The 1991 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 110th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 100th season in the National League. The Cardinals rebounded from a rare last-place finish a year earlier to register a record of 84–78 during the season and finished second to the Pittsburgh Pirates in the National League East by fourteen games.

Ozzie Smith set the National League record for fewest errors in a season by a shortstop with 8 errors. Gold Gloves were awarded to catcher Tom Pagnozzi and shortstop Ozzie Smith this year.

Offseason October 11, 1990: Ernie Camacho was released by the St. Louis Cardinals.

Regular season

Opening Day starters Bernard Gilkey Pedro Guerrero Felix Jose Ray Lankford José Oquendo Tom Pagnozzi Ozzie Smith Bob Tewksbury Todd Zeile

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Transactions June 3, 1991: John Mabry was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 6th round of the 1991 amateur draft. Player signed June 11, 1991.John Mabry Statistics Baseball-Reference.com

Roster 1991 St. Louis Cardinals Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

Coaches (Pitching) (First Base) (Third Base) (Hitting) (Bullpen) (Bench)

Player stats

Batting Note: 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 140 459 121 .264 2 57 1B Pedro Guerrero 115 427 116 .272 8 70 2B José Oquendo 127 366 88 .240 1 26 3B Todd Zeile 155 565 158 .280 11 81 SS Ozzie Smith 150 550 157 .285 3 50 LF Bernard Gilkey 81 268 58 .216 5 20 CF Ray Lankford 151 566 142 .251 9 69 RF Félix José 154 568 173 .305 8 77

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 Milt Thompson 115 326 100 .307 6 34 Gerald Perry 109 242 58 .240 6 36 Rex Hudler 101 207 47 .227 1 15 Gerónimo Peña 104 185 45 .243 5 17 Rich Gedman 46 94 10 .106 3 8 Craig Wilson 60 82 14 .171 0 13 Luis Alicea 56 68 13 .191 0 0 Tim Jones 16 24 4 .167 0 2 Stan Royer 9 21 6 .286 0 1 Rod Brewer 19 13 1 .077 0 1 Ray Stephens 6 7 2 .286 0 0

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 Bryn Smith 31 198.2 12 9 3.85 94 Bob Tewksbury 30 191.0 11 12 3.25 75 Ken Hill 30 181.1 11 10 3.57 121 Omar Olivares 28 167.1 11 7 3.71 91 José DeLeón 28 162.2 5 9 2.71 118 Rhéal Cormier 11 67.2 4 5 4.12 38 Jamie Moyer 8 31.1 0 5 5.74 20

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 Mark Clark 7 22.1 1 1 4.03 13

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 Lee Smith 67 6 3 47 2.34 67 Juan Agosto 72 5 3 2 4.81 34 Scott Terry 65 4 4 1 2.80 52 Cris Carpenter 59 10 4 0 4.23 47 Willie Fraser 35 3 3 0 4.93 25 Bob McClure 32 1 1 0 3.13 15 Mike Pérez 14 0 2 0 5.82 7 Tim Sherrill 10 0 0 0 8.16 4 Mark Grater 3 0 0 0 0.00 0 José Oquendo 1 0 0 0 27.00 1

Awards and honors Tom Pagnozzi, catcher, National League Gold Glove Ozzie Smith, shortstop, National League Gold Glove

Farm system

Johnson, 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 1991 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Reference 1991 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com