The 1976 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 95th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 85th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 72–90 during the season and finished fifth in the National League East, 29 games behind the Philadelphia Phillies.

Offseason October 28, 1975: Mike Garman and a player to be named later were traded by the Cardinals to the Chicago Cubs for Don Kessinger. The Cardinals sent completed the deal by sending Bobby Hrapmann (minors) to the Cubs on April 5, 1976.Don Kessinger page at Baseball Reference December 12, 1975: Buddy Bradford and Greg Terlecky were traded by the Cardinals to the Chicago White Sox for Lee Richard.Lee Richard page at Baseball Reference December 22, 1975, Mick Kelleher was traded by the Cardinals to the Chicago Cubs for Vic Harris.Vic Harris page at Baseball Reference January 7, 1976: John Butcher was drafted by the Cardinals in the 2nd round of the 1976 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign.John Butcher page at Baseball Reference February 3, 1976: Tom Walker was purchased by the Cardinals from the Detroit Tigers.Tom Walker page at Baseball Reference March 2, 1976: Ted Sizemore was traded by the Cardinals to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Willie Crawford.Ted Sizemore page at Baseball Reference

Regular season This was the twelfth and final season for Red Schoendienst as the Cardinals' full-time manager, although he would manage the club in parts of two later seasons (1980 and 1990).

The Cardinals went to the Columbia blue road uniforms for the first time in '76. They would continue to wear those uniforms through the 1984 season.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions April 9, 1976: Wayne Nordhagen was purchased from the Cardinals by the Philadelphia Phillies.Wayne Nordhagen page at Baseball Reference May 19, 1976: Luis Meléndez was traded by the Cardinals to the San Diego Padres for Bill Greif.Luis Meléndez page at Baseball Reference June 8, 1976: John Littlefield was drafted by the Cardinals in the 30th round of the 1976 Major League Baseball draft.John Littlefield page at Baseball Reference

Roster 1976 St. Louis Cardinals Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats = Indicates team leader Y 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 150 546 159 .291 5 75 1B Keith Hernandez 129 374 108 .289 7 46 2B Mike Tyson 76 245 70 .286 3 28 3B 151 526 120 .228 13 71 SS 145 502 120 .239 1 40 LF Lou Brock 133 498 150 .301 4 67 CF Jerry Mumphrey 112 384 99 .258 1 26 RF 120 392 119 .304 9 50

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 Bake McBride 72 272 91 .335 3 24 97 259 59 .228 1 19 Garry Templeton 53 213 62 .291 1 17 86 199 58 .291 1 12 71 189 38 .201 4 21 Reggie Smith 47 170 37 .218 8 23 Ron Fairly 73 110 29 .264 0 21 66 91 16 .176 0 5 Ken Rudolph 27 50 8 .160 0 5 Luis Alvarado 16 42 12 .286 0 3 20 24 3 .125 0 0 18 21 3 .143 0 0 Mike Potter 9 16 0 .000 0 0 Charlie Chant 15 14 2 .143 0 0 10 10 3 .300 0 1 Doug Clarey 9 4 1 .250 1 2

Pitching = Indicates league leader 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 32 212.0 12 16 3.23 138 30 207.0 11 9 2.52 74 33 205.0 13 15 3.91 106 33 194.0 8 10 3.94 76

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 43 150.1 6 12 3.53 76 37 134.0 6 11 4.50 52 Lerrin LaGrow 8 24.1 0 1 1.48 10

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 Al Hrabosky 68 8 6 13 3.30 73 Mike Wallace 49 3 2 2 4.07 40 47 1 5 6 4.12 32 Eddie Solomon 26 1 1 0 4.86 19 Danny Frisella 18 0 0 1 3.97 11 Mike Proly 14 1 0 0 3.71 4 10 1 2 3 4.12 11 7 1 0 0 5.40 5 Steve Waterbury 5 0 0 0 6.00 4

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Johnson CityJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References

External links 1976 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Reference 1976 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com