1998 St. Louis Cardinals

83-79 • 0.512 Win% • 3rd in NL C

📊 Season Record

83 Wins
79 Losses
0.512 Win %
3rd Rank
810 R 782 RA
Diff +28

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⚡ Quick Stats

810 Runs Scored
782 Runs Allowed
+28 Run Diff
3,195K Attendance

📈 vs. 1998 NL Average

Batting Avg .258 1% below the 1998 league average (.261)
OBP .338 3% above the 1998 league average (.327)
SLG .377 8% above the 1998 league average (.348)
Team ERA 4.31 2% worse than the 1998 league average (4.23)
Runs Scored 810 9% above the 1998 league average (746 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumBusch Stadium II
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Home Games 82
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Total Attendance 3,195,651
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Avg per Game 38,971

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Brian Jordan 0.316 2 Mark McGwire 0.299 3 Ray Lankford 0.293 4 Delino DeShields 0.290 5 Fernando Tatis 0.287

Home Runs

1 Mark McGwire 70 2 Ray Lankford 31 3 Ron Gant 26 4 Brian Jordan 25 5 Gary Gaetti 11

RBI

1 Mark McGwire 147 2 Ray Lankford 105 3 Brian Jordan 91 4 Ron Gant 67 5 John Mabry 46
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Brian Jordan 150 564 100 178 0 0 25 91 40 66 17 0.316
Ray Lankford 154 533 94 156 0 0 31 105 86 151 26 0.293
Mark McGwire 155 509 130 152 0 0 70 147 162 155 1 0.299
Delino DeShields 117 420 74 122 0 0 7 44 56 61 26 0.290
Ron Gant 121 383 60 92 0 0 26 67 51 92 8 0.240
John Mabry 142 377 41 94 0 0 9 46 30 76 0 0.249
Royce Clayton 90 355 59 83 0 0 4 29 40 51 19 0.234
Gary Gaetti 91 306 39 81 0 0 11 43 31 39 1 0.265
Willie McGee 120 269 27 68 0 0 3 34 14 49 7 0.253
Eli Marrero 83 254 28 62 0 0 4 20 28 42 6 0.244
Tom Lampkin 93 216 25 50 0 0 6 28 24 32 3 0.231
Fernando Tatis 55 202 28 58 0 0 8 26 24 57 7 0.287
Tom Pagnozzi 51 160 7 35 0 0 1 10 14 37 0 0.219
Pat Kelly 53 153 18 33 0 0 4 14 13 48 5 0.216
Luis Ordaz 57 153 9 31 0 0 0 8 12 18 2 0.203
Placido Polanco 45 114 10 29 0 0 1 11 5 9 2 0.254
Brian Hunter 62 112 11 23 0 0 4 13 7 23 1 0.205
David Howard 46 102 15 25 0 0 2 12 12 22 0 0.245
Kent Mercker 32 54 3 8 0 0 1 6 2 25 0 0.148
Todd Stottlemyre 23 53 3 12 0 0 0 1 4 24 0 0.226
J. D. Drew 14 36 9 15 0 0 5 13 4 10 0 0.417
Kent Bottenfield 44 34 3 3 0 0 0 2 0 9 0 0.088
Matt Morris 17 29 1 2 0 0 0 3 5 16 0 0.069
Manny Aybar 20 27 4 6 0 0 1 3 0 9 0 0.222
Donovan Osborne 14 25 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 5 0 0.040
Darren Oliver 11 23 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 12 0 0.087
Mark Petkovsek 48 22 5 7 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0.318
Joe McEwing 10 20 5 4 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0.200
Juan Acevedo 50 17 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0.176
Cliff Politte 8 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 8 0 0.071
Mark Little 7 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 5 1 0.083
Bobby Witt 17 10 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 5 0 0.200
David Bell 4 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.222
John Frascatore 69 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.167
Jose Jimenez 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0.000
Curtis King 36 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Mike Busby 26 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0.000
Shawn Gilbert 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.500
Sean Lowe 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Lance Painter 65 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Brady Raggio 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jeff Brantley 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Rich Croushore 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bryan Eversgerd 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Braden Looper 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Matt Morris 2.53 2 Juan Acevedo 2.56 3 Todd Stottlemyre 3.51 4 Curtis King 3.53 5 Lance Painter 3.99

Wins

1 Kent Mercker 11 2 Todd Stottlemyre 9 3 Juan Acevedo 8 4 Matt Morris 7 5 Mark Petkovsek 7

Strikeouts

1 Todd Stottlemyre 147 2 Kent Bottenfield 98 3 Matt Morris 79 4 Kent Mercker 72 5 Donovan Osborne 60
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Kent Mercker 11 11 5.07 30 29 0 161.2 53 72
Todd Stottlemyre 9 9 3.51 23 23 0 161.1 51 147
Kent Bottenfield 4 6 4.44 44 17 4 133.2 57 98
Matt Morris 7 5 2.53 17 17 0 113.2 42 79
Mark Petkovsek 7 4 4.77 48 10 0 105.2 36 55
Juan Acevedo 8 3 2.56 50 9 15 98.1 29 56
John Frascatore 3 4 4.14 69 0 0 95.2 36 49
Donovan Osborne 5 4 4.09 14 14 0 83.2 22 60
Manny Aybar 6 6 5.98 20 14 0 81.1 42 57
Darren Oliver 4 4 4.26 10 10 0 57.0 23 29
Rich Croushore 0 3 4.97 41 0 8 54.1 29 47
Curtis King 2 0 3.53 36 0 2 51.0 20 28
Jeff Brantley 0 5 4.44 48 0 14 50.2 18 48
Lance Painter 4 0 3.99 65 0 1 47.1 28 39
Bobby Witt 2 5 4.94 17 5 0 47.1 20 28
Mike Busby 5 2 4.50 26 2 0 46.0 15 33
Cliff Politte 2 3 6.32 8 8 0 37.0 18 22
Jose Jimenez 3 0 2.95 4 3 0 21.1 8 12
Brady Raggio 1 1 15.43 4 1 0 7.0 3 3
Bryan Eversgerd 0 0 9.00 8 0 0 6.0 2 4
Sean Lowe 0 3 15.19 4 1 0 5.1 5 2
Braden Looper 0 1 5.40 4 0 0 3.1 1 4
Gary Gaetti 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.0 0 0

👥 Roster (45)

Juan Acevedo Manny Aybar David Bell Kent Bottenfield Jeff Brantley Mike Busby Royce Clayton Rich Croushore Delino DeShields J. D. Drew Bryan Eversgerd John Frascatore +33 more

45 players

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