1996 St. Louis Cardinals season

1996 St. Louis Cardinals
NL Central Champions
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1892)
Central Division (since 1994)
Location
Busch Memorial Stadium (since 1966)
St. Louis, Missouri (since 1882)
Results
Record	88–74 (.543)
Divisional place	1st
Other information
Owner(s)	William DeWitt, Jr.
General manager(s)	Walt Jocketty
Manager(s)	Tony La Russa
Local television	KPLR Prime Sports Midwest (Al Hrabosky, Bob Carpenter, Joe Buck)
Local radio	KMOX (Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Joe Buck)
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The St. Louis Cardinals 1996 season was the team's 115th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 105th season in the National League. During the first year of the William DeWitt, Jr. era, the Cardinals went 88-74 during the season and won their first-ever National League Central division title by six games over the Houston Astros. They beat the San Diego Padres in the NLDS, but fell in 7 games to the Atlanta Braves in the NLCS. DeWitt, along with Drew Bauer and Fred Hanser had bought the Cardinals from Anheuser-Busch during the 1995-96 offseason.

Offseason

December 15, 1995: Willie McGee was signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.^[1]
January 9, 1996: Todd Stottlemyre was traded by the Oakland Athletics to the St. Louis Cardinals for Allen Battle, Carl Dale, Jay Witasick, and Bret Wagner (minors).
January 11, 1996: Mike Gallego signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.^[2]
February 13, 1996: Dennis Eckersley was traded by the Oakland Athletics to the St. Louis Cardinals for Steve Montgomery.

The Makings of a 1996 Club

Ozzie Smith's Last Season

Legendary veteran shortstop Ozzie Smith, announced during the season that it would be his last season in the Major Leagues, and veteran outfielder Willie McGee, brought back to the Cards as a free agent. Though the tension between Smith, and exciting youngster Royce Clayton, acquired in a trade, grew thick and troublesome at times as they shared time at shortstop, both players had good seasons. McGee came off the bench and started when needed.

Regular season

Season standings

NL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	88	74	0.543	—	48–33	40–41
Houston Astros	82	80	0.506	6	48–33	34–47
Cincinnati Reds	81	81	0.500	7	46–35	35–46
Chicago Cubs	76	86	0.469	12	43–38	33–48
Pittsburgh Pirates	73	89	0.451	15	36–44	37–45

Record vs. opponents

1996 National League Records Sources:
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LAD	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	7–5	7–5	5–7	6–7	6–6	5–7	10–3	7–6	9–4	9–3	9–4	7–5	9–4
Chicago	5–7	—	5–8	5–7	6–6	5–8	8–5	6–6	7–5	7–6	4–9	6–6	7–5	5–8
Cincinnati	5–7	8–5	—	7–6	3–9	7–6	4–8	3–9	6–6	10–2	5–8	9–3	9–4	5–8
Colorado	7–5	7–5	6–7	—	5–8	8–5	6–7	3–9	7–5	6–6	7–5	8–5	5–8	8–4
Florida	7–6	6–6	9–3	8–5	—	7–5	6–7	5–8	7–6	6–7	5–7	3–9	5–7	6–6
Houston	6–6	8–5	6–7	5–8	5–7	—	6–6	4–9	8–4	10–2	8–5	6–6	8–4	2–11
Los Angeles	7–5	5–8	8–4	7–6	7–6	6–6	—	9–3	8–4	7–6	6–6	5–8	7–6	8–4
Montreal	3–10	6–6	9–3	9–3	8–5	9–4	3–9	—	7–6	6–7	7–5	4–8	9–4	8–4
New York	6–7	5–7	6–6	5–7	6–7	4–8	4–8	6–7	—	7–6	8–5	3–10	6–6	5–7
Philadelphia	4-9	6–7	2–10	6–6	7–6	2–10	6–7	7–6	6–7	—	7–5	4–8	6–6	4–8
Pittsburgh	3–9	9–4	8–5	5–7	7–5	5–8	6–6	5–7	5–8	5–7	—	4–9	8–4	3–10
San Diego	4–9	6–6	3–9	5–8	9–3	6–6	8–5	8–4	10–3	8–4	9–4	—	11–2	4–8
San Francisco	5–7	5–7	4–9	8–5	7–5	4–8	6–7	4–9	6–6	6–6	4–8	2–11	—	7–6
St. Louis	4–9	8–5	8–5	4–8	6–6	11-2	4–8	4–8	7–5	8–4	10–3	8–4	6–7	—

Game log

1996 Game Log: 88–74 (Home: 48–33; Away: 40–41)

April: 12–15 (Home: 7–8; Away: 5–7)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
1	April 1	@ Mets	6–7	Dipoto	Fossas (0–1)	Franco	42,060	0–1
2	April 3	@ Mets	5–3	Stottlemyre (1–0)	Person	Eckersley (1)	13,323	1–1
3	April 4	@ Mets	9–10	Franco	Eckersley (0–1)	—	15,507	1–2
4	April 5	@ Braves	5–4 (14)	Bailey (1–0)	Bielecki	Eckersley (2)	31,071	2–2
5	April 6	@ Braves	3–2 (12)	Parrett (1–0)	Clontz	—	34,649	3–2
6	April 7	@ Braves	3–13	Schmidt	Busby (0–1)	—	28,498	3–3
7	April 8	Expos	3–4 (10)	Rojas	Parrett (1–1)	—	52,841	3–4
8	April 10	Expos	4–1	Benes (1–0)	Paniagua	—	27,734	4–4
9	April 11	Phillies	2–1	Benes (2–0)	Mulholland	Mathews (1)	23,412	5–4
10	April 12	Phillies	6–1	Urbani (1–0)	Williams	—	26,753	6–4
11	April 13	Phillies	2–4	Hunter	Fossas (0–2)	Bottalico	28,913	6–5
12	April 14	Phillies	6–5	Mathews (1–0)	Fernandez	Eckersley (3)	27,545	7–5
13	April 15	Pirates	6–4	Benes (3–0)	Ericks	Honeycutt (1)	18,731	8–5
14	April 16	Pirates	3–13	Smith	Benes (3–1)	Lieber	21,349	8–6
15	April 17	Pirates	6–1	Osborne (1–0)	Darwin	—	23,074	9–6
16	April 18	Pirates	2–6	Wagner	Stottlemyre (1–1)	—	25,700	9–7
17	April 19	@ Phillies	1–0	Bailey (2–0)	Springer	Eckersley (4)	25,614	10–7
18	April 20	@ Phillies	1–0	Benes (4–1)	Bottalico	Eckersley (5)	23,630	11–7
19	April 21	@ Phillies	2–4	Grace	Benes (4–2)	Bottalico	32,896	11–8
20	April 22	@ Expos	0–8	Cormier	Osborne (1–1)	—	9,778	11–9
21	April 23	@ Expos	11–12	Scott	Mathews (1–1)	—	8,352	11–10
22	April 24	Mets	9–4	Petkovsek (1–0)	Harnisch	—	23,189	12–10
23	April 25	Mets	3–9	Clark	Benes (4–3)	—	26,933	12–11
24	April 26	Braves	1–6	Avery	Benes (4–4)	—	34,598	12–12
25	April 27	Braves	2–7	Maddux	Osborne (1–2)	—	20,757	12–13
26	April 29	Braves	1–4	Glavine	Stottlemyre (1–2)	Wohlers	25,452	12–14
27	April 30	@ Cubs	6–7	Wendell	Eckersley (0–2)	—	20,771	12–15

May: 12–14 (Home: 4–6; Away: 8–8)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
28	May 1	@ Cubs	3–9	Trachsel	Benes (4–5)	—	25,668	12–16
29	May 3	@ Padres	3–1	Osborne (2–2)	Ashby	Eckersley (6)	21,335	13–16
30	May 4	@ Padres	4–3	Stottlemyre (2–2)	Bergman	Eckersley (7)	44,375	14–16
31	May 5	@ Padres	4–10	Hamilton	Benes (4–6)	—	27,435	14–17
32	May 7	Giants	2–4	Watson	Fossas (0–3)	Beck	23,492	14–18
33	May 8	Giants	7–10	Gardner	Benes (4–7)	Beck	22,517	14–19
34	May 9	Giants	16–8	Parrett (2–1)	Dewey	—	37,920	15–19
35	May 10	Dodgers	2–3 (12)	Worrell	Eckersley (0–3)	—	36,821	15–20
36	May 11	Dodgers	2–4	Valdez	Benes (4–8)	Worrell	38,008	15–21
37	May 12	Dodgers	6–5	Petkovsek (2–0)	Nomo	Eckersley (8)	38,549	16–21
38	May 13	@ Marlins	2–5	Burkett	Benes (4–9)	Powell	19,227	16–22
39	May 14	@ Marlins	5–11	Mathews	Parrett (2–2)	—	16,070	16–23
40	May 15	@ Marlins	6–0	Stottlemyre (3–2)	Rapp	—	18,066	17–23
41	May 17	@ Rockies	11–12	Leskanic	Bailey (2–1)	Ruffin	48,074	17–24
42	May 18	@ Rockies	8–9	Habyan	Eckersley (0–4)	—	48,103	17–25
43	May 19	@ Rockies	3–10	Thompson	Benes (4–10)	—	48,075	17–26
44	May 20	@ Astros	5–3	Osborne (3–2)	Drabek	—	14,547	18–26
45	May 21	@ Astros	8–2	Stottlemyre (4–2)	Reynolds	—	17,935	19–26
46	May 22	@ Astros	5–2	Benes (5–10)	Kile	Mathews (2)	15,353	20–26
47	May 24	@ Marlins	4–2	Morgan (1–0)	Burkett	Mathews (3)	19,583	21–26
48	May 25	@ Marlins	5–0	Benes (6–10)	Rapp	—	26,312	22–26
49	May 26	@ Marlins	2–8 (7)	Weathers	Osborne (3–3)	—	20,573	22–27
50	May 27	Rockies	2–5	Ritz	Stottlemyre (4–3)	Ruffin	38,804	22–28
51	May 28	Rockies	5–6	Painter	Mathews (1–2)	Holmes	26,913	22–29
52	May 29	Rockies	6–5	Petkovsek (3–0)	Leskanic	Benes (1)	27,856	23–29
53	May 31	Astros	6–4	Osborne (4–3)	Swindell	Fossas (1)	37,625	24–29

June: 17–10 (Home: 10–1; Away: 7–9)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
54	June 1	Astros	5–4 (10)	Bailey (3–1)	Hernandez	—	34,958	25–29
55	June 2	Astros	2–0	Stottlemyre (5–3)	Kile	—	32,703	26–29
56	June 3	@ Padres	3–0	Benes (7–10)	Tewksbury	—	13,625	27–29
57	June 4	@ Padres	11–5	Petkovsek (4–0)	Worrell	—	13,427	28–29
58	June 5	@ Padres	4–6	Hoffman	Fossas (0–4)	—	12,216	28–30
59	June 7	@ Giants	9–4	Benes (8–10)	Fernandez	—	13,009	29–30
60	June 8	@ Giants	1–4	DeLucia	Stottlemyre (5–4)	Beck	20,401	29–31
61	June 9	@ Giants	0–9	Watson	Benes (8–11)	—	24,176	29–32
62	June 10	@ Dodgers	1–2	Park	Morgan (1–1)	Osuna	54,043	29–33
63	June 11	@ Dodgers	6–3	Osborne (5–3)	Martinez	Honeycutt (2)	29,096	30–33
64	June 13	Mets	1–2	Person	Benes (8–12)	Henry	30,697	30–34
65	June 14	Mets	13–4	Stottlemyre (6–4)	Isringhausen	—	38,556	31–34
66	June 15	Mets	4–2	Benes (9–12)	Jones	Eckersley (9)	50,635	32–34
67	June 16	Mets	5–4	Petkovsek (5–0)	Henry	Eckersley (10)	31,375	33–34
68	June 18	Phillies	3–2	Osborne (6–3)	Fernandez	Eckersley (11)	31,311	34–34
69	June 19	Phillies	3–2	Benes (10–12)	Bottalico	—	34,612	35–34
70	June 20	@ Expos	3–8	Rueter	Stottlemyre (6–5)	—	15,095	35–35
71	June 21	@ Expos	3–4 (12)	Rojas	Eckersley (0–5)	—	16,136	35–36
72	June 22	@ Expos	9–4	Morgan (2–1)	Urbina	—	16,895	36–36
73	June 23	@ Expos	2–3	Fassero	Osborne (6–4)	Rojas	22,168	36–37
74	June 24	@ Braves	9–2	Benes (11–12)	Smoltz	—	31,971	37–37
75	June 25	@ Braves	3–4	Schmidt	Stottlemyre (6–6)	Wohlers	30,942	37–38
76	June 26	@ Braves	11–7	Benes (12–12)	Avery	—	31,191	38–38
77	June 27	@ Braves	0–3	Maddux	Morgan (2–2)	Wohlers	32,243	38–39
78	June 28	Pirates	6–1	Osborne (7–4)	Neagle	—	34,490	39–39
79	June 29	Pirates	6–5	Honeycutt (1–0)	Miceli	—	34,426	40–39
80	June 30	Pirates	10–3	Stottlemyre (7–6)	Smith	—	38,901	41–39

July: 15–11 (Home: 6–8; Away: 9–3)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
81	July 1	Reds	5–8	Carrasco	Benes (12–13)	Brantley	27,221	41–40
82	July 2	Reds	4–3	Honeycutt (2–0)	Smith	Eckersley (12)	29,074	42–40
83	July 3	Reds	4–0	Osborne (8–4)	Smiley	—	32,658	43–40
84	July 4	@ Pirates	7–1	Benes (13–13)	Dessens	—	23,321	44–40
85	July 5	@ Pirates	7–4	Stottlemyre (8–6)	Smith	Fossas (2)	18,759	45–40
86	July 6	@ Pirates	9–5	Benes (14–13)	Darwin	—	19,144	46–40
87	July 7	@ Pirates	2–8	Lieber	Morgan (2–3)	—	16,255	46–41
88	July 11	@ Cubs	0–6	Navarro	Osborne (8–5)	—	38,802	46–42
89	July 12	@ Cubs	13–3	Benes (15–13)	Trachsel	—	38,918	47–42
90	July 13	@ Cubs	10–5	Stottlemyre (9–6)	Bullinger	Eckersley (13)	39,254	48–42
91	July 14	@ Cubs	7–6	Benes (16–13)	Adams	Eckersley (14)	38,638	49–42
92	July 15	@ Reds	8–3	Morgan (3–3)	Salkeld	—	38,450	50–42
93	July 16	@ Reds	5–4	Osborne (9–5)	Shaw	Eckersley (15)	23,370	51–42
94	July 17	@ Reds	6–4	Benes (17–13)	Portugal	Eckersley (16)	28,879	52–42
95	July 18	Cubs	5–6	Bottenfield	Petkovsek (5–1)	Wendell	38,983	52–43
96	July 19	Cubs	9–1	Benes (18–13)	Castillo	—	45,336	53–43
97	July 20	Cubs	0–3	Trachsel	Morgan (3–4)	Wendell	50,418	53–44
98	July 21	Cubs	6–5 (10)	Petkovsek (6–1)	Wendell	—	42,257	54–44
99	July 22	Braves	6–8	McMichael	Mathews (1–3)	Wohlers	36,215	54–45
100	July 23	Braves	2–3	Smoltz	Stottlemyre (9–7)	Wohlers	35,520	54–46
101	July 24	Braves	1–4	Wade	Benes (18–14)	McMichael	35,411	54–47
102	July 25	Expos	2–4	Urbina	Petkovsek (6–2)	Rojas	34,271	54–48
103	July 26	Expos	1–5	Fassero	Osborne (9–6)	—	30,048	54–49
104	July 27	Expos	6–3	Benes (19–14)	Dyer	Eckersley (17)	44,269	55–49
105	July 28	Expos	6–4	Petkovsek (7–2)	Martinez	Mathews (4)	31,226	56–49
106	July 30	@ Phillies	7–8	Ryan	Mathews (1–4)	—	20,166	56–50

August: 15–15 (Home: 10–8; Away: 5–7)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
107	August 1	@ Phillies	1–2	Springer	Osborne (9–7)	Ryan	—	56–51
108	August 1	@ Phillies	7–1	Benes (20–14)	Mimbs	—	22,934	57–51
109	August 2	@ Mets	4–3	Stottlemyre (10–7)	Jones	Honeycutt (3)	34,091	58–51
110	August 3	@ Mets	4–5	Harnisch	Benes (20–15)	Franco	28,594	58–52
111	August 4	@ Mets	4–2	Morgan (4–4)	Isringhausen	Eckersley (18)	24,595	59–52
112	August 5	Padres	8–2	Benes (21–15)	Tewksbury	—	28,653	60–52
113	August 6	Padres	0–1	Worrell	Osborne (9–8)	Hoffman	25,782	60–53
114	August 7	Padres	1–0	Petkovsek (8–2)	Bochtler	—	24,823	61–53
115	August 8	Giants	3–5 (10)	Poole	Honeycutt (2–1)	Beck	34,844	61–54
116	August 9	Giants	6–8	Fernandez	Morgan (4–5)	Beck	30,118	61–55
117	August 10	Giants	7–1	Benes (22–15)	VanLandingham	—	49,344	62–55
118	August 11	Giants	5–3	Osborne (10–8)	Watson	Eckersley (19)	30,139	63–55
119	August 13	Dodgers	4–8	Candiotti	Stottlemyre (10–8)	—	30,761	63–56
120	August 14	Dodgers	6–1	Benes (23–15)	Valdez	—	26,945	64–56
121	August 15	Dodgers	2–5	Nomo	Morgan (4–6)	Worrell	32,930	64–57
122	August 16	Marlins	6–2	Benes (24–15)	Rapp	—	30,507	65–57
123	August 17	Marlins	4–3	Mathews (2–4)	Powell	Eckersley (20)	30,792	66–57
124	August 18	Marlins	5–3	Stottlemyre (11–8)	Leiter	Eckersley (21)	34,564	67–57
125	August 20	@ Rockies	4–5 (13)	Munoz	Mathews (2–5)	—	48,126	67–58
126	August 21	@ Rockies	2–10	Reynoso	Benes (24–16)	—	48,045	67–59
127	August 22	@ Rockies	5–10	Bailey	Morgan (4–7)	—	48,086	67–60
128	August 23	@ Astros	1–0	Osborne (11–8)	Kile	Eckersley (22)	35,554	68–60
129	August 24	@ Astros	1–3	Reynolds	Stottlemyre (11–9)	—	43,258	68–61
130	August 25	@ Astros	1–4	Wall	Benes (24–17)	Hernandez	31,609	68–62
131	August 26	@ Astros	3–2	Benes (25–17)	Hampton	Eckersley (23)	21,624	69–62
132	August 27	Marlins	3–6	Hutton	Morgan (4–8)	Nen	24,784	69–63
133	August 28	Marlins	2–3 (10)	Hammond	Bailey (3–2)	Nen	21,767	69–64
134	August 29	Marlins	9–10	Leiter	Stottlemyre (11–10)	Nen	23,105	69–65
135	August 30	Rockies	7–4	Benes (26–17)	Wright	Eckersley (24)	25,530	70–65
136	August 31	Rockies	2–1	Benes (27–17)	Bailey	Eckersley (25)	35,804	71–65

September: 17–9 (Home: 11–2; Away: 6–7)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
137	September 1	Rockies	15–6	Petkovsek (9–2)	Rekar	—	28,552	72–65
138	September 2	Astros	8–7 (10)	Benes (28–17)	Brocail	—	32,955	73–65
139	September 3	Astros	12–3	Stottlemyre (12–10)	Reynolds	—	23,955	74–65
140	September 4	Astros	6–4	Benes (29–17)	Wall	Eckersley (26)	34,891	75–65
141	September 6	Padres	8–3	Petkovsek (10–2)	Tewksbury	—	28,116	76–65
142	September 7	Padres	8–3	Osborne (12–8)	Ashby	—	42,846	77–65
143	September 8	Padres	4–5	Valenzuela	Stottlemyre (12–11)	Hoffman	30,897	77–66
144	September 9	@ Giants	6–2	Benes (30–17)	Gardner	—	10,307	78–66
145	September 10	@ Giants	1–0	Petkovsek (11–2)	Rueter	Eckersley (27)	8,770	79–66
146	September 11	@ Giants	2–4	Scott	Benes (30–18)	Beck	9,673	79–67
147	September 12	@ Dodgers	1–4	Nomo	Osborne (12–9)	Osuna	34,191	79–68
148	September 13	@ Dodgers	2–0	Batchelor (1–0)	Guthrie	Eckersley (28)	36,657	80–68
149	September 14	@ Dodgers	5–9	Martinez	Benes (30–19)	—	44,548	80–69
150	September 15	@ Dodgers	5–6	Radinsky	Eckersley (0–6)	Worrell	35,803	80–70
151	September 17	Cubs	5–3	Osborne (13–9)	Patterson	Mathews (5)	29,612	81–70
152	September 18	Cubs	5–3	Stottlemyre (13–11)	Trachsel	Eckersley (29)	32,843	82–70
153	September 19	Cubs	5–4 (13)	Bailey (4–2)	Campbell	—	34,923	83–70
154	September 20	@ Reds	2–4	Burba	Benes (30–20)	Brantley	23,496	83–71
155	September 22	@ Reds	3–6	Shaw	Mathews (2–6)	Brantley	—	83–72
156	September 22	@ Reds	0–6	Smiley	Jackson (0–1)	—	38,225	83–73
157	September 23	@ Reds	3–2	Stottlemyre (14–11)	Morgan	Eckersley (30)	17,313	84–73
158	September 24	@ Pirates	7–1	Benes (31–20)	Loaiza	—	8,611	85–73
159	September 25	@ Pirates	8–7 (11)	Bailey (5–2)	Miceli	Mathews (6)	20,022	86–73
160	September 27	Reds	2–1 (11)	Batchelor (2–0)	Shaw	—	39,730	87–73
161	September 28	Reds	5–2	Jackson (1–1)	Morgan	Honeycutt (4)	52,876	88–73
162	September 29	Reds	3–6	Lyons	Ludwick (0–1)	Brantley	51,379	88–74

Legend: = Win = Loss
Bold = Cardinals team member

Detailed records

National League
Opponent	W	L	WP	RS	RA
NL East
Atlanta Braves	4	9	0.308	47	67
Florida Marlins	6	6	0.500	53	53
Montreal Expos	4	8	0.333	50	60
New York Mets	7	5	0.583	67	55
Philadelphia Phillies	8	4	0.667	41	30
Total	29	32	0.475	258	265
NL Central
Chicago Cubs	8	5	0.615	74	61
Cincinnati Reds	8	5	0.615	50	49
Houston Astros	11	2	0.846	63	38
Pittsburgh Pirates	10	3	0.769	79	59
St. Louis Cardinals
Total	37	15	0.712	266	207
NL West
Colorado Rockies	4	8	0.333	70	83
Los Angeles Dodgers	4	8	0.333	42	50
San Diego Padres	8	4	0.667	58	39
San Francisco Giants	6	7	0.462	65	62
Total	22	27	0.449	235	234
Season Total	88	74	0.543	759	706

Month	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
April	27	12	15	0.444	108	140
May	26	12	14	0.462	132	141
June	27	17	10	0.630	133	97
July	26	15	11	0.577	138	114
August	30	15	15	0.500	117	113
September	26	17	9	0.654	131	101
Total	162	88	74	0.543	759	706

Total	162	88	74	0.543	759	706
	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
Home	81	48	33	0.593	391	326
Away	81	40	41	0.494	368	380

Opening Day starters

Roster

1996 St. Louis Cardinals

Roster

Pitchers

39 Cory Bailey

52 Brian Barber

44 Rich Batchelor

41 Alan Benes

40 Andy Benes

57 Mike Busby

43 Dennis Eckersley

48 Tony Fossas

32 Rick Honeycutt

29 Danny Jackson

54 Eric Ludwick

33 T. J. Mathews

36 Mike Morgan

31 Donovan Osborne

49 Jeff Parrett

46 Mark Petkovsek

30 Todd Stottlemyre

34 Tom Urbani

Catchers

38 Pat Borders

49 Mike DiFelice

19 Tom Pagnozzi

Infielders

18 Luis Alicea

27 David Bell

11 Royce Clayton

8 Gary Gaetti

22 Mike Gallego

68 Aaron Holbert

47 John Mabry

12 Danny Sheaffer

1 Ozzie Smith

24 Dmitri Young

Outfielders

55 Terry Bradshaw

5 Ron Gant

3 Brian Jordan

16 Ray Lankford

51 Willie McGee

35 Miguel Mejia

23 Mark Sweeney

Manager

10 Tony La Russa

Coaches

18 Dave Duncan (Pitching)

9 Mark DeJohn (Bullpen)

28 Ron Hassey (Bench)

25 George Hendrick (Hitting)

39 Dave McKay (First Base)

15 Tommie Reynolds (Third Base)

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

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

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

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

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

NLDS

Main article: 1996 National League Division Series

St. Louis wins the series, 3-0

Game	Home	Score	Visitor	Score	Date	Series
1	St. Louis	3	San Diego	1	October 1	1-0 (STL)
2	St. Louis	5	San Diego	4	October 3	2-0 (STL)
3	San Diego	5	St. Louis	7	October 5	3-0 (STL)

NLCS

Main article: 1996 National League Championship Series

Game 1

October 9: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
St. Louis	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	5	1
Atlanta	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	X	4	9	0
WP: John Smoltz (1-0) LP: Mark Petkovsek (0-1) Sv: Mark Wohlers (1) Home runs: STL: None ATL: None

Game 2

October 10: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
St. Louis	1	0	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	8	11	2
Atlanta	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	5	2
WP: Todd Stottlemyre (1-0) LP: Greg Maddux (0-1) Home runs: STL: Gary Gaetti (1) ATL: Marquis Grissom (1)

Game 3

October 12: Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Atlanta	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	8	1
St. Louis	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	3	7	0
WP: Donovan Osborne (1-0) LP: Tom Glavine (0-1) Sv: Dennis Eckersley (1) Home runs: ATL: None STL: Ron Gant 2 (2)

Game 4

October 13: Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Atlanta	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	9	1
St. Louis	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	X	4	5	0
WP: Dennis Eckersley (1-0) LP: Greg McMichael (0-1) Home runs: ATL: Mark Lemke (1), Ryan Klesko (1) STL: Brian Jordan (1)

Game 5

October 14: Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Atlanta	5	2	0	3	1	0	0	1	2	14	22	0
St. Louis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
WP: John Smoltz (2-0) LP: Todd Stottlemyre (1-1) Home runs: ATL: Fred McGriff (1), Javy López (1), STL: None

Game 6

October 16: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
St. Louis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	6	1
Atlanta	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	X	3	7	0
WP: Greg Maddux (1-1) LP: Alan Benes (0-1) Sv: Mark Wohlers (2) Home runs: STL: None ATL: None

Game 7

October 17: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
St. Louis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2
Atlanta	6	0	0	4	0	3	2	0	X	15	17	0
WP: Tom Glavine (1-1) LP: Donovan Osborne (1-1) Home runs: STL: None ATL: Javy López (2), Andruw Jones (1), Fred McGriff (2)

Awards and honors

Tony La Russa, Associated Press Manager of the Year
Ozzie Smith, All Star Game

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Louisville Redbirds	American Association	Joe Pettini
AA	Arkansas Travelers	Texas League	Rick Mahler
A	St. Petersburg Cardinals	Florida State League	Chris Maloney
A	Peoria Chiefs	Midwest League	Roy Silver
A-Short Season	New Jersey Cardinals	New York–Penn League	Scott Melvin
Rookie	Johnson City Cardinals	Appalachian League	Steve Turco

References

↑ Willie McGee Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
↑ Mike Gallego Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
↑ 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

National League Central champions

1996 MLB season by team

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AL Central	Chicago Cleveland Kansas City Milwaukee Minnesota

AL West	California Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Atlanta Florida Montréal New York Philadelphia

NL Central	Chicago Cincinnati Houston Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Colorado Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

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Owner: Bill DeWitt, Jr.
General Manager: John Mozeliak
Manager: Mike Matheny

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