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1917 St. Louis Cardinals

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1916 / 1918

82-70, Finished 3rd in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Miller Huggins (82-70)
Scored 531 runs, Allowed 567 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 71-81

Ballparks: Robison Field · Attendance: 288,491 (4th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 97, Pitching - 99 · one-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 102


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1916 / 1918 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Red Ames 34 B R 5' 10" 185 Aug 2, 1882 15 43 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.6 $
Doug Baird 25 R R 5' 9" 148 Sep 27, 1891 3 104 104 0 0 0 0 103 0 0 2 0 2 2.3 $
Bob Bescher 33 B L 6' 1" 200 Feb 25, 1884 10 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 4 0 32 -0.4 $
Bruno Betzel 22 R R 5' 9" 158 Dec 6, 1894 4 106 106 0 0 0 75 4 0 12 1 9 23 -0.5 $
John Brock 20 R R 5' 6" 165 Oct 16, 1896 1st 7 7 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Walton Cruise 27 L R 6' 0" 175 May 6, 1890 3 153 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 49 85 26 152 2.8 $
Tony DeFate 22 R R 5' 8" 158 Feb 22, 1895 1st 14 14 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Bill Doak 26 R R 6' 0" 165 Jan 28, 1891 6 44 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.4 $
Mike Gonzalez 26 R R 6' 1" 200 Sep 24, 1890 5 106 106 0 68 18 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1.1 $
Marv Goodwin 26 R R 5' 11" 168 Jan 16, 1891 2 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Bruce Hitt 20 R R 6' 1" 190 Mar 14, 1897 1st 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Rogers Hornsby HOF 21 R R 5' 11" 175 Apr 27, 1896 3 145 145 0 0 0 0 0 144 0 0 0 0 9.2 $3,000
Oscar Horstmann 26 R R 5' 11" 165 Jun 2, 1891 1st 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.1 $
Paddy Livingston 37 R R 5' 8" 197 Jan 14, 1880 7 7 7 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Tom Long 27 R R 5' 10" 165 Jun 1, 1890 5 144 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 0 109 137 -0.6 $
Jakie May 21 R L 5' 8" 178 Nov 25, 1895 1st 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Ike McAuley 25 B R 5' 9" 150 Aug 19, 1891 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Lee Meadows 22 L R 6' 0" 190 Jul 12, 1894 3 43 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Dots Miller 30 R R 5' 11" 170 Sep 9, 1886 9 148 148 0 0 46 92 0 11 0 0 0 0 1.9 $
Tim Murchison 20 R L 6' 0" 185 Oct 8, 1896 1st 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Lou North 26 R R 5' 11" 175 Jun 15, 1891 2 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Gene Packard 29 L L 5' 10" 155 Jul 13, 1887 6 36 36 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 $
Gene Paulette 26 R R 6' 0" 150 May 26, 1891 3 95 95 0 0 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $
George Pierce 29 L L 5' 10" 175 Jan 10, 1888 6 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Jack Roche 26 R R 6' 1" 178 Nov 22, 1890 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Fred Smith 25 R R 5' 11" 185 Jul 29, 1891 4 56 56 0 0 0 2 51 1 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Jack Smith 22 L L 5' 8" 165 Jun 23, 1895 3 137 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 65 37 128 2.8 $
Red Smyth 26 L R 5' 9" 152 Jan 30, 1891 3 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 4 5 23 -0.5 $
Frank Snyder 23 R R 6' 2" 185 May 27, 1894 6 115 115 0 94 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $
Bob Steele 23 B L 5' 10" 175 Mar 29, 1894 2 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Stuffy Stewart 23 R R 5' 9" 160 Jan 31, 1894 2 13 13 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 3 2 7 -0.3 $
Bobby Wallace HOF 43 R R 5' 8" 170 Nov 4, 1873 24 8 8 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Milt Watson 27 R R 6' 1" 180 Jan 10, 1890 2 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.4 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary

1916 / 1918 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers