1998 St. Louis Cardinals Statistics

National League (NL)
Team Record: 83-79
Finished 3rd in the NL's Central Division
Attendance: 3,195,651, Avg. 39,946
Ballpark: Busch Stadium II
Manager: Tony LaRussa (83-79)
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
1998 St. Louis Cardinals Roster
1998 St. Louis Cardinals Results

The St. Louis Cardinals of the National League ended the 1998 season with a record of 83 wins and 79 losses, finishing third in the NL's Central Division.

The Cardinals scored 810 runs and allowed 782 runs. Mark McGwire crushed 70 homers for St. Louis, while Ray Lankford, Ron Gant and Brian Jordan each walloped 20 or more as well. Mark McGwire drove in 147 runs. Brian Jordan led all regular hitters by connecting at a .316 clip. Kent Mercker topped the squad with 11 wins, and Todd Stottlemyre registered a 3.51 earned run average, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Tony LaRussa coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player W L W% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF
Kent Mercker1111.5005.0730291000161.719999911153472346716
Todd Stottlemyre99.5003.5123230300161.3146746320510147424674
Juan Acevedo83.7272.5650929001598.3833028729256403394
Mark Petkovsek74.6364.7748107000105.71316356936355811476
Matt Morris75.5832.5317170210113.71013732842679303468
Manny Aybar66.5005.982014100081.3905854642157202369
Mike Busby52.7144.50262700046.0452323315033503202
Donovan Osborne54.5564.091414011083.78442381122260101358
Lance Painter401.0003.99650900147.3422421528339402207
Darren Oliver44.5004.261010000057.0643127723129031256
Kent Bottenfield46.4004.44441711004133.712872661357398423578
Jose Jimenez301.0002.9543000021.322870801200094
John Frascatore34.4294.146901500095.79548441136349302415
Curtis King201.0003.533601100251.0502020520428300218
Cliff Politte23.4006.3288000037.0453226618022112172
Bobby Witt25.2864.94175800047.3553226720128211217
Brady Raggio11.50015.434120007.0221212130310043
Gary Gaetti000.001010001.020000000005
Bryan Eversgerd009.008020006.0976120410031
Braden Looper01.0005.404030003.3542110400116
Rich Croushore03.0004.974101500854.3443130629247406243
Sean Lowe03.00015.194120005.31199150200031
Jeff Brantley05.0004.4448033001450.74026251218348101209
Totals8379.5124.3259116315762441469.71513782706151558389725414426392

Batting:

Player GP PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB DP HBP SH SF IBB
Brian Jordan15061756410017834725911754066.316.368.534.902301189041
Ray Lankford154626533941563713110526586151.293.391.540.93228843045
Mark McGwire1556815091301522107014710162155.299.470.7521.222383860428
Delino DeShields1174844207412221874426105661.290.371.429.79918060442
John Mabry1424133774194220946023076.249.305.379.68414361326
Ron Gant12143838360921712667805192.240.331.493.82518962022
Royce Clayton9040235559831914291964051.234.313.327.640116102321
Gary Gaetti9134530639812311143113139.265.339.454.793139105031
Willie McGee1202862692768101334721449.253.287.331.6188960035
Eli Marrero832842542862181420622842.244.318.370.6889450115
Fernando Tatis552292022858162826732457.287.367.505.87210262011
Tom Lampkin932482162550121628322432.231.328.380.7088257105
Tom Pagnozzi5117816073590110001437.219.280.294.5744740310
Pat Kelly53170153183350414511348.216.284.327.6115032110
Luis Ordaz571691539315008201218.203.261.235.4963630401
Placido Polanco451221141029321112059.254.292.342.6343911200
David Howard46117102152511212001222.245.322.333.6553420212
Brian Hunter6212311211239141311723.205.258.411.6694641300
J. D. Drew1441369153151300410.417.463.9721.4363540010
Todd Stottlemyre236253312000100424.226.281.226.5071210500
Kent Mercker32615438011600225.148.179.241.4191310500
Mark Petkovsek4825225710010012.318.348.364.711800200
Manny Aybar2028274600130009.222.222.333.556900100
Joe McEwing1023205410010113.200.273.250.523501100
Juan Acevedo5020172310000015.176.222.235.458400200
Kent Bottenfield4439343300020009.088.088.088.176300500
David Bell4990210000003.222.222.333.556300000
Bobby Witt1712100210010015.200.273.300.573300100
Darren Oliver11242302100000112.087.125.130.255300000
Matt Morris17412912100300516.069.206.103.309300700
Lance Painter652101000000001.0001.0001.0002.000100100
Shawn Gilbert4220100001001.500.500.5001.000100000
John Frascatore69660100000003.167.167.167.333110000
Mark Little715120100001025.083.214.083.298100100
Cliff Politte816140100000018.071.133.071.205110100
Donovan Osborne1432250100000035.040.143.040.183110400
Curtis King36550000000001.000.000.000.000010000
Mike Busby26430000010011.000.250.000.250000000
Brady Raggio4110000000000.000.000.000.000000000
Sean Lowe4220000000000.000.000.000.000000000
Jose Jimenez4860000010004.000.000.000.000000200
Bryan Eversgerd8000000000000000000
Braden Looper4000000000000000000
Jeff Brantley48100000000000000100
Rich Croushore41200000000000000200
Totals231764135593810144429230223781133416761179.258.341.441.781246511742683465


Fielding:

Player Pos GP GS Inn. PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS%
Mark McGwire1B1511521326.313269712128.9929.6569.4240000
John Mabry1B16890.39311081.0001.3626.5000000
Brian Hunter1B10235.0231021.0006.1712.4000000
Gary Gaetti1B319.0150021.00015.0005.0000000
Tom Lampkin1B204.050001.00011.2502.5000000
Willie McGee1B102.022001.00018.0004.0000000
Eli Marrero1B202.011001.0009.0001.0000000
Delino DeShields1B101.00000.000.0000000
Delino DeShields2B111102896.3247273966.9835.2214.6850000
Pat Kelly2B4135306.379108718.9645.4944.5610000
David Howard2B1912125.33749051.0006.1764.5260000
Placido Polanco2B14888.33421110.9825.6043.9290000
Joe McEwing2B6437.0910031.0004.6223.1670000
Luis Ordaz2B116.023011.0007.5005.0000000
David Bell2B115.302011.0003.3752.0000000
Shawn Gilbert2B203.010001.0003.000.5000000
Gary Gaetti2B102.00000.000.0000000
Gary Gaetti3B8378676.047153315.9852.6632.4100000
Fernando Tatis3B5552472.035120127.9282.9562.8180000
John Mabry3B3831272.3184661.9142.1151.6840000
David Howard3B14127.733001.0001.952.4290000
David Bell3B4116.712001.0001.620.7500000
Brian Jordan3B103.001001.0003.0001.0000000
Luis Ordaz3B202.00000.000.0000000
Eli MarreroC7367613.04263043.9916.6956.24710321937.3
Tom LampkinC6254482.33311955.9866.5315.64540301330.2
Tom PagnozziC4442374.32591755.9826.6366.27310301228.6
Ray LankfordOF1451371216.3338752.9862.5532.3790000
Brian JordanOF1411341169.02841196.9702.2712.0920000
Ron GantOF104101819.0162450.9711.8241.5960000
Willie McGeeOF8839477.0100671.9382.0001.2050000
John MabryOF8046430.395733.9712.1331.2750000
Brian HunterOF2520166.743231.9382.4301.8000000
J. D. DrewOF11875.0191011.0002.4001.8180000
Mark LittleOF7438.3110001.0002.5831.5710000
Tom LampkinOF504.310001.0002.077.2000000
Joe McEwingOF304.010001.0002.250.3330000
Pat KellyOF304.00000.000.0000000
David HowardOF203.011011.0006.0001.0000000
Gary GaettiOF102.00000.000.0000000
Kent MerckerP3030161.732620.9351.614.9670000
Todd StottlemyreP2323161.3182212.9762.2311.7390000
Kent BottenfieldP4417133.7327001.0002.020.6820000
Matt MorrisP1717113.741715.9551.6631.2350000
Mark PetkovsekP4810105.781111.9501.618.3960000
Juan AcevedoP50998.361810.9602.197.4800000
John FrascatoreP69095.7111121.9172.070.3190000
Donovan OsborneP141483.75832.8131.398.9290000
Manny AybarP201381.388001.0001.770.8000000
Darren OliverP101057.0012011.0001.8951.2000000
Rich CroushoreP41054.3213001.0002.485.3660000
Curtis KingP36051.0109011.0003.353.5280000
Jeff BrantleyP48050.740001.000.711.0830000
Bobby WittP17547.339021.0002.282.7060000
Lance PainterP65047.3612011.0003.423.2770000
Mike BusbyP26246.034011.0001.370.2690000
Cliff PolitteP8837.03410.8751.703.8750000
Jose JimenezP4321.305001.0002.1091.2500000
Brady RaggioP417.011011.0002.571.5000000
Bryan EversgerdP806.021001.0004.500.3750000
Sean LoweP415.311001.0003.375.5000000
Braden LooperP403.30000.000.0000000
Gary GaettiP101.00000.000.0000000
Royce ClaytonSS8986777.31402861353.9704.9324.7870000
Luis OrdazSS5446394.3681541334.9455.0674.1110000
Placido PolancoSS2821196.03881618.9525.4644.2500000
David HowardSS161092.0122924.9534.0112.5630000
Fernando TatisSS308.013001.0004.5001.3330000
Pat KellySS202.001001.0004.500.5000000
Totals2156146713227.044091781142422.9784.2122.87160924432.4




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