1971 St. Louis Cardinals

Joe Torre was the class of this team and would have been the league MVP if not for Hank Aaron's incredible season. Lou Brock stole 67 bases and batted .326. Steve Carleton led the team with a 23-11 record and an 2.71 ERA. Frank Linzy was stellar in relief with a 5-0 ecord and a miniscule 0.81 ERA.

St. Louis Cardinals         
                    AB 2B 3B HR RBI  BB   K SB CS   AVE
Matty Alou         635 24  6 12  84  47  24  3  3  .313
Jim Beauchamp      200  3  1  0  22  13  22  0  0  .215
Lou Brock          672 39  7  4  58  67  99 67 16  .326
Bob Burda           90  0  0  0   9   8   9  0  0  .211
Jose Cruz          477 14  1 16  73  19  52  2  0  .264
Joe Hague          455  5  2 15  60  47  87  0  0  .218
Julian Javier      269  4  4  4  22  17  33  1  2  .230
Ted Kubiak          77  3  1  1  10  10   7  0  0  .260
Dal Maxvill        500 13  6  0  42  47  60  0  0  .234
Jerry McNertney    141  3  4  2  14   9  19  0  0  .305
Luis Melendez      177  2  0  0  11  18  19  0  0  .266
Ted Simmons        523 23  5  6  65  40  54  0  0  .285
Ted Sizemore       465 11  5  2  39  41  35  0  0  .284
Bob Stinson         57  2  0  0   2   3  15  0  0  .211
Joe Torre          656 39  9 27 134  57  79  0  0  .352
Steve Carlton      122  3  0  0   2   3  37  0  0  .164
Reggie Cleveland   108  0  0  0   6  11  17  0  0  .222
Bob Gibson         105  0  1  1   7   5  24  0  0  .190
Jerry Reuss        104  2  0  0   5   4  55  0  0  .135
Al Santorini        16  0  0  0   0   4   8  0  0  .000
Chris Zachary       35  0  0  0   5   1   8  0  0  .343
Moe Drabowsky        2  0  0  0   0   0   1  0  0  .500
Frank Linzy          4  0  0  0   0   0   3  0  0  .000
Don Shaw             2  0  0  0   0   1   1  0  0  .000
Chuck Taylor         7  0  0  0   0   1   3  0  0  .000


                   GM GS  W  L  IP  H   K   BB   ERA 
Steve Carlton      37 37 23 11 322 242 210  95  2.71
Reggie Cleveland   36 36 18 16 302 337 203  51  4.00
Bob Gibson         32 32 19 13 276 249 213  69  3.16
Jerry Reuss        36 36 14 17 291 253 157 123  3.92
Al Santorini        8  6  4  0 057  68  28  12  5.05
Chris Zachary      13 13  4  6 096 145  40  21  5.81
Moe Drabowsky      19  0  3  2 034  31  23  16  5.50
Frank Linzy        18  0  5  0 033  20  23   5  0.81
Don Shaw           17  0  2  2 027  19  15   9  3.67
Chuck Taylor       13  2  3  0 036  42  24  12  5.30

VS. Left            AB 2B 3B HR  AVE

Matty Alou         162  7  0  0 .278
Jim Beauchamp       69  1  1  0 .159
Lou Brock          185  6  0  2 .324
Bob Burda           30  0  0  0 .233
Jose Cruz          135  2  0  1 .274
Joe Hague          132  1  2  0 .167
Julian Javier       85  4  0  4 .282
Ted Kubiak          28  2  0  0 .321
Dal Maxvill        161  5  0  0 .230
Jerry McNertney     46  0  0  0 .261
Luis Melendez       59  1  0  0 .322
Ted Simmons        145  2  3  1 .228
Ted Sizemore       140  7  0  1 .279
Bob Stinson         17  0  0  0 .176
Joe Torre          183 12  2  4 .388
Steve Carlton       17  0  0  0 .118
Reggie Cleveland    46  0  0  0 .174
Bob Gibson          45  0  1  1 .178
Jerry Reuss         20  0  0  0 .100
Al Santorini         0  0  0  0 .000
Chris Zachary       16  0  0  0 .313
Moe Drabowsky        0  0  0  0 .000
Frank Linzy          2  0  0  0 .000
Don Shaw             2  0  0  0 .000
Chuck Taylor         1  0  0  0 .000


VS. Right           AB 2B 3B HR  AVE

Matty Alou         473 17  6 12 .326
Jim Beauchamp      131  2  0  0 .244
Lou Brock          487 33  7  2 .326
Bob Burda           60  0  0  0 .200
Jose Cruz          342 12  1 15 .260
Joe Hague          323  4  0 15 .238
Julian Javier      184  0  4  0 .207
Ted Kubiak          49  1  1  1 .224
Dal Maxvill        339  8  6  0 .236
Jerry McNertney     95  3  4  2 .326
Luis Melendez      118  1  0  0 .237
Ted Simmons        378 21  2  5 .307
Ted Sizemore       325  4  5  1 .286
Bob Stinson         40  2  0  0 .225
Joe Torre          473 27  7 23 .338
Steve Carlton      105  3  0  0 .171
Reggie Cleveland    62  0  0  0 .258
Bob Gibson          60  0  0  0 .200
Jerry Reuss         84  2  0  0 .143
Al Santorini        16  0  0  0 .000
Chris Zachary       19  0  0  0 .368
Moe Drabowsky        2  0  0  0 .500
Frank Linzy          2  0  0  0 .000
Don Shaw             0  0  0  0 .000
Chuck Taylor         6  0  0  0 .000