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1948 St. Louis Cardinals

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1947 / 1949

85-69, Finished 2nd in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Eddie Dyer (85-69)
Scored 742 runs, Allowed 646 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 87-67

Ballparks: Sportsman's Park III · Attendance: 1,111,440 (6th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 106, Pitching - 103 · one-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 98


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1947 / 1949 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
Bill Baker 37 R R 6' 0" 200 Feb 22, 1911 6 45 33 45 36 0 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0.8 $
Clarence Beers 29 R R 6' 0" 175 Dec 9, 1918 1st 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Al Brazle 34 L L 6' 2" 185 Oct 19, 1913 4 45 23 45 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1.5 $
Harry Brecheen 33 L L 5' 10" 160 Oct 14, 1914 7 33 30 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.9 $ All-Star
Johnny Bucha 23 R R 5' 11" 190 Jan 22, 1925 1st 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 $
Ken Burkhart 31 R R 6' 1" 190 Nov 18, 1916 4 21 0 21 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.1 $
Jeff Cross 29 R R 5' 11" 160 Aug 28, 1918 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 $
Murry Dickson 31 R R 5' 10" 157 Aug 21, 1916 7 43 29 43 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.7 $
Chuck Diering 25 R R 5' 10" 165 Feb 5, 1923 2 7 2 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 5 0 2 -0.1 $
Erv Dusak 27 R R 6' 2" 185 Jul 29, 1920 5 114 74 114 100 1 0 0 29 9 1 1 57 11 68 11 3 -0.1 $
Joe Garagiola 22 L R 6' 0" 190 Feb 12, 1926 3 24 17 24 23 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.2 $
Jim Hearn 27 R R 6' 3" 205 Apr 11, 1921 2 36 13 36 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.0 $
Ken Johnson 25 L L 6' 1" 185 Jan 14, 1923 2 20 4 20 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 0.1 $
Nippy Jones 23 R R 6' 1" 185 Jun 29, 1925 3 132 124 132 128 0 0 128 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 -0.2 $
Eddie Kazak 27 R R 6' 0" 175 Jul 18, 1920 1st 6 5 6 6 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Whitey Kurowski 30 R R 5' 11" 193 Apr 19, 1918 8 77 62 77 65 0 0 0 0 65 0 0 0 0 0 10 2 0.2 $
Don Lang 33 R R 6' 0" 175 Mar 15, 1915 2 117 82 117 96 0 0 0 2 95 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 1.4 $
Ralph LaPointe 26 R R 5' 11" 185 Jan 8, 1922 2 87 48 87 69 0 0 0 44 1 25 0 0 0 0 2 16 -0.7 $
Marty Marion 30 R R 6' 2" 170 Dec 1, 1917 9 144 142 144 142 0 0 0 0 0 142 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.1 $ All-Star
Joe Medwick HOF 36 R R 5' 10" 187 Nov 24, 1911 17 20 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 -0.1 $
Larry Miggins 22 R R 6' 4" 198 Aug 20, 1925 1st 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 $
Terry Moore 36 R R 5' 11" 195 May 27, 1912 11 91 47 91 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 71 0 71 20 0 -0.4 $
Red Munger 29 R R 6' 2" 200 Oct 4, 1918 5 39 25 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $
Stan Musial HOF 27 L L 6' 0" 175 Nov 21, 1920 7 155 155 155 155 0 0 2 0 0 0 42 65 81 155 0 0 11.5 $37,500 All-Star
Ron Northey 28 L R 5' 10" 195 Apr 26, 1920 6 96 64 96 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67 67 29 0 2.2 $
Al Papai 31 R R 6' 3" 185 May 7, 1917 1st 11 0 11 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.1 $
Howie Pollet 27 L L 6' 1" 175 Jun 26, 1921 6 38 26 38 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.7 $
Del Rice 25 R R 6' 2" 190 Oct 27, 1922 4 100 90 100 99 0 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.2 $
Hal Rice 24 L R 6' 1" 195 Feb 11, 1924 1st 8 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 8 0 0 0.2 $
Red Schoendienst HOF 25 B R 6' 0" 170 Feb 2, 1923 4 119 95 119 96 0 0 0 96 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 6 1.6 $ All-Star
Enos Slaughter HOF 32 L R 5' 9" 180 Apr 27, 1916 8 146 146 146 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 106 0 40 146 0 0 5.0 $ All-Star
Gerry Staley 27 R R 6' 0" 195 Aug 21, 1920 2 31 3 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.2 $
Del Wilber 29 R R 6' 3" 200 Feb 24, 1919 3 27 15 27 26 0 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.4 $
Ted Wilks 32 R R 5' 9" 178 Nov 13, 1915 5 57 2 57 57 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 $
Ray Yochim 25 R R 6' 1" 170 Jul 19, 1922 1st 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Babe Young 32 L L 6' 2" 185 Jul 1, 1915 8 41 31 41 35 0 0 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 -0.1 $
Bobby Young 23 L R 6' 1" 175 Jan 22, 1925 1st 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 $
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

Ray Yochim

Whitey Kurowski

Red Schoendienst

Jeff Cross
Nippy Jones
Bobby Young

Marty Marion

Ron Northey

Stan Musial

Erv Dusak

Terry Moore

Enos Slaughter

Ken Burkhart
Babe Young

Howie Pollet

Eddie Kazak
Joe Medwick

Gerry Staley

Bill Baker

Ralph LaPointe

Joe Garagiola

Del Rice

Nippy Jones

Red Munger

Joe Medwick
Hal Rice

Murry Dickson

Del Wilber

Johnny Bucha

Al Brazle

Ted Wilks

Don Lang

Harry Brecheen

Chuck Diering

Jim Hearn

Ken Johnson

Al Papai

Clarence Beers

Larry Miggins

1947 / 1949 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers