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1954 St. Louis Cardinals

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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 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
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 0.2 $
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 0.1 $
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 -0.1 $
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 -0.6 $
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 $
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 -1.2 $
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 0.8 $
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 2.6 $
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 -0.5 $
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 5.3 $ 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 59 1 4.0 $
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 2.5 $
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 3.0 $
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 -0.4 $
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 -0.8 $
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 -0.2 $
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 -0.6 $
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 7.6 $80,000 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 2.2 $
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 -1.8 $
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 1.2 $
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 0.9 $
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 1.6 $
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 -0.4 $
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 5.1 $40,000 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 -0.1 $
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 -1.3 $
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 -0.3 $
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 -0.7 $
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 -0.7 $
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

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Pete Castiglione
Red Schoendienst
Alex Grammas
Steve Bilko
Stan Musial
Solly Hemus
Rip Repulski
Tom Alston
Ben Wade

Ray Jablonski
Gerry Staley
Bill Sarni
Vic Raschi
Del Rice
Dick Schofield
Wally Moon
Sal Yvars

Cot Deal
Tom Poholsky
Joe Frazier
Royce Lint
Hal White
Al Brazle
Tom Burgess
Joe Cunningham
Brooks Lawrence
Carl Scheib

Joe Presko
Bill Greason
Stu Miller
Peanuts Lowrey
Ralph Beard
Mel Wright
Memo Luna
Harvey Haddix
Gordon Jones

1953 / 1955 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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