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1979 St. Louis Cardinals

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1978 / 1980

86-76, Finished 3rd in NL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Ken Boyer (86-76)
Scored 731 runs, Allowed 693 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 85-77

Ballparks: Busch Stadium II · Attendance: 1,627,256 (7th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 102 · one-year: Batting - 106, Pitching - 106

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1978 / 1980 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 40 L L 5' 11" 170 Jun 18, 1939 19 120 95 120 98 0 0 0 0 0 0 98 0 0 98 22 2 0.0 $ All-Star
Tom Bruno 26 R R 6' 5" 210 Jan 26, 1953 4 27 1 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Bernie Carbo 31 L R 5' 11" 173 Aug 5, 1947 11 52 7 52 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 13 17 41 0 0.1 $125,000
John Denny 26 R R 6' 3" 185 Nov 8, 1952 6 31 31 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Mike Dimmel 24 R R 6' 0" 180 Oct 16, 1954 3 6 0 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 1 0.1 $
Bob Forsch 29 R R 6' 4" 200 Jan 13, 1950 6 33 32 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.8 $
George Frazier 24 R R 6' 5" 205 Oct 13, 1954 2 25 0 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Roger Freed 33 R R 6' 0" 190 Jun 2, 1946 8 34 1 34 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 0 0.2 $
John Fulgham 23 R R 6' 2" 205 Jun 9, 1956 1st 22 19 22 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3.5 $
Tom Grieve 31 R R 6' 2" 190 Mar 4, 1948 9 9 5 9 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 4 0 -0.1 $
George Hendrick 29 R R 6' 3" 195 Oct 18, 1949 9 140 127 140 138 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 123 138 9 0 2.1 $
Keith Hernandez 25 L L 6' 0" 180 Oct 20, 1953 6 161 156 161 160 0 0 160 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 7.2 $75,000 All-Star
Tom Herr 23 B R 6' 0" 175 Apr 4, 1956 1st 14 3 14 6 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 -0.1 $
Dane Iorg 29 L R 6' 0" 180 May 11, 1950 3 79 36 79 47 0 0 10 0 0 0 22 0 21 43 37 0 0.2 $
Terry Kennedy 23 L R 6' 3" 220 Jun 4, 1956 2 33 26 33 32 0 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 -0.1 $
Darold Knowles 37 L L 6' 0" 180 Dec 9, 1941 15 48 0 48 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $102,500
Jim Lentine 24 R R 6' 0" 175 Jul 16, 1954 2 11 4 11 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 4 9 3 1 0.3 $
Mark Littell 26 L R 6' 3" 210 Jan 17, 1953 6 63 0 63 63 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.3 $
Silvio Martinez 23 R R 5' 10" 170 Aug 19, 1955 3 33 29 33 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.0 $
Will McEnaney 27 L L 6' 0" 180 Feb 14, 1952 6 45 0 45 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Jerry Mumphrey 26 B R 6' 2" 185 Sep 9, 1952 6 124 71 124 114 0 0 0 0 0 0 84 20 19 123 17 8 0.5 $
Dan O'Brien 25 R R 6' 4" 215 Apr 22, 1954 2 6 0 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $
Ken Oberkfell 23 L R 6' 0" 175 May 4, 1956 3 135 103 135 128 0 0 0 119 17 2 0 0 0 0 14 8 3.2 $
Mike Phillips 28 L R 6' 0" 170 Aug 19, 1950 7 44 20 44 41 0 0 0 17 1 24 0 0 0 0 2 3 0.2 $
Ken Reitz 28 R R 6' 0" 180 Jun 24, 1951 8 159 156 159 158 0 0 0 0 158 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -1.0 $
Buddy Schultz 28 R L 6' 0" 170 Sep 19, 1950 5 31 0 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.1 $
Tony Scott 27 B R 6' 0" 164 Sep 18, 1951 6 153 147 153 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 139 14 154 5 0 0.3 $
Kim Seaman 22 L L 6' 4" 205 May 6, 1957 1st 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Ted Simmons 29 B R 5' 11" 193 Aug 9, 1949 12 123 118 123 121 0 121 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 3.3 $665,000 All-Star
Keith Smith 26 R R 5' 9" 178 May 3, 1953 2 6 3 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 1 0.1 $
Steve Swisher 27 R R 6' 2" 205 Aug 9, 1951 6 38 19 38 33 0 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 -0.6 $
Bob Sykes 24 B L 6' 1" 195 Dec 11, 1954 3 13 11 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.5 $
Garry Templeton 23 B R 5' 11" 175 Mar 24, 1956 4 154 150 154 151 0 0 0 0 0 151 0 0 0 0 1 2 3.5 $130,000 All-Star
Roy Thomas 26 R R 6' 5" 215 Jun 22, 1953 3 26 6 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 $
Mike Tyson 29 R R 5' 9" 170 Jan 13, 1950 8 75 57 75 71 0 0 0 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 5 -0.4 $
John Urrea 24 R R 6' 3" 200 Feb 9, 1955 3 3 2 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Pete Vuckovich 26 R R 6' 4" 215 Oct 27, 1952 5 34 32 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5 $
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

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Garry Templeton
Tom Grieve
Keith Smith
Mike Tyson
Mike Phillips
Roger Freed
Steve Swisher
Bernie Carbo
Terry Kennedy

Dane Iorg
Lou Brock
Mike Dimmel
Jim Lentine
Buddy Schultz
Ted Simmons
Ken Oberkfell
George Hendrick
Tom Herr

Jerry Mumphrey
Tony Scott
Bob Forsch
Mark Littell
Darold Knowles
Dan O'Brien
Silvio Martinez
John Denny
Keith Hernandez

John Urrea
George Frazier
John Fulgham
Bob Sykes
George Frazier
Roy Thomas
Ken Reitz
Pete Vuckovich
Will McEnaney

Kim Seaman
Tom Bruno
Darold Knowles

1978 / 1980 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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