1986 St. Louis Cardinals

79-82 • .491 Win% • 3rd in NL E

📊 Season Record

79 Wins
82 Losses
.491 Win %
3rd Rank
601 R 611 RA
Diff -10

📁 Franchise Info

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⚡ Quick Stats

601 Runs Scored
611 Runs Allowed
-10 Run Diff
2,498K Attendance

📈 vs. 1986 NL Average

Batting Avg .236 7% below the 1986 league average (.253)
OBP .309 4% below the 1986 league average (.321)
SLG .326 14% below the 1986 league average (.379)
Team ERA 3.37 9% better than the 1986 league average (3.72)
Runs Scored 601 11% below the 1986 league average (675 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumBusch Stadium II
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 2,498,142
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Avg per Game 30,841

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1986

Batting Avg

1 Jose Oquendo 0.297 2 Ozzie Smith 0.280 3 Andy Van Slyke 0.270 4 Willie McGee 0.256 5 Jim Lindeman 0.255

Home Runs

1 Andy Van Slyke 13 2 Jack Clark 9 3 Willie McGee 7 4 Mike Heath 4 5 Clint Hurdle 3

RBI

1 Tom Herr 61 2 Andy Van Slyke 61 3 Terry Pendleton 59 4 Ozzie Smith 54 5 Willie McGee 48
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Vince Coleman 154 600 94 139 13 8 0 29 60 98 107 0.232
Terry Pendleton 159 578 56 138 26 5 1 59 34 59 24 0.239
Tom Herr 152 559 48 141 30 4 2 61 73 75 22 0.252
Ozzie Smith 153 514 67 144 19 4 0 54 79 27 31 0.280
Willie McGee 124 497 65 127 22 7 7 48 37 82 19 0.256
Andy Van Slyke 137 418 48 113 23 7 13 61 47 85 21 0.270
Mike LaValliere 110 303 18 71 10 2 3 30 36 37 0 0.234
Jack Clark 65 232 34 55 12 2 9 23 45 61 1 0.237
Curt Ford 85 214 30 53 15 2 2 29 23 29 13 0.248
Tito Landrum 96 205 24 43 7 1 2 17 20 41 3 0.210
Mike Heath 65 190 19 39 8 1 4 25 23 36 2 0.205
Clint Hurdle 78 154 18 30 5 1 3 15 26 38 0 0.195
Jose Oquendo 76 138 20 41 4 1 0 13 15 20 2 0.297
John Morris 39 100 8 24 0 1 1 14 7 15 6 0.240
Alan Knicely 34 82 8 16 3 0 1 6 17 21 1 0.195
Bob Forsch 34 76 7 13 4 1 2 12 0 24 0 0.171
John Tudor 30 72 6 11 1 0 0 6 1 22 0 0.153
Danny Cox 32 65 2 5 2 0 0 2 2 32 0 0.077
Jim Lindeman 19 55 7 14 1 0 1 6 2 10 1 0.255
Steve Lake 26 49 4 12 1 0 2 10 2 5 0 0.245
Mike Laga 18 46 7 10 4 0 3 8 5 18 0 0.217
Greg Mathews 23 43 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 19 0 0.047
Tom Lawless 46 39 5 11 1 0 0 3 2 8 8 0.282
Tim Conroy 26 29 2 4 2 0 0 6 3 11 0 0.138
Ray Burris 23 27 0 4 3 0 0 7 0 9 0 0.148
Jerry White 25 24 1 3 0 0 1 3 2 3 0 0.125
Ricky Horton 42 18 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 3 0 0.056
Fred Manrique 13 17 2 3 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0.176
Pat Perry 46 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.000
Rick Ownbey 17 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Todd Worrell 74 7 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 0.143
Ken Dayley 32 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.200
Greg Bargar 22 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Joe Boever 11 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.500
Ray Soff 30 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Kurt Kepshire 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bill Earley 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jeff Lahti 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1986

ERA

1 Todd Worrell 2.08 2 Ricky Horton 2.24 3 Danny Cox 2.90 4 John Tudor 2.92 5 Bob Forsch 3.25

Wins

1 Bob Forsch 14 2 John Tudor 13 3 Danny Cox 12 4 Greg Mathews 11 5 Todd Worrell 9

Strikeouts

1 Danny Cox 108 2 John Tudor 107 3 Bob Forsch 104 4 Tim Conroy 79 5 Todd Worrell 73
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Bob Forsch 14 10 3.25 33 33 0 230.0 211 83 68 104
Danny Cox 12 13 2.90 32 32 0 220.0 189 71 60 108
John Tudor 13 7 2.92 30 30 0 219.0 197 71 53 107
Greg Mathews 11 8 3.65 23 22 0 145.1 139 59 44 67
Tim Conroy 5 11 5.23 25 21 0 115.1 122 67 56 79
Todd Worrell 9 10 2.08 74 0 36 103.2 86 24 41 73
Ricky Horton 4 3 2.24 42 9 3 100.1 77 25 26 49
Ray Burris 4 5 5.60 23 10 0 82.0 92 51 32 34
Pat Perry 2 3 3.80 46 0 2 68.2 59 29 34 29
Rick Ownbey 1 3 3.80 17 3 0 42.2 47 18 19 25
Ken Dayley 0 3 3.26 31 0 5 38.2 42 14 11 33
Ray Soff 4 2 3.29 30 0 0 38.1 37 14 13 22
Greg Bargar 0 2 5.60 22 0 0 27.1 36 17 10 12
Joe Boever 0 1 1.66 11 0 0 21.2 19 4 11 8
Kurt Kepshire 0 1 4.50 2 1 0 8.0 8 4 4 6
Bill Earley 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 3.0 0 0 2 2
Jeff Lahti 0 0 0.00 4 0 0 2.1 3 0 1 3

👥 Roster (38)

Greg Bargar Joe Boever Ray Burris Jack Clark Vince Coleman Tim Conroy Danny Cox Ken Dayley Bill Earley Curt Ford Bob Forsch Mike Heath +26 more

38 players

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Frequently Asked Questions about the 1986 St. Louis Cardinals

What was the 1986 St. Louis Cardinals record?
The 1986 St. Louis Cardinals finished 79-82 (.491 win pct).
Who led the 1986 St. Louis Cardinals in home runs?
Andy Van Slyke led the 1986 St. Louis Cardinals with 13 home runs.
What was the 1986 St. Louis Cardinals team ERA?
The 1986 St. Louis Cardinals posted a team ERA of 3.37.
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