1997 St. Louis Cardinals Statistics

National League (NL)
Team Record: 73-89
Finished 4th in the NL's Central Division
Attendance: 2,654,568, Avg. 32,772
Ballpark: Busch Stadium II
Manager: Tony LaRussa (73-89)
Location: St. Louis, Missouri

1997 St. Louis Cardinals Roster
1997 St. Louis Cardinals Results

The St. Louis Cardinals of the National League ended the 1997 season with a record of 73 wins and 89 losses, finishing fourth in the NL's Central Division.

The Cardinals tallied 689 runs and conceded 708 runs. Ray Lankford walloped 31 home runs for St. Louis, while Gary Gaetti, Ron Gant and Mark McGwire each swatted 20 or more as well. Ray Lankford drove in 98 runs. Ray Lankford and Delino DeShields led all regular hitters by connecting at a .295 clip. Matt Morris and Todd Stottlemyre topped the squad with 12 wins each, and Alan Benes recorded a 2.89 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.

Tony LaRussa coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Matt Morris	12	9	.571	3.19	33	33	0	3	0	217.0	208	88	77	12	69	2	149	7	3	5	900
Todd Stottlemyre	12	9	.571	3.88	28	28	0	0	0	181.0	155	86	78	16	65	3	160	12	0	6	761
Andy Benes	10	7	.588	3.10	26	26	0	0	0	177.0	149	64	61	9	61	4	175	5	0	7	727
Alan Benes	9	9	.500	2.89	23	23	0	2	0	161.7	128	60	52	13	68	3	160	4	2	9	666
John Frascatore	5	2	.714	2.48	59	0	17	0	0	80.0	74	25	22	5	33	5	58	6	0	4	348
Curtis King	4	2	.667	2.76	30	0	8	0	0	29.3	38	14	9	0	11	0	13	1	0	2	136
T. J. Mathews	4	4	.500	2.15	40	0	12	0	0	46.0	41	14	11	4	18	3	46	1	0	1	197
Mark Petkovsek	4	7	.364	5.06	55	2	19	0	2	96.0	109	61	54	14	31	4	51	6	0	2	414
Donovan Osborne	3	7	.300	4.93	14	14	0	0	0	80.3	84	46	44	10	23	2	51	1	0	1	337
Manny Aybar	2	4	.333	4.24	12	12	0	0	0	68.0	66	33	32	8	29	0	41	4	1	1	295
Tony Fossas	2	7	.222	3.83	71	0	14	0	0	51.7	62	32	22	7	26	3	41	1	0	0	239
Rich Batchelor	1	1	.500	4.50	10	0	3	0	0	16.0	21	12	8	0	7	1	8	2	1	0	76
Lance Painter	1	1	.500	4.76	14	0	4	0	0	17.0	13	9	9	1	8	2	11	0	0	0	69
Rigo Beltran	1	2	.333	3.48	35	4	16	0	1	54.3	47	25	21	3	17	0	50	0	0	1	224
Brady Raggio	1	2	.333	6.89	15	4	5	0	0	31.3	44	24	24	1	16	0	21	1	0	3	151
Danny Jackson	1	2	.333	7.71	4	4	0	0	0	18.7	26	17	16	3	8	1	13	2	0	0	88
Dennis Eckersley	1	5	.167	3.91	57	0	47	0	36	53.0	49	24	23	9	8	0	45	2	0	2	218
Gary Gaetti	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0.3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3
Tom McGraw	0	0		0.00	2	0	2	0	0	1.7	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8
Jose Bautista	0	0		6.57	11	0	3	0	0	12.3	15	10	9	2	2	1	4	1	0	1	56
Rick Honeycutt	0	0		13.50	2	0	2	0	0	2.0	5	3	3	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	11
Eric Ludwick	0	1	.000	9.45	5	0	3	0	0	6.7	12	7	7	1	6	0	7	0	0	0	36
Mike Busby	0	2	.000	8.79	3	3	0	0	0	14.3	24	14	14	2	4	0	6	0	0	0	67
Sean Lowe	0	2	.000	9.35	6	4	1	0	0	17.3	27	21	18	2	10	0	8	1	0	0	89
Fernando Valenzuela	0	4	.000	5.56	5	5	0	0	0	22.7	22	19	14	2	14	0	10	1	0	2	106
Totals	73	89	.451	3.88	561	162	157	5	39	1455.7	1422	708	628	124	536	34	1130	59	8	48	6222

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Delino DeShields	150	643	572	92	169	26	14	11	58	55	14	55	72	.295	.357	.448	.804	256	5	3	7	6	1
Royce Clayton	154	619	576	75	153	39	5	9	61	30	10	33	109	.266	.306	.398	.704	229	19	3	2	5	4
Ray Lankford	133	565	465	94	137	36	3	31	98	21	11	95	125	.295	.411	.585	.996	272	9	0	0	5	10
Gary Gaetti	148	554	502	63	126	24	1	17	69	7	3	36	88	.251	.305	.404	.710	203	20	6	4	6	3
Ron Gant	139	562	502	68	115	21	4	17	62	14	6	58	162	.229	.310	.388	.698	195	2	1	0	1	3
John Mabry	116	434	388	40	110	19	0	5	36	0	1	39	77	.284	.352	.371	.723	144	11	3	2	2	9
Willie McGee	122	323	300	29	90	19	4	3	38	8	2	22	59	.300	.347	.420	.767	126	6	0	0	1	2
Dmitri Young	110	377	333	38	86	14	3	5	34	6	5	38	63	.258	.335	.363	.698	121	8	2	1	3	3
Mike Difelice	93	289	260	16	62	10	1	4	30	1	1	19	61	.238	.297	.331	.628	86	11	3	6	1	0
Tom Lampkin	108	267	229	28	56	8	1	7	22	2	1	28	30	.245	.335	.380	.715	87	8	4	4	2	5
Mark McGwire	51	224	174	38	44	3	0	24	42	2	0	43	61	.253	.411	.684	1.095	119	0	5	0	2	8
Brian Jordan	47	161	145	17	34	5	0	0	10	6	1	10	21	.234	.311	.269	.580	39	4	6	0	0	1
Danny Sheaffer	76	146	132	10	33	5	0	0	11	1	0	8	17	.250	.296	.288	.584	38	10	1	4	1	0
David Bell	66	155	142	9	30	7	2	1	12	1	0	10	28	.211	.261	.310	.571	44	2	0	2	1	2
Phil Plantier	42	129	113	13	29	8	0	5	18	0	3	11	27	.257	.333	.460	.794	52	5	3	0	2	1
Matt Morris	34	80	73	4	15	2	0	0	6	0	1	5	36	.205	.256	.233	.489	17	0	0	2	0	0
Todd Stottlemyre	29	68	55	6	13	4	1	0	4	0	0	8	13	.236	.333	.345	.679	19	0	0	5	0	0
Mark Sweeney	44	73	61	5	13	3	0	0	4	0	1	9	14	.213	.319	.262	.582	16	2	1	1	1	1
Andy Benes	26	65	55	4	12	2	0	0	5	0	0	1	14	.218	.246	.255	.500	14	0	1	8	0	0
Micah Franklin	17	37	34	6	11	0	0	2	2	0	0	3	10	.324	.378	.500	.878	17	0	0	0	0	0
Eli Marrero	17	48	45	4	11	2	0	2	7	4	0	2	13	.244	.271	.422	.693	19	1	0	0	1	1
Tom Pagnozzi	25	51	50	4	11	3	0	1	8	0	0	1	7	.220	.235	.340	.575	17	2	0	0	0	0
Alan Benes	23	54	52	1	9	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	16	.173	.173	.212	.385	11	0	0	2	0	0
Scott Livingstone	42	44	41	3	7	1	0	0	3	1	0	1	10	.171	.182	.195	.377	8	1	0	0	2	0
Mike Gallego	27	46	43	6	7	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	.163	.178	.209	.387	9	0	0	1	1	0
Luis Ordaz	12	23	22	3	6	1	0	0	1	3	0	1	2	.273	.304	.318	.623	7	0	0	0	0	0
Donovan Osborne	14	25	24	2	5	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	6	.208	.208	.250	.458	6	0	0	1	0	0
Manny Aybar	12	21	21	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	9	.143	.143	.143	.286	3	0	0	0	0	0
Scarborough Green	20	33	31	5	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	5	.097	.152	.097	.248	3	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Busby	3	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.500	.500	.500	1.000	2	0	0	0	0	0
Sean Lowe	6	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0
Fernando Valenzuela	5	7	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	2	0	0
Rigo Beltran	35	7	7	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.143	.143	.286	.429	2	0	0	0	0	0
Danny Jackson	4	7	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.143	.143	.143	.286	1	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Scarsone	5	12	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	5	.100	.250	.100	.350	1	0	0	0	0	0
Mark Petkovsek	55	13	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.091	.167	.091	.258	1	1	0	1	0	0
Roberto Mejia	7	16	14	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	.071	.067	.143	.210	2	0	0	1	1	0
Lance Painter	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jeff Berblinger	7	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
Curtis King	30	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brady Raggio	15	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	1	0	0
T. J. Mathews	40	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Gulan	5	10	9	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	.000	.100	.000	.100	0	0	0	0	0	0
John Frascatore	59	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tom McGraw	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Tony Fossas	71	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Rick Honeycutt	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Jose Bautista	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Rich Batchelor	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Eric Ludwick	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Dennis Eckersley	57	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	2345	6211	5524	689	1409	269	39	144	654	164	60	543	1191	.255	.324	.396	.720	2188	128	42	58	44	54

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Dmitri Young	1B	74	68	590.7	601	45	10	50	.985	9.843	8.730	0	0	0
Mark McGwire	1B	50	49	443.7	439	34	1	40	.998	9.595	9.460	0	0	0
John Mabry	1B	49	38	331.7	346	22	1	33	.997	9.986	7.510	0	0	0
Gary Gaetti	1B	20	4	68.0	61	6	0	8	1.000	8.868	3.350	0	0	0
Mark Sweeney	1B	4	2	14.3	8	1	0	2	1.000	5.651	2.250	0	0	0
Tom Pagnozzi	1B	2	1	6.3	6	0	0	1	1.000	8.526	3.000	0	0	0
Mike Difelice	1B	1	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	9.000	1.000	0	0	0
Delino DeShields	2B	147	137	1226.0	271	398	19	93	.972	4.911	4.551	0	0	0
David Bell	2B	23	13	129.0	35	37	2	7	.973	5.023	3.130	0	0	0
Mike Gallego	2B	11	6	43.0	9	16	1	3	.962	5.233	2.273	0	0	0
Roberto Mejia	2B	3	3	18.7	3	6	1	3	.900	4.339	3.000	0	0	0
Steve Scarsone	2B	2	2	18.0	4	2	0	0	1.000	3.000	3.000	0	0	0
Jeff Berblinger	2B	4	1	11.0	4	4	0	2	1.000	6.545	2.000	0	0	0
Danny Sheaffer	2B	3	0	10.0	3	3	0	2	1.000	5.400	2.000	0	0	0
Gary Gaetti	3B	132	127	1075.3	72	243	7	24	.978	2.636	2.386	0	0	0
Danny Sheaffer	3B	30	17	166.3	8	36	2	2	.957	2.381	1.467	0	0	0
David Bell	3B	35	12	151.7	10	32	4	1	.913	2.492	1.200	0	0	0
Mike Gallego	3B	7	3	32.3	1	7	0	0	1.000	2.227	1.143	0	0	0
Mike Gulan	3B	3	1	12.0	1	1	0	1	1.000	1.500	.667	0	0	0
Scott Livingstone	3B	2	1	10.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	.900	.500	0	0	0
Steve Scarsone	3B	1	1	6.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
Tom Pagnozzi	3B	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
John Mabry	3B	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
Mike Difelice	C	91	81	688.7	586	64	6	10	.991	8.495	7.143	12	62	34	35.4
Tom Lampkin	C	86	56	549.3	413	37	5	6	.989	7.373	5.233	6	55	22	28.6
Eli Marrero	C	17	13	114.0	82	12	3	2	.969	7.421	5.529	0	8	8	50.0
Tom Pagnozzi	C	13	11	83.0	57	2	0	0	1.000	6.398	4.538	0	5	2	28.6
Danny Sheaffer	C	9	1	20.7	19	1	0	0	1.000	8.710	2.222	0	4	0	0.0
Ray Lankford	OF	131	130	1141.3	293	4	9	2	.971	2.342	2.267	0	0	0
Ron Gant	OF	128	125	1084.3	247	4	6	1	.977	2.083	1.961	0	0	0
John Mabry	OF	78	67	583.7	109	8	0	1	1.000	1.804	1.500	0	0	0
Willie McGee	OF	81	49	512.0	100	6	2	3	.981	1.863	1.309	0	0	0
Brian Jordan	OF	44	37	320.0	82	2	0	0	1.000	2.363	1.909	0	0	0
Phil Plantier	OF	32	32	251.7	52	1	1	0	.981	1.895	1.656	0	0	0
Dmitri Young	OF	17	17	140.0	39	2	3	0	.932	2.636	2.412	0	0	0
Mark Sweeney	OF	25	9	108.0	23	0	0	0	1.000	1.917	.920	0	0	0
Scarborough Green	OF	19	5	77.0	19	1	1	0	.952	2.338	1.053	0	0	0
Danny Sheaffer	OF	22	7	71.7	13	0	0	0	1.000	1.633	.591	0	0	0
Micah Franklin	OF	13	7	66.3	13	0	0	0	1.000	1.764	1.000	0	0	0
Roberto Mejia	OF	1	1	8.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
Steve Scarsone	OF	2	0	2.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
Scott Livingstone	OF	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
Matt Morris	P	33	33	217.0	5	28	5	1	.868	1.369	1.000	0	0	0
Todd Stottlemyre	P	28	28	181.0	12	21	1	0	.971	1.641	1.179	0	0	0
Andy Benes	P	26	26	177.0	8	14	1	0	.957	1.119	.846	0	0	0
Alan Benes	P	23	23	161.7	13	12	0	3	1.000	1.392	1.087	0	0	0
Mark Petkovsek	P	55	2	96.0	11	19	1	3	.968	2.813	.545	0	0	0
Donovan Osborne	P	14	14	80.3	4	10	0	1	1.000	1.568	1.000	0	0	0
John Frascatore	P	59	0	80.0	5	5	0	0	1.000	1.125	.169	0	0	0
Manny Aybar	P	12	12	68.0	3	10	2	0	.867	1.721	1.083	0	0	0
Rigo Beltran	P	35	4	54.3	4	10	1	0	.933	2.319	.400	0	0	0
Dennis Eckersley	P	57	0	53.0	3	5	0	0	1.000	1.358	.140	0	0	0
Tony Fossas	P	71	0	51.7	2	16	0	1	1.000	3.135	.254	0	0	0
T. J. Mathews	P	40	0	46.0	5	4	1	0	.900	1.761	.225	0	0	0
Brady Raggio	P	15	4	31.3	1	6	0	0	1.000	2.011	.467	0	0	0
Curtis King	P	30	0	29.3	2	5	0	0	1.000	2.148	.233	0	0	0
Fernando Valenzuela	P	5	5	22.7	1	8	1	0	.900	3.574	1.800	0	0	0
Danny Jackson	P	4	4	18.7	0	4	1	0	.800	1.929	1.000	0	0	0
Sean Lowe	P	6	4	17.3	1	3	2	0	.667	2.077	.667	0	0	0
Lance Painter	P	14	0	17.0	4	3	0	1	1.000	3.706	.500	0	0	0
Rich Batchelor	P	10	0	16.0	0	1	1	0	.500	.563	.100	0	0	0
Mike Busby	P	3	3	14.3	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.256	.667	0	0	0
Jose Bautista	P	11	0	12.3	1	0	0	0	1.000	.730	.091	0	0	0
Eric Ludwick	P	5	0	6.7	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
Rick Honeycutt	P	2	0	2.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
Tom McGraw	P	2	0	1.7	0	1	0	0	1.000	5.400	.500	0	0	0
Gary Gaetti	P	1	0	0.3	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
Royce Clayton	SS	153	145	1287.3	228	452	19	93	.973	4.754	4.444	0	0	0
David Bell	SS	13	9	78.0	10	26	2	4	.947	4.154	2.769	0	0	0
Luis Ordaz	SS	11	6	58.3	9	18	1	4	.964	4.166	2.455	0	0	0
Mike Gallego	SS	10	2	32.0	5	18	0	3	1.000	6.469	2.300	0	0	0
Totals		2163	1458	13101.0	4367	1739	123	411	.980	4.195	2.823	18	134	66	33.0

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