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1996 St. Louis Cardinals (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1995/1997)
88-74, Finished 1st in NL Central Division
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Scored 759 runs, Allowed 706 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 86-76
Managed by Tony LaRussa

Ballpark: Busch Stadium II (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 2,654,718 (4th of 14)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 100, Pitching - 100
  (one-year): Batting - 99, Pitching - 98
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

Postseason: Lost NL Championship Series (4-3) to Atlanta Braves
Won NL Division Series (3-0) over San Diego Padres

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1996 marked the dawn of a Renaissance in Cardinal Nation. New ownership, new manager, natural grass, green walls, the return of #51, Ozzie's last stand, the Eck, Jordan and Lankford's brilliance in the OF, Labor Day vs Houston, Game 4 vs Atlanta...

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Tom Pagnozzi        33  119  407   48  110  23  0  13   55  24   78  .270  .311  .423   4   1   9   2   3   4   2   92
1B *John Mabry          25  151  543   63  161  30  2  13   74  37   84  .297  .342  .431   3   2  21   3   3   5  11  103
2B #Luis Alicea         30  129  380   54   98  26  3   5   42  52   78  .258  .350  .382  11   3   4   5   4   6   9   94
3B  Gary Gaetti         37  141  522   71  143  27  4  23   80  35   97  .274  .326  .473   2   2  10   8   4   5   6  108
SS  Royce Clayton       26  129  491   64  136  20  4   6   35  33   89  .277  .321  .371  33  15  13   1   2   4   4   83
LF  Ron Gant            31  122  419   74  103  14  2  30   82  73   98  .246  .359  .504  13   4   9   3   1   4   5  125
CF *Ray Lankford        29  149  545  100  150  36  8  21   86  79  133  .275  .366  .486  35   7  12   3   1   7  10  123
RF  Brian Jordan        29  140  513   82  159  36  1  17  104  29   84  .310  .349  .483  22   5   6   7   2   9   4  118
   #Willie McGee        37  123  309   52   95  15  2   5   41  18   60  .307  .348  .417   5   2   8   2   1   1   2  102
   #Ozzie Smith         41   82  227   36   64  10  2   2   18  25    9  .282  .358  .370   7   5   5   2   7   0   0   93
    Danny Sheaffer      34   79  198   10   45   9  3   2   20   9   25  .227  .271  .333   3   3  13   3   4   0   0   59
   *Mark Sweeney        26   98  170   32   45   9  0   3   22  33   29  .265  .387  .371   3   0   4   1   5   0   2  102
    David Bell          23   62  145   12   31   6  0   1    9  10   22  .214  .268  .276   1   1   3   1   0   1   2   44
    Mike Gallego        35   51  143   12   30   2  0   0    4  12   31  .210  .276  .224   0   0   0   1   3   0   1   34
    Pat Borders         33   26   69    3   22   3  0   0    4   1   14  .319  .329  .362   0   1   1   0   1   0   0   83
   #Dmitri Young        22   16   29    3    7   0  0   0    2   4    5  .241  .353  .241   0   1   1   1   0   0   0   61
    Miguel Mejia        21   45   23   10    2   0  0   0    0   0   10  .087  .087  .087   6   3   0   0   0   0   0  -54
   *Terry Bradshaw      27   15   21    4    7   1  0   0    3   3    2  .333  .417  .381   0   1   0   0   1   0   0  113
    Mike Difelice       27    4    7    0    2   1  0   0    2   0    1  .286  .286  .429   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   86
    Aaron Holbert       23    1    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100

    Andy Benes          28   36   73    5   11   4  0   0    6   1   37  .151  .158  .205   0   0   0   0   9   2   0   -5
   *Todd Stottlemyre    31   34   66    8   15   0  0   0    2   7   27  .227  .301  .227   1   1   0   0   9   0   0   43
    Alan Benes          24   34   61    4    9   3  0   0    5   2   25  .148  .175  .197   0   0   1   0   7   0   0   -2
   #Donovan Osborne     27   30   59    6   13   4  0   1   10   3   24  .220  .258  .339   0   1   0   0  10   0   0   56
    Mike Morgan         36   18   33    1    2   0  0   0    0   0   14  .061  .061  .061   0   0   0   0   9   0   0  -68
    Mark Petkovsek      30   48   16    1    3   0  0   0    0   0    3  .188  .235  .188   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   14
    Danny Jackson       34   13    9    1    3   2  0   0    4   0    1  .333  .333  .556   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  130
   *Tom Urbani          28    5    6    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .167  .167  .167   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -11
    T.J. Mathews        26   67    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    3  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Mike Busby          23    1    2    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .500  .500  .500   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  166
    Eric Ludwick        24    6    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Jeff Parrett        34   33    2    1    0   0  0   0    0   1    1  .000  .333  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   -2
    Cory Bailey         25   51    1    2    0   0  0   0    0   2    0  .000  .667  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   97
    Rich Batchelor      29   11    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Dennis Eckersley    41   63    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Tony Fossas         38   65    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   1   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Rick Honeycutt      42   61    1    0    0   0  0   0    1   2    1  .000  .667  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   97
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 30.7  162 5502  759 1468 281 31 142  711 495 1089  .267  .327  .407 149  58 121  44  88  48  58   99
    Rank among 14 NL teams        11    7    6   6  7  11       12    8     4     7     5   4   4                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Andy Benes          28  36   3.83  18  10  1  34   1   3   1  230.3  215  107   98  28   77  160  963   6   6  0   7 110
SP  Todd Stottlemyre    31  34   3.87  14  11  0  33   0   5   2  223.3  191  100   96  30   93  194  944   8   4  1   8 109
SP  Alan Benes          24  34   4.90  13  10  0  32   1   3   1  191.0  192  120  104  27   87  131  840   5   7  1   3  86
SP *Donovan Osborne     27  30   3.53  13   9  0  30   0   2   1  198.7  191   87   78  22   57  134  822   6   1  1   5 120
SP  Mike Morgan         36  18   5.24   4   8  0  18   0   0   0  103.0  118   63   60  14   40   55  452   2   0  0   0  81

CL  Dennis Eckersley    41  63   3.30   0   6 30   0  53   0   0   60.0   65   26   22   8    6   49  251   0   4  0   2 128
RP  T.J. Mathews        26  67   3.01   2   6  6   0  23   0   0   83.7   62   32   28   8   32   80  345   1   2  0   4 140
RP *Tony Fossas         38  65   2.68   0   4  2   0  11   0   0   47.0   43   19   14   7   21   36  209   3   0  0   3 158
RP *Rick Honeycutt      42  61   2.85   2   1  4   0  13   0   0   47.3   42   15   15   3    7   30  190   1   0  2   3 148
RP  Cory Bailey         25  51   3.00   5   2  0   0  12   0   0   57.0   57   21   19   1   30   38  251   3   1  0   3 141

    Mark Petkovsek      30  48   3.55  11   2  0   6   7   0   0   88.7   83   37   35   9   35   45  377   2   5  1   2 119
    Jeff Parrett        34  33   4.25   2   2  0   0  16   0   0   42.3   40   20   20   2   20   42  186   7   1  0   2  99
   *Danny Jackson       34  13   4.46   1   1  0   4   3   0   0   36.3   33   18   18   3   16   27  154   0   1  0   1  95
    Rich Batchelor      29  11   1.20   2   0  0   0   7   0   0   15.0    9    2    2   0    1   11   54   0   0  0   0 352
   *Tom Urbani          28   3   7.71   1   0  0   2   0   0   0   11.7   15   10   10   3    4    1   53   0   0  0   0  55
    Eric Ludwick        24   6   9.00   0   1  0   1   2   0   0   10.0   11   11   10   4    3   12   45   0   1  0   0  47
    Mike Busby          23   1  18.00   0   1  0   1   0   0   0    4.0    9   13    8   4    4    4   28   0   1  0   0  23
    Brian Barber        23   1  15.00   0   0  0   1   0   0   0    3.0    4    5    5   0    6    1   20   0   1  0   0  28
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 30.9 162   3.98  88  74 43 162 149  13  11 1452.0 1380  706  642 173  539 1050 6184  44  35  6  43 106
    Rank among 14 NL teams          6   4  10  5           2   2      6    4    6       10    8    7

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- TPagnozzi 974 108 116 716 48 8 6 .990 6 28 67 35 DSheaffer 322 37 47 257 27 5 3 .983 1 10 28 12 PBorders 137 15 17 116 9 2 1 .984 0 4 6 6 MDifelice 18 2 4 15 1 0 0 1.000 0 2 3 1 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1452 162 162 1104 85 15 10 .988 7 44 104 54 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 *9.62 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JMabry 1197 139 146 1170 76 8 107 .994 9.36 GGaetti 86 9 14 85 7 1 6 .989 9.59 MSweeney 62 6 15 67 2 2 7 .972 9.97 DYoung 55 4 10 39 1 1 5 .976 6.46 WMcGee 29 3 6 23 4 0 0 1.000 8.38 DSheaffer 16 1 6 11 0 0 1 1.000 5.93 TPagnozzi 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 PBorders 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 .500 6.92 BJordan 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 6.92 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1452 162 162 1398 90 13 126 .991 9.22 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 *5.09 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- LAlicea 954 104 125 241 288 24 70 .957 4.99 MGallego 359 41 43 84 118 3 31 .985 5.05 DBell 133 16 20 23 54 1 9 .987 5.18 AHolbert 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1452 162 162 348 461 28 110 .967 5.01 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .948 *2.71 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GGaetti 1104 130 133 63 224 9 16 .970 2.34 DBell 237 23 45 22 59 4 1 .953 3.07 DSheaffer 95 8 17 6 17 1 0 .958 2.18 MGallego 16 1 7 3 4 0 0 1.000 3.94 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1452 162 162 94 304 14 17 .966 2.47 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 *4.60 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RClayton 997 111 113 171 347 15 68 .972 4.67 OSmith 442 50 52 90 162 8 36 .969 5.12 MGallego 11 1 1 3 4 0 1 1.000 5.73 DBell 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1452 162 162 264 513 23 105 .971 4.82 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 *1.85 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RGant 991 116 116 216 4 5 2 .978 2.00 MSweeney 228 26 36 51 1 1 0 .981 2.05 WMcGee 190 18 35 37 1 2 0 .950 1.79 TBradshaw 21 1 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 DSheaffer 10 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70 MMejia 8 0 5 3 0 1 0 .750 3.38 JMabry 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1452 162 162 313 6 9 2 .973 1.98 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 *2.48 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RLankford 1242 142 144 356 9 1 0 .997 2.64 BJordan 92 9 13 29 0 0 0 1.000 2.83 WMcGee 78 9 11 23 2 1 2 .962 2.88 MMejia 30 1 11 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.70 TBradshaw 10 1 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1452 162 162 418 11 2 2 .995 2.66 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 *2.07 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BJordan 1045 122 128 280 9 2 0 .993 2.49 WMcGee 293 33 42 58 3 2 0 .968 1.87 JMabry 58 4 13 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.85 MSweeney 40 3 7 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 MMejia 12 0 6 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 TBradshaw 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1452 162 162 360 12 4 0 .989 2.31 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 *2.13 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- RLankford 1242 142 144 358 8 1 0 .997 2.65 BJordan 1137 131 136 307 8 2 0 .994 2.49 RGant 991 116 116 215 4 5 2 .978 1.99 WMcGee 561 60 83 118 6 5 3 .961 1.99 MSweeney 268 29 43 58 1 1 0 .983 1.98 JMabry 61 4 14 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.76 MMejia 50 1 21 14 0 1 0 .933 2.52 TBradshaw 35 2 7 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.03 DSheaffer 10 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1452 162 162 1089 27 15 5 .987 2.31 162 162 162 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 *1.84 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- ABenes 230 34 36 8 24 2 1 .941 1.25 TStottlemyr 223 33 34 8 37 2 2 .957 1.81 DOsborne 198 30 30 6 23 1 0 .967 1.31 ABenes 191 32 34 8 19 3 3 .900 1.27 MMorgan 103 18 18 4 12 1 0 .941 1.40 MPetkovsek 88 6 48 7 14 2 3 .913 2.13 TMathews 83 0 67 0 6 2 0 .750 0.65 DEckersley 60 0 63 3 6 1 0 .900 1.35 CBailey 57 0 51 6 5 0 0 1.000 1.74 RHoneycutt 47 0 61 2 12 1 0 .933 2.66 TFossas 47 0 65 2 8 0 0 1.000 1.91 JParrett 42 0 33 1 8 0 1 1.000 1.91 DJackson 36 4 13 1 7 0 0 1.000 1.98 RBatchelor 15 0 11 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.60 TUrbani 11 2 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 ELudwick 10 1 6 1 1 1 0 .667 1.80 MBusby 4 1 1 0 1 1 0 .500 2.25 BBarber 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1452 162 162 57 184 17 10 .934 1.49 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

Team Leaders
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Batting Average Jordan .310

On-base % Lankford .366

Slugging % Lankford .486

OPS Lankford .852

Games Mabry 151

At Bats Lankford 545

Plate Appearances (approx.) Lankford 635

Runs Lankford 100

Hits Mabry 161

Total Bases Lankford 265

Doubles Jordan and Lankford 36

Triples Lankford 8

Home Runs Gant 30

RBI Jordan 104

Bases on Balls Lankford 79

Strikeouts Lankford 133

Stolen Bases Lankford 35

Singles Mabry 116

Adjusted OPS+ Lankford 123

Runs Created Lankford 103

Adjusted Batting Runs Lankford 20

Batting Wins Lankford 1.9

Extra-Base Hits Lankford 65

Times on Base Lankford 232

Offensive Win% Lankford .635

Hit By Pitch Gaetti 8

Sac. Hits Osborne 10

Sac. Flies Jordan 9

Intentional Walks Mabry 11

Grounded into Double Plays Mabry 21

Caught Stealing Clayton 15

Power/Speed Number Lankford 26.2

At Bats per Strikeout Mabry 6.5

At Bats per Home Run Gaetti 22.7

Outs Lankford 422

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Osborne 3.53

Wins Benes 18

Won-Loss % Petkovsek .846

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Osborne 1.248

Hits Allowed/9IP Stottlemyre 7.70

Bases on Balls/9IP Osborne 2.58

Strikeouts/9IP Stottlemyre 7.82

Games Mathews 67

Saves Eckersley 30

Innings Benes 230.3

Strikeouts Stottlemyre 194

Games Started Benes 34

Comp. Games Stottlemyre 5

Shutouts Stottlemyre 2

Home Runs Allow. Stottlemyre 30

Bases On Balls Allow. Stottlemyre 93

Hits Allowed Benes 215

SO to Walk Osborne 2.35

Losses Stottlemyre 11

Earned Runs Allow. Benes 104

Wild Pitches Stottlemyre 8

Hit Batsmen Benes 7

Batters Faced Benes 963

Games Finished Eckersley 53

Adjusted ERA+ Osborne 120

Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Salaries

Danny Jackson $ 4,100,000

Ron Gant $ 4,000,000

Todd Stottlemyre $ 4,000,000

Ozzie Smith $ 3,500,000

Andy Benes $ 3,375,000

Tom Pagnozzi $ 2,675,000

Brian Jordan $ 2,500,000

Ray Lankford $ 2,416,667

Dennis Eckersley $ 2,250,000

Gary Gaetti $ 2,000,000

Royce Clayton $ 1,600,000

Mike Morgan $ 1,250,000

Luis Alicea $ 750,000

Donovan Osborne $ 725,000

Jeff Parrett $ 675,000

Tony Fossas $ 650,000

Rick Honeycutt $ 600,000

Willie McGee $ 600,000

Pat Borders $ 375,000

Danny Sheaffer $ 335,000

Mike Gallego $ 300,000

John Mabry $ 200,000

Tom Urbani $ 180,000

Mark Petkovsek $ 150,000

T.J. Mathews $ 130,000

Cory Bailey $ 125,000

David Bell $ 125,000

Mark Sweeney $ 125,000

Alan Benes $ 122,000

Mike Busby $ 109,000

Eric Ludwick $ 109,000

Miguel Mejia $ 109,000

Dmitri Young $ 109,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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