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1971 St. Louis Cardinals

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1970 / 1972

90-72, Finished 2nd in NL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Red Schoendienst (90-72)
Scored 739 runs, Allowed 699 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 85-77

Ballparks: Busch Stadium II · Attendance: 1,604,671 (4th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 104, Pitching - 104 · one-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 102

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1970 / 1972 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
Matty Alou 32 L L 5' 9" 160 Dec 22, 1938 12 149 142 149 144 0 0 58 0 0 0 0 73 20 93 7 0 3.3 $
Rudy Arroyo 21 L L 6' 2" 195 Jun 19, 1950 1st 9 0 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Jim Beauchamp 31 R R 6' 2" 190 Aug 21, 1939 8 77 39 77 45 0 0 44 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 33 4 -0.4 $
Lou Brock HOF 32 L L 5' 11" 170 Jun 18, 1939 11 157 155 157 157 0 0 0 0 0 0 156 0 1 157 2 0 4.2 $110,000 All-Star
George Brunet 36 R L 6' 1" 195 Jun 8, 1935 15 7 0 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Bob Burda 32 L L 5' 11" 174 Jul 16, 1938 6 65 6 65 14 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 57 0 0.3 $21,500
Jose Cardenal 27 R R 5' 10" 150 Oct 7, 1943 9 89 79 89 83 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 79 83 9 1 0.2 $
Steve Carlton HOF 26 L L 6' 4" 210 Dec 22, 1944 7 37 36 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.2 $40,000 All-Star
Bob Chlupsa 25 R R 6' 7" 215 Sep 16, 1945 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Reggie Cleveland 23 R R 6' 1" 195 May 23, 1948 3 34 34 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 $
Jose Cruz 23 L L 6' 0" 170 Aug 8, 1947 2 83 80 83 83 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 82 0 83 2 0 1.5 $
Moe Drabowsky 35 R R 6' 3" 190 Jul 21, 1935 16 51 0 51 51 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $
Bob Gibson HOF 35 R R 6' 1" 189 Nov 9, 1935 13 31 31 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.5 $150,000
Santiago Guzman 21 R R 6' 2" 180 Jul 25, 1949 3 2 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $
Joe Hague 27 L L 6' 0" 195 Apr 25, 1944 4 129 97 129 119 0 0 90 0 0 0 0 0 37 37 19 0 0.4 $
Dennis Higgins 31 R R 6' 3" 180 Aug 4, 1939 6 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Al Hrabosky 21 R L 5' 11" 185 Jul 21, 1949 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Mike Jackson 25 L L 6' 3" 190 Mar 27, 1946 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Julian Javier 34 R R 6' 1" 175 Aug 9, 1936 12 90 69 90 81 0 0 0 80 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 4 -0.6 $
Ted Kubiak 29 B R 6' 0" 175 May 12, 1942 5 32 16 32 28 0 0 0 14 0 17 0 0 0 0 10 0 0.4 $27,000
Leron Lee 23 L R 6' 0" 196 Mar 4, 1948 3 25 2 25 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 4 8 20 0 -0.1 $
Frank Linzy 30 R R 6' 1" 190 Sep 15, 1940 8 50 0 50 50 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4 $
Dal Maxvill 32 R R 5' 11" 157 Feb 18, 1939 10 142 111 142 141 0 0 0 0 0 141 0 0 0 0 2 3 0.5 $
Jerry McNertney 34 R R 6' 0" 180 Aug 7, 1936 7 56 33 56 36 0 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 0.9 $25,000
Luis Melendez 21 R R 6' 0" 165 Aug 11, 1949 2 88 39 88 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 20 45 66 24 9 -0.3 $
Fred Norman 28 B L 5' 8" 155 Aug 20, 1942 7 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Harry Parker 23 R R 6' 3" 190 Sep 14, 1947 2 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Daryl Patterson 27 L R 6' 4" 192 Nov 21, 1943 4 13 2 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Milt Ramirez 21 R R 5' 9" 150 Apr 2, 1950 2 4 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Jerry Reuss 22 L L 6' 5" 200 Jun 19, 1949 3 36 35 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 $17,000
Bob Reynolds 24 R R 6' 0" 205 Jan 21, 1947 2 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Jorge Roque 21 R R 5' 10" 158 Apr 28, 1950 2 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0.0 $
Al Santorini 23 R R 6' 0" 190 May 19, 1948 4 19 5 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $
Dick Schofield 36 B R 5' 9" 163 Jan 7, 1935 19 34 14 34 32 0 0 0 13 3 17 0 0 0 0 6 1 0.6 $
Don Shaw 27 L L 6' 0" 180 Feb 23, 1944 4 45 0 45 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 $
Ted Simmons 21 B R 5' 11" 193 Aug 9, 1949 4 133 126 133 130 0 130 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 3.5 $17,500
Ted Sizemore 26 R R 5' 10" 165 Apr 15, 1945 3 135 125 135 130 0 0 0 91 1 41 7 0 8 15 6 1 1.0 $
Bob Stinson 25 B R 5' 11" 180 Oct 11, 1945 3 17 4 17 9 0 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 2 9 -0.1 $
Chuck Taylor 29 R R 6' 2" 195 Apr 18, 1942 3 43 1 43 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $
Joe Torre 30 R R 6' 2" 212 Jul 18, 1940 12 161 161 161 161 0 0 0 0 161 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.8 $110,000 All-Star
Mike Torrez 24 R R 6' 5" 220 Aug 28, 1946 5 9 6 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.0 $
Stan Williams 34 R R 6' 5" 230 Sep 14, 1936 13 10 0 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $
Chris Zachary 27 L R 6' 2" 200 Feb 19, 1944 7 24 12 24 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.9 $
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

Jose Cardenal
Ted Kubiak

Joe Torre

Bob Burda

Dick Schofield

Joe Hague

Jerry McNertney

Jim Beauchamp

Matty Alou

Bob Stinson

Lou Brock

Jorge Roque
Stan Williams

Reggie Cleveland

Ted Simmons

Julian Javier

Luis Melendez

Dal Maxvill

Moe Drabowsky

Ted Sizemore

Harry Parker

Steve Carlton

George Brunet
Al Santorini

Frank Linzy

Santiago Guzman
Chris Zachary

Dennis Higgins
Leron Lee
Bob Reynolds

Jose Cruz

Al Hrabosky

Bob Chlupsa

Milt Ramirez
Ted Sizemore

Chuck Taylor

Rudy Arroyo

Don Shaw

Bob Gibson

Mike Jackson

Fred Norman

Daryl Patterson
Mike Torrez

Jerry Reuss

1970 / 1972 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers