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1997 St. Louis Cardinals | Baseball Statistics

Major League Baseball (MLB)

Record: 73-89 .45.... 4th in NL Central Division
Manager(s): Tony LaRussa
Stadium: Busch Stadium
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 2,634,014
Payroll: $44,179,167 Top Draft Pick: Adam Kennedy (#20)

Major League Debuts:

Batters: Jeff Berblinger (Sep 7) Micah Franklin (May 13) Scarborough Green (Aug 2) Mike Gulan (May 14) Eli Marrero (Sep 3) Luis Ordaz (Sep 3)
Pitchers: Manny Aybar (Aug 4) Rigo Beltran (Jun 2) Curtis King (Aug 1) Sean Lowe (Aug 29) Tom McGraw (May 7) Matt Morris (Apr 4) Brady Raggio (Apr 15)

Batting Statistics

Pos	Player Name	Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
C	Mike DiFelice	28	93	260	16	62	10	1	4	30	1	1	19	61	3	0	6	1	11	.238	.297	.331	628	--
1B	Dmitri Young	23	110	333	38	86	14	3	5	34	6	5	38	63	2	3	1	3	8	.258	.335	.363	698	--
2B	Delino DeShields	28	150	572	92	169	26	14	11	58	55	14	55	72	3	1	7	6	5	.295	.357	.448	805	--
3B	Gary Gaetti	38	148	502	63	126	24	1	17	69	7	3	36	88	6	3	4	6	20	.251	.305	.404	709	--
SS	Royce Clayton	27	154	576	75	153	39	5	9	61	30	10	33	109	3	4	2	5	19	.266	.306	.398	704	--
OF	Ray Lankford	30	133	465	94	137	36	3	31	98	21	11	95	125	0	10	0	5	9	.295	.411	.585	996	--
OF	Ron Gant	32	139	502	68	115	21	4	17	62	14	6	58	162	1	3	0	1	2	.229	.310	.388	698	--
OF	John Mabry	26	116	388	40	110	19	0	5	36	0	1	39	77	3	9	2	2	11	.284	.352	.371	723	--
DH	Willie McGee	38	122	300	29	90	19	4	3	38	8	2	22	59	0	2	0	1	6	.300	.347	.420	767	--

C	Tom Lampkin	33	108	229	28	56	8	1	7	22	2	1	28	30	4	5	4	2	8	.245	.335	.380	715	--
1B	Mark McGwire	33	51	174	38	44	3	0	24	42	2	0	43	61	5	8	0	2	0	.253	.411	.684	1095	--
RF-CF	Brian Jordan	30	47	145	17	34	5	0	0	10	6	1	10	21	6	1	0	0	4	.234	.311	.269	580	--
3B-2B	David Bell	24	66	142	9	30	7	2	1	12	1	0	10	28	0	2	2	1	2	.211	.261	.310	571	--
3B-LF	Danny Sheaffer	35	76	132	10	33	5	0	0	11	1	0	8	17	1	0	4	1	10	.250	.296	.288	584	--
RF-LF	Phil Plantier	28	42	113	13	29	8	0	5	18	0	3	11	27	3	1	0	2	5	.257	.333	.460	793	--
P	Matt Morris	22	34	73	4	15	2	0	0	6	0	1	5	36	0	0	2	0	0	.205	.256	.233	489	--
RF-LF	Mark Sweeney	27	44	61	5	13	3	0	0	4	0	1	9	14	1	1	1	1	2	.213	.319	.262	581	--
P	Andy Benes	29	25	55	4	12	2	0	0	5	0	0	1	14	1	0	8	0	0	.218	.246	.255	501	--
P	Todd Stottlemyre	32	28	55	6	13	4	1	0	4	0	0	8	13	0	0	5	0	0	.236	.333	.345	678	--
P	Alan Benes	25	22	52	1	9	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	16	0	0	2	0	0	.173	.173	.212	385	--
C	Tom Pagnozzi	34	25	50	4	11	3	0	1	8	0	0	1	7	0	0	0	0	2	.220	.235	.340	575	--
C	Eli Marrero	23	17	45	4	11	2	0	2	7	4	0	2	13	0	1	0	1	1	.244	.271	.422	693	--
2B-SS	Mike Gallego	36	27	43	6	7	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	0	0	1	1	0	.163	.178	.209	387	--
3B-RF	Scott Livingstone	31	42	41	3	7	1	0	0	3	1	0	1	10	0	0	0	2	1	.171	.182	.195	377	--
RF-LF	Micah Franklin	25	17	34	6	11	0	0	2	2	0	0	3	10	0	0	0	0	0	.324	.378	.500	878	--
CF-LF	Scarborough Green	23	20	31	5	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	.097	.152	.097	249	--
P	Donovan Osborne	28	13	24	2	5	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	.208	.208	.250	458	--
SS	Luis Ordaz	21	12	22	3	6	1	0	0	1	3	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.304	.318	622	--
P	Manny Aybar	27	11	21	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	286	--
2B-RF	Roberto Mejia	25	7	14	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	1	0	.071	.067	.143	210	--
P	Mark Petkovsek	31	53	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	1	.091	.167	.091	258	--
2B-LF	Steve Scarsone	31	5	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.250	.100	350	--
3B	Mike Gulan	26	5	9	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.100	.000	100	--
P	Rigo Beltran	27	34	7	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.286	429	--
P	Danny Jackson	35	4	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	286	--
2B	Jeff Berblinger	26	7	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
P	Fernando Valenzuela	36	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.200	.200	.200	400	--
P	Mike Busby	24	3	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1000	--
P	John Frascatore	27	57	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
P	Sean Lowe	26	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	666	--
P	Brady Raggio	24	15	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.000	.000	.000	000	--
P	Curtis King	26	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
P	T.J. Mathews	27	40	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
P	Lance Painter	29	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--

Pitching Statistics

	Player Name		Age	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
ST	Matt Morris	log	22	12	9	3.19	33	33	3	0	0	0	217.0	208	88	77	12	69	149	5	3	8.63	0.50	2.86	6.18	1.28	--
ST	Todd Stottlemyre	log	32	12	9	3.88	28	28	0	0	0	0	181.0	155	86	78	16	65	160	6	0	7.71	0.80	3.23	7.96	1.22	--
ST	Andy Benes	log	29	10	7	3.10	26	26	0	0	0	0	177.0	149	64	61	9	61	175	7	0	7.58	0.46	3.10	8.90	1.19	--
ST	Alan Benes	log	25	9	9	2.89	23	23	2	0	0	0	161.2	128	60	52	13	68	160	9	2	7.13	0.72	3.79	8.91	1.21	--
ST	Donovan Osborne	log	28	3	7	4.93	14	14	0	0	0	0	80.1	84	46	44	10	23	51	1	0	9.41	1.12	2.58	5.71	1.33	--

CL	Dennis Eckersley	log	42	1	5	3.91	57	0	0	0	47	36	53.0	49	24	23	9	8	45	2	0	8.32	1.53	1.36	7.64	1.08	--
RP	Tony Fossas	log	39	2	7	3.83	71	0	0	0	14	0	51.2	62	32	22	7	26	41	0	0	10.80	1.22	4.53	7.14	1.70	--
RP	John Frascatore	log	27	5	2	2.48	59	0	0	0	17	0	80.0	74	25	22	5	33	58	4	0	8.33	0.56	3.71	6.53	1.34	--
RP	Mark Petkovsek	log	31	4	7	5.06	55	2	0	0	19	2	96.0	109	61	54	14	31	51	2	0	10.22	1.31	2.91	4.78	1.46	--
RP	T.J. Mathews	log	27	4	4	2.15	40	0	0	0	12	0	46.0	41	14	11	4	18	46	1	0	8.02	0.78	3.52	9.00	1.28	--
RP	Rigo Beltran	log	27	1	2	3.48	35	4	0	0	16	1	54.1	47	25	21	3	17	50	1	0	7.79	0.50	2.82	8.28	1.18	--
RP	Curtis King	log	26	4	2	2.76	30	0	0	0	8	0	29.1	38	14	9	0	11	13	2	0	11.66	0.00	3.38	3.99	1.67	--

	Brady Raggio	log	24	1	2	6.89	15	4	0	0	5	0	31.1	44	24	24	1	16	21	3	0	12.64	0.29	4.60	6.03	1.91	--
	Lance Painter	log	29	1	1	4.76	14	0	0	0	4	0	17.0	13	9	9	1	8	11	0	0	6.88	0.53	4.24	5.82	1.24	--
	Manny Aybar	log	27	2	4	4.24	12	12	0	0	0	0	68.0	66	33	32	8	29	41	1	1	8.74	1.06	3.84	5.43	1.40	--
	Jose Bautista	log	32	0	0	6.57	11	0	0	0	3	0	12.1	15	10	9	2	2	4	1	0	10.95	1.46	1.46	2.92	1.38	--
	Rich Batchelor	log	30	1	1	4.50	10	0	0	0	3	0	16.0	21	12	8	0	7	8	0	1	11.81	0.00	3.94	4.50	1.75	--
	Sean Lowe	log	26	0	2	9.35	6	4	0	0	1	0	17.1	27	21	18	2	10	8	0	0	14.02	1.04	5.19	4.15	2.13	--
	Fernando Valenzuela	log	36	0	4	5.56	5	5	0	0	0	0	22.2	22	19	14	2	14	10	2	0	8.74	0.79	5.56	3.97	1.59	--
	Eric Ludwick	log	25	0	1	9.45	5	0	0	0	3	0	6.2	12	7	7	1	6	7	0	0	16.20	1.35	8.10	9.45	2.70	--
	Danny Jackson	log	35	1	2	7.71	4	4	0	0	0	0	18.2	26	17	16	3	8	13	0	0	12.54	1.45	3.86	6.27	1.82	--
	Mike Busby	log	24	0	2	8.79	3	3	0	0	0	0	14.1	24	14	14	2	4	6	0	0	15.07	1.26	2.51	3.77	1.95	--
	Tom McGraw	log	29	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	0	2	0	1.2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	10.80	0.00	5.40	0.00	1.80	--
	Rick Honeycutt	log	43	0	0	13.50	2	0	0	0	2	0	2.0	5	3	3	0	1	2	1	1	22.50	0.00	4.50	9.00	3.00	--
	Gary Gaetti	log	38	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	27.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	3.00	--

Fielding Statistics

Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
Tony Fossas	39	P	71		51.2	2	16	0	18	1	-	-	-	1.000	3.14
John Frascatore	27	P	59		80	5	5	0	10	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.13
Dennis Eckersley	42	P	57		53	3	5	0	8	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.36
Mark Petkovsek	31	P	55		96	11	19	1	31	3	-	-	-	.968	2.81
T.J. Mathews	27	P	40		46	5	4	1	10	0	-	-	-	.900	1.76
Rigo Beltran	27	P	35		54.1	4	10	1	15	0	-	-	-	.933	2.32
Matt Morris	22	P	33		217	5	28	5	38	1	-	-	-	.868	1.37
Curtis King	26	P	30		29.1	2	5	0	7	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.15
Todd Stottlemyre	32	P	28		181	12	21	1	34	0	-	-	-	.971	1.64
Andy Benes	29	P	26		177	8	14	1	23	0	-	-	-	.957	1.12
Alan Benes	25	P	23		161.2	13	12	0	25	3	-	-	-	1.000	1.39
Brady Raggio	24	P	15		31.1	1	6	0	7	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.01
Lance Painter	29	P	14		17	4	3	0	7	1	-	-	-	1.000	3.71
Donovan Osborne	28	P	14		80.1	4	10	0	14	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.57
Manny Aybar	27	P	12		68	3	10	2	15	0	-	-	-	.867	1.72
Jose Bautista	32	P	11		12.1	1	0	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	.73
Rich Batchelor	30	P	10		16	0	1	1	2	0	-	-	-	.500	.56
Sean Lowe	26	P	6		17.1	1	3	2	6	0	-	-	-	.667	2.08
Fernando Valenzuela	36	P	5		22.2	1	8	1	10	0	-	-	-	.900	3.57
Eric Ludwick	25	P	5		6.2	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	.00
Danny Jackson	35	P	4		18.2	0	4	1	5	0	-	-	-	.800	1.93
Mike Busby	24	P	3		14.1	0	2	0	2	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.26
Tom McGraw	29	P	2		1.2	0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	5.40
Rick Honeycutt	43	P	2		2	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	.00
Gary Gaetti	38	P	1		0.1	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	.00

Mike DiFelice	28	C	91			586	64	6	656	10	12			.991	--
Tom Lampkin	33	C	86			413	37	5	455	6	6			.989	--
Eli Marrero	23	C	17			82	12	3	97	2	0			.969	--
Tom Pagnozzi	34	C	13			57	2	0	59	0	0			1.000	--
Danny Sheaffer	35	C	9			19	1	0	20	0	0			1.000	--

Dmitri Young	23	1B	74			601	45	10	656	50	-	-	-	.985	--
Mark McGwire	33	1B	50			439	34	1	474	40	-	-	-	.998	--
John Mabry	26	1B	49			346	22	1	369	33	-	-	-	.997	--
Gary Gaetti	38	1B	20			61	6	0	67	8	-	-	-	1.000	--
Mark Sweeney	27	1B	4			8	1	0	9	2	-	-	-	1.000	--
Tom Pagnozzi	34	1B	2			6	0	0	6	1	-	-	-	1.000	--
Mike DiFelice	28	1B	1			1	0	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

Delino DeShields	28	2B	147			271	398	19	688	93	-	-	-	.972	--
David Bell	24	2B	23			35	37	2	74	7	-	-	-	.973	--
Mike Gallego	36	2B	11			9	16	1	26	3	-	-	-	.962	--
Jeff Berblinger	26	2B	4			4	4	0	8	2	-	-	-	1.000	--
Danny Sheaffer	35	2B	3			3	3	0	6	2	-	-	-	1.000	--
Roberto Mejia	25	2B	3			3	6	1	10	3	-	-	-	.900	--
Steve Scarsone	31	2B	2			4	2	0	6	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

Gary Gaetti	38	3B	132			72	243	7	322	24	-	-	-	.978	--
David Bell	24	3B	35			10	32	4	46	1	-	-	-	.913	--
Danny Sheaffer	35	3B	30			8	36	2	46	2	-	-	-	.957	--
Mike Gallego	36	3B	7			1	7	0	8	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
Mike Gulan	26	3B	3			1	1	0	2	1	-	-	-	1.000	--
Scott Livingstone	31	3B	2			0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
John Mabry	26	3B	1			0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	--
Tom Pagnozzi	34	3B	1			0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	--
Steve Scarsone	31	3B	1			0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	--

Royce Clayton	27	SS	153			228	452	19	699	93	-	-	-	.973	--
David Bell	24	SS	13			10	26	2	38	4	-	-	-	.947	--
Luis Ordaz	21	SS	11			9	18	1	28	4	-	-	-	.964	--
Mike Gallego	36	SS	10			5	18	0	23	3	-	-	-	1.000	--

Ron Gant	32	LF	128			248	4	6	258	1	-	-	-	.977	--
Willie McGee	38	LF	18			15	1	0	16	1	-	-	-	1.000	--
Danny Sheaffer	35	LF	13			9	0	0	9	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
Mark Sweeney	27	LF