The 1994 St. Louis Cardinals 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 third 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.
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. November 15, 1993: Scott Coolbaugh was signed as a free agent with the St. Louis Cardinals. December 14, 1993: Ozzie Canseco was traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Milwaukee Brewers for Tony Diggs (minors).Ozzie Canseco Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
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). They had scored 535 runs (4.65 per game) and allowed 621 runs (5.40 per game).
Opening Day starters Luis Alicea René Arocha Bernard Gilkey Gregg Jefferies Ray Lankford Erik Pappas Ozzie Smith Mark Whiten Todd Zeile
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
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.
Roster 1994 St. Louis Cardinals Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders Manager
Coaches (First Base) (Hitting) (Pitching) (Third Base) (Bullpen) (Bench)
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 Tom Pagnozzi 70 243 66 .272 7 40 1B Gregg Jeffries 103 397 129 .325 12 55 2B Gerónimo Peña 83 213 54 .254 11 34 SS Ozzie Smith 98 381 100 .262 3 30 3B Todd Zeile 113 415 111 .267 19 75 LF Bernard Gilkey 105 380 96 .253 6 45 CF Ray Lankford 109 416 111 .267 19 57 RF Mark Whiten 92 334 98 .293 14 53
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 Luis Alicea 88 205 57 .278 5 29 Brian Jordan 53 178 46 .258 5 15 José Oquendo 55 129 34 .264 0 9 Terry McGriff 42 114 25 .219 0 13 Gerald Perry 60 77 25 .325 3 18 Stan Royer 39 57 10 .175 1 2 Erik Pappas 15 44 4 .091 0 5 Gerald Young 16 41 13 .317 0 3 John Mabry 6 23 7 .304 0 3 Scott Coolbaugh 15 21 4 .190 2 6 Tripp Cromer 2 0 0 ---- 0 0
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 Bob Tewksbury 24 155.2 12 10 5.32 79 Allen Watson 22 115.2 6 5 5.52 74 Omar Olivares 14 73.2 3 4 5.74 26 Rick Sutcliffe 16 67.2 6 4 6.52 26 Rhéal Cormier 7 39.2 3 2 5.45 26 John Frascatore 1 3.1 0 1 16.20 2
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 Vicente Palacios 31 117.2 3 8 4.44 95 Tom Urbani 20 80.1 3 7 5.15 43
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 Mike Pérez 36 2 3 12 8.71 20 Rich Rodriguez 56 3 5 0 4.03 43 John Habyan 52 1 0 1 3.23 46 Rob Murphy 50 4 3 2 3.79 25 René Arocha 45 4 4 11 4.01 62 Bryan Eversgerd 40 2 3 0 4.52 47 Frank Cimorelli 11 0 0 1 8.78 1 Gary Buckels 10 0 1 0 2.25 9 Willie Smith 8 1 1 0 9.00 7 Steve Dixon 2 0 0 0 23.14 1
Farm system
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Savannah, New Jersey, AZL CardinalsJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
References
External links 1994 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Reference 1994 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com