1989 St. Louis Cardinals season

1989 St. Louis Cardinals
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Division	Eastern Division
Ballpark	Busch Memorial Stadium
City	St. Louis, Missouri
Record	86–76 (.531)
Owners	August "Gussie" Busch Anheuser-Busch
Managers	Whitey Herzog
Television	KPLR-TV Cardinal Cable Network (Al Hrabosky, Ken Wilson)
Radio	KMOX (Jack Buck, Mike Shannon)
Seasons

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.
• December 16, 1988: Steve Lake and Curt Ford were traded by the Cardinals to the Philadelphia Phillies for Milt Thompson.

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

• Tom Brunansky
• Vince Coleman
• Pedro Guerrero
• Tim Jones
• Joe Magrane
• José Oquendo
• Tony Peña
• Terry Pendleton
• Milt Thompson

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

Notable transactions

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

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  8 Johnny Lewis  3 Dave Ricketts 16 Jim Riggleman  4 Mike Roarke  2 Red Schoendienst

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
• 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
Short-Season A	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

External links

• 1989 St. Louis Cardinals
• 1989 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com