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Cardinals 2013 Regular Season Wrap-Up: Steve Hands out Team Awards

Other Fun Notes

– For the fifth time in six years, Yadier Molina led the majors among catchers who qualified for the batting title in fewest stolen bases allowed. Only AJ Ellis had a higher CS percentage than Yadier, but he also allowed 35 stolen bases (Yadier allowed 26) while catching 1,043 fewer innings.

– The Cardinals finished the season with a +187 run differential. After a brief glance at their Baseball Reference page, this would appear to be the fifth-best run differential in the team’s history (not counting the years when the Browns/Maroons/Perfectos were in the AA):

+275 – 1942

+220 – 1930

+201 – 1931

+196 – 2004

+187 – 2013

– In case you didn’t notice, the rookies for the Cardinals were good this year. Really good. Matheny had to lean on the farm system quite a bit this year, and they not only responded, they excelled.

Not counting the contributions of Maikel Cleto, the rookie pitching staff combined for the following:

3.10 ERA, .230 avg against, .352 slugging against, 2.93 K/BB ratio

How’d the veteran pitchers do? Not counting Rob Johnson’s appearance:

3.58 ERA, .259 avg against, .373 slugging against, 2.67 K/BB ratio.

Not too shabby.

Anyways, that’s it for now, folks. I’ll be posting during / after each series. In the meantime, let’s go Cardinals.

97 down. 11 to go.

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Steve Kelley

Born in South Korea, Steve came to the US when he was three months old and has lived in St. Louis for the majority of his life. Of course, he naturally took a liking to the Cardinals, Blues, and thin-crust pizza. On the weekends, he can be found spending time with his friends, watching sports, or playing with his niece. Baseball, scotch, beer, guitar, softball, and drawing are among his many varied interests. Steve also has giant calves. E-mail: SteveK [at] ReviewSTL.com.