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1990 St. Louis Cardinals season

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1990 St. Louis Cardinals
LeagueNational League
DivisionEast
BallparkBusch Memorial Stadium
CitySt. Louis, Missouri
Record70–92 (.432)
Divisional place6th
OwnersAnheuser-Busch
General managersDal Maxvill
ManagersWhitey Herzog, Red Schoendienst, Joe Torre
TelevisionKPLR-TV
(Al Hrabosky, Ken Wilson)
RadioKMOX
(Jack Buck, Mike Shannon)
← 1989 Seasons 1991 →

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

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Regular season

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Shortstop Ozzie Smith won a Gold Glove this year.

Opening Day starters

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Season standings

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NL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Pittsburgh Pirates 95 67 .586 49‍–‍32 46‍–‍35
New York Mets 91 71 .562 4 52‍–‍29 39‍–‍42
Montreal Expos 85 77 .525 10 47‍–‍34 38‍–‍43
Chicago Cubs 77 85 .475 18 39‍–‍42 38‍–‍43
Philadelphia Phillies 77 85 .475 18 41‍–‍40 36‍–‍45
St. Louis Cardinals 70 92 .432 25 34‍–‍47 36‍–‍45

Record vs. opponents

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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 6–6 8–10 5–13 6–12 6–6 4–8 5–7 5–7 8–10 5–13 7–5
Chicago 6–6 4–8 6–6 3–9 11–7 9–9 11–7 4–14 8–4 7–5 8–10
Cincinnati 10–8 8–4 11–7 9–9 9–3 6–6 7–5 6–6 9–9 7–11 9–3
Houston 13–5 6–6 7–11 9–9 5–7 5–7 5–7 5–7 4–14 10–8 6–6
Los Angeles 12–6 9–3 9–9 9–9 6–6 5–7 8–4 4–8 9–9 8–10 7–5
Montreal 6–6 7–11 3–9 7–5 6–6 8–10 10–8 13–5 7–5 7–5 11–7
New York 8–4 9–9 6–6 7–5 7–5 10–8 10–8 10–8 5–7 7–5 12–6
Philadelphia 7-5 7–11 5–7 7–5 4–8 8–10 8–10 6–12 7–5 8–4 10–8
Pittsburgh 7–5 14–4 6–6 7–5 8–4 5–13 8–10 12–6 10–2 8–4 10–8
San Diego 10–8 4–8 9–9 14–4 9–9 5–7 7–5 5–7 2–10 7–11 3–9
San Francisco 13–5 5–7 11–7 8–10 10–8 5–7 5–7 4–8 4–8 11–7 9–3
St. Louis 5–7 10–8 3–9 6–6 5–7 7–11 6–12 8–10 8–10 9–3 3–9


Notable transactions

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Roster

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1990 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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= Indicates team leader

Batting

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Starters by position

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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
C Todd Zeile 144 495 62 121 .244 15 57 2
1B Pedro Guerrero 136 498 42 140 .281 13 80 1
2B José Oquendo 156 469 38 118 .252 1 37 1
3B Terry Pendleton 121 447 46 103 .230 6 58 7
SS Ozzie Smith 143 512 61 130 .254 1 50 32
LF Vince Coleman 124 497 73 145 .292 6 39 77
CF Willie McGee 125 501 76 168 .335 3 62 28
RF Milt Thompson 135 418 42 91 .218 6 30 25

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Other batters

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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 Pagnozzi 69 220 20 61 .277 2 23 1
Rex Hudler 89 217 30 61 .281 7 22 18
Tim Jones 67 128 9 28 .219 1 12 3
Denny Walling 78 127 7 28 .220 1 19 0
Ray Lankford 39 126 12 36 .286 3 12 8
Craig Wilson 55 121 13 30 .248 0 7 0
Félix José 25 85 12 23 .271 0 3 4
Bernard Gilkey 18 64 11 19 .297 1 3 6
Dave Collins 99 58 12 13 .224 0 3 7
Tom Brunansky 19 57 5 9 .158 1 2 0
Gerónimo Peña 18 45 5 11 .244 0 2 1
Rod Brewer 14 25 4 6 .240 0 2 0
John Morris 18 18 0 2 .111 0 0 0
Ray Stephens 5 15 2 2 .133 1 1 0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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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
Joe Magrane 31 203.1 10 17 3.59 59 100
José DeLeón 32 182.2 7 19 4.43 86 164
John Tudor 25 146.1 12 4 2.40 30 63
Bob Tewksbury 28 145.1 10 9 3.47 15 50
Bryn Smith 26 141.1 9 8 4.27 30 78
Ken Hill 17 78.2 5 6 5.49 33 58
Greg Mathews 11 50.2 0 5 5.33 30 18

Other pitchers

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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 Olivares 9 49.1 1 1 2.92 17 20

Relief pitchers

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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
Lee Smith 53 68.2 3 4 27 2.10 20 70
Frank DiPino 62 81.0 5 2 3 4.56 31 49
Ken Dayley 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
Cris Carpenter 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

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

All-Stars

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  • Ozzie Smith, starter, shortstop

Farm system

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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

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  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. ^ "1990 St. Louis Cardinals Roster by Baseball Almanac".
  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. ^ "1990 St. Louis Cardinals Statistics".
  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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