Johnson City Cardinals

• Location: Johnson City, TN
• League: Appalachian League 1939-1955, 1961, 1975-2019
• Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals 1939-1955, 1961, 1975-2020
• Ballpark: TVA Credit Union Ballpark AKA Cardinal Park

Team History

The Johnson City Cardinals were an affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals in the Appalachian League. They played their home games at Howard Johnson Field in Johnson City, Tennessee. In the minor league reorganization of 2021 they were tranformed into a summer collegiate outfit and renamed the Johnson City Doughboys.

Year-by-Year Record

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Year	Record	Finish	Manager	Playoffs
1939	69-51	3rd	Ollie Vanek	Lost in 1st round
1940	84-34	2nd	Ollie Vanek / George Silvey	League Champs
1941	63-57	4th	Johnny Morrow / Harold Michel	Lost League Finals
1942	42-67	4th	Mercer Harris	Lost in 1st round
1943	36-77	4th	Joe McDermott / Ken Blackman / George Pratt	Lost in 1st round
1944	56-56	3rd	George T. Smith	Lost in 1st round
1945	40-65	3rd	Fred Hawn / Runt Marr	Lost in 1st round
1946	64-60	5th	Specs Garbee
1947	54-70	7th	Bob Kline
1948	67-56	4th	Ted Garbee	Lost in 1st round
1949	59-63	4th	Ben Catchings
1950	73-48	3rd	Ben Catchings
1951	64-65	3rd	Ben Catchings	Lost in 1st round
1952	69-47	1st	James Hercinger	Lost in 1st round
1953	84-43	1st	James Hercinger	Lost League Finals
1954	49-70	5th	Lee Peterson / Harold Contini
1955	74-51	2nd	Virgil Wayne Wallace	Co-Champs
1961	26-38	8th	Ed Lyons / George Kissell / Charles Frey / Mo Mozzali / Johnny Grodzicki	none

Year	Record	Finish	Manager	Playoffs	Hitting Coach	Pitching Coach
1975	41-27	1st	Tom Burgess	none League Champs
1976	50-20	1st	Buzzy Keller	none League Champs
1977	37-33	3rd	Dave Ricketts	none
1978	37-33	2nd	Nick Leyva	none
1979	25-43	4th	Nick Leyva	none
1980	29-40	6th	Johnny Lewis	none
1981	36-34	4th	Johnny Lewis	none
1982	32-35	4th	Rich Hacker	none
1983	29-43	6th	Rich Hacker	none
1984	29-40	8th	Chuck Hiller	none		Mark Riggins
1985	39-29	2nd	Rich Hacker	none
1986	44-22	1st	Dan Radison	none League Champs
1987	42-27	2nd	Dan Radison	Lost League Finals
1988	41-31	3rd	Gaylen Pitts / Jorge Aranzamendi
1989	38-32	3rd	Mark DeJohn		Ramon Ortiz
1990	28-42	8th	Mark DeJohn		Joe Cunningham
1991	40-26	2nd	Chris Maloney		Joe Cunningham
1992	33-32	5th	Steve Turco
1993	37-31	5th	Joe Cunningham
1994	42-26	1st	Steve Turco	Lost League Finals
1995	35-33	4th	Steve Turco
1996	42-26	2nd (t)	Steve Turco
1997	23-45	10th	Steve Turco
1998	25-42	10th	Steve Turco
1999	30-39	7th	Steve Turco
2000	24-44	9th	Luis Melendez
2001	31-35	5th	Chris Maloney			Sid Monge
2002	29-38	7th	Brian Rupp
2003	27-36	7th	Ron Warner			Al Holland
2004	33-35	5th	Tommy Kidwell			Al Holland
2005	28-39	8th	Tommy Kidwell		Joe Almaraz	Al Holland
2006	34-34	7th	Dan Radison		Joe Almaraz	Al Holland
2007	28-40	7th	Joe Almaraz			Sid Monge
2008	36-30	3rd	Joe Almaraz		Mike Shildt	Tim Leveque
2009	37-30	3rd	Mike Shildt		Johnny Rodriguez	Doug White
2010	42-24	1st	Mike Shildt	League Champs	Ramon Ortiz	Doug White
2011	45-23	1st	Mike Shildt	League Champs	Ramon Ortiz	Doug White
2012	39-28	3rd	Oliver Marmol	Lost in 1st round	Ramon Ortiz	Doug White
2013	36-31	6th	Joe Kruzel		Roberto Espinoza	Paul Davis
2014	37-31	4th	Johnny Rodriguez	League Champs	Chris Swauger	Paul Davis
2015	27-38	9th	Chris Swauger		George Greer	Bill Villanueva
2016	39-29	2nd	Chris Swauger	League Champs	Roberto Espinoza	Cale Johnson
2017	33-34	5th (t)	Roberto Espinoza		Brandon Allen	Cale Johnson
2018	31-37	7th (t)	Roberto Espinoza		Cody Gabella	Rick Harig
2019	35-33	3rd	Roberto Espinoza	League Champs	Brian Burgamy	Rick Harig
2020	Season cancelled