The 1988 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 107th season in St. Louis, Missouri and its 97th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 76–86 during the season and finished fifth in the National League East division.

Offseason October 7, 1987: Doug DeCinces was released by the Cardinals.Doug DeCinces at Baseball-Reference February 9, 1988: Lance Johnson, Ricky Horton and cash were traded by the Cardinals to the Chicago White Sox for José DeLeón.Lance Johnson at Baseball-Reference

Regular season Shortstop Ozzie Smith won a Gold Glove this year.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions April 22, 1988: Tom Herr was traded by the Cardinals to the Minnesota Twins for Tom Brunansky. June 1, 1988: Mark Clark was drafted by the Cardinals in the 9th round of the 1988 Major League Baseball draft. Player signed June 3, 1988.Mark Clark at Baseball-Reference August 31, 1988: Bob Forsch was traded by the Cardinals to the Houston Astros for Denny Walling.Bob Forsch at Baseball-Reference

Roster 1988 St. Louis Cardinals Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

Coaches (First base) (Hitting) (Third base) (Bullpen) (Pitching) (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 Tony Peña 149 505 133 .263 10 51 1B Bob Horner 60 206 53 .257 3 33 2B Luis Alicea 93 297 63 .212 1 24 SS 153 575 155 .270 3 51 3B Terry Pendleton 110 391 99 .253 6 53 LF 153 616 160 .260 3 38 CF 137 562 164 .292 3 50 RF Tom Brunansky 143 523 128 .245 22 79

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 José Oquendo 148 451 125 .277 7 46 Tom Pagnozzi 81 195 55 .282 0 15 Pedro Guerrero 44 149 40 .268 5 30 Curt Ford 91 128 25 .195 1 18 Mike Laga 41 100 13 .130 1 4 Tom Lawless 54 65 10 .154 1 3 19 58 13 .224 0 1 Steve Lake 36 54 15 .278 1 4 Tim Jones 31 52 14 .269 0 3 Tom Herr 15 50 13 .260 1 3 Mike Fitzgerald 13 46 9 .196 0 1 17 43 9 .209 2 7 John Morris 20 38 11 .289 0 3 Rod Booker 18 35 12 .343 0 3 Duane Walker 24 22 4 .182 0 3

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 34 225.1 13 10 3.67 208 Joe Magrane 24 165.1 5 9 2.18 100 John Tudor 21 145.1 6 5 2.29 55 Danny Cox 13 86.0 3 8 3.98 47 Greg Mathews 13 68.0 4 6 4.24 31 Randy O'Neal 10 53.0 2 3 4.58 20 Cris Carpenter 8 47.2 2 3 4.72 24

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 Larry McWilliams 42 136.0 6 9 3.90 70 Scott Terry 51 129.1 9 6 2.92 65 30 108.2 9 4 3.73 40 Ken Hill 4 14.0 0 1 5.14 6

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 Todd Worrell 68 5 9 32 3.00 78 Ken Dayley 54 2 7 5 2.77 38 44 3 3 0 6.40 30 John Costello 36 5 2 1 1.81 38 Dan Quisenberry 33 2 0 0 6.16 19 Scott Arnold 6 0 0 0 5.40 8 Gibson Alba 3 0 0 0 2.70 3 José Oquendo 1 0 1 0 4.50 1

Awards and honors Ozzie Smith, Shortstop, National League Gold Glove

League leaders Vince Coleman, National League Stolen Base Leader, 81 Stolen Bases Single Season National League Leaders by Baseball Almanac Joe Magrane, NL ERA leader, 2.18.

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 1988 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Reference 1988 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com