1999 St. Louis Cardinals season

MLB yearly infobox
name = St. Louis Cardinals
season = 1999
misc =

current league = National League
y1 = 1892
division = Central Division
y2 = 1994
Uniform
ballpark = Busch Memorial Stadium
y4 = 1966
city = St. Louis, Missouri
y5 = 1882
owners = William DeWitt, Jr.
managers = Tony La Russa
television = Fox Sports Midwest
KPLR
(Al Hrabosky, Bob Carpenter, Ozzie Smith, Joe Buck)
radio = KMOX
(Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Joe Buck)
espntn = stl
brtn = stl

The St. Louis Cardinals 1999 season was the team's 118th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 108th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 75-86 during the season and finished 4th in the National League Central division.

Offseason

*November 19, 1998: Eric Davis was signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/d/daviser01.shtml]
*November 19, 1998: Ricky Bottalico was traded by the Philadelphia Phillies with Garrett Stephenson to the St. Louis Cardinals for Jeff Brantley, Ron Gant, and Cliff Politte. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bottari01.shtml Ricky Bottalico Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*December 7, 1998: Willie McGee was signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mcgeewi01.shtml Willie McGee Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*December 14, 1998: Edgar Renteria was traded by the Florida Marlins to the St. Louis Cardinals for Armando Almanza, Braden Looper, and Pablo Ozuna. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/r/renteed01.shtml]

Regular Season

*On April 23, 1999, Fernando Tatis hit two grand slams in one game. [ [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/feats/feats11.shtml 2 Grand Slams In 1 Game by Baseball Almanac ] ]
*In 1999, Mark McGwire drove in a league-leading 147 runs while only having 145 hits, the highest RBI-per-hit tally in baseball history. [http://www.allsports.com/players/mark-mcgwire/]

eason standings

Transactions

*May 15, 1999: Heathcliff Slocumb was signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/slocuhe01.shtml Heathcliff Slocumb Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*June 2, 1999: Albert Pujols was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 13th round of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed August 17, 1999. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/p/pujolal01.shtml Albert Pujols Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]

Roster

Starting pitchers

Awards and records

*Mark McGwire, Major League record, 1st player to hit at least home runs in four consecutive seasons [Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.372, David Nemec and Scott latow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0]

References

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/STL/1999.shtml 1999 St. Louis Cardinals]
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1999&t=SLN 1999 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]