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1969 St. Louis Cardinals

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1968 / 1970

87-75, Finished 4th in NL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Red Schoendienst (87-75)
Scored 595 runs, Allowed 540 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 88-74

Ballparks: Busch Stadium II · Attendance: 1,682,783 (3rd of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 100, Pitching - 99 · one-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 98

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1968 / 1970 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 25 R R 5' 11" 195 Aug 5, 1943 5 36 33 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.4 $
Lou Brock HOF 30 L L 5' 11" 170 Jun 18, 1939 9 157 154 157 157 0 0 0 0 0 0 157 0 0 157 2 0 2.3 $90,000
Byron Browne 26 R R 6' 2" 190 Dec 27, 1942 5 22 14 22 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 8 16 7 0 0.3 $
Sal Campisi 26 R R 6' 2" 210 Aug 11, 1942 1st 7 0 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Steve Carlton HOF 24 L L 6' 4" 210 Dec 22, 1944 5 32 31 32 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7.4 $25,000 All-Star
Reggie Cleveland 21 R R 6' 1" 195 May 23, 1948 1st 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Chip Coulter 24 B R 5' 10" 172 Jun 5, 1945 1st 6 6 6 6 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Vic Davalillo 32 L L 5' 7" 150 Jul 31, 1936 7 63 11 63 26 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 10 11 24 39 7 0.3 $40,000
Jerry DaVanon 23 R R 5' 11" 175 Aug 21, 1945 1st 16 10 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $
Boots Day 21 L L 5' 9" 160 Aug 31, 1947 1st 11 0 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 5 -0.1 $
Jim Ellis 24 R L 6' 2" 185 Mar 25, 1945 2 2 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Curt Flood 31 R R 5' 9" 165 Jan 18, 1938 14 153 149 153 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 152 0 152 3 0 3.0 $90,000
Phil Gagliano 27 R R 6' 1" 180 Dec 27, 1941 7 62 26 62 39 0 0 9 20 9 0 0 0 2 2 28 1 0.2 $
Bob Gibson HOF 33 R R 6' 1" 189 Nov 9, 1935 11 37 35 37 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11.7 $125,000 All-Star
Dave Giusti 29 R R 5' 11" 190 Nov 27, 1939 7 22 12 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 $
Mudcat Grant 33 R R 6' 1" 186 Aug 13, 1935 12 31 3 31 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.5 $
Santiago Guzman 19 R R 6' 2" 180 Jul 25, 1949 1st 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Joe Hague 25 L L 6' 0" 195 Apr 25, 1944 2 40 24 40 25 0 0 9 0 0 0 1 0 16 17 15 0 -0.7 $
Jim Hicks 29 R R 6' 3" 205 May 18, 1940 4 19 11 19 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 15 1 3 0.2 $11,000
Tom Hilgendorf 27 B L 6' 1" 187 Mar 10, 1942 1st 6 0 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Joe Hoerner 32 R L 6' 1" 200 Nov 12, 1936 6 45 0 45 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $
Steve Huntz 23 B R 6' 1" 204 Dec 3, 1945 2 71 37 71 67 0 0 0 12 6 52 0 0 0 0 4 1 -0.6 $
Julian Javier 32 R R 6' 1" 175 Aug 9, 1936 10 143 136 143 141 0 0 0 141 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 2.6 $52,500
Bob Johnson 33 R R 5' 10" 175 Mar 4, 1936 10 19 4 19 5 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 -0.2 $
Leron Lee 21 L R 6' 0" 196 Mar 4, 1948 1st 7 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 7 0 0 0.1 $
Dal Maxvill 30 R R 5' 11" 157 Feb 18, 1939 8 132 126 132 131 0 0 0 0 0 131 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.2 $45,000
Tim McCarver 27 L R 6' 0" 183 Oct 16, 1941 10 138 136 138 136 0 136 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1.3 $60,000
Mel Nelson 33 R L 6' 0" 185 May 30, 1936 6 8 0 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Joe Nossek 28 R R 6' 0" 178 Nov 8, 1940 5 9 0 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 5 0.0 $
Vada Pinson 30 L L 5' 11" 170 Aug 11, 1938 12 132 123 132 124 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 124 124 9 0 0.3 $60,500
Jerry Reuss 20 L L 6' 5" 200 Jun 19, 1949 1st 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $
Dennis Ribant 27 R R 5' 11" 165 Sep 20, 1941 6 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.2 $
Dave Ricketts 33 B R 6' 0" 190 Jul 12, 1935 5 30 7 30 9 0 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 -0.2 $
Mike Shannon 29 R R 6' 3" 195 Jul 15, 1939 8 150 147 150 149 0 0 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.2 $55,000
Ted Simmons 19 B R 5' 11" 193 Aug 9, 1949 2 5 3 5 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.2 $
Chuck Taylor 27 R R 6' 2" 195 Apr 18, 1942 1st 27 13 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.4 $
Joe Torre 28 R R 6' 2" 212 Jul 18, 1940 10 159 158 159 159 0 18 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.4 $
Mike Torrez 22 R R 6' 5" 220 Aug 28, 1946 3 24 15 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $
Ray Washburn 31 R R 6' 1" 205 May 31, 1938 9 28 16 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $35,000
Gary Waslewski 27 R R 6' 4" 190 Jul 21, 1941 3 12 0 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Bill White 35 L L 6' 0" 185 Jan 28, 1934 13 49 7 49 15 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 0 -0.2 $
Ron Willis 25 R R 6' 2" 185 Jul 12, 1943 4 26 0 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
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

Bill White

Joe Torre

Dave Ricketts

Boots Day

Joe Hague

Steve Huntz

Tim McCarver

Phil Gagliano

Vic Davalillo

Mike Shannon

Tom Hilgendorf
Gary Waslewski

Lou Brock

Curt Flood

Mudcat Grant

Ted Simmons

Jim Hicks
Joe Nossek

Julian Javier

Jerry DaVanon

Dal Maxvill

Vada Pinson

Byron Browne
Bob Johnson

Sal Campisi

Steve Carlton

Reggie Cleveland
Jim Ellis

Nelson Briles

Chip Coulter
Mel Nelson
Dennis Ribant

Ron Willis

Leron Lee

Jerry DaVanon

Dave Giusti

Chuck Taylor

Joe Hoerner

Ray Washburn

Bob Gibson

Santiago Guzman

Mel Nelson

Mike Torrez

Jerry Reuss

Santiago Guzman

1968 / 1970 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers