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1988 St. Louis Cardinals season

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1988 St. Louis Cardinals
LeagueNational League
DivisionEast
BallparkBusch Memorial Stadium
CitySt. Louis, Missouri
Record76–86 (.469)
Divisional place5th
OwnersAugust "Gussie" Busch
General managersDal Maxvill
ManagersWhitey Herzog
TelevisionKPLR-TV
(Al Hrabosky, Ken Wilson)
Cardinal Cable Network
(Al Hrabosky, Ken Wilson)
RadioKMOX
(Jack Buck, Mike Shannon)
← 1987 Seasons 1989 →

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.

Offseason

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Regular season

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Shortstop Ozzie Smith won a Gold Glove this year.

Season standings

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NL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Mets 100 60 .625 — 56‍–‍24 44‍–‍36
Pittsburgh Pirates 85 75 .531 15 43‍–‍38 42‍–‍37
Montreal Expos 81 81 .500 20 43‍–‍38 38‍–‍43
Chicago Cubs 77 85 .475 24 39‍–‍42 38‍–‍43
St. Louis Cardinals 76 86 .469 25 41‍–‍40 35‍–‍46
Philadelphia Phillies 65 96 .404 35½ 38‍–‍42 27‍–‍54

Record vs. opponents

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1988 National League record

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

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Roster

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1988 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 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

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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
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

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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
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

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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
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

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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
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

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  • Ozzie Smith, Shortstop, National League Gold Glove

League leaders

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Farm system

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See also: Minor League Baseball
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

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References

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