| 1978 St. Louis Cardinals |
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| Owner(s) | August "Gussie" Busch | |
| Manager(s) | Vern Rapp, Jack Krol and Ken Boyer | |
| Local television | KSD-TV (Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Jay Randolph, Bob Starr) |
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| Local radio | KMOX (Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Bob Starr) |
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The 1978 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 97th season in St. Louis, Missouri and its 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.
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In late April, the Cardinals fired manager Vern Rapp, who had started at 7-11. He was briefly replaced by coach Jack Krol for two games (1-1) before giving the job on a permanent basis to their former MVP third-baseman Ken Boyer, who went 61-81 the rest of the way.
On June 16, Tom Seaver of the Cincinnati Reds made history by pitching a no-hitter against the Cardinals. It would be the only no-hitter of his career.
First baseman Keith Hernandez won a Gold Glove.
| NL East | W | L | Pct. | GB |
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| Philadelphia Phillies | 90 | 72 | .556 | -- |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 88 | 73 | .547 | 1.5 |
| Chicago Cubs | 79 | 83 | .488 | 11 |
| Montreal Expos | 76 | 86 | .469 | 14 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 69 | 93 | .426 | 21 |
| New York Mets | 66 | 96 | .407 | 24 |
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Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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| 1B | Keith Hernandez | 159 | 542 | 138 | .255 | 11 | 64 |
| 3B | Ken Reitz | 150 | 540 | 133 | .246 | 10 | 75 |
| LF | Lou Brock | 92 | 298 | 66 | .221 | 0 | 12 |
| CF | George Hendrick | 102 | 382 | 110 | .288 | 17 | 67 |
| RF | Jerry Morales | 130 | 457 | 109 | .239 | 4 | 46 |
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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| Mike Phillips | 76 | 164 | 44 | .268 | 1 | 28 |
| Steve Swisher | 45 | 115 | 32 | .278 | 1 | 10 |
| Roger Freed | 52 | 92 | 22 | .239 | 2 | 20 |
| Jim Dwyer | 34 | 65 | 14 | .215 | 1 | 4 |
| Jim Lentine | 8 | 11 | 2 | .182 | 0 | 1 |
| John Tamargo | 6 | 6 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Coluccio | 5 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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| John Denny | 33 | 234 | 14 | 11 | 2.96 | 103 |
| Bob Forsch | 34 | 233.2 | 11 | 17 | 3.70 | 114 |
| Silvio Martínez | 22 | 138.1 | 9 | 8 | 3.64 | 45 |
| Pete Falcone | 19 | 75 | 2 | 7 | 5.76 | 28 |
| Eric Rasmussen | 10 | 60.1 | 2 | 5 | 4.18 | 32 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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| Tom Bruno | 18 | 49.2 | 4 | 3 | 1.99 | 33 |
| Rob Dressler | 3 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 2.08 | 4 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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| Roy Thomas | 16 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3.81 | 16 |
| George Frazier | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4.09 | 8 |
| Dave Hamilton | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.43 | 8 |
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