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1997 National League Central
Team Record GB
Houston Astros 84 - 78
Pittsburgh Pirates 79 - 83 5.0
Cincinnati Reds 76 - 86 8.0
St. Louis Cardinals 73 - 89 11.0
Chicago Cubs 68 - 94 16.0

4th (NL Central)
Runs Scored: 689
Runs Allowed: 708
Attendance: 2,634,014

1997 St. Louis Cardinals Batting (Starters)
Player Pos Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Mike Difelice C 28 93 260 16 62 10 1 4 30 19 0 61 1 1 6 3 11 .238 .297 .331 .628
Dmitri Young 1B 23 110 333 38 86 14 3 5 34 38 3 63 6 5 1 2 8 .258 .335 .363 .698
Delino DeShields 2B 28 150 572 92 169 26 14 11 58 55 1 72 55 14 7 3 5 .295 .357 .448 .805
Gary Gaetti 3B 38 148 502 63 126 24 1 17 69 36 3 88 7 3 4 6 20 .251 .305 .404 .709
Royce Clayton SS 27 154 576 75 153 39 5 9 61 33 4 109 30 10 2 3 19 .266 .306 .398 .704
Ron Gant LF 32 139 502 68 115 21 4 17 62 58 3 162 14 6 0 1 2 .229 .310 .388 .698
Ray Lankford CF 30 133 465 94 137 36 3 31 98 95 10 125 21 11 0 0 9 .295 .411 .585 .996
John Mabry RF 26 116 388 40 110 19 0 5 36 39 9 77 0 1 2 3 11 .284 .352 .371 .723

1997 St. Louis Cardinals Batting (Bench)
Player Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Willie McGee 38 122 300 29 90 19 4 3 38 22 2 59 8 2 0 0 6 .300 .347 .420 .767
Tom Lampkin 33 108 229 28 56 8 1 7 22 28 5 30 2 1 4 4 8 .245 .335 .380 .715
Danny Sheaffer 35 76 132 10 33 5 0 0 11 8 0 17 1 0 4 1 10 .250 .296 .288 .584
David Bell 24 66 142 9 30 7 2 1 12 10 2 28 1 0 2 0 2 .211 .261 .310 .571
Mark McGwire 33 51 174 38 44 3 0 24 42 43 8 61 2 0 0 5 0 .253 .411 .684 1.095
Brian Jordan 30 47 145 17 34 5 0 0 10 10 1 21 6 1 0 6 4 .234 .311 .269 .580
Mark Sweeney 27 44 61 5 13 3 0 0 4 9 1 14 0 1 1 1 2 .213 .319 .262 .581
Scott Livingstone 31 42 41 3 7 1 0 0 3 1 0 10 1 0 0 0 1 .171 .182 .195 .377
Phil Plantier 28 42 113 13 29 8 0 5 18 11 1 27 0 3 0 3 5 .257 .333 .460 .793
Mike Gallego 36 27 43 6 7 2 0 0 1 1 0 6 0 0 1 0 0 .163 .178 .209 .387
Tom Pagnozzi 34 25 50 4 11 3 0 1 8 1 0 7 0 0 0 0 2 .220 .235 .340 .575
Scarborough Green 23 20 31 5 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 .097 .152 .097 .249
Eli Marrero 23 17 45 4 11 2 0 2 7 2 1 13 4 0 0 0 1 .244 .271 .422 .693
Micah Franklin 25 17 34 6 11 0 0 2 2 3 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 .324 .378 .500 .878
Luis Ordaz 21 12 22 3 6 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 .273 .304 .318 .622
Jeff Berblinger 26 7 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Roberto Mejia 25 7 14 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 .071 .067 .143 .210
Mike Gulan 26 5 9 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .100 .000 .100
Steve Scarsone 31 5 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 .100 .250 .100 .350

1997 St. Louis Cardinals Batting (Pitchers)
Player Pos Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Matt Morris P 22 34 73 4 15 2 0 0 6 5 0 36 0 1 2 0 0 .205 .256 .233 .489
Andy Benes P 29 25 55 4 12 2 0 0 5 1 0 14 0 0 8 1 0 .218 .246 .255 .501
Alan Benes P 25 22 52 1 9 2 0 0 3 0 0 16 0 0 2 0 0 .173 .173 .212 .385
Donovan Osborne P 28 13 24 2 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 6 1 0 1 0 0 .208 .208 .250 .458
Manuel Aybar P 25 11 21 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 .286
Mark Petkovsek P 31 53 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 .091 .167 .091 .258
Rigo Beltran P 27 34 7 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .143 .286 .429
Danny Jackson P 35 4 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 .286
Fernando Valenzuela P 36 4 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400
Mike Busby P 24 3 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Brady Raggio P 24 15 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Sean Lowe P 26 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .666
John Frascatore P 27 57 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
T.J. Mathews P 27 39 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Curtis King P 26 28 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000

1997 St. Louis Cardinals Pitching (Starters)
Player Age G GS W L Pct. ERA IP R ER H HR BB K OBA HB WP CG SO SV BS DICE
Matt Morris 22 33 33 12 9 .571 3.19 217.0 88 77 208 12 69 149 .252 7 5 3 0 0 3.40
Andy Benes 29 26 26 10 7 .588 3.10 177.0 64 61 149 9 61 175 .225 5 7 0 0 0 2.80
Alan Benes 25 23 23 9 9 .500 2.89 161.2 60 52 128 13 68 160 .215 4 9 2 0 0 3.40
Donovan Osborne 28 14 14 3 7 .300 4.93 80.1 46 44 84 10 23 51 .268 1 1 0 0 0 4.24
Manuel Aybar 25 12 12 2 4 .333 4.24 68.0 33 32 66 8 29 41 .252 4 1 0 0 0 4.78
Fernando Valenzuela 36 5 5 0 4 .000 5.56 22.2 19 14 22 2 14 10 .242 1 2 0 0 0 5.25
Sean Lowe 26 6 4 0 2 .000 9.35 17.1 21 18 27 2 10 8 .346 1 0 0 0 0 5.48
Danny Jackson 35 4 4 1 2 .333 7.71 18.2 17 16 26 3 8 13 .333 2 0 0 0 0 5.30
Mike Busby 24 3 3 0 2 .000 8.79 14.1 14 14 24 2 4 6 .381 0 0 0 0 0 4.81

1997 St. Louis Cardinals Pitching (Bullpen)
Player Age G GS W L Pct. ERA IP R ER H HR BB K OBA HB WP CG SO SV BS DICE
Tony Fossas 39 71 0 2 7 .222 3.83 51.2 32 22 62 7 26 41 .292 1 0 0 0 0 4.74
John Frascatore 27 59 0 5 2 .714 2.48 80.0 25 22 74 5 33 58 .239 6 4 0 0 0 3.83
Dennis Eckersley 42 57 0 1 5 .167 3.91 53.0 24 23 49 9 8 45 .236 2 2 0 0 36 4.08
Mark Petkovsek 31 55 2 4 7 .364 5.06 96.0 61 54 109 14 31 51 .289 6 2 0 0 2 4.99
T.J. Mathews 27 40 0 4 4 .500 2.15 46.0 14 11 41 4 18 46 .230 1 1 0 0 0 3.37
Rigo Beltran 27 35 4 1 2 .333 3.48 54.1 25 21 47 3 17 50 .227 0 1 0 0 1 2.82
Curtis King 26 30 0 4 2 .667 2.76 29.1 14 9 38 0 11 13 .306 1 2 0 0 0 3.34
Brady Raggio 24 15 4 1 2 .333 6.89 31.1 24 24 44 1 16 21 .328 1 3 0 0 0 3.70
Jose Bautista 32 11 0 0 0 .000 6.57 12.1 10 9 15 2 2 4 .283 1 1 0 0 0 5.19
Rich Batchelor 30 10 0 1 1 .500 4.50 16.0 12 8 21 0 7 8 .313 2 0 0 0 0 3.69
Eric Ludwick 25 5 0 0 1 .000 9.45 6.2 7 7 12 1 6 7 .400 0 0 0 0 0 5.55
Rick Honeycutt 43 2 0 0 0 .000 13.50 2.0 3 3 5 0 1 2 .500 0 1 0 0 0 2.50
Tom McGraw 29 2 0 0 0 .000 0.00 1.2 0 0 2 0 1 0 .286 0 0 0 0 0 4.80
Gary Gaetti 38 1 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0.1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .500 1 0 0 0 0 12.00