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1973 St. Louis Cardinals

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1972 / 1974

81-81, Finished 2nd in NL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Red Schoendienst (81-81)
Scored 643 runs, Allowed 603 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 86-76

Ballparks: Busch Stadium II · Attendance: 1,574,046 (4th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 100, Pitching - 100 · one-year: Batting - 91, Pitching - 90

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1972 / 1974 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
Tommie Agee 30 R R 5' 11" 195 Aug 9, 1942 12 26 14 26 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 2 19 10 1 0.5 $
Matty Alou 34 L L 5' 9" 160 Dec 22, 1938 14 11 0 11 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 11 0 -0.2 $
Dwain Anderson 25 R R 5' 11" 165 Nov 23, 1947 3 18 2 18 6 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 2 11 4 -0.4 $
John Andrews 24 L L 5' 10" 175 Feb 9, 1949 1st 16 0 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $10,000
Jim Bibby 28 R R 6' 5" 235 Oct 29, 1944 2 6 3 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9 $
Lou Brock HOF 34 L L 5' 11" 170 Jun 18, 1939 13 160 156 160 159 0 0 0 0 0 0 159 0 0 159 2 1 2.3 $110,000
Ray Busse 24 R R 6' 4" 175 Sep 25, 1948 2 24 20 24 23 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.5 $
Dave Campbell 31 R R 6' 1" 180 Jan 14, 1942 7 13 3 13 6 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 -0.6 $
Bernie Carbo 25 L R 5' 11" 173 Aug 5, 1947 5 111 85 111 94 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 93 94 21 0 2.2 $26,000
Reggie Cleveland 25 R R 6' 1" 195 May 23, 1948 5 32 32 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.8 $
Ed Crosby 24 L R 6' 2" 175 May 26, 1949 3 22 9 22 16 0 0 0 5 4 7 0 0 0 0 10 0 -0.5 $
Hector Cruz 20 R R 5' 11" 170 Apr 2, 1953 1st 11 2 11 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 5 4 3 -0.4 $
Jose Cruz 25 L L 6' 0" 170 Aug 8, 1947 4 132 110 132 118 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 77 46 118 16 2 1.3 $
Tommy Cruz 22 L L 5' 9" 165 Feb 15, 1951 1st 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 $7,800
Jim Dwyer 23 L L 5' 10" 165 Jun 3, 1950 1st 28 12 28 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 11 1 20 8 1 -0.8 $
Bobby Fenwick 26 R R 5' 9" 165 Dec 10, 1946 2 5 0 5 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.1 $
Eddie Fisher 36 R R 6' 2" 200 Jul 16, 1936 15 6 0 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $50,000
Rich Folkers 26 L L 6' 2" 180 Oct 17, 1946 3 34 9 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $
Alan Foster 26 R R 6' 0" 180 Dec 8, 1946 7 35 29 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.8 $
Bob Gibson HOF 37 R R 6' 1" 189 Nov 9, 1935 15 25 25 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.9 $160,000
Wayne Granger 29 R R 6' 2" 165 Mar 15, 1944 6 33 0 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.0 $47,500
Larry Haney 30 R R 6' 2" 195 Nov 19, 1942 7 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Tom Heintzelman 26 R R 6' 1" 180 Nov 3, 1946 1st 23 3 23 6 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 0.2 $
Marc Hill 21 R R 6' 3" 205 Feb 18, 1952 1st 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Al Hrabosky 23 R L 5' 11" 185 Jul 21, 1949 4 44 0 44 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 $
Terry Hughes 24 R R 6' 1" 185 May 13, 1949 2 11 2 11 6 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 -0.1 $
Mick Kelleher 25 R R 5' 9" 176 Jul 25, 1947 2 43 14 43 42 0 0 0 0 0 42 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.2 $
Lew Krausse 30 R R 6' 0" 175 Apr 25, 1943 11 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Bake McBride 24 L R 6' 2" 190 Feb 3, 1949 1st 40 12 40 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17 0 18 21 6 0.6 $
Tim McCarver 31 L R 6' 0" 183 Oct 16, 1941 14 130 78 130 87 0 11 77 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 0 0.5 $
Luis Melendez 23 R R 6' 0" 165 Aug 11, 1949 4 121 84 121 96 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 65 33 96 31 2 0.4 $
Tom Murphy 27 R R 6' 3" 185 Dec 30, 1945 6 19 13 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $34,000
Mike Nagy 25 R R 6' 3" 195 Mar 25, 1948 5 9 7 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Orlando Pena 39 R R 5' 11" 154 Nov 17, 1933 12 42 0 42 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 $9,025
Ken Reitz 22 R R 6' 0" 180 Jun 24, 1951 2 147 108 147 136 0 0 0 0 135 1 0 0 0 0 12 0 -0.4 $
Al Santorini 25 R R 6' 0" 190 May 19, 1948 6 6 0 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Diego Segui 35 R R 6' 0" 190 Aug 17, 1937 12 65 0 65 65 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.6 $42,000
Ted Simmons 23 B R 5' 11" 193 Aug 9, 1949 6 161 160 161 161 0 152 7 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 5.4 $45,000 All-Star
Ted Sizemore 28 R R 5' 10" 165 Apr 15, 1945 5 142 137 142 140 0 0 0 139 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 3.9 $
Scipio Spinks 25 R R 6' 1" 183 Jul 12, 1947 5 8 8 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Ed Sprague 27 R R 6' 4" 195 Sep 16, 1945 5 8 0 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Bill Stein 26 R R 5' 10" 170 Jan 21, 1947 2 32 9 32 13 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 8 10 20 0 -0.3 $
Mike Thompson 23 R R 6' 3" 190 Sep 6, 1949 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $14,000
Joe Torre 32 R R 6' 2" 212 Jul 18, 1940 14 141 138 141 141 0 0 113 0 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.7 $150,000 All-Star
Mike Tyson 23 R R 5' 9" 170 Jan 13, 1950 2 144 137 144 142 0 0 0 16 0 128 0 0 0 0 1 2 -1.2 $
Rick Wise 27 R R 6' 1" 180 Sep 13, 1945 9 35 34 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.6 $70,000 All-Star
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

Matty Alou
Ed Crosby

Ray Busse
Tom Heintzelman

Larry Haney

Joe Torre

Dave Campbell
Mike Tyson

Hector Cruz

Larry Haney

Terry Hughes

Tim McCarver

Marc Hill

Tommy Cruz

Dave Campbell
Bobby Fenwick

Dwain Anderson
Jim Dwyer

Lou Brock

Bake McBride

Reggie Cleveland

Ted Simmons

Scipio Spinks

Jim Dwyer
Mick Kelleher

Luis Melendez

Alan Foster

Rich Folkers

Wayne Granger
Lew Krausse

John Andrews

Bill Stein

Tom Murphy
Orlando Pena
Al Santorini

Diego Segui

Tom Murphy
Orlando Pena

John Andrews

Jose Cruz

Al Hrabosky

Rick Wise

Ted Sizemore

Ken Reitz

Bob Gibson

Mike Thompson

Tommie Agee

Jim Bibby
Eddie Fisher
Ed Sprague

Mike Nagy

1972 / 1974 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers