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This article is about the Major League Baseball team. For the National Football League team, see 1984 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) season.


1984 St. Louis Cardinals
DivisionEastern Division
BallparkBusch Memorial Stadium
CitySt. Louis, Missouri
Record84–78 (.519)
OwnersAugust "Gussie" Busch
ManagersWhitey Herzog
TelevisionKSDK
(Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Jay Randolph)
Sports Time
(Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Bob Carpenter)
RadioKMOX
(Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Dan Kelly, Red Rush)
← 1983 Seasons 1985 →

The St. Louis Cardinals 1984 season was the team's 103rd season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 93rd season in the National League. The Cardinals went 84-78 during the season and finished 3rd in the National League East, 12½ games behind their arch-rivals, the Chicago Cubs. It was also the final season of the Columbia blue road uniforms for the Cardinals.

Offseason

Regular season

Pitcher Joaquín Andújar and shortstop Ozzie Smith won Gold Gloves this year. Bruce Sutter had a then-NL record of 45 saves.

  • June 23, 1984: What turned out to be a key game for the Cubs occurred at Wrigley, with the Cubs facing the rival Cardinals on the nationally televised "Game of the Week". The Cardinals led throughout the game, and led 9-8 going into the bottom of the ninth with closer Bruce Sutter on the mound. Second baseman Ryne Sandberg led off the ninth with a solo home run into the left-field bleachers, tying the game at nine.[3] The following inning, St. Louis regained the lead, and Sutter stayed in the game attempting to close out the win. After the first two batters were retired, Bob Dernier walked, bringing up Sandberg again. He promptly hit another game-tying home run into the left-field bleachers, sending the Wrigley fans into a frenzy.[3] The Cardinals did not score in the top of the 11th, but the Cubs loaded the bases on three walks, then rookie Dave Owen singled in the winning run.[4] Willie McGee hit for the cycle and had 6 RBI but Ryne Sandberg had 7 RBI in the game. Henceforth, this game has become known as "The Sandberg Game".

Season standings

NL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago Cubs 96 65 .596 — 51‍–‍29 45‍–‍36
New York Mets 90 72 .556 6½ 48‍–‍33 42‍–‍39
St. Louis Cardinals 84 78 .519 12½ 44‍–‍37 40‍–‍41
Philadelphia Phillies 81 81 .500 15½ 39‍–‍42 42‍–‍39
Montreal Expos 78 83 .484 18 39‍–‍42 39‍–‍41
Pittsburgh Pirates 75 87 .463 21½ 41‍–‍40 34‍–‍47

Record vs. opponents

1984 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta — 3–9 13–5 12–6 6–12 5–7 4–8 7–5 8–4 7–11 10–8 5–7
Chicago 9–3 — 7–5 6–6 7–5 10–7 12–6 9–9 8–10 6–6 9–3 13–5
Cincinnati 5–13 5–7 — 8–10 7–11 7–5 3–9 5–7 7–5 7–11 12–6 4–8
Houston 6–12 6–6 10–8 — 9–9 7–5 4–8 6–6 6–6 6–12 12–6 8–4
Los Angeles 12–6 5–7 7–11 9–9 — 6–6 3–9 3–9 4–8 10–8 10–8 6–6
Montreal 7–5 7–10 5–7 5–7 6–6 — 7–11 11–7 7–11 7–5 7–5 9–9
New York 8–4 6–12 9–3 8–4 9–3 11–7 — 10–8 12–6 6–6 4–8 7–11
Philadelphia 5-7 9–9 7–5 6–6 9–3 7–11 8–10 — 7–11 7–5 8–4 8–10
Pittsburgh 4–8 10–8 5–7 6–6 8–4 11–7 6–12 11–7 — 4–8 6–6 4–14
San Diego 11–7 6–6 11–7 12–6 8–10 5–7 6–6 5–7 8–4 — 13–5 7–5
San Francisco 8–10 3–9 6–12 6–12 8–10 5–7 8–4 4–8 6–6 5–13 — 7–5
St. Louis 7–5 5–13 8–4 4–8 6–6 9–9 11–7 10–8 14–4 5–7 5–7 —


Notable transactions

Draft picks

Roster

1984 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
C Darrell Porter 127 422 98 .232 11 68
1B David Green 126 452 121 .268 15 65
2B Tom Herr 145 558 154 .276 4 49
SS Ozzie Smith 124 412 106 .257 1 44
3B Terry Pendleton 67 262 85 .324 1 33
LF Lonnie Smith 145 504 126 .250 6 49
CF Willie McGee 145 571 166 .291 6 50
RF George Hendrick 120 441 122 .277 9 69

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
Andy Van Slyke 137 361 88 .244 7 50
Tito Landrum 105 173 47 .272 3 26
Ken Oberkfell 50 152 47 .309 0 11
Art Howe 89 139 30 .216 2 12
Chris Speier 38 118 21 .178 3 8
Steve Braun 86 98 27 .276 0 16
Mike Jorgensen 59 98 24 .245 1 12
Tom Nieto 33 86 24 .279 3 12
Bill Lyons 46 73 16 .219 0 3
Glenn Brummer 28 58 12 .207 1 3
Dane Iorg 15 28 4 .143 0 3
Mark Salas 14 20 2 .100 0 1
José Uribe 8 19 4 .211 0 3
Mike Ramsey 21 15 1 .067 0 0
Paul Householder 13 14 2 .143 0 0
Gary Rajsich 7 7 1 .143 0 2

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
Joaquín Andújar 36 261.1 20 14 3.34 147
Dave LaPoint 33 193.0 12 10 3.96 130
Danny Cox 29 156.1 9 11 4.03 70
Kurt Kepshire 17 109.0 6 5 3.30 71
Rick Ownbey 4 19.0 0 3 4.74 11

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
Ricky Horton 37 125.2 9 4 3.44 76
John Stuper 15 61.1 3 5 5.28 19
Bob Forsch 16 52.1 2 5 6.02 21
Ralph Citarella 10 22.1 0 1 3.63 15
Ken Dayley 3 5.0 0 2 18.00 0

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
Bruce Sutter 71 5 7 45 1.54 77
Jeff Lahti 63 4 2 1 3.72 45
Neil Allen 57 9 6 3 3.55 66
Dave Rucker 50 2 3 0 2.10 38
Dave Von Ohlen 27 1 0 1 3.12 19
Kevin Hagen 4 1 0 0 2.45 2
Andy Hassler 3 1 0 0 11.57 1

Awards and honors

League top ten finishers

  • Joaquín Andújar, National League Leader, Wins (20)
  • Joaquín Andújar, National League Leader, Innings Pitched (261.1)
  • Joaquín Andújar, National League Leader, Shutouts (4)

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Louisville Redbirds American Association Jim Fregosi
AA Arkansas Travelers Texas League Dave Bialas
A St. Petersburg Cardinals Florida State League Jim Riggleman
A Springfield Cardinals Midwest League Joe Rigoli
A Savannah Cardinals South Atlantic League Lloyd Merritt
A-Short Season Erie Cardinals New York–Penn League Rich Hacker
Rookie Johnson City Cardinals Appalachian League Chuck Hiller

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Louisville

References

  1. ^ Rafael Santana page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Jamie Quirk page at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ a b Mitchell, Fred, Cub Turning Point, Chicago Tribune, page 3, October 2, 1984
  4. ^ June 23 1984 Cubs Cardinals Boxscore, Baseball-Reference.com, Retrieved on August 8, 2007
  5. ^ Gary Rajsich page at Baseball Reference[permanent dead link‍]
  6. ^ Dane Iorg page at Baseball Reference
  7. ^ Ken Dayley page at Baseball Reference
  8. ^ Lance Johnson page at Baseball Reference
  9. ^ Craig Wilson page at Baseball Reference
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