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1993 St. Louis Cardinals season

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Record
  
87–75 (.537)

Owner(s)
  
Anheuser-Busch

Manager
  
Joe Torre

Local radio
  
KMOX

Divisional place
  
3rd

Start date
  
1993

General manager
  
Dal Maxvill

Local television
  
KPLR-TV

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1992 St. Louis Cardinals season

The St. Louis Cardinals 1993 season was the team's 112th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 102nd season in the National League. Under their manager Joe Torre, the Cardinals went 87-75 during the season and finished 3rd in the National League East Division, ten games behind the NL Champion Philadelphia Phillies. This was the final season in the NL East for the Cardinals, before their move to the NL Central for the following season.

Contents

Offseason

  • December 7, 1992: Rex Hudler was released by the St. Louis Cardinals.
  • February 22, 1993: Félix José and Craig Wilson were traded by the Cardinals to the Kansas City Royals for Gregg Jefferies and Ed Gerald (minors).

    • Regular season

    Reliever Lee Smith became baseball's all-time saves leader this year, which has since been surpassed.

    On September 7 at Riverfront Stadium, Mark Whiten hit four massive home runs and had twelve runs batted in against the Cincinnati Reds. In the process, Whiten tied two Major League records in one game.

    Gregg Jeffries finished third in the NL in batting (.342) and stole 46 bases, a club record for a first baseman.

    Notable Transactions

  • March 31, 1993: Mark Clark and Juan Andújar (minors) were traded by the Cardinals to the Cleveland Indians for Mark Whiten.
  • June 3, 1993: Alan Benes was drafted by the Cardinals in the 1st round (16th pick) of the 1993 amateur draft. Player signed July 19, 1993.
  • August 31, 1993: Lee Smith was traded by the Cardinals to the New York Yankees for Rich Batchelor.

    • Opening Day starters

  • Bernard Gilkey
  • Gregg Jefferies
  • Ray Lankford
  • Tom Pagnozzi
  • Gerónimo Peña
  • Ozzie Smith
  • Bob Tewksbury
  • Mark Whiten
  • Todd Zeile

    • Starters by position

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

    Other batters

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

    Farm system

    LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Savannah

    References

    1993 St. Louis Cardinals season Wikipedia
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