1994 St. Louis Cardinals season

The St. Louis Cardinals 1994 season was the team's 113th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 103rd season in the National League. The Cardinals went 53-61 during the season and finished tied for 3rd place with the Pittsburgh Pirates in the National League Central division, 13 games behind the Cincinnati Reds. The season was cut short due to the infamous 1994 player's strike.

1994 St. Louis Cardinals
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record53–61 (.465)
Divisional place3rd
Other information
Owner(s)Anheuser-Busch
General manager(s)Dal Maxvill
Manager(s)Joe Torre
Local televisionKPLR
Prime Sports Midwest
(Joe Buck, Bob Carpenter, Al Hrabosky)
Local radioKMOX
(Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Joe Buck)
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Catcher Tom Pagnozzi won a Gold Glove this year.

Offseason
  • October 27, 1993: Terry McGriff was signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.[1]
  • November 15, 1993: Scott Coolbaugh was signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.[2]
  • December 14, 1993: Ozzie Canseco was traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Milwaukee Brewers for Tony Diggs (minors).[3]

Regular season

By Friday, August 12, the Cardinals had compiled a 53-61 record through 114 games (although they had actually played 115 games, since their April 6 match versus the Cincinnati Reds at Riverfront Stadium ended after the top of the 6th inning due to poor weather[4]). They had scored 535 runs (4.65 per game) and allowed 621 runs (5.40 per game).[5]

Opening Day starters
  • Luis Alicea
  • René Arocha
  • Bernard Gilkey
  • Gregg Jefferies
  • Ray Lankford
  • Erik Pappas
  • Ozzie Smith
  • Mark Whiten
  • Todd Zeile[6]

Season standings
NL Central W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cincinnati Reds 6648 0.579 — 37–22 29–26
Houston Astros 6649 0.574 ½ 37–22 29–27
Pittsburgh Pirates 5361 0.465 13 32–29 21–32
St. Louis Cardinals 5361 0.465 13 23–33 30–28
Chicago Cubs 4964 0.434 16½ 20–39 29–25
Division leaders W L Pct.
Montreal Expos 7440 0.649
Cincinnati Reds 6648 0.579
Los Angeles Dodgers 5856 0.509
Wild card team W L Pct. GB
Atlanta Braves68460.597—
Houston Astros66490.5742​1⁄2
New York Mets55580.48712​1⁄2
San Francisco Giants55600.47813​1⁄2
Philadelphia Phillies54610.47014​1⁄2
St. Louis Cardinals53610.46515
Pittsburgh Pirates53610.46515
Colorado Rockies53640.45316​1⁄2
Florida Marlins51640.44417​1⁄2
Chicago Cubs49640.43418​1⁄2
San Diego Padres47700.40222​1⁄2

Record vs. opponents
1994 National League Records

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —4–25–58–28–43–36–04–55–46–33–96–15–15–7
Chicago 2–4—5–76–64–54–83–32–41–41–65–56–35–45–5
Cincinnati 5–57–5—4–47–54–63–64–22–44–29–38–27–22–2–1
Colorado 2–86–64–4—3–95–54–64–25–12–42–35–53–78–4
Florida 4–85–45–79–3—2–43–32–76–44–61–65–12–43–7
Houston 3–38–46–45–54–2—1–82–43–35–18–45–58–28–4
Los Angeles 0–63–36–36–43–38–1—3–96–67–53–36–45–52–4
Montreal 5–44–22–42–47–24–29–3—4–35–48–212–05–77–3
New York 4–54–14–21–54–63–36–63–4—4–64–56–66–66–3
Philadelphia 3-66–12–44–26–41–55–74–56–4—5–44–84–84–3
Pittsburgh 9–35–53–93–26–14–83–32–85–44–5—3–31–55–5
San Diego 1–63–62–85–51–55–54–60–126–68–43–3—5–24–2
San Francisco 1–54–52–77–34–22–85–57–56–68–45–12–5—2–4
St. Louis 7–55–52–2–14–87–34–84–23–73–63–45–52–44–2—

Transactions
  • June 2, 1994: Ryan Freel was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 14th round of the 1994 amateur draft, but did not sign.[7]

Roster
1994 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

  • 11 Jose Oquendo
 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

  • 40 Joe Coleman (Pitching)

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

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Louisville Redbirds American Association Joe Pettini
AA Arkansas Travelers Texas League Chris Maloney
A St. Petersburg Cardinals Florida State League Mike Ramsey
A Madison Hatters Midwest League Joe Cunningham, Jr.
A Savannah Cardinals South Atlantic League Luis Meléndez
A-Short Season New Jersey Cardinals New York–Penn League Roy Silver
Rookie Johnson City Cardinals Appalachian League Steve Turco
Rookie AZL Cardinals Arizona League Scott Melvin

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Savannah, New Jersey, AZL Cardinals[8]

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References
  1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mcgrite01.shtml
  2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/coolbsc01.shtml
  3. Ozzie Canseco Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CIN/CIN199404060.shtml
  5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/STL/1994.shtml
  6. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1994&t=SLN
  7. https://www.baseball-reference.com/f/freelry01.shtml
  8. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
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