1984 St. Louis Cardinals season

MLB yearly infobox
name = St. Louis Cardinals
season = 1984
misc =

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current league = National League
y1 = 1892
division = Eastern Division
y2 = 1969
Uniform logo =
ballpark = Busch Memorial Stadium
y4 = 1966
city = St. Louis, Missouri
y5 = 1882
owners = August "Gussie" Busch
managers = Whitey Herzog
television = KSDK
(Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Jay Randolph)
Sports Time
(Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Bob Carpenter)
radio = KMOX
(Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Dan Kelly)
espntn = stl
brtn = stlThe 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. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/santara01.shtml Rafael Santana page at Baseball Reference] ]
*March 26, 1984: Jamie Quirk was released by the Cardinals. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/q/quirkja01.shtml Jamie Quirk page at Baseball Reference] ]

Regular Season

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

A key game for the Chicago Cubs occurred on June 23 at Wrigley, with the Cubs facing the rival St. Louis 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 nineMitchell, Fred, Cub Turning Point, Chicago Tribune, page 3, October 2, 1984] . 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. 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 [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHN/CHN198406230.shtml June 23 1984 Cubs Cardinals Boxscore] , Baseball-Reference.com, Retrieved on August 8, 2007] . Ryne Sandberg had 7 RBI in the game. Henceforth, this game has become known as "The Sandberg Game".

eason standings

Notable Transactions

*April 5, 1984: Gary Rajsich was purchased by the Cardinals from the New York Mets. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/r/rajsiga03.shtml Gary Rajsich page at Baseball Reference] ]
*June 4, 1984: 1984 Major League Baseball Draft
**Lance Johnson was drafted by the Cardinals in the 6th round. Player signed June 13, 1984. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/j/johnsla03.shtml Lance Johnson page at Baseball Reference] ]
**Craig Wilson was drafted by the Cardinals in the 20th round. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/w/wilsocr01.shtml Craig Wilson page at Baseball Reference] ]

Roster

Starting pitchers

Awards and honors

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

References

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/STL/1984.shtml 1984 St. Louis Cardinals]
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1984&t=SLN 1984 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]