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1954 St. Louis Cardinals

Roster (40-man)

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1953 / 1955

72-82, Finished 6th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Eddie Stanky (72-82)
Scored 799 runs, Allowed 790 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 78-76

Ballparks: Busch Stadium I · Attendance: 1,039,698 (3rd of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 101 · one-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 100

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1953 / 1955 Roster (40-man)

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
Tom Alston 28 L R 6' 5" 210 Jan 31, 1926 1st 66 62 66 65 0 0 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.1
Ralph Beard 25 R R 6' 5" 200 Feb 11, 1929 1st 13 10 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Steve Bilko 25 R R 6' 1" 230 Nov 13, 1928 6 8 4 8 6 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0
Al Brazle 40 L L 6' 2" 185 Oct 19, 1913 10 58 0 58 58 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Tom Burgess 26 L L 6' 0" 180 Sep 1, 1927 1st 17 2 17 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 14 0 -0.4
Pete Castiglione 33 R R 5' 11" 175 Feb 13, 1921 8 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.0
Joe Cunningham 22 L L 6' 0" 180 Aug 27, 1931 1st 85 84 85 85 0 0 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.2
Cot Deal 31 B R 5' 10" 185 Jan 23, 1923 4 33 0 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.1
Joe Frazier 31 L R 6' 0" 180 Oct 6, 1922 2 81 8 81 12 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 9 11 69 0 0.6
Alex Grammas 28 R R 6' 0" 175 Apr 3, 1926 1st 142 128 142 142 0 0 0 0 1 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.1
Bill Greason 29 R R 5' 10" 170 Sep 3, 1924 1st 3 2 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4
Harvey Haddix 28 L L 5' 9" 170 Sep 18, 1925 3 61 35 61 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 4.4 All-Star
Solly Hemus 31 L R 5' 9" 165 Apr 17, 1923 6 124 38 124 104 0 0 0 12 27 66 0 0 0 0 60 1 3.7
Ray Jablonski 27 R R 5' 10" 175 Dec 17, 1926 2 152 150 152 150 0 0 1 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.8 All-Star
Gordon Jones 24 R R 6' 0" 185 Apr 2, 1930 1st 11 10 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.2
Brooks Lawrence 29 R R 6' 0" 205 Jan 30, 1925 1st 35 18 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.5
Royce Lint 33 L L 6' 1" 165 Jan 1, 1921 1st 31 4 31 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.3
Peanuts Lowrey 36 R R 5' 8" 170 Aug 27, 1917 12 74 1 74 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 10 12 65 2 -0.7
Memo Luna 24 L L 6' 0" 168 Jun 25, 1930 1st 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Stu Miller 26 R R 5' 11" 165 Dec 26, 1927 3 20 4 20 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.7
Wally Moon 24 L R 6' 0" 169 Apr 3, 1930 1st 151 148 151 148 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 140 0 148 3 0 2.9
Stan Musial HOF 33 L L 6' 0" 175 Nov 21, 1920 13 153 153 153 153 0 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 146 152 0 0 6.9 $57,000 All-Star
Tom Poholsky 24 R R 6' 3" 205 Aug 26, 1929 3 25 13 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.7
Joe Presko 25 R R 5' 9" 165 Oct 7, 1928 4 38 6 38 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -1.5
Vic Raschi 35 R R 6' 1" 205 Mar 28, 1919 9 30 29 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9
Rip Repulski 25 R R 6' 0" 195 Oct 4, 1928 2 152 149 152 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 137 14 3 152 0 1 0.6
Del Rice 31 R R 6' 2" 190 Oct 27, 1922 10 56 45 56 52 0 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.2
Bill Sarni 26 R R 5' 11" 180 Sep 19, 1927 3 123 96 123 118 0 118 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 1.4
Carl Scheib 27 R R 6' 1" 192 Jan 1, 1927 11 3 1 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3
Red Schoendienst HOF 31 B R 6' 0" 170 Feb 2, 1923 10 148 144 148 144 0 0 0 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4.7 $45,000 All-Star
Dick Schofield 19 B R 5' 9" 163 Jan 7, 1935 2 44 0 44 11 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 3 38 -0.2
Gerry Staley 33 R R 6' 0" 195 Aug 21, 1920 8 48 20 48 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.6
Ben Wade 31 R R 6' 3" 195 Nov 25, 1922 4 13 0 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Hal White 35 R R 5' 10" 165 Mar 18, 1919 12 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8
Mel Wright 26 R R 6' 3" 210 May 11, 1928 1st 9 0 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6
Sal Yvars 30 R R 5' 10" 187 Feb 20, 1924 8 38 12 38 21 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 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
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

1953 / 1955 Roster (40-man)

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