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1968 St. Louis Cardinals Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1967 / 1969)
97-65, Finished 1st in National League
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Scored 583 runs, Allowed 472 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 96-66
Manager: Red Schoendienst (97-65)
Ballpark: Busch Stadium II (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 2,011,167 (1st of 10)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 99, Pitching - 97;   one-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 94
Won NL Pennant
Postseason:  Lost World Series (4-3) to Detroit Tigers
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1967 / 1969 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

Team Roster & Games By Position

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR
Nelson Briles 24 R R 5' 11" 200 Aug 5, 1943 4 33 33 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lou Brock HOF 29 L L 170 Jun 18, 1939 8 159 155 159 159 0 0 0 0 0 0 156 0 0 156 3 0
Steve Carlton HOF 23 L L 6' 4" 210 Dec 22, 1944 4 35 33 35 35 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 All-Star
Orlando Cepeda HOF 30 R R 6' 2" 210 Sep 17, 1937 11 157 154 157 157 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Ron Davis 26 R R 6' 0" 180 Oct 21, 1941 4 33 22 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 15 25 1 8
Johnny Edwards 30 L R 6' 4" 220 Jun 10, 1938 8 85 52 85 85 0 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 0
Curt Flood 30 R R 5' 9" 165 Jan 18, 1938 13 150 147 150 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 149 0 149 2 0 All-Star
Phil Gagliano 26 R R 6' 1" 185 Dec 27, 1941 6 53 20 53 53 0 0 0 17 10 0 4 0 1 5 22 1
Bob Gibson HOF 32 R R 6' 1" 195 Nov 9, 1935 10 35 34 35 35 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 All-Star
Hal Gilson 26 R L 6' 5" 195 Feb 9, 1942 1st 13 0 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wayne Granger 24 R R 6' 2" 165 Mar 15, 1944 1st 34 0 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Hague 24 L L 6' 0" 198 Apr 25, 1944 1st 7 4 7 7 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 2 0
Joe Hoerner 31 R L 6' 1" 200 Nov 12, 1936 5 47 0 47 47 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dick Hughes 30 R R 6' 3" 195 Feb 13, 1938 3 25 5 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Larry Jaster 24 L L 6' 3" 205 Jan 13, 1944 4 31 21 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Julian Javier 31 R R 6' 1" 175 Aug 9, 1936 9 139 135 139 139 0 0 0 139 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Roger Maris 33 L R 6' 0" 204 Sep 10, 1934 12 100 71 100 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 84 84 27 0
Dal Maxvill 29 R R 5' 11" 160 Feb 18, 1939 7 151 149 151 151 0 0 0 0 0 151 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tim McCarver 26 L R 6' 1" 195 Oct 16, 1941 9 128 108 128 128 0 109 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0
Pete Mikkelsen 28 R R 6' 2" 220 Oct 25, 1939 5 5 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mel Nelson 32 R L 6' 0" 185 May 30, 1936 5 18 4 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Ricketts 32 B R 6' 2" 195 Jul 12, 1935 4 20 1 20 20 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0
Dick Schofield 33 B R 5' 9" 165 Jan 7, 1935 16 69 30 69 69 0 0 0 23 0 43 0 0 0 0 11 4
Mike Shannon 28 R R 6' 3" 195 Jul 15, 1939 7 156 155 156 156 0 0 0 0 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ted Simmons 18 B R 6' 0" 200 Aug 9, 1949 1st 2 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dick Simpson 24 R R 6' 4" 176 Jul 28, 1943 6 26 18 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 22 3 5
Ed Spiezio 26 R R 5' 11" 180 Oct 31, 1941 5 29 11 29 29 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 9 11 17 0
Bobby Tolan 22 L L 5' 11" 170 Nov 19, 1945 4 92 63 92 92 0 0 9 0 0 0 1 9 59 67 23 2
Mike Torrez 21 R R 6' 5" 220 Aug 28, 1946 2 5 2 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ray Washburn 30 R R 6' 1" 205 May 31, 1938 8 31 30 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Floyd Wicker 24 L R 6' 2" 175 Sep 12, 1943 1st 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
Ron Willis 24 R R 6' 2" 195 Jul 12, 1943 3 48 0 48 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR

1967 / 1969 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played