1972 St. Louis Cardinals season

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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)
1972 Information
Owner(s)	August "Gussie" Busch
Manager(s)	Red Schoendienst
Local television	KSD-TV
Local radio	KMOX (Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Mike Walden)
Stats	ESPN.com BB-reference

The St. Louis Cardinals 1972 season was the team's 91st season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 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.

Pitcher Bob Gibson won a Gold Glove this year.

Contents 1 Offseason 2 Regular Season 2.1 Season Standings 2.2 Opening Day Starters 2.3 Notable Transactions 2.4 Roster 3 Player stats 3.1 Batting 3.1.1 Other batters 3.2 Starting pitchers 3.2.1 Other pitchers 3.2.1.1 Relief pitchers 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Offseason

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

[edit] Regular Season

[edit] Season Standings

Team	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
Pittsburgh Pirates	96	59	.619	0
Chicago Cubs	85	70	.548	11.0
New York Mets	83	73	.532	13.5
St. Louis Cardinals	75	81	.481	21.5
Montreal Expos	70	86	.449	26.5
Philadelphia Phillies	59	97	.378	37.5

[edit] Opening Day Starters

• Matty Alou
• Lou Brock
• Jose Cruz
• Bob Gibson
• Joe Hague
• Dal Maxvill
• Ted Simmons
• Ted Sizemore
• Joe Torre^[2]

[edit] Notable Transactions

• June 7, 1972: Diego Segui was sent to the St. Louis Cardinals by the Oakland Athletics as part of a conditional deal. ^[3]

[edit] Roster

1972 St. Louis Cardinals roster view • talk • edit
Roster
Pitchers 22 Reggie Cleveland 24 Scipio Spinks 28 Rich Folkers 28 Moe Drabowsky 30 Charles Hudson 31 Joe Grzenda 35 Diego Segui 36 John Cumberland 36 Santiago Guzman 37 Dennis Higgins 39 Al Hrabosky 40 Rick Wise 42 Ray Bare 44 Lowell Palmer 44 Don Shaw 45 Bob Gibson 46 Don Durham 47 Lance Clemons 48 Jim Bibby		Catchers 15 Jerry McNertney 23 Ted Simmons Infielders 4 Ed Crosby 9 Joe Torre 10 Mike Tyson 11 Marty Martinez 16 Ron Allen 16 Donn Clendenon 16 Ron Allen 17 Matty Alou 25 Mick Kelleher 27 Dal Maxvill 32 Bill Stein 41 Ted Sizemore 44, 47 Ken Reitz		Outfielders 12 Bernie Carbo 17 Bill Voss 20 Lou Brock 21 Brant Alvea 21 Jorge Roque 26 Luis Mendelez 38 Jose Cruz		Manager

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Batting

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

[edit] Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

[edit] Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

[edit] Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA

[edit] Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• 1972 St. Louis Cardinals
• 1972 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

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