Английская Википедия:1999 St. Louis Cardinals season

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The St. Louis Cardinals 1999 season was the team's 118th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 108th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 75–86 during the season and finished 4th in the National League Central division, 21½ games behind the Houston Astros.

Offseason

• November 19, 1998: Eric Davis was signed as a free agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.
• November 19, 1998: Ricky Bottalico was traded by the Philadelphia Phillies with Garrett Stephenson to the St. Louis Cardinals for Jeff Brantley, Ron Gant, and Cliff Politte.
• December 7, 1998: Willie McGee was signed as a free agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.
• December 14, 1998: Édgar Rentería was traded by the Florida Marlins to the St. Louis Cardinals for Armando Almanza, Braden Looper, and Pablo Ozuna.
• January 15, 1999: Mike Mohler was signed as a free agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.

Regular season

• On April 23, 1999, Fernando Tatís hit two grand slams in the third inning, both off Chan Ho Park.
• In 1999, Mark McGwire drove in a league-leading 147 runs while only having 145 hits, the highest RBI-per-hit tally in baseball history.

Transactions

• May 15, 1999: Heathcliff Slocumb was signed as a free agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.
• June 2, 1999: Albert Pujols was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 13th round of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed August 17, 1999.

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	Eli Marrero	114	317	61	.192	6	34
1B	Mark McGwire	153	521	145	.278	65	147
2B	Joe McEwing	152	513	141	.275	9	44
SS	Édgar Rentería	154	585	161	.275	11	63
3B	Fernando Tatis	149	537	160	.298	34	107
LF	Ray Lankford	122	422	129	.306	15	63
CF	J.D. Drew	104	368	89	.242	13	39
RF	Eric Davis	58	191	49	.257	5	30

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
Darren Bragg	93	273	71	.260	6	26
Willie McGee	132	271	68	.251	0	20
Alberto Castillo	93	255	67	.263	4	31
Plácido Polanco	88	220	61	.277	1	19
Thomas Howard	98	195	57	.292	6	28
Craig Paquette	48	157	45	.287	10	37
Shawon Dunston	62	150	46	.307	5	25
Adam Kennedy	33	102	26	.255	1	16
David Howard	52	82	17	.207	1	6
Marcus Jensen	16	34	8	.235	1	1
Eduardo Pérez	21	32	11	.344	1	9
Luis Ordaz	10	9	1	.111	0	2

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
Darren Oliver	30	196.1	9	9	4.26	119
Kent Bottenfield	31	190.1	18	7	3.97	124
José Jiménez	29	163.0	5	14	5.85	113
Larry Luebbers	8	45.2	3	3	5.12	16
Donovan Osborne	6	29.1	1	3	5.52	21
Mark Thompson	5	29.1	1	3	2.76	22

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
Kent Mercker	25	103.2	6	5	5.12	64
Juan Acevedo	50	102.1	6	8	5.89	52
Garrett Stephenson	18	85.1	6	3	4.22	59
Rick Ankiel	9	33.0	0	1	3.27	39
Clint Sodowsky	3	6.1	0	1	15.63	2

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
Ricky Bottalico	68	3	7	20	4.91	66
Manny Aybar	65	4	5	3	5.47	74
Rich Croushore	59	3	7	3	4.14	88
Lance Painter	56	4	5	1	4.83	56
Mike Mohler	48	1	1	1	4.38	31
Scott Radinsky	43	2	1	3	4.88	17
Heathcliff Slocumb	40	3	2	2	2.36	48
Mike Busby	15	0	1	0	7.13	7
Rick Heiserman	3	0	0	0	8.31	4
Alan Benes	2	0	0	0	0.00	2
Curtis King	2	0	0	0	18.00	1

Awards and records

• Mark McGwire, Major League record: First player to hit at least 50 home runs in four consecutive seasons

External links

• 1999 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Reference
• 1999 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com