1993 St. Louis Cardinals season

MLB yearly infobox
name = St. Louis Cardinals
season = 1993
misc =

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current league = National League
y1 = 1892
division = Eastern Division
y2 = 1969
Uniform logo =
ballpark = Busch Memorial Stadium
y4 = 1966
city = St. Louis, Missouri
y5 = 1882
owners = Anheuser-Busch
managers = Joe Torre
television = KPLR
(Al Hrabosky, Joe Buck)
radio = KMOX
(Jack Buck, Mike Shannon)
espntn = stl
brtn = stlThe St. Louis Cardinals 1993 season was the team's 112th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 102nd season in the National League. The Cardinals went 87-75 during the season and finished 3rd in the National League East division. This was the final season in the NL East for the Cardinals.

Offseason

*December 7, 1992: Rex Hudler was released by the St. Louis Cardinals. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hudlere01.shtml]
*February 22, 1993: Félix José and Craig Wilson were traded by the Cardinals to the Kansas City Royals for Gregg Jefferies and Ed Gerald (minors). [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/w/wilsocr01.shtml Craig Wilson page at Baseball Reference] ]

Regular Season

On September 7 at Riverfront Stadium, Mark Whiten hit four massive home runs and had twelve runs batted in against the Cincinnati Reds. [ [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/boxscore/09071993.shtml Box Score of Four Home Run Game by Mark Whiten by Baseball Almanac ] ] In the process, Whiten tied two Major League records in one game.

Notable Transactions

*March 31, 1993: Mark Clark and Juan Andujar (minors) were traded by the Cardinals to the Cleveland Indians for Mark Whiten. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/w/whitema01.shtml Mark Whiten page at Baseball Reference] ]
*June 3, 1993: Alan Benes was drafted by the Cardinals in the 1st round (16th pick) of the 1993 amateur draft. Player signed July 19, 1993. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/benesal01.shtml Alan Benes page at Baseball Reference] ]
*August 31, 1993: Lee Smith was traded by the Cardinals to the New York Yankees for Rich Batchelor. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/smithle02.shtml Lee Smith page at Baseball Reference] ]

Opening Day Starters

* Bernard Gilkey
* Gregg Jefferies
* Ray Lankford
* Tom Pagnozzi
* Geronimo Pena
* Ozzie Smith
* Bob Tewksbury
* Mark Whiten
* Todd Zeile

eason Standings

Roster

Pitching

tarting pitchers

References

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/STL/1993.shtml 1993 St. Louis Cardinals]
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1993&t=SLN 1993 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]