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1996 St. Louis Cardinals

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1995 / 1997

88-74, Finished 1st in NL Central (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Tony LaRussa (88-74)
Scored 759 runs, Allowed 706 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 86-76

Ballparks: Busch Stadium II · Attendance: 2,654,718 (4th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 100 · one-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 98

Postseason:  Lost NL Championship Series (4-3) to Atlanta Braves
Won NL Division Series (3-0) over San Diego Padres

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1995 / 1997 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
Luis Alicea 30 B R 5' 9" 165 Jul 29, 1965 7 129 104 129 125 0 0 0 125 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 1 1.3 $750,000
Cory Bailey 25 R R 6' 0" 195 Jan 24, 1971 4 51 0 51 51 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 $125,000
Brian Barber 23 R R 6' 1" 175 Mar 4, 1973 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Rich Batchelor 29 R R 6' 1" 195 Apr 8, 1967 2 11 0 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
David Bell 23 R R 5' 10" 170 Sep 14, 1972 2 62 39 62 59 0 0 0 20 45 1 0 0 0 0 7 0 0.0 $125,000
Alan Benes 24 R R 6' 5" 215 Jan 21, 1972 2 34 32 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.1 $122,000
Andy Benes 28 R R 6' 6" 235 Aug 20, 1967 8 36 34 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 $3,375,000
Pat Borders 33 R R 6' 2" 190 May 14, 1963 9 26 15 26 18 0 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0.3 $375,000
Terry Bradshaw 27 L R 6' 0" 180 Feb 3, 1969 2 15 2 15 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 1 8 9 0 0.2 $
Mike Busby 23 R R 6' 4" 210 Dec 27, 1972 1st 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 $109,000
Royce Clayton 26 R R 6' 0" 175 Jan 2, 1970 6 129 111 129 113 0 0 0 0 0 113 0 0 0 0 14 2 1.6 $1,600,000
Mike Difelice 27 R R 6' 2" 205 May 28, 1969 1st 4 2 4 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Dennis Eckersley HOF 41 R R 6' 2" 190 Oct 3, 1954 22 63 0 63 63 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $2,250,000
Tony Fossas 38 L L 6' 0" 195 Sep 23, 1957 9 65 0 65 65 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $650,000
Gary Gaetti 37 R R 6' 0" 180 Aug 19, 1958 16 141 139 141 141 0 0 14 0 133 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.5 $2,000,000
Mike Gallego 35 R R 5' 8" 160 Oct 31, 1960 12 51 43 51 48 0 0 0 43 7 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 -0.6 $300,000
Ron Gant 31 R R 6' 0" 172 Mar 2, 1965 9 122 116 122 116 0 0 0 0 0 0 116 0 0 116 6 0 3.3 $4,000,000
Aaron Holbert 23 R R 6' 0" 160 Jan 9, 1973 1st 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Rick Honeycutt 42 L L 6' 1" 185 Jun 29, 1954 20 61 0 61 61 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $600,000
Danny Jackson 34 R L 6' 0" 205 Jan 5, 1962 14 13 4 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $4,100,000
Brian Jordan 29 R R 6' 1" 205 Mar 29, 1967 5 140 131 140 136 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 13 128 141 7 0 6.0 $2,500,000
Ray Lankford 29 L L 5' 11" 180 Jun 5, 1967 7 149 142 149 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 144 0 144 7 0 5.4 $2,416,667
Eric Ludwick 24 R R 6' 5" 210 Dec 14, 1971 1st 6 1 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $109,000
John Mabry 25 L R 6' 4" 195 Oct 17, 1970 3 151 143 151 150 0 0 146 0 0 0 1 0 13 14 2 0 0.4 $200,000
T.J. Mathews 26 R R 6' 2" 200 Jan 9, 1970 2 67 0 67 67 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $130,000
Willie McGee 37 B R 6' 1" 175 Nov 2, 1958 15 123 63 123 89 0 0 6 0 0 0 35 11 42 88 44 1 1.0 $600,000
Miguel Mejia 21 R R 6' 1" 155 Mar 25, 1975 1st 45 1 45 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 11 6 22 10 21 -0.5 $109,000
Mike Morgan 36 R R 6' 3" 195 Oct 8, 1959 16 18 18 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9 $1,250,000
Donovan Osborne 27 B L 6' 2" 195 Jun 21, 1969 4 30 30 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.7 $725,000
Tom Pagnozzi 33 R R 6' 0" 190 Jul 30, 1962 10 119 108 119 117 0 116 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.7 $2,675,000
Jeff Parrett 34 R R 6' 4" 185 Aug 26, 1961 10 33 0 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $675,000
Mark Petkovsek 30 R R 6' 0" 185 Nov 18, 1965 4 48 6 48 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 $150,000
Danny Sheaffer 34 R R 6' 0" 185 Aug 2, 1961 6 79 47 79 66 0 47 6 0 17 0 3 0 0 3 21 0 -1.0 $335,000
Ozzie Smith HOF 41 B R 5' 11" 150 Dec 26, 1954 19 82 50 82 52 0 0 0 0 0 52 0 0 0 0 32 0 1.5 $3,500,000 All-Star
Todd Stottlemyre 31 L R 6' 3" 195 May 20, 1965 9 34 33 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 $4,000,000
Mark Sweeney 26 L L 6' 1" 195 Oct 26, 1969 2 98 35 98 55 0 0 15 0 0 0 36 0 7 43 48 0 0.5 $125,000
Tom Urbani 28 L L 6' 1" 190 Jan 21, 1968 4 5 2 5 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.5 $180,000
Dmitri Young 22 B R 6' 2" 295 Oct 11, 1973 1st 16 4 16 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 -0.1 $109,000
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
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.

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Ozzie Smith
Brian Jordan
Danny Sheaffer
Ron Gant
Gary Gaetti
Royce Clayton
Luis Alicea
Aaron Holbert

Ray Lankford
Tom Pagnozzi
Cory Bailey
Mike Gallego
Mark Sweeney
Tom Urbani
Dmitri Young
David Bell
Danny Jackson

Todd Stottlemyre
Donovan Osborne
Rick Honeycutt
T.J. Mathews
Miguel Mejia
Mike Morgan
Pat Borders
Andy Benes

Alan Benes
Dennis Eckersley
Rich Batchelor
Mark Petkovsek
John Mabry
Tony Fossas
Mike Difelice
Jeff Parrett
Willie McGee

Brian Barber
Terry Bradshaw
Mike Busby
Eric Ludwick

1995 / 1997 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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