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1988 St. Louis Cardinals

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1987 / 1989

76-86, Finished 5th in NL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Whitey Herzog (76-86)
Scored 578 runs, Allowed 633 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 74-88

Ballparks: Busch Stadium II · Attendance: 2,892,799 (3rd of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 101, Pitching - 101 · one-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 104

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1987 / 1989 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
Gibson Alba 28 L L 6' 2" 160 Jan 18, 1960 1st 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Luis Alicea 22 B R 5' 9" 165 Jul 29, 1965 1st 93 77 93 91 0 0 0 91 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 -1.6 $
Scott Arnold 25 R R 6' 2" 210 Aug 18, 1962 1st 6 0 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Rod Booker 29 L R 6' 0" 175 Sep 4, 1958 2 18 6 18 13 0 0 0 1 13 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0.3 $70,000
Tom Brunansky 27 R R 6' 4" 205 Aug 20, 1960 8 143 143 143 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 143 144 0 0 1.1 $
Cris Carpenter 23 R R 6' 1" 195 Apr 5, 1965 1st 8 8 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Vince Coleman 26 B R 6' 0" 170 Sep 22, 1961 4 153 149 153 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 127 24 0 151 3 0 -0.1 $700,000 All-Star
John Costello 27 R R 6' 1" 190 Dec 24, 1960 1st 36 0 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $62,500
Danny Cox 28 R R 6' 4" 235 Sep 21, 1959 6 13 13 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $750,000
Ken Dayley 29 L L 6' 0" 171 Feb 25, 1959 7 54 0 54 54 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $610,000
Jose DeLeon 27 R R 6' 3" 210 Dec 20, 1960 6 35 34 35 35 34 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2.2 $375,000
Mike Fitzgerald 24 R R 6' 1" 196 Mar 28, 1964 1st 13 12 13 12 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.5 $
Curt Ford 27 L R 5' 10" 150 Oct 11, 1960 4 91 18 91 46 0 0 7 0 0 0 24 3 13 40 50 6 -0.5 $100,000
Bob Forsch 38 R R 6' 4" 200 Jan 13, 1950 15 31 12 31 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.6 $400,000
Pedro Guerrero 32 R R 5' 11" 176 Jun 29, 1956 11 44 42 44 42 0 0 37 0 0 0 7 0 0 7 2 0 0.6 $
Tom Herr 32 B R 6' 0" 175 Apr 4, 1956 10 15 15 15 15 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $875,000
Ken Hill 22 R R 6' 4" 200 Dec 14, 1965 1st 4 1 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $62,500
Bob Horner 30 R R 6' 1" 195 Aug 6, 1957 10 60 57 60 57 0 0 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.2 $950,000
Tim Jones 25 L R 5' 10" 172 Dec 1, 1962 1st 31 7 31 18 0 0 0 8 1 9 0 0 0 0 11 8 0.1 $62,500
Mike Laga 28 L L 6' 2" 210 Jun 14, 1960 7 41 24 41 37 0 0 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 -1.3 $100,000
Steve Lake 31 R R 6' 1" 180 Mar 14, 1957 6 36 10 36 19 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 0.3 $240,000
Tom Lawless 31 R R 5' 11" 170 Dec 19, 1956 6 54 15 54 35 0 0 1 5 24 0 4 0 2 6 14 14 0.1 $125,000
Jim Lindeman 26 R R 6' 1" 200 Jan 10, 1962 3 17 12 17 13 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 0 8 12 4 0 -0.3 $75,000
Joe Magrane 23 R L 6' 6" 225 Jul 2, 1964 2 25 24 25 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.8 $100,000
Greg Mathews 26 R L 6' 2" 180 May 17, 1962 3 13 13 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $125,000
Willie McGee 29 B R 6' 1" 175 Nov 2, 1958 7 137 135 137 135 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 135 0 135 2 0 2.0 $1,200,000 All-Star
Larry McWilliams 34 L L 6' 5" 180 Feb 10, 1954 11 45 17 45 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.9 $62,500
John Morris 27 L L 6' 1" 185 Feb 23, 1961 3 20 5 20 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 3 2 16 6 1 -0.1 $75,000
Randy O'Neal 27 R R 6' 2" 195 Aug 30, 1960 5 10 8 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Jose Oquendo 24 B R 5' 10" 160 Jul 4, 1963 5 148 123 148 142 1 1 16 70 47 17 2 4 9 15 13 0 1.7 $275,000
Tom Pagnozzi 25 R R 6' 0" 190 Jul 30, 1962 2 81 47 81 57 0 28 28 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 27 0 -0.6 $72,500
Tony Pena 31 R R 6' 0" 175 Jun 4, 1957 9 149 135 149 142 0 142 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 1.9 $1,100,000
Terry Pendleton 27 B R 5' 9" 178 Jul 16, 1960 5 110 99 110 101 0 0 0 0 101 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 1.6 $660,000
Steve Peters 25 L L 5' 10" 170 Nov 14, 1962 2 44 0 44 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.5 $
Dan Quisenberry 35 R R 6' 2" 170 Feb 7, 1953 10 33 0 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $
Ozzie Smith HOF 33 B R 5' 11" 150 Dec 26, 1954 11 153 150 153 150 0 0 0 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 3 0 5.5 $2,340,000 All-Star
Scott Terry 28 R R 5' 11" 195 Nov 21, 1959 3 51 11 51 51 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 $75,000
John Tudor 34 L L 6' 0" 185 Feb 2, 1954 10 23 21 23 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3.9 $1,100,000
Duane Walker 31 L L 6' 0" 185 Mar 13, 1957 5 24 0 24 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 4 22 0 -0.2 $
Denny Walling 34 L R 6' 0" 180 Apr 17, 1954 14 19 15 19 17 0 0 1 0 5 0 10 0 1 11 3 0 -0.6 $
Todd Worrell 28 R R 6' 5" 215 Sep 28, 1959 4 68 0 68 68 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5 $200,000 All-Star
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
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

Ozzie Smith

Bob Horner

Terry Pendleton

Rod Booker

Jose Oquendo

Tom Lawless

Jim Lindeman

Luis Alicea

Tom Pagnozzi

Duane Walker
Denny Walling

Tim Jones

Tom Brunansky

Steve Lake

Tony Pena

Curt Ford

Pedro Guerrero
Tom Herr
Dan Quisenberry

Vince Coleman

John Tudor

Bob Forsch

Joe Magrane

John Morris

Danny Cox

Mike Laga

Steve Peters

Scott Terry

Todd Worrell

Randy O'Neal

Dan Quisenberry

Scott Arnold
Joe Magrane

Ken Hill

Cris Carpenter

Ken Dayley

Gibson Alba

Jose DeLeon

Larry McWilliams

John Costello

Willie McGee

Greg Mathews

Ken Hill

Mike Fitzgerald

Scott Arnold

1987 / 1989 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers