1984 St. Louis Cardinals season

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1984 St. Louis Cardinals
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1892)
Eastern Division (since 1969)
Location
Busch Memorial Stadium (since 1966)
St. Louis, Missouri (since 1882)
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

January 17, 1984: Rafael Santana was released by the Cardinals.^[1]
March 26, 1984: Jamie Quirk was released by the Cardinals.^[2]

Regular season

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

June 23, 1984: What turned out to be a key game for the Cubs occurred at Wrigley, with the Cubs facing the rival Cardinals on the nationally televised "Game of the Week". The Cardinals led throughout the game, and led 9-8 going into the bottom of the ninth with closer Bruce Sutter on the mound. Second baseman Ryne Sandberg led off the ninth with a solo home run into the left-field bleachers, tying the game at nine.^[3] The following inning, St. Louis regained the lead, and Sutter stayed in the game attempting to close out the win. After the first two batters were retired, Bob Dernier walked, bringing up Sandberg again. He promptly hit another game-tying home run into the left-field bleachers, sending the Wrigley fans into a frenzy.^[3] The Cardinals did not score in the top of the 11th, but the Cubs loaded the bases on three walks, then rookie Dave Owen singled in the winning run.^[4] Willie McGee hit for the cycle and had 6 RBI but Ryne Sandberg had 7 RBI in the game. Henceforth, this game has become known as "The Sandberg Game".

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	6½	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

April 5, 1984: Gary Rajsich was purchased by the Cardinals from the New York Mets.^[5]
May 10, 1984: Dane Iorg was purchased from the Cardinals by the Kansas City Royals.^[6]
June 15, 1984: Ken Oberkfell was traded by the Cardinals to the Atlanta Braves for Ken Dayley and Mike Jorgensen.^[7]

Draft picks

June 4, 1984: 1984 Major League Baseball Draft
- Lance Johnson was drafted by the Cardinals in the 6th round. Player signed June 13, 1984.^[8]
- Craig Wilson was drafted by the Cardinals in the 20th round.^[9]

Roster

1984 St. Louis Cardinals

Roster

Pitchers

13 Neil Allen

47 Joaquín Andújar

43 Ralph Citarella

34 Danny Cox

46 Ken Dayley

31 Bob Forsch

34 Kevin Hagen

44 Andy Hassler

49 Ricky Horton

50 Kurt Kepshire

32 Jeff Lahti

39 Dave LaPoint

40 Rick Ownbey

36 Dave Rucker

48 John Stuper

42 Bruce Sutter

38 Dave Von Ohlen

Catchers

11 Glenn Brummer

23 Tom Nieto

15 Darrell Porter

10 Mark Salas

Infielders

22 David Green

28 Tom Herr

7 Art Howe

19 Dane Iorg

19 Mike Jorgensen

30 Bill Lyons

10 Ken Oberkfell

9 Terry Pendleton

33 Gary Rajsich

5 Mike Ramsey

1 Ozzie Smith

5 Chris Speier

5 Jose Uribe

Outfielders

26 Steve Braun

25 George Hendrick

37 Paul Householder

21 Tito Landrum

51 Willie McGee

27 Lonnie Smith

18 Andy Van Slyke

Manager

24 Whitey Herzog

Coaches

8 Hal Lanier

16 Nick Leyva

3 Dave Ricketts

4 Mike Roarke

2 Red Schoendienst

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

Joaquín Andújar, National League Leader, Wins (20)
Joaquín Andújar, National League Leader, Innings Pitched (261)
Joaquín Andújar, National League Leader, Shutouts (4)

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

References

↑ Rafael Santana page at Baseball Reference
↑ Jamie Quirk page at Baseball Reference
1 2 Mitchell, Fred, Cub Turning Point, Chicago Tribune, page 3, October 2, 1984
↑ June 23 1984 Cubs Cardinals Boxscore, Baseball-Reference.com, Retrieved on August 8, 2007
↑ Gary Rajsich page at Baseball Reference
↑ Dane Iorg page at Baseball Reference
↑ Ken Dayley page at Baseball Reference
↑ Lance Johnson page at Baseball Reference
↑ Craig Wilson page at Baseball Reference

External links

1984 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Cleveland Detroit Milwaukee New York Toronto

AL West	California Chicago Kansas City Minnesota Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Chicago Montréal New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Atlanta Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

1984 MLB draft 1984 All-Star Game 1984 World Series

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