The 1993 St. Louis Cardinals season was the Cardinals' 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 (their best record in the Torre era) and finished third in the National League East, 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.

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).Craig Wilson page at Baseball Reference

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.Box Score of Four Home Run Game by Mark Whiten by Baseball Almanac 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.Mark Whiten page at Baseball Reference 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.Alan Benes page at Baseball Reference August 31, 1993: Lee Smith was traded by the Cardinals to the New York Yankees for Rich Batchelor.Lee Smith page at Baseball Reference

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

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster 1993 St. Louis Cardinals Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

Coaches (Hitting) (Pitching) (First Base) (Third Base) (Bullpen) (Bench)

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 C Tom Pagnozzi 92 330 85 .258 7 41 1B Greg Jefferies 142 544 186 .342 16 83 2B Luis Alicea 115 362 101 .279 3 46 SS Ozzie Smith 141 545 157 .288 1 53 3B Todd Zeile 157 571 158 .277 17 103 LF Bernard Gilkey 137 557 170 .305 16 70 CF Ray Lankford 127 407 97 .238 7 45 RF Mark Whiten 152 562 142 .253 25 99

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 Gerónimo Peña 74 254 65 .256 5 30 Erik Pappas 82 228 63 .276 1 28 Brian Jordan 67 223 69 .309 10 44 Rod Brewer 110 147 42 .286 2 20 Gerald Perry 96 98 33 .337 4 16 Tracy Woodson 62 77 16 .208 0 2 José Oquendo 46 73 15 .205 0 4 Tim Jones 29 61 16 .262 0 1 Héctor Villanueva 17 55 8 .145 3 9 Stan Royer 24 46 14 .304 1 8 Tripp Cromer 10 23 2 .087 0 0 Ozzie Canseco 6 17 3 .176 0 0 Lonnie Maclin 12 13 1 .077 0 1 Marc Ronan 6 12 1 .083 0 0

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 Tewksbury 32 213.2 17 10 3.83 97 René Arocha 32 188.0 11 8 3.78 96 Donovan Osborne 26 155.2 10 7 3.76 83 Joe Magrane 22 116.0 8 10 4.97 38 Allen Watson 16 86.0 6 7 4.60 49

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 Rhéal Cormier 38 145.1 7 6 4.33 75 Omar Olivares 58 118.2 5 3 4.17 63 Tom Urbani 18 62.0 1 3 4.65 33

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 Lee Smith 55 2 4 43 4.50 49 Rob Murphy 73 5 7 1 4.87 41 Mike Pérez 65 7 2 7 2.48 58 Les Lancaster 50 4 1 0 2.93 36 Lee Guetterman 40 3 3 1 2.93 19 Todd Burns 24 0 4 0 6.16 10 Paul Kilgus 22 1 0 1 0.63 21 Rich Batchelor 9 0 0 0 8.10 4 Steve Dixon 4 0 0 0 33.75 2 Rod Brewer 1 0 0 0 45.00 1

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: SavannahJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References

External links 1993 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Reference 1993 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com