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 fifth in the National League East division.

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Offseason

October 7, 1987: Doug DeCinces was released by the Cardinals.^[1]
February 9, 1988: Lance Johnson, Ricky Horton and cash were traded by the Cardinals to the Chicago White Sox for José DeLeón.^[2]

Regular season

Shortstop Ozzie Smith won a Gold Glove this year.

Season standings

v t e NL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Mets	100	60	0.625	—	56–24	44–36
Pittsburgh Pirates	85	75	0.531	15	43–38	42–37
Montreal Expos	81	81	0.500	20	43–38	38–43
Chicago Cubs	77	85	0.475	24	39–42	38–43
St. Louis Cardinals	76	86	0.469	25	41–40	35–46
Philadelphia Phillies	65	96	0.404	35½	38–42	27–54

Record vs. opponents

1988 National League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	5–7	5–13	5–13	4–14	4–8	4–8	6–6	5–5	8–10	5–13	3–9
Chicago	7–5	—	6–6	7–5	4–8–1	9–9	9–9	8–10	7–11	8–4	5–7	7–11
Cincinnati	13–5	6–6	—	9–9	7–11	5–7	4–7	9–3	7–5	10–8	11–7	6–6
Houston	13–5	5–7	9–9	—	9–9	6–6	5–7	8–4	8–4	6–12	7–11	6–6
Los Angeles	14–4	8–4–1	11–7	9–9	—	8–4	1–10	11–1	6–6	7–11	12–6	7–5
Montreal	8–4	9–9	7–5	6–6	4–8	—	6–12	9–9–1	8–10	4–8	7–5	13–5
New York	8–4	9–9	7–4	7–5	10–1	12–6	—	10–8	12–6	7–5	4–8	14–4
Philadelphia	6-6	10–8	3–9	4–8	1–11	9–9–1	8–10	—	7–11	4–7	7–5	6–12
Pittsburgh	5–5	11–7	5–7	4–8	6–6	10–8	6–12	11–7	—	8–4	8–4	11–7
San Diego	10–8	4–8	8–10	12–6	11–7	8–4	5–7	7–4	4–8	—	8–10	6–6
San Francisco	13–5	7–5	7–11	11–7	6–12	5–7	8–4	5–7	4–8	10–8	—	7–5
St. Louis	9–3	11–7	6–6	6–6	5–7	5–13	4–14	12–6	7–11	6–6	5–7	—

Notable transactions

April 22, 1988: Tom Herr was traded by the Cardinals to the Minnesota Twins for Tom Brunansky.^[3]
June 1, 1988: Mark Clark was drafted by the Cardinals in the 9th round of the 1988 Major League Baseball draft. Player signed June 3, 1988.^[4]
August 31, 1988: Bob Forsch was traded by the Cardinals to the Houston Astros for Denny Walling.^[5]

Roster

1988 St. Louis Cardinals

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

24 Whitey Herzog

Coaches

7 Rich Hacker (First base)
8 Johnny Lewis (Hitting)
16 Nick Leyva (Third base)
3 Dave Ricketts (Bullpen)
4 Mike Roarke (Pitching)
2 Red Schoendienst (Bench)

Player stats

Batting

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
C	Tony Peña	149	505	133	.263	10	51
1B	Bob Horner	60	206	53	.257	3	33
2B	Luis Alicea	93	297	63	.212	1	24
SS	Ozzie Smith	153	575	155	.270	3	51
3B	Terry Pendleton	110	391	99	.253	6	53
LF	Vince Coleman	153	616	160	.260	3	38
CF	Willie McGee	137	562	164	.292	3	50
RF	Tom Brunansky	143	523	128	.245	22	79

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 Oquendo	148	451	125	.277	7	46
Tom Pagnozzi	81	195	55	.282	0	15
Pedro Guerrero	44	149	40	.268	5	30
Curt Ford	91	128	25	.195	1	18
Mike Laga	41	100	13	.130	1	4
Tom Lawless	54	65	10	.154	1	3
Denny Walling	19	58	13	.224	0	1
Steve Lake	36	54	15	.278	1	4
Tim Jones	31	52	14	.269	0	3
Tom Herr	15	50	13	.260	1	3
Mike Fitzgerald	13	46	9	.196	0	1
Jim Lindeman	17	43	9	.209	2	7
John Morris	20	38	11	.289	0	3
Rod Booker	18	35	12	.343	0	3
Duane Walker	24	22	4	.182	0	3

Pitching

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 DeLeón	34	225.1	13	10	3.67	208
Joe Magrane	24	165.1	5	9	2.18	100
John Tudor	21	145.1	6	5	2.29	55
Danny Cox	13	86.0	3	8	3.98	47
Greg Mathews	13	68.0	4	6	4.24	31
Randy O'Neal	10	53.0	2	3	4.58	20
Cris Carpenter	8	47.2	2	3	4.72	24

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 McWilliams	42	136.0	6	9	3.90	70
Scott Terry	51	129.1	9	6	2.92	65
Bob Forsch	30	108.2	9	4	3.73	40
Ken Hill	4	14.0	0	1	5.14	6

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 Worrell	68	5	9	32	3.00	78
Ken Dayley	54	2	7	5	2.77	38
Steve Peters	44	3	3	0	6.40	30
John Costello	36	5	2	1	1.81	38
Dan Quisenberry	33	2	0	0	6.16	19
Scott Arnold	6	0	0	0	5.40	8
Gibson Alba	3	0	0	0	2.70	3
José Oquendo	1	0	1	0	4.50	1

Awards and honors

Ozzie Smith, Shortstop, National League Gold Glove

League leaders

Vince Coleman, National League Stolen Base Leader, 81 ^[6]
Joe Magrane, NL ERA leader, 2.18.^[7]

Farm system

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

^[8]

References

^ Doug DeCinces at Baseball-Reference
^ Lance Johnson at Baseball-Reference
^ "Tom Brunansky Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More".
^ Mark Clark at Baseball-Reference
^ Bob Forsch at Baseball-Reference
^ Stolen Bases Single Season National League Leaders by Baseball Almanac
^ "Joe Magrane career statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved February 22, 2013.
^ 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

1988 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Cleveland Detroit Milwaukee New York Toronto
AL West	California Chicago Kansas City Minnesota Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Chicago Montréal New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis
NL West	Atlanta Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

St. Louis Cardinals

Established in 1882
Based in St. Louis, Missouri

Franchise

History

Ballparks

Robison Field Sportsman's Park Busch Memorial Stadium Busch Stadium
Spring training:	Whittington Park Herald Park West End Park City Park City Island Ball Park Ninth Street Park Al Lang Stadium Roger Dean Stadium

Culture

Lore

Rivalries

Key personnel

Owner: Bill DeWitt Jr.
President of Baseball Operations: John Mozeliak
General Manager: Mike Girsch
Manager: Oliver Marmol

Minor league
affiliates

Triple-A: Memphis Redbirds
Double-A: Springfield Cardinals
High-A: Peoria Chiefs
Single-A: Palm Beach Cardinals
Rookie: Florida Complex League Cardinals
Foreign Rookie: Dominican Summer League Cardinals

World Series
Championships

pre-MLB	1885 1886
MLB	1926 1931 1934 1942 1944 1946 1964 1967 1982 2006 2011

League pennants

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Division titles

National League East: 1982; 1985; 1987
National League Central: 1996; 2000; 2002; 2004; 2005; 2006; 2009; 2013; 2014; 2015; 2019; 2022

Wild card titles

All Star Games hosted

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