1988 St. Louis Cardinals season

MLB yearly infobox
name = St. Louis Cardinals
season = 1988
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 = August "Gussie" Busch
managers = Whitey Herzog
television = KPLR-TV
(Al Hrabosky, Ken Wilson)
Cardinal Cable Network
(Al Hrabosky, Ken Wilson)
radio = KMOX
(Jack Buck, Mike Shannon)
espntn = stl
brtn = stlThe St. Louis Cardinals 1988 season was the team's 107th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 97th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 76-86 during the season and finished 5th in the National League East division.

Shortstop Ozzie Smith won a Gold Glove this year.

Offseason

*December 21, 1987: Bob Forsch was released by the St. Louis Cardinals. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/f/forscbo01.shtml]
*January 27, 1988: Bob Forsch was signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/f/forscbo01.shtml]
* February 9, 1988: Lance Johnson, Ricky Horton and cash were traded by the Cardinals to the Chicago White Sox for José DeLeón. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/j/johnsla03.shtml Lance Johnson page at Baseball Reference] ]

Regular Season

Opening Day Starters

eason Standings

Notable transactions

*June 1, 1988: Mark Clark was drafted by the Cardinals in the 9th round of the 1988 amateur draft. Player signed June 3, 1988. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/clarkma01.shtml Mark Clark page at Baseball Reference] ]
*August 31, 1988: Bob Forsch was traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Houston Astros for Denny Walling. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/f/forscbo01.shtml]

Roster

Pitching

tarting pitchers

Awards and honors

*Vince Coleman, National League Stolen Base Leader , 81 [ [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/hitting/hisb2nl.shtml Stolen Bases Single Season National League Leaders by Baseball Almanac ] ]
* Ozzie Smith, Shortstop, National League Gold Glove

References

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/STL/1988.shtml 1988 St. Louis Cardinals]
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1988&t=SLN 1988 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]