1990 St. Louis Cardinals season

MLB yearly infobox
name = St. Louis Cardinals
season = 1990
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 = Whitey Herzog, Red Schoendienst, and Joe Torre
television = KPLR-TV
(Al Hrabosky, Ken Wilson)
radio = KMOX
(Jack Buck, Mike Shannon)
espntn = stl
brtn = stlThe St. Louis Cardinals 1990 season was the team's 109th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 99th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 70-92 during the season and finished 6th in the National League East division.

Shortstop Ozzie Smith won a Gold Glove this year.

Offseason

*November 28, 1989: Bryn Smith was signed as a free agent by the Cardinals. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/smithbr01.shtml Bryn Smith page at Baseball Reference] ]
*November 30, 1989: Danny Cox was signed as a free agent by the Cardinals. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/coxda01.shtml Danny Cox page at Baseball Reference] ]
*December 6, 1989: Jim Lindeman and Matt Kinzer were traded by the Cardinals to the Detroit Tigers for Bill Henderson (minors), Marcos Betances (minors), and Pat Austin (minors). [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lindeji01.shtml Jim Lindeman page at Baseball Reference] ]
*February 27, 1990: Alex Cole and Steve Peters were traded by the Cardinals to the San Diego Padres for Omar Olivares. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/coleal01.shtml Alex Cole page at Baseball Reference] ]

Regular Season

Opening Day starters

*Tom Brunansky
*Vince Coleman
*Pedro Guerrero
*Joe Magrane
*Willie McGee
*Jose Oquendo
*Terry Pendleton
*Ozzie Smith
*Todd Zeile [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1990&t=SLN]

Notable transactions

*April 23, 1990: Rex Hudler was traded by the Montreal Expos to the St. Louis Cardinals for John Costello. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hudlere01.shtml]
* May 4, 1990: Tom Brunansky was traded by the Cardinals to the Boston Red Sox for Lee Smith. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/smithle02.shtml Lee Smith page at Baseball Reference] ]
* May 5, 1990: Terry Francona was signed as a free agent by the Cardinals. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/f/francte01.shtml Terry Francona page at Baseball Reference] ]
* July 2, 1990: Ernie Camacho was signed as a free agent by the Cardinals. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/camacer01.shtml Ernie Camacho page at Baseball Reference] ]
* August 29, 1990: Willie McGee was traded by the Cardinals to the Oakland Athletics for Félix José, Stan Royer, and Daryl Green (minors). [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mcgeewi01.shtml Willie McGee page at Baseball Reference] ]

Roster

Pitching

tarting pitchers

Awards and Honors

* Ozzie Smith, Shortstop, National League Gold Glove

References

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/STL/1990.shtml 1990 St. Louis Cardinals]
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1990&t=SLN 1990 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]