1978 St. Louis Cardinals season

The 1978 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 97th season in St. Louis, Missouri and its 87th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 69-93 during the season and finished fifth in the National League East, 21 games behind the Philadelphia Phillies.

This article is about the Major League Baseball team. For the National Football League team, see 1978 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) season.

1978 St. Louis Cardinals
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record69–93 (.426)
Divisional place5th
Other information
Owner(s)August "Gussie" Busch
General manager(s)Bing Devine
Manager(s)Vern Rapp, Jack Krol, Ken Boyer
Local televisionKSD-TV
(Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Jay Randolph, Bob Starr)
Local radioKMOX
(Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Bob Starr)
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Offseason

Regular season

In late April, the Cardinals fired manager Vern Rapp, who had started at 7-11. He was briefly replaced by coach Jack Krol for two games (1-1) before giving the job on a permanent basis to their former MVP third-baseman Ken Boyer, who went 61-81 the rest of the way.

On June 16, Tom Seaver of the Cincinnati Reds made history by pitching a no-hitter against the Cardinals. It would be the only no-hitter of his career.

First baseman Keith Hernandez won a Gold Glove.

Season standings
NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Philadelphia Phillies 9072 0.556 — 54–28 36–44
Pittsburgh Pirates 8873 0.547 1½ 55–26 33–47
Chicago Cubs 7983 0.488 11 44–38 35–45
Montreal Expos 7686 0.469 14 41–39 35–47
St. Louis Cardinals 6993 0.426 21 37–44 32–49
New York Mets 6696 0.407 24 33–47 33–49

Record vs. opponents
1978 National League Records

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —5–76–128–105–135–76–68–42–108–1011–75–7
Chicago 7–5—7–56–64–87–1111–74–147–117–54–815–3
Cincinnati 12–65–7—11–79–98–47–57–54–79–912–68–4
Houston 10–86–67–11—7–116–67–56–64–88–106–127–5
Los Angeles 13–58–49–911–7—8–47–57–57–59–911–75–7
Montreal 7–511–74–86–64–8—8–109–97–116–65–79–9
New York 6–67–115–75–75–710–8—6–127–115–73–97–11
Philadelphia 4-814–45–76–65–79–912–6—11–78–46–610–8
Pittsburgh 10–211–77–48–45–711–711–77–11—5–74–89–9
San Diego 10–85–79–910–89–96–67–54–87–5—8–109–3
San Francisco 7–118–46–1212–67–117–59–36–68–410–8—9–3
St. Louis 7–53–154–85–77–59–911–78–109–93–93–9—

Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

Roster
1978 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
1BKeith Hernandez159542138.2551164
3BKen Reitz150540133.2461075
LFLou Brock9229866.221012
CFGeorge Hendrick102382110.2881767
RFJerry Morales130457109.239446

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
Mike Phillips7616444.268128
Steve Swisher4511532.278110
Roger Freed529222.239220
Jim Dwyer346514.21514
Jim Lentine8112.18201
John Tamargo660.00000
Bob Coluccio530.00000

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
John Denny3323414112.96103
Bob Forsch34233.211173.70114
Silvio Martínez22138.1983.6445
Pete Falcone1975275.7628
Eric Rasmussen1060.1254.1832

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
Tom Bruno1849.2431.9933
Rob Dressler313012.084

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
Roy Thomas161133.8116
George Frazier140304.098
Dave Hamilton130006.438

Awards and records

League leaders

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Springfield Redbirds American Association Jimy Williams
AA Arkansas Travelers Texas League Tommy Thompson
A St. Petersburg Cardinals Florida State League Hal Lanier
A Gastonia Cardinals Western Carolinas League Buzzy Keller
Rookie Johnson City Cardinals Appalachian League Nick Leyva
Rookie Calgary Cardinals Pioneer League Johnny Lewis

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References
  1. Frank Riccelli page at Baseball Reference
  2. Dave Rader page at Baseball Reference
  3. Ken Rudolph page at Baseball Reference
  4. Rick Bosetti page at Baseball Reference
  5. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1978&t=SLN
  6. Eric Rasmussen page at Baseball Reference
  7. John Tamargo page at Baseball Reference
  8. 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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