1998 St. Louis Cardinals roster: 83-79

Team stats and league rank

Counts are season totals; percentages and ratings as they stand. Ranked among the 30 clubs that season.

1998 Cardinals roster: batting

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1998 St. Louis Cardinals batting

Player↓	Pos↓	GP↓iGP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.	AB↓iAB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.	R↓iR: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.	H↓iH: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.	HR↓iHR: Home runs hit.	RBI↓iRBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.	SB↓iSB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.	AVG↓iAVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.	OBP↓iOBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.	OPS↓iOPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
BJBrian Jordan	1B	150	564	100	178	25	91	17	.316	.368	.902
RLRay Lankford	LF	154	533	94	156	31	105	26	.293	.391	.932
MMMark McGwire	1B	155	509	130	152	70	147	1	.299	.470	1.222
DDDelino DeShields	2B	117	420	74	122	7	44	26	.290	.371	.799
RGRon Gant	LF	121	383	60	92	26	67	8	.240	.331	.825
John Mabry	1B	142	377	41	94	9	46	0	.249	.305	.684
WMWillie McGee	RF	120	269	27	68	3	34	7	.253	.287	.618
EMEli Marrero	LF	83	254	28	62	4	20	6	.244	.318	.688
TLTom Lampkin	C	93	216	25	50	6	28	3	.231	.328	.708
TPTom Pagnozzi	C	51	160	7	35	1	10	0	.219	.280	.574
PKPat Kelly	2B	53	153	18	33	4	14	5	.216	.284	.611
LOLuis Ordaz	SS	57	153	9	31	0	8	2	.203	.261	.496
Placido Polanco	3B	45	114	10	29	1	11	2	.254	.292	.634
BHBrian R. Hunter	1B	62	112	11	23	4	13	1	.205	.258	.669
DHDavid Howard	SS	46	102	15	25	2	12	0	.245	.322	.655
J.D. Drew	RF	14	36	9	15	5	13	0	.417	.463	1.436
Joe McEwing	2B	10	20	5	4	0	1	0	.200	.273	.523
MLMark Little	OF	7	12	0	1	0	0	1	.083	.214	.298

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · OPS

1998 Cardinals roster: pitching

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1998 St. Louis Cardinals pitching

Player↓	Pos↓	GP↓iGP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.	GS↓iGS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.	W↓iW: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.	L↓iL: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.	ERA↓iERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.	IP↓iIP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.	K↓iK: Batters this pitcher struck out.	WHIP↓iWHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.	SV↓iSV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
KMKent Mercker	RP	30	29	11	11	5.07	161.2	72	1.56	0
KBKent Bottenfield	SP	44	17	4	6	4.44	133.2	98	1.38	4
MMMatt Morris	SP	17	17	7	5	2.53	113.2	79	1.26	0
MPMark Petkovsek	RP	48	10	7	4	4.77	105.2	55	1.58	0
JAJuan Acevedo	RP	50	9	8	3	2.56	98.1	56	1.14	15
JFJohn Frascatore	RP	69	0	3	4	4.14	95.2	49	1.37	0
DODonovan Osborne	RP	14	14	5	4	4.09	83.2	60	1.27	0
MAManny Aybar	RP	20	14	6	6	5.98	81.1	57	1.62	0
RCRick Croushore	RP	41	0	0	3	4.97	54.1	47	1.34	8
CKCurtis King	RP	36	0	2	0	3.53	51.0	28	1.37	2
JBJeff Brantley	RP	48	0	0	5	4.44	50.2	48	1.14	14
LPLance Painter	RP	65	0	4	0	3.99	47.1	39	1.48	1
MBMike Busby	RP	26	2	5	2	4.50	46.0	33	1.30	0
CPCliff Politte	SP	8	8	2	3	6.32	37.0	22	1.70	0
JJJose Jimenez	P	4	3	3	0	2.95	21.1	12	1.41	0
BRBrady Raggio	RP	4	1	1	1	15.43	7.0	3	3.57	0
BEBryan Eversgerd	P	8	0	0	0	9.00	6.0	4	1.83	0
SLSean Lowe	RP	4	1	0	3	15.19	5.1	2	3.00	0
Braden Looper	RP	4	0	0	1	5.40	3.1	4	1.80	0
GGGary Gaetti	DH	1	0	0	0	0.00	1.0	0	2.00	0

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · WHIP · SV

Results

1. Mar 31, 1998vs LADW 6-0
2. Apr 2, 1998vs LADW 8-5
3. Apr 3, 1998vs SDL 5-13
4. Apr 4, 1998vs SDW 8-6
5. Apr 5, 1998vs SDL 7-8
6. Apr 7, 1998@ COLW 12-11
7. Apr 8, 1998@ COLW 13-9
8. Apr 9, 1998@ COLW 7-5
9. Apr 10, 1998@ SFL 3-5
10. Apr 11, 1998@ SFW 7-2
11. Apr 12, 1998@ SFL 1-2
12. Apr 13, 1998@ SFL 2-8
13. Apr 14, 1998vs ARIW 15-5
14. Apr 16, 1998vs ARIW 5-4
15. Apr 16, 1998vs ARIL 2-8
16. Apr 17, 1998vs PHIW 8-5
17. Apr 18, 1998vs PHIW 6-5
18. Apr 19, 1998vs PHIW 3-2
19. Apr 21, 1998@ WSHW 5-3
20. Apr 22, 1998@ WSHL 2-3
21. Apr 23, 1998@ WSHL 2-5
22. Apr 24, 1998@ PHIL 4-8
23. Apr 25, 1998@ PHIW 8-5
24. Apr 26, 1998@ PHIL 3-9
25. Apr 27, 1998vs WSHW 7-0
26. Apr 29, 1998vs WSHW 13-7
27. Apr 30, 1998@ CHCL 3-8
28. May 1, 1998@ CHCL 5-6
29. May 2, 1998@ CHCL 3-4
30. May 3, 1998@ CHCW 8-5
31. May 5, 1998@ PITL 2-5
32. May 6, 1998@ PITL 0-5
33. May 7, 1998@ NYML 1-4
34. May 8, 1998@ NYML 2-9
35. May 11, 1998vs MILW 7-0
36. May 12, 1998vs MILW 6-5
37. May 13, 1998vs ATLL 2-10
38. May 14, 1998vs ATLL 3-7
39. May 15, 1998vs MIAL 7-8
40. May 16, 1998vs MIAW 5-4
41. May 17, 1998vs MIAW 13-4
42. May 18, 1998vs MIAL 3-7
43. May 19, 1998@ PHIW 10-8
44. May 20, 1998@ PHIW 8-5
45. May 21, 1998@ PHIL 3-4
46. May 22, 1998vs SFW 4-3
47. May 23, 1998vs SFW 11-10
48. May 24, 1998vs SFL 6-9
49. May 25, 1998vs COLL 1-6
50. May 27, 1998vs COLW 2-1
51. May 28, 1998vs COLW 4-1
52. May 29, 1998@ SDW 8-3
53. May 30, 1998@ SDL 2-3
54. May 31, 1998@ SDL 3-7
55. Jun 1, 1998@ SDL 2-3
56. Jun 2, 1998@ LADW 7-4
57. Jun 3, 1998@ LADL 4-7
58. Jun 4, 1998@ LADL 2-3
59. Jun 5, 1998vs SFL 2-3
60. Jun 6, 1998vs SFL 4-5
61. Jun 7, 1998vs SFL 5-6
62. Jun 8, 1998@ CHWL 6-8
63. Jun 9, 1998@ CHWW 5-4
64. Jun 10, 1998@ CHWL 8-10
65. Jun 12, 1998@ ARIW 9-4
66. Jun 13, 1998@ ARIL 4-7
67. Jun 14, 1998@ ARIW 2-0
68. Jun 16, 1998@ HOUW 9-4
69. Jun 17, 1998@ HOUL 5-6
70. Jun 18, 1998@ HOUW 7-6
71. Jun 19, 1998vs ARIW 5-0
72. Jun 20, 1998vs ARIW 4-2
73. Jun 21, 1998vs ARIW 5-4
74. Jun 22, 1998vs DETW 4-1
75. Jun 23, 1998vs DETL 1-8
76. Jun 24, 1998@ CLEL 3-14
77. Jun 25, 1998@ CLEL 2-8
78. Jun 26, 1998@ MINL 1-5
79. Jun 27, 1998@ MINW 7-2
80. Jun 28, 1998@ MINL 2-3
81. Jun 30, 1998vs KCL 1-6
82. Jul 1, 1998vs KCL 4-6
83. Jul 2, 1998vs KCW 3-0
84. Jul 3, 1998@ CINL 3-6
85. Jul 4, 1998@ CINL 4-5
86. Jul 5, 1998@ CINL 1-6
87. Jul 9, 1998vs HOUL 4-5
88. Jul 10, 1998vs HOUW 6-3
89. Jul 11, 1998vs HOUW 4-3
90. Jul 12, 1998vs HOUW 6-4
91. Jul 13, 1998vs CINL 5-6
92. Jul 14, 1998vs CINL 4-7
93. Jul 15, 1998vs CINL 2-4
94. Jul 16, 1998vs LADL 2-8
95. Jul 17, 1998vs LADW 4-1
96. Jul 18, 1998vs LADL 8-10
97. Jul 19, 1998vs LADW 5-4
98. Jul 20, 1998@ SDW 13-1
99. Jul 21, 1998@ SDL 3-6
100. Jul 22, 1998@ SFW 3-2
101. Jul 23, 1998@ SFW 8-1
102. Jul 24, 1998@ COLL 3-12
103. Jul 25, 1998@ COLL 2-5
104. Jul 26, 1998@ COLW 3-1
105. Jul 28, 1998vs MILL 10-13
106. Jul 29, 1998vs MILL 1-2
107. Jul 30, 1998vs MILW 3-2
108. Jul 31, 1998@ ATLW 3-2
109. Aug 1, 1998@ ATLL 1-3
110. Aug 2, 1998@ ATLL 3-4
111. Aug 3, 1998@ MILL 5-6
112. Aug 4, 1998@ MILW 2-1
113. Aug 5, 1998@ MILW 5-1
114. Aug 7, 1998vs CHCW 16-3
115. Aug 8, 1998vs CHCW 9-8
116. Aug 9, 1998vs CHCW 2-1
117. Aug 10, 1998vs NYML 2-4
118. Aug 11, 1998vs NYML 3-8
119. Aug 12, 1998vs NYMW 5-4
120. Aug 14, 1998vs PITW 10-5
121. Aug 15, 1998vs PITW 8-7
122. Aug 16, 1998vs PITL 1-4
123. Aug 18, 1998@ CHCL 1-4
124. Aug 19, 1998@ CHCW 8-6
125. Aug 20, 1998@ NYMW 2-0
126. Aug 20, 1998@ NYML 4-5
127. Aug 21, 1998@ NYMW 10-5
128. Aug 21, 1998@ NYML 0-1
129. Aug 22, 1998@ PITL 4-14
130. Aug 23, 1998@ PITL 3-4
131. Aug 24, 1998@ PITT 5-5
132. Aug 25, 1998vs MIAL 3-4
133. Aug 26, 1998vs MIAL 6-7
134. Aug 27, 1998vs ATLL 4-6
135. Aug 28, 1998vs ATLW 5-4
136. Aug 29, 1998vs ATLL 3-4
137. Aug 30, 1998vs ATLW 8-7
138. Aug 31, 1998@ MIAW 5-3
139. Sep 1, 1998@ MIAW 7-1
140. Sep 2, 1998@ MIAW 14-4
141. Sep 4, 1998vs CINL 2-3
142. Sep 5, 1998vs CINW 7-0
143. Sep 6, 1998vs CINW 5-2
144. Sep 7, 1998vs CHCW 3-2
145. Sep 8, 1998vs CHCW 6-3
146. Sep 9, 1998@ CINL 3-6
147. Sep 10, 1998@ CINW 8-7
148. Sep 11, 1998@ HOUL 2-8
149. Sep 12, 1998@ HOUL 2-3
150. Sep 13, 1998@ HOUW 3-2
151. Sep 14, 1998vs PITW 7-3
152. Sep 15, 1998vs PITL 6-8
153. Sep 15, 1998vs PITW 9-3
154. Sep 16, 1998vs PITW 4-0
155. Sep 18, 1998@ MILW 5-2
156. Sep 19, 1998@ MILW 7-4
157. Sep 20, 1998@ MILW 11-6
158. Sep 22, 1998vs HOUW 4-0
159. Sep 23, 1998vs HOUL 1-7
160. Sep 24, 1998vs WSHW 6-3
161. Sep 25, 1998vs WSHW 6-5
162. Sep 26, 1998vs WSHL 6-7
163. Sep 27, 1998vs WSHW 6-3