1986 St. Louis Cardinals
LeagueNational League
DivisionEast
BallparkBusch Memorial Stadium
CitySt. Louis, Missouri
Record79–82 (.491)
Divisional place3rd
OwnersAugust "Gussie" Busch
General managersDal Maxvill
ManagersWhitey Herzog
TelevisionKSDK
(Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Jay Randolph)
Cardinal Cable Network
(Al Hrabosky, Ken Wilson)
RadioKMOX
(Jack Buck, Mike Shannon)
Seasons

The 1986 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 105th season in St. Louis, Missouri and its 95th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 79–82 during the season and finished third in the National League East division.

Offseason

Regular season

Pitcher Todd Worrell won the Rookie of the Year Award this year, with a 2.08 ERA and 36 saves. This was the second consecutive year a Cardinal won the Rookie of the Year Award, with Vince Coleman winning the previous season, and the second time in team history that the Cardinals had two consecutive NL Rookie of the Year winners (Wally Moon in 1954 and Bill Virdon in 1955). Shortstop Ozzie Smith and outfielder Willie McGee won Gold Gloves this year.

The Cardinals played 116 games (of 161) in which they failed to hit a home run, the most of any team since the 1952 Washington Senators.[9]

Season standings

NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Mets 10854 0.667 — 55–26 53–28
Philadelphia Phillies 8675 0.534 21½ 49–31 37–44
St. Louis Cardinals 7982 0.491 28½ 42–39 37–43
Montreal Expos 7883 0.484 29½ 36–44 42–39
Chicago Cubs 7090 0.438 37 42–38 28–52
Pittsburgh Pirates 6498 0.395 44 31–50 33–48

Record vs. opponents

1986 National League record

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —9–36–125–1310–84–74–84–85–712–67–116–6
Chicago 3–9—5–74–86–68–106–129–87–116–66–610–7
Cincinnati 12–67–5—4–1410–87–54–87–510–29–99–97–5
Houston 13–58–414–4—10–88–45–76–66–610–89–97–5
Los Angeles 8–106–68–108–10—5–73–95–78–46–128–108–4
Montreal 7–410–85–74–85–7—8–108–1011–74–85–79–9
New York 8–412–68–47–59–310–8—8–1017–110–27–512–6
Philadelphia 8-48–95–76–67–510–810–8—11–76–69–36–12
Pittsburgh 7–511–72–106–64–87–111–177–11—8–44–87–11
San Diego 6–126–69–98–1012–68–42–106–64–8—8–105–7
San Francisco 11–76–69–99–910–87–55–73–98–410–8—5–7
St. Louis 6–67–105–75–74–89–96–1212–611–77–57–5—

Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

  • April 1, 1986: Brian Harper was released by the Cardinals.[11]
  • April 11, 1986: Ray Burris was signed as a free agent by the Cardinals.[12]
  • June 12, 1986: Jerry White was released by the Cardinals.[4]
  • July 19, 1986: César Cedeño was signed as a free agent by the Cardinals.[13]
  • July 24, 1986: Steve Lake was signed as a free agent by the Cardinals.[14]
  • August 10, 1986: Mike Heath was traded by the Cardinals to the Detroit Tigers for Ken Hill and a player to be named later. The Tigers completed the deal by sending Mike Laga to the Cardinals on September 2.[15]
  • August 27, 1986: Ray Burris was released by the St. Louis Cardinals.[12]

Roster

1986 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
CMike LaValliere11030371.234330
1BJack Clark6523255.237923
2BTom Herr152559141.252261
SSOzzie Smith153514144.280054
3BTerry Pendleton159578138.239159
LFVince Coleman154600139.232029
CFWillie McGee124497127.256748
RFAndy Van Slyke137418113.2701361

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Curt Ford8521453.248229
Tito Landrum9620543.210217
Mike Heath6519039.205425
Clint Hurdle7815430.195315
José Oquendo7613841.297013
John Morris3910024.240114
Alan Knicely348216.19516
Jim Lindeman195514.25516
Steve Lake264912.245210
Mike Laga184610.21738
Tom Lawless463911.28203
Jerry White25243.12513
Fred Manrique13173.17611

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Bob Forsch33230.014103.25104
Danny Cox32220.012132.90108
John Tudor30219.01372.92107
Greg Mathews23145.11183.6567
Tim Conroy25115.15115.2379

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Ricky Horton42100.1432.2449
Ray Burris2382.0455.6034
Rick Ownbey1742.2133.8025
Kurt Kepshire28.0014.506

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Todd Worrell74910362.0873
Pat Perry462323.8029
Ken Dayley310353.2633
Ray Soff304203.2922
Greg Bargar220205.6012
Joe Boever110101.608
Jeff Lahti40000.003
Bill Earley30000.002

Awards and honors

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Louisville Redbirds American Association Jim Fregosi and Dave Bialas
AA Arkansas Travelers Texas League Jim Riggleman
A St. Petersburg Cardinals Florida State League Dave Bialas, Marty Mason and Mike Jorgensen
A Springfield Cardinals Midwest League Gaylen Pitts
A Savannah Cardinals South Atlantic League Mark DeJohn
A-Short Season Erie Cardinals New York–Penn League Joe Rigoli
Rookie Johnson City Cardinals Appalachian League Dan Radison

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: St. Petersburg[17]

References

  1. ↑ Gary Rajsich page at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ Joaquin Andujar page at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ Clint Hurdle page at Baseball Reference
  4. 1 2 Jerry White page at Baseball Reference
  5. ↑ Vic Rodriguez page at Baseball Reference
  6. ↑ Bret Barberie page at Baseball Reference
  7. ↑ Alan Knicely page at Baseball Reference
  8. ↑ Tom Nieto page at Baseball Reference
  9. ↑ "Team Batting Game Finder: In the Regular Season, from 1952 to 2021, requiring Home Runs = 0, sorted by most games". Stathead. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
  10. ↑ 1986 St. Louis Cardinals Roster by Baseball Almanac
  11. ↑ Brian Harper page at Baseball Reference
  12. 1 2 Ray Burris page at Baseball Reference
  13. ↑ César Cedeño page at Baseball Reference
  14. ↑ Steve Lake page at Baseball Reference
  15. ↑ Ken Hill page at Baseball Reference
  16. ↑ Stolen Bases Single Season National League Leaders by Baseball Almanac
  17. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
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