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1968 St. Louis Cardinals

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1967 / 1969

97-65, Finished 1st in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Red Schoendienst (97-65)
Scored 583 runs, Allowed 472 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 96-66

Ballparks: Busch Stadium II · 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

Postseason:  Lost World Series (4-3) to Detroit Tigers

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1967 / 1969 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
Nelson Briles 24 R R 5' 11" 195 Aug 5, 1943 4 33 33 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 $
Lou Brock HOF 29 L L 5' 11" 170 Jun 18, 1939 8 159 155 159 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 156 0 0 156 3 0 5.9 $70,000
Steve Carlton HOF 23 L L 6' 4" 210 Dec 22, 1944 4 35 33 35 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.9 $ All-Star
Orlando Cepeda HOF 30 R R 6' 2" 210 Sep 17, 1937 11 157 154 157 154 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1.7 $80,000
Ron Davis 26 R R 6' 0" 175 Oct 21, 1941 4 33 22 33 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 15 26 1 8 0.0 $
Johnny Edwards 30 L R 6' 4" 220 Jun 10, 1938 8 85 52 85 54 0 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 0 1.2 $
Curt Flood 30 R R 5' 9" 165 Jan 18, 1938 13 150 147 150 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 149 0 149 2 0 4.1 $72,500 All-Star
Phil Gagliano 26 R R 6' 1" 180 Dec 27, 1941 6 53 20 53 32 0 0 0 18 10 0 4 0 1 5 22 1 0.4 $
Bob Gibson HOF 32 R R 6' 1" 189 Nov 9, 1935 10 35 34 35 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11.7 $85,000 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 -0.4 $
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 0.5 $
Joe Hague 24 L L 6' 0" 195 Apr 25, 1944 1st 7 4 7 5 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 2 0 -0.1 $
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 1.6 $
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 -0.1 $25,000
Larry Jaster 24 L L 6' 3" 190 Jan 13, 1944 4 31 21 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
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 1.1 $45,000 All-Star
Roger Maris 33 L R 6' 0" 197 Sep 10, 1934 12 100 71 100 84 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 84 84 27 0 2.2 $75,000
Dal Maxvill 29 R R 5' 11" 157 Feb 18, 1939 7 151 149 151 151 0 0 0 0 0 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.6 $37,500
Tim McCarver 26 L R 6' 0" 183 Oct 16, 1941 9 128 108 128 109 0 109 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 2.0 $60,000
Pete Mikkelsen 28 R R 6' 2" 210 Oct 25, 1939 5 5 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
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 0.3 $
Dave Ricketts 32 B R 6' 0" 190 Jul 12, 1935 4 20 1 20 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 -0.4 $
Dick Schofield 33 B R 5' 9" 163 Jan 7, 1935 16 69 30 69 63 0 0 0 23 0 43 0 0 0 0 11 4 0.9 $25,000
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 3.4 $40,000
Ted Simmons 18 B R 5' 11" 193 Aug 9, 1949 1st 2 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 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 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 22 3 5 -0.2 $
Ed Spiezio 26 R R 5' 11" 180 Oct 31, 1941 5 29 11 29 13 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 9 11 17 0 -0.7 $
Bobby Tolan 22 L L 5' 11" 170 Nov 19, 1945 4 92 63 92 76 0 0 9 0 0 0 1 9 59 68 23 2 0.6 $
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 0.2 $
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 3.2 $
Floyd Wicker 24 L R 6' 2" 175 Sep 12, 1943 1st 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0.0 $
Ron Willis 24 R R 6' 2" 185 Jul 12, 1943 3 48 0 48 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
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

1967 / 1969 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers