 47–34 45–36
New York Mets 8676 0.531 15 45–37 41–39
Chicago Cubs 7587 0.463 26 42–39 33–48
St. Louis Cardinals 7290 0.444 29 37–44 35–46
Montreal Expos 55107 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 —6–66–127–118–108–44–85–73–910–89–94–8
Chicago 6–6—3–95–73–911–75–138–108–106–68–412–6
Cincinnati 12–69–3—12–613–59–36–65–78–413–59–96–6
Houston 11–77–56–12—5–1310–26–64–82–1010–810–89–3
Los Angeles 10–89–35–1313–5—10–27–55–79–36–128–1010–2
Montreal 4–87–113–92–102–10—8–103–158–104–87–57–11
New York 8–413–56–66–65–710–8—5–1310–87–57–59–9
Philadelphia 7-510–87–58–47–515–313–5—8–108–46–612–6
Pittsburgh 9–310–84–810–23–910–88–1010–8—7–59–312–6
San Diego 8–106–65–138–1012–68–45–74–85–7—8–104–8
San Francisco 9–94–89–98–1010–85–75–76–63–910–8—5–7
St. Louis 8–46–126–63–92–1011–79–96–126–128–47–5—

Notable transactions

Roster
1976 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

  •  4 Vic Harris
 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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
3BHéctor Cruz151526120.2281371
SSDon Kessinger145502120.239140
RFWillie Crawford120392119.304950

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
Vic Harris9725959.228119
Mike Anderson8619958.291112
Joe Ferguson7118938.201421
Lee Richard669116.17605
Luis Meléndez20243.12500
Sam Mejías18213.14300
John Tamargo10103.30001

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
Pete Falcone3221212163.23138
John Denny302071192.5274
Lynn McGlothen3320513153.91106
Bob Forsch331948103.9476

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
Eric Rasmussen43150.16123.5376
John Curtis371346114.5052

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
Bill Greif471564.1232
Tom Walker101234.1211
Doug Capilla71005.405

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
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

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Johnson City[10]

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