1989 St. Louis Cardinals season

1989 St. Louis Cardinals
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1892)
Eastern Division (since 1969)
Location
Busch Memorial Stadium (since 1966)
St. Louis, Missouri (since 1882)
Results
Record	86–76 (.531)
Divisional place	3rd
Other information
Owner(s)	August "Gussie" Busch Anheuser-Busch
General manager(s)	Dal Maxvill
Manager(s)	Whitey Herzog
Local television	KPLR-TV Cardinal Cable Network (Al Hrabosky, Ken Wilson)
Local radio	KMOX (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.

Opening Day starters

Season standings

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 Sources:
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	3–9–1
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	—	10–8–1	2–10	4–8	7–11
Pittsburgh	8–4	6–12	5–7	5–7	5–7	7–11	9–9	8–10–1	—	3–9	5–7	13–5–1
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	9–3–1	7–11	4–8	5–7	9–3	13–5	8–10	11–7	5–13–1	10–2	5–7	—

Notable transactions

April 24, 1989: Jeremy Hernandez was traded by the Cardinals to the San Diego Padres for Randy Byers.^[4]

Roster

1989 St. Louis Cardinals

Roster

Pitchers

44 Cris Carpenter

50 John Costello

46 Ken Dayley

48 José DeLeón

35 Frank DiPino

30 Don Heinkel

43 Ken Hill

49 Ricky Horton

59 Matt Kinzer

32 Joe Magrane

42 Ted Power

40 Dan Quisenberry

37 Scott Terry

39 Bob Tewksbury

38 Todd Worrell

Catchers

19 Tom Pagnozzi

26 Tony Peña

27 Todd Zeile

Infielders

10 Rod Booker

16 Leon Durham

28 Pedro Guerrero

22 Tim Jones

15 Jim Lindeman

11 Jose Oquendo

9 Terry Pendleton

1 Ozzie Smith

21 Denny Walling

12 Craig Wilson

Outfielders

23 Tom Brunansky

29 Vince Coleman

51 Willie McGee

33 John Morris

25 Milt Thompson

Manager

24 Whitey Herzog

Coaches

7 Rich Hacker (Third Base)

8 Johnny Lewis (Hitting)

3 Dave Ricketts (Bullpen)

5 Jim Riggleman (First Base)

4 Mike Roarke (Pitching)

2 Red Schoendienst (Bench)

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
Todd Zeile	28	82	21	.256	1	8
Denny Walling	69	79	24	.304	1	11
Jim Lindeman	73	45	5	.111	0	2
Craig Wilson	6	4	1	.250	0	1

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

Awards and honors

Vince Coleman, National League Stolen Base Leader, 65^[5]
Terry Pendleton, Third Base, National League Gold Glove
Ozzie Smith, Shortstop, National League Gold Glove

Farm system

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

References

↑ Lee Tunnell at Baseball-Reference
↑ Steve Lake page at Baseball Refefence
↑ 1989 St. Louis Cardinals Roster by Baseball Almanac
↑ Jeremy Hernandez page at Baseball Refefence
↑ http://www.baseball-almanac.com/hitting/hisb2nl.shtml
↑ 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

1989 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Cleveland Detroit Milwaukee New York Toronto

AL West	California Chicago Kansas City Minnesota Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Chicago Montréal New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Atlanta Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

1989 All-Star Game 1989 World Series

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General Manager: John Mozeliak
Manager: Mike Matheny

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