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1995 St. Louis Cardinals Trades and Transactions
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1994 / 1996)
62-81, Finished 4th in NL Central
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Scored 563 runs, Allowed 658 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 61-82
Manager: Joe Torre (20-27) and Mike Jorgensen (42-54)
Ballpark: Busch Stadium II (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,756,727 (7th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 99, Pitching - 100;   one-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 102
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1994 / 1996 Trades and Transactions

Transactions listed are from November 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.

October 5, 1994

Willie Smith granted Free Agency.

October 15, 1994

Erik Pappas granted Free Agency.

Rick Sutcliffe granted Free Agency.

October 17, 1994

Bob Tewksbury granted Free Agency.

October 18, 1994

Gregg Jefferies granted Free Agency.

October 27, 1994

Gerald Perry granted Free Agency.

November 7, 1994

Released Scott Coolbaugh.

November 17, 1994

Steve Dixon selected by the Cleveland Indians off waivers.

November 18, 1994

Signed Ray Giannelli as a free agent.

Signed Mark Petkovsek as a free agent.

November 28, 1994

Traded a player to be named later to the Atlanta Braves. Received Ramon Caraballo. The St. Louis Cardinals sent Aldo Pecorilli (minors) (December 9, 1994) to the Atlanta Braves to complete the trade.

December 5, 1994

Drafted Rich DeLucia from the Baltimore Orioles in the 1994 rule 5 draft.

December 7, 1994

Traded Luis Alicea to the Boston Red Sox. Received Jeff McNeely and Nate Minchey.

December 12, 1994

Signed Tom Henke as a free agent.

Signed Danny Jackson as a free agent.

December 19, 1994

Signed Danny Sheaffer as a free agent.

December 23, 1994

Terry McGriff granted Free Agency.

Mike Perez granted Free Agency.

Gerald Young granted Free Agency.

March 9, 1995

Signed Darnell Coles as a free agent.

April 1, 1995 (Standings)

Signed Tim Hulett as a free agent.

April 5, 1995 (Standings)

Traded Kirk Bullinger, Bryan Eversgerd and Da Rond Stovall to the Montreal Expos. Received Ken Hill.

April 7, 1995 (Standings)

Bernard Gilkey granted Free Agency.

Signed Scott Hemond as a free agent.

Released Omar Olivares.

Signed Gerald Perry as a free agent.

April 8, 1995 (Standings)

Signed Bernard Gilkey as a free agent.

Signed Jeff Parrett as a free agent.

April 9, 1995 (Standings)

Signed Cris Carpenter as a free agent.

Traded Rheal Cormier and Mark Whiten to the Boston Red Sox. Received Cory Bailey and Scott Cooper.

April 11, 1995 (Standings)

Signed Tony Fossas as a free agent.

April 18, 1995 (Standings)

Signed Manuel Lee as a free agent.

Signed Luis Rivera as a free agent.

April 24, 1995 (Standings)

Released Luis Rivera.

May 2, 1995 (Standings)

Signed Greg Cadaret as a free agent.

May 16, 1995 (Standings)

Released Tim Hulett.

June 1, 1995 (Standings)

Drafted Matt Morris in the 1st round (12th pick) of the 1995 amateur draft. Player signed July 7, 1995.

Drafted Cody McKay in the 5th round of the 1995 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

Drafted Matt DeWitt in the 10th round of the 1995 amateur draft. Player signed June 3, 1995.

Drafted Britt Reames in the 17th round of the 1995 amateur draft. Player signed June 4, 1995.

Drafted Chris Richard in the 19th round of the 1995 amateur draft. Player signed June 15, 1995.

Drafted Junior Spivey in the 28th round of the 1995 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

Drafted Kerry Robinson in the 34th round of the 1995 amateur draft. Player signed June 5, 1995.

Drafted Cliff Politte in the 54th round of the 1995 amateur draft. Player signed August 13, 1995.

June 6, 1995 (Standings)

Released Greg Cadaret.

June 8, 1995 (Standings)

Signed Chris Sabo as a free agent.

June 16, 1995 (Standings)

Traded Todd Zeile and cash to the Chicago Cubs. Received Francisco Morales (minors), Paul Torres (minors) and Mike Morgan.

June 22, 1995 (Standings)

Released Manuel Lee.

July 9, 1995 (Standings)

Traded John Habyan to the California Angels. Received Mark Sweeney.

July 27, 1995 (Standings)

Traded Ken Hill to the Cleveland Indians. Received Pepe McNeal (minors), David Bell and Rick Heiserman.

August 25, 1995 (Standings)

Released Darnell Coles.

Traded Anton French (minors) to the Atlanta Braves. Received Jose Oliva.

August 31, 1995 (Standings)

Released Gerald Perry.

September 11, 1995 (Standings)

Released Chris Sabo.

October 16, 1995

Ramon Caraballo granted Free Agency.

Cris Carpenter granted Free Agency.

Ray Giannelli granted Free Agency.

Nate Minchey granted Free Agency.

October 19, 1995

Traded Marc Ronan to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Mike Stefanski (minors).

October 31, 1995

Jeff Parrett granted Free Agency.

November 1, 1995

Tom Henke granted Free Agency.

Jose Oquendo granted Free Agency.

November 6, 1995

Mike Morgan granted Free Agency.

November 15, 1995

Released Vicente Palacios.

November 20, 1995

Released Rich Rodriguez.

December 4, 1995

As part of a 3-team trade, traded Andre King (minors) to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Luis Ordaz from the Cincinnati Reds and Miguel Mejia from the Kansas City Royals. In addition, the Cincinnati Reds sent Mike Remlinger to the Kansas City Royals.

December 6, 1995

Signed Dave Eiland as a free agent.

December 7, 1995

Signed Mike Morgan as a free agent.

Signed Jose Oquendo as a free agent.

Signed Jeff Parrett as a free agent.

December 14, 1995

Traded Doug Creek, Rich DeLucia and Allen Watson to the San Francisco Giants. Received a player to be named later and Royce Clayton. The San Francisco Giants sent Chris Wimmer (minors) (January 16, 1996) to the St. Louis Cardinals to complete the trade.

December 15, 1995

Signed Willie McGee as a free agent.

December 18, 1995

Signed Gary Gaetti as a free agent.

December 21, 1995

Scott Cooper granted Free Agency.

Scott Hemond granted Free Agency.

Purchased Rick Honeycutt from the New York Yankees.

Geronimo Pena granted Free Agency.

December 23, 1995

Signed Andy Benes as a free agent.

Signed Ron Gant as a free agent.

January 9, 1996

Traded Bret Wagner (minors), Allen Battle, Carl Dale and Jay Witasick to the Oakland Athletics. Received Todd Stottlemyre.

January 11, 1996

Signed Mike Gallego as a free agent.

January 14, 1996

Signed Pat Borders as a free agent.

January 22, 1996

Traded Bernard Gilkey to the New York Mets. Received Yudith Orozio (minors), Erik Hiljus and Eric Ludwick.

January 23, 1996

Signed Gregg Olson as a free agent.

February 13, 1996

Traded Steve Montgomery to the Oakland Athletics. Received Dennis Eckersley.

March 9, 1996

Signed Geronimo Pena as a free agent.

March 19, 1996

Selected Luis Alicea off waivers from the Boston Red Sox.

March 26, 1996

Released Julio Manon.

Released Gregg Olson.

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1994 / 1996 Trades and Transactions