1999 St. Louis Cardinals season

1999 St. Louis Cardinals

Major League affiliations
National League (since 1892) Central Division (since 1994)
Location
Busch Memorial Stadium (since 1966) St. Louis, Missouri (since 1882)
Results
Record	75–86 (.466)
Divisional place	4th
Other information
Owner(s)	William DeWitt, Jr.
General manager(s)	Walt Jocketty
Manager(s)	Tony La Russa
Local television	Fox Sports Midwest KPLR (Al Hrabosky, Bob Carpenter, Ozzie Smith, Joe Buck)
Local radio	KMOX (Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Joe Buck)
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The St. Louis Cardinals 1999 season was the team's 118th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 108th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 75-86 during the season and finished 4th in the National League Central division, 21½ games behind the Houston Astros.

Offseason

November 19, 1998: Eric Davis was signed as a free agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.^[1]
November 19, 1998: Ricky Bottalico was traded by the Philadelphia Phillies with Garrett Stephenson to the St. Louis Cardinals for Jeff Brantley, Ron Gant, and Cliff Politte.^[2]
December 7, 1998: Willie McGee was signed as a free agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.^[3]
December 14, 1998: Édgar Rentería was traded by the Florida Marlins to the St. Louis Cardinals for Armando Almanza, Braden Looper, and Pablo Ozuna.^[4]
January 15, 1999: Mike Mohler was signed as a free agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.^[5]

Regular season

On April 23, 1999, Fernando Tatís hit two grand slams in the third inning, both off Chan Ho Park.^[6]
In 1999, Mark McGwire drove in a league-leading 147 runs while only having 145 hits, the highest RBI-per-hit tally in baseball history.^[7]

Season standings

v t e NL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Houston Astros	97	65	0.599	—	50–32	47–33
Cincinnati Reds	96	67	0.589	1½	45–37	51–30
Pittsburgh Pirates	78	83	0.484	18½	45–36	33–47
St. Louis Cardinals	75	86	0.466	21½	38–42	37–44
Milwaukee Brewers	74	87	0.460	22½	32–48	42–39
Chicago Cubs	67	95	0.414	30	34–47	33–48

Record vs. opponents

1999 National League Records v t e Source: NL Standings Head-to-Head
Team	ARI	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LAD	MIL	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	AL
Arizona	—	4–5	7–2	1–8	6–7	8–1	5–4	7–6	5–4	6–3	7–2	8–1	5–2	11–2	9–3	4–4	7–8
Atlanta	5–4	—	2–5	8–1	5–4	9–4	6–1	5–4	5–2	9–4	9–3	8–5	6–3	5–4	4–5	8–1	9–9
Chicago	2–7	5–2	—	5–8	4–5	6–3	3–9	2–7	6–6	2–5	3–6	2–7	7–6	6–3	1–7	7–5	6–9
Cincinnati	8–1	1–8	8–5	—	7–2	6–1	9–4	4–3	6–6	4–3	5–5	6–3	7–6	6–3	4–5	8–4	7-8
Colorado	7–6	4–5	5–4	2–7	—	5–4	2–6	8–5	6–3	6–3	4–5	5–4	2–7	4–9	4–9	4–5	4–8
Florida	1–8	4–9	3–6	1–6	4–5	—	2–7	7–2	5–4	8–4	3–10	2–11	3–4	3–6	4–5	3–4	11–7
Houston	4–5	1–6	9–3	4–9	6–2	7-2	—	6–3	8–5	7–2	4–5	6–1	5–7	8–1	5–4	5–7	12–3
Los Angeles	6–7	4–5	7–2	3–4	5–8	2–7	3–6	—	7–2	5–4	4–4	6–3	3–6	3–9	8–5	3–6	8–7
Milwaukee	4–5	2–5	6–6	6–6	3–6	4–5	5–8	2–7	—	5–4	2–5	5–4	8–4	3–5	4–5	7–6	8–6
Montreal	3–6	4–9	5–2	3–4	3–6	4–8	2–7	4–5	4–5	—	5–8	6–6	3–6	5–3	4–5	5–4	8–10
New York	2–7	3–9	6–3	5–5	5–4	10–3	5–4	4–4	5–2	8–5	—	6–6	7–2	7–2	7–2	5–2	12–6
Philadelphia	1-8	5–8	7–2	3–6	4–5	11–2	1–6	3–6	4–5	6–6	6–6	—	3–4	6–3	2–6	4–5	11–7
Pittsburgh	2–5	3–6	6–7	6–7	7–2	4–3	7–5	6–3	4–8	6–3	2–7	4–3	—	3–6	4–5	7–5	7–8
San Diego	2–11	4–5	3–6	3–6	9–4	6–3	1–8	9–3	5–3	3–5	2–7	3–6	6–3	—	5–7	2–7	11–4
San Francisco	3–9	5–4	7–1	5–4	9–4	5–4	4–5	5–8	5–4	5–4	2–7	6–2	5–4	7–5	—	6–3	7–8
St. Louis	4–4	1–8	5–7	4–8	5–4	4–3	7–5	6–3	6–7	4–5	2–5	5–4	5–7	7–2	3–6	—	7–8

Transactions

May 15, 1999: Heathcliff Slocumb was signed as a free agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.^[8]
June 2, 1999: Albert Pujols was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 13th round of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed August 17, 1999.^[9]

Roster

1999 St. Louis Cardinals

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

10 Tony La Russa

Coaches

34 Mark DeJohn (Bullpen)
18 Dave Duncan (Pitching)
19 Mike Easler (Hitting)
15 Rene Lachemann (Third Base)
39 Dave McKay (First Base)
11 Jose Oquendo (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	Eli Marrero	114	317	61	.192	6	34
1B	Mark McGwire	153	521	145	.278	65	147
2B	Joe McEwing	152	513	141	.275	9	44
SS	Édgar Rentería	154	585	161	.275	11	63
3B	Fernando Tatis	149	537	160	.298	34	107
LF	Ray Lankford	122	422	129	.306	15	63
CF	J.D. Drew	104	368	89	.242	13	39
RF	Eric Davis	58	191	49	.257	5	30

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
Darren Bragg	93	273	71	.260	6	26
Willie McGee	132	271	68	.251	0	20
Alberto Castillo	93	255	67	.263	4	31
Plácido Polanco	88	220	61	.277	1	19
Thomas Howard	98	195	57	.292	6	28
Craig Paquette	48	157	45	.287	10	37
Shawon Dunston	62	150	46	.307	5	25
Adam Kennedy	33	102	26	.255	1	16
David Howard	52	82	17	.207	1	6
Marcus Jensen	16	34	8	.235	1	1
Eduardo Pérez	21	32	11	.344	1	9
Luis Ordaz	10	9	1	.111	0	2

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
Darren Oliver	30	196.1	9	9	4.26	119
Kent Bottenfield	31	190.1	18	7	3.97	124
José Jiménez	29	163.0	5	14	5.85	113
Larry Luebbers	8	45.2	3	3	5.12	16
Donovan Osborne	6	29.1	1	3	5.52	21
Mark Thompson	5	29.1	1	3	2.76	22

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
Kent Mercker	25	103.2	6	5	5.12	64
Juan Acevedo	50	102.1	6	8	5.89	52
Garrett Stephenson	18	85.1	6	3	4.22	59
Rick Ankiel	9	33.0	0	1	3.27	39
Clint Sodowsky	3	6.1	0	1	15.63	2

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
Ricky Bottalico	68	3	7	20	4.91	66
Manny Aybar	65	4	5	3	5.47	74
Rich Croushore	59	3	7	3	4.14	88
Lance Painter	56	4	5	1	4.83	56
Mike Mohler	48	1	1	1	4.38	31
Scott Radinsky	43	2	1	3	4.88	17
Heathcliff Slocumb	40	3	2	2	2.36	48
Mike Busby	15	0	1	0	7.13	7
Rick Heiserman	3	0	0	0	8.31	4
Alan Benes	2	0	0	0	0.00	2
Curtis King	2	0	0	0	18.00	1

Awards and records

Mark McGwire, Major League record: First player to hit at least 50 home runs in four consecutive seasons^[10]

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Memphis Redbirds	Pacific Coast League	Gaylen Pitts
AA	Arkansas Travelers	Texas League	Chris Maloney
A	Potomac Cannons	Carolina League	Joe Cunningham, Jr.
A	Peoria Chiefs	Midwest League	Brian Rupp
A-Short Season	New Jersey Cardinals	New York–Penn League	José Oquendo
Rookie	Johnson City Cardinals	Appalachian League	Steve Turco

^[11]

References

^ "Eric Davis Stats | Baseball-Reference.com".
^ Ricky Bottalico Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
^ Willie McGee Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
^ "Edgar Renteria Stats | Baseball-Reference.com".
^ "Mike Mohler Stats | Baseball-Reference.com".
^ 2 Grand Slams In 1 Game by Baseball Almanac
^ "Mark McGwire Career Biography and Statistics | AllSports.com". Archived from the original on October 7, 2008. Retrieved September 7, 2008.
^ Heathcliff Slocumb Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
^ Albert Pujols Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
^ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.372, David Nemec and Scott Latow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

External links

1999 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston New York Tampa Bay Toronto
AL Central	Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City Minnesota
AL West	Anaheim Oakland Seattle Texas

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

St. Louis Cardinals

Established in 1882
Based in St. Louis, Missouri

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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; DSL Cardinals Blue; DSL Cardinals Red

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