1999 St. Louis Cardinals
LeagueNational League
DivisionCentral
BallparkBusch Memorial Stadium
CitySt. Louis, Missouri
Record75–86 (.466)
Divisional place4th
OwnersWilliam DeWitt, Jr.
General managersWalt Jocketty
ManagersTony La Russa
TelevisionFox Sports Midwest
KPLR
(Al Hrabosky, Bob Carpenter, Ozzie Smith, Joe Buck)
RadioKMOX
(Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Joe Buck)
Seasons

The St. Louis Cardinals 1999 season was the team's 118th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 108th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 75–86 during the season and finished fourth in the National League Central division, 21½ games behind the Houston Astros.

Offseason

  • November 19, 1998: Eric Davis was signed as a free agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.[1]
  • November 19, 1998: Ricky Bottalico was traded by the Philadelphia Phillies with Garrett Stephenson to the St. Louis Cardinals for Jeff Brantley, Ron Gant, and Cliff Politte.[2]
  • December 7, 1998: Willie McGee was signed as a free agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.[3]
  • December 14, 1998: Édgar Rentería was traded by the Florida Marlins to the St. Louis Cardinals for Armando Almanza, Braden Looper, and Pablo Ozuna.[4]
  • January 15, 1999: Mike Mohler was signed as a free agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.[5]

Regular season

  • On April 23, 1999, Fernando Tatís hit two grand slams in the third inning, both off Chan Ho Park.[6]
  • In 1999, Mark McGwire drove in a league-leading 147 runs while only having 145 hits, the highest RBI-per-hit tally in baseball history.[7]

Season standings

NL Central W L Pct. GB Home Road
Houston Astros 9765 0.599 — 50–32 47–33
Cincinnati Reds 9667 0.589 1½ 45–37 51–30
Pittsburgh Pirates 7883 0.484 18½ 45–36 33–47
St. Louis Cardinals 7586 0.466 21½ 38–42 37–44
Milwaukee Brewers 7487 0.460 22½ 32–48 42–39
Chicago Cubs 6795 0.414 30 34–47 33–48

Record vs. opponents

1999 National League record

Source: NL Standings Head-to-Head
Team ARI ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MIL MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL AL
Arizona —4–57–21–86–78–15–47–65–46–37–28–15–211–29–34–47–8
Atlanta 5–4—2–58–15–49–46–15–45–29–49–38–56–35–44–58–19–9
Chicago 2–75–2—5–84–56–33–92–76–62–53–62–77–66–31–77–56–9
Cincinnati 8–11–88–5—7–26–19–44–36–64–35–56–37–66–34–58–47-8
Colorado 7–64–55–42–7—5–42–68–56–36–34–55–42–74–94–94–54–8
Florida 1–84–93–61–64–5—2–77–25–48–43–102–113–43–64–53–411–7
Houston 4–51–69–34–96–27-2—6–38–57–24–56–15–78–15–45–712–3
Los Angeles 6–74–57–23–45–82–73–6—7–25–44–46–33–63–98–53–68–7
Milwaukee 4–52–56–66–63–64–55–82–7—5–42–55–48–43–54–57–68–6
Montreal 3–64–95–23–43–64–82–74–54–5—5–86–63–65–34–55–48–10
New York 2–73–96–35–55–410–35–44–45–28–5—6–67–27–27–25–212–6
Philadelphia 1-85–87–23–64–511–21–63–64–56–66–6—3–46–32–64–511–7
Pittsburgh 2–53–66–76–77–24–37–56–34–86–32–74–3—3–64–57–57–8
San Diego 2–114–53–63–69–46–31–89–35–33–52–73–66–3—5–72–711–4
San Francisco 3–95–47–15–49–45–44–55–85–45–42–76–25–47–5—6–37–8
St. Louis 4–41–85–74–85–44–37–56–36–74–52–55–45–77–23–6—7–8

Transactions

  • May 15, 1999: Heathcliff Slocumb was signed as a free agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.[8]
  • June 2, 1999: Albert Pujols was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 13th round of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed August 17, 1999.[9]

Roster

1999 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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
CEli Marrero11431761.192634
1BMark McGwire153521145.27865147
2BJoe McEwing152513141.275944
SSÉdgar Rentería154585161.2751163
3BFernando Tatis149537160.29834107
LFRay Lankford122422129.3061563
CFJ.D. Drew10436889.2421339
RFEric Davis5819149.257530

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
Darren Bragg9327371.260626
Willie McGee13227168.251020
Alberto Castillo9325567.263431
Plácido Polanco8822061.277119
Thomas Howard9819557.292628
Craig Paquette4815745.2871037
Shawon Dunston6215046.307525
Adam Kennedy3310226.255116
David Howard528217.20716
Marcus Jensen16348.23511
Eduardo Pérez213211.34419
Luis Ordaz1091.11102

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
Darren Oliver30196.1994.26119
Kent Bottenfield31190.11873.97124
José Jiménez29163.05145.85113
Larry Luebbers845.2335.1216
Donovan Osborne629.1135.5221
Mark Thompson529.1132.7622

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
Kent Mercker25103.2655.1264
Juan Acevedo50102.1685.8952
Garrett Stephenson1885.1634.2259
Rick Ankiel933.0013.2739
Clint Sodowsky36.10115.632

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
Ricky Bottalico6837204.9166
Manny Aybar654535.4774
Rich Croushore593734.1488
Lance Painter564514.8356
Mike Mohler481114.3831
Scott Radinsky432134.8817
Heathcliff Slocumb403222.3648
Mike Busby150107.137
Rick Heiserman30008.314
Alan Benes20000.002
Curtis King200018.001

Awards and records

  • Mark McGwire, Major League record: First player to hit at least 50 home runs in four consecutive seasons[10]

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Memphis Redbirds Pacific Coast League Gaylen Pitts
AA Arkansas Travelers Texas League Chris Maloney
A Potomac Cannons Carolina League Joe Cunningham, Jr.
A Peoria Chiefs Midwest League Brian Rupp
A-Short Season New Jersey Cardinals New York–Penn League José Oquendo
Rookie Johnson City Cardinals Appalachian League Steve Turco

[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Eric Davis Stats | Baseball-Reference.com".
  2. ↑ Ricky Bottalico Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  3. ↑ Willie McGee Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  4. ↑ "Edgar Renteria Stats | Baseball-Reference.com".
  5. ↑ "Mike Mohler Stats | Baseball-Reference.com".
  6. ↑ 2 Grand Slams In 1 Game by Baseball Almanac
  7. ↑ "Mark McGwire Career Biography and Statistics | AllSports.com". Archived from the original on October 7, 2008. Retrieved September 7, 2008.
  8. ↑ Heathcliff Slocumb Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  9. ↑ Albert Pujols Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  10. ↑ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.372, David Nemec and Scott Latow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  11. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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