1981 St. Louis Cardinals Statistics

National League (NL)
Team Record: 59-43
Finished 1st in the NL's East Division
Attendance: 1,010,247, Avg. 19,061
Ballpark: Busch Stadium II
Manager: Whitey Herzog (59-43)
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
1981 St. Louis Cardinals Roster
1981 St. Louis Cardinals Results

The St. Louis Cardinals of the National League ended the 1981 season with a record of 59 wins and 43 losses, finishing first in the NL's East Division.

The Cardinals scored 464 runs and conceded 417 runs. George Hendrick led St. Louis with 18 home runs and accounted for 61 RBI. Keith Hernandez paced all regular hitters by connecting at a .306 clip. Bob Forsch topped the squad with 10 wins, while Bruce Sutter recorded a 2.62 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.

Whitey Herzog coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player W L W% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF
Bob Forsch105.6673.1820200100124.31064744729341413501
John Martin85.6153.4217150400102.78543391026036210407
Lary Sorensen77.5003.2723230310140.31495951326252151579
Joaquin Andujar61.8573.74118010055.3562423411119012223
Bob Shirley64.6004.082811510179.3784236634336101342
Jim Kaat66.5003.404111600453.060252021788002229
Andy Rincon31.7501.7755011035.7278705113211133
Bruce Sutter35.3752.6248036002582.3642424524857110328
Doug Bair201.0003.45110800115.713660201400060
Bob Sykes201.0004.58221700037.3372019218114103160
Silvio Martinez25.2863.991816000097.0954843439334102413
Dave LaPoint101.0004.2232000010.71255120410045
Jim Otten101.0005.302401000035.7442321320520004160
Joe Edelen101.0009.35130400017.32918182311011185
Mark Littell13.2504.39281400241.0362120231722002186
Luis DeLeon01.0002.35100200015.31144132800059
Totals5943.5783.633221039211233943.090241738052290453881511223910

Batting:

Player GP PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB DP HBP SH SF IBB
Keith Hernandez103444376651152748481256145.306.401.463.86417492056
George Hendrick101441394671121931861424144.284.356.485.841191104027
Ken Oberkfell102420376431101262451353728.293.353.372.725140110346
Tom Herr103462411501101490462373930.268.329.345.67414291653
Garry Templeton8035033347961681338121455.288.315.393.70913140123
Dane Iorg7522721723711122392079.327.344.424.7689270030
Sixto Lezcano72258214265782528014040.266.376.393.7688480042
Tony Scott45184176214052217107522.227.253.313.5655531200
Darrell Porter612171742239102631123932.224.364.408.7727131037
Mike Ramsey471331241932300940816.258.303.282.5853560101
Tito Landrum8113311913315401042614.261.297.370.6674421520
Gene Tenace58174129263070522003826.233.416.403.8195214122
Gene Roof23736011186003511216.300.411.400.8112410012
Orlando Sanchez27524951421061026.286.308.367.6751820011
Steve Braun44624699210210157.196.393.283.6761310100
Julio Gonzalez2024222710130013.318.348.500.8481120100
John Martin18423327210800214.212.257.333.5901100700
Silvio Martinez18373517200200112.200.222.257.479900100
Glenn Brummer2133302610020012.200.219.233.452710110
David Green2140346510020165.147.275.176.451600001
Bob Forsch20484105100300110.122.143.146.289620600
Jim Kaat41982310020010.375.444.500.944400000
Andy Rincon516131310050016.231.286.308.593400200
Bob Shirley2823220300010007.136.136.136.273300100
Lary Sorensen23524613100000021.065.085.087.172401500
Mark Littell28880200020002.250.250.250.500200000
Joe Edelen13330100000001.333.333.333.667100000
Bruce Sutter481090000010004.000.100.000.100001000
Bob Sykes22320000000012.000.333.000.333000000
Doug Bair11330000000003.000.000.000.000000000
Luis DeLeon10110000000000.000.000.000.000000000
Jim Otten24320000000000.000.000.000.000000100
Neil Fiala3330000000001.000.000.000.000000000
Dave LaPoint3550000000003.000.000.000.000000000
Joaquin Andujar1220190000000009.000.000.000.000000100
Totals14114013353746493615845504318845379495.265.336.377.71313348216463541


Fielding:

Player Pos GP GS Inn. PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS%
Keith Hernandez1B9897873.7105486399.99711.74411.6330000
Dane Iorg1B8338.0475011.00012.3166.5000000
Gene Tenace1B7331.3394031.00012.3516.1430000
Tom Herr2B103103925.0211374574.9925.6925.6800000
Julio Gonzalez2B4015.03510.8894.8002.0000000
Mike Ramsey2B103.022001.00012.0004.0000000
Ken Oberkfell3B102101906.3772461523.9563.2073.1670000
Mike Ramsey3B5223.726011.0003.0421.6000000
Steve Braun3B105.00000.000.0000000
Dane Iorg3B204.002001.0004.5001.0000000
Julio Gonzalez3B204.011001.0004.5001.0000000
Darrell PorterC5251441.02063152.9794.8374.55820392236.1
Gene TenaceC3836316.31261831.9804.0973.78920321227.3
Orlando SanchezC18997.350041.9264.6232.7781013213.3
Glenn BrummerC19788.3433011.0004.6872.4210010428.6
George HendrickOF101101905.7227640.9832.3152.3070000
Sixto LezcanoOF6561543.7103531.9731.7881.6620000
Dane IorgOF5753396.778030.9631.7701.3680000
Tony ScottOF4441374.31202001.0002.9332.7730000
Tito LandrumOF6721304.7726011.0002.3041.1640000
Gene RoofOF2015144.738020.9502.3641.9000000
David GreenOF18994.331110.9703.0531.7780000
Steve BraunOF12655.0152011.0002.7821.4170000
Keith HernandezOF329.020001.0002.000.6670000
Mike RamseyOF101.00000.000.0000000
Lary SorensenP2323140.3152123.9472.3091.5650000
Bob ForschP2020124.31420011.0002.4611.7000000
John MartinP1715102.7320001.0002.0161.3530000
Silvio MartinezP181697.061310.9501.7631.0560000
Bruce SutterP48082.378001.0001.640.3130000
Bob ShirleyP281179.3110001.0001.248.3930000
Joaquin AndujarP11855.341110.9382.4401.3640000
Jim KaatP41153.041321.8952.887.4150000
Mark LittellP28141.05420.8181.976.3210000
Bob SykesP22137.348011.0002.893.5450000
Andy RinconP5535.725001.0001.7661.4000000
Jim OttenP24035.70310.750.757.1250000
Joe EdelenP13017.312001.0001.558.2310000
Doug BairP11015.702001.0001.149.1820000
Luis DeLeonP10015.302001.0001.174.2000000
Dave LaPointP3210.712001.0002.5311.0000000
Garry TempletonSS7676657.71602721854.9605.9125.6840000
Mike RamseySS3527271.352118620.9665.6394.8570000
Julio GonzalezSS5013.037011.0006.9232.0000000
Ken OberkfellSS101.001001.0009.0001.0000000
Totals12879278487.02829134782290.9814.4283.24550944029.9




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