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1996 St. Louis Cardinals Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1995 / 1997)
88-74, Finished 1st in NL Central
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Scored 759 runs, Allowed 706 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 86-76
Manager: Tony LaRussa (88-74)
Ballpark: Busch Stadium II (ballparks.com)
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 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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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 Salary
Luis Alicea 30 B R 5' 9" 177 Jul 29, 1965 7 129 104 129 125 0 0 0 125 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 1 $750,000.00
Cory Bailey 25 R R 6' 1" 202 Jan 24, 1971 4 51 0 51 51 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $125,000.00
Brian Barber 23 R R 6' 1" 170 Mar 4, 1973 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
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 $125,000.00
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 $122,000.00
Andy Benes 28 R R 6' 6" 240 Aug 20, 1967 8 36 34 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $3,375,000.00
Pat Borders 33 R R 6' 2" 200 May 14, 1963 9 26 15 26 18 0 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 $375,000.00
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 7 9 0
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 $109,000.00
Royce Clayton 26 R R 6' 0" 183 Jan 2, 1970 6 129 111 129 113 0 0 0 0 0 113 0 0 0 0 14 2 $1,600,000.00
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
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 $2,250,000.00
Tony Fossas 38 L L 6' 0" 187 Sep 23, 1957 9 65 0 65 65 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $650,000.00
Gary Gaetti 37 R R 6' 0" 200 Aug 19, 1958 16 141 139 141 141 0 0 14 0 133 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 $2,000,000.00
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 $300,000.00
Ron Gant 31 R R 6' 0" 192 Mar 2, 1965 9 122 116 122 116 0 0 0 0 0 0 116 0 0 116 6 0 $4,000,000.00
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
Rick Honeycutt 42 L L 5' 11" 190 Jun 29, 1954 20 61 0 61 61 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $600,000.00
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 $4,100,000.00
Brian Jordan 29 R R 6' 1" 205 Mar 29, 1967 5 140 131 140 136 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 13 128 136 7 0 $2,500,000.00
Ray Lankford 29 L L 5' 11" 198 Jun 5, 1967 7 149 142 149 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 144 0 144 7 0 $2,416,667.00
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 $109,000.00
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 $200,000.00
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 $130,000.00
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 83 44 1 $600,000.00
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 21 10 21 $109,000.00
Mike Morgan 36 R R 6' 2" 215 Oct 8, 1959 16 18 18 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,250,000.00
Donovan Osborne 27 B L 6' 2" 210 Jun 21, 1969 4 30 30 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $725,000.00
Tom Pagnozzi 33 R R 6' 1" 190 Jul 30, 1962 10 119 108 119 117 0 116 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 $2,675,000.00
Jeff Parrett 34 R R 6' 3" 193 Aug 26, 1961 10 33 0 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $675,000.00
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 $150,000.00
Danny Sheaffer 34 R R 6' 0" 202 Aug 2, 1961 6 79 47 79 66 0 47 6 0 17 0 3 0 0 3 21 0 $335,000.00
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 $3,500,000.00 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 $4,000,000.00
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 $125,000.00
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 $180,000.00
Dmitri Young 22 B R 6' 2" 215 Oct 11, 1973 1st 16 4 16 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 $109,000.00
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR Salary
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

1995 / 1997 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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