1993 St. Louis Cardinals
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Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record87–75 (.537)
Divisional place3rd
Other information
Owner(s)Anheuser-Busch
General manager(s)Dal Maxvill
Manager(s)Joe Torre
Local televisionKPLR
(Al Hrabosky, Joe Buck)
Local radioKMOX
(Jack Buck, Mike Shannon)
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The St. Louis Cardinals 1993 season was the team's 112th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 102nd season in the National League. Under their manager Joe Torre, the Cardinals went 87-75 during the season (their best record in the Torre era) and finished 3rd in the National League East Division, ten games behind the NL Champion Philadelphia Phillies. This was the final season in the NL East for the Cardinals, before their move to the NL Central for the following season.

Offseason

Regular season

Reliever Lee Smith became baseball's all-time saves leader this year, which has since been surpassed.

On September 7 at Riverfront Stadium, Mark Whiten hit four massive home runs and had twelve runs batted in against the Cincinnati Reds.[3] In the process, Whiten tied two Major League records in one game.

Gregg Jeffries finished third in the NL in batting (.342) and stole 46 bases, a club record for a first baseman.

Notable Transactions

Opening Day starters

Season standings

NL East 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Philadelphia Phillies 97 65 0.599 — 52–29 45–36
Montreal Expos 94 68 0.580 3 55–26 39–42
St. Louis Cardinals 87 75 0.537 10 49–32 38–43
Chicago Cubs 84 78 0.519 13 43–38 41–40
Pittsburgh Pirates 75 87 0.463 22 40–41 35–46
Florida Marlins 64 98 0.395 33 35–46 29–52
New York Mets 59 103 0.364 38 28–53 31–50

Record vs. opponents

1993 National League Records

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 — 7–5 10–3 13–0 7–5 8–5 8–5 7–5 9–3 6–6 7–5 9–4 7–6 6–6
Chicago 5–7 — 7–5 8–4 6–7 4–8 7–5 5–8–1 8–5 7–6 5–8 8–4 6–6 8–5
Cincinnati 3–10 5–7 — 9–4 7–5 6–7 5–8 4–8 6–6 4–8 8–4 9–4 2–11 5–7
Colorado 0–13 4–8 4–9 — 7–5 11–2 7–6 3–9 6–6 3–9 8–4 6–7 3–10 5–7
Florida 5–7 7–6 5–7 5–7 — 3–9 5–7 5–8 4–9 4–9 6–7 7–5 4–8 4–9
Houston 5–8 8–4 7–6 2–11 9–3 — 9–4 5–7 11–1 5–7 7–5 8–5 3–10 6–6
Los Angeles 5–8 5–7 8–5 6–7 7–5 4–9 — 6–6 8–4 2–10 8–4 9–4 7–6 6–6
Montreal 5–7 8–5–1 8–4 9–3 8–5 7–5 6–6 — 9–4 6–7 8–5 10–2 3–9 7–6
New York 3–9 5–8 6–6 6–6 9–4 1–11 4–8 4–9 — 3–10 4–9 5–7 4–8 5–8
Philadelphia 6-6 6–7 8–4 9–3 9–4 7–5 10–2 7–6 10–3 — 7–6 6–6 4–8 8–5
Pittsburgh 5–7 8–5 4–8 4–8 7–6 5–7 4–8 5–8 9–4 6–7 — 9–3 5–7 4–9
San Diego 4–9 4–8 4–9 7–6 5–7 5–8 4–9 2–10 7–5 6–6 3–9 — 3–10 7–5
San Francisco 6–7 6–6 11–2 10–3 8–4 10–3 6–7 9–3 8–4 8–4 7–5 10–3 — 4–8
St. Louis 6–6 5–8 7–5 7–5 9–4 6–6 6–6 6–7 8–5 5–8 9–4 5–7 8–4 —


Roster

1993 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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 Tom Pagnozzi 92 330 85 .258 7 41
1B Greg Jefferies 142 544 186 .342 16 83
2B Luis Alicea 115 362 101 .279 3 46
SS Ozzie Smith 141 545 157 .288 1 53
3B Todd Zeile 157 571 158 .277 17 103
LF Bernard Gilkey 137 557 170 .305 16 70
CF Ray Lankford 127 407 97 .238 7 45
RF Mark Whiten 152 562 142 .253 25 99

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
Gerónimo Peña 74 254 65 .256 5 30
Erik Pappas 82 228 63 .276 1 28
Brian Jordan 67 223 69 .309 10 44
Rod Brewer 110 147 42 .286 2 20
Gerald Perry 96 98 33 .337 4 16
Tracy Woodson 62 77 16 .208 0 2
José Oquendo 46 73 15 .205 0 4
Tim Jones 29 61 16 .262 0 1
Héctor Villanueva 17 55 8 .145 3 9
Stan Royer 24 46 14 .304 1 8
Tripp Cromer 10 23 2 .087 0 0
Ozzie Canseco 6 17 3 .176 0 0
Lonnie Maclin 12 13 1 .077 0 1
Marc Ronan 6 12 1 .083 0 0

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
Bob Tewksbury 32 213.2 17 10 3.83 97
René Arocha 32 188.0 11 8 3.78 96
Donovan Osborne 26 155.2 10 7 3.76 83
Joe Magrane 22 116.0 8 10 4.97 38
Allen Watson 16 86.0 6 7 4.60 49

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
Rhéal Cormier 38 145.1 7 6 4.33 75
Omar Olivares 58 118.2 5 3 4.17 63
Tom Urbani 18 62.0 1 3 4.65 33

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
Rob Murphy 73 5 7 1 4.87 41
Mike Pérez 65 7 2 7 2.48 58
Lee Smith 55 2 4 43 4.50 49
Les Lancaster 50 4 1 0 2.93 36
Lee Guetterman 40 3 3 1 2.93 19
Todd Burns 24 0 4 0 6.16 10
Paul Kilgus 22 1 0 1 0.63 21
Rich Batchelor 9 0 0 0 8.10 4
Steve Dixon 4 0 0 0 33.75 2
Rod Brewer 1 0 0 0 45.00 1

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Louisville Redbirds American Association Jack Krol
AA Arkansas Travelers Texas League Joe Pettini
A St. Petersburg Cardinals Florida State League Terry Kennedy
A Springfield Cardinals Midwest League Mike Ramsey
A Savannah Cardinals South Atlantic League Chris Maloney
A-Short Season Glens Falls Redbirds New York–Penn League Steve Turco
Rookie Johnson City Cardinals Appalachian League Joe Cunningham, Jr.
Rookie AZL Cardinals Arizona League Roy Silver

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Savannah[7]

References

  1. ^ "Rex Hudler Stats".
  2. ^ Craig Wilson page at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Box Score of Four Home Run Game by Mark Whiten by Baseball Almanac
  4. ^ Mark Whiten page at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ Alan Benes page at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ Lee Smith page at Baseball Reference
  7. ^ 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

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