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1997 St. Louis Cardinals Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1996 / 1998)
73-89, Finished 4th in NL Central
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Scored 689 runs, Allowed 708 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 79-83
Manager: Tony LaRussa (73-89)
Ballpark: Busch Stadium II (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 2,634,014 (4th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 99;   one-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 99
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1996 / 1998 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 DH PH PR Salary
Manuel Aybar 25 R R 6' 1" 165 May 4, 1972 1st 12 11 11 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rich Batchelor 30 R R 6' 1" 195 Apr 8, 1967 3 10 0 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $157,500.00
Jose Bautista 32 R R 6' 2" 205 Jul 25, 1964 9 11 0 10 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $150,000.00
David Bell 24 R R 5' 10" 170 Sep 14, 1972 3 66 34 66 62 0 0 0 23 35 13 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 $170,000.00
Rigo Beltran 27 L L 5' 11" 185 Nov 13, 1969 1st 35 4 34 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $150,000.00
Alan Benes 25 R R 6' 5" 215 Jan 21, 1972 3 23 22 22 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $240,000.00
Andy Benes 29 R R 6' 6" 240 Aug 20, 1967 9 26 25 25 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $4,850,000.00
Jeff Berblinger 26 R R 6' 0" 190 Nov 19, 1970 1st 7 1 7 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
Mike Busby 24 R R 6' 4" 210 Dec 27, 1972 2 3 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Royce Clayton 27 R R 6' 0" 183 Jan 2, 1970 7 154 145 154 153 0 0 0 0 0 153 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 $2,650,000.00 All-Star
Delino DeShields 28 L R 6' 1" 170 Jan 15, 1969 8 150 137 150 147 0 0 0 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 $1,600,000.00
Mike Difelice 28 R R 6' 2" 205 May 28, 1969 2 93 81 93 92 0 91 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 $152,500.00
Dennis Eckersley HOF 42 R R 6' 2" 190 Oct 3, 1954 23 57 0 54 57 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,625,000.00
Tony Fossas 39 L L 6' 0" 187 Sep 23, 1957 10 71 0 68 71 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $750,000.00
Micah Franklin 25 B R 6' 0" 205 Apr 25, 1972 1st 17 7 17 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 9 13 0 6 0
John Frascatore 27 R R 6' 1" 200 Feb 4, 1970 3 59 0 57 59 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $155,000.00
Gary Gaetti 38 R R 6' 0" 200 Aug 19, 1958 17 148 131 148 139 1 0 20 0 132 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 2 $2,100,000.00
Mike Gallego 36 R R 5' 8" 160 Oct 31, 1960 13 27 11 27 25 0 0 0 11 7 10 0 0 0 0 0 5 2
Ron Gant 32 R R 6' 0" 192 Mar 2, 1965 10 139 126 139 128 0 0 0 0 0 0 128 0 0 128 1 13 0 $4,500,000.00
Scarborough Green 23 R R 5' 10" 170 Jun 9, 1974 1st 20 5 20 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 12 0 19 0 2 5 $150,000.00
Mike Gulan 26 R R 6' 1" 192 Dec 18, 1970 1st 5 1 5 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Rick Honeycutt 43 L L 5' 11" 190 Jun 29, 1954 21 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $500,000.00
Danny Jackson 35 R L 6' 0" 205 Jan 5, 1962 15 4 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $4,600,000.00
Brian Jordan 30 R R 6' 1" 205 Mar 29, 1967 6 47 37 47 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 30 44 0 5 0 $3,300,000.00
Curtis King 26 R R 6' 5" 205 Oct 25, 1970 1st 30 0 28 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $150,000.00
Tom Lampkin 33 L R 5' 11" 185 Mar 4, 1964 8 108 56 108 86 0 86 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 38 3 $500,000.00
Ray Lankford 30 L L 5' 11" 198 Jun 5, 1967 8 133 130 133 132 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 132 0 132 0 2 0 $4,466,667.00 All-Star
Scott Livingstone 31 L R 6' 0" 198 Jul 15, 1965 7 42 2 42 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 38 0
Sean Lowe 26 R R 6' 2" 205 Mar 29, 1971 1st 6 3 5 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eric Ludwick 25 R R 6' 5" 210 Dec 14, 1971 2 5 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $155,000.00
John Mabry 26 L R 6' 4" 195 Oct 17, 1970 4 116 105 116 112 0 0 49 0 1 0 4 6 71 78 0 6 0 $390,000.00
Eli Marrero 23 R R 6' 1" 180 Nov 17, 1973 1st 17 13 17 17 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
T.J. Mathews 27 R R 6' 2" 200 Jan 9, 1970 3 40 0 39 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $240,000.00
Willie McGee 38 B R 6' 1" 175 Nov 2, 1958 16 122 52 122 81 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 18 53 81 3 56 3 $1,300,000.00
Tom McGraw 29 L L 6' 2" 195 Dec 8, 1967 1st 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mark McGwire 33 R R 6' 5" 225 Oct 1, 1963 12 51 49 51 50 0 0 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Roberto Mejia 25 R R 5' 11" 160 Apr 14, 1972 4 7 4 7 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 $185,000.00
Matt Morris 22 R R 6' 5" 210 Aug 9, 1974 1st 34 33 34 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 $150,000.00
Luis Ordaz 21 R R 5' 11" 170 Aug 12, 1975 1st 12 6 12 11 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Donovan Osborne 28 B L 6' 2" 210 Jun 21, 1969 5 14 13 13 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $2,750,000.00
Tom Pagnozzi 34 R R 6' 1" 190 Jul 30, 1962 11 25 12 25 16 0 13 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 $1,650,000.00
Lance Painter 29 L L 6' 1" 195 Jul 21, 1967 5 14 0 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $375,000.00
Mark Petkovsek 31 R R 6' 0" 185 Nov 18, 1965 5 55 2 53 55 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $325,000.00
Phil Plantier 28 L R 5' 11" 195 Jan 27, 1969 8 42 32 42 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 23 32 0 10 0
Brady Raggio 24 R R 6' 4" 210 Sep 17, 1972 1st 15 4 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Steve Scarsone 31 R R 6' 2" 195 Apr 11, 1966 6 5 3 5 4 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1
Danny Sheaffer 35 R R 6' 0" 202 Aug 2, 1961 7 76 25 76 56 0 9 0 3 30 0 13 2 9 22 0 28 0 $425,000.00
Todd Stottlemyre 32 L R 6' 3" 195 May 20, 1965 10 29 28 29 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 $4,100,000.00
Mark Sweeney 27 L L 6' 1" 195 Oct 26, 1969 3 44 11 44 28 0 0 4 0 0 0 10 0 15 25 0 23 0 $185,000.00
Fernando Valenzuela 36 L L 5' 11" 195 Nov 1, 1960 17 5 4 4 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dmitri Young 23 B R 6' 2" 215 Oct 11, 1973 2 110 86 110 90 0 0 74 0 0 0 9 0 10 17 1 19 0 $155,000.00
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH 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.

1996 / 1998 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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