1976 St. Louis Cardinals season

MLB yearly infobox
name = St. Louis Cardinals
season = 1976
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 = Red Schoendienst
television = KSD-TV
(Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Jay Randolph)
radio = KMOX
(Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Bob Starr)
espntn = stl
brtn = stlThe St. Louis Cardinals 1976 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. 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 wear those uniforms through the by|1984 season.

Offseason

*December 22, 1975, Mick Kelleher was traded by the Cardinals to the Chicago Cubs for Vic Harris. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/harrivi01.shtml Vic Harris page at Baseball Reference] ]
*January 7, 1976: John Butcher was drafted by the Cardinals in the 2nd round of the 1976 amateur draft, but did not sign. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/butchjo01.shtml John Butcher page at Baseball Reference] ]

Regular Season

eason standings

Roster

Pitching

tarting pitchers

References

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/STL/1976.shtml 1976 St. Louis Cardinals]
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1976&t=SLN 1976 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]