The Saint Louis Cardinals are owned by John Mortimer, one of the expansion owners of 1997.
These Saint Louis Cardinals were one of the original OOSL National League Franchises. They have been captained by John Mortimer since he entered the League in 1997. Their five-year National League record stands at 364-406 for a .473 winning percentage. Under John Mortimer they are 161-147 for a .523 winning percentage. They have won one Division title (under Mortimer's guidance) and their post-season record stands at 1-4 for a .200 winning percentage. They have finished as high as first, and as low as fourth.
After setting many OOSL marks for offensive output in their 1997 pennant winning campaign, the Cardinal braintrust worked to improve those two areas of the team which were lacking, namely pitching and defense. To that end they decided to trade away the Rajah, Rogers Hornsby, and bring in players such as Willie Mays, Whitey Ford, and JR Richard among others in an effort to make the club more well-rounded. Mays in particular has always been an OOSL enigma, with his production never reaching it's potential wherever he's played. With St. Louis in 1998 he had his best year by far (26-92-.284), but it could not make up for the disappointing seasons by some other Cardinal players as the Red Birds floundered in a sea of mediocrity all season. Richard and `97 MVP Roberto Clemente, in particular, fell far short of expectations, as JR stumbled to a 11-17, 4.42 record while Bob produced a very ordinary 11-60-.279 season. Whitey Ford's 15 wins and Big Jeff Heath's slugging (33-84-.311) were among the team's few bright lights. Willie McCovey also came through with his obligitory 100 RBI.
Despite the step backwards the franchise took last season, the Cards are optimistic for a return to the post season in 1999, and have once again made several key trades to revamp their roster. The emphasis is still on offense, and always will be as long as their home games are played in Sportsmans Park (read "forever"), but their pitching staff and team defense continue to improve and the locals in St' Louis are eagerly awaiting the start of another pennant chase!
This page and the links from this page display the statistics of the history of the OOSL National League Saint Louis Cardinals.
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*************************************** Support Staff For The OOSL Saint Louis Cardinals *************************************** Owner:...................John Roger Mortimer General Manager:.........Dan Daniel Field Manager:...........John Roger Mortimer 1st Base Coach:.........."Topper" Rigney 3rd Base Coach:..........Clarence "Big Boy" Kraft Bullpen Coach:..........."Tacks" Neuer Pitching Coach:.........."Rube" Parnham Hitting Instructor:......Bob "Crusher" Crues Bench Coach:............."Pop" Foster Head Groundskeeper:......D. K. Suzuki Color Man:...............Damon Runyon PBP Man:.................Bob Prince Official Scorer:........."Red" Smith Doctor:..................Dr. Andrew Weil Trainer:.................Kwan Jang Nim Charles Ferraro Back to the Statistics Index *************************** Player Roster For 1999 Cardinals *************************** CODES YEAR TEAM BAL AB DO TR HR BAVG BB K'S RBI OB% SL% Willie McCovey 1 0 1959 SFN E 600 27 5 30 .277 98 91 119 .379 .489 Roberto Clemente 2 0 1955 PIN E 576 29 13 12 .327 38 59 82 .369 .485 Darryl Strawberry 3 0 1983 NYN E 512 22 6 22 .260 72 94 91 .351 .455 Lou Brock 4 0 1961 SLN E 600 30 11 7 .301 44 80 55 .349 .423 Greg Gross 5 0 1973 HON E 544 19 10 1 .293 73 30 46 .377 .370 Manny Sanguillen 6 0 1967 PIN 1L 416 18 6 5 .303 18 22 50 .332 .411 Rod Carew 7 0 1967 MNA E 600 29 11 4 .334 63 57 66 .397 .439 Cliff Carroll 8 0 1882 PRN E 352 12 3 3 .258 38 35 37 .330 .335 Dick Lundy 9 0 1997 BGT E 600 27 6 13 .292 59 39 70 .355 .422 Bob Robertson 10 0 1967 PIN 1L 352 14 2 14 .248 44 67 56 .332 .418 Charlie Silvera 11 0 1948 NYA 1L 320 10 2 1 .283 28 23 32 .341 .336 Manny Mota 12 0 1962 LAN E 600 21 11 4 .313 46 40 73 .362 .405 Ken Williams 13 0 1915 SLA E 448 23 5 20 .301 52 38 82 .374 .509 Paul Waner 14 0 1926 PIN E 600 35 11 11 .321 73 33 81 .395 .471 Yogi Berra 15 0 1946 NYA E 600 27 5 21 .290 47 32 110 .342 .457 Willie Randolph 16 0 1975 NYA E 576 21 7 3 .276 86 41 48 .370 .352 Jim Donnelly 17 0 1884 WAN E 352 9 3 0 .226 30 47 25 .287 .269 Dave Concepcion 18 0 1970 CIN E 600 27 5 5 .273 48 66 68 .327 .360 LEFT% POWER BAT STEAL BUNT H&R RUN SUPPLEMENT-STEAL SB CS McCovey 32 N/N L D D D 9 25% 14% (14-6) 2 2 Clemente 33 N/N R B C C 15 * 33% 0% (17-12) 9 5 Strawberry 33 N/N L A D D 15 * 36% 0% (18-13) 19 9 Brock 39 N/N L AA B C 17 * 39% 0% (19-15) 74 24 Gross 28 W/N L C C B 11 33% 8% (15-8) 5 6 Sanguillen 38 N/N R C B B 14 * 33% 8% (15-8) 3 4 Carew 35 N/N L A A C 17 * 36% 0% (18-13) 28 15 Carroll 32 W/N S C C B 14 * 33% 8% (15-8) 4 1 Lundy 35 N/N S B B B 14 * 33% 0% (17-12) 11 3 Robertson 37 N/N R E D D 10 19% 3% (11-4) 1 2 Silvera 40 N/W R C D C 8 33% 8% (15-8) 3 10 Mota 38 N/N R B B B 14 * 33% 0% (17-12) 10 8 Williams 32 N/N L A B C 16 * 36% 0% (18-13) 15 8 Waner 35 N/N L B A B 15 * 33% 0% (17-12) 13 13 Berra 31 N/N L C D B 11 33% 8% (15-8) 6 5 Randolph 33 N/W R A B B 15 * 36% 0% (18-13) 21 7 Donnelly 33 W/W R C C B 15 * 33% 8% (15-8) 3 1 Concepcion 36 N/N R A B C 16 * 36% 0% (18-13) 21 7 Catcher 1b 2b 3b ss lf cf rf ARM ClAv DP McCovey 4e19 .286 40 Clemente 2e10 2e10 1e10 -5 .322 40 Strawberry 4e9 3e9 3e9 -1 .260 40 Brock 3e13 3e13 +1 .245 40 Gross 4e14 3e5 +1 .279 40 Sanguillen 3e7 -1t7p2 4e14 .303 40 Carew 3e15 4e23 4e24 4e30 .320 40 Carroll 1e7 1e7 1e7 +0 .253 40 Lundy 2e22 2e33 1e22 .273 40 Robertson 2e9 4e32 4e19 +2 .243 40 Silvera 3e4 +1t5p2 .289 40 Mota 4e20 4e25 3e6 +2 .322 40 Williams 2e11 3e11 2e11 +0 .287 40 Waner 2e19 1e7 2e7 1e7 -2 .304 40 Berra 2e5 +0t6p2 .313 40 Randolph 2e19 4e65 .243 40 Donnelly 2e23 .221 40 Concepcion 4e16 3e7 3e11 2e25 .286 40 CODES YEAR TEAM THROWS START RELIEF CLOSER BATS Goose Gossage 20 0 1972 CHA R 7 2 3 #1WR Dave Righetti 21 0 1979 NYA L 5 2 2 #3WL Doyle Alexander 22 0 1971 TOA R 7 4 N #2WR Babe Adams 23 0 1906 PIN R 7 4 0 #3WL Frank Tanana 25 0 1973 CAA L 7 4 N #2WL Joe Wood 26 0 1908 BOA R 8 4 0 #5NR Jeff Russell 27 0 1983 TEA R 7 1 2 #2NR Adonis Terry 28 0 1884 BRM R 8 3 0 #4NR Dizzy Dean 29 0 1930 SLN R 7 4 0 #3NR John Smoltz 19 44 1988 ATN R 7 N #2NR Ron Guidry 24 27 1975 NYA L 7 4 N #1WL Larry Corcoran 30 45 1880 CHN R 9 4 0 #3WL LEFT% BAL WON LOST ERA IP HITS WALKS K'S HR GS SV Gossage 33 E 8 7 2.91 123 103 48 86 6 3 13 Righetti 25 1L 5 5 3.14 90 82 36 57 4 6 9 Alexander 35 E 13 11 3.62 220 222 62 85 15 30 0 Adams 37 E 20 14 3.18 300 280 47 136 18 35 3 Tanana 33 E 17 17 3.42 300 290 86 169 22 44 0 Wood 37 E 9 4 2.58 108 87 33 82 6 12 2 Russell 37 1R 4 5 3.34 78 75 27 38 5 6 7 Terry 38 E 10 10 3.45 181 175 69 122 11 21 3 Dean 41 1R 22 12 2.87 300 280 74 236 15 34 7 Smoltz 37 E 10 7 3.20 154 135 49 94 9 23 0 Guidry 32 E 12 7 3.06 172 157 44 112 11 23 0 Corcoran 43 1R 8 4 2.88 108 101 38 64 7 12 2 *-RATING HOLD BALK WILD-PITCH DP FIELD STL BNT RUN Gossage N +1 1 7 0 2e19 E C 10 Righetti N -2 5 6 0 2e15 E C 10 Alexander Y +1 1 4 0 2e15 E C 10 Adams Y +1 0 2 0 2e5 E C 10 Tanana Y -2 3 6 0 2e7 E C 10 Wood N +1 0 6 0 2e10 C D 15 Russell N +1 4 8 0 2e16 E C 10 Terry N +1 2 7 0 2e12 E C 14 Dean Y +1 1 1 0 2e9 C C 10 Smoltz N +1 3 11 0 2e14 D C 12 Guidry N -2 1 5 0 2e5 E C 10 Corcoran N +1 2 9 0 2e9 E C 12 Back to the Statistics Index
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