1996 St. Louis Cardinals Game-by-Game Results

National League (NL)
Team Record: 88-74
Finished 1st in the NL's Central Division
Attendance: 2,645,824, Avg. 32,664
Ballpark: Busch Stadium II
Won Division
National League Division Series - Defeated San Diego Padres 3-0
National League Championship Series - Lost to Atlanta Braves 4-3
Manager: Tony LaRussa (88-74)
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
1996 St. Louis Cardinals Statistics
1996 St. Louis Cardinals Roster

The St. Louis Cardinals of the National League ended the 1996 season with a record of 88 wins and 74 losses, finishing first in the NL's Central Division.

The Cardinals tallied 759 runs and yielded 706 runs. Ron Gant walloped 30 home runs for St. Louis, while Gary Gaetti, Brian Jordan and Ray Lankford each swatted 20 or more, too. Brian Jordan drove in 104 runs and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .310 clip. Andy Benes led the team with 18 wins, and Donovan Osborne registered a 3.53 earned run average, leading regularly-used pitchers.

Tony LaRussa coached the team. The 1996 St. Louis Cardinals qualified for the playoffs as a division winner.

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Regular Season Runs For: 759
Regular Season Runs Against: 706

Date Game Res Home Road Record
April 1, 1996 St. Louis Cardinals 6 at New York Mets 7 L 0-0 0-1 0-1
April 3, 1996 St. Louis Cardinals 5 at New York Mets 3 W 0-0 1-1 1-1
April 4, 1996 St. Louis Cardinals 9 at New York Mets 10 L 0-0 1-2 1-2
April 5, 1996 St. Louis Cardinals 5 at Atlanta Braves 4 W 0-0 2-2 2-2
April 6, 1996 St. Louis Cardinals 3 at Atlanta Braves 2 W 0-0 3-2 3-2
April 7, 1996 St. Louis Cardinals 3 at Atlanta Braves 13 L 0-0 3-3 3-3
April 8, 1996 Montreal Expos 4 at St. Louis Cardinals 3 L 0-1 3-3 3-4
April 10, 1996 Montreal Expos 1 at St. Louis Cardinals 4 W 1-1 3-3 4-4
April 11, 1996 Philadelphia Phillies 1 at St. Louis Cardinals 2 W 2-1 3-3 5-4
April 12, 1996 Philadelphia Phillies 1 at St. Louis Cardinals 6 W 3-1 3-3 6-4
April 13, 1996 Philadelphia Phillies 4 at St. Louis Cardinals 2 L 3-2 3-3 6-5
April 14, 1996 Philadelphia Phillies 5 at St. Louis Cardinals 6 W 4-2 3-3 7-5
April 15, 1996 Pittsburgh Pirates 4 at St. Louis Cardinals 6 W 5-2 3-3 8-5
April 16, 1996 Pittsburgh Pirates 13 at St. Louis Cardinals 3 L 5-3 3-3 8-6
April 17, 1996 Pittsburgh Pirates 1 at St. Louis Cardinals 6 W 6-3 3-3 9-6
April 18, 1996 Pittsburgh Pirates 6 at St. Louis Cardinals 2 L 6-4 3-3 9-7
April 19, 1996 St. Louis Cardinals 1 at Philadelphia Phillies 0 W 6-4 4-3 10-7
April 20, 1996 St. Louis Cardinals 1 at Philadelphia Phillies 0 W 6-4 5-3 11-7
April 21, 1996 St. Louis Cardinals 2 at Philadelphia Phillies 4 L 6-4 5-4 11-8
April 22, 1996 St. Louis Cardinals 0 at Montreal Expos 8 L 6-4 5-5 11-9
April 23, 1996 St. Louis Cardinals 11 at Montreal Expos 12 L 6-4 5-6 11-10
April 24, 1996 New York Mets 4 at St. Louis Cardinals 9 W 7-4 5-6 12-10
April 25, 1996 New York Mets 9 at St. Louis Cardinals 3 L 7-5 5-6 12-11
April 26, 1996 Atlanta Braves 6 at St. Louis Cardinals 1 L 7-6 5-6 12-12
April 27, 1996 Atlanta Braves 7 at St. Louis Cardinals 2 L 7-7 5-6 12-13
April 29, 1996 Atlanta Braves 4 at St. Louis Cardinals 1 L 7-8 5-6 12-14
April 30, 1996 St. Louis Cardinals 6 at Chicago Cubs 7 L 7-8 5-7 12-15
May 1, 1996 St. Louis Cardinals 3 at Chicago Cubs 9 L 7-8 5-8 12-16
May 3, 1996 St. Louis Cardinals 3 at San Diego Padres 1 W 7-8 6-8 13-16
May 4, 1996 St. Louis Cardinals 4 at San Diego Padres 3 W 7-8 7-8 14-16
May 5, 1996 St. Louis Cardinals 4 at San Diego Padres 10 L 7-8 7-9 14-17
May 7, 1996 San Francisco Giants 4 at St. Louis Cardinals 2 L 7-9 7-9 14-18
May 8, 1996 San Francisco Giants 10 at St. Louis Cardinals 7 L 7-10 7-9 14-19
May 9, 1996 San Francisco Giants 8 at St. Louis Cardinals 16 W 8-10 7-9 15-19
May 10, 1996 Los Angeles Dodgers 3 at St. Louis Cardinals 2 L 8-11 7-9 15-20
May 11, 1996 Los Angeles Dodgers 4 at St. Louis Cardinals 2 L 8-12 7-9 15-21
May 12, 1996 Los Angeles Dodgers 5 at St. Louis Cardinals 6 W 9-12 7-9 16-21
May 13, 1996 St. Louis Cardinals 2 at Florida Marlins 5 L 9-12 7-10 16-22
May 14, 1996 St. Louis Cardinals 5 at Florida Marlins 11 L 9-12 7-11 16-23
May 15, 1996 St. Louis Cardinals 6 at Florida Marlins 0 W 9-12 8-11 17-23
May 17, 1996 St. Louis Cardinals 11 at Colorado Rockies 12 L 9-12 8-12 17-24
May 18, 1996 St. Louis Cardinals 8 at Colorado Rockies 9 L 9-12 8-13 17-25
May 19, 1996 St. Louis Cardinals 3 at Colorado Rockies 10 L 9-12 8-14 17-26
May 20, 1996 St. Louis Cardinals 5 at Houston Astros 3 W 9-12 9-14 18-26
May 21, 1996 St. Louis Cardinals 8 at Houston Astros 2 W 9-12 10-14 19-26
May 22, 1996 St. Louis Cardinals 5 at Houston Astros 2 W 9-12 11-14 20-26
May 24, 1996 Florida Marlins 2 at St. Louis Cardinals 4 W 10-12 11-14 21-26
May 25, 1996 Florida Marlins 0 at St. Louis Cardinals 5 W 11-12 11-14 22-26
May 26, 1996 Florida Marlins 8 at St. Louis Cardinals 2 L 11-13 11-14 22-27
May 27, 1996 Colorado Rockies 5 at St. Louis Cardinals 2 L 11-14 11-14 22-28
May 28, 1996 Colorado Rockies 6 at St. Louis Cardinals 5 L 11-15 11-14 22-29
May 29, 1996 Colorado Rockies 5 at St. Louis Cardinals 6 W 12-15 11-14 23-29
May 31, 1996 Houston Astros 4 at St. Louis Cardinals 6 W 13-15 11-14 24-29
June 1, 1996 Houston Astros 4 at St. Louis Cardinals 5 W 14-15 11-14 25-29
June 2, 1996 Houston Astros 0 at St. Louis Cardinals 2 W 15-15 11-14 26-29
June 3, 1996 St. Louis Cardinals 3 at San Diego Padres 0 W 15-15 12-14 27-29
June 4, 1996 St. Louis Cardinals 11 at San Diego Padres 5 W 15-15 13-14 28-29
June 5, 1996 St. Louis Cardinals 4 at San Diego Padres 6 L 15-15 13-15 28-30
June 7, 1996 St. Louis Cardinals 9 at San Francisco Giants 4 W 15-15 14-15 29-30
June 8, 1996 St. Louis Cardinals 1 at San Francisco Giants 4 L 15-15 14-16 29-31
June 9, 1996 St. Louis Cardinals 0 at San Francisco Giants 9 L 15-15 14-17 29-32
June 10, 1996 St. Louis Cardinals 1 at Los Angeles Dodgers 2 L 15-15 14-18 29-33
June 11, 1996 St. Louis Cardinals 6 at Los Angeles Dodgers 3 W 15-15 15-18 30-33
June 13, 1996 New York Mets 2 at St. Louis Cardinals 1 L 15-16 15-18 30-34
June 14, 1996 New York Mets 4 at St. Louis Cardinals 13 W 16-16 15-18 31-34
June 15, 1996 New York Mets 2 at St. Louis Cardinals 4 W 17-16 15-18 32-34
June 16, 1996 New York Mets 4 at St. Louis Cardinals 5 W 18-16 15-18 33-34
June 18, 1996 Philadelphia Phillies 2 at St. Louis Cardinals 3 W 19-16 15-18 34-34
June 19, 1996 Philadelphia Phillies 2 at St. Louis Cardinals 3 W 20-16 15-18 35-34
June 20, 1996 St. Louis Cardinals 3 at Montreal Expos 8 L 20-16 15-19 35-35
June 21, 1996 St. Louis Cardinals 3 at Montreal Expos 4 L 20-16 15-20 35-36
June 22, 1996 St. Louis Cardinals 9 at Montreal Expos 4 W 20-16 16-20 36-36
June 23, 1996 St. Louis Cardinals 2 at Montreal Expos 3 L 20-16 16-21 36-37
June 24, 1996 St. Louis Cardinals 9 at Atlanta Braves 2 W 20-16 17-21 37-37
June 25, 1996 St. Louis Cardinals 3 at Atlanta Braves 4 L 20-16 17-22 37-38
June 26, 1996 St. Louis Cardinals 11 at Atlanta Braves 7 W 20-16 18-22 38-38
June 27, 1996 St. Louis Cardinals 0 at Atlanta Braves 3 L 20-16 18-23 38-39
June 28, 1996 Pittsburgh Pirates 1 at St. Louis Cardinals 6 W 21-16 18-23 39-39
June 29, 1996 Pittsburgh Pirates 5 at St. Louis Cardinals 6 W 22-16 18-23 40-39
June 30, 1996 Pittsburgh Pirates 3 at St. Louis Cardinals 10 W 23-16 18-23 41-39
July 1, 1996 Cincinnati Reds 8 at St. Louis Cardinals 5 L 23-17 18-23 41-40
July 2, 1996 Cincinnati Reds 3 at St. Louis Cardinals 4 W 24-17 18-23 42-40
July 3, 1996 Cincinnati Reds 0 at St. Louis Cardinals 4 W 25-17 18-23 43-40
July 4, 1996 St. Louis Cardinals 7 at Pittsburgh Pirates 1 W 25-17 19-23 44-40
July 5, 1996 St. Louis Cardinals 7 at Pittsburgh Pirates 4 W 25-17 20-23 45-40
July 6, 1996 St. Louis Cardinals 9 at Pittsburgh Pirates 5 W 25-17 21-23 46-40
July 7, 1996 St. Louis Cardinals 2 at Pittsburgh Pirates 8 L 25-17 21-24 46-41
July 11, 1996 St. Louis Cardinals 0 at Chicago Cubs 6 L 25-17 21-25 46-42
July 12, 1996 St. Louis Cardinals 13 at Chicago Cubs 3 W 25-17 22-25 47-42
July 13, 1996 St. Louis Cardinals 10 at Chicago Cubs 5 W 25-17 23-25 48-42
July 14, 1996 St. Louis Cardinals 7 at Chicago Cubs 6 W 25-17 24-25 49-42
July 15, 1996 St. Louis Cardinals 8 at Cincinnati Reds 3 W 25-17 25-25 50-42
July 16, 1996 St. Louis Cardinals 5 at Cincinnati Reds 4 W 25-17 26-25 51-42
July 17, 1996 St. Louis Cardinals 6 at Cincinnati Reds 4 W 25-17 27-25 52-42
July 18, 1996 Chicago Cubs 6 at St. Louis Cardinals 5 L 25-18 27-25 52-43
July 19, 1996 Chicago Cubs 1 at St. Louis Cardinals 9 W 26-18 27-25 53-43
July 20, 1996 Chicago Cubs 3 at St. Louis Cardinals 0 L 26-19 27-25 53-44
July 21, 1996 Chicago Cubs 5 at St. Louis Cardinals 6 W 27-19 27-25 54-44
July 22, 1996 Atlanta Braves 8 at St. Louis Cardinals 6 L 27-20 27-25 54-45
July 23, 1996 Atlanta Braves 3 at St. Louis Cardinals 2 L 27-21 27-25 54-46
July 24, 1996 Atlanta Braves 4 at St. Louis Cardinals 1 L 27-22 27-25 54-47
July 25, 1996 Montreal Expos 4 at St. Louis Cardinals 2 L 27-23 27-25 54-48
July 26, 1996 Montreal Expos 5 at St. Louis Cardinals 1 L 27-24 27-25 54-49
July 27, 1996 Montreal Expos 3 at St. Louis Cardinals 6 W 28-24 27-25 55-49
July 28, 1996 Montreal Expos 4 at St. Louis Cardinals 6 W 29-24 27-25 56-49
July 30, 1996 St. Louis Cardinals 7 at Philadelphia Phillies 8 L 29-24 27-26 56-50
August 1, 1996 St. Louis Cardinals 7 at Philadelphia Phillies 1 W 29-24 28-26 57-50
August 1, 1996 St. Louis Cardinals 1 at Philadelphia Phillies 2 L 29-24 28-27 57-51
August 2, 1996 St. Louis Cardinals 4 at New York Mets 3 W 29-24 29-27 58-51
August 3, 1996 St. Louis Cardinals 4 at New York Mets 5 L 29-24 29-28 58-52
August 4, 1996 St. Louis Cardinals 4 at New York Mets 2 W 29-24 30-28 59-52
August 5, 1996 San Diego Padres 2 at St. Louis Cardinals 8 W 30-24 30-28 60-52
August 6, 1996 San Diego Padres 1 at St. Louis Cardinals 0 L 30-25 30-28 60-53
August 7, 1996 San Diego Padres 0 at St. Louis Cardinals 1 W 31-25 30-28 61-53
August 8, 1996 San Francisco Giants 5 at St. Louis Cardinals 3 L 31-26 30-28 61-54
August 9, 1996 San Francisco Giants 8 at St. Louis Cardinals 6 L 31-27 30-28 61-55
August 10, 1996 San Francisco Giants 1 at St. Louis Cardinals 7 W 32-27 30-28 62-55
August 11, 1996 San Francisco Giants 3 at St. Louis Cardinals 5 W 33-27 30-28 63-55
August 13, 1996 Los Angeles Dodgers 8 at St. Louis Cardinals 4 L 33-28 30-28 63-56
August 14, 1996 Los Angeles Dodgers 1 at St. Louis Cardinals 6 W 34-28 30-28 64-56
August 15, 1996 Los Angeles Dodgers 5 at St. Louis Cardinals 2 L 34-29 30-28 64-57
August 16, 1996 St. Louis Cardinals 6 at Florida Marlins 2 W 34-29 31-28 65-57
August 17, 1996 St. Louis Cardinals 4 at Florida Marlins 3 W 34-29 32-28 66-57
August 18, 1996 St. Louis Cardinals 5 at Florida Marlins 3 W 34-29 33-28 67-57
August 20, 1996 St. Louis Cardinals 4 at Colorado Rockies 5 L 34-29 33-29 67-58
August 21, 1996 St. Louis Cardinals 2 at Colorado Rockies 10 L 34-29 33-30 67-59
August 22, 1996 St. Louis Cardinals 5 at Colorado Rockies 10 L 34-29 33-31 67-60
August 23, 1996 St. Louis Cardinals 1 at Houston Astros 0 W 34-29 34-31 68-60
August 24, 1996 St. Louis Cardinals 1 at Houston Astros 3 L 34-29 34-32 68-61
August 25, 1996 St. Louis Cardinals 1 at Houston Astros 4 L 34-29 34-33 68-62
August 26, 1996 St. Louis Cardinals 3 at Houston Astros 2 W 34-29 35-33 69-62
August 27, 1996 Florida Marlins 6 at St. Louis Cardinals 3 L 34-30 35-33 69-63
August 28, 1996 Florida Marlins 3 at St. Louis Cardinals 2 L 34-31 35-33 69-64
August 29, 1996 Florida Marlins 10 at St. Louis Cardinals 9 L 34-32 35-33 69-65
August 30, 1996 Colorado Rockies 4 at St. Louis Cardinals 7 W 35-32 35-33 70-65
August 31, 1996 Colorado Rockies 1 at St. Louis Cardinals 2 W 36-32 35-33 71-65
September 1, 1996 Colorado Rockies 6 at St. Louis Cardinals 15 W 37-32 35-33 72-65
September 2, 1996 Houston Astros 7 at St. Louis Cardinals 8 W 38-32 35-33 73-65
September 3, 1996 Houston Astros 3 at St. Louis Cardinals 12 W 39-32 35-33 74-65
September 4, 1996 Houston Astros 4 at St. Louis Cardinals 6 W 40-32 35-33 75-65
September 6, 1996 San Diego Padres 3 at St. Louis Cardinals 8 W 41-32 35-33 76-65
September 7, 1996 San Diego Padres 3 at St. Louis Cardinals 8 W 42-32 35-33 77-65
September 8, 1996 San Diego Padres 5 at St. Louis Cardinals 4 L 42-33 35-33 77-66
September 9, 1996 St. Louis Cardinals 6 at San Francisco Giants 2 W 42-33 36-33 78-66
September 10, 1996 St. Louis Cardinals 1 at San Francisco Giants 0 W 42-33 37-33 79-66
September 11, 1996 St. Louis Cardinals 2 at San Francisco Giants 4 L 42-33 37-34 79-67
September 12, 1996 St. Louis Cardinals 1 at Los Angeles Dodgers 4 L 42-33 37-35 79-68
September 13, 1996 St. Louis Cardinals 2 at Los Angeles Dodgers 0 W 42-33 38-35 80-68
September 14, 1996 St. Louis Cardinals 5 at Los Angeles Dodgers 9 L 42-33 38-36 80-69
September 15, 1996 St. Louis Cardinals 5 at Los Angeles Dodgers 6 L 42-33 38-37 80-70
September 17, 1996 Chicago Cubs 3 at St. Louis Cardinals 5 W 43-33 38-37 81-70
September 18, 1996 Chicago Cubs 3 at St. Louis Cardinals 5 W 44-33 38-37 82-70
September 19, 1996 Chicago Cubs 4 at St. Louis Cardinals 5 W 45-33 38-37 83-70
September 20, 1996 St. Louis Cardinals 2 at Cincinnati Reds 4 L 45-33 38-38 83-71
September 22, 1996 St. Louis Cardinals 3 at Cincinnati Reds 6 L 45-33 38-39 83-72
September 22, 1996 St. Louis Cardinals 0 at Cincinnati Reds 6 L 45-33 38-40 83-73
September 23, 1996 St. Louis Cardinals 3 at Cincinnati Reds 2 W 45-33 39-40 84-73
September 24, 1996 St. Louis Cardinals 7 at Pittsburgh Pirates 1 W 45-33 40-40 85-73
September 25, 1996 St. Louis Cardinals 8 at Pittsburgh Pirates 7 W 45-33 41-40 86-73
September 27, 1996 Cincinnati Reds 1 at St. Louis Cardinals 2 W 46-33 41-40 87-73
September 28, 1996 Cincinnati Reds 2 at St. Louis Cardinals 5 W 47-33 41-40 88-73
September 29, 1996 Cincinnati Reds 6 at St. Louis Cardinals 3 L 47-34 41-40 88-74
October 1, 1996 San Diego Padres 1 at St. Louis Cardinals 3 W 1-0 0-0 1-0
October 3, 1996 San Diego Padres 4 at St. Louis Cardinals 5 W 2-0 0-0 2-0
October 5, 1996 St. Louis Cardinals 7 at San Diego Padres 5 W 2-0 1-0 3-0
October 9, 1996 St. Louis Cardinals 2 at Atlanta Braves 4 L 2-0 1-1 3-1
October 10, 1996 St. Louis Cardinals 8 at Atlanta Braves 3 W 2-0 2-1 4-1
October 12, 1996 Atlanta Braves 2 at St. Louis Cardinals 3 W 3-0 2-1 5-1
October 13, 1996 Atlanta Braves 3 at St. Louis Cardinals 4 W 4-0 2-1 6-1
October 14, 1996 Atlanta Braves 14 at St. Louis Cardinals 0 L 4-1 2-1 6-2
October 16, 1996 St. Louis Cardinals 1 at Atlanta Braves 3 L 4-1 2-2 6-3
October 17, 1996 St. Louis Cardinals 0 at Atlanta Braves 15 L 4-1 2-3 6-4


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