1984 St. Louis Cardinals season

This article is about the Major League Baseball team. For the National Football League team, see 1984 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) season.
1984 St. Louis Cardinals
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record 84–78 (.519)
Divisional place 3rd
Other information
Owner(s) August "Gussie" Busch
General manager(s) Joe McDonald
Manager(s) Whitey Herzog
Local television KSDK
(Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Jay Randolph)
Sports Time
(Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Bob Carpenter)
Local radio KMOX
(Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Dan Kelly)
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The St. Louis Cardinals 1984 season was the team's 103rd season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 93rd season in the National League. The Cardinals went 84-78 during the season and finished 3rd in the National League East, 12½ games behind their arch-rivals, the Chicago Cubs. It was also the final season of the Columbia blue road uniforms for the Cardinals.

Offseason

Regular season

Pitcher Joaquín Andújar and shortstop Ozzie Smith won Gold Gloves this year. Bruce Sutter had a then-NL record of 45 saves.

Season standings

NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago Cubs 96 65 0.596 51–29 45–36
New York Mets 90 72 0.556 48–33 42–39
St. Louis Cardinals 84 78 0.519 12½ 44–37 40–41
Philadelphia Phillies 81 81 0.500 15½ 39–42 42–39
Montreal Expos 78 83 0.484 18 39–42 39–41
Pittsburgh Pirates 75 87 0.463 21½ 41–40 34–47

Record vs. opponents

1984 National League Records

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta 3–9 13–5 12–6 6–12 5–7 4–8 7–5 8–4 7–11 10–8 5–7
Chicago 9–3 7–5 6–6 7–5 10–7 12–6 9–9 8–10 6–6 9–3 13–5
Cincinnati 5–13 5–7 8–10 7–11 7–5 3–9 5–7 7–5 7–11 12–6 4–8
Houston 6–12 6–6 10–8 9–9 7–5 4–8 6–6 6–6 6–12 12–6 8–4
Los Angeles 12–6 5–7 7–11 9–9 6–6 3–9 3–9 4–8 10–8 10–8 6–6
Montreal 7–5 7–10 5–7 5–7 6–6 7–11 11–7 7–11 7–5 7–5 9–9
New York 8–4 6–12 9–3 8–4 9–3 11–7 10–8 12–6 6–6 4–8 7–11
Philadelphia 5-7 9–9 7–5 6–6 9–3 7–11 8–10 7–11 7–5 8–4 8–10
Pittsburgh 4–8 10–8 5–7 6–6 8–4 11–7 6–12 11–7 4–8 6–6 4–14
San Diego 11–7 6–6 11–7 12–6 8–10 5–7 6–6 5–7 8–4 13–5 7–5
San Francisco 8–10 3–9 6–12 6–12 8–10 5–7 8–4 4–8 6–6 5–13 7–5
St. Louis 7–5 5–13 8–4 4–8 6–6 9–9 11–7 10–8 14–4 5–7 5–7

Notable transactions

Draft picks

Roster

1984 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = position; G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
SS Smith, OzzieOzzie Smith 124 412 106 .257 1 44

Other batters

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Oberkfell, KenKen Oberkfell 50 152 47 .309 0 11
Braun, SteveSteve Braun 86 98 27 .276 0 16
Lyons, BillBill Lyons 46 73 16 .219 0 3
Iorg, DaneDane Iorg 15 28 4 .143 0 3
Rajsich, GaryGary Rajsich 7 7 1 .143 0 2

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Andújar, JoaquínJoaquín Andújar 36 261.1 20 14 3.34 147
Cox, DannyDanny Cox 29 156.1 9 11 4.03 70
Ownbey, RickRick Ownbey 4 19 0 3 4.74 11

Other pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Forsch, BobBob Forsch 16 52.1 2 5 6.02 21
Citarella, RalphRalph Citarella 10 22.1 0 1 3.63 15
Dayley, KenKen Dayley 3 5 0 2 18.00 0

Relief pitchers

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Sutter, BruceBruce Sutter 71 5 7 45 1.54 77
Allen, NeilNeil Allen 57 9 6 3 3.55 66
Von Ohlen, DaveDave Von Ohlen 27 1 0 1 3.12 19

Awards and honors

League top ten finishers

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Louisville Redbirds American Association Jim Fregosi
AA Arkansas Travelers Texas League Dave Bialas
A St. Petersburg Cardinals Florida State League Jim Riggleman
A Springfield Cardinals Midwest League Joe Rigoli
A Savannah Cardinals South Atlantic League Lloyd Merritt
A-Short Season Erie Cardinals New York–Penn League Rich Hacker
Rookie Johnson City Cardinals Appalachian League Chuck Hiller

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Louisville

References

External links

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