1972 St. Louis Cardinals season

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, 21½ games behind the Pittsburgh Pirates.

This article is about the Major League Baseball team. For the National Football League team, see 1972 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) season.

1972 St. Louis Cardinals
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record75–81 (.481)
Divisional place4th
Other information
Owner(s)August "Gussie" Busch
General manager(s)Bing Devine
Manager(s)Red Schoendienst
Local televisionKSD-TV
Local radioKMOX
(Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Mike Walden)
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Offseason

Regular season

Pitcher Bob Gibson won a Gold Glove this year.

Season standings
NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Pittsburgh Pirates 9659 0.619 — 49–29 47–30
Chicago Cubs 8570 0.548 11 46–31 39–39
New York Mets 8373 0.532 13½ 41–37 42–36
St. Louis Cardinals 7581 0.481 21½ 40–37 35–44
Montreal Expos 7086 0.449 26½ 35–43 35–43
Philadelphia Phillies 5997 0.378 37½ 28–51 31–46

Record vs. opponents
1972 National League Records

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —5–7–19–97–77–84–87–56–66–66–117–116–6
Chicago 7–5–1—8–43–98–410–510–810–73–129–37–510–8
Cincinnati 9–94–8—11–69–58–48–410–28–48–1010–510–2
Houston 7–79–36–11—7–118–46–69–33–912–213–54–8
Los Angeles 8–74–85–911–7—6–67–57–57–513–59–98–4
Montreal 8–45–104–84–86–6—6–1210–66–126–66–69–8
New York 5–78–104–86–65–712–6—13–58–67–58–47–9
Philadelphia 6-67–102–103–95–76–105–13—5–136–66–68–7
Pittsburgh 6–612–34–89–35–712–66–813–5—10–29–310–8
San Diego 11–63–910–82–125–136–65–76–62–10—4–104–8
San Francisco 11–75–75–105–139–96–64–86–63–910–4—5–7
St. Louis 6–68–102–108–44–88–99–77–88–108–47–5—

Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

Roster
1972 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
CTed Simmons152594180.3031696
1BMatty Alou108404127.314331
SSDal Maxvill10527661.221123
LFLou Brock153621193.311342
CFJosé Cruz11733278.235223

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
Luis Meléndez11833279.238528
Dwain Anderson5713536.26718
Joe Hague277618.237311
Skip Jutze217117.23905
Mike Fiore17101.10001
Marty Martínez973.42902

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
Rick Wise3526916163.11142
Bob Gibson3427819112.46208
Reggie Cleveland33230.214153.94153
Scipio Spinks16118552.6793
Jim Bibby640.1133.3528

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
Al Santorini30133.28114.1172
Lance Clemons35.10110.122

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
Diego Seguí333193.0754
Tony Cloninger170205.1911
John Cumberland141106.657
Ray Bare140110.545
Charlie Hudson121005.114
Don Shaw80109.000
Santiago Guzmán10009.000
Tim Plodinec100027.000

Awards and honors

League leaders

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Tulsa Oilers American Association Jack Krol
AA Arkansas Travelers Texas League Fred Koenig
A Modesto Reds California League Tom Burgess
A St. Petersburg Cardinals Florida State League Roy Majtyka
A Cedar Rapids Cardinals Midwest League Gary Geiger
Rookie GCL Cardinals Gulf Coast League Bobby Dews
Rookie GCL Red Birds Gulf Coast League Julio Gotay

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Modesto[10]

References
  1. Steve Carlton page at Baseball Reference
  2. 1972 St. Louis Cardinals Roster by Baseball Almanac
  3. Don Shaw page at Baseball Reference
  4. Lowell Palmer page at Baseball-Reference
  5. Brant Alyea page at Baseball Reference
  6. Dan Larson page at Baseball Reference
  7. Diego Seguí page at Baseball Reference
  8. Dal Maxvill page at Baseball Reference
  9. Stolen Bases Single Season National League Leaders by Baseball Almanac
  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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