GCL Cardinals

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In 1972-1973, the St. Louis Cardinals also fielded the GCL Red Birds in the Gulf Coast League. From 1976 until 2007 the Cardinals did not field a team in the GCL. The 2007 team finished third in the Eastern Division with a 24-30 record. Enrique Brito served as the team's manager.


Year-by-Year Record[edit]

Year Record Finish Manager Playoffs Hitting Coach Pitching Coach
1966 20-28 4th George Kissell none
1967 25-32 6th George Kissell none
1968 34-27 2nd George Kissell / Ray Hathaway none
1969 21-33 7th Tom Burgess none
1970 32-28 5th Tom Burgess none
1971 20-33 7th Tom Burgess none
1972 27-32 5th Bobby Dews none
1973 25-30 7th Ken Boyer none
1974 27-21 5th Tom Burgess & Bobby Dews none
1975 17-35 7th Fred Koenig none
1976 27-24 4th Dave Ricketts none
2007 24-30 12th Enrique Brito Dennis Martinez
2008 17-38 15th Enrique Brito Ramon Ortiz
2009 25-31 12th Steve Turco Javier Meza Dernier Orozco
2010 28-28 8th Steve Turco
2011 31-24 5th Steve Turco Dernier Orozco
2012 34-24 3rd Steve Turco Lost in 1st round Kleininger Teran
2013 24-35 15th Steve Turco Kleininger Teran Darwin Marrero
2014 37-23 2nd Steve Turco Lost in 1st round Kleininger Teran Darwin Marrero
2015 34-25 5th (t) Steve Turco Lost in 1st round Roberto Espinoza Cale Johnson
2016 33-21 3rd Steve Turco League Champs Cody Gabella Giovanni Carrara
2017 26-29 11th Steve Turco Cody Gabella Giovanni Carrara
2018 40-16 1st Erick Almonte Lost League Finals Josh Lopez Giovanni Carrara
2019 20-34 16th Josh Lopez Joey Hawkins Giovanni Carrara
2020 Season cancelled


Cardinals Team and top Hitter and Pitcher statistics
Team Individual
Year BA ERA Fld Hitter AB Hits Avr Pitcher IP W-L ERA
2007 .243 4.33 .958 Edgar Lara 160 41 .256 Carlos Gonzalez 49 4-2 2.94

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