1972 St. Louis Cardinals season

This article is about the Major League Baseball team. For the National Football League team, see 1972 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) season.

1972 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	75–81 (.481)
Divisional place	4th
Other information
Owner(s)	August "Gussie" Busch
General manager(s)	Bing Devine
Manager(s)	Red Schoendienst
Local television	KSD-TV
Local radio	KMOX (Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Mike Walden)
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The 1972 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 91st season in St. Louis, Missouri and its 81st season in the National League. The Cardinals went 75-81 during the season and finished fourth in the National League East, 21½ games behind the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Offseason

February 25, 1972: Steve Carlton was traded by the Cardinals to the Philadelphia Phillies for Rick Wise.^[1]

Regular season

Pitcher Bob Gibson won a Gold Glove this year.

Season standings

NL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Pittsburgh Pirates	96	59	0.619	—	49–29	47–30
Chicago Cubs	85	70	0.548	11	46–31	39–39
New York Mets	83	73	0.532	13½	41–37	42–36
St. Louis Cardinals	75	81	0.481	21½	40–37	35–44
Montreal Expos	70	86	0.449	26½	35–43	35–43
Philadelphia Phillies	59	97	0.378	37½	28–51	31–46

Record vs. opponents

1972 National League Records Sources:
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	5–7–1	9–9	7–7	7–8	4–8	7–5	6–6	6–6	6–11	7–11	6–6
Chicago	7–5–1	—	8–4	3–9	8–4	10–5	10–8	10–7	3–12	9–3	7–5	10–8
Cincinnati	9–9	4–8	—	11–6	9–5	8–4	8–4	10–2	8–4	8–10	10–5	10–2
Houston	7–7	9–3	6–11	—	7–11	8–4	6–6	9–3	3–9	12–2	13–5	4–8
Los Angeles	8–7	4–8	5–9	11–7	—	6–6	7–5	7–5	7–5	13–5	9–9	8–4
Montreal	8–4	5–10	4–8	4–8	6–6	—	6–12	10–6	6–12	6–6	6–6	9–8
New York	5–7	8–10	4–8	6–6	5–7	12–6	—	13–5	8–6	7–5	8–4	7–9
Philadelphia	6-6	7–10	2–10	3–9	5–7	6–10	5–13	—	5–13	6–6	6–6	8–7
Pittsburgh	6–6	12–3	4–8	9–3	5–7	12–6	6–8	13–5	—	10–2	9–3	10–8
San Diego	11–6	3–9	10–8	2–12	5–13	6–6	5–7	6–6	2–10	—	4–10	4–8
San Francisco	11–7	5–7	5–10	5–13	9–9	6–6	4–8	6–6	3–9	10–4	—	5–7
St. Louis	6–6	8–10	2–10	8–4	4–8	8–9	9–7	7–8	8–10	8–4	7–5	—

Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

May 15, 1972: Don Shaw was traded by the Cardinals to the Oakland Athletics for Dwain Anderson.^[3]
May 16, 1972: Lowell Palmer was signed as a free agent by the Cardinals.^[4]
May 18, 1972: Marty Martínez was traded by the Cardinals to the Oakland Athletics for Brant Alyea.^[5]
June 6, 1972: Dan Larson was drafted by the Cardinals in the 1st round (21st pick) of the 1972 Major League Baseball Draft.^[6]
June 7, 1972: Diego Seguí was sent to the Cardinals by the Oakland Athletics as part of a conditional deal.^[7]
July 23, 1972: Brant Alyea was returned to the Oakland Athletics by the Cardinals.^[5]
August 30, 1972: Dal Maxvill was traded by the Cardinals to the Oakland Athletics for a player to be named later and Joe Lindsey (minors). The Athletics completed the deal by sending Gene Dusen (minors) to the Cardinals on October 27.^[8]
September 18, 1972: Lowell Palmer was selected off waivers from the Cardinals by the Cleveland Indians.^[4]

Roster

1972 St. Louis Cardinals

Roster

Pitchers

42 Ray Bare

48 Jim Bibby

47 Lance Clemons

22 Reggie Cleveland

25 Tony Cloninger

36 John Cumberland

28 Moe Drabowsky

46 Don Durham

28 Rich Folkers

45 Bob Gibson

31 Joe Grzenda

36 Santiago Guzmán

37 Dennis Higgins

39 Al Hrabosky

30 Charlie Hudson

44 Lowell Palmer

56 Tim Plodinec

34 Al Santorini

35 Diego Seguí

44 Don Shaw

24 Scipio Spinks

40 Rick Wise

Catchers

18 Skip Jutze

15 Jerry McNertney

23 Ted Simmons

Infielders

16 Ron Allen

17 Matty Alou

19 Dwain Anderson

16 Donn Clendenon

4 Ed Crosby

10 Mike Fiore

12 Joe Hague

25 Mick Kelleher

11 Marty Martínez

27 Dal Maxvill

44,47 Ken Reitz

41 Ted Sizemore

32 Bill Stein

9 Joe Torre

10 Mike Tyson

Outfielders

21 Brant Alyea

20 Lou Brock

12 Bernie Carbo

38 José Cruz

26 Luis Meléndez

21 Jorge Roque

17 Bill Voss

Manager

2 Red Schoendienst

Coaches

8 Vern Benson

14 Ken Boyer

3 George Kissell

33 Barney Schultz

50 Lee Thomas

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
C	Simmons, TedTed Simmons	152	594	180	.303	16	96
1B	Alou, MattyMatty Alou	108	404	127	.314	3	31
SS	Maxvill, DalDal Maxvill	105	276	61	.221	1	23
LF	Brock, LouLou Brock	153	621	193	.311	3	42
CF	Cruz, JoséJosé Cruz	117	332	78	.235	2	23

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
Meléndez, LuisLuis Meléndez	118	332	79	.238	5	28
Anderson, DwainDwain Anderson	57	135	36	.267	1	8
Hague, JoeJoe Hague	27	76	18	.237	3	11
Jutze, SkipSkip Jutze	21	71	17	.239	0	5
Fiore, MikeMike Fiore	17	10	1	.100	0	1
Martínez, MartyMarty Martínez	9	7	3	.429	0	2

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
Wise, RickRick Wise	35	269	16	16	3.11	142
Gibson, BobBob Gibson	34	278	19	11	2.46	208
Cleveland, ReggieReggie Cleveland	33	230.2	14	15	3.94	153
Spinks, ScipioScipio Spinks	16	118	5	5	2.67	93
Bibby, JimJim Bibby	6	40.1	1	3	3.35	28

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
Santorini, AlAl Santorini	30	133.2	8	11	4.11	72
Clemons, LanceLance Clemons	3	5.1	0	1	10.12	2

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
Seguí, DiegoDiego Seguí	33	3	1	9	3.07	54
Cloninger, TonyTony Cloninger	17	0	2	0	5.19	11
Cumberland, JohnJohn Cumberland	14	1	1	0	6.65	7
Bare, RayRay Bare	14	0	1	1	0.54	5
Hudson, CharlieCharlie Hudson	12	1	0	0	5.11	4
Shaw, DonDon Shaw	8	0	1	0	9.00	0
Guzmán, SantiagoSantiago Guzmán	1	0	0	0	9.00	0
Plodinec, TimTim Plodinec	1	0	0	0	27.00	0

Awards and honors

League leaders

Lou Brock, National League leader, stolen bases, 63 ^[9]

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Tulsa Oilers	American Association	Jack Krol
AA	Arkansas Travelers	Texas League	Fred Koenig
A	Modesto Reds	California League	Tom Burgess
A	St. Petersburg Cardinals	Florida State League	Roy Majtyka
A	Cedar Rapids Cardinals	Midwest League	Gary Geiger
Rookie	GCL Cardinals	Gulf Coast League	Bobby Dews
Rookie	GCL Red Birds	Gulf Coast League	Julio Gotay

References

↑ Steve Carlton page at Baseball Reference
↑ 1972 St. Louis Cardinals Roster by Baseball Almanac
↑ Don Shaw page at Baseball Reference
1 2 Lowell Palmer page at Baseball-Reference
1 2 Brant Alyea page at Baseball Reference
↑ Dan Larson page at Baseball Reference
↑ Diego Seguí page at Baseball Reference
↑ Dal Maxvill page at Baseball Reference
↑ Stolen Bases Single Season National League Leaders by Baseball Almanac
↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

External links

1972 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Cleveland Detroit Milwaukee New York

AL West	California Chicago Kansas City Minnesota Oakland Texas

NL East	Chicago Montréal New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Atlanta Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

1972 All-Star Game 1972 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

pre-MLB	1885 1886

MLB	1926 1931 1934 1942 1944 1946 1964 1967 1982 2006 2011

League pennants

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National League	1926 1928 1930 1931 1934 1942 1943 1944 1946 1964 1967 1968 1982 1985 1987 2004 2006 2011 2013

Division titles

National League East: 1982; 1985; 1987
National League Central: 1996; 2000; 2001; 2002; 2004; 2005; 2006; 2009; 2013; 2014; 2015

Wild card titles

All Star Games hosted

Seasons (136)

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