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1997 St. Louis Cardinals

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1996 / 1998

73-89, Finished 4th in NL Central (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Tony LaRussa (73-89)
Scored 689 runs, Allowed 708 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 79-83

Ballparks: Busch Stadium II · 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 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 DH PH PR WAR Salary
Manny Aybar 25 R R 6' 1" 165 May 4, 1972 1st 12 12 11 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
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 -0.4 $157,500
Jose Bautista 32 R R 6' 1" 177 Jul 25, 1964 9 11 0 10 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $150,000
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 -1.0 $170,000
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 0.3 $150,000
Alan Benes 25 R R 6' 5" 215 Jan 21, 1972 3 23 23 22 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.4 $240,000
Andy Benes 29 R R 6' 6" 235 Aug 20, 1967 9 26 26 25 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.3 $4,850,000
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 -0.2 $
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 -0.4 $
Royce Clayton 27 R R 6' 0" 175 Jan 2, 1970 7 154 145 154 153 0 0 0 0 0 153 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2.5 $2,650,000 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 4.0 $1,600,000
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 -0.3 $152,500
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 0.2 $1,625,000
Tony Fossas 39 L L 6' 0" 195 Sep 23, 1957 10 71 0 68 71 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 $750,000
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 0.3 $
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 1.4 $155,000
Gary Gaetti 38 R R 6' 0" 180 Aug 19, 1958 17 148 131 148 139 1 0 20 0 132 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 2 1.8 $2,100,000
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 -0.2 $
Ron Gant 32 R R 6' 0" 172 Mar 2, 1965 10 139 126 139 128 0 0 0 0 0 0 128 0 0 128 1 13 0 0.6 $4,500,000
Scarborough Green 23 B 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 -0.2 $150,000
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 -0.2 $
Rick Honeycutt 43 L L 6' 1" 185 Jun 29, 1954 21 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $500,000
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 -0.5 $4,600,000
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 0.8 $3,300,000
Curtis King 26 R R 6' 5" 200 Oct 25, 1970 1st 30 0 28 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $150,000
Tom Lampkin 33 L R 5' 11" 180 Mar 4, 1964 8 108 56 108 86 0 86 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 38 3 0.4 $500,000
Ray Lankford 30 L L 5' 11" 180 Jun 5, 1967 8 133 130 133 132 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 132 0 132 0 2 0 5.1 $4,466,667 All-Star
Scott Livingstone 31 L R 6' 0" 190 Jul 15, 1965 7 42 2 42 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 38 0 -0.6 $
Sean Lowe 26 R R 6' 2" 205 Mar 29, 1971 1st 6 4 5 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 $
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 -0.3 $155,000
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 81 0 6 0 0.1 $390,000
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 0.2 $
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 1.0 $240,000
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 89 3 56 3 0.6 $1,300,000
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 0.0 $
Mark McGwire 33 R R 6' 5" 215 Oct 1, 1963 12 51 49 51 50 0 0 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 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 2 0 3 0 -0.5 $185,000
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 3.9 $150,000
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 0.1 $
Donovan Osborne 28 B L 6' 2" 195 Jun 21, 1969 5 14 14 13 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $2,750,000
Tom Pagnozzi 34 R R 6' 0" 190 Jul 30, 1962 11 25 12 25 16 0 13 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 -0.1 $1,650,000
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 -0.1 $375,000
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 -1.3 $325,000
Phil Plantier 28 L R 6' 0" 175 Jan 27, 1969 8 42 32 42 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 23 33 0 10 0 0.1 $
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 -0.8 $
Steve Scarsone 31 R R 6' 2" 170 Apr 11, 1966 6 5 3 5 4 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 -0.1 $
Danny Sheaffer 35 R R 6' 0" 185 Aug 2, 1961 7 76 25 76 56 0 9 0 3 30 0 13 2 9 24 0 28 0 -1.1 $425,000
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 2.3 $4,100,000
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 -0.4 $185,000
Fernando Valenzuela 36 L L 5' 11" 180 Nov 1, 1960 17 5 5 4 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
Dmitri Young 23 B R 6' 2" 255 Oct 11, 1973 2 110 86 110 90 0 0 74 0 0 0 9 0 10 19 1 19 0 0.2 $155,000
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH 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
3

Brian Jordan
5

Ron Gant
7

Delino DeShields
8

Gary Gaetti
11

Royce Clayton
12

Danny Sheaffer
16

Ray Lankford
19

Tom Pagnozzi
21

Mike Gulan
22

Mike Gallego
Scarborough Green
23

Phil Plantier
Mark Sweeney
24

Dmitri Young
25

Mark McGwire
26

Eli Marrero
27

David Bell
28

Lance Painter
29

Danny Jackson
Scott Livingstone
30

Todd Stottlemyre
31

Donovan Osborne
32

Rick Honeycutt
33

Jose Bautista
T.J. Mathews
34

Sean Lowe
Fernando Valenzuela
35

Matt Morris
37

Mike Difelice
38

Manny Aybar
Roberto Mejia
Brady Raggio
Steve Scarsone
40

Andy Benes
41

Alan Benes
43

Dennis Eckersley
44

Rich Batchelor
46

Mark Petkovsek
47

John Mabry
48

Tony Fossas
49

Tom Lampkin
50

John Frascatore
51

Willie McGee
52

Luis Ordaz
53

Rigo Beltran
54

Mike Busby
56

Jeff Berblinger
Micah Franklin
57

Curtis King
Eric Ludwick
61

Tom McGraw
64

Brady Raggio
67

Roberto Mejia

1996 / 1998 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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