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1988 St. Louis Cardinals season

Major League Baseball season

Field	Value
name	St. Louis Cardinals
season	1988
image	St Louis Cardinals Cap Insignia.svg
league	National League
division	East
ballpark	Busch Memorial Stadium
city	St. Louis, Missouri
record	76–86 (.469)
divisional_place	5th
owners	August "Gussie" Busch
general_managers	Dal Maxvill
managers	Whitey Herzog
television	KPLR-TV
(Al Hrabosky, Ken Wilson)
Cardinal Cable Network
(Al Hrabosky, Ken Wilson)
radio	KMOX
(Jack Buck, Mike Shannon)

(Al Hrabosky, Ken Wilson) Cardinal Cable Network (Al Hrabosky, Ken Wilson) (Jack Buck, Mike Shannon) 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

October 7, 1987: Doug DeCinces was released by the Cardinals.
February 9, 1988: Lance Johnson, Ricky Horton and cash were traded by the Cardinals to the Chicago White Sox for José DeLeón.

Regular season

Shortstop Ozzie Smith won a Gold Glove this year.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

April 22, 1988: Tom Herr was traded by the Cardinals to the Minnesota Twins for Tom Brunansky.
June 1, 1988: Mark Clark was drafted by the Cardinals in the 9th round of the 1988 Major League Baseball draft. Player signed June 3, 1988.
August 31, 1988: Bob Forsch was traded by the Cardinals to the Houston Astros for Denny Walling.

Roster

1988 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers

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	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		153	575	155	.270	3	51
3B	Terry Pendleton	110	391	99	.253	6	53
LF		153	616	160	.260	3	38
CF		137	562	164	.292	3	50
RF	Tom Brunansky	143	523	128	.245	22	79

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
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
	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
	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

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
	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

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
	30	108.2	9	4	3.73	40
Ken Hill	4	14.0	0	1	5.14	6

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
Todd Worrell	68	5	9	32	3.00	78
Ken Dayley	54	2	7	5	2.77	38
	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

Ozzie Smith, Shortstop, National League Gold Glove

League leaders

Vince Coleman, National League Stolen Base Leader, 81
Joe Magrane, NL ERA leader, 2.18.

Farm system

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/decindo01.shtml Doug DeCinces] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/j/johnsla03.shtml Lance Johnson] at ''Baseball-Reference''
"Tom Brunansky Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More".
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/clarkma01.shtml Mark Clark] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/f/forscbo01.shtml Bob Forsch] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[http://www.baseball-almanac.com/hitting/hisb2nl.shtml Stolen Bases Single Season National League Leaders by Baseball Almanac]
"Joe Magrane career statistics". Baseball-Reference.com.
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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