1977 St. Louis Cardinals season

MLB yearly infobox
name = St. Louis Cardinals
season = 1977
misc =

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current league = National League
y1 = 1892
division = Eastern Division
y2 = 1969
Uniform logo =
ballpark = Busch Memorial Stadium
y4 = 1966
city = St. Louis, Missouri
y5 = 1882
owners = August "Gussie" Busch
managers = Vern Rapp
television = KSD-TV
(Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Jay Randolph, Bob Starr)
radio = KMOX
(Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Bob Starr)
espntn = stl
brtn = stlThe St. Louis Cardinals 1977 season was the team's 96th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 86th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 83-79 during the season and finished third in the National League East, 18 games behind the Philadelphia Phillies.

Vern Rapp took over as the Cardinals' manager this year, after the twelve-year reign of their longtime manager Red Schoendienst. On August 29, Cardinals left-fielder Lou Brock broke the modern-day stolen base record, by stealing bases 892 and 893 in a game against the Padres in San Diego.

Offseason

*October 20, 1976: Willie Crawford, John Curtis and Vic Harris were traded by the Cardinals to the San Francisco Giants for Mike Caldwell, Dave Rader and John D'Acquisto. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/harrivi01.shtml Vic Harris page at Baseball Reference] ]
*November 21, 1977: Luis DeLeón was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cardinals. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/d/deleolu01.shtml Luis DeLeón page at Baseball Reference] ]
*December 6, 1976: Roger Freed was selected by the Cardinals from the Montreal Expos in the rule 5 draft. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/f/freedro01.shtml Roger Freed page at Baseball Reference] ]
*January 11, 1977: Jesse Orosco was drafted by the Cardinals in the 7th round of the 1977 amateur draft, but did not sign. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/o/oroscje01.shtml Jesse Orosco page at Baseball Reference] ]

Regular Season

Opening Day starters

*Lou Brock
*Héctor Cruz
*Pete Falcone
*Keith Hernandez
*Don Kessinger
*Bake McBride
*Ken Reitz
*Ted Simmons
*Garry Templeton [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1977&t=SLN]

eason Standings

Transactions

*March 28, 1977: Bill Caudill was traded by the Cardinals to the Cincinnati Reds for Joel Youngblood. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/y/youngjo02.shtml Joel Youngblood page at Baseball Reference] ]
*June 15, 1977: Bake McBride was traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Steve Waterbury to the Philadelphia Phillies for Tom Underwood, Dane Iorg, and Rick Bosetti. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mcbriba01.shtml]
*June 15, 1977: Joel Youngblood was traded by the Cardinals to the New York Mets for Mike Phillips.
*August 31, 1977: Clay Carroll was traded by the Cardinals to the Chicago White Sox for players to be named later. The White Sox completed the deal by sending Nyls Nyman to the Cardinals on September 2, and sending Dave Hamilton and Silvio Martínez to the Cardinals on November 28. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/n/nymanny01.shtml Nyls Nyman page at Baseball Reference] ]

Roster

Pitching

tarting pitchers

Awards and Honors

* Lou Brock, Lou Gehrig Award
*Garry Templeton, National League leader, Triples (19) [Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.96, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0]

References

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/STL/1977.shtml 1977 St. Louis Cardinals]
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1977&t=SLN 1977 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]