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1940 St. Louis Cardinals

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1939 / 1941

84-69, Finished 3rd in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Ray Blades (14-24), Mike Gonzalez (1-5) and Billy Southworth (69-40)
Scored 747 runs, Allowed 699 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 81-72

Ballparks: Sportsman's Park III · Attendance: 324,078 (6th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 106, Pitching - 103 · one-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 102


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1939 / 1941 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
Bob Bowman 29 R R 5' 10" 160 Oct 3, 1910 2 28 17 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Harry Brecheen 25 L L 5' 10" 160 Oct 14, 1914 1st 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Jimmy Brown 30 B R 5' 8" 165 Apr 25, 1910 4 107 102 107 105 0 0 0 48 41 28 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.3 $
Mort Cooper 27 R R 6' 2" 210 Mar 2, 1913 3 38 29 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.4 $
Walker Cooper 25 R R 6' 3" 210 Jan 8, 1915 1st 6 5 6 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Creepy Crespi 22 R R 5' 8" 175 Feb 16, 1918 3 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Curt Davis 36 R R 6' 2" 185 Sep 7, 1903 7 14 7 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Bill DeLancey 28 L R 5' 11" 185 Nov 28, 1911 4 15 2 15 12 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 -0.2 $
Murry Dickson 23 R R 5' 10" 157 Aug 21, 1916 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Carl Doyle 27 R R 6' 1" 185 Jul 30, 1912 4 21 5 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
Hal Epps 26 L L 6' 0" 175 Mar 26, 1914 2 11 3 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 2 6 -0.2 $
Carden Gillenwater 23 R R 6' 1" 175 May 13, 1917 1st 7 5 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 7 0 0 -0.2 $
Don Gutteridge 28 R R 5' 10" 165 Jun 19, 1912 5 69 20 69 39 0 0 0 0 39 0 0 0 0 0 22 8 -0.2 $
Johnny Hopp 23 L L 5' 10" 170 Jul 18, 1916 2 82 27 82 50 0 0 10 0 0 0 17 24 0 41 26 6 0.0 $
Ira Hutchinson 29 R R 5' 10" 180 Aug 31, 1910 5 20 2 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 $
Red Jones 28 L R 6' 3" 190 Nov 2, 1911 1st 12 0 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 11 0 -0.2 $
Newt Kimball 25 R R 6' 2" 190 Mar 27, 1915 3 2 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Ernie Koy 30 R R 6' 0" 200 Sep 17, 1909 3 93 90 93 91 0 0 0 0 0 0 91 0 0 91 2 0 1.8 $
Eddie Lake 24 R R 5' 7" 159 Mar 18, 1916 2 32 16 32 22 0 0 0 17 0 6 0 0 0 0 7 3 0.2 $
Max Lanier 24 R L 5' 11" 180 Aug 18, 1915 3 35 11 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 $
Gene Lillard 26 R R 5' 10" 178 Nov 12, 1913 3 2 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Marty Marion 22 R R 6' 2" 170 Dec 1, 1917 1st 125 123 125 125 0 0 0 0 0 125 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $
Pepper Martin 36 R R 5' 8" 170 Feb 29, 1904 12 86 52 86 66 0 0 0 0 2 0 18 10 40 64 21 0 0.9 $
Stu Martin 27 L R 6' 0" 155 Nov 19, 1912 5 112 82 112 100 0 0 0 32 74 0 0 0 0 0 10 2 0.0 $
Bill McGee 30 R R 6' 1" 215 Nov 16, 1909 6 38 31 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.3 $
Joe Medwick HOF 28 R R 5' 10" 187 Nov 24, 1911 9 37 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 0 0 37 0 0 0.3 $
Johnny Mize HOF 27 L R 6' 2" 215 Jan 7, 1913 5 155 153 155 153 0 0 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 7.0 $15,000 All-Star
Terry Moore 28 R R 5' 11" 195 May 27, 1912 6 136 133 136 133 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 133 0 133 3 0 4.3 $ All-Star
Joe Orengo 25 R R 6' 0" 185 Nov 29, 1914 2 129 120 129 127 0 0 0 77 34 19 0 0 0 0 1 1 1.9 $
Mickey Owen 24 R R 5' 10" 190 Apr 4, 1916 4 117 88 117 113 0 113 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.8 $
Don Padgett 28 L R 6' 0" 190 Dec 5, 1911 4 93 61 93 74 0 72 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 0.5 $
Jack Russell 34 R R 6' 1" 178 Oct 24, 1905 15 26 0 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 $
Clyde Shoun 28 L L 6' 1" 188 Mar 20, 1912 6 54 19 54 54 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 $
Enos Slaughter HOF 24 L R 5' 9" 180 Apr 27, 1916 3 140 120 140 132 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 132 132 8 0 4.0 $4,125
Harry Walker 23 L R 6' 2" 175 Oct 22, 1916 1st 7 6 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 1 7 0 0 -0.2 $
Lon Warneke 31 R R 6' 2" 185 Mar 28, 1909 11 33 31 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 $
Bob Weiland 34 L L 6' 4" 215 Dec 14, 1905 12 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Ernie White 23 R L 5' 11" 175 Sep 5, 1916 1st 9 1 9 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.2 $
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

Eddie Lake

Creepy Crespi
Ernie White

Jimmy Brown

Marty Marion

Don Gutteridge

Stu Martin

Newt Kimball
Joe Medwick

Terry Moore

Enos Slaughter

Johnny Mize

Pepper Martin

Johnny Hopp

Mickey Owen

Bill DeLancey

Don Padgett

Walker Cooper
Hal Epps
Ira Hutchinson

Joe Orengo

Red Jones
Ernie Koy

Bob Weiland

Lon Warneke

Murry Dickson

Max Lanier

Clyde Shoun

Mort Cooper

Bob Bowman

Curt Davis
Carl Doyle

Carden Gillenwater
Jack Russell

Bill McGee

Ira Hutchinson
Max Lanier
Ernie White

Harry Brecheen
Carl Doyle
Gene Lillard

Harry Walker

1939 / 1941 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers