1994 St. Louis Cardinals season

1994 St. Louis Cardinals
LeagueNational League
DivisionCentral
BallparkBusch Memorial Stadium
CitySt. Louis, Missouri
Record53–61 (.465)
Divisional place3rd
OwnersAnheuser-Busch
General managersDal Maxvill
ManagersJoe Torre
TelevisionKPLR
Prime Sports Midwest
(Joe Buck, Bob Carpenter, Al Hrabosky)
RadioKMOX
(Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Joe Buck)
← 1993 Seasons 1995 →

The St. Louis Cardinals 1994 season was the team's 113th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 103rd season in the National League. The Cardinals went 53–61 during the season and finished tied for third place with the Pittsburgh Pirates in the National League Central division, 13 games behind the Cincinnati Reds. The season was cut short due to the infamous 1994 player's strike.

Catcher Tom Pagnozzi won a Gold Glove this year.

Offseason

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  • October 27, 1993: Terry McGriff was signed as a free agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.[1]
  • November 15, 1993: Scott Coolbaugh was signed as a free agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.[2]
  • December 14, 1993: Ozzie Canseco was traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Milwaukee Brewers for Tony Diggs (minors).[3]

Regular season

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By Friday, August 12, the Cardinals had compiled a 53-61 record through 114 games (although they had actually played 115 games, since their April 6 match versus the Cincinnati Reds at Riverfront Stadium ended after the top of the 6th inning due to poor weather[4]). They had scored 535 runs (4.65 per game) and allowed 621 runs (5.40 per game).[5]

Opening Day starters

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Season standings

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NL Central
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cincinnati Reds 66 48 .579 37‍–‍22 29‍–‍26
Houston Astros 66 49 .574 ½ 37‍–‍22 29‍–‍27
Pittsburgh Pirates 53 61 .465 13 32‍–‍29 21‍–‍32
St. Louis Cardinals 53 61 .465 13 23‍–‍33 30‍–‍28
Chicago Cubs 49 64 .434 16½ 20‍–‍39 29‍–‍25
Division leaders
Team W L Pct.
Montreal Expos 74 40 .649
Cincinnati Reds 66 48 .579
Los Angeles Dodgers 58 56 .509
Wild Card team W L Pct. GB
Atlanta Braves 68 46 0.597
Houston Astros 66 49 0.574 212
New York Mets 55 58 0.487 1212
San Francisco Giants 55 60 0.478 1312
Philadelphia Phillies 54 61 0.470 1412
St. Louis Cardinals 53 61 0.465 15
Pittsburgh Pirates 53 61 0.465 15
Colorado Rockies 53 64 0.453 1612
Florida Marlins 51 64 0.444 1712
Chicago Cubs 49 64 0.434 1812
San Diego Padres 47 70 0.402 2212

Record vs. opponents

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta 4–2 5–5 8–2 8–4 3–3 6–0 4–5 5–4 6–3 3–9 6–1 5–1 5–7
Chicago 2–4 5–7 6–6 4–5 4–8 3–3 2–4 1–4 1–6 5–5 6–3 5–4 5–5
Cincinnati 5–5 7–5 4–4 7–5 4–6 3–6 4–2 2–4 4–2 9–3 8–2 7–2 2–2–1
Colorado 2–8 6–6 4–4 3–9 5–5 4–6 4–2 5–1 2–4 2–3 5–5 3–7 8–4
Florida 4–8 5–4 5–7 9–3 2–4 3–3 2–7 6–4 4–6 1–6 5–1 2–4 3–7
Houston 3–3 8–4 6–4 5–5 4–2 1–8 2–4 3–3 5–1 8–4 5–5 8–2 8–4
Los Angeles 0–6 3–3 6–3 6–4 3–3 8–1 3–9 6–6 7–5 3–3 6–4 5–5 2–4
Montreal 5–4 4–2 2–4 2–4 7–2 4–2 9–3 4–3 5–4 8–2 12–0 5–7 7–3
New York 4–5 4–1 4–2 1–5 4–6 3–3 6–6 3–4 4–6 4–5 6–6 6–6 6–3
Philadelphia 3-6 6–1 2–4 4–2 6–4 1–5 5–7 4–5 6–4 5–4 4–8 4–8 4–3
Pittsburgh 9–3 5–5 3–9 3–2 6–1 4–8 3–3 2–8 5–4 4–5 3–3 1–5 5–5
San Diego 1–6 3–6 2–8 5–5 1–5 5–5 4–6 0–12 6–6 8–4 3–3 5–2 4–2
San Francisco 1–5 4–5 2–7 7–3 4–2 2–8 5–5 7–5 6–6 8–4 5–1 2–5 2–4
St. Louis 7–5 5–5 2–2–1 4–8 7–3 4–8 4–2 3–7 3–6 3–4 5–5 2–4 4–2


Transactions

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  • June 2, 1994: Ryan Freel was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 14th round of the 1994 amateur draft, but did not sign.[7]

Roster

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1994 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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
C Tom Pagnozzi 70 243 66 .272 7 40
1B Gregg Jeffries 103 397 129 .325 12 55
2B Gerónimo Peña 83 213 54 .254 11 34
SS Ozzie Smith 98 381 100 .262 3 30
3B Todd Zeile 113 415 111 .267 19 75
LF Bernard Gilkey 105 380 96 .253 6 45
CF Ray Lankford 109 416 111 .267 19 57
RF Mark Whiten 92 334 98 .293 14 53

Other batters

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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
Luis Alicea 88 205 57 .278 5 29
Brian Jordan 53 178 46 .258 5 15
José Oquendo 55 129 34 .264 0 9
Terry McGriff 42 114 25 .219 0 13
Gerald Perry 60 77 25 .325 3 18
Stan Royer 39 57 10 .175 1 2
Erik Pappas 15 44 4 .091 0 5
Gerald Young 16 41 13 .317 0 3
John Mabry 6 23 7 .304 0 3
Scott Coolbaugh 15 21 4 .190 2 6
Tripp Cromer 2 0 0 ---- 0 0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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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 Tewksbury 24 155.2 12 10 5.32 79
Allen Watson 22 115.2 6 5 5.52 74
Omar Olivares 14 73.2 3 4 5.74 26
Rick Sutcliffe 16 67.2 6 4 6.52 26
Rhéal Cormier 7 39.2 3 2 5.45 26
John Frascatore 1 3.1 0 1 16.20 2

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Vicente Palacios 31 117.2 3 8 4.44 95
Tom Urbani 20 80.1 3 7 5.15 43

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Mike Pérez 36 2 3 12 8.71 20
Rich Rodriguez 56 3 5 0 4.03 43
John Habyan 52 1 0 1 3.23 46
Rob Murphy 50 4 3 2 3.79 25
René Arocha 45 4 4 11 4.01 62
Bryan Eversgerd 40 2 3 0 4.52 47
Frank Cimorelli 11 0 0 1 8.78 1
Gary Buckels 10 0 1 0 2.25 9
Willie Smith 8 1 1 0 9.00 7
Steve Dixon 2 0 0 0 23.14 1

Farm system

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Level Team League Manager
AAA Louisville Redbirds American Association Joe Pettini
AA Arkansas Travelers Texas League Chris Maloney
A St. Petersburg Cardinals Florida State League Mike Ramsey
A Madison Hatters Midwest League Joe Cunningham, Jr.
A Savannah Cardinals South Atlantic League Luis Meléndez
A-Short Season New Jersey Cardinals New York–Penn League Roy Silver
Rookie Johnson City Cardinals Appalachian League Steve Turco
Rookie AZL Cardinals Arizona League Scott Melvin

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Savannah, New Jersey, AZL Cardinals[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Terry McGriff Stats".
  2. ^ "Scott Coolbaugh Stats".
  3. ^ Ozzie Canseco Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  4. ^ "St. Louis Cardinals at Cincinnati Reds Box Score, April 6, 1994".
  5. ^ "1994 St. Louis Cardinals Statistics".
  6. ^ "1994 St. Louis Cardinals Roster by Baseball Almanac".
  7. ^ "Ryan Freel Stats".
  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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