1979 St. Louis Cardinals season

This article is about the Major League Baseball team. For the National Football League team, see 1979 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) season.

1979 St. Louis Cardinals
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1892)
Eastern Division (since 1969)
Location
Busch Memorial Stadium (since 1966)
St. Louis, Missouri (since 1882)
Results
Record	86–76 (.531)
Divisional place	3rd
Other information
Owner(s)	August "Gussie" Busch
General manager(s)	John Claiborne
Manager(s)	Ken Boyer
Local television	KSDK (as KSD-TV before September 8) KPLR (September 9 game only) (Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Jay Randolph, Bob Starr)
Local radio	KMOX (Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Bob Starr)
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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.^[1]
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.^[2]
January 16, 1979: Darold Knowles was signed as a free agent by the Cardinals.^[3]
January 16, 1979: Benny Ayala was traded by the Cardinals to the Baltimore Orioles for Mike Dimmel.^[4]
February 19, 1979: Will McEnaney was signed as a free agent by the Cardinals.^[5]

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

NL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Pittsburgh Pirates	98	64	0.605	—	48–33	50–31
Montreal Expos	95	65	0.594	2	56–25	39–40
St. Louis Cardinals	86	76	0.531	12	42–39	44–37
Philadelphia Phillies	84	78	0.519	14	43–38	41–40
Chicago Cubs	80	82	0.494	18	45–36	35–46
New York Mets	63	99	0.389	35	28–53	35–46

Record vs. opponents

1979 National League Records Sources:
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	4–8	6–12	7–11	12–6	1–9	4–8	7–5	4–8	6–12	11–7	4–8
Chicago	8–4	—	7–5	6–6	5–7	6–12	8–10	9–9	6–12	9–3	8–4	8–10
Cincinnati	12–6	5–7	—	8–10	11–7	6–6	8–4	8–4	8–4	10–7	6–12	8–4
Houston	11–7	6–6	10–8	—	10–8	7–5	9–3	5–7	4–8	14–4	7–11	6–6
Los Angeles	6–12	7–5	7–11	8–10	—	6–6	9–3	3–9	4–8	9–9	14–4	6–6
Montreal	9–1	12–6	6–6	5–7	6–6	—	15–3	11–7	7–11	7–5	7–5	10–8
New York	8–4	10–8	4–8	3–9	3–9	3–15	—	5–13	8–10–1	4–8	8–4	7–11
Philadelphia	5-7	9–9	4–8	7–5	9–3	7–11	13–5	—	8–10	9–3	6–6	7–11–1
Pittsburgh	8–4	12–6	4–8	8–4	8–4	11–7	10–8–1	10–8	—	7–5	9–3	11–7
San Diego	12–6	3–9	7–10	4–14	9–9	5–7	8–4	3–9	5–7	—	8–10	4–8
San Francisco	7–11	4–8	12–6	11–7	4–14	5–7	4–8	6–6	3–9	10–8	—	5–7
St. Louis	8–4	10–8	4–8	6–6	6–6	8–10	11–7	11–7–1	7–11	8–4	7–5	—

Opening Day starters

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.^[7]

Roster

1979 St. Louis Cardinals

Roster

Pitchers

49 Tom Bruno

36 John Denny

31 Bob Forsch

39 George Frazier

41 John Fulgham

34 Darold Knowles

32 Mark Littell

35 Silvio Martínez

47 Will McEnaney

26 Dan O'Brien

22 Buddy Schultz

48 Kim Seaman

42 Bob Sykes

43 Roy Thomas

38 John Urrea

46 Pete Vuckovich

Catchers

16 Terry Kennedy

23 Ted Simmons

9 Steve Swisher

Infielders

7 Roger Freed

37 Keith Hernandez

28 Tom Herr

24 Ken Oberkfell

5 Mike Phillips

44 Ken Reitz

1 Garry Templeton

4 Mike Tyson

Outfielders

20 Lou Brock

11 Bernie Carbo

21 Mike Dimmel

3 Tom Grieve

25 George Hendrick

19 Dane Iorg

21 Jim Lentine

29 Jerry Mumphrey

30 Tony Scott

3 Keith Smith

Manager

14 Ken Boyer

Coaches

8 Jack Krol

27 Dal Maxvill

18 Claude Osteen

2 Red Schoendienst

15 Dave Ricketts

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
1B	Hernandez, KeithKeith Hernandez	161	610	210	.344	11	105
LF	Brock, LouLou Brock	120	405	123	.304	5	38

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
Phillips, MikeMike Phillips	44	97	22	.227	1	6
Freed, RogerRoger Freed	34	31	8	.258	2	8
Lentine, JimJim Lentine	11	23	9	.391	0	1
Grieve, TomTom Grieve	9	15	3	.200	0	0
Dimmel, MikeMike Dimmel	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
Forsch, BobBob Forsch	33	218.2	11	11	3.83	92
Martínez, SilvioSilvio Martínez	32	206.2	15	8	3.27	102
Denny, JohnJohn Denny	31	206	8	11	4.85	99
Fulgham, JohnJohn Fulgham	20	146	10	6	2.53	75
Sykes, BobBob Sykes	13	67	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

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
Knowles, DaroldDarold Knowles	48	2	5	6	4.07	22
Bruno, TomTom Bruno	27	2	3	0	4.23	27
Frazier, GeorgeGeorge Frazier	25	2	4	0	4.45	14
Seaman, KimKim Seaman	1	0	0	0	0.00	3

Awards and honors

Lou Brock, Hutch Award^[8]

League records

Garry Templeton, National League record, league leader in triples for three consecutive seasons^[9]

League leaders

Garry Templeton, National League leader, triples

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Springfield Redbirds	American Association	Hal Lanier
AA	Arkansas Travelers	Texas League	Tommy Thompson
A	St. Petersburg Cardinals	Florida State League	Sonny Ruberto
A	Gastonia Cardinals	Western Carolinas League	Johnny Lewis
Rookie	Johnson City Cardinals	Appalachian League	Nick Leyva

References

↑ Kim Seaman page at Baseball Reference
↑ Bill Mooneyham page at Baseball-Reference
↑ Darold Knowles page at Baseball Reference
↑ Benny Ayala page at Baseball Reference
↑ Will McEnaney page at Baseball-Reference
↑ http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1979&t=SLN
↑ Andy Van Slyke page at Baseball Reference
↑ http://www.baseball-almanac.com/awards/aw_hut.shtml
↑ 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

External links

1979 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Cleveland Detroit Milwaukee New York Toronto

AL West	California Chicago Kansas City Minnesota Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Chicago Montréal New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Atlanta Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

1979 MLB draft 1979 All-Star Game 1979 World Series

St. Louis Cardinals

Based in St. Louis, Missouri

Franchise

History

Ballparks

Robison Field Sportsman's Park Busch Memorial Stadium Busch Stadium

Spring training	Whittington Park Herald Park West End Park McKechnie Field City Island Ball Park Al Lang Stadium Roger Dean Stadium

Culture

Lore

Rivalries

Key personnel

Owner: Bill DeWitt, Jr.
General Manager: John Mozeliak
Manager: Mike Matheny

Minors

AAA: Memphis Redbirds
AA: Springfield Cardinals
A Adv.: Palm Beach Cardinals
A: Peoria Chiefs
Short A: State College Spikes
Rookie Adv.: Johnson City Cardinals
Rookie: Gulf Coast League Cardinals; Dominican Summer League Cardinals

World Series
Championships

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League pennants

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Division titles

National League East: 1982; 1985; 1987
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Wild card titles

All Star Games hosted

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