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1974 St. Louis Cardinals

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1973 / 1975

86-75, Finished 2nd in NL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Red Schoendienst (86-75)
Scored 677 runs, Allowed 643 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 84-77

Ballparks: Busch Stadium II · Attendance: 1,838,413 (3rd of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 100, Pitching - 100 · one-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 105

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1973 / 1975 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
Luis Alvarado 25 R R 5' 9" 162 Jan 15, 1949 7 17 13 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Ray Bare 25 R R 6' 2" 185 Apr 15, 1949 2 10 3 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Dick Billings 31 R R 6' 1" 195 Dec 4, 1942 7 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Lou Brock HOF 35 L L 5' 11" 170 Jun 18, 1939 14 153 150 153 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 152 0 0 152 3 0 3.3 $135,000 All-Star
Jose Cruz 26 L L 6' 0" 170 Aug 8, 1947 5 107 26 107 54 0 0 1 0 0 0 20 8 27 55 56 6 1.1 $
John Curtis 26 L L 6' 1" 175 Mar 9, 1948 5 34 29 34 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.0 $
Jerry DaVanon 28 R R 5' 11" 175 Aug 21, 1945 5 30 7 30 28 0 0 0 7 8 14 0 0 1 1 1 2 -0.6 $
John Denny 21 R R 6' 3" 185 Nov 8, 1952 1st 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Jim Dwyer 24 L L 5' 10" 165 Jun 3, 1950 2 74 10 74 28 0 0 3 0 0 0 8 1 18 27 52 4 0.5 $
Rich Folkers 27 L L 6' 2" 180 Oct 17, 1946 4 55 0 55 55 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 $
Bob Forsch 24 R R 6' 4" 200 Jan 13, 1950 1st 20 14 20 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.7 $
Alan Foster 27 R R 6' 0" 180 Dec 8, 1946 8 33 25 33 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.2 $
Mike Garman 24 R R 6' 3" 195 Sep 16, 1949 5 64 0 64 64 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4 $
Bob Gibson HOF 38 R R 6' 1" 189 Nov 9, 1935 16 33 33 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.6 $160,000
Danny Godby 27 R R 6' 0" 185 Nov 4, 1946 1st 13 2 13 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 4 9 0 -0.1 $
Jack Heidemann 24 R R 6' 0" 175 Jul 11, 1949 5 47 11 47 46 0 0 0 0 1 45 0 0 0 0 6 2 -0.3 $
Tom Heintzelman 27 R R 6' 1" 180 Nov 3, 1946 2 38 19 38 32 0 0 0 29 2 1 0 0 0 0 8 2 0.2 $
Bob Heise 27 R R 6' 0" 175 May 12, 1947 8 3 2 3 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Keith Hernandez 20 L L 6' 0" 180 Oct 20, 1953 1st 14 8 14 9 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.0 $
Larry Herndon 20 R R 6' 3" 190 Nov 3, 1953 1st 12 0 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 11 0.0 $
Jim Hickman 37 R R 6' 3" 192 May 10, 1937 13 50 6 50 15 0 0 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 38 0 0.4 $
Marc Hill 22 R R 6' 3" 205 Feb 18, 1952 2 10 6 10 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.2 $
Al Hrabosky 24 R L 5' 11" 185 Jul 21, 1949 5 66 0 66 65 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.2 $
Ron Hunt 33 R R 6' 0" 186 Feb 23, 1941 12 12 4 12 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0.1 $
Barry Lersch 29 B R 6' 0" 175 Sep 7, 1944 6 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Bake McBride 25 L R 6' 2" 190 Feb 3, 1949 2 150 138 150 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 144 0 144 8 1 4.5 $
Tim McCarver 32 L R 6' 0" 183 Oct 16, 1941 15 74 20 74 26 0 20 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 53 0 0.1 $
Lynn McGlothen 24 L R 6' 2" 185 Mar 27, 1950 3 31 31 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.1 $ All-Star
Luis Melendez 24 R R 6' 0" 165 Aug 11, 1949 5 83 26 83 47 0 0 0 0 0 1 14 22 12 48 34 8 0.1 $
Jerry Mumphrey 21 B R 6' 2" 185 Sep 9, 1952 1st 5 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 0.0 $
Claude Osteen 34 L L 5' 11" 160 Aug 9, 1939 17 8 2 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Stan Papi 23 R R 6' 0" 170 Feb 4, 1951 1st 8 0 8 8 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 $
Orlando Pena 40 R R 5' 11" 154 Nov 17, 1933 13 42 0 42 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $26,000
Ken Reitz 23 R R 6' 0" 180 Jun 24, 1951 3 154 148 154 152 0 0 0 1 151 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 -0.5 $
Pete Richert 34 L L 5' 11" 165 Oct 29, 1939 13 13 0 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Richie Scheinblum 31 B R 6' 1" 180 Nov 5, 1942 8 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0.0 $
Sonny Siebert 37 R R 6' 3" 190 Jan 14, 1937 11 28 20 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Ted Simmons 24 B R 5' 11" 193 Aug 9, 1949 7 152 150 152 152 0 141 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3.5 $75,000 All-Star
Ted Sizemore 29 R R 5' 10" 165 Apr 15, 1945 6 129 126 129 128 0 0 0 128 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 2.0 $
Reggie Smith 29 B R 6' 0" 180 Apr 2, 1945 9 143 133 143 133 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 132 132 10 0 5.6 $ All-Star
Mike Thompson 24 R R 6' 3" 190 Sep 6, 1949 3 19 4 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Joe Torre 33 R R 6' 2" 212 Jul 18, 1940 15 147 141 147 146 0 0 139 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2.8 $150,000
Mike Tyson 24 R R 5' 9" 170 Jan 13, 1950 3 151 142 151 151 0 0 0 12 0 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
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

Luis Alvarado

Tom Heintzelman

Reggie Smith

Joe Torre

Mike Tyson

Jack Heidemann

Dick Billings

Barry Lersch
Tim McCarver

Marc Hill

Keith Hernandez

Richie Scheinblum

Lou Brock

Bake McBride

John Curtis

Ted Simmons

Danny Godby
Jim Hickman

Jim Dwyer

Luis Melendez

Alan Foster

Rich Folkers

Jerry DaVanon
Bob Heise
Jerry Mumphrey
Stan Papi

Bob Forsch

Ron Hunt

Pete Richert

John Denny
Orlando Pena

Bob Forsch

Jose Cruz

Al Hrabosky

Ray Bare
Sonny Siebert

Ted Sizemore

John Denny
Sonny Siebert

Mike Garman

Ken Reitz

Bob Gibson

Mike Thompson

Lynn McGlothen

Jerry Mumphrey

Larry Herndon

Claude Osteen

1973 / 1975 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers