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1998 St. Louis Cardinals | Baseball Statistics

Major League Baseball (MLB)

Record: 83-79 .51.... 3rd in NL Central Division
Manager(s): Tony LaRussa
Stadium: Busch Stadium
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 3,195,691
Payroll: $52,572,500 Top Draft Pick: J.D. Drew (#5)

Major League Debuts:

Batters: J.D. Drew (Sep 8) Mark Little (Sep 12) Joe McEwing (Sep 2) Placido Polanco (Jul 3)
Pitchers: Rich Croushore (May 18) Jose Jimenez (Sep 9) Braden Looper (Mar 31) Cliff Politte (Apr 2)

Batting Statistics

Pos	Player Name	Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
C	Eli Marrero	24	83	254	28	62	18	1	4	20	6	2	28	42	0	5	1	1	5	.244	.318	.370	688	40%
1B	Mark McGwire	34	155	509	130	152	21	0	70	147	1	0	162	155	6	28	0	4	8	.299	.470	.752	1222	37%
2B	Delino DeShields	29	117	420	74	122	21	8	7	44	26	10	56	61	0	2	4	4	6	.290	.371	.429	800	54%
3B	Gary Gaetti	39	91	306	39	81	23	1	11	43	1	1	31	39	5	1	0	3	10	.265	.339	.454	793	45%
3B	Fernando Tatis	23	55	202	28	58	16	2	8	26	7	3	24	57	2	1	0	1	6	.287	.367	.505	872	39%
SS	Royce Clayton	28	90	355	59	83	19	1	4	29	19	6	40	51	2	1	3	2	10	.234	.313	.327	640	49%
OF	Ray Lankford	31	154	533	94	156	37	1	31	105	26	5	86	151	3	5	0	4	4	.293	.391	.540	931	41%
OF	Brian Jordan	31	150	564	100	178	34	7	25	91	17	5	40	66	9	1	0	4	18	.316	.368	.534	902	42%
OF	Ron Gant	33	121	383	60	92	17	1	26	67	8	0	51	92	2	2	0	2	6	.240	.331	.493	824	42%
DH	Willie McGee	39	120	269	27	68	10	1	3	34	7	2	14	49	0	5	0	3	6	.253	.287	.331	618	63%

LF-3B	John Mabry	27	142	377	41	94	22	0	9	46	0	2	30	76	1	6	3	2	6	.249	.305	.379	684	50%
C	Tom Lampkin	34	93	216	25	50	12	1	6	28	3	2	24	32	7	5	1	0	5	.231	.328	.380	708	48%
C	Tom Pagnozzi	35	51	160	7	35	9	0	1	10	0	0	14	37	0	0	3	1	4	.219	.280	.294	574	50%
2B	Pat Kelly	30	53	153	18	33	5	0	4	14	5	1	13	48	2	0	1	1	3	.216	.284	.327	611	48%
SS	Luis Ordaz	22	57	153	9	31	5	0	0	8	2	0	12	18	0	1	4	0	3	.203	.261	.235	496	57%
SS-2B	Placido Polanco	22	45	114	10	29	3	2	1	11	2	0	5	9	1	0	2	0	1	.254	.292	.342	634	46%
LF-RF	Brian Hunter	30	62	112	11	23	9	1	4	13	1	1	7	23	1	0	3	0	4	.205	.258	.411	669	43%
2B-SS	David Howard	31	46	102	15	25	1	1	2	12	0	0	12	22	0	2	2	1	2	.245	.322	.333	655	42%
P	Kent Mercker	30	32	54	3	8	0	1	1	6	0	0	2	25	0	0	5	0	1	.148	.179	.241	420	49%
P	Todd Stottlemyre	33	23	53	3	12	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	24	0	0	5	0	1	.226	.281	.226	507	61%
LF-RF	J.D. Drew	22	14	36	9	15	3	1	5	13	0	0	4	10	0	0	0	1	4	.417	.463	.972	1435	36%
P	Kent Bottenfield	29	42	34	3	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	9	0	0	5	0	0	.088	.088	.088	176	47%
P	Matt Morris	23	17	29	1	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	5	16	0	0	7	0	0	.069	.206	.103	309	58%
P	Manny Aybar	28	18	27	4	6	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	9	0	0	1	0	0	.222	.222	.333	555	53%
P	Donovan Osborne	29	14	25	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	0	0	4	0	1	.040	.143	.040	183	31%
P	Darren Oliver	27	11	23	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	12	0	0	0	0	0	.087	.125	.130	255	29%
P	Mark Petkovsek	32	46	22	5	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	.318	.348	.364	712	64%
2B	Joe McEwing	25	10	20	5	4	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	3	1	0	1	0	0	.200	.273	.250	523	33%
P	Juan Acevedo	28	48	17	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	2	0	0	.176	.222	.235	457	43%
P	Cliff Politte	24	8	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	0	0	1	0	1	.071	.133	.071	204	64%
RF-LF	Mark Little	25	7	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	5	0	0	1	0	0	.083	.214	.083	297	29%
P	Bobby Witt	34	16	10	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	0	0	1	0	0	.200	.273	.300	573	86%
3B-2B	David Bell	25	4	9	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.222	.333	555	22%
P	John Frascatore	28	65	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	334	100%
P	Jose Jimenez	24	4	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	0%
P	Curtis King	27	32	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	000	100%
P	Mike Busby	25	26	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.250	.000	250	100%
2B	Shawn Gilbert	33	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1000	0%
P	Sean Lowe	27	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	0%
P	Lance Painter	30	62	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2000	--
P	Brady Raggio	25	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
P	Jeff Brantley	34	46	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	---	---	---	---	100%
P	Rich Croushore	27	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	---	---	---	---	100%

Pitching Statistics

	Player Name		Age	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
ST	Kent Mercker	log	30	11	11	5.07	30	29	0	0	1	0	161.2	199	99	91	11	53	72	6	4	11.08	0.61	2.95	4.01	1.56	41%
ST	Todd Stottlemyre	log	33	9	9	3.51	23	23	3	0	0	0	161.1	146	74	63	20	51	147	4	2	8.14	1.12	2.85	8.20	1.22	50%
ST	Matt Morris	log	23	7	5	2.53	17	17	2	1	0	0	113.2	101	37	32	8	42	79	3	0	8.00	0.63	3.33	6.26	1.26	53%
ST	Kent Bottenfield	log	29	4	6	4.44	44	17	0	0	11	4	133.2	128	72	66	13	57	98	3	2	8.62	0.88	3.84	6.60	1.38	41%
ST	Donovan Osborne	log	29	5	4	4.09	14	14	1	1	0	0	83.2	84	42	38	11	22	60	1	0	9.04	1.18	2.37	6.45	1.27	41%
ST	Manny Aybar	log	28	6	6	5.98	20	14	0	0	1	0	81.1	90	58	54	6	42	57	2	0	9.96	0.66	4.65	6.31	1.62	32%

CL	Juan Acevedo	log	28	8	3	2.56	50	9	0	0	29	15	98.1	83	30	28	7	29	56	3	0	7.60	0.64	2.65	5.13	1.14	48%
CL	Jeff Brantley	log	34	0	5	4.44	48	0	0	0	33	14	50.2	40	26	25	12	18	48	1	0	7.11	2.13	3.20	8.53	1.14	50%
RP	John Frascatore	log	28	3	4	4.14	69	0	0	0	15	0	95.2	95	48	44	11	36	49	2	0	8.94	1.03	3.39	4.61	1.37	45%
RP	Lance Painter	log	30	4	0	3.99	65	0	0	0	9	1	47.1	42	24	21	5	28	39	2	0	7.99	0.95	5.32	7.42	1.48	40%
RP	Mark Petkovsek	log	32	7	4	4.77	48	10	0	0	7	0	105.2	131	63	56	9	36	55	1	1	11.16	0.77	3.07	4.68	1.58	59%
RP	Rich Croushore	log	27	0	3	4.97	41	0	0	0	15	8	54.1	44	31	30	6	29	47	6	0	7.29	0.99	4.80	7.79	1.34	40%
RP	Curtis King	log	27	2	0	3.53	36	0	0	0	11	2	51.0	50	20	20	5	20	28	0	0	8.82	0.88	3.53	4.94	1.37	54%

	Mike Busby	log	25	5	2	4.50	26	2	0	0	7	0	46.0	45	23	23	3	15	33	3	0	8.80	0.59	2.93	6.46	1.30	37%
	Bobby Witt	log	34	2	5	4.94	17	5	0	0	8	0	47.1	55	32	26	7	20	28	1	1	10.46	1.33	3.80	5.32	1.58	55%
	Darren Oliver	log	27	4	4	4.26	10	10	0	0	0	0	57.0	64	31	27	7	23	29	1	3	10.11	1.11	3.63	4.58	1.53	63%
	Cliff Politte	log	24	2	3	6.32	8	8	0	0	0	0	37.0	45	32	26	6	18	22	2	1	10.95	1.46	4.38	5.35	1.70	43%
	Bryan Eversgerd	log	29	0	0	9.00	8	0	0	0	2	0	6.0	9	7	6	1	2	4	0	0	13.50	1.50	3.00	6.00	1.83	64%
	Brady Raggio	log	25	1	1	15.43	4	1	0	0	2	0	7.0	22	12	12	1	3	3	0	0	28.29	1.29	3.86	3.86	3.57	47%
	Sean Lowe	log	27	0	3	15.19	4	1	0	0	2	0	5.1	11	9	9	1	5	2	0	0	18.56	1.69	8.44	3.38	3.00	81%
	Braden Looper	log	23	0	1	5.40	4	0	0	0	3	0	3.1	5	4	2	1	1	4	1	0	13.50	2.70	2.70	10.80	1.80	60%
	Jose Jimenez	log	24	3	0	2.95	4	3	0	0	0	0	21.1	22	8	7	0	8	12	0	0	9.28	0.00	3.38	5.06	1.41	62%
	Gary Gaetti	log	39	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	2.00	--

Fielding Statistics

Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
John Frascatore	28	P	69		95.2	11	11	2	24	1	-	-	-	.917	2.07
Lance Painter	30	P	65		47.1	6	12	0	18	1	-	-	-	1.000	3.42
Juan Acevedo	28	P	50		98.1	6	18	1	25	0	-	-	-	.960	2.20
Mark Petkovsek	32	P	48		105.2	8	11	1	20	1	-	-	-	.950	1.62
Jeff Brantley	34	P	48		50.2	4	0	0	4	0	-	-	-	1.000	.71
Kent Bottenfield	29	P	44		133.2	3	27	0	30	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.02
Rich Croushore	27	P	41		54.1	2	13	0	15	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.48
Curtis King	27	P	36		51	10	9	0	19	1	-	-	-	1.000	3.35
Kent Mercker	30	P	30		161.2	3	26	2	31	0	-	-	-	.935	1.61
Mike Busby	25	P	26		46	3	4	0	7	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.37
Todd Stottlemyre	33	P	23		161.1	18	22	1	41	2	-	-	-	.976	2.23
Manny Aybar	28	P	20		81.1	8	8	0	16	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.77
Matt Morris	23	P	17		113.2	4	17	1	22	5	-	-	-	.955	1.66
Bobby Witt	34	P	17		47.1	3	9	0	12	2	-	-	-	1.000	2.28
Donovan Osborne	29	P	14		83.2	5	8	3	16	2	-	-	-	.813	1.40
Darren Oliver	27	P	10		57	0	12	0	12	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.89
Bryan Eversgerd	29	P	8		6	2	1	0	3	0	-	-	-	1.000	4.50
Cliff Politte	24	P	8		37	3	4	1	8	0	-	-	-	.875	1.70
Sean Lowe	27	P	4		5.1	1	1	0	2	0	-	-	-	1.000	3.38
Brady Raggio	25	P	4		7	1	1	0	2	1	-	-	-	1.000	2.57
Jose Jimenez	24	P	4		21.1	0	5	0	5	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.11
Braden Looper	23	P	4		3.1	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	.00
Gary Gaetti	39	P	1		1	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	.00

Eli Marrero	24	C	73			426	30	4	460	3	1			.991	--
Tom Lampkin	34	C	62			331	19	5	355	5	4			.986	--
Tom Pagnozzi	35	C	44			259	17	5	281	5	1			.982	--

Mark McGwire	34	1B	151			1326	97	12	1435	128	-	-	-	.992	--
John Mabry	27	1B	16			93	11	0	104	8	-	-	-	1.000	--
Brian Hunter	30	1B	10			23	1	0	24	2	-	-	-	1.000	--
Gary Gaetti	39	1B	3			15	0	0	15	2	-	-	-	1.000	--
Eli Marrero	24	1B	2			1	1	0	2	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
Tom Lampkin	34	1B	2			5	0	0	5	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
Willie McGee	39	1B	1			2	2	0	4	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
Delino DeShields	29	1B	1			0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	--

Delino DeShields	29	2B	111			247	273	9	529	66	-	-	-	.983	--
Pat Kelly	30	2B	41			79	108	7	194	18	-	-	-	.964	--
David Howard	31	2B	19			37	49	0	86	5	-	-	-	1.000	--
Placido Polanco	22	2B	14			34	21	1	56	10	-	-	-	.982	--
Joe McEwing	25	2B	6			9	10	0	19	3	-	-	-	1.000	--
Shawn Gilbert	33	2B	2			1	0	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
David Bell	25	2B	1			0	2	0	2	1	-	-	-	1.000	--
Luis Ordaz	22	2B	1			2	3	0	5	1	-	-	-	1.000	--
Gary Gaetti	39	2B	1			0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	--

Gary Gaetti	39	3B	83			47	153	3	203	15	-	-	-	.985	--
Fernando Tatis	23	3B	55			35	120	12	167	7	-	-	-	.928	--
John Mabry	27	3B	38			18	46	6	70	1	-	-	-	.914	--
David Howard	31	3B	14			3	3	0	6	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
David Bell	25	3B	4			1	2	0	3	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
Luis Ordaz	22	3B	2			0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	--
Brian Jordan	31	3B	1			0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

Royce Clayton	28	SS	89			140	286	13	439	53	-	-	-	.970	--
Luis Ordaz	22	SS	54			68	154	13	235	34	-	-	-	.945	--
Placido Polanco	22	SS	28			38	81	6	125	18	-	-	-	.952	--
David Howard	31	SS	16			12	29	2	43	4	-	-	-	.953	--
Fernando Tatis	23	SS	3			1	3	0	4	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
Pat Kelly	30	SS	2			0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

Ron Gant	33	LF	104			162	4	5	171	0	-	-	-	.971	--
Willie McGee	39	LF	56			43	3	3	49	0	-	-	-	.939	--
John Mabry	27	LF	46			42	6	0	48	2	-	-	-	1.000	--
Brian Hunter	30	LF	16			23	2	2	27	1	-	-	-	.926	--
J.D. Drew	22	LF	6			11	1	0	12	1	-	-	-	1.000	--
Tom Lampkin	34	LF	4			1	0	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
Mark Little	25	LF	3			2	0	0	2	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
Pat Kelly