Cardinals Madness! Match-ups 3 and 4

Starting today, I’m going to put these match-ups in pairs with an eye towards finishing a March Madness style tournament in March. Strange concept, but we’ll see how it goes. Today will see the 9th seed 1964 team take on the 24th seed 2006 team and the 8th seed 1982 team against the 25th seed 1928 team. As always, team details follow after the jump.

1964

The 1964 season was the beginning of a new era for the Cardinals. Stan Musial had just retired in the offseason, leaving the Cardinals without their star player. Enter Lou Brock. In June, the Cardinals engineered the now famous “Brock for Broglio” trade that sent out a relatively good pitcher in Ernie Broglio for what appeared to be a decent outfielder in Lou Brock, among others involved in the trade. You all know the rest. Broglio started only 32 games after the trade to the Cubs and Brock became a Hall of Famer. Bob Gibson was the only other Hall of Famer on this Cardinals team. The team also featured 1964 league MVP Ken Boyer and Gold Glovers Curt Flood, Bobby Schulz, and Bill White. The 1964 Cardinals went 93-69 and beat the Yankees in seven games to take the World Series.

2006

The 2006 season is still fresh in the minds of Cardinals fans. After a very slow start in the new Busch Stadium, the Cardinals played well enough to win the division, but were looked at as the weakest team in the playoffs after backing into the playoffs despite poor play. The Cardinals defeated the Padres and Mets en route to beating the Tigers in five games to capture the World Series. This season saw the debut of future ace Adam Wainwright.

Tale of the Tape

1964		2006
Batting Order		Batting Order
	Player	Pos	R	HR	RBI	BAA	OPS	OPS+		Player	Pos	R	HR	RBI	BAA	OPS	OPS+
1	Curt Flood	CF	97	5	46	0.311	0.734	100	1	David Eckstein	SS	68	2	23	0.292	0.694	80
2	Lou Brock	LF	81	12	44	0.348	0.915	146	2	Chris Duncan	LF	60	22	43	0.293	0.952	140
3	Dick Groat	SS	70	1	70	0.292	0.706	92	3	Albert Pujols	1B	119	49	137	0.331	1.102	178
4	Ken Boyer	3B	100	24	119	0.295	0.854	130	4	Scott Rolen	3B	94	22	95	0.296	0.887	126
5	Bill White	1B	92	21	102	0.303	0.829	123	5	Jim Edmonds	CF	52	19	70	0.257	0.822	110
6	Tim McCarver	C	53	9	52	0.288	0.743	102	6	Juan Encarnacion	RF	74	19	79	0.278	0.760	93
7	Julian Javier	2B	66	12	65	0.241	0.644	74	7	Yadier Molina	C	29	6	49	0.216	0.595	53
8	Mike Shannon	RF	30	9	43	0.261	0.725	96	8	Aaron Miles	2B	48	2	30	0.263	0.672	74
9	P								9	P

Bench		Bench
	Player	Pos	R	HR	RBI	BAA	OPS	OPS+		Player	Pos	R	HR	RBI	BAA	OPS	OPS+
1	Charlie James	OF	24	5	17	0.223	0.596	61	1	Gary Bennett	C	13	4	22	0.223	0.605	55
2	Carl Warwick	OF	14	3	15	0.259	0.679	84	2	Scott Spiezio	IF	44	13	52	0.272	0.862	120
3	Bob Skinner	OF	10	1	16	0.271	0.672	84	3	Ronnie Belliard	IF	20	5	23	0.237	0.666	71
4	Bob Uecker	C	8	1	6	0.198	0.550	53	4	So Taguchi	OF	46	2	31	0.266	0.686	78
5	Johnny Lewis	OF	10	2	7	0.234	0.686	87	5	John Rodriguez	OF	31	2	19	0.301	0.806	108

Starting Rotation		Starting Rotation
Pos	Pitcher	IP	W	L	ERA	K	BB	ERA+	Pos	Pitcher	IP	W	L	ERA	K	BB	ERA+
1	Bob Gibson	287.1	19	12	3.01	245	86	127	1	Chris Carpenter	221.2	15	8	3.09	184	43	144
2	Curt Simmons	244.0	18	9	3.43	104	49	111	2	Jason Marquis	194.1	14	16	6.02	96	75	74
3	Ray Sadecki	220.0	20	11	3.68	119	60	104	3	Jeff Suppan	190.0	12	7	4.12	104	69	108
4	Roger Craig	166.0	7	9	3.25	84	35	118	4	Anthony Reyes	85.1	5	8	5.06	72	34	88
5	Ray Washburn	60.0	3	4	4.05	28	17	95	5	Jeff Weaver	83.1	5	4	5.18	45	26	86

Bullpen		Bullpen
Pos	Pitcher	IP	W	L	ERA	K	BB	ERA+	Pos	Pitcher	IP	W	L	ERA	K	BB	ERA+
CP	Barney Schultz	49.1	1	3	1.64	29	11	234	CP	Jason Isringhausen	58.1	4	8	3.55	52	38	126
RP	Ron Taylor	101.1	8	4	4.62	69	33	83	RP	Josh Hancock	77.0	3	3	4.09	50	23	109
RP	Mike Cuellar	72.0	5	5	4.50	56	33	85	RP	Adam Wainwright	75.0	2	1	3.12	72	22	143
RP	Bob Humphreys	42.2	2	0	2.53	36	15	152	RP	Braden Looper	73.1	9	3	3.56	41	20	126
RP	Gordie Richardson	47.0	4	2	2.30	28	15	168	RP	Mark Mulder	93.1	6	7	7.14	50	35	63

Redbird Nation…

1982

The 1982 season was the first as a Cardinal for Ozzie Smith. The Cardinals sent Sixto Lezcano, Garry Templeton, and Luis DeLeon to the Padres for Ozzie, Steve Mura, and Al Olmstead. Ozzie obviously went on to become a Hall of Fame shortstop who manned the position for the Cardinals for the next fifteen years. The team featured another future Hall of Famer in relief pitcher Bruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuce Sutter. The 82 Redbirds went 92-70 and defeated the Brewers in seven games to win the World Series

1928

The ’28 Cardinals led the division with a 95-59 record, but lost to the Yankees in four games in the World Series. The team featured league MVP “Sunny Jim” Bottomley, as well as future Hall of Famers Bottomley, Pete “Grover Cleveland” Alexander, Frankie Frisch, Chick Hafey, Jesse Haines, and Rabbit Maranville.

Tale of the Tape

1982		1928
Batting Order		Batting Order
	Player	Pos	R	HR	RBI	BAA	OPS	OPS+		Player	Pos	R	HR	RBI	BAA	OPS	OPS+
1	Lonnie Smith	LF	120	8	69	0.307	0.815	128	1	Taylor Douthit	CF	111	3	43	0.295	0.756	96
2	Tommy Herr	2B	83	0	36	0.266	0.662	86	2	Wattie Holm	3B	61	3	47	0.277	0.728	87
3	Keith Hernandez	1B	79	7	94	0.299	0.810	127	3	Frankie Frisch	2B	107	10	86	0.300	0.815	110
4	George Hendrick	RF	65	19	104	0.282	0.773	114	4	Jim Bottomley	1B	123	31	136	0.325	1.030	162
5	Darrell Porter	C	46	12	48	0.231	0.749	109	5	Chick Hafey	LF	101	27	111	0.337	0.990	152
6	Willie McGee	CF	43	4	56	0.296	0.709	97	6	George Harper	RF	41	17	58	0.305	0.955	145
7	Ken Oberkfell	3B	55	2	34	0.289	0.715	100	7	Jimmie Wilson	C	45	2	50	0.258	0.678	75
8	Ozzie Smith	SS	58	2	43	0.248	0.653	84	8	Rabbit Maranville	SS	40	1	34	0.240	0.652	68
9	P								9	P

Bench		Bench
	Player	Pos	R	HR	RBI	BAA	OPS	OPS+		Player	Pos	R	HR	RBI	BAA	OPS	OPS+
1	Gene Tenace	C	18	7	18	0.258	0.936	161	1	Bob O’Farrell	C	6	0	4	0.212	0.600	58
2	Mike Ramsey	IF	18	1	21	0.230	0.583	64	2	Andy High	IF	58	3	37	0.285	0.744	92
3	Julio Gonzalez	IF	9	1	7	0.241	0.615	70	3	Tommy Thevenow	IF	11	0	13	0.205	0.575	49
4	Dane Iorg	OF	17	0	34	0.294	0.714	100	4	Wally Roettger	OF	27	6	44	0.341	0.878	125
5	David Green	OF	21	2	23	0.283	0.688	92	5	Ray Blades	OF	9	1	19	0.235	0.769	99

Starting Rotation		Starting Rotation
Pos	Pitcher	IP	W	L	ERA	K	BB	ERA+	Pos	Pitcher	IP	W	L	ERA	K	BB	ERA+
1	Joaquin Andujar	265.2	15	10	2.47	137	50	148	1	Bill Sherdel	248.2	21	10	2.86	72	56	143
2	Bob Forsch	233.0	15	9	3.48	69	54	105	2	Pete Alexander	243.2	16	9	3.36	59	37	121
3	Steve Mura	184.1	12	11	4.05	84	80	90	3	Jesse Haines	240.1	20	8	3.18	77	72	128
4	John Stuper	136.2	9	7	3.36	53	55	109	4	Flint Rhem	169.2	11	8	4.14	47	71	99
5	Dave Lapoint	152.2	9	3	3.42	81	52	107	5	Clarence Mitchell	150.0	8	9	3.30	31	38	124

Bullpen		Bullpen
Pos	Pitcher	IP	W	L	ERA	K	BB	ERA+	Pos	Pitcher	IP	W	L	ERA	K	BB	ERA+
CP	Bruce Sutter	102.1	9	8	2.90	61	34	126	CP	Hal Haid	47.0	2	2	2.30	21	11	179
RP	Doug Bair	91.2	5	3	2.55	68	36	143	RP	Syl Johnson	120.0	8	4	3.90	66	33	105
RP	Jim Kaat	75.0	5	3	4.08	35	23	90	RP	Fred Frankhouse	84.0	3	2	3.96	29	36	103
RP	Jeff Lahti	56.2	5	4	3.81	22	21	96	RP	Art Reinhart	75.1	4	6	2.87	12	27	143
RP	John Martin	66.0	4	5	4.23	21	30	87	RP	Carlisle Littlejohn	32.0	2	1	3.66	6	14	113

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