1988 St. Louis Cardinals season

The 1988 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 107th season in St. Louis, Missouri and its 97th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 76-86 during the season and finished 5th in the National League East division.

1988 St. Louis Cardinals
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record76–86 (.469)
Divisional place5th
Other information
OwnersAugust "Gussie" Busch
General managersDal Maxvill
ManagersWhitey Herzog
Local televisionKPLR-TV
(Al Hrabosky, Ken Wilson)
Cardinal Cable Network
(Al Hrabosky, Ken Wilson)
Local radioKMOX
(Jack Buck, Mike Shannon)
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Offseason

Regular season

Shortstop Ozzie Smith won a Gold Glove this year.

Season standings
NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Mets 10060 0.625 — 56–24 44–36
Pittsburgh Pirates 8575 0.531 15 43–38 42–37
Montreal Expos 8181 0.500 20 43–38 38–43
Chicago Cubs 7785 0.475 24 39–42 38–43
St. Louis Cardinals 7686 0.469 25 41–40 35–46
Philadelphia Phillies 6596 0.404 35½ 38–42 27–54

Record vs. opponents
1988 National League record

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —5–75–135–134–144–84–86–65–58–105–133–9
Chicago 7–5—6–67–54–8–19–99–98–107–118–45–77–11
Cincinnati 13–56–6—9–97–115–74–79–37–510–811–76–6
Houston 13–55–79–9—9–96–65–78–48–46–127–116–6
Los Angeles 14–48–4–111–79–9—8–41–1011–16–67–1112–67–5
Montreal 8–49–97–56–64–8—6–129–9–18–104–87–513–5
New York 8–49–97–47–510–112–6—10–812–67–54–814–4
Philadelphia 6-610–83–94–81–119–9–18–10—7–114–77–56–12
Pittsburgh 5–511–75–74–86–610–86–1211–7—8–48–411–7
San Diego 10–84–88–1012–611–78–45–77–44–8—8–106–6
San Francisco 13–57–57–1111–76–125–78–45–74–810–8—7–5
St. Louis 9–311–76–66–65–75–134–1412–67–116–65–7—

Notable transactions

Roster
1988 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Starters by position

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
CTony Peña149505133.2631051
1BBob Horner6020653.257333
2BLuis Alicea9329763.212124
SSOzzie Smith153575155.270351
3BTerry Pendleton11039199.253653
LFVince Coleman153616160.260338
CFWillie McGee137562164.292350
RFTom Brunansky143523128.2452279

Other batters

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
José Oquendo148451125.277746
Tom Pagnozzi8119555.282015
Pedro Guerrero4414940.268530
Curt Ford9112825.195118
Mike Laga4110013.13014
Tom Lawless546510.15413
Denny Walling195813.22401
Steve Lake365415.27814
Tim Jones315214.26903
Tom Herr155013.26013
Mike Fitzgerald13469.19601
Jim Lindeman17439.20927
John Morris203811.28903
Rod Booker183512.34303
Duane Walker24224.18203

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
José DeLeón34225.113103.67208
Joe Magrane24165.1592.18100
John Tudor21145.1652.2955
Danny Cox1386.0383.9847
Greg Mathews1368.0464.2431
Randy O'Neal1053.0234.5820
Cris Carpenter847.2234.7224

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Larry McWilliams42136.0693.9070
Scott Terry51129.1962.9265
Bob Forsch30108.2943.7340
Ken Hill414.0015.146

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Todd Worrell6859323.0078
Ken Dayley542752.7738
Steve Peters443306.4030
John Costello365211.8138
Dan Quisenberry332006.1619
Scott Arnold60005.408
Gibson Alba30002.703
José Oquendo10104.501

Awards and honors
  • Ozzie Smith, Shortstop, National League Gold Glove

League leaders

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Louisville Redbirds American Association Mike Jorgensen
AA Arkansas Travelers Texas League Jim Riggleman, Darold Knowles and Gaylen Pitts
A St. Petersburg Cardinals Florida State League Dave Bialas
A Springfield Cardinals Midwest League Mark DeJohn
A Savannah Cardinals South Atlantic League Keith Champion
A-Short Season Hamilton Redbirds New York–Penn League Dan Radison
Rookie Johnson City Cardinals Appalachian League Gaylen Pitts and Jorge Aranzamendi

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References
  1. Doug DeCinces at Baseball-Reference
  2. Lance Johnson at Baseball-Reference
  3. "Tom Brunansky Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More".
  4. Mark Clark at Baseball-Reference
  5. Bob Forsch at Baseball-Reference
  6. Stolen Bases Single Season National League Leaders by Baseball Almanac
  7. "Joe Magrane career statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved February 22, 2013.
  8. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
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