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1939 St. Louis Cardinals

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1938 / 1940

92-61, Finished 2nd in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Ray Blades (92-61)
Scored 779 runs, Allowed 633 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 91-62

Ballparks: Sportsman's Park III · Attendance: 400,245 (5th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 106, Pitching - 105 · one-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 102


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1938 / 1940 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
Buster Adams 24 R R 6' 0" 180 Jun 24, 1915 1st 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 $
Nate Andrews 25 R R 6' 0" 195 Sep 30, 1913 2 11 1 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Frank Barrett 25 R R 6' 2" 173 Jul 1, 1913 1st 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Bob Bowman 28 R R 5' 10" 160 Oct 3, 1910 1st 51 15 51 51 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.2 $
Herb Bremer 25 R R 6' 0" 195 Oct 25, 1913 3 9 1 9 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.2 $
Jimmy Brown 29 B R 5' 8" 165 Apr 25, 1910 3 147 146 147 146 0 0 0 50 0 104 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.4 $
Mort Cooper 26 R R 6' 2" 210 Mar 2, 1913 2 47 26 47 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.3 $
Creepy Crespi 21 R R 5' 8" 175 Feb 16, 1918 2 15 7 15 10 0 0 0 6 0 4 0 0 0 0 4 1 -0.1 $
Curt Davis 35 R R 6' 2" 185 Sep 7, 1903 6 63 31 63 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 3.9 $ All-Star
Paul Dean 26 R R 6' 0" 175 Aug 14, 1912 6 16 2 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
Murry Dickson 22 R R 5' 10" 157 Aug 21, 1916 1st 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Johnny Echols 22 R R 5' 10" 175 Jan 9, 1917 1st 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.0 $
Herman Franks 25 L R 5' 10" 187 Jan 4, 1914 1st 17 4 17 13 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 -0.3 $
Don Gutteridge 27 R R 5' 10" 165 Jun 19, 1912 4 148 130 148 145 0 0 0 0 143 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 -1.1 $
Johnny Hopp 22 L L 5' 10" 170 Jul 18, 1916 1st 6 0 6 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0.1 $
Lynn King 31 L R 5' 9" 165 Nov 28, 1907 3 89 9 89 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 29 1 45 42 3 -0.9 $
Eddie Lake 23 R R 5' 7" 159 Mar 18, 1916 1st 3 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 $
Max Lanier 23 R L 5' 11" 180 Aug 18, 1915 2 7 6 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5 $
Lyn Lary 33 R R 6' 0" 165 Jan 28, 1906 11 34 25 34 32 0 0 0 0 3 30 0 0 0 0 1 1 -0.1 $
Pepper Martin 35 R R 5' 8" 170 Feb 29, 1904 11 88 67 88 72 0 0 0 0 21 0 9 37 8 52 13 3 1.3 $
Stu Martin 26 L R 6' 0" 155 Nov 19, 1912 4 120 103 120 108 0 0 1 107 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 1.1 $
Bill McGee 29 R R 6' 1" 215 Nov 16, 1909 5 43 17 43 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.3 $
Joe Medwick HOF 27 R R 5' 10" 187 Nov 24, 1911 8 150 149 150 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 149 0 0 149 1 0 4.2 $18,000 All-Star
Johnny Mize HOF 26 L R 6' 2" 215 Jan 7, 1913 4 152 152 152 152 0 0 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.6 $ All-Star
Terry Moore 27 R R 5' 11" 195 May 27, 1912 5 130 110 130 122 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 118 1 122 9 0 3.2 $ All-Star
Lynn Myers 25 R R 5' 6" 145 Feb 23, 1914 2 75 34 75 53 0 0 0 5 13 36 0 0 0 0 6 16 -0.3 $
Joe Orengo 24 R R 6' 0" 185 Nov 29, 1914 1st 7 1 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Mickey Owen 23 R R 5' 10" 190 Apr 4, 1916 3 131 96 131 126 0 126 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.6 $
Don Padgett 27 L R 6' 0" 190 Dec 5, 1911 3 92 56 92 66 0 61 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0 2.8 $
Ken Raffensberger 21 R L 6' 2" 185 Aug 8, 1917 1st 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Bob Repass 21 R R 6' 1" 185 Nov 6, 1917 1st 3 1 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 $
Clyde Shoun 27 L L 6' 1" 188 Mar 20, 1912 5 53 2 53 53 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $
Enos Slaughter HOF 23 L R 5' 9" 180 Apr 27, 1916 2 149 148 149 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 149 149 0 0 4.0 $3,300
Tom Sunkel 26 L L 6' 1" 190 Aug 9, 1912 2 20 11 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $
Lon Warneke 30 R R 6' 2" 185 Mar 28, 1909 10 34 21 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.6 $ All-Star
Bob Weiland 33 L L 6' 4" 215 Dec 14, 1905 11 32 23 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $
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

1938 / 1940 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers