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1980 St. Louis Cardinals

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1979 / 1981

74-88, Finished 4th in NL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Ken Boyer (18-33), Jack Krol (0-1), Whitey Herzog (38-35) and Red Schoendienst (18-19)
Scored 738 runs, Allowed 710 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 84-78

Ballparks: Busch Stadium II · Attendance: 1,385,147 (7th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 104, Pitching - 103 · one-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 103

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1979 / 1981 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
Bobby Bonds 34 R R 6' 1" 190 Mar 15, 1946 13 86 57 86 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 61 0 16 77 15 11 -0.2 $
Pedro Borbon 33 R R 6' 2" 185 Dec 2, 1946 12 10 0 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Bernie Carbo 32 L R 5' 11" 173 Aug 5, 1947 12 14 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 -0.1 $125,000
Joe DeSa 20 L L 5' 11" 170 Jul 27, 1959 1st 7 1 7 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 0 -0.1 $
Leon Durham 22 L L 6' 1" 185 Jul 31, 1957 1st 96 73 96 84 0 0 8 0 0 0 34 2 43 79 18 2 1.6 $
Bob Forsch 30 R R 6' 4" 200 Jan 13, 1950 7 32 31 32 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.5 $
George Frazier 25 R R 6' 5" 205 Oct 13, 1954 3 22 0 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
John Fulgham 24 R R 6' 2" 205 Jun 9, 1956 2 16 14 16 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.8 $
George Hendrick 30 R R 6' 3" 195 Oct 18, 1949 10 150 146 150 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 54 120 177 4 0 4.0 $ All-Star
Keith Hernandez 26 L L 6' 0" 180 Oct 20, 1953 7 159 157 159 157 0 0 157 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 6.8 $760,000 All-Star
Tom Herr 24 B R 6' 0" 175 Apr 4, 1956 2 76 54 76 71 0 0 0 58 0 14 0 0 0 0 9 9 0.2 $
Don Hood 30 L L 6' 2" 180 Oct 16, 1949 8 35 8 35 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.2 $
Dane Iorg 30 L R 6' 0" 180 May 11, 1950 4 105 57 105 65 0 0 5 0 1 0 49 0 14 63 43 0 1.5 $
Jim Kaat 41 L L 6' 4" 205 Nov 7, 1938 22 49 14 49 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $
Terry Kennedy 24 L R 6' 3" 220 Jun 4, 1956 3 84 64 84 69 0 41 0 0 0 0 28 0 0 28 17 0 0.0 $
Darold Knowles 38 L L 6' 0" 180 Dec 9, 1941 16 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $102,500
Tito Landrum 25 R R 5' 11" 175 Oct 25, 1954 1st 35 17 35 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 7 7 31 7 1 0.3 $
Jim Lentine 25 R R 6' 0" 175 Jul 16, 1954 3 9 1 9 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 7 4 1 -0.3 $
Mark Littell 27 L R 6' 3" 210 Jan 17, 1953 7 14 0 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9 $
Jeff Little 25 R L 6' 6" 220 Dec 25, 1954 1st 7 2 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
John Littlefield 26 R R 6' 2" 200 Jan 5, 1954 1st 52 0 52 52 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
John Martin 24 B L 6' 0" 190 Apr 11, 1956 1st 9 5 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Silvio Martinez 24 R R 5' 10" 170 Aug 19, 1955 4 25 20 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.8 $125,000
Donnie Moore 26 L R 6' 0" 185 Feb 13, 1954 5 11 0 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Ken Oberkfell 24 L R 6' 0" 175 May 4, 1956 4 116 113 116 113 0 0 0 102 16 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3.3 $
Al Olmsted 23 R L 6' 2" 195 Mar 18, 1957 1st 5 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $
Jim Otten 28 R R 6' 2" 195 Jul 1, 1951 4 31 4 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.1 $
Mike Phillips 29 L R 6' 0" 170 Aug 19, 1950 8 63 32 63 54 0 0 0 9 8 37 0 0 0 0 9 2 -0.2 $
Mike Ramsey 26 B R 6' 1" 170 Mar 29, 1954 2 59 27 59 49 0 0 0 23 10 19 0 0 0 0 18 5 -0.5 $
Ken Reitz 29 R R 6' 0" 180 Jun 24, 1951 9 151 143 151 150 0 0 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.7 $ All-Star
Andy Rincon 21 R R 6' 3" 195 Mar 5, 1959 1st 4 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $
Tony Scott 28 B R 6' 0" 164 Sep 18, 1951 7 143 104 143 134 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 134 0 134 9 9 0.8 $120,000
Kim Seaman 23 L L 6' 4" 205 May 6, 1957 2 26 0 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Ted Simmons 30 B R 5' 11" 193 Aug 9, 1949 13 145 125 145 132 0 129 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 19 0 5.4 $
Keith Smith 27 R R 5' 9" 178 May 3, 1953 3 24 4 24 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 2 7 18 0 -0.5 $
Steve Swisher 28 R R 6' 2" 205 Aug 9, 1951 7 18 4 18 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0.0 $
Bob Sykes 25 B L 6' 1" 195 Dec 11, 1954 4 27 19 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Garry Templeton 24 B R 5' 11" 175 Mar 24, 1956 5 118 114 118 115 0 0 0 0 0 115 0 0 0 0 3 1 4.3 $793,333
Roy Thomas 27 R R 6' 5" 215 Jun 22, 1953 4 24 5 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
John Urrea 25 R R 6' 3" 200 Feb 9, 1955 4 30 1 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Pete Vuckovich 27 R R 6' 4" 215 Oct 27, 1952 6 32 30 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.5 $
Ty Waller 23 R R 6' 0" 180 Mar 14, 1957 1st 5 3 5 5 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.2 $
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

Bobby Bonds

Garry Templeton

Keith Smith

Joe DeSa
Mike Ramsey

Mike Phillips

Joe DeSa

Steve Swisher

Leon Durham

Bernie Carbo
Keith Smith

Ty Waller

Terry Kennedy

Dane Iorg

Tito Landrum
Jim Lentine

Ted Simmons

Ken Oberkfell

George Hendrick

Bobby Bonds
Don Hood

Tom Herr

Tony Scott

Bob Forsch

Mark Littell

John Martin
Donnie Moore

Pedro Borbon
Darold Knowles
Jim Otten

Silvio Martinez

Jim Kaat

Keith Hernandez

John Urrea

George Frazier

John Martin
Jim Otten
Pete Vuckovich
Ty Waller

John Fulgham

Bob Sykes

Jeff Little
Roy Thomas

Ken Reitz

Andy Rincon
Pete Vuckovich

Al Olmsted

John Littlefield
Kim Seaman

Pedro Borbon

John Littlefield
Kim Seaman

1979 / 1981 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers