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1952 St. Louis Cardinals

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1951 / 1953

88-66, Finished 3rd in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Eddie Stanky (88-66)
Scored 677 runs, Allowed 630 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 82-72

Ballparks: Sportsman's Park III · Attendance: 913,113 (4th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 100, Pitching - 99 · one-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 97

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1951 / 1953 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
Vern Benson 27 L R 5' 10" 160 Sep 19, 1924 4 20 11 20 15 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0.0 $
Steve Bilko 23 R R 6' 1" 230 Nov 13, 1928 4 20 20 20 20 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Dick Bokelmann 25 R R 6' 0" 180 Oct 26, 1926 2 11 0 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.1 $
Cloyd Boyer 24 R R 6' 1" 188 Sep 1, 1927 4 24 14 24 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.5 $
Al Brazle 38 L L 6' 2" 185 Oct 19, 1913 8 46 6 46 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 $
Harry Brecheen 37 L L 5' 10" 160 Oct 14, 1914 11 25 13 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.8 $
Cliff Chambers 30 L L 6' 3" 208 Jan 10, 1922 5 26 13 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $
Mike Clark 30 R R 6' 4" 190 Feb 12, 1922 1st 12 4 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
Jackie Collum 25 L L 5' 7" 160 Jun 21, 1927 2 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Jack Crimian 26 R R 5' 10" 180 Feb 17, 1926 2 5 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Les Fusselman 31 R R 6' 1" 195 Mar 7, 1921 1st 32 15 32 32 0 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 -0.7 $
Tommy Glaviano 28 R R 5' 9" 175 Oct 26, 1923 4 80 45 80 53 0 0 0 1 52 0 0 0 0 0 11 17 0.8 $
Herb Gorman 27 L L 5' 11" 180 Dec 19, 1924 1st 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 $
Harvey Haddix 26 L L 5' 9" 170 Sep 18, 1925 1st 9 6 9 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.5 $
Fred Hahn 23 R L 6' 3" 174 Feb 16, 1929 1st 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Solly Hemus 29 L R 5' 9" 165 Apr 17, 1923 4 151 150 151 150 0 0 0 0 2 148 0 0 0 0 1 0 6.4 $
Neal Hertweck 20 L L 6' 1" 175 Nov 22, 1931 1st 2 2 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Billy Johnson 33 R R 5' 10" 180 Aug 30, 1918 8 94 80 94 89 0 0 0 0 89 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.9 $
Eddie Kazak 31 R R 6' 0" 175 Jul 18, 1920 5 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 -0.1 $
Peanuts Lowrey 34 R R 5' 8" 170 Aug 27, 1917 10 132 89 132 110 0 0 0 0 6 0 69 35 7 106 30 0 0.5 $
Gene Mauch 26 R R 5' 10" 165 Nov 18, 1925 7 7 0 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 4 -0.1 $
Larry Miggins 26 R R 6' 4" 198 Aug 20, 1925 2 42 20 42 26 0 0 1 0 0 0 24 0 1 25 16 0 -0.6 $
Stu Miller 24 R R 5' 11" 165 Dec 26, 1927 1st 12 11 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 $
Vinegar Bend Mizell 21 R L 6' 3" 205 Aug 13, 1930 1st 30 30 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $
Red Munger 33 R R 6' 2" 200 Oct 4, 1918 9 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Stan Musial HOF 31 L L 6' 0" 175 Nov 21, 1920 11 154 154 154 154 1 0 25 0 0 0 22 106 9 135 0 0 7.7 $80,000 All-Star
Joe Presko 23 R R 5' 9" 165 Oct 7, 1928 2 28 18 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Del Rice 29 R R 6' 2" 190 Oct 27, 1922 8 147 137 147 147 0 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1.6 $
Hal Rice 28 L R 6' 1" 195 Feb 11, 1924 5 98 71 98 81 0 0 0 0 0 0 76 4 6 81 23 2 0.9 $
Bill Sarni 24 R R 5' 11" 180 Sep 19, 1927 2 3 2 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Willard Schmidt 24 R R 6' 1" 187 May 29, 1928 1st 18 3 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Red Schoendienst HOF 29 B R 6' 0" 170 Feb 2, 1923 8 152 150 152 152 0 0 0 141 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.6 $ All-Star
Dick Sisler 31 L R 6' 2" 205 Nov 2, 1920 7 119 112 119 114 0 0 114 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.8 $
Enos Slaughter HOF 36 L R 5' 9" 180 Apr 27, 1916 12 140 134 140 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 137 137 3 0 4.2 $ All-Star
Gerry Staley 31 R R 6' 0" 195 Aug 21, 1920 6 35 33 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.8 $ All-Star
Virgil Stallcup 30 R R 6' 3" 185 Jan 3, 1922 6 29 4 29 12 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 13 4 -0.2 $
Eddie Stanky 36 R R 5' 8" 170 Sep 3, 1915 10 53 16 53 20 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 1 0.5 $
Bobby Tiefenauer 22 R R 6' 2" 185 Oct 10, 1929 1st 6 0 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Bill Werle 31 L L 6' 2" 182 Dec 21, 1920 4 19 0 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Wally Westlake 31 R R 6' 0" 186 Nov 8, 1920 6 21 20 21 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 20 1 0 0.1 $
Eddie Yuhas 27 R R 6' 1" 180 Aug 5, 1924 1st 54 2 54 54 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 $
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

Billy Johnson

Red Schoendienst

Virgil Stallcup

Steve Bilko

Stan Musial

Solly Hemus

Enos Slaughter

Tommy Glaviano

Eddie Stanky

Gerry Staley

Dick Sisler
Wally Westlake

Bill Sarni

Les Fusselman

Del Rice

Red Munger
Bill Werle

Joe Presko

Mike Clark

Larry Miggins

Cloyd Boyer

Vern Benson
Dick Bokelmann
Jack Crimian

Al Brazle

Cliff Chambers

Harry Brecheen

Vinegar Bend Mizell

Gene Mauch
Stu Miller

Peanuts Lowrey

Herb Gorman

Hal Rice

Neal Hertweck

Fred Hahn

Harvey Haddix

Eddie Yuhas

Willard Schmidt
Bobby Tiefenauer

Vern Benson

1951 / 1953 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers