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1981 St. Louis Cardinals

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1980 / 1982

First Half: 30-20, Finished 2nd
Second Half: 29-23, Finished 2nd
Overall: 59-43, Finished 1st in NL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Whitey Herzog (59-43)
Scored 464 runs, Allowed 417 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 56-46

Ballparks: Busch Stadium II · Attendance: 1,010,247 (6th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 103, Pitching - 102 · one-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 100

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1980 / 1982 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
Joaquin Andujar 28 B R 6' 0" 170 Dec 21, 1952 6 12 8 12 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 $
Doug Bair 31 R R 6' 0" 170 Aug 22, 1949 6 11 0 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Steve Braun 33 L R 5' 10" 180 May 8, 1948 11 44 6 44 13 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 6 12 34 1 0.5 $
Glenn Brummer 26 R R 6' 0" 200 Nov 23, 1954 1st 21 7 21 19 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.2 $
Luis DeLeon 22 R R 6' 1" 153 Aug 19, 1958 1st 10 0 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Joe Edelen 25 R R 6' 0" 165 Sep 16, 1955 1st 13 0 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.0 $
Neil Fiala 24 L R 6' 1" 185 Aug 24, 1956 1st 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 -0.1 $
Bob Forsch 31 R R 6' 4" 200 Jan 13, 1950 8 20 20 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 $583,333
Julio Gonzalez 28 R R 5' 11" 162 Dec 25, 1952 5 20 0 20 11 0 0 0 4 2 5 0 0 0 0 10 0 0.3 $
David Green 20 R R 6' 3" 170 Dec 4, 1960 1st 21 9 21 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 18 2 4 0.1 $
George Hendrick 31 R R 6' 3" 195 Oct 18, 1949 11 101 101 101 101 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 51 60 111 0 0 2.9 $
Keith Hernandez 27 L L 6' 0" 180 Oct 20, 1953 8 103 99 103 99 0 0 98 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 4 0 4.4 $760,000
Tom Herr 25 B R 6' 0" 175 Apr 4, 1956 3 103 103 103 103 0 0 0 103 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 $45,000
Dane Iorg 31 L R 6' 0" 180 May 11, 1950 5 75 56 75 63 0 0 8 0 2 0 46 0 14 60 16 0 0.6 $
Jim Kaat 42 L L 6' 4" 205 Nov 7, 1938 23 41 1 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $172,253
Tito Landrum 26 R R 5' 11" 175 Oct 25, 1954 2 81 21 81 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 6 25 73 14 12 0.4 $
Dave LaPoint 21 L L 6' 3" 205 Jul 29, 1959 2 3 2 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Sixto Lezcano 27 R R 5' 10" 165 Nov 28, 1953 8 72 61 72 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 0 33 66 8 1 0.8 $
Mark Littell 28 L R 6' 3" 210 Jan 17, 1953 8 28 1 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
John Martin 25 B L 6' 0" 190 Apr 11, 1956 2 18 15 18 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.9 $
Silvio Martinez 25 R R 5' 10" 170 Aug 19, 1955 5 18 16 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Ken Oberkfell 25 L R 6' 0" 175 May 4, 1956 5 102 101 102 102 0 0 0 0 102 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.9 $210,000
Jim Otten 29 R R 6' 2" 195 Jul 1, 1951 5 24 0 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $
Darrell Porter 29 L R 6' 0" 193 Jan 17, 1952 11 61 51 61 52 0 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 1.5 $
Mike Ramsey 27 B R 6' 1" 170 Mar 29, 1954 3 47 29 47 42 0 0 0 1 5 35 1 0 0 1 7 1 0.5 $
Andy Rincon 22 R R 6' 3" 195 Mar 5, 1959 2 5 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 $
Gene Roof 23 B R 6' 2" 180 Jan 13, 1958 1st 23 15 23 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 20 2 1 0.7 $
Orlando Sanchez 24 L R 6' 1" 195 Sep 7, 1956 1st 27 9 27 18 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 -0.1 $
Tony Scott 29 B R 6' 0" 164 Sep 18, 1951 8 45 41 45 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 0 44 0 2 0.1 $225,000
Bob Shirley 27 R L 5' 11" 180 Jun 25, 1954 5 28 11 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $
Lary Sorensen 25 R R 6' 2" 200 Oct 4, 1955 5 23 23 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $
Bruce Sutter HOF 28 R R 6' 2" 190 Jan 8, 1953 6 48 0 48 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.8 $975,000 All-Star
Bob Sykes 26 B L 6' 1" 195 Dec 11, 1954 5 22 1 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Garry Templeton 25 B R 5' 11" 175 Mar 24, 1956 6 80 76 80 76 0 0 0 0 0 76 0 0 0 0 4 0 2.0 $793,333
Gene Tenace 34 R R 6' 0" 190 Oct 10, 1946 13 58 39 58 44 0 38 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 1.6 $310,000
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

Mike Ramsey

Ken Oberkfell

Glenn Brummer

Julio Gonzalez

Darrell Porter

Sixto Lezcano

Gene Tenace

Dane Iorg

Tito Landrum

David Green

Orlando Sanchez

Ken Oberkfell

George Hendrick

Steve Braun

Tom Herr

Gene Roof

Joaquin Andujar
Tony Scott

Bob Forsch

Bob Shirley

John Martin

Mark Littell

Silvio Martinez

Jim Kaat

Keith Hernandez

Bob Sykes

Lary Sorensen

Doug Bair
Jim Otten

Bruce Sutter

Doug Bair

Joe Edelen

Andy Rincon

Joaquin Andujar
Dave LaPoint

Luis DeLeon

Julio Gonzalez

Neil Fiala

1980 / 1982 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers