1978 St. Louis Cardinals season

MLB yearly infobox
name = St. Louis Cardinals
season = 1978
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, Jack Krol and Ken Boyer
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 1978 season was the team's 97th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 87th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 69-93 during the season and finished fifth in the National League East, 21 games behind the Philadelphia Phillies. In late-April, the Cardinals fired manager Vern Rapp, who started at 7-11, and replaced him with coach Jack Krol for two games (1-1), before giving the managerial job to their former MVP third-baseman Ken Boyer, who went 61-81, the rest of the way.

Regular season

First baseman Keith Hernandez won a Gold Glove this year.

Notable transactions

*March 15, 1978: Rick Bosetti was traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Toronto Blue Jays for Tom Bruno and cash. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bosetri01.shtml]
*July 18, 1978: John Tamargo was traded by the Cardinals to the San Francisco Giants for a player to be named later. The Giants completed the deal by sending Rob Dressler to the Cardinals on July 24. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/t/tamarjo01.shtml John Tamargo page at Baseball Reference] ]

Roster

Pitching

tarting pitchers

Awards and records

*Garry Templeton, National League leader, Triples

References

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/STL/1978.shtml 1978 St. Louis Cardinals]
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1978&t=SLN 1978 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]