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1972 National League East
Team Record GB
Pittsburgh Pirates 96 - 59
Chicago Cubs 85 - 70 11.0
New York Mets 83 - 73 13.5
St. Louis Cardinals 75 - 81 21.5
Montreal Expos 70 - 86 26.5
Philadelphia Phillies 59 - 97 37.5

4th (NL East)
Runs Scored: 568
Runs Allowed: 600
Attendance: 1,196,894

1972 St. Louis Cardinals Batting (Starters)
Player Pos Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Ted Simmons C 22 152 594 70 180 36 6 16 96 29 8 57 1 3 1 2 18 .303 .336 .465 .801
Matty Alou 1B 33 108 404 46 127 17 2 3 31 24 2 23 11 4 1 1 12 .314 .353 .389 .742
Ted Sizemore 2B 27 120 439 53 116 17 4 2 38 37 1 36 8 3 4 4 11 .264 .324 .335 .659
Joe Torre 3B 31 149 544 71 157 26 6 11 81 54 13 64 3 0 0 8 19 .289 .357 .419 .776
Dal Maxvill SS 33 105 276 22 61 6 1 1 23 31 4 47 0 1 5 0 12 .221 .299 .261 .560
Lou Brock LF 33 153 621 81 193 26 8 3 42 47 12 93 63 18 3 1 6 .311 .359 .393 .752
Jose Cruz CF 24 117 332 33 78 14 4 2 23 36 3 54 9 3 2 1 4 .235 .309 .319 .628
Bernie Carbo RF 24 99 302 42 78 13 1 7 34 57 9 56 0 1 1 5 7 .258 .381 .377 .758

1972 St. Louis Cardinals Batting (Bench)
Player Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Luis Melendez 22 118 332 32 79 11 3 5 28 25 0 34 5 4 1 1 8 .238 .292 .334 .626
Ed Crosby 23 101 276 27 60 9 1 0 19 18 1 27 1 1 3 2 10 .217 .269 .257 .526
Donn Clendenon 36 61 136 13 26 4 0 4 9 17 4 37 1 2 0 0 7 .191 .279 .309 .588
Dwain Anderson 24 57 135 12 36 4 1 1 8 8 1 23 0 1 0 1 4 .267 .313 .333 .646
Jerry McNertney 35 39 48 3 10 3 1 0 9 6 1 16 0 0 2 0 1 .208 .291 .313 .604
Jorge Roque 22 32 67 3 7 2 1 1 5 6 0 19 1 1 1 0 3 .104 .176 .209 .385
Joe Hague 28 27 76 8 18 5 1 3 11 17 2 18 0 1 1 0 2 .237 .368 .447 .815
Mick Kelleher 24 23 63 5 10 2 1 0 1 6 0 15 0 0 2 0 1 .159 .232 .222 .454
Skip Jutze 26 21 71 1 17 2 0 0 5 1 0 16 0 1 0 0 2 .239 .247 .268 .515
Ken Reitz 21 21 78 5 28 4 0 0 10 2 0 4 0 1 0 0 4 .359 .370 .410 .780
Mike Fiore 27 17 10 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 .100 .250 .100 .350
Bill Stein 25 14 35 2 11 0 1 2 3 0 0 7 1 0 3 0 0 .314 .314 .543 .857
Brant Alyea 31 13 19 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 .158 .158 .211 .369
Mike Tyson 22 13 37 1 7 1 0 0 0 1 0 9 0 1 0 0 0 .189 .211 .216 .427
Bill Voss 28 11 15 1 4 2 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 .267 .333 .400 .733
Marty Martinez 30 9 7 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .429 .429 .429 .858
Ron Allen 28 7 11 2 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 .091 .286 .364 .650

1972 St. Louis Cardinals Batting (Pitchers)
Player Pos Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Bob Gibson P 36 34 103 12 20 6 0 5 12 1 0 25 0 1 2 0 0 .194 .202 .398 .600
Rick Wise P 26 35 93 8 16 2 0 1 9 1 0 30 0 0 6 0 1 .172 .181 .226 .407
Reggie Cleveland P 24 33 71 3 17 0 0 0 7 1 0 13 0 0 11 1 3 .239 .260 .239 .499
Al Santorini P 24 30 40 2 3 0 0 0 1 3 0 13 0 0 3 0 1 .075 .140 .075 .215
Scipio Spinks P 24 21 42 4 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 21 0 1 2 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .334
Don Durham P 23 14 14 3 7 0 0 2 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .929 1.429
Jim Bibby P 27 6 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 .125 .300 .125 .425
Diego Segui P 34 33 7 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .286 .429
John Cumberland P 25 14 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Lowell Palmer P 24 17 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Tony Cloninger P 31 17 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Lance Clemons P 24 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Moe Drabowsky P 36 30 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Rich Folkers P 25 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Joe Grzenda P 35 30 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Dennis Higgins P 32 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Al Hrabosky P 22 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Don Shaw P 28 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000

1972 St. Louis Cardinals Pitching (Starters)
Player Age G GS W L Pct. ERA IP R ER H HR BB K OBA HB WP CG SO SV BS DICE
Rick Wise 26 35 35 16 16 .500 3.11 269.0 98 93 250 16 71 142 .246 1 4 20 2 0 3.52
Bob Gibson 36 34 34 19 11 .633 2.46 278.0 83 76 226 14 88 208 .220 3 10 23 4 0 3.14
Reggie Cleveland 24 33 33 14 15 .483 3.94 230.2 120 101 229 21 60 153 .253 5 3 11 3 0 3.70
Al Santorini 24 30 19 8 11 .421 4.11 133.2 63 61 136 6 46 72 .261 1 5 3 3 0 3.56
Scipio Spinks 24 16 16 5 5 .500 2.67 118.0 39 35 96 5 59 93 .220 2 7 6 0 0 3.53
Don Durham 23 10 8 2 7 .222 4.34 47.2 28 23 42 1 22 35 .227 0 2 1 0 0 3.19
Jim Bibby 27 6 6 1 3 .250 3.35 40.1 18 15 29 4 19 28 .199 1 2 0 0 0 4.39

1972 St. Louis Cardinals Pitching (Bullpen)
Player Age G GS W L Pct. ERA IP R ER H HR BB K OBA HB WP CG SO SV BS DICE
Diego Segui 34 33 0 3 1 .750 3.07 55.2 23 19 47 2 32 54 .222 0 5 0 0 9 3.25
Moe Drabowsky 36 30 0 1 1 .500 2.60 27.2 13 8 29 4 14 22 .257 1 2 0 0 2 4.92
Joe Grzenda 35 30 0 1 0 1.000 5.66 35.0 24 22 46 1 17 15 .317 3 3 0 0 0 4.23
Tony Cloninger 31 17 0 0 2 .000 5.19 26.0 17 15 29 2 19 11 .284 1 0 0 0 0 5.46
Lowell Palmer 24 16 2 0 3 .000 3.89 34.2 16 15 30 2 26 25 .234 1 3 0 0 0 4.64
Dennis Higgins 32 15 1 1 2 .333 3.97 22.2 14 10 19 0 22 20 .224 0 2 0 0 1 4.15
Ray Bare 23 14 0 0 1 .000 0.54 16.2 2 1 18 0 6 5 .277 0 0 0 0 1 3.48
John Cumberland 25 14 1 1 1 .500 6.65 21.2 17 16 23 6 7 7 .274 0 1 0 0 0 6.92
Charlie Hudson 22 12 0 1 0 1.000 5.11 12.1 8 7 10 0 7 4 .217 1 0 0 0 0 4.30
Rich Folkers 25 9 0 1 0 1.000 3.38 13.1 5 5 12 0 5 7 .235 0 1 0 0 0 3.08
Don Shaw 28 8 0 0 1 .000 9.00 3.0 3 3 5 1 3 0 .385 0 0 0 0 0 10.33
Al Hrabosky 22 5 0 1 0 1.000 0.00 7.0 0 0 2 0 3 9 .083 0 1 0 0 0 1.71
Lance Clemons 24 3 1 0 1 .000 10.13 5.1 7 6 8 1 5 2 .364 1 1 0 0 0 8.06
Santiago Guzman 22 1 0 0 0 .000 9.00 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 0 .250 0 0 0 0 0 16.00
Tim Plodinec 25 1 0 0 0 .000 27.00 0.1 1 1 3 0 0 0 .750 0 1 0 0 0 3.00