1953 St. Louis Cardinals Roster (40-man)

1952 Season 1954 Season

Record: 83-71-3, Finished 3rd in National League (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Eddie Stanky (83-71-3)

Ballpark: Busch Stadium I

Attendance: 880,242 (3rd of 8)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 99
One-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 100

Pythagorean W-L: 82-72, 768 Runs, 713 Runs Allowed

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Full-Season Roster & Games by Position

Full-Season Roster & Games by Position
Name	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
Ferrell Anderson	35	us US	R	R	6' 1"	200	Jan 9, 1918	2	18	6	18	12	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	-0.3
Vern Benson	28	us US	L	R	5' 10"	160	Sep 19, 1924	5	13	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	8	0.0	$5,000
Steve Bilko	24	us US	R	R	6' 1"	230	Nov 13, 1928	5	154	153	154	154	0	0	154	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.0	$5,500
Dick Bokelmann	26	us US	R	R	6' 0"	180	Oct 26, 1926	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	$5,400
Al Brazle	39	us US	L	L	6' 2"	185	Oct 19, 1913	9	61	0	61	61	61	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	$16,500
Pete Castiglione	32	us US	R	R	5' 11"	175	Feb 13, 1921	7	67	5	67	62	0	0	0	9	51	3	0	0	0	0	8	9	-0.4
Cliff Chambers	31	us US	L	L	6' 3"	208	Jan 10, 1922	6	32	8	32	32	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	$16,000
Mike Clark	31	us US	R	R	6' 4"	190	Feb 12, 1922	2	23	2	23	23	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	$5,000
Jackie Collum	26	us US	L	L	5' 7"	160	Jun 21, 1927	3	7	0	7	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.3
Grant Dunlap	29	us US	R	R	6' 2"	180	Dec 20, 1923	1st	16	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	15	0	0.2
Harry Elliott	29	us US	R	R	5' 9"	175	Dec 30, 1923	1st	24	15	24	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	0	1	17	7	0	0.1
Eddie Erautt	28	us US	R	R	5' 11"	185	Sep 26, 1924	6	20	1	20	20	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1
Jack Faszholz	26	us US	R	R	6' 3"	205	Apr 11, 1927	1st	4	1	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2
Les Fusselman	32	us US	R	R	6' 1"	195	Mar 7, 1921	2	11	1	11	11	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1
Harvey Haddix	27	us US	L	L	5' 9"	170	Sep 18, 1925	2	48	33	48	36	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	10	7.3		All-Star
Solly Hemus	30	us US	L	R	5' 9"	165	Apr 17, 1923	5	154	146	154	153	0	0	0	3	0	151	0	0	0	0	5	1	5.6
Ray Jablonski	26	us US	R	R	5' 10"	175	Dec 17, 1926	1st	157	157	157	157	0	0	0	0	157	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.3
Billy Johnson	34	us US	R	R	5' 10"	180	Aug 30, 1918	9	11	0	11	11	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1
Peanuts Lowrey	35	us US	R	R	5' 8"	170	Aug 27, 1917	11	104	26	104	49	0	0	0	10	1	0	25	10	4	38	70	0	-0.3
Fred Marolewski	24	us US	R	R	6' 2"	205	Oct 6, 1928	1st	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Stu Miller	25	us US	R	R	5' 11"	165	Dec 26, 1927	2	42	18	42	40	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.5
Vinegar Bend Mizell	22	us US	R	L	6' 3"	205	Aug 13, 1930	2	33	33	33	33	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.8
Stan Musial HOF	32	us US	L	L	6' 0"	175	Nov 21, 1920	12	157	157	157	157	0	0	0	0	0	0	139	9	29	157	0	0	7.6	$75,000	All-Star
Eddie Phillips	22	us US	B	R	6' 1"	180	Jul 8, 1930	1st	9	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0.0
Joe Presko	24	us US	R	R	5' 9"	165	Oct 7, 1928	3	35	25	35	34	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.7
Dick Rand	22	us US	R	R	6' 2"	185	Mar 7, 1931	1st	9	9	9	9	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1
Rip Repulski	24	us US	R	R	6' 0"	195	Oct 4, 1928	1st	153	149	153	153	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	153	0	153	0	2	1.8
Del Rice	30	us US	R	R	6' 2"	190	Oct 27, 1922	9	135	128	135	135	0	135	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-0.1		All-Star
Hal Rice	29	us US	L	R	6' 1"	195	Feb 11, 1924	6	8	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0.0
John Romonosky	23	us US	R	R	6' 2"	195	Jul 7, 1929	1st	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2
Willard Schmidt	25	us US	R	R	6' 1"	187	May 29, 1928	2	6	2	6	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.6
Red Schoendienst HOF	30	us US	B	R	6' 0"	170	Feb 2, 1923	9	146	138	146	140	0	0	0	140	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	6.7	$31,000	All-Star
Dick Schofield	18	us US	B	R	5' 9"	163	Jan 7, 1935	1st	33	12	33	15	0	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	1	17	0.0
Dick Sisler	32	us US	L	R	6' 2"	205	Nov 2, 1920	8	32	4	32	10	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	0	-0.2	$16,000
Enos Slaughter HOF	37	us US	L	R	5' 9"	180	Apr 27, 1916	13	143	131	143	137	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	137	137	10	0	2.5	$20,000	All-Star
Gerry Staley	32	us US	R	R	6' 0"	195	Aug 21, 1920	7	40	32	40	40	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.3		All-Star
Virgil Stallcup	31	us US	R	R	6' 3"	185	Jan 3, 1922	7	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0
Eddie Stanky	37	us US	R	R	5' 8"	170	Sep 3, 1915	11	17	6	17	8	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0.2
Hal White	34	us US	R	R	5' 10"	165	Mar 18, 1919	11	49	0	49	49	49	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.1
Eddie Yuhas	28	us US	R	R	6' 1"	180	Aug 5, 1924	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1
Sal Yvars	29	us US	R	R	5' 10"	187	Feb 20, 1924	7	30	13	30	26	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	-0.3
Name	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

Coaching Staff

Coaching Staff
Name	Age		DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date
Eddie Stanky	37	us US	Sep 3, 1915	Manager	Apr 14	Sep 27
Johnny Riddle	47	us US	Oct 3, 1905		Apr 14	Sep 27
Mike Ryba	50	us US	Jun 9, 1903		Apr 14	Sep 27
Dixie Walker	42	us US	Sep 24, 1910		Apr 14	Sep 27
Name	Age		DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date