1969 St. Louis Cardinals

87-75 • .537 Win% • 4th in NL E

📊 Season Record

87 Wins
75 Losses
.537 Win %
4th Rank
595 R 540 RA
Diff +55

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⚡ Quick Stats

595 Runs Scored
540 Runs Allowed
+55 Run Diff
1,682K Attendance

📈 vs. 1969 NL Average

Batting Avg .253 1% above the 1969 league average (.250)
OBP .316 1% below the 1969 league average (.319)
SLG .359 3% below the 1969 league average (.369)
Team ERA 2.94 18% better than the 1969 league average (3.60)
Runs Scored 595 10% below the 1969 league average (658 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumBusch Stadium II
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Home Games 80
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Total Attendance 1,682,673
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Avg per Game 21,033

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1969

Batting Avg

1 Lou Brock 0.298 2 Joe Torre 0.289 3 Curt Flood 0.285 4 Julian Javier 0.282 5 Vic Davalillo 0.265

Home Runs

1 Joe Torre 18 2 Lou Brock 12 3 Mike Shannon 12 4 Julian Javier 10 5 Vada Pinson 10

RBI

1 Joe Torre 101 2 Vada Pinson 70 3 Curt Flood 57 4 Mike Shannon 55 5 Tim McCarver 51
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Lou Brock 157 655 97 195 33 10 12 47 50 115 53 0.298
Curt Flood 153 606 80 173 31 3 4 57 48 57 9 0.285
Joe Torre 159 602 72 174 29 6 18 101 66 85 0 0.289
Mike Shannon 150 551 51 140 15 5 12 55 49 87 1 0.254
Tim McCarver 138 515 46 134 27 3 7 51 49 26 4 0.260
Vada Pinson 132 495 58 126 22 6 10 70 35 63 4 0.255
Julian Javier 143 493 59 139 28 2 10 42 40 74 8 0.282
Dal Maxvill 132 372 27 65 10 2 2 32 44 52 1 0.175
Steve Huntz 71 139 13 27 4 0 3 13 27 34 0 0.194
Phil Gagliano 62 128 7 29 2 0 1 10 14 12 0 0.227
Bob Gibson 37 118 11 29 6 0 1 8 3 36 5 0.246
Joe Hague 40 100 8 17 2 1 2 8 12 23 0 0.170
Vic Davalillo 63 98 15 26 3 0 2 10 7 8 1 0.265
Steve Carlton 32 80 5 17 4 1 1 7 3 27 0 0.212
Nelson Briles 36 76 1 8 0 0 1 5 4 26 0 0.105
Bill White 49 57 7 12 1 0 0 4 11 15 1 0.211
Byron Browne 22 53 9 12 0 1 1 7 11 14 0 0.226
Jim Hicks 19 44 5 8 0 2 1 3 4 14 0 0.182
Dave Ricketts 30 44 2 12 1 0 0 5 4 5 0 0.273
Mike Torrez 24 41 3 3 1 0 0 0 1 13 0 0.073
Jerry DaVanon 16 40 7 12 3 0 1 7 6 8 0 0.300
Chuck Taylor 27 39 0 7 2 0 0 2 1 14 0 0.179
Ray Washburn 28 37 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 25 0 0.081
Bob Johnson 19 29 1 6 0 0 1 2 2 4 0 0.207
Dave Giusti 22 25 1 5 1 0 0 1 3 6 0 0.200
Leron Lee 7 23 3 5 1 0 0 0 3 8 0 0.217
Chip Coulter 6 19 3 6 1 1 0 4 2 6 0 0.316
Mudcat Grant 31 17 1 5 0 0 0 3 1 7 0 0.294
Ted Simmons 5 14 0 3 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 0.214
Boots Day 11 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.000
Joe Hoerner 45 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.000
Joe Nossek 9 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.200
Santiago Guzman 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.333
Jerry Reuss 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0.333
Reggie Cleveland 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Tom Hilgendorf 6 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000
Gary Waslewski 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ron Willis 26 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000
Sal Campisi 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jim Ellis 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.000
Mel Nelson 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dennis Ribant 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1969

ERA

1 Steve Carlton 2.17 2 Bob Gibson 2.18 3 Chuck Taylor 2.56 4 Joe Hoerner 2.87 5 Ray Washburn 3.06

Wins

1 Bob Gibson 20 2 Steve Carlton 17 3 Nelson Briles 15 4 Mike Torrez 10 5 Mudcat Grant 7

Strikeouts

1 Bob Gibson 269 2 Steve Carlton 210 3 Nelson Briles 126 4 Ray Washburn 80 5 Dave Giusti 62
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Bob Gibson 20 13 2.18 35 35 0 314.0 251 76 95 269
Steve Carlton 17 11 2.17 31 31 0 236.1 185 57 93 210
Nelson Briles 15 13 3.52 36 33 0 227.2 218 89 63 126
Ray Washburn 3 8 3.06 28 16 1 132.1 133 45 49 80
Chuck Taylor 7 5 2.56 27 13 0 126.2 108 36 30 62
Mike Torrez 10 4 3.59 24 15 0 107.2 96 43 62 61
Dave Giusti 3 7 3.61 22 12 0 99.2 96 40 37 62
Mudcat Grant 7 5 4.12 30 3 7 63.1 62 29 22 35
Joe Hoerner 2 3 2.87 45 0 15 53.1 44 17 9 35
Ron Willis 1 2 4.18 26 0 0 32.1 26 15 19 23
Gary Waslewski 0 2 3.92 12 0 1 20.2 19 9 8 16
Sal Campisi 1 0 0.93 7 0 0 9.2 4 1 6 7
Santiago Guzman 0 1 4.91 1 1 0 7.1 9 4 3 7
Jerry Reuss 1 0 0.00 1 1 0 7.0 2 0 3 3
Tom Hilgendorf 0 0 1.42 6 0 2 6.1 3 1 2 2
Jim Ellis 0 0 1.69 2 1 0 5.1 7 1 3 0
Mel Nelson 0 1 11.81 8 0 0 5.1 13 7 3 3
Reggie Cleveland 0 0 9.00 1 1 0 4.0 7 4 1 3
Dennis Ribant 0 0 13.50 1 0 0 1.1 4 2 1 0
Vic Davalillo 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0.0 2 1 2 0

👥 Roster (42)

Nelson Briles Lou Brock Byron Browne Sal Campisi Steve Carlton Reggie Cleveland Chip Coulter Jerry DaVanon Vic Davalillo Boots Day Jim Ellis Curt Flood +30 more

42 players

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Frequently Asked Questions about the 1969 St. Louis Cardinals

What was the 1969 St. Louis Cardinals record?
The 1969 St. Louis Cardinals finished 87-75 (.537 win pct).
Who led the 1969 St. Louis Cardinals in home runs?
Joe Torre led the 1969 St. Louis Cardinals with 18 home runs.
What was the 1969 St. Louis Cardinals team ERA?
The 1969 St. Louis Cardinals posted a team ERA of 2.94.
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