1993 St. Louis Cardinals season

The St. Louis Cardinals 1993 season was the team's 112th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 102nd season in the National League. Under their manager Joe Torre, the Cardinals went 87-75 during the season (their best record in the Torre era) and finished 3rd in the National League East Division, ten games behind the NL Champion Philadelphia Phillies. This was the final season in the NL East for the Cardinals, before their move to the NL Central for the following season.

1993 St. Louis Cardinals
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record87–75 (.537)
Divisional place3rd
Other information
OwnersAnheuser-Busch
General managersDal Maxvill
ManagersJoe Torre
Local televisionKPLR
(Al Hrabosky, Joe Buck)
Local radioKMOX
(Jack Buck, Mike Shannon)
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Offseason

Regular season

Reliever Lee Smith became baseball's all-time saves leader this year, which has since been surpassed.

On September 7 at Riverfront Stadium, Mark Whiten hit four massive home runs and had twelve runs batted in against the Cincinnati Reds.[3] In the process, Whiten tied two Major League records in one game.

Gregg Jeffries finished third in the NL in batting (.342) and stole 46 bases, a club record for a first baseman.

Notable Transactions

Opening Day starters

Season standings
NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Philadelphia Phillies 9765 0.599 — 52–29 45–36
Montreal Expos 9468 0.580 3 55–26 39–42
St. Louis Cardinals 8775 0.537 10 49–32 38–43
Chicago Cubs 8478 0.519 13 43–38 41–40
Pittsburgh Pirates 7587 0.463 22 40–41 35–46
Florida Marlins 6498 0.395 33 35–46 29–52
New York Mets 59103 0.364 38 28–53 31–50

Record vs. opponents
1993 National League record

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —7–510–313–07–58–58–57–59–36–67–59–47–66–6
Chicago 5–7—7–58–46–74–87–55–8–18–57–65–88–46–68–5
Cincinnati 3–105–7—9–47–56–75–84–86–64–88–49–42–115–7
Colorado 0–134–84–9—7–511–27–63–96–63–98–46–73–105–7
Florida 5–77–65–75–7—3–95–75–84–94–96–77–54–84–9
Houston 5–88–47–62–119–3—9–45–711–15–77–58–53–106–6
Los Angeles 5–85–78–56–77–54–9—6–68–42–108–49–47–66–6
Montreal 5–78–5–18–49–38–57–56–6—9–46–78–510–23–97–6
New York 3–95–86–66–69–41–114–84–9—3–104–95–74–85–8
Philadelphia 6-66–78–49–39–47–510–27–610–3—7–66–64–88–5
Pittsburgh 5–78–54–84–87–65–74–85–89–46–7—9–35–74–9
San Diego 4–94–84–97–65–75–84–92–107–56–63–9—3–107–5
San Francisco 6–76–611–210–38–410–36–79–38–48–47–510–3—4–8
St. Louis 6–65–87–57–59–46–66–66–78–55–89–45–78–4—

Roster
1993 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
CTom Pagnozzi9233085.258741
1BGreg Jefferies142544186.3421683
2BLuis Alicea115362101.279346
SSOzzie Smith141545157.288153
3BTodd Zeile157571158.27717103
LFBernard Gilkey137557170.3051670
CFRay Lankford12740797.238745
RFMark Whiten152562142.2532599

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
Gerónimo Peña7425465.256530
Erik Pappas8222863.276128
Brian Jordan6722369.3091044
Rod Brewer11014742.286220
Gerald Perry969833.337416
Tracy Woodson627716.20802
José Oquendo467315.20504
Tim Jones296116.26201
Héctor Villanueva17558.14539
Stan Royer244614.30418
Tripp Cromer10232.08700
Ozzie Canseco6173.17600
Lonnie Maclin12131.07701
Marc Ronan6121.08300

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
Bob Tewksbury32213.217103.8397
René Arocha32188.01183.7896
Donovan Osborne26155.21073.7683
Joe Magrane22116.08104.9738
Allen Watson1686.0674.6049

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
Rhéal Cormier38145.1764.3375
Omar Olivares58118.2534.1763
Tom Urbani1862.0134.6533

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
Lee Smith5524434.5049
Rob Murphy735714.8741
Mike Pérez657272.4858
Les Lancaster504102.9336
Lee Guetterman403312.9319
Todd Burns240406.1610
Paul Kilgus221010.6321
Rich Batchelor90008.104
Steve Dixon400033.752
Rod Brewer100045.001

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Louisville Redbirds American Association Jack Krol
AA Arkansas Travelers Texas League Joe Pettini
A St. Petersburg Cardinals Florida State League Terry Kennedy
A Springfield Cardinals Midwest League Mike Ramsey
A Savannah Cardinals South Atlantic League Chris Maloney
A-Short Season Glens Falls Redbirds New York–Penn League Steve Turco
Rookie Johnson City Cardinals Appalachian League Joe Cunningham, Jr.
Rookie AZL Cardinals Arizona League Roy Silver

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Savannah[7]

References
  1. "Rex Hudler Stats".
  2. Craig Wilson page at Baseball Reference
  3. Box Score of Four Home Run Game by Mark Whiten by Baseball Almanac
  4. Mark Whiten page at Baseball Reference
  5. Alan Benes page at Baseball Reference
  6. Lee Smith page at Baseball Reference
  7. 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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