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1997 St. Louis Cardinals  (1996)  (1998) 82-80, 1st in NL Central Division Scored 770 runs, Allowed 793 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 79-83 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .678 Park Factor: Batting - 99 / Pitching - 99 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 82-80   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 73-89 Manager(s): Mike Rescigno Lost to Los Angeles Dodgers in Divisional Series, 3 games to 1.

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 OF  Tim Salmon           28  152  570   95  164  27   3  31  105   5   5   92  145  .288  .392  .509  117   7.4  3(-4)e12  -11  
 OF *Jeromy Burnitz       28  139  496   87  142  42   6  26   94  13   6   82  126  .286  .389  .552  108   7.9  3(-1)e8     7  
 2B *Delino Deshields     28  149  599  111  186  27   6  16   63  62  12   50   79  .311  .362  .456  107   6.5  3e23       13  
 OF *Ray Lankford         30  130  452  106  124  35   0  30   70  22  10   90  123  .274  .393  .551  101   7.8  2(+2)e11  -52  
 SS #Tony Fernandez       35  125  424   57  123  20   4  10   45   6   3   32   57  .290  .337  .427   61   5.1  3e22       17  
 OF #Willie McGee         38   67  219   37   80  16   5   5   35   3   0   18   40  .365  .410  .553   50   9.4  3(+1)e6   196  
 1B  Eduardo Perez        27   72  257   51   72  21   0  13   50   0   0   34   63  .280  .364  .514   49   7.0  3e6        82  
 1B *John Mabry           26  118  401   48  107  22   0   4   65   0   0   35   88  .267  .332  .352   48   4.3  3e4       -40  
 3B  Gary Gaetti          38  132  503   41  116  19   1  11   60   4   1   30   86  .231  .280  .338   42   2.8  3e10      -92  
 OF  Ron Gant             32   59  147   14   38   8   4   2   20   2   0   16   46  .259  .331  .408   21   5.4  4(+2)e8    41  
 C   Chris Widger         26   74  249   27   50  16   2   1   17   1   0   25   41  .201  .277  .293   20   2.7  3(+1)e4  -123  
 SS  David Bell           24   96  282   18   54  11   2   2   20   0   1   17   61  .191  .236  .266   17   2.0  4e38      -69  
 C   Mike Difelice        28   83  263   16   47   6   0   4   23   1   2   15   68  .179  .226  .247   14   1.6  2(-1)e1  -154  
 1B #Dmitri Young         23   46   70    7   19   3   1   1    7   1   0    8   12  .271  .346  .386    9   4.9  4e25       33  
 1B  Mark McGwire         33   15   45    8   10   4   0   4    5   0   0    8   13  .222  .340  .578    9   7.4  2e10     -122  
 C   Eli Marrero          23   15   45    5   15   1   0   3    7   0   0    3   10  .333  .367  .556    9   7.7  3(-1)e13  230  
 OF  Brian Jordan         30   70   83    7   20   4   0   0    4   2   0    6   12  .241  .292  .289    7   3.0  3(0)e2      2  
 C   Tom Pagnozzi         34   28   75    8   12   3   0   2    6   0   0    2    9  .160  .179  .280    3   1.4  3(-1)e2  -116  
 PH  Scarborough Green    23    9    4    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .250  .250  .250    0   2.2            252  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                           802                  -17

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary
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     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P  Matt Morris          22  14   8  .636  32  32   4   0   0   0   2  221.1  198   97   94  19   60  159  3.82   84   3.4  -51  
  P *Donovan Osborne      28  12  10  .545  27  27   3   0   0   0   1  179.0  177   81   74  20   53  125  3.72   87   4.4  -54  
  P  Alan Benes           25  10   4  .714  25  25   2   0   0   0   0  168.2  137   68   63  19   74  162  3.36   72   3.9   18  
  P  Bob Tewksbury        36   9  12  .429  29  29   2   0   0   0   1  177.0  226  105   97  18   39  112  4.93  113   5.8   16  
  P  Ramon Garcia         27   8  12  .400  29  25   2   1   0   2   2  169.2  180   91   84  27   63  115  4.46  101   5.4    7  
  P  Kent Bottenfield     28   7   5  .583  50   0   0  23   3   3   0   69.2   76   36   33  10   32   65  4.26   45   5.8   -2  
  P  John Frascatore      27   6   6  .500  51   0   0  27   4   5   0   71.1   69   39   37   7   38   49  4.67   39   5.0   11  
  P *Ed Vosberg           35   3   1  .750  28   0   0  12   2   1   0   44.1   49   23   20   4   16   33  4.06   24   4.9  -64  
  P *Rigo Beltran         27   3   4  .429  50   0   0  28  10   1   0   63.2   59   34   27   2   34   54  3.82   29   4.0    1  
  P  Jack McDowell        31   3   4  .429   8   8   2   0   0   0   0   51.2   72   37   36  10   30   52  6.27   52   9.4  130  
  P  T. J. Mathews        27   2   0 1.000  26   0   0  22  16   1   0   26.2   13    2    2   2    9   21  0.68    5   1.7 -213  
  P  Curtis King          26   2   3  .400  29   0   0   8   2   2   0   33.2   63   36   33   2   19   10  8.82   38  10.4  193  
  P  Jose Lima            24   2   4  .333  45   4   1  21   5   3   0   91.1  122   71   62  17   17   77  6.11   70   6.9   94  
  P  Manny Aybar          22   1   4  .200   8   8   2   0   0   0   0   57.0   63   32   27  10   23   41  4.26   34   5.5    3  
  P  Sean Bergman         27   0   1  .000   3   1   1   0   0   0   0    9.1   13   10    7   1   10    9  6.75    9   9.4   32  
  P  Felipe Lira          25   0   2  .000   3   3   1   0   0   0   0   22.0   39   31   28   6   11   12 11.45   31  12.8  156  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                                      840          6

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed

Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP OSB OCS +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Mike Difelice 664 73 81 558 46 2 1 .997 43 24 Chris Widger 589 67 73 476 40 2 1 .996 53 27 Tom Pagnozzi 118 13 14 104 8 0 0 1.000 7 4 Eli Marrero 86 9 12 75 4 2 1 .975 3 1 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- John Mabry 893 99 105 847 102 1 78 .999 9.56 Eduardo Perez 347 39 42 341 34 1 34 .997 9.72 Mark McGwire 105 11 13 105 12 1 15 .992 10.03 Dmitri Young 87 10 12 79 6 0 7 1.000 8.79 Tom Pagnozzi 24 3 3 22 3 2 2 .926 9.38 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Delino Deshields 1328 148 149 333 421 23 86 .970 5.11 David Bell 129 14 19 33 43 2 11 .974 5.32 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Gary Gaetti 1164 129 132 91 222 8 12 .975 2.42 Eduardo Perez 239 27 28 10 37 7 2 .870 1.77 David Bell 53 6 8 8 11 0 1 1.000 3.21 Ron Gant 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Tony Fernandez 984 106 125 182 332 11 78 .979 4.70 David Bell 472 56 58 85 154 17 26 .934 4.55 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jeromy Burnitz 1180 132 135 222 8 3 1 .987 1.75 Ron Gant 242 27 28 47 2 1 1 .980 1.82 Brian Jordan 19 2 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.42 Willie McGee 11 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.45 John Mabry 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ray Lankford 1047 115 118 277 11 8 1 .973 2.47 Willie McGee 309 35 35 89 4 1 0 .989 2.71 Brian Jordan 45 5 7 12 1 0 1 1.000 2.60 Jeromy Burnitz 39 4 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.15 Ron Gant 16 3 3 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.12 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Tim Salmon 1356 151 151 237 9 7 1 .972 1.63 Willie McGee 97 11 11 21 1 0 0 1.000 2.04 Ron Gant 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Brian Jordan 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Jeromy Burnitz 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1997 Draft

Round 1 (#10):	Jose Lima
Round 2 (#27):	Tony Fernandez
Round 2 (#30):	Chris Widger
Round 2 (#37):	Bob Tewksbury
Round 2 (#48):	Ramon Garcia

Transactions

• 1997 preseason: released rookies Micah Franklin, Brady Raggio
• 1997-20: traded Dmitri Young to CIN for LAN#2
• 1997-20: traded T. J. Mathews, SLN#2 to OAA for Mark McGwire
• 1997-23: acquired Felipe Lira as a free agent
• 1997-25: acquired Sean Bergman as a free agent
• 1997 postseason: released Alan Benes

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