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1989 St. Louis Cardinals season

Major League Baseball season

Field	Value
name	St. Louis Cardinals
season	1989
image	St Louis Cardinals Cap Insignia.svg
league	National League
division	East
ballpark	Busch Memorial Stadium
city	St. Louis, Missouri
record	86–76 (.531)
divisional_place	3rd
owners	August "Gussie" Busch
Anheuser-Busch
general_managers	Dal Maxvill
managers	Whitey Herzog
television	KPLR-TV
Cardinal Cable Network
(Al Hrabosky, Ken Wilson)
radio	KMOX
(Jack Buck, Mike Shannon)

Anheuser-Busch Cardinal Cable Network (Al Hrabosky, Ken Wilson) (Jack Buck, Mike Shannon) The 1989 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 108th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 98th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 86–76 during the season and finished third in the National League East division.

Shortstop Ozzie Smith and third baseman Terry Pendleton won Gold Gloves this year.

On September 29, team owner August A. Busch, Jr. died at the age of 90.

Offseason

October 4, 1988: Lee Tunnell was released by the Cardinals.
December 16, 1988: Steve Lake and Curt Ford were traded by the Cardinals to the Philadelphia Phillies for Milt Thompson.

Regular season

The over-achieving 1989 Cardinal team almost made the playoffs. Pedro Guerrero finished third in the National League MVP voting while leading the league with 42 doubles and finishing second in RBIs (117). Joe Magrane won 18 games while José DeLeón won 16 games. Milt Thompson played in 155 games and hit .290, mostly substituting for the injured Willie McGee. Vince Coleman lead the league in stolen bases for the fifth straight year. However, it would be the arch-rival Cubs who would claim the division and move on to the playoffs. This team featured three former college football punters -- Vince Coleman, Cris Carpenter, and Matt Kinzer who played one game for the Detroit Lions.

Opening Day starters

Tom Brunansky
Vince Coleman
Pedro Guerrero
Tim Jones
Joe Magrane
José Oquendo
Tony Peña
Terry Pendleton
Milt Thompson

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

April 24, 1989: Jeremy Hernandez was traded by the Cardinals to the San Diego Padres for Randy Byers.

Roster

1989 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	141	424	110	.259	4	37
1B	Pedro Guerrero	162	570	177	.311	17	117
2B	José Oquendo	163	556	162	.291	1	48
3B	Terry Pendleton	162	613	162	.264	13	74
SS	Ozzie Smith	155	593	162	.273	2	50
LF	Vince Coleman	145	563	143	.254	2	28
CF	Milt Thompson	155	545	158	.290	4	68
RF	Tom Brunansky	158	556	133	.239	20	85

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
Willie McGee	58	199	47	.236	3	17
John Morris	96	117	28	.239	2	14
Todd Zeile	28	82	21	.256	1	8
Tom Pagnozzi	52	80	12	.150	0	3
Denny Walling	69	79	24	.304	1	11
Tim Jones	42	75	22	.293	0	7
Jim Lindeman	73	45	5	.111	0	2
Leon Durham	29	18	1	.056	0	1
Rod Booker	10	8	2	.250	0	0
Craig Wilson	6	4	1	.250	0	1

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
José DeLeón	36	244.2	16	12	3.05	201
Joe Magrane	34	234.2	18	9	2.91	127
Ken Hill	33	196.2	7	15	3.80	112
Scott Terry	31	148.2	8	10	3.57	69

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
Ted Power	23	97.0	7	7	3.71	43
Ricky Horton	11	45.2	0	3	4.73	14
Bob Tewksbury	7	30.0	1	0	3.30	17
Don Heinkel	7	26.1	1	1	5.81	16

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	47	3	5	20	2.96	41
Ken Dayley	71	4	3	12	2.87	40
Frank DiPino	67	9	0	0	2.45	44
Dan Quisenberry	63	3	1	6	2.64	37
John Costello	48	5	4	3	3.32	40
Cris Carpenter	36	4	4	0	3.18	35
Matt Kinzer	8	0	2	0	12.83	8

Awards and honors

Vince Coleman, National League Stolen Base Leader, 65
Terry Pendleton, Third Base, National League Gold Glove
Ozzie Smith, Shortstop, National League Gold Glove

Farm system

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/tunnele01.shtml Lee Tunnell] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lakest01.shtml Steve Lake page at Baseball Reference]
(1989-07-23). "Dykes Heads New Group of Potential Two-Sport Superstars".
[http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1989&t=SLN 1989 St. Louis Cardinals Roster by Baseball Almanac]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hernaje02.shtml Jeremy Hernandez page at Baseball Reference]
"Stolen Bases Single Season National League Leaders on Baseball Almanac".
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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