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1978 St. Louis Cardinals

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1977 / 1979

69-93, Finished 5th in NL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Vern Rapp (6-11), Jack Krol (1-1) and Ken Boyer (62-81)
Scored 600 runs, Allowed 657 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 74-88

Ballparks: Busch Stadium II · Attendance: 1,278,215 (8th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 99, Pitching - 99 · one-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 97

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1977 / 1979 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
Lou Brock HOF 39 L L 5' 11" 170 Jun 18, 1939 18 92 70 92 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 79 0 0 79 18 3 -1.9 $
Tom Bruno 25 R R 6' 5" 210 Jan 26, 1953 3 18 3 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4 $
Bob Coluccio 26 R R 5' 11" 183 Oct 2, 1951 5 5 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 2 2 0.0 $
John Denny 25 R R 6' 3" 185 Nov 8, 1952 5 33 33 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.3 $
Rob Dressler 24 R R 6' 3" 180 Feb 2, 1954 3 3 2 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Jim Dwyer 28 L L 5' 10" 165 Jun 3, 1950 6 34 14 34 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 5 23 14 0 -0.2 $
Pete Falcone 24 L L 6' 2" 185 Oct 1, 1953 4 19 14 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.3 $
Bob Forsch 28 R R 6' 4" 200 Jan 13, 1950 5 34 34 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.9 $
George Frazier 23 R R 6' 5" 205 Oct 13, 1954 1st 14 0 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Roger Freed 32 R R 6' 0" 190 Jun 2, 1946 7 52 19 52 20 0 0 15 0 0 0 3 0 3 6 33 0 -0.1 $
Wayne Garrett 30 L R 5' 11" 175 Dec 3, 1947 10 33 17 33 19 0 0 0 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 15 1 0.6 $
Dave Hamilton 30 L L 6' 0" 180 Dec 13, 1947 7 13 0 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
George Hendrick 28 R R 6' 3" 195 Oct 18, 1949 8 102 100 102 101 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 88 11 101 1 0 2.8 $
Keith Hernandez 24 L L 6' 0" 180 Oct 20, 1953 5 159 148 159 158 0 0 158 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 2.9 $
Dane Iorg 28 L R 6' 0" 180 May 11, 1950 2 35 21 35 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 18 26 13 0 0.0 $
Terry Kennedy 22 L R 6' 3" 220 Jun 4, 1956 1st 10 9 10 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.4 $
Jim Lentine 23 R R 6' 0" 175 Jul 16, 1954 1st 8 3 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 2 3 -0.2 $
Mark Littell 25 L R 6' 3" 210 Jan 17, 1953 5 72 2 72 72 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5 $
Aurelio Lopez 29 R R 6' 0" 185 Sep 21, 1948 2 25 4 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Silvio Martinez 22 R R 5' 10" 170 Aug 19, 1955 2 22 22 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 $
Jerry Morales 29 R R 5' 10" 155 Feb 18, 1949 10 130 119 130 126 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 94 128 8 0 -0.7 $
Jerry Mumphrey 25 B R 6' 2" 185 Sep 9, 1952 5 125 88 125 116 0 0 0 0 0 0 48 30 48 126 18 6 -0.6 $
Dan O'Brien 24 R R 6' 4" 215 Apr 22, 1954 1st 7 2 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Ken Oberkfell 22 L R 6' 0" 175 May 4, 1956 2 24 14 24 19 0 0 0 17 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 -0.6 $
Mike Phillips 27 L R 6' 0" 170 Aug 19, 1950 6 76 41 76 66 0 0 0 55 1 10 0 0 0 0 22 2 0.0 $
Mike Ramsey 24 B R 6' 1" 170 Mar 29, 1954 1st 12 2 12 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 8 -0.3 $
Eric Rasmussen 26 R R 6' 3" 205 Mar 22, 1952 4 10 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Ken Reitz 27 R R 6' 0" 180 Jun 24, 1951 7 150 144 150 150 0 0 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1.2 $
Buddy Schultz 27 R L 6' 0" 170 Sep 19, 1950 4 62 0 62 62 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Tony Scott 26 B R 6' 0" 164 Sep 18, 1951 5 96 43 96 77 0 0 0 0 0 0 38 31 10 79 31 7 -0.7 $
Ted Simmons 28 B R 5' 11" 193 Aug 9, 1949 11 152 142 152 149 0 134 0 0 0 0 23 0 0 23 10 0 6.0 $ All-Star
Gary Sutherland 33 R R 6' 0" 185 Sep 27, 1944 13 10 0 10 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0.0 $
Steve Swisher 26 R R 6' 2" 205 Aug 9, 1951 5 45 34 45 42 0 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.2 $
John Tamargo 26 B R 5' 10" 170 Nov 7, 1951 3 6 0 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 -0.2 $
Garry Templeton 22 B R 5' 11" 175 Mar 24, 1956 3 155 153 155 155 0 0 0 0 0 155 0 0 0 0 2 0 3.0 $100,000
Roy Thomas 25 R R 6' 5" 215 Jun 22, 1953 2 16 1 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Mike Tyson 28 R R 5' 9" 170 Jan 13, 1950 7 125 115 125 124 0 0 0 124 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 -1.5 $
John Urrea 23 R R 6' 3" 200 Feb 9, 1955 2 27 12 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2.9 $
Pete Vuckovich 25 R R 6' 4" 215 Oct 27, 1952 4 45 23 45 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.8 $
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

Garry Templeton

Steve Swisher

Mike Phillips

Roger Freed

Mike Tyson

Jim Dwyer
Wayne Garrett

John Tamargo

Terry Kennedy

Dane Iorg

Lou Brock

Bob Coluccio
Jim Lentine
Gary Sutherland

Buddy Schultz

Ted Simmons

Ken Oberkfell

George Hendrick
Jerry Morales

Rob Dressler
Dave Hamilton

George Hendrick

Jerry Mumphrey

Tony Scott

Bob Forsch

Mark Littell

Dan O'Brien

Silvio Martinez

John Denny

Keith Hernandez

John Urrea

Aurelio Lopez

Pete Falcone

Eric Rasmussen
Roy Thomas

George Frazier

Ken Reitz

Pete Vuckovich

Tom Bruno
George Frazier

Mike Ramsey

1977 / 1979 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers