Yr

P

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L

Yr

P

W

L

Yr

P

W

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1980

4

74

88

1983

4

79

83

1987

1

95

67

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1981

x

59

43

1984

3

84

78

1988

5

76

86

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1982

1

92

70

1985

1

101

61

1989

3

86

76

1986

3

79

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Titles:

Top Cardinals Players of the Eighties

1982 - World Champs (Beat Brewers)

1985 - NL Champs (Lost to Royals)

Pitchers:

1987 - NL Champs (Lost to Twins)

Bob Forsch (9.1) - 58

Joaquin Andujar (12.93) - 44

Ballpark:

Bruce Sutter (6.38) - 42

Busch Stadium

Todd Worrell (7.58) - 34

John Tudor (16.49) - 31

Team Name:

Danny Cox (9.31) - 30

Cardinals

Jim Kaat (-1.4) - 28

Jose DeLeon (5.69) - 21

Owners:

Joe Magrane (9.92) - 21

August Busch

Dave LaPoint (2.82) - 19

Greg Mathews (4.69) - 12

General Managers:

Ricky Horton (6.5) - 6

John Claiborne (1980)

Whitey Herzog (1980-1982)

Catchers:

Joe McDonald (1982-1984)

Darrell Porter (11.66) - 29

Dal Maxvill (1985-1989)

Tony Pena (2.18) - 14

Ted Simmons (5.16) - 11

Managers:

Jack Krol (1980)

First Basemen:

Red Schoendienst (1980)

Keith Hernandez (16.63) - 39

Whitey Herzog (1980-1989)

Jack Clark (9.7) - 26

Hall of Famers:

Second Basemen:

Jim Kaat

Tommy Herr (19.12) - 32

Ted Simmons

Jose Oquendo (9.52) - 15

Ozzie Smith

ShortStop:

Rookie of the Year:

Ozzie Smith (46.12) - 85

Vince Coleman (1985)

Gary Templeton (6.94) - 19

Todd Worrell (1986)

Third Base:

MVP

Terry Pendleton (15.1) - 29

Willie McGee (1985)

Ken Oberkfell (14.03) - 28

No Hitters:

Outfield:

Bob Forsch (1983)

Willie McGee (22.8) - 64

Vince Coleman (9.04) - 49

Cy Young:

George Hendrick (12.31) - 37

None

Andy Van Slyke (10.21) - 32

Lonnie Smith (11.66) - 32

Notable Events:

David Green (4.6) - 14

Tom Brunansky (3.21) - 13

1980 - Whitey Herzog is hired on as manager and general manager.

Milt Thompson (4.27) - 12

A big factor in Herzog's success and Devine's lack of success in his

second Cardinal tenure was the ballpark. The new Busch Stadium

Notable Events:

could only be played for speed. Herzog understood this while Devine

apparently didn't.

1985 - OF Vince Coleman, 23, is Rookie of the Year. All Coleman does

is steal 110 bases as a rookie. He follows that up with two more 100

1981 - The Cards get robbed. They finish with the best overall

plus stolen base seasons in years two and three. Vince was a tenth

record in the NL, but win nothing because they ended up a

round pick in the 1981 draft.

close second in both halves of the strike shortened season having

played less games than the winners

1985 - LHP John Tudor, 31, is picked up from the Pirates for George

Hendrick Tudor ends up going 21-8 with a 1.93 for the

1981 - St. Louis obtains ace Joaquin Andujar, 28, from the Astros

pennant winning Cards but doesn't win the Cy Young

in a lopsided deal for Tony Scott

1985 - Slugging 1B Jack Clark. 29, is obtained from the Giants

1981 - Bruce Sutter, 28, is obtained from the Cubs for Leon Durham

for four players.

Quality for quality in this one

1985 - The Cards are NL champs winning 101 games before losing

1982 - Herzog steps down as GM. However, prior to stepping down,

to the Royals in the World Series. They're fueled by good pitching

he obtains Hall of Fame shortstop Ozzie Smith, 27, from San Diego

(Tudor, Andujar and Cox combine for sixty wins), excellent fielding,

for shortstop Gary Templeton; outfielder Lonnie Smith, 26, who would

and lots of speed (five guys with over thirty stolen bases)

steal 68 bases, from the Phillies for a couple of mediocre pitchers;

and future MVP outfielder Willie McGee, 23, from the Yankees for

1987 - The Cards win the pennant despite having no pitcher win more than

journeyman pitcher Bob Sykes. Whitey made a pretty good GM.

eleven games. Their top eight pitchers all won between 8 and 11 games for a

Herzog stays on as manager in an unusual move, but now he has

total of 77. 1B Jack Clark had a huge year spearheading an offense otherwise

gotten the speed guys as GM to make manager Herzog happy

led by speedsters Smith, Pendleton, Coleman and McGee. It's their third pennant

in a six year span and they really should have had four in seven. A mini dynasty!

1982 - Six Cards hit double figures in steals, totalling 182 stolen

bases between them as St. Louis runs to a World Series Title.

1988 - The Cards drop nineteen games in the standings as they

can't overcome having a staff consisting of mediocre pitchers.

1984 3B Terry Pendleton, 23, is a rookie. He was a seventh round

pick in the 1982 draft

1989 - Righthander Bob Tewksbury, 28, is signed as a

bargain free agent. He had been a Yankee farmhand

1989 - August Busch dies. Anheuser-Busch takes control of the club