1997 St. Louis Cardinals season

MLB yearly infobox
name = St. Louis Cardinals
season = 1997
misc =

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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, Joe Buck, Bob Ramsey, Ozzie Smith, Rich Goule)
radio = KMOX
(Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Joe Buck)
espntn = stl
brtn = stl

The St. Louis Cardinals 1997 season was the team's 116th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 106th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 73-89 during the season and finished 4th in the National League Central division.

Offseason

*December 4, 1996: Willie McGee was signed as a free agent by the Cardinals. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mcgeewi01.shtml Willie McGee page at Baseball Reference] ]
*December 6, 1996: Tom Pagnozzi was signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/p/pagnoto01.shtml]

Regular Season

eason Standings

Roster

Pitching

tarting pitchers

Awards and Honors

* St. Louis Baseball Man of the Year: Ray Lankford
*Mark McGwire, Major League record, 1st player to lead the Major Leagues in Home Runs but not lead the American League or National League in home runs [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]

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/STL/1997.shtml 1997 St. Louis Cardinals]
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1997&t=SLN 1997 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]

References