1977 St. Louis Cardinals season

Offseason

• October 20, 1976: Willie Crawford, John Curtis and Vic Harris were traded by the Cardinals to the San Francisco Giants for Mike Caldwell, Dave Rader and John D'Acquisto.
• November 6, 1976: Bill Greif, Ángel Torres and Sam Mejías were traded by the Cardinals to the Montreal Expos for Pat Scanlon, Steve Dunning, and Tony Scott.
• November 6, 1976: Lee Richard was released by the Cardinals.
• November 21, 1977: Luis DeLeón was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cardinals.
• December 6, 1976: Roger Freed was selected by the Cardinals from the Montreal Expos in the rule 5 draft.
• January 11, 1977: Jesse Orosco was drafted by the Cardinals in the 7th round of the 1977 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign. He would later pitch for the club in 2000.
• February 28, 1977: Mark Covert (minors) was traded by the Cardinals to the Chicago Cubs for Buddy Schultz.
• March 24, 1977: Tom Walker was released by the Cardinals.
• March 28, 1977: Bill Caudill was traded by the Cardinals to the Cincinnati Reds for Joel Youngblood.
• March 30, 1977: Doug Clarey was traded by the Cardinals to the New York Mets for Benny Ayala.
• March 31, 1977: Ken Rudolph was purchased from the Cardinals by the San Francisco Giants.

Regular season

Opening Day starters

• Lou Brock
• Héctor Cruz
• Pete Falcone
• Keith Hernandez
• Don Kessinger
• Bake McBride
• Ken Reitz
• Ted Simmons
• Garry Templeton

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

• May 17, 1977: John D'Acquisto and Pat Scanlon were traded by the Cardinals to the San Diego Padres for Butch Metzger.
• June 7, 1977: Mike Jeffcoat was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 30th round of the 1977 amateur draft, but did not sign.
• June 7, 1977: Neil Fiala was drafted by the Cardinals in the 32nd round of the 1977 Major League Baseball draft.
• June 15, 1977: Bake McBride and Steve Waterbury were traded by the Cardinals to the Philadelphia Phillies for Tom Underwood, Dane Iorg, and Rick Bosetti.
• June 15, 1977: Joel Youngblood was traded by the Cardinals to the New York Mets for Mike Phillips.
• August 20, 1977: Don Kessinger was traded by the Cardinals to the Chicago White Sox for Steve Staniland (minors).
• August 31, 1977: Clay Carroll was traded by the Cardinals to the Chicago White Sox for players to be named later. The White Sox completed the deal by sending Nyls Nyman to the Cardinals on September 2, and sending Dave Hamilton and Silvio Martínez to the Cardinals on November 28.

Roster

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

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Awards and honors

• Lou Brock, Lou Gehrig Award
• Garry Templeton, National League leader, triples (19)

Farm system

References

References

1. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/harrivi01.shtml Vic Harris page at Baseball Reference]
2. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/scanlpa02.shtml Pat Scanlon page at Baseball Reference]
3. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/richale01.shtml Lee Richard page at Baseball Reference]
4. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/deleolu01.shtml Luis DeLeón page at Baseball Reference]
5. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/f/freedro01.shtml Roger Freed page at Baseball Reference]
6. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/o/oroscje01.shtml Jesse Orosco page at Baseball Reference]
7. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/schulbu01.shtml Buddy Schultz page at Baseball Reference]
8. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/walketo02.shtml Tom Walker page at Baseball Reference]
9. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/y/youngjo02.shtml Joel Youngblood page at Baseball Reference]
10. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/a/ayalabe01.shtml Benny Ayala page at Baseball Reference]
11. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/rudolke01.shtml Ken Rudolph page at Baseball Reference]
12. "1977 St. Louis Cardinals Roster by Baseball Almanac".
13. "Mike Jeffcoat Stats".
14. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/fialane01.shtml Neil Fiala page at Baseball Reference]
15. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mcbriba01.shtml Bake McBride page at Baseball Reference]
16. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kessido01.shtml Don Kessinger page at Baseball Reference]
17. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/n/nymanny01.shtml Nyls Nyman page at Baseball Reference]
18. ''Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures'', 2008 Edition, p.96, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, {{ISBN. 978-0-451-22363-0
19. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball'', 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007