1997 St. Louis Cardinals

73-89 • .451 Win% • 4th in NL C

The 1997 St. Louis Cardinals went 73-89 (.451) finishing 4th in the NL C division. The club scored 689 runs, allowed 708, and played home games at Busch Stadium II. Team leaders included Ray Lankford (31 HR, 98 RBI) and Matt Morris (12-9, 3.19 ERA).

W (Wins):
Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
L (Losses):
Games charged to the pitcher of record when the opposing team took a lead it never surrendered.
RS (Runs Scored (team)):
Total runs a team scored across the season.
RA (Runs Allowed):
Total runs a team allowed across the season.

Data updated

📊 Season Record

73 Wins
89 Losses
.451 Win %
4th Rank
689 R 708 RA
Diff -19

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⚡ Quick Stats

689 Runs Scored
708 Runs Allowed
-19 Run Diff
2,654K Attendance

📈 vs. 1997 NL Average

Batting Avg .255 3% below the 1997 league average (.262)
OBP .324 3% below the 1997 league average (.333)
SLG .396 3% below the 1997 league average (.410)
Team ERA 3.88 8% better than the 1997 league average (4.20)
Runs Scored 689 8% below the 1997 league average (746 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumBusch Stadium II
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 2,654,568
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Avg per Game 32,772

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1997

Batting Avg

1 Willie McGee 0.300 2 Delino DeShields 0.295 3 Ray Lankford 0.295 4 John Mabry 0.284 5 Royce Clayton 0.266

Home Runs

1 Ray Lankford 31 2 Mark McGwire 24 3 Gary Gaetti 17 4 Ron Gant 17 5 Delino DeShields 11

RBI

1 Ray Lankford 98 2 Gary Gaetti 69 3 Ron Gant 62 4 Royce Clayton 61 5 Delino DeShields 58
1997 St. Louis Cardinals — RBI
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Royce Clayton 154 576 75 153 39 5 9 61 33 109 30 0.266
Delino DeShields 150 572 92 169 26 14 11 58 55 72 55 0.295
Gary Gaetti 148 502 63 126 24 1 17 69 36 88 7 0.251
Ron Gant 139 502 68 115 21 4 17 62 58 162 14 0.229
Ray Lankford 133 465 94 137 36 3 31 98 95 125 21 0.295
John Mabry 116 388 40 110 19 0 5 36 39 77 0 0.284
Dmitri Young 110 333 38 86 14 3 5 34 38 63 6 0.258
Willie McGee 122 300 29 90 19 4 3 38 22 59 8 0.300
Mike Difelice 93 260 16 62 10 1 4 30 19 61 1 0.238
Tom Lampkin 108 229 28 56 8 1 7 22 28 30 2 0.245
Mark McGwire 51 174 38 44 3 0 24 42 43 61 2 0.253
Brian Jordan 47 145 17 34 5 0 0 10 10 21 6 0.234
David Bell 66 142 9 30 7 2 1 12 10 28 1 0.211
Danny Sheaffer 76 132 10 33 5 0 0 11 8 17 1 0.250
Phil Plantier 42 113 13 29 8 0 5 18 11 27 0 0.257
Matt Morris 34 73 4 15 2 0 0 6 5 36 0 0.205
Mark Sweeney 44 61 5 13 3 0 0 4 9 14 0 0.213
Andy Benes 26 55 4 12 2 0 0 5 1 14 0 0.218
Todd Stottlemyre 29 55 6 13 4 1 0 4 8 13 0 0.236
Alan Benes 23 52 1 9 2 0 0 3 0 16 0 0.173
Tom Pagnozzi 25 50 4 11 3 0 1 8 1 7 0 0.220
Eli Marrero 17 45 4 11 2 0 2 7 2 13 4 0.244
Mike Gallego 27 43 6 7 2 0 0 1 1 6 0 0.163
Scott Livingstone 42 41 3 7 1 0 0 3 1 10 1 0.171
Micah Franklin 17 34 6 11 0 0 2 2 3 10 0 0.324
Scarborough Green 20 31 5 3 0 0 0 1 2 5 0 0.097
Donovan Osborne 14 24 2 5 1 0 0 2 0 6 1 0.208
Luis Ordaz 12 22 3 6 1 0 0 1 1 2 3 0.273
Manny Aybar 12 21 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 9 0 0.143
Roberto Mejia 7 14 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 5 0 0.071
Mark Petkovsek 55 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.091
Steve Scarsone 5 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 5 1 0.100
Mike Gulan 5 9 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 0 0.000
Rigo Beltran 35 7 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.143
Danny Jackson 4 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.143
Jeff Berblinger 7 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Fernando Valenzuela 5 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.200
Mike Busby 3 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.500
John Frascatore 59 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Sean Lowe 6 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.333
Brady Raggio 15 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.000
Curtis King 30 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
T. J. Mathews 40 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Lance Painter 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Rich Batchelor 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jose Bautista 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dennis Eckersley 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Tony Fossas 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Rick Honeycutt 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Eric Ludwick 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Tom McGraw 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1997

ERA

1 T. J. Mathews 2.15 2 John Frascatore 2.48 3 Alan Benes 2.89 4 Andy Benes 3.10 5 Matt Morris 3.19

Wins

1 Matt Morris 12 2 Todd Stottlemyre 12 3 Andy Benes 10 4 Alan Benes 9 5 John Frascatore 5

Strikeouts

1 Andy Benes 175 2 Alan Benes 160 3 Todd Stottlemyre 160 4 Matt Morris 149 5 John Frascatore 58
1997 St. Louis Cardinals — Strikeouts
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Matt Morris 12 9 3.19 33 33 0 217.0 208 77 69 149
Todd Stottlemyre 12 9 3.88 28 28 0 181.0 155 78 65 160
Andy Benes 10 7 3.10 26 26 0 177.0 149 61 61 175
Alan Benes 9 9 2.89 23 23 0 161.2 128 52 68 160
Mark Petkovsek 4 7 5.06 55 2 2 96.0 109 54 31 51
Donovan Osborne 3 7 4.93 14 14 0 80.1 84 44 23 51
John Frascatore 5 2 2.48 59 0 0 80.0 74 22 33 58
Manny Aybar 2 4 4.24 12 12 0 68.0 66 32 29 41
Rigo Beltran 1 2 3.48 35 4 1 54.1 47 21 17 50
Dennis Eckersley 1 5 3.91 57 0 36 53.0 49 23 8 45
Tony Fossas 2 7 3.83 71 0 0 51.2 62 22 26 41
T. J. Mathews 4 4 2.15 40 0 0 46.0 41 11 18 46
Brady Raggio 1 2 6.89 15 4 0 31.1 44 24 16 21
Curtis King 4 2 2.76 30 0 0 29.1 38 9 11 13
Fernando Valenzuela 0 4 5.56 5 5 0 22.2 22 14 14 10
Danny Jackson 1 2 7.71 4 4 0 18.2 26 16 8 13
Sean Lowe 0 2 9.35 6 4 0 17.1 27 18 10 8
Lance Painter 1 1 4.76 14 0 0 17.0 13 9 8 11
Rich Batchelor 1 1 4.50 10 0 0 16.0 21 8 7 8
Mike Busby 0 2 8.79 3 3 0 14.1 24 14 4 6
Jose Bautista 0 0 6.57 11 0 0 12.1 15 9 2 4
Eric Ludwick 0 1 9.45 5 0 0 6.2 12 7 6 7
Rick Honeycutt 0 0 13.50 2 0 0 2.0 5 3 1 2
Tom McGraw 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 1.2 2 0 1 0
Gary Gaetti 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0.1 1 0 0 0

👥 Roster (51)

Manny Aybar Rich Batchelor Jose Bautista David Bell Rigo Beltran Alan Benes Andy Benes Jeff Berblinger Mike Busby Royce Clayton Delino DeShields Mike Difelice +39 more

51 players

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The 1997 St. Louis Cardinals in brief

In 1997 the St. Louis Cardinals posted a 73-89 mark (.451) and finished 4th in the NL Central. With 689 runs scored and 708 given up, the 1997 differential was -19. At the plate the St. Louis Cardinals hit .255, 3% worse than the league's .262. The St. Louis Cardinals staff finished with a 3.88 ERA; the league as a whole was at 4.20. The 689 runs scored compare with a league average of 746 per club, 8% fewer.

Attendance at Busch Stadium II totaled 2,654,568 for the year. Ray Lankford led the club in home runs with 31. Delino DeShields collected the most hits, 169. The pitching staff's wins leader was Matt Morris (12). The strikeout leader was Andy Benes with 175. Dennis Eckersley closed out 36 saves.

Frequently Asked Questions about the 1997 St. Louis Cardinals

What was the 1997 St. Louis Cardinals record?
The 1997 St. Louis Cardinals finished 73-89 (.451 win pct).
Who led the 1997 St. Louis Cardinals in home runs?
Ray Lankford led the 1997 St. Louis Cardinals with 31 home runs.
What was the 1997 St. Louis Cardinals team ERA?
The 1997 St. Louis Cardinals posted a team ERA of 3.88.
Did the 1997 St. Louis Cardinals win the World Series?
No. The 1997 St. Louis Cardinals did not win the World Series.
Where did the 1997 St. Louis Cardinals play?
The 1997 St. Louis Cardinals played home games at Busch Stadium II.
Who led the 1997 St. Louis Cardinals in hitting and pitching?
Team leaders were Ray Lankford (31 HR, 98 RBI) and Matt Morris (12-9, 3.19 ERA).
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