1973 St. Louis Cardinals
81 - 81
1972 / 1974 (Organization)
2nd place in the NL East (1.5 GB)
Home Record:
Away Record: 		43 - 38 (.531)
38 - 43 (.469)		 0.0 wins
-0.0 wins
   
Scored/Expected: 643 / 647 ( -4 )
Allowed/Expected: 603 / 647 ( +44 )
Pyth Record: 86 - 76 (-5)
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Attendance: 1,574,046 Avg Att: 19,433 (1.13)
Att Rank: 4 / 12 Lg Avg: 17,173
       
Park Factor: 0.96    
HR Factor: 0.82 R/L HR: 0.81 / 0.83
Notes:


Formation
Filters
Home Grown
Positions
#
via
1 Bob Gibson
SP
37.6
4.2
13.6
7.0
15
Y
1
1
1957
 Free Agency (Amateur)
2 Lou Brock
LF
34.0
2.1
24.0
10.8
10
N
6
15
1964
 Trade CHN NL
3 Ted Simmons
C
23.9
5.5
28.1
12.2
6
Y
6
6
1967
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 1 (Pick 10)
4 Reggie Cleveland
SP
25.1
3.9
14.4
6.8
5
Y
8
28
1965
 Free Agency (Amateur)
5 Joe Torre
1B
33.0
2.6
17.4
6.4
5
N
3
17
1969
 Trade ATL NL
6 Jose Cruz
CF
25.9
1.2
11.1
1.7
4
Y
10
27
1966
 Free Agency (Amateur)
7 Luis Melendez
CF
23.9
0.4
6.7
-0.8
4
Y
1
1
1968
 Free Agency (Amateur)
8 Al Hrabosky
RP
23.9
1.7
6.3
3.6
4
Y
2
1
1969
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 1 (Pick 19)
9 Ed Crosby
SS
24.1
-0.3
0.3
-0.6
3
Y
2
1
1969
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 2
10 Ted Sizemore
2B
28.2
4.3
19.6
6.2
3
N
10
5
1970
 Trade LAN NL
11 Al Santorini
RP
25.1
-0.1
0.0
-0.4
3
N
6
11
1971
 Trade SDN NL
12 Mick Kelleher
SS
25.9
-0.2
0.8
-0.5
2
Y
6
5
1969
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 3
13 Ken Reitz
3B
22.0
0.0
4.7
-4.6
2
Y
6
5
1969
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 31
14 Bill Stein
RF
26.4
-0.3
0.7
-0.4
2
Y
6
5
1969
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 4
15 Mike Tyson
SS
23.5
-1.2
7.4
-4.7
2
Y
1
17
1970
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 3
16 Rich Folkers
SP
26.7
1.0
4.7
1.4
2
N
10
18
1971
 Trade NYN NL
17 Jim Bibby
SP
28.7
-0.7
0.0
-0.6
2
N
10
18
1971
 Trade NYN NL
18 Rick Wise
SP
27.8
3.5
14.6
5.8
2
N
2
25
1972
 Trade PHI NL
19 Scipio Spinks
SP
26.0
-0.2
0.2
-1.1
2
N
4
15
1972
 Trade HOU NL
20 Dwain Anderson
SS
25.6
-0.3
0.0
-0.4
2
N
5
15
1972
 Trade OAK AL
21 Bernie Carbo
RF
25.9
2.1
14.3
7.4
2
N
5
19
1972
 Trade CIN NL
22 Diego Segui
RP
35.9
1.6
11.3
6.4
2
N
6
7
1972
 Conditional Deal OAK AL
23 Tom Heintzelman
2B
26.7
0.1
0.8
0.1
1
Y
6
7
1968
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 7
24 Tommy Cruz
LF
22.4
-0.0
0.0
-0.0
1
Y
1
1
1969
 Free Agency (Amateur)
25 Hector Cruz
CF
20.2
-0.4
0.1
-0.1
1
Y
1
22
1970
 Free Agency (Amateur)
26 Marc Hill
C
21.4
-0.1
0.0
-0.1
1
Y
6
4
1970
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 10
27 Bake McBride
CF
24.4
0.6
2.2
0.9
1
Y
6
4
1970
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 37
28 John Andrews
RP
24.4
-0.0
0.6
-0.3
1
Y
1
1
1971
 Free Agency (Amateur)
29 Jim Dwyer
CF
23.5
-0.8
0.3
-0.8
1
Y
6
8
1971
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 11
30 Tim McCarver
1B
31.7
0.2
9.1
2.3
1
N
11
6
1972
 Trade MON NL
31 Ray Busse
SS
24.8
-0.5
0.7
-1.1
1
N
11
28
1972
 Trade HOU NL
32 Bobby Fenwick
2B
26.6
-0.1
0.0
-0.1
1
N
11
28
1972
 Trade HOU NL
33 Wayne Granger
RP
29.3
-1.3
1.2
-1.1
1
N
11
29
1972
 Trade MIN AL
34 Mike Thompson
SP
23.8
0.2
0.5
0.4
1
N
3
31
1973
 Trade TEX AL
35 Terry Hughes
3B
24.1
-0.0
0.1
-0.2
1
N
4
4
1973
 Purchased CHN NL
36 Alan Foster
SP
26.6
2.9
12.5
5.5
1
N
4
5
1973
 Purchased CAL AL
37 Tom Murphy
SP
27.5
0.9
3.6
0.5
1
N
5
8
1973
 Trade KCA AL
38 Mike Nagy
SP
25.3
-0.1
0.8
-0.6
1
N
6
6
1973
 Trade TEX AL
39 Dave Campbell
2B
31.5
-0.6
0.1
-0.4
1
N
6
7
1973
 Trade SDN NL
40 Orlando Pena
RP
39.6
1.6
6.9
3.9
1
N
6
15
1973
 Purchased BAL AL
41 Ed Sprague
RP
27.8
0.2
0.6
0.2
1
N
7
27
1973
 Trade CIN NL
42 Tommie Agee
CF
30.9
0.6
0.9
-0.5
1
N
8
18
1973
 Trade HOU NL
43 Eddie Fisher
RP
37.0
0.4
1.3
1.0
1
N
8
29
1973
 Purchased CHA AL
44 Lew Krausse
RP
30.2
0.1
0.3
0.2
1
N
9
1
1973
 Purchased OAK AL
45 Larry Haney
C
30.6
-0.0
0.0
-0.0
1
N
9
1
1973
 Purchased OAK AL
46 Matty Alou
1B
34.5
-0.1
0.1
-0.1
1
N
9
6
1973
 Purchased NYA AL
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com


Player Pos Hometown
Tommie Agee CF Grand Bay, AL (US)
Matty Alou 1B Santo Domingo (DO)
Dwain Anderson SS El Cerrito, CA (US)
John Andrews RP Monterey Park, CA (USA)
Jim Bibby SP Franklinton, NC (US)
Lou Brock LF Monroe, LA (US)
Ray Busse SS Daytona Beach, FL (USA)
Dave Campbell 2B Manistee, MI (USA)
Bernie Carbo RF Garden City, MI (US)
Reggie Cleveland SP Wilcox (KR)
Ed Crosby SS Long Beach, CA (US)
Hector Cruz CF Arroyo (PR)
Jose Cruz CF Arroyo (PR)
Tommy Cruz LF Arroyo (P.R.)
Jim Dwyer CF Oaklawn, IL (US)
Bobby Fenwick 2B Anoka, MN (US)
Eddie Fisher RP Altus, OK (US)
Rich Folkers SP Waterloo, IA (US)
Alan Foster SP Hacienda Heights, CA (US)
Bob Gibson SP Omaha, NE (US)
Wayne Granger RP Huntington, MA (US)
Larry Haney C Orange, VA (US)
Tom Heintzelman 2B St. Charles, MO (USA)
Marc Hill C Elsberry, MO (US)
Al Hrabosky RP Anaheim, CA (US)
Terry Hughes 3B Spartanburg, SC (US)
Mick Kelleher SS Shoreline, WA (US)
Lew Krausse RP Chester, PA (US)
Bake McBride CF Fulton, MO (US)
Tim McCarver 1B Memphis, TN (US)
Luis Melendez CF Aibonito (P.R.)
Tom Murphy SP Lufkin, TX (US)
Mike Nagy SP Bronx, NY (US)
Orlando Pena RP Victoria De Las Tunas (Cuba)
Ken Reitz 3B Daly City, CA (US)
Al Santorini RP Union, NJ (US)
Diego Segui RP Holguin (Cuba)
Ted Simmons C Southfield, MI (US)
Ted Sizemore 2B Detroit, MI (US)
Scipio Spinks SP Chicago, IL (US)
Ed Sprague RP Boston, MA (USA)
Bill Stein RF Cocoa, FL (US)
Mike Thompson SP Ponca City, OK (US)
Joe Torre 1B Brooklyn, NY (US)
Mike Tyson SS Rocky Mount, NC (US)
Rick Wise SP Portland, OR (US)

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