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1949 St. Louis Cardinals

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1948 / 1950

96-58, Finished 2nd in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Eddie Dyer (96-58)
Scored 766 runs, Allowed 616 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 92-62

Ballparks: Sportsman's Park III · Attendance: 1,430,676 (3rd of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 104, Pitching - 103 · one-year: Batting - 111, Pitching - 108


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1948 / 1950 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 38 R R 6' 0" 200 Feb 22, 1911 7 20 3 20 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 -0.4 $
Steve Bilko 20 R R 6' 1" 230 Nov 13, 1928 1st 6 4 6 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.2 $
Cloyd Boyer 21 R R 6' 1" 188 Sep 1, 1927 1st 4 1 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.2 $
Al Brazle 35 L L 6' 2" 185 Oct 19, 1913 5 39 25 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.4 $
Harry Brecheen 34 L L 5' 10" 160 Oct 14, 1914 8 32 31 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.9 $
Russ Derry 32 L R 6' 1" 180 Oct 7, 1916 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.1 $
Chuck Diering 26 R R 5' 10" 165 Feb 5, 1923 3 132 78 132 125 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 123 2 125 3 6 1.0 $
Erv Dusak 28 R R 6' 2" 185 Jul 29, 1920 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 $
Joe Garagiola 23 L R 6' 0" 190 Feb 12, 1926 4 81 66 81 80 0 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.6 $
Tommy Glaviano 25 R R 5' 9" 175 Oct 26, 1923 1st 87 71 87 80 0 0 0 7 73 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 1.5 $
Jim Hearn 28 R R 6' 3" 205 Apr 11, 1921 3 17 4 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Solly Hemus 26 L R 5' 9" 165 Apr 17, 1923 1st 20 7 20 16 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.4 $
Bill Howerton 27 L R 5' 11" 185 Dec 12, 1921 1st 9 2 9 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 6 3 0 0.1 $
Ken Johnson 26 L L 6' 1" 185 Jan 14, 1923 3 21 2 21 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 -0.7 $
Nippy Jones 24 R R 6' 1" 185 Jun 29, 1925 4 110 97 110 98 0 0 98 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0.2 $
Eddie Kazak 28 R R 6' 0" 175 Jul 18, 1920 2 92 84 92 85 0 0 0 5 80 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 1.5 $ All-Star
Lou Klein 30 R R 5' 11" 167 Oct 22, 1918 4 58 24 58 36 0 0 0 9 8 21 0 0 0 0 22 2 0.6 $9,000
Kurt Krieger 22 R R 6' 3" 212 Sep 16, 1926 1st 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Whitey Kurowski 31 R R 5' 11" 193 Apr 19, 1918 9 10 2 10 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 -0.2 $
Max Lanier 33 R L 5' 11" 180 Aug 18, 1915 10 15 15 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 $23,000
Marty Marion 31 R R 6' 2" 170 Dec 1, 1917 10 134 134 134 134 0 0 0 0 0 134 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 $ All-Star
Fred Martin 34 R R 6' 1" 185 Jun 27, 1915 2 21 5 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 $
Red Munger 30 R R 6' 2" 200 Oct 4, 1918 6 35 28 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 $ All-Star
Stan Musial HOF 28 L L 6' 0" 175 Nov 21, 1920 8 157 157 157 157 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 76 121 156 0 0 8.7 $50,000 All-Star
Rocky Nelson 24 L L 5' 10" 175 Nov 18, 1924 1st 82 55 82 70 0 0 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 3 -1.1 $
Ron Northey 29 L R 5' 10" 195 Apr 26, 1920 7 90 70 90 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 73 73 18 0 0.0 $
Howie Pollet 28 L L 6' 1" 175 Jun 26, 1921 7 39 28 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.0 $ All-Star
Bill Reeder 27 R R 6' 5" 205 Feb 20, 1922 1st 21 1 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Del Rice 26 R R 6' 2" 190 Oct 27, 1922 5 92 88 92 92 0 92 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.3 $
Hal Rice 25 L R 6' 1" 195 Feb 11, 1924 2 40 4 40 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 10 30 0 -0.3 $
Ed Sauer 30 R R 6' 1" 188 Jan 3, 1919 4 24 10 24 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 7 11 12 1 -0.1 $
Red Schoendienst HOF 26 B R 6' 0" 170 Feb 2, 1923 5 151 150 151 150 0 0 0 138 6 14 0 2 0 2 1 0 3.0 $ All-Star
Enos Slaughter HOF 33 L R 5' 9" 180 Apr 27, 1916 9 151 150 151 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 150 0 0 150 1 0 5.4 $25,000 All-Star
Gerry Staley 28 R R 6' 0" 195 Aug 21, 1920 3 45 17 45 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.9 $
Del Wilber 30 R R 6' 3" 200 Feb 24, 1919 4 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Ted Wilks 33 R R 5' 9" 178 Nov 13, 1915 6 59 0 59 59 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.6 $
Ray Yochim 26 R R 6' 1" 170 Jul 19, 1922 2 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
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

Whitey Kurowski

Red Schoendienst

Nippy Jones

Marty Marion

Ron Northey

Stan Musial

Erv Dusak

Enos Slaughter

Ed Sauer
Del Wilber

Howie Pollet

Tommy Glaviano

Gerry Staley

Bill Baker

Hal Rice

Joe Garagiola

Del Rice

Rocky Nelson

Red Munger

Eddie Kazak

Solly Hemus

Cloyd Boyer
Max Lanier

Kurt Krieger

Al Brazle

Ted Wilks

Lou Klein

Harry Brecheen

Chuck Diering

Bill Reeder

Steve Bilko
Jim Hearn

Ken Johnson

Bill Howerton
Fred Martin

Fred Martin
Red Munger
Ray Yochim

Bill Reeder
Del Wilber

Russ Derry

1948 / 1950 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers