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1961 St. Louis Cardinals

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1960 / 1962

80-74, Finished 5th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Solly Hemus (33-41) and Johnny Keane (47-33)
Scored 703 runs, Allowed 668 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 81-73

Ballparks: Busch Stadium I · Attendance: 855,305 (6th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 109, Pitching - 109 · one-year: Batting - 114, Pitching - 113

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1960 / 1962 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
Craig Anderson 22 R R 6' 2" 205 Jul 1, 1938 1st 25 0 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 $
Ed Bauta 26 R R 6' 3" 200 Jan 6, 1935 2 13 0 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $
Ken Boyer 30 R R 6' 1" 190 May 20, 1931 7 153 153 153 153 0 0 0 0 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.6 $ All-Star
Ernie Broglio 25 R R 6' 2" 200 Aug 27, 1935 3 29 26 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $20,000
Jerry Buchek 19 R R 5' 11" 185 May 9, 1942 1st 31 30 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2.0 $
Chris Cannizzaro 23 R R 6' 0" 190 May 3, 1938 2 6 0 6 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 $
Al Cicotte 31 R R 6' 3" 185 Dec 23, 1929 4 29 7 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Doug Clemens 22 L R 6' 0" 180 Jun 9, 1939 2 6 3 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 3 3 0 0.0 $
George Crowe 40 L L 6' 2" 210 Mar 22, 1921 9 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 -0.1 $
Joe Cunningham 29 L L 6' 0" 180 Aug 27, 1931 7 113 83 113 90 0 0 10 0 0 0 1 0 85 86 27 2 1.4 $
Curt Flood 23 R R 5' 9" 165 Jan 18, 1938 6 132 84 132 119 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 119 0 119 12 16 3.7 $13,500
Bob Gibson HOF 25 R R 6' 1" 189 Nov 9, 1935 3 40 27 40 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4.2 $
Julio Gotay 22 R R 6' 0" 180 Jun 9, 1939 2 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $
Alex Grammas 35 R R 6' 0" 175 Apr 3, 1926 8 89 46 89 85 0 0 0 18 3 66 0 0 0 0 7 2 0.7 $
Larry Jackson 30 R R 6' 1" 175 Jun 2, 1931 7 34 28 34 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.4 $
Charlie James 23 R R 6' 1" 195 Dec 22, 1937 2 108 84 108 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 4 54 90 19 3 -0.8 $
Julian Javier 24 R R 6' 1" 175 Aug 9, 1936 2 113 109 113 113 0 0 0 113 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.3 $
Don Landrum 25 L R 6' 0" 180 Feb 16, 1936 3 28 16 28 26 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 20 5 25 1 6 -0.8 $
Bob Lillis 31 R R 5' 11" 160 Jun 2, 1930 4 86 66 86 77 0 0 0 24 0 56 0 0 0 0 0 11 -1.2 $
Tim McCarver 19 L R 6' 0" 183 Oct 16, 1941 3 22 17 22 20 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 -0.2 $
Lindy McDaniel 25 R R 6' 3" 195 Dec 13, 1935 7 55 0 55 55 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Mickey McDermott 32 L L 6' 2" 170 Apr 29, 1929 12 22 0 22 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 -0.3 $
Bob Miller 22 R R 6' 1" 180 Feb 18, 1939 4 35 5 35 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.6 $
Walt Moryn 35 L R 6' 2" 205 Apr 12, 1926 8 17 6 17 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 7 10 0 -0.6 $
Stan Musial HOF 40 L L 6' 0" 175 Nov 21, 1920 20 123 99 123 102 0 0 0 0 0 0 102 0 0 102 24 0 2.4 $65,000 All-Star
Bob Nieman 34 R R 5' 11" 195 Jan 26, 1927 11 6 4 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 2 0 0.2 $
Ed Olivares 22 R R 5' 11" 180 Nov 5, 1938 2 21 5 21 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 5 10 11 0 -0.6 $
Gene Oliver 26 R R 6' 2" 225 Mar 22, 1935 2 22 13 22 16 0 15 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 0 0.4 $
Ray Sadecki 20 L L 5' 11" 180 Dec 26, 1940 2 36 31 36 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 4.1 $
Carl Sawatski 33 L R 5' 10" 210 Nov 4, 1927 9 86 39 86 61 0 60 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 43 0 1.1 $
Jimmie Schaffer 25 R R 5' 9" 170 Apr 5, 1936 1st 68 45 68 68 0 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 -0.1 $
Red Schoendienst HOF 38 B R 6' 0" 170 Feb 2, 1923 17 72 14 72 32 0 0 0 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 54 0 0.2 $
Curt Simmons 32 L L 5' 11" 175 May 19, 1929 14 32 29 32 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.7 $
Hal Smith 30 R R 5' 10" 186 Jun 1, 1931 6 45 42 45 45 0 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Daryl Spencer 32 R R 6' 2" 185 Jul 13, 1928 8 37 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $
Don Taussig 29 R R 6' 0" 180 Feb 19, 1932 2 98 47 98 87 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 22 29 87 9 15 0.6 $
Bobby Tiefenauer 31 R R 6' 2" 185 Oct 10, 1929 4 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Carl Warwick 24 R L 5' 10" 170 Feb 27, 1937 1st 55 39 55 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 34 12 48 7 4 0.4 $
Ray Washburn 23 R R 6' 1" 205 May 31, 1938 1st 3 2 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $
Bill White 27 L L 6' 0" 185 Jan 28, 1934 5 153 149 153 151 0 0 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2.3 $ All-Star
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

1960 / 1962 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers