1990 St. Louis Cardinals season

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1990 St. Louis Cardinals
Major league affiliations
National League (since 1892) Eastern Division (since 1969)
Location
Busch Memorial Stadium (since 1966) St. Louis, Missouri (since 1882)
1990 information
Owner(s)	Anheuser-Busch
Manager(s)	Whitey Herzog, Red Schoendienst, and Joe Torre
Local television	KPLR-TV (Al Hrabosky, Ken Wilson)
Local radio	KMOX (Jack Buck, Mike Shannon)
Stats	ESPN.com BB-reference

The St. Louis Cardinals 1990 season was the team's 109th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 99th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 70-92 during the season and finished 6th in the National League East division.

Shortstop Ozzie Smith won a Gold Glove this year.

Contents 1 Offseason 2 Regular Season 2.1 Opening Day starters 2.2 Notable transactions 2.3 Roster 3 Player stats 3.1 Batting 3.1.1 Starters by position 3.1.2 Other batters 3.2 Pitching 3.2.1 Starting pitchers 3.2.2 Other pitchers 3.2.3 Relief pitchers 4 Awards and honors 5 Farm system[12] 6 References 7 External links

[edit] Offseason

• November 28, 1989: Bryn Smith was signed as a free agent by the Cardinals.^[1]
• November 30, 1989: Danny Cox was signed as a free agent by the Cardinals.^[2]
• December 6, 1989: Jim Lindeman and Matt Kinzer were traded by the Cardinals to the Detroit Tigers for Bill Henderson (minors), Marcos Betances (minors), and Pat Austin (minors).^[3]
• February 27, 1990: Alex Cole and Steve Peters were traded by the Cardinals to the San Diego Padres for Omar Olivares.^[4]

[edit] Regular Season

[edit] Opening Day starters

• Tom Brunansky
• Vince Coleman
• Pedro Guerrero
• Joe Magrane
• Willie McGee
• José Oquendo
• Terry Pendleton
• Ozzie Smith
• Todd Zeile^[5]

[edit] Notable transactions

• April 23, 1990: John Costello was traded by the Cardinals to the Montreal Expos for Rex Hudler.^[6]
• May 4, 1990: Tom Brunansky was traded by the Cardinals to the Boston Red Sox for Lee Smith.^[7]
• May 5, 1990: Terry Francona was signed as a free agent by the Cardinals.^[8]
• July 2, 1990: Ernie Camacho was signed as a free agent by the Cardinals.^[9]
• August 29, 1990: Willie McGee was traded by the Cardinals to the Oakland Athletics for Félix José, Stan Royer, and Daryl Green (minors).^[10]

[edit] Roster

1990 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers 62 Ernie Camacho 44 Cris Carpenter 61 Stan Clarke 50 John Costello 46 Ken Dayley 48 Jose DeLeon 35 Frank DiPino 43 Ken Hill 42 Howard Hilton 49 Ricky Horton 32 Joe Magrane 53 Greg Mathews 41 Tom Niedenfuer 55 Omar Olivares 63 Mike Pérez 56 Tim Sherrill 36 Bryn Smith 47 Lee Smith 37 Scott Terry 39 Bob Tewksbury 30 John Tudor		Catchers 19 Tom Pagnozzi 54 Ray Stephens 27 Todd Zeile Infielders 58 Rod Brewer 15 Dave Collins 28 Pedro Guerrero 22,8 Tim Jones 11 Jose Oquendo 60 Gerónimo Peña  9 Terry Pendleton  1 Ozzie Smith 21 Denny Walling 12 Craig Wilson		Outfielders 23 Tom Brunansky 29 Vince Coleman 23 Bernard Gilkey 10 Red Hudler 40 Félix José 16 Ray Lankford 51 Willie McGee 33 John Morris 25 Milt Thompson		Manager 24 Whitey Herzog  2 Red Schoendienst 22 Joe Torre Coaches 26 Steve Braun  7 Rich Hacker  3 Dave Ricketts  5 Jim Riggleman  4 Mike Roarke  2 Red Schoendienst

[edit] Player stats

= Indicates team leader

[edit] Batting

[edit] Starters by position

Note: Pos = position; G = Games played; AB = At Bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In; Avg. = Batting Average; SB = Stolen Bases

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
C	Todd Zeile	144	495	62	121	.244	15	57	2
1B	Pedro Guerrero	136	498	42	140	.281	13	80	1
2B	José Oquendo	156	469	38	118	.252	1	37	1
SS	Ozzie Smith	143	512	61	130	.254	1	50	32
3B	Terry Pendleton	121	447	46	103	.230	6	58	7
LF	Vince Coleman	124	497	73	145	.292	6	39	77
CF	Willie McGee	125	501	76	168	.335	3	62	28
RF	Milt Thompson	135	418	42	91	.218	6	30	25

^[11]

[edit] Other batters

Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
Tom Pagnozzi	69	220	20	61	.277	2	23	1
Rex Hudler	89	217	30	61	.281	7	22	18
Tim Jones	67	128	9	28	.219	1	12	3
Denny Walling	78	127	7	28	.220	1	19	0
Ray Lankford	39	126	12	36	.286	3	12	8
Craig Wilson	55	121	13	30	.248	0	7	0
Félix José	25	85	12	23	.271	0	3	4
Bernard Gilkey	18	64	11	19	.297	1	3	6
Dave Collins	99	58	12	13	.224	0	3	7
Tom Brunansky	19	57	5	9	.158	1	2	0
Gerónimo Peña	18	45	5	11	.244	0	2	1
Rod Brewer	14	25	4	6	.240	0	2	0
John Morris	18	18	0	2	.111	0	0	0
Ray Stephens	5	15	2	2	.133	1	1	0

[edit] Pitching

[edit] Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games played; IP = Innings Pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned Run Average; SO. = Strikeouts; BB = Bases on Balls

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO	BB
José DeLeón	32	182.7	7	19	4.43	164	86
Joe Magrane	31	203.3	10	17	3.59	100	59
Bryn Smith	26	141.1	9	8	4.27	78	30
John Tudor	25	146.1	12	4	2.40	63	30
Bob Tewksbury	28	145.3	10	9	3.47	50	15
Ken Hill	17	78.7	5	6	5.49	58	33
Greg Mathews	11	50.7	0	5	5.33	18	30

[edit] Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO	BB
Omar Olivares	9	49.3	1	1	2.92	20	17

[edit] Relief pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	SO	BB
Ken Dayley	58	73.3	4	4	2	3.56	51	30
Frank DiPino	62	81.0	5	2	3	4.56	49	31
Lee Smith	53	68.7	3	4	27	2.10	70	20
Cris Carpenter	4	8.0	0	0	0	4.50	6	2

[edit] Awards and honors

• Ozzie Smith, Shortstop, National League Gold Glove
• Ozzie Smith, Starting Shortstop, MLB All-Star Game

[edit] Farm system^[12]

• Class AAA: Louisville Redbirds (American Association; Gaylen Pitts, manager)
• Class AA: Arkansas Travelers (Texas League; Dave Bialas, manager)
• Class A: St. Petersburg Cardinals (Florida State League; Joe Pettini, manager)
• Class A: Springfield Cardinals (Midwest League; Keith Champion, manager)
• Class A: Savannah Cardinals (South Atlantic League; Rick Colbert, manager)
• Class SS-A: Hamilton Redbirds (New York-Penn League; Luis Meléndez, manager)
• Rookie: Johnson City Cardinals (Appalachian League; Mark DeJohn, manager)
• Rookie: AZL Cardinals (Arizona League; Larry Milbourne, manager)

[edit] References

1. ^ Bryn Smith page at Baseball Reference
2. ^ Danny Cox page at Baseball Reference
3. ^ Jim Lindeman page at Baseball Reference
4. ^ Alex Cole page at Baseball Reference
5. ^ http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1990&t=SLN
6. ^ Rex Hudler page at Baseball Reference
7. ^ Lee Smith page at Baseball Reference
8. ^ Terry Francona page at Baseball Reference
9. ^ Ernie Camacho page at Baseball Reference
10. ^ Willie McGee page at Baseball Reference
11. ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/STL/1990.shtml
12. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

[edit] External links

• 1990 St. Louis Cardinals
• 1990 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

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