1989 St. Louis Cardinals season

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1989 St. Louis Cardinals
St Louis Cardinals Cap Insignia.svg
Major League affiliations
Location
  • Busch Memorial Stadium (since 1966)
  • St. Louis, Missouri (since 1882)
Results
Record86–76 (.531)
Divisional place3rd
Other information
Owner(s)August "Gussie" Busch
Anheuser-Busch
General manager(s)Dal Maxvill
Manager(s)Whitey Herzog
Local televisionKPLR-TV
Cardinal Cable Network
(Al Hrabosky, Ken Wilson)
Local radioKMOX
(Jack Buck, Mike Shannon)
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The St. Louis Cardinals 1989 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 3rd 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.[1]
  • December 16, 1988: Steve Lake and Curt Ford were traded by the Cardinals to the Philadelphia Phillies for Milt Thompson.[2]

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.[3]

Opening Day starters[]

Season standings[]

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NL East 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago Cubs 93 69 0.574 — 48–33 45–36
New York Mets 87 75 0.537 6 51–30 36–45
St. Louis Cardinals 86 76 0.531 7 46–35 40–41
Montreal Expos 81 81 0.500 12 44–37 37–44
Pittsburgh Pirates 74 88 0.457 19 39–42 35–46
Philadelphia Phillies 67 95 0.414 26 38–42 29–53

Record vs. opponents[]

1989 National League Records
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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta — 5–7 8–10 8–10 6–10 6–6 2–10 8–4 4–8 7–11 6–12 3–9
Chicago 7–5 — 7–5 5–7 7–5 10–8 10–8 10–8 12–6 8–4 6–6 11–7
Cincinnati 10–8 5–7 — 8–10 8–10 4–8 4–8 4–8 7–5 9–9 8–10 8–4
Houston 10–8 7–5 10–8 — 10–8 4–8 6–6 9–3 7–5 8–10 8–10 7–5
Los Angeles 10–6 5–7 10–8 8–10 — 7–5 5–7 6–6 7–5 6–12 10–8 3–9
Montreal 6–6 8–10 8–4 8–4 5–7 — 9–9 9–9 11–7 5–7 7–5 5–13
New York 10–2 8–10 8–4 6–6 7–5 9–9 — 12–6 9–9 5–7 3–9 10–8
Philadelphia 4-8 8–10 8–4 3–9 6–6 9–9 6–12 — 10–8 2–10 4–8 7–11
Pittsburgh 8–4 6–12 5–7 5–7 5–7 7–11 9–9 8–10 — 3–9 5–7 13–5
San Diego 11–7 4–8 9–9 10–8 12–6 7–5 7–5 10–2 9–3 — 8–10 2–10
San Francisco 12–6 6–6 10–8 10–8 8–10 5–7 9–3 8–4 7–5 10–8 — 7–5
St. Louis 9–3 7–11 4–8 5–7 9–3 13–5 8–10 11–7 5–13 10–2 5–7 —


Notable transactions[]

Roster[]

1989 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders
  • 23 Tom Brunansky
  • 29 Vince Coleman
  • 51 Willie McGee
  • 33 John Morris
  • 25 Milt Thompson
 Manager
  • 24 Whitey Herzog

Coaches

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[]

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[]

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[]

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Ted Power 23 97 7 7 3.71 43
Ricky Horton 11 45.2 0 3 4.73 14
Bob Tewksbury 7 30 1 0 3.30 17
Don Heinkel 7 26.1 1 1 5.81 16

Relief pitchers[]

Player G W L SV ERA SO
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
Todd Worrell 47 3 5 20 2.96 41
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[6]
  • Terry Pendleton, Third Base, National League Gold Glove
  • Ozzie Smith, Shortstop, National League Gold Glove

Farm system[]

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

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Arkansas[7]

References[]

  1. ^ Lee Tunnell at Baseball-Reference
  2. ^ Steve Lake page at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ "Dykes Heads New Group of Potential Two-Sport Superstars". July 23, 1989. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
  4. ^ 1989 St. Louis Cardinals Roster by Baseball Almanac
  5. ^ Jeremy Hernandez page at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ "Stolen Bases Single Season National League Leaders on Baseball Almanac".
  7. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

External links[]

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