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1984 St. Louis Cardinals
1984 St. Louis Cardinals
League	National League
Division	East
Ballpark	Busch Memorial Stadium
City	St. Louis, Missouri
Record	84–78 (.519)
Divisional place	3rd
Owners	August "Gussie" Busch
General managers	Joe McDonald
Managers	Whitey Herzog
Television	KSDK; (Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Jay Randolph) ; Sports Time; (Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Bob Carpenter)
Radio	KMOX; (Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Dan Kelly, Red Rush)

The St. Louis Cardinals 1984 season was the team's 103rd season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 93rd season in the National League. The Cardinals went 84–78 during the season and finished third in the National League East, 12½ games behind their arch-rivals, the Chicago Cubs. It was also the final season of the Columbia blue road uniforms for the Cardinals.

Offseason

January 17, 1984: Rafael Santana was released by the Cardinals.^[1]
March 26, 1984: Jamie Quirk was released by the Cardinals.^[2]

Regular season

Pitcher Joaquín Andújar and shortstop Ozzie Smith won Gold Gloves this year. Bruce Sutter had a then-NL record of 45 saves.

June 23, 1984: What turned out to be a key game for the Cubs occurred at Wrigley, with the Cubs facing the rival Cardinals on the nationally televised "Game of the Week". The Cardinals led throughout the game, and led 9-8 going into the bottom of the ninth with closer Bruce Sutter on the mound. Second baseman Ryne Sandberg led off the ninth with a solo home run into the left-field bleachers, tying the game at nine.^[3] The following inning, St. Louis regained the lead, and Sutter stayed in the game attempting to close out the win. After the first two batters were retired, Bob Dernier walked, bringing up Sandberg again. He promptly hit another game-tying home run into the left-field bleachers, sending the Wrigley fans into a frenzy.^[3] The Cardinals did not score in the top of the 11th, but the Cubs loaded the bases on three walks, then rookie Dave Owen singled in the winning run.^[4] Willie McGee hit for the cycle and had 6 RBI but Ryne Sandberg had 7 RBI in the game. Henceforth, this game has become known as "The Sandberg Game".

Season standings

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NL East
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago Cubs	96	65	.596	—	51‍–‍29	45‍–‍36
New York Mets	90	72	.556	6½	48‍–‍33	42‍–‍39
St. Louis Cardinals	84	78	.519	12½	44‍–‍37	40‍–‍41
Philadelphia Phillies	81	81	.500	15½	39‍–‍42	42‍–‍39
Montreal Expos	78	83	.484	18	39‍–‍42	39‍–‍41
Pittsburgh Pirates	75	87	.463	21½	41‍–‍40	34‍–‍47

Record vs. opponents

1984 National League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	3–9	13–5	12–6	6–12	5–7	4–8	7–5	8–4	7–11	10–8	5–7
Chicago	9–3	—	7–5	6–6	7–5	10–7	12–6	9–9	8–10	6–6	9–3	13–5
Cincinnati	5–13	5–7	—	8–10	7–11	7–5	3–9	5–7	7–5	7–11	12–6	4–8
Houston	6–12	6–6	10–8	—	9–9	7–5	4–8	6–6	6–6	6–12	12–6	8–4
Los Angeles	12–6	5–7	7–11	9–9	—	6–6	3–9	3–9	4–8	10–8	10–8	6–6
Montreal	7–5	7–10	5–7	5–7	6–6	—	7–11	11–7	7–11	7–5	7–5	9–9
New York	8–4	6–12	9–3	8–4	9–3	11–7	—	10–8	12–6	6–6	4–8	7–11
Philadelphia	5-7	9–9	7–5	6–6	9–3	7–11	8–10	—	7–11	7–5	8–4	8–10
Pittsburgh	4–8	10–8	5–7	6–6	8–4	11–7	6–12	11–7	—	4–8	6–6	4–14
San Diego	11–7	6–6	11–7	12–6	8–10	5–7	6–6	5–7	8–4	—	13–5	7–5
San Francisco	8–10	3–9	6–12	6–12	8–10	5–7	8–4	4–8	6–6	5–13	—	7–5
St. Louis	7–5	5–13	8–4	4–8	6–6	9–9	11–7	10–8	14–4	5–7	5–7	—

Notable transactions

April 5, 1984: Gary Rajsich was purchased by the Cardinals from the New York Mets.^[5]
May 10, 1984: Dane Iorg was purchased from the Cardinals by the Kansas City Royals.^[6]
June 15, 1984: Ken Oberkfell was traded by the Cardinals to the Atlanta Braves for Ken Dayley and Mike Jorgensen.^[7]

Draft picks

June 4, 1984: 1984 Major League Baseball Draft
- Lance Johnson was drafted by the Cardinals in the 6th round. Player signed June 13, 1984.^[8]
- Craig Wilson was drafted by the Cardinals in the 20th round.^[9]

Roster

1984 St. Louis Cardinals

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

24 Whitey Herzog

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

= Indicates league leader

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	Darrell Porter	127	422	98	.232	11	68
1B	David Green	126	452	121	.268	15	65
2B	Tom Herr	145	558	154	.276	4	49
SS	Ozzie Smith	124	412	106	.257	1	44
3B	Terry Pendleton	67	262	85	.324	1	33
LF	Lonnie Smith	145	504	126	.250	6	49
CF	Willie McGee	145	571	166	.291	6	50
RF	George Hendrick	120	441	122	.277	9	69

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
Andy Van Slyke	137	361	88	.244	7	50
Tito Landrum	105	173	47	.272	3	26
Ken Oberkfell	50	152	47	.309	0	11
Art Howe	89	139	30	.216	2	12
Chris Speier	38	118	21	.178	3	8
Steve Braun	86	98	27	.276	0	16
Mike Jorgensen	59	98	24	.245	1	12
Tom Nieto	33	86	24	.279	3	12
Bill Lyons	46	73	16	.219	0	3
Glenn Brummer	28	58	12	.207	1	3
Dane Iorg	15	28	4	.143	0	3
Mark Salas	14	20	2	.100	0	1
José Uribe	8	19	4	.211	0	3
Mike Ramsey	21	15	1	.067	0	0
Paul Householder	13	14	2	.143	0	0
Gary Rajsich	7	7	1	.143	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
Joaquín Andújar	36	261.1	20	14	3.34	147
Dave LaPoint	33	193.0	12	10	3.96	130
Danny Cox	29	156.1	9	11	4.03	70
Kurt Kepshire	17	109.0	6	5	3.30	71
Rick Ownbey	4	19.0	0	3	4.74	11

Other pitchers