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1979 St. Louis Cardinals Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1978 / 1980)
86-76, Finished 3rd in NL East
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Scored 731 runs, Allowed 693 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 85-77
Manager: Ken Boyer (86-76)
Ballpark: Busch Stadium II (ballparks.com)
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 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

Team Roster & Games By Position

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR
Lou Brock HOF 40 L L 170 Jun 18, 1939 19 120 95 120 98 0 0 0 0 0 0 98 0 0 98 22 2 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
Bernie Carbo 31 L R 6' 0" 175 Aug 5, 1947 11 52 7 52 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 13 17 41 0
John Denny 26 R R 6' 3" 190 Nov 8, 1952 6 31 31 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Keith Hernandez 25 L L 6' 0" 195 Oct 20, 1953 6 161 156 161 160 0 0 160 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 All-Star
Tom Herr 23 B R 6' 0" 185 Apr 4, 1956 1st 14 3 14 6 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10
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 39 37 0
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
Darold Knowles 37 L L 6' 0" 190 Dec 9, 1941 15 48 0 48 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 8 3 1
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
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
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
Jerry Mumphrey 26 B R 6' 2" 185 Sep 9, 1952 6 124 71 124 114 0 0 0 0 0 0 84 20 19 114 17 8
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
Ken Oberkfell 23 L R 6' 0" 210 May 4, 1956 3 135 103 135 128 0 0 0 119 17 2 0 0 0 0 14 8
Mike Phillips 28 L R 6' 1" 185 Aug 19, 1950 7 44 20 44 41 0 0 0 17 1 24 0 0 0 0 2 3
Ken Reitz 28 R R 6' 0" 185 Jun 24, 1951 8 159 156 159 158 0 0 0 0 158 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Buddy Schultz 28 R L 6' 0" 175 Sep 19, 1950 5 31 0 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Tony Scott 27 B R 6' 0" 175 Sep 18, 1951 6 153 147 153 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 139 14 151 5 0
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
Ted Simmons 29 B R 6' 0" 200 Aug 9, 1949 12 123 118 123 121 0 121 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 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
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
Bob Sykes 24 B L 6' 2" 200 Dec 11, 1954 3 13 11 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Garry Templeton 23 B R 5' 11" 190 Mar 24, 1956 4 154 150 154 151 0 0 0 0 0 151 0 0 0 0 1 2 All-Star
Roy Thomas 26 R R 6' 6" 200 Jun 22, 1953 3 26 6 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
John Urrea 24 R R 6' 3" 205 Feb 9, 1955 3 3 2 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pete Vuckovich 26 R R 6' 4" 220 Oct 27, 1952 5 34 32 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR

1978 / 1980 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played