1996 St. Louis Cardinals

88-74 • 0.543 Win% • 1st in NL C

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📊 Season Record

88 Wins

74 Losses

0.543 Win %

                        1st
                        Rank
                    

759 R 706 RA

Diff +53

📁 Franchise Info

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⚡ Quick Stats

759 Runs Scored

706 Runs Allowed

+53 Run Diff

2,645K Attendance

📈 vs. 1996 NL Average

Batting Avg .266 2% above the 1996 league average (.262)

OBP .327 equal to the 1996 league average (.327)

SLG .344 1% below the 1996 league average (.348)

Team ERA 3.97 6% better than the 1996 league average (4.22)

Runs Scored 759 equal to the 1996 league average (759 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumBusch Stadium II

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Home Games 81

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Total Attendance 2,645,824

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Avg per Game 32,664

⚾ Batting Leaders

Player	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
Ray Lankford	149	545	100	150	21	86	79	133	35	0.275
John Mabry	151	543	63	161	13	74	37	84	3	0.297
Gary Gaetti	141	522	71	143	23	80	35	97	2	0.274
Brian Jordan	140	513	82	159	17	104	29	84	22	0.310
Royce Clayton	129	491	64	136	6	35	33	89	33	0.277
Ron Gant	122	419	74	103	30	82	73	98	13	0.246
Tom Pagnozzi	119	407	48	110	13	55	24	78	4	0.270
Luis Alicea	129	380	54	98	5	42	52	78	11	0.258
Willie McGee	123	309	52	95	5	41	18	60	5	0.307
Ozzie Smith	82	227	36	64	2	18	25	9	7	0.282
Danny Sheaffer	79	198	10	45	2	20	9	25	3	0.227
Mark Sweeney	98	170	32	45	3	22	33	29	3	0.265
David Bell	62	145	12	31	1	9	10	22	1	0.214
Mike Gallego	51	143	12	30	0	4	12	31	0	0.210
Andy Benes	36	73	5	11	0	6	1	37	0	0.151
Pat Borders	26	69	3	22	0	4	1	14	0	0.319
Todd Stottlemyre	34	66	8	15	0	2	7	27	1	0.227
Alan Benes	34	61	4	9	0	5	2	25	0	0.148
Donovan Osborne	30	59	6	13	1	10	3	24	0	0.220
Mike Morgan	18	33	1	2	0	0	0	14	0	0.061
Dmitri Young	16	29	3	7	0	2	4	5	0	0.241
Miguel Mejia	45	23	10	2	0	0	0	10	6	0.087
Terry Bradshaw	15	21	4	7	0	3	3	2	0	0.333
Mark Petkovsek	48	16	1	3	0	0	0	3	0	0.188
Danny Jackson	13	9	1	3	0	4	0	1	0	0.333
Mike Difelice	4	7	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	0.286
Tom Urbani	5	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.167
T. J. Mathews	67	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0.000
Aaron Holbert	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Mike Busby	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.500
Eric Ludwick	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.000
Jeff Parrett	33	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0.000
Cory Bailey	51	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.000
Rich Batchelor	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.000
Dennis Eckersley	63	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Tony Fossas	65	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Rick Honeycutt	61	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0.000
Brian Barber	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Tony Fossas 2.68 2 Rick Honeycutt 2.85 3 Cory Bailey 3.00 4 T. J. Mathews 3.01 5 Dennis Eckersley 3.30

Wins

1 Andy Benes 18 2 Todd Stottlemyre 14 3 Alan Benes 13 4 Donovan Osborne 13 5 Mark Petkovsek 11

Strikeouts

1 Todd Stottlemyre 194 2 Andy Benes 160 3 Donovan Osborne 134 4 Alan Benes 131 5 T. J. Mathews 80

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BB	SO
Andy Benes	18	10	3.83	36	34	1	230.1	77	160
Todd Stottlemyre	14	11	3.87	34	33	0	223.1	93	194
Donovan Osborne	13	9	3.53	30	30	0	198.2	57	134
Alan Benes	13	10	4.90	34	32	0	191.0	87	131
Mike Morgan	4	8	5.24	18	18	0	103.0	40	55
Mark Petkovsek	11	2	3.55	48	6	0	88.2	35	45
T. J. Mathews	2	6	3.01	67	0	6	83.2	32	80
Dennis Eckersley	0	6	3.30	63	0	30	60.0	6	49
Cory Bailey	5	2	3.00	51	0	0	57.0	30	38
Rick Honeycutt	2	1	2.85	61	0	4	47.1	7	30
Tony Fossas	0	4	2.68	65	0	2	47.0	21	36
Jeff Parrett	2	2	4.25	33	0	0	42.1	20	42
Danny Jackson	1	1	4.46	13	4	0	36.1	16	27
Rich Batchelor	2	0	1.20	11	0	0	15.0	1	11
Tom Urbani	1	0	7.71	3	2	0	11.2	4	1
Eric Ludwick	0	1	9.00	6	1	0	10.0	3	12
Mike Busby	0	1	18.00	1	1	0	4.0	4	4
Brian Barber	0	0	15.00	1	1	0	3.0	6	1

🏆 Postseason Results

NL Championship

Lost to ATL 4-3

NL Division Series

SLN def. SDN 3-0

👥 Roster (38)

Luis Alicea Cory Bailey Brian Barber Rich Batchelor David Bell Alan Benes Andy Benes Pat Borders Terry Bradshaw Mike Busby Royce Clayton Mike Difelice +26 more

38 players