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1990 St. Louis Cardinals season

Major League Baseball season

Field	Value
name	St. Louis Cardinals
season	1990
image	St Louis Cardinals Cap Insignia.svg
league	National League
division	East
ballpark	Busch Memorial Stadium
city	St. Louis, Missouri
record	70–92 (.432)
divisional_place	6th
owners	Anheuser-Busch
general_managers	Dal Maxvill
managers	Whitey Herzog, Red Schoendienst, Joe Torre
television	KPLR-TV
(Al Hrabosky, Ken Wilson)
radio	KMOX
(Jack Buck, Mike Shannon)

(Al Hrabosky, Ken Wilson) (Jack Buck, Mike Shannon) 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 in sixth place of the National League East division, 25 games behind the NL East champion Pittsburgh Pirates. It was the first time the Cardinals had finished in last place since 1918. This was the most recent season the Cardinals finished in last place until 2023.

Offseason

November 28, 1989: Bryn Smith was signed as a free agent by the Cardinals.
November 30, 1989: Danny Cox was signed as a free agent by the Cardinals.
December 6, 1989: Jim Lindeman and Matt Kinzer were traded by the Cardinals to the Detroit Tigers for Bill Henderson (minors), Marcos Betances (minors), and Pat Austin (minors).
February 27, 1990: Alex Cole and Steve Peters were traded by the Cardinals to the San Diego Padres for Omar Olivares.

Regular season

Shortstop Ozzie Smith won a Gold Glove this year.

Opening Day starters

Tom Brunansky
Vince Coleman
Pedro Guerrero
Joe Magrane
Willie McGee
José Oquendo
Terry Pendleton
Ozzie Smith
Todd Zeile

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

April 23, 1990: John Costello was traded by the Cardinals to the Montreal Expos for Rex Hudler.
May 4, 1990: Tom Brunansky was traded by the Cardinals to the Boston Red Sox for Lee Smith.
May 5, 1990: Terry Francona was signed as a free agent by the Cardinals.
July 2, 1990: Ernie Camacho was signed as a free agent by the Cardinals.
August 29, 1990: Willie McGee was traded by the Cardinals to the Oakland Athletics for Félix José, Stan Royer, and Daryl Green (minors). However, McGee would win the NL batting title (he had enough plate appearances to qualify for it despite this trade).

Roster

1990 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers

Player stats

	= Indicates team leader

Batting

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	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
C	144	495	62	121	.244	15	57	2
1B	136	498	42	140	.281	13	80	1
2B	156	469	38	118	.252	1	37	1
3B	121	447	46	103	.230	6	58	7
SS	143	512	61	130	.254	1	50	32
LF	124	497	73	145	.292	6	39	77
CF	125	501	76	168	.335	3	62	28
RF	135	418	42	91	.218	6	30	25

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

G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
69	220	20	61	.277	2	23	1
89	217	30	61	.281	7	22	18
67	128	9	28	.219	1	12	3
78	127	7	28	.220	1	19	0
39	126	12	36	.286	3	12	8
55	121	13	30	.248	0	7	0
25	85	12	23	.271	0	3	4
18	64	11	19	.297	1	3	6
99	58	12	13	.224	0	3	7
19	57	5	9	.158	1	2	0
18	45	5	11	.244	0	2	1
14	25	4	6	.240	0	2	0
18	18	0	2	.111	0	0	0
5	15	2	2	.133	1	1	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	BB	SO
31	203.1	10	17	3.59	59	100
32	182.2	7	19	4.43	86	164
25	146.1	12	4	2.40	30	63
28	145.1	10	9	3.47	15	50
26	141.1	9	8	4.27	30	78
17	78.2	5	6	5.49	33	58
11	50.2	0	5	5.33	30	18

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
	9	49.1	1	1	2.92	17	20

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
	53	68.2	3	4	27	2.10	20	70
	62	81.0	5	2	3	4.56	31	49
	58	73.1	4	4	2	3.56	30	51
Scott Terry	50	72.0	2	6	2	4.75	27	35
Tom Niedenfuer	52	65.0	0	6	2	3.46	25	32
Ricky Horton	32	42.0	1	1	1	4.93	22	18
Mike Pérez	13	13.2	1	0	1	3.95	3	5
	4	8.0	0	0	0	4.50	2	6
Ernie Camacho	6	5.2	0	0	0	7.94	6	7
Tim Sherrill	8	4.1	0	0	0	6.23	3	3
John Costello	4	4.1	0	0	0	6.23	1	1
Stan Clarke	2	3.1	0	0	0	2.70	0	3
Howard Hilton	2	3.0	0	0	0	0.00	3	2
Tim Jones	1	1.1	0	0	0	6.75	2	0

Awards and honors

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

All-Stars

Ozzie Smith, starter, shortstop

Farm system

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/smithbr01.shtml Bryn Smith page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/coxda01.shtml Danny Cox page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lindeji01.shtml Jim Lindeman page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/coleal01.shtml Alex Cole page at Baseball Reference]
"1990 St. Louis Cardinals Roster by Baseball Almanac".
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hudlere01.shtml Rex Hudler page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/smithle02.shtml Lee Smith page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/f/francte01.shtml Terry Francona page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/camacer01.shtml Ernie Camacho page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mcgeewi01.shtml Willie McGee page at Baseball Reference]
"1990 St. Louis Cardinals Statistics".
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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