1990 St. Louis Cardinals season

The 1990 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 109th season in St. Louis, Missouri and its 99th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 70-92 during the season and finished 6th (and last) in the National League East division, 25 games behind the NL East champion Pittsburgh Pirates. It was one of the few times that the Cardinals had finished in last place, and the first, and only time that it has happened since 1918.

1990 St. Louis Cardinals
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record70–92 (.432)
Divisional place6th
Other information
Owner(s)Anheuser-Busch
General manager(s)Dal Maxvill
Manager(s)Whitey Herzog, Red Schoendienst, Joe Torre
Local televisionKPLR-TV
(Al Hrabosky, Ken Wilson)
Local radioKMOX
(Jack Buck, Mike Shannon)
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Offseason

Regular season

Shortstop Ozzie Smith won a Gold Glove this year.

Opening Day starters

Season standings
NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Pittsburgh Pirates 9567 0.586 — 49–32 46–35
New York Mets 9171 0.562 4 52–29 39–42
Montreal Expos 8577 0.525 10 47–34 38–43
Chicago Cubs 7785 0.475 18 39–42 38–43
Philadelphia Phillies 7785 0.475 18 41–40 36–45
St. Louis Cardinals 7092 0.432 25 34–47 36–45

Record vs. opponents
1990 National League Records

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —6–68–105–136–126–64–85–75–78–105–137–5
Chicago 6–6—4–86–63–911–79–911–74–148–47–58–10
Cincinnati 10–88–4—11–79–99–36–67–56–69–97–119–3
Houston 13–56–67–11—9–95–75–75–75–74–1410–86–6
Los Angeles 12–69–39–99–9—6–65–78–44–89–98–107–5
Montreal 6–67–113–97–56–6—8–1010–813–57–57–511–7
New York 8–49–96–67–57–510–8—10–810–85–77–512–6
Philadelphia 7-57–115–77–54–88–108–10—6–127–58–410–8
Pittsburgh 7–514–46–67–58–45–138–1012–6—10–28–410–8
San Diego 10–84–89–914–49–95–77–55–72–10—7–113–9
San Francisco 13–55–711–78–1010–85–75–74–84–811–7—9–3
St. Louis 5–710–83–96–65–77–116–128–108–109–33–9—

Notable transactions

Roster
1990 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

  • 11 Jose Oquendo
 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats
= Indicates team leader

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Pos Player G AB R H Avg. HR RBI SB
CTodd Zeile14449562121.24415572
1BPedro Guerrero13649842140.28113801
2BJosé Oquendo15646938118.2521371
3BTerry Pendleton12144746103.2306587
SSOzzie Smith14351261130.25415032
LFVince Coleman12449773145.29263977
CFWillie McGee12550176168.33536228
RFMilt Thompson1354184291.21863025

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Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Player G AB R H Avg. HR RBI SB
Tom Pagnozzi692202061.2772231
Rex Hudler892173061.28172218
Tim Jones67128928.2191123
Denny Walling78127728.2201190
Ray Lankford391261236.2863128
Craig Wilson551211330.248070
Félix José25851223.271034
Bernard Gilkey18641119.297136
Dave Collins99581213.224037
Tom Brunansky195759.158120
Gerónimo Peña1845511.244021
Rod Brewer142546.240020
John Morris181802.111000
Ray Stephens51522.133110

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA BB SO
José DeLeón32182.27194.4386164
Joe Magrane31203.110173.5959100
Bryn Smith26141.1984.273078
John Tudor25146.11242.403063
Bob Tewksbury28145.11093.471550
Ken Hill1778.2565.493358
Greg Mathews1150.2055.333018

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA BB SO
Omar Olivares949.1112.921720

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L SV ERA BB SO
Ken Dayley5873.14423.563051
Frank DiPino62815234.563149
Lee Smith5368.234272.102070
Cris Carpenter480004.5026

Awards and honors
  • Willie McGee, outfielder: Batting title (.335)
  • Ozzie Smith, shortstop, National League Gold Glove

All-Stars
  • Ozzie Smith, starter, shortstop

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Louisville Redbirds American Association Gaylen Pitts
AA Arkansas Travelers Texas League Dave Bialas
A St. Petersburg Cardinals Florida State League Joe Pettini
A Springfield Cardinals Midwest League Keith Champion
A Savannah Cardinals South Atlantic League Rick Colbert
A-Short Season Hamilton Redbirds New York–Penn League Luis Meléndez
Rookie Johnson City Cardinals Appalachian League Mark DeJohn
Rookie AZL Cardinals Arizona League Larry Milbourne

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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. https://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, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
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