1996 St. Petersburg Cardinals Statistics
Team Record: 75-63
Finished 4th in the FSL's West Division
Manager: Chris Maloney (75-63)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: St. Petersburg, Florida
Ballpark: Al Lang Stadium
Attendance: 124,174, Avg. 1,881 in 66 home dates
The St. Petersburg Cardinals of the Florida State League ended the 1996 season with a record of 75 wins and 63 losses, finishing fourth in the league's West Division.
The Cardinals led the league with just 474 runs allowed. St. Petersburg scored 533 runs. Chris Richard paced the team with 14 home runs and drove in 82 runs. Plácido Polanco topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .291. Blake Stein paced the squad with 16 wins and a team-best 2.15 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1996 St. Petersburg Cardinals who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Mark Petkovsek, Chris Richard, Danny Jackson, Scarborough Green, Mike Gallego, Rick Heiserman, Blake Stein, Donovan Osborne, Keith McDonald, Mike Morgan, Curtis King, Plácido Polanco, Miguel Mejía and Luis Ordaz.
Chris Maloney served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blake Stein | 16 | 5 | .762 | 2.15 | 28 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 172.0 | 122 | 48 | 41 | 4 | 54 | 0 | 159 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 667 |
| Rick Heiserman | 10 | 8 | .556 | 3.24 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 155.3 | 168 | 68 | 56 | 8 | 41 | 0 | 104 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 663 |
| Keith Conway | 7 | 3 | .700 | 2.08 | 59 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 69.3 | 63 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 67 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 294 |
| Marcus Logan | 7 | 7 | .500 | 2.91 | 30 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 133.0 | 125 | 49 | 43 | 9 | 49 | 1 | 99 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 556 |
| Dan Pontes | 7 | 8 | .467 | 3.81 | 27 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 120.3 | 120 | 56 | 51 | 8 | 34 | 0 | 73 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 495 |
| Mike Windham | 7 | 10 | .412 | 3.13 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 143.7 | 153 | 59 | 50 | 4 | 57 | 1 | 87 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 610 |
| Brian Reed | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.04 | 58 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 68.0 | 55 | 26 | 23 | 2 | 35 | 2 | 76 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 295 |
| Kevin McNeill | 4 | 2 | .667 | 2.95 | 45 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61.0 | 56 | 28 | 20 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 44 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 256 |
| Manuel Mendez | 4 | 3 | .571 | 2.87 | 59 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69.0 | 61 | 25 | 22 | 3 | 36 | 2 | 53 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 290 |
| Curtis King | 3 | 3 | .500 | 2.75 | 48 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 55.7 | 41 | 20 | 17 | 0 | 24 | 4 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 232 |
| Frank Garcia | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.53 | 28 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32.0 | 35 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 147 |
| Mike Morgan | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Donovan Osborne | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| Yates Hall | 1 | 10 | .091 | 5.44 | 26 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 89.3 | 93 | 62 | 54 | 6 | 58 | 0 | 58 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 411 |
| Danny Jackson | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | |
| Matt Golden | 0 | 0 | 0.90 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 36 | |
| Mark Petkovsek | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | |
| Totals | 75 | 63 | .543 | 3.04 | 473 | 139 | 134 | 5 | 2 | 44 | 1200.3 | 1111 | 474 | 406 | 47 | 451 | 13 | 892 | 59 | 11 | 51 | 5031 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plácido Polanco | 137 | 582 | 540 | 65 | 157 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 51 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 34 | .291 | .323 | .363 | .686 | 196 | 31 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 1 |
| Chris Richard | 129 | 531 | 460 | 65 | 130 | 28 | 6 | 14 | 82 | 7 | 3 | 57 | 50 | .283 | .369 | .461 | .830 | 212 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| Yudith Ozorio | 136 | 573 | 505 | 67 | 122 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 42 | 30 | 8 | 57 | 110 | .242 | .319 | .309 | .627 | 156 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 |
| Luis Ordaz | 126 | 467 | 423 | 46 | 115 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 49 | 10 | 5 | 30 | 53 | .272 | .317 | .338 | .655 | 143 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 0 |
| Keith McDonald | 114 | 455 | 410 | 30 | 111 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 52 | 1 | 3 | 34 | 65 | .271 | .330 | .346 | .677 | 142 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Mike Matvey | 127 | 465 | 407 | 51 | 104 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 40 | 3 | 6 | 47 | 90 | .256 | .335 | .302 | .637 | 123 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| Juan Munoz | 90 | 375 | 330 | 41 | 80 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 46 | 6 | 5 | 38 | 35 | .242 | .320 | .306 | .626 | 101 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Steve Santucci | 111 | 387 | 349 | 38 | 80 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 29 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 66 | .229 | .283 | .321 | .604 | 112 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| Jason Lariviere | 41 | 163 | 140 | 27 | 42 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 19 | .300 | .377 | .407 | .785 | 57 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Scarborough Green | 36 | 165 | 140 | 26 | 41 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 21 | 22 | .293 | .393 | .357 | .750 | 50 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Ryan Hall | 66 | 195 | 174 | 7 | 37 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 37 | .213 | .289 | .270 | .559 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Javier Pages | 39 | 131 | 106 | 14 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 29 | .226 | .364 | .396 | .761 | 42 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Joe Jumonville | 41 | 110 | 101 | 10 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 22 | .158 | .227 | .208 | .435 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mike Gallego | 14 | 59 | 51 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | .294 | .390 | .294 | .684 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Francisco Morales | 21 | 75 | 67 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 25 | .209 | .280 | .358 | .638 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jesus Lugo | 19 | 65 | 64 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | .203 | .215 | .234 | .450 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Efrain Contreras | 31 | 92 | 79 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 20 | .152 | .261 | .266 | .527 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Tony Falciglia | 16 | 46 | 43 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 16 | .233 | .267 | .302 | .569 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Biermann | 52 | 93 | 81 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 23 | .123 | .196 | .160 | .356 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Miguel Mejía | 8 | 28 | 26 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .115 | .148 | .115 | .264 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Todd Hogan | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cordell Farley | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Tanner | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1362 | 5071 | 4508 | 533 | 1138 | 185 | 37 | 37 | 480 | 82 | 54 | 436 | 745 | .252 | .321 | .335 | .655 | 1508 | 116 | 38 | 45 | 44 | 19 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Richard | 1B | 120 | 1124 | 57 | 7 | 106 | .994 | 9.842 | ||||
| Ryan Hall | 1B | 19 | 151 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 1.000 | 8.158 | ||||
| Joe Jumonville | 1B | 5 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 9.600 | ||||
| Plácido Polanco | 2B | 126 | 198 | 383 | 4 | 79 | .993 | 4.611 | ||||
| Mike Gallego | 2B | 12 | 17 | 41 | 2 | 7 | .967 | 4.833 | ||||
| Steve Biermann | 2B | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.800 | ||||
| Mike Matvey | 2B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mike Matvey | 3B | 122 | 78 | 247 | 15 | 23 | .956 | 2.664 | ||||
| Joe Jumonville | 3B | 16 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .950 | 1.188 | ||||
| Steve Biermann | 3B | 8 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.250 | ||||
| Paul Tanner | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Mike Gallego | 3B | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Keith McDonald | C | 99 | 679 | 76 | 11 | 4 | .986 | 7.626 | 14 | 74 | 49 | 39.8 |
| Javier Pages | C | 22 | 125 | 14 | 3 | 1 | .979 | 6.318 | 7 | 24 | 6 | 20.0 |
| Francisco Morales | C | 15 | 81 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 6.400 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 38.1 |
| Tony Falciglia | C | 10 | 37 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.400 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 41.7 |
| Ryan Hall | C | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Yudith Ozorio | CF | 91 | .000 | |||||||||
| Scarborough Green | CF | 36 | .000 | |||||||||
| Juan Munoz | CF | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Miguel Mejía | CF | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Cordell Farley | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Steve Santucci | LF | 63 | .000 | |||||||||
| Yudith Ozorio | LF | 43 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jason Lariviere | LF | 24 | .000 | |||||||||
| Efrain Contreras | LF | 15 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chris Richard | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jesus Lugo | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Yudith Ozorio | OF | 135 | 243 | 11 | 5 | 0 | .981 | 1.881 | ||||
| Steve Santucci | OF | 106 | 157 | 15 | 2 | 2 | .989 | 1.623 | ||||
| Juan Munoz | OF | 89 | 132 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .986 | 1.596 | ||||
| Scarborough Green | OF | 36 | 90 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .979 | 2.611 | ||||
| Jason Lariviere | OF | 24 | 41 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .977 | 1.792 | ||||
| Efrain Contreras | OF | 16 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .950 | 1.188 | ||||
| Jesus Lugo | OF | 12 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Chris Richard | OF | 9 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Miguel Mejía | OF | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.333 | ||||
| Cordell Farley | OF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Manuel Mendez | P | 59 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .917 | .186 | ||||
| Keith Conway | P | 59 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .220 | ||||
| Brian Reed | P | 58 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .121 | ||||
| Curtis King | P | 48 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 2 | .857 | .250 | ||||
| Kevin McNeill | P | 45 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 1 | .905 | .422 | ||||
| Marcus Logan | P | 30 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .941 | .533 | ||||
| Blake Stein | P | 28 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .958 | .821 | ||||
| Frank Garcia | P | 28 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .214 | ||||
| Dan Pontes | P | 27 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 1 | .955 | .778 | ||||
| Rick Heiserman | P | 26 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 1 | .880 | .846 | ||||
| Yates Hall | P | 26 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 1 | .875 | .808 | ||||
| Mike Windham | P | 25 | 11 | 30 | 2 | 2 | .953 | 1.640 | ||||
| Matt Golden | P | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Mark Petkovsek | P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Donovan Osborne | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Mike Morgan | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Danny Jackson | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Juan Munoz | RF | 83 | .000 | |||||||||
| Steve Santucci | RF | 44 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jesus Lugo | RF | 11 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chris Richard | RF | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Yudith Ozorio | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Efrain Contreras | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Luis Ordaz | SS | 123 | 228 | 317 | 21 | 62 | .963 | 4.431 | ||||
| Steve Biermann | SS | 23 | 23 | 47 | 5 | 10 | .933 | 3.043 | ||||
| Mike Matvey | SS | 4 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .933 | 3.500 | ||||
| Mike Gallego | SS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Totals | 2078 | 3601 | 1453 | 100 | 327 | .981 | 2.432 | 25 | 118 | 68 | 36.6 |
Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
