1984 St. Louis Cardinals | ||
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League | National League | |
Division | East | |
Ballpark | Busch Memorial Stadium | |
City | St. Louis, Missouri | |
Record | 84–78 (.519) | |
Divisional place | 3rd | |
Owners | August "Gussie" Busch | |
General managers | Joe McDonald | |
Managers | Whitey Herzog | |
Television |
KSDK ( Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Jay Randolph) Sports Time ( Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Bob Carpenter) | |
Radio |
KMOX ( Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Dan Kelly, Red Rush) | |
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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 third 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.
Pitcher Joaquín Andújar and shortstop Ozzie Smith won Gold Gloves this year. Bruce Sutter had a then-NL record of 45 saves.
NL East | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Chicago Cubs | 96 | 65 | 0.596 | — | 51–29 | 45–36 |
New York Mets | 90 | 72 | 0.556 | 6½ | 48–33 | 42–39 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 84 | 78 | 0.519 | 12½ | 44–37 | 40–41 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 81 | 81 | 0.500 | 15½ | 39–42 | 42–39 |
Montreal Expos | 78 | 83 | 0.484 | 18 | 39–42 | 39–41 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 75 | 87 | 0.463 | 21½ | 41–40 | 34–47 |
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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 | — |
1984 St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||
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= Indicates team leader |
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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 |
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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 |
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 |
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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 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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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 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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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 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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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 |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Louisville