1991 St. Louis Cardinals season
The St. Louis Cardinals 1991 season was the team's 110th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 100th season in the National League. The Cardinals rebounded from a rare last-place finish a year earlier to register a record of 84-78 during the season and finished 2nd to the Pittsburgh Pirates in the National League East division by fourteen games.
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Record | 84–78 (.519) |
Divisional place | 2nd |
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Owners | Anheuser-Busch |
General managers | Dal Maxvill |
Managers | Joe Torre |
Local television | KPLR-TV (Al Hrabosky, George Grande) |
Local radio | KMOX (Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Joe Buck) |
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Ozzie Smith set the National League record for fewest errors in a season by a shortstop with 8 errors. Gold Gloves were awarded to catcher Tom Pagnozzi and shortstop Ozzie Smith this year.
Offseason
- October 11, 1990: Ernie Camacho was released by the St. Louis Cardinals.[1]
Regular season
Opening Day starters
Season standings
NL East | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Pittsburgh Pirates | 98 | 64 | 0.605 | — | 52–32 | 46–32 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 84 | 78 | 0.519 | 14 | 52–32 | 32–46 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 78 | 84 | 0.481 | 20 | 47–36 | 31–48 |
Chicago Cubs | 77 | 83 | 0.481 | 20 | 46–37 | 31–46 |
New York Mets | 77 | 84 | 0.478 | 20½ | 40–42 | 37–42 |
Montreal Expos | 71 | 90 | 0.441 | 26½ | 33–35 | 38–55 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | ATL | CHC | CIN | HOU | LAD | MON | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | |||||
Atlanta | — | 6–6 | 11–7 | 13–5 | 7–11 | 5–7 | 9–3 | 5–7 | 9–3 | 11–7 | 9–9 | 9–3 | |||||
Chicago | 6–6 | — | 4–8 | 9–3 | 2–10 | 10–7 | 11–6 | 8–10 | 7–11 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 10–8 | |||||
Cincinnati | 7–11 | 8–4 | — | 9–9 | 6–12 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 9–3 | 2–10 | 8–10 | 10–8 | 4–8 | |||||
Houston | 5–13 | 3–9 | 9–9 | — | 8–10 | 2–10 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 6–12 | 9–9 | 5–7 | |||||
Los Angeles | 11–7 | 10–2 | 12–6 | 10–8 | — | 5–7 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 10–8 | 8–10 | 6–6 | |||||
Montreal | 7–5 | 7–10 | 6–6 | 10–2 | 7–5 | — | 4–14 | 4–14 | 6–12 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 7–11 | |||||
New York | 3–9 | 6–11 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 14–4 | — | 11–7 | 6–12 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 7–11 | |||||
Philadelphia | 7-5 | 10–8 | 3–9 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 14–4 | 7–11 | — | 6–12 | 9–3 | 6–6 | 6–12 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 3–9 | 11–7 | 10–2 | 8–4 | 5–7 | 12–6 | 12–6 | 12–6 | — | 7–5 | 7–5 | 11–7 | |||||
San Diego | 7–11 | 8–4 | 10–8 | 12–6 | 8–10 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 3–9 | 5–7 | — | 11–7 | 9–3 | |||||
San Francisco | 9–9 | 6–6 | 8–10 | 9–9 | 10–8 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 7–11 | — | 4–8 | |||||
St. Louis | 3–9 | 8–10 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 11–7 | 11–7 | 12–6 | 7–11 | 3–9 | 8–4 | — |
Transactions
June 3, 1991: John Mabry was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 6th round of the 1991 amateur draft. Player signed June 11, 1991.[3]
Roster
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Player stats
Batting
Note: 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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C | Tom Pagnozzi | 140 | 459 | 121 | .264 | 2 | 57 |
1B | Pedro Guerrero | 115 | 427 | 116 | .272 | 8 | 70 |
2B | José Oquendo | 127 | 366 | 88 | .240 | 1 | 26 |
3B | Todd Zeile | 155 | 565 | 158 | .280 | 11 | 81 |
SS | Ozzie Smith | 150 | 550 | 157 | .285 | 3 | 50 |
LF | Bernard Gilkey | 81 | 268 | 58 | .216 | 5 | 20 |
CF | Ray Lankford | 151 | 566 | 142 | .251 | 9 | 69 |
RF | Félix José | 154 | 568 | 173 | .305 | 8 | 77 |
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 |
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Milt Thompson | 115 | 326 | 100 | .307 | 6 | 34 |
Gerald Perry | 109 | 242 | 58 | .240 | 6 | 36 |
Rex Hudler | 101 | 207 | 47 | .227 | 1 | 15 |
Gerónimo Peña | 104 | 185 | 45 | .243 | 5 | 17 |
Rich Gedman | 46 | 94 | 10 | .106 | 3 | 8 |
Craig Wilson | 60 | 82 | 14 | .171 | 0 | 13 |
Luis Alicea | 56 | 68 | 13 | .191 | 0 | 0 |
Tim Jones | 16 | 24 | 4 | .167 | 0 | 2 |
Stan Royer | 9 | 21 | 6 | .286 | 0 | 1 |
Rod Brewer | 19 | 13 | 1 | .077 | 0 | 1 |
Ray Stephens | 6 | 7 | 2 | .286 | 0 | 0 |
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 |
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Bryn Smith | 31 | 198.2 | 12 | 9 | 3.85 | 94 |
Bob Tewksbury | 30 | 191.0 | 11 | 12 | 3.25 | 75 |
Ken Hill | 30 | 181.1 | 11 | 10 | 3.57 | 121 |
Omar Olivares | 28 | 167.1 | 11 | 7 | 3.71 | 91 |
José DeLeón | 28 | 162.2 | 5 | 9 | 2.71 | 118 |
Rhéal Cormier | 11 | 67.2 | 4 | 5 | 4.12 | 38 |
Jamie Moyer | 8 | 31.1 | 0 | 5 | 5.74 | 20 |
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 |
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Mark Clark | 7 | 22.1 | 1 | 1 | 4.03 | 13 |
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 |
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Lee Smith | 67 | 6 | 3 | 47 | 2.34 | 67 |
Juan Agosto | 72 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4.81 | 34 |
Scott Terry | 65 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2.80 | 52 |
Cris Carpenter | 59 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 4.23 | 47 |
Willie Fraser | 35 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4.93 | 25 |
Bob McClure | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.13 | 15 |
Mike Pérez | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5.82 | 7 |
Tim Sherrill | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.16 | 4 |
Mark Grater | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
José Oquendo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 1 |
Awards and honors
- Tom Pagnozzi, catcher, National League Gold Glove
- Ozzie Smith, shortstop, National League Gold Glove
Farm system
References
- "Ernie Camacho Stats".
- "1991 St. Louis Cardinals Roster by Baseball Almanac".
- John Mabry Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
- Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
External links
- 1991 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Reference
- 1991 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com