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1979 St. Louis Cardinals season

Major League Baseball season

Field	Value
name	St. Louis Cardinals
season	1979
image	St Louis Cardinals Cap Insignia.svg
league	National League
division	East
ballpark	Busch Memorial Stadium
city	St. Louis, Missouri
record	86–76 (.531)
divisional_place	3rd
owners	August "Gussie" Busch
general_managers	John Claiborne
managers	Ken Boyer
television	KSDK
(as KSD-TV before September 8)
KPLR
(September 9 game only)
(Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Jay Randolph, Bob Starr)
radio	KMOX
(Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Bob Starr)

Note

the Major League Baseball team

(as KSD-TV before September 8) KPLR (September 9 game only) (Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Jay Randolph, Bob Starr) (Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Bob Starr) The 1979 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 98th season in St. Louis, Missouri and its 88th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 86–76 during the season and finished third in the National League East, 12 games behind the eventual NL pennant and World Series champion Pittsburgh Pirates.

Offseason

December 5, 1978: Pete Falcone was traded by the Cardinals to the New York Mets for Kim Seaman and Tom Grieve.
January 9, 1979: Bill Mooneyham was drafted by the Cardinals in the 1st round (7th pick) of the secondary phase of the 1979 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign.
January 16, 1979: Darold Knowles was signed as a free agent by the Cardinals.
January 16, 1979: Benny Ayala was traded by the Cardinals to the Baltimore Orioles for Mike Dimmel.
February 19, 1979: Will McEnaney was signed as a free agent by the Cardinals.

Regular season

First baseman Keith Hernández won the MVP Award this year, along with Willie Stargell, batting .344, with 11 home runs and 105 RBIs. Hernández also won the Gold Glove. Left fielder Lou Brock collected his 3,000th career hit and played his final season in MLB.

Pete Vuckovich and Silvio Martínez each won 15 games. Garry Templeton became the first switch-hitter to collect 100 hits from each side of the plate and led the league in triples for a third consecutive season.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day starters

Lou Brock
John Denny
George Hendrick
Keith Hernandez
Ken Reitz
Tony Scott
Ted Simmons
Garry Templeton
Mike Tyson

Notable transactions

June 5, 1979: Andy Van Slyke was drafted by the Cardinals in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1979 Major League Baseball draft.

Roster

1979 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers

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
C	Ted Simmons	123	448	127	.283	26	87
1B		161	610	210	.344	11	105
2B	Ken Oberkfell	135	369	111	.301	1	35
SS	Garry Templeton	154	672	211	.314	9	62
3B	Ken Reitz	159	605	162	.268	8	73
LF		120	405	123	.304	5	38
CF	Tony Scott	153	587	152	.259	6	68
RF	George Hendrick	140	493	148	.300	16	75

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
Jerry Mumphrey	124	339	100	.295	3	32
Mike Tyson	75	190	42	.221	5	20
Dane Iorg	79	179	52	.291	1	21
Terry Kennedy	33	109	31	.284	2	17
	44	97	22	.227	1	6
Steve Swisher	38	73	11	.151	1	3
Bernie Carbo	52	64	18	.281	3	12
	34	31	8	.258	2	8
	11	23	9	.391	0	1
	9	15	3	.200	0	0
Keith Smith	6	13	3	.231	0	0
Tom Herr	14	10	2	.200	0	1
	6	3	1	.333	0	0

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 Vuckovich	34	233.0	15	10	3.59	145
	33	218.2	11	11	3.83	92
	32	206.2	15	8	3.27	102
	31	206.0	8	11	4.85	99
	20	146.0	10	6	2.53	75
	13	67.0	4	3	6.18	35

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
Roy Thomas	26	77.0	3	4	2.92	44
John Urrea	3	11.1	0	0	3.97	5

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
Mark Littell	63	9	4	13	2.19	67
	48	2	5	6	4.07	22
Will McEnaney	45	0	3	2	2.95	15
Buddy Schultz	31	4	3	3	4.46	38
	27	2	3	0	4.23	27
	25	2	4	0	4.45	14
Dan O'Brien	6	1	1	0	8.18	5
	1	0	0	0	0.00	3

Awards and honors

Lou Brock, Hutch Award

League records

Garry Templeton, National League record, league leader in triples for three consecutive seasons

League leaders

Garry Templeton, National League leader, triples

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Arkansas

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/seamaki01.shtml Kim Seaman page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/moonebi01.shtml Bill Mooneyham page at Baseball-Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/knowlda01.shtml Darold Knowles page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/a/ayalabe01.shtml Benny Ayala page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mcenawi01.shtml Will McEnaney page at Baseball-Reference]
"1979 St. Louis Cardinals Roster by Baseball Almanac".
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/v/vanslan01.shtml Andy Van Slyke page at Baseball Reference]
"Hutch Award | Baseball Almanac".
''Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures'', 2008 Edition, p. 95, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, {{ISBN. 978-0-451-22363-0

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