1927 St. Louis Cardinals

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1926 / 1928

92-61, Finished 2nd in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Bob O'Farrell (92-61)
Scored 754 runs, Allowed 665 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 85-68

Ballparks: Sportsman's Park III · Attendance: 749,340 (4th of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 102 · one-year: Batting - 107, Pitching - 106

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1926 / 1928 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
Pete Alexander HOF	40	R	R	6' 1"	185	Feb 26, 1887	17	37	30	37	37	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.0	$17,500
Hi Bell	29	R	R	6' 0"	185	Jul 16, 1897	3	25	1	25	25	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.6	$
Les Bell	25	R	R	5' 11"	165	Dec 14, 1901	5	115	102	115	110	0	0	0	0	100	10	0	0	0	0	5	0	0.5	$
Ray Blades	30	R	R	5' 7"	163	Aug 6, 1896	6	61	45	61	50	0	0	0	0	0	0	32	0	19	50	9	2	0.6	$
Jim Bottomley HOF	27	L	L	6' 0"	180	Apr 23, 1900	6	152	152	152	152	0	0	152	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.3	$
Danny Clark	33	L	R	5' 9"	167	Jan 18, 1894	3	58	8	58	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	8	9	48	1	0.1	$
Taylor Douthit	26	R	R	5' 11"	175	Apr 22, 1901	5	130	121	130	125	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	124	0	125	4	1	1.4	$
Eddie Dyer	27	L	L	5' 11"	168	Oct 11, 1899	6	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.3	$
Fred Frankhouse	23	R	R	5' 11"	175	Apr 9, 1904	1st	8	6	8	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1.0	$
Frankie Frisch HOF	28	B	R	5' 11"	165	Sep 9, 1898	9	153	153	153	153	0	0	0	153	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.1	$
Chick Hafey HOF	24	R	R	6' 0"	185	Feb 12, 1903	4	103	92	103	94	0	0	0	0	0	0	74	1	22	94	9	0	3.8	$
Jesse Haines HOF	33	R	R	6' 0"	190	Jul 22, 1893	9	38	36	38	38	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.0	$
Wattie Holm	25	R	R	5' 9"	160	Dec 28, 1901	4	110	97	110	105	0	0	0	0	9	0	56	26	19	97	5	0	0.5	$
Syl Johnson	26	R	R	5' 11"	180	Dec 31, 1900	6	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	$
Tony Kaufmann	26	R	R	5' 11"	165	Dec 16, 1900	7	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.3	$
Vic Keen	28	R	R	5' 9"	165	Mar 16, 1899	8	21	0	21	21	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2	$
Carlisle Littlejohn	25	R	R	5' 10"	175	Oct 6, 1901	1st	15	2	15	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.4	$
Rabbit Maranville HOF	35	R	R	5' 5"	155	Nov 11, 1891	16	9	8	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	$
Bob McGraw	32	R	R	6' 2"	160	Apr 10, 1895	7	18	12	18	18	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1.3	$
Bob O'Farrell	30	R	R	5' 9"	180	Oct 19, 1896	13	61	51	61	53	0	53	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0.4	$
Ernie Orsatti	24	L	L	5' 7"	154	Sep 8, 1902	1st	27	25	27	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	20	26	1	0	0.5	$
Homer Peel	24	R	R	5' 9"	170	Oct 10, 1902	1st	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	-0.1	$
Art Reinhart	28	L	L	6' 1"	170	May 29, 1899	4	27	9	27	22	21	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0.1	$
Flint Rhem	26	R	R	6' 2"	180	Jan 24, 1901	4	27	26	27	27	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1.6	$
Jimmy Ring	32	R	R	6' 1"	170	Feb 15, 1895	11	13	3	13	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.8	$
Wally Roettger	24	R	R	6' 1"	190	Aug 28, 1902	1st	5	0	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	1	1	-0.1	$
Bobby Schang	40	R	R	5' 7"	165	Dec 7, 1886	3	3	1	3	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1	$
Heinie Schuble	20	R	R	5' 9"	152	Nov 1, 1906	1st	65	62	65	65	0	0	0	0	0	65	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.3	$
Johnny Schulte	30	L	R	5' 11"	190	Sep 8, 1896	2	64	46	64	59	0	59	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	2.4	$
Bill Sherdel	30	L	L	5' 10"	160	Aug 15, 1896	10	39	28	39	39	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.3	$
Frank Snyder	33	R	R	6' 2"	185	May 27, 1894	16	63	55	63	62	0	62	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-0.5	$
Billy Southworth HOF	34	L	R	5' 9"	170	Mar 9, 1893	12	92	79	92	83	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	83	83	9	0	0.9	$
Tommy Thevenow	23	R	R	5' 10"	155	Sep 6, 1903	4	59	57	59	59	0	0	0	0	0	59	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	$
Specs Toporcer	28	L	R	5' 10"	165	Feb 9, 1899	7	86	70	86	78	0	0	1	2	55	26	0	0	0	0	8	0	0.1	$
	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

1926 / 1928 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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