1991 St. Louis Cardinals season explained

St. Louis Cardinals
Season:	1991
League:	National League
Record:	84–78 (.519)
Divisional Place:	2nd
Owners:	Anheuser-Busch
General Managers:	Dal Maxvill
Television:	KPLR-TV (Al Hrabosky, George Grande)
Radio:	KMOX (Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Joe Buck)

The St. Louis Cardinals 1991 season was the team's 110th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 100th season in the National League. The Cardinals rebounded from a rare last-place finish a year earlier to register a record of 84–78 during the season and finished second to the Pittsburgh Pirates in the National League East by fourteen games.

Ozzie Smith set the National League record for fewest errors in a season by a shortstop with 8 errors. Gold Gloves were awarded to catcher Tom Pagnozzi and shortstop Ozzie Smith this year.

Offseason

• October 11, 1990: Ernie Camacho was released by the St. Louis Cardinals.^[1]

Regular season

Opening Day starters

• Bernard Gilkey
• Pedro Guerrero
• Felix Jose
• Ray Lankford
• José Oquendo
• Tom Pagnozzi
• Ozzie Smith
• Bob Tewksbury
• Todd Zeile^[2]

Transactions

June 3, 1991: John Mabry was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 6th round of the 1991 amateur draft. Player signed June 11, 1991.^[3]

Roster

1991 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches (Pitching) (First Base) (Third Base) (Hitting) (Bullpen) (Bench)

Player stats

Batting

Note: 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		140	459	121	.264	2	57
1B		115	427	116	.272	8	70
2B		127	366	88	.240	1	26
3B		155	565	158	.280	11	81
SS		150	550	157	.285	3	50
LF		81	268	58	.216	5	20
CF		151	566	142	.251	9	69
RF		154	568	173	.305	8	77

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
	115	326	100	.307	6	34
	109	242	58	.240	6	36
	101	207	47	.227	1	15
	104	185	45	.243	5	17
	46	94	10	.106	3	8
	60	82	14	.171	0	13
	56	68	13	.191	0	0
	16	24	4	.167	0	2
	9	21	6	.286	0	1
	19	13	1	.077	0	1
	6	7	2	.286	0	0

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
	31	198.2	12	9	3.85	94
	30	191.0	11	12	3.25	75
	30	181.1	11	10	3.57	121
	28	167.1	11	7	3.71	91
	28	162.2	5	9	2.71	118
	11	67.2	4	5	4.12	38
	8	31.1	0	5	5.74	20

Other pitchers

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

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
	67	6	3	47	2.34	67
	72	5	3	2	4.81	34
	65	4	4	1	2.80	52
	59	10	4	0	4.23	47
	35	3	3	0	4.93	25
	32	1	1	0	3.13	15
	14	0	2	0	5.82	7
	10	0	0	0	8.16	4
	3	0	0	0	0.00	0
	1	0	0	0	27.00	1

Awards and honors

• Tom Pagnozzi, catcher, National League Gold Glove
• Ozzie Smith, shortstop, National League Gold Glove

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

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References

1. Web site: Ernie Camacho Stats.
2. Web site: 1991 St. Louis Cardinals Roster by Baseball Almanac.
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mabryjo01.shtml John Mabry Statistics
4. 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

• 1991 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Reference
• 1991 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com