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1972 St. Louis Cardinals

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1971 / 1973

75-81, Finished 4th in NL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Red Schoendienst (75-81)
Scored 568 runs, Allowed 600 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 74-82

Ballparks: Busch Stadium II · Attendance: 1,196,894 (8th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 99, Pitching - 99 · one-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 105

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1971 / 1973 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
Ron Allen 28 B R 6' 3" 205 Dec 23, 1943 1st 7 2 7 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 -0.1 $
Matty Alou 33 L L 5' 9" 160 Dec 22, 1938 13 108 98 108 101 0 0 66 0 0 0 0 0 39 39 10 0 1.3 $
Brant Alyea 31 R R 6' 3" 215 Dec 8, 1940 6 13 2 13 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 11 0 -0.2 $
Dwain Anderson 24 R R 5' 11" 165 Nov 23, 1947 2 57 33 57 53 0 0 0 1 13 43 0 0 0 0 7 1 -0.1 $
Ray Bare 23 R R 6' 2" 185 Apr 15, 1949 1st 14 0 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $
Jim Bibby 27 R R 6' 5" 235 Oct 29, 1944 1st 6 6 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Lou Brock HOF 33 L L 5' 11" 170 Jun 18, 1939 12 153 147 153 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 149 0 0 149 5 1 1.7 $100,000 All-Star
Bernie Carbo 24 L R 5' 11" 173 Aug 5, 1947 4 99 87 99 92 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 92 92 9 1 2.0 $
Lance Clemons 24 L L 6' 2" 205 Jul 6, 1947 2 3 1 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Donn Clendenon 36 R R 6' 4" 209 Jul 15, 1935 12 61 31 61 36 0 0 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 0 -1.0 $
Reggie Cleveland 24 R R 6' 1" 195 May 23, 1948 4 33 33 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Tony Cloninger 31 R R 6' 0" 210 Aug 13, 1940 12 17 0 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
Ed Crosby 23 L R 6' 2" 175 May 26, 1949 2 101 68 101 90 0 0 0 38 14 43 0 0 0 0 17 5 -1.2 $
Jose Cruz 24 L L 6' 0" 170 Aug 8, 1947 3 117 89 117 102 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 87 8 102 16 2 -0.4 $
John Cumberland 25 R L 6' 0" 185 May 10, 1947 5 14 1 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 $
Moe Drabowsky 36 R R 6' 3" 190 Jul 21, 1935 17 30 0 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Don Durham 23 R R 6' 0" 170 Mar 21, 1949 1st 14 8 14 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.2 $
Mike Fiore 27 L L 6' 0" 175 Oct 11, 1944 5 17 0 17 7 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12 0 -0.1 $24,000
Rich Folkers 25 L L 6' 2" 180 Oct 17, 1946 2 9 0 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Bob Gibson HOF 36 R R 6' 1" 189 Nov 9, 1935 14 34 34 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.1 $150,000 All-Star
Joe Grzenda 35 R L 6' 2" 180 Jun 8, 1937 8 30 0 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $
Santiago Guzman 22 R R 6' 2" 180 Jul 25, 1949 4 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Joe Hague 28 L L 6' 0" 195 Apr 25, 1944 5 27 22 27 25 0 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 5 0 0.9 $
Dennis Higgins 32 R R 6' 3" 180 Aug 4, 1939 7 15 1 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Al Hrabosky 22 R L 5' 11" 185 Jul 21, 1949 3 5 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Charlie Hudson 22 L L 6' 3" 185 Aug 18, 1949 1st 12 0 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Skip Jutze 26 R R 5' 11" 190 May 28, 1946 1st 21 17 21 17 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 -0.2 $
Mick Kelleher 24 R R 5' 9" 176 Jul 25, 1947 1st 23 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Marty Martinez 30 B R 6' 0" 170 Aug 23, 1941 7 9 0 9 6 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.0 $
Dal Maxvill 33 R R 5' 11" 157 Feb 18, 1939 11 105 88 105 105 0 0 0 12 0 94 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.2 $
Jerry McNertney 35 R R 6' 0" 180 Aug 7, 1936 8 39 5 39 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 0 -0.2 $
Luis Melendez 22 R R 6' 0" 165 Aug 11, 1949 3 118 80 118 105 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 70 41 105 22 6 -0.1 $
Lowell Palmer 24 R R 6' 1" 190 Aug 18, 1947 4 17 2 17 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 $13,000
Tim Plodinec 25 R R 6' 4" 190 Jan 27, 1947 1st 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Ken Reitz 21 R R 6' 0" 180 Jun 24, 1951 1st 21 20 21 20 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.3 $
Jorge Roque 22 R R 5' 10" 158 Apr 28, 1950 3 32 19 32 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 3 24 6 5 -0.7 $
Al Santorini 24 R R 6' 0" 190 May 19, 1948 5 30 19 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Diego Segui 34 R R 6' 0" 190 Aug 17, 1937 11 33 0 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $37,000
Don Shaw 28 L L 6' 0" 180 Feb 23, 1944 5 8 0 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $22,000
Ted Simmons 22 B R 5' 11" 193 Aug 9, 1949 5 152 149 152 150 0 135 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4.2 $30,000 All-Star
Ted Sizemore 27 R R 5' 10" 165 Apr 15, 1945 4 120 106 120 111 0 0 0 111 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 2.0 $
Scipio Spinks 24 R R 6' 1" 183 Jul 12, 1947 4 21 16 21 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2.9 $
Bill Stein 25 R R 5' 10" 170 Jan 21, 1947 1st 14 6 14 8 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 1 4 6 0 0.4 $
Joe Torre 31 R R 6' 2" 212 Jul 18, 1940 13 149 142 149 143 0 0 27 0 117 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 2.8 $130,000 All-Star
Mike Tyson 22 R R 5' 9" 170 Jan 13, 1950 1st 13 12 13 13 0 0 0 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.4 $
Bill Voss 28 L L 6' 2" 160 Oct 31, 1943 8 11 2 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 9 0 -0.1 $
Rick Wise 26 R R 6' 1" 180 Sep 13, 1945 8 35 35 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.4 $
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

Bernie Carbo

Ed Crosby

Joe Torre

Mike Fiore
Mike Tyson

Marty Martinez

Bernie Carbo
Joe Hague

Jerry McNertney

Ron Allen
Donn Clendenon

Matty Alou
Bill Voss

Skip Jutze

Dwain Anderson

Lou Brock

Brant Alyea
Jorge Roque

Reggie Cleveland

Ted Simmons

Jorge Roque
Scipio Spinks

Tony Cloninger
Mick Kelleher

Luis Melendez

Dal Maxvill

Moe Drabowsky
Rich Folkers

Charlie Hudson

Joe Grzenda

Bill Stein

Al Santorini

Diego Segui

John Cumberland
Santiago Guzman

Dennis Higgins

Jose Cruz

Al Hrabosky

Rick Wise

Ted Sizemore

Ray Bare

Lowell Palmer
Don Shaw

Bob Gibson

Don Durham

Lance Clemons
Ken Reitz

Jim Bibby

Don Durham

Tim Plodinec

1971 / 1973 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers