# 1991 St. Louis Cardinals season

The St. Louis Cardinals 1991 season was the team's 110th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 100th season in the National League. The Cardinals rebounded from a rare last-place finish a year earlier to register a record of 84–78 during the season and finished second to the Pittsburgh Pirates in the National League East by fourteen games.
Ozzie Smith set the National League record for fewest errors in a season by a shortstop with 8 errors. Gold Gloves were awarded to catcher Tom Pagnozzi and shortstop Ozzie Smith this year.

## Offseason

* October 11, 1990: Ernie Camacho was released by the St. Louis Cardinals.

## Regular season
### Opening Day starters

* Bernard Gilkey
* Pedro Guerrero
* Felix Jose
* Ray Lankford
* José Oquendo
* Tom Pagnozzi
* Ozzie Smith
* Bob Tewksbury
* Todd Zeile

### Season standings

vteNL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 98 | 64 | .605 | — | 52‍–‍32 | 46‍–‍32 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 84 | 78 | .519 | 14 | 52‍–‍32 | 32‍–‍46 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 78 | 84 | .481 | 20 | 47‍–‍36 | 31‍–‍48 |
| Chicago Cubs | 77 | 83 | .481 | 20 | 46‍–‍37 | 31‍–‍46 |
| New York Mets | 77 | 84 | .478 | 20½ | 40‍–‍42 | 37‍–‍42 |
| Montreal Expos | 71 | 90 | .441 | 26½ | 33‍–‍35 | 38‍–‍55 |

### Record vs. opponents

1991 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | ATL | CHC | CIN | HOU | LAD | MON | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL |
| Atlanta | — | 6–6 | 11–7 | 13–5 | 7–11 | 5–7 | 9–3 | 5–7 | 9–3 | 11–7 | 9–9 | 9–3 |
| Chicago | 6–6 | — | 4–8 | 9–3 | 2–10 | 10–7 | 11–6 | 8–10 | 7–11 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 10–8 |
| Cincinnati | 7–11 | 8–4 | — | 9–9 | 6–12 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 9–3 | 2–10 | 8–10 | 10–8 | 4–8 |
| Houston | 5–13 | 3–9 | 9–9 | — | 8–10 | 2–10 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 6–12 | 9–9 | 5–7 |
| Los Angeles | 11–7 | 10–2 | 12–6 | 10–8 | — | 5–7 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 10–8 | 8–10 | 6–6 |
| Montreal | 7–5 | 7–10 | 6–6 | 10–2 | 7–5 | — | 4–14 | 4–14 | 6–12 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 7–11 |
| New York | 3–9 | 6–11 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 14–4 | — | 11–7 | 6–12 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 7–11 |
| Philadelphia | 7-5 | 10–8 | 3–9 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 14–4 | 7–11 | — | 6–12 | 9–3 | 6–6 | 6–12 |
| Pittsburgh | 3–9 | 11–7 | 10–2 | 8–4 | 5–7 | 12–6 | 12–6 | 12–6 | — | 7–5 | 7–5 | 11–7 |
| San Diego | 7–11 | 8–4 | 10–8 | 12–6 | 8–10 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 3–9 | 5–7 | — | 11–7 | 9–3 |
| San Francisco | 9–9 | 6–6 | 8–10 | 9–9 | 10–8 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 7–11 | — | 4–8 |
| St. Louis | 3–9 | 8–10 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 11–7 | 11–7 | 12–6 | 7–11 | 3–9 | 8–4 | — |

### Transactions

June 3, 1991: John Mabry was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 6th round of the 1991 amateur draft. Player signed June 11, 1991.

### Roster
## Player stats
### Batting

Note: 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 | Tom Pagnozzi | 140 | 459 | 121 | .264 | 2 | 57 |
| 1B | Pedro Guerrero | 115 | 427 | 116 | .272 | 8 | 70 |
| 2B | José Oquendo | 127 | 366 | 88 | .240 | 1 | 26 |
| 3B | Todd Zeile | 155 | 565 | 158 | .280 | 11 | 81 |
| SS | Ozzie Smith | 150 | 550 | 157 | .285 | 3 | 50 |
| LF | Bernard Gilkey | 81 | 268 | 58 | .216 | 5 | 20 |
| CF | Ray Lankford | 151 | 566 | 142 | .251 | 9 | 69 |
| RF | Félix José | 154 | 568 | 173 | .305 | 8 | 77 |

#### 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 |
| Milt Thompson | 115 | 326 | 100 | .307 | 6 | 34 |
| Gerald Perry | 109 | 242 | 58 | .240 | 6 | 36 |
| Rex Hudler | 101 | 207 | 47 | .227 | 1 | 15 |
| Gerónimo Peña | 104 | 185 | 45 | .243 | 5 | 17 |
| Rich Gedman | 46 | 94 | 10 | .106 | 3 | 8 |
| Craig Wilson | 60 | 82 | 14 | .171 | 0 | 13 |
| Luis Alicea | 56 | 68 | 13 | .191 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Jones | 16 | 24 | 4 | .167 | 0 | 2 |
| Stan Royer | 9 | 21 | 6 | .286 | 0 | 1 |
| Rod Brewer | 19 | 13 | 1 | .077 | 0 | 1 |
| Ray Stephens | 6 | 7 | 2 | .286 | 0 | 0 |

### 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 |
| Bryn Smith | 31 | 198.2 | 12 | 9 | 3.85 | 94 |
| Bob Tewksbury | 30 | 191.0 | 11 | 12 | 3.25 | 75 |
| Ken Hill | 30 | 181.1 | 11 | 10 | 3.57 | 121 |
| Omar Olivares | 28 | 167.1 | 11 | 7 | 3.71 | 91 |
| José DeLeón | 28 | 162.2 | 5 | 9 | 2.71 | 118 |
| Rhéal Cormier | 11 | 67.2 | 4 | 5 | 4.12 | 38 |
| Jamie Moyer | 8 | 31.1 | 0 | 5 | 5.74 | 20 |

#### 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 |
| Mark Clark | 7 | 22.1 | 1 | 1 | 4.03 | 13 |

##### 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 |
| Lee Smith | 67 | 6 | 3 | 47 | 2.34 | 67 |
| Juan Agosto | 72 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4.81 | 34 |
| Scott Terry | 65 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2.80 | 52 |
| Cris Carpenter | 59 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 4.23 | 47 |
| Willie Fraser | 35 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4.93 | 25 |
| Bob McClure | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.13 | 15 |
| Mike Pérez | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5.82 | 7 |
| Tim Sherrill | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.16 | 4 |
| Mark Grater | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| José Oquendo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 1 |

## Awards and honors

* Tom Pagnozzi, catcher, National League Gold Glove
* Ozzie Smith, shortstop, National League Gold Glove

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Louisville Redbirds | American Association | Mark DeJohn |
| AA | Arkansas Travelers | Texas League | Joe Pettini |
| A | St. Petersburg Cardinals | Florida State League | Dave Bialas |
| A | Springfield Cardinals | Midwest League | Mike Ramsey |
| A | Savannah Cardinals | South Atlantic League | Larry Milbourne |
| A-Short Season | Hamilton Redbirds | New York–Penn League | Rick Colbert |
| Rookie | Johnson City Cardinals | Appalachian League | Chris Maloney |
| Rookie | AZL Cardinals | Arizona League | Keith Champion |