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1998 St. Louis Cardinals

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1997 / 1999

83-79, Finished 3rd in NL Central (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Tony LaRussa (83-79)
Scored 810 runs, Allowed 782 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 84-78

Ballparks: Busch Stadium II · Attendance: 3,195,691 (4th of 16)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 100 · one-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 100

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1997 / 1999 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
Juan Acevedo 28 R R 6' 2" 243 May 5, 1970 3 50 9 48 50 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 $200,000
Manny Aybar 26 R R 6' 1" 165 May 4, 1972 2 20 13 18 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 $175,000
David Bell 25 R R 5' 10" 170 Sep 14, 1972 4 4 2 4 4 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $200,000
Kent Bottenfield 29 R R 6' 3" 225 Nov 14, 1968 6 44 17 42 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $800,000
Jeff Brantley 34 R R 5' 11" 180 Sep 5, 1963 11 48 0 46 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $2,800,000
Mike Busby 25 R R 6' 4" 210 Dec 27, 1972 3 26 2 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $172,500
Royce Clayton 28 R R 6' 0" 175 Jan 2, 1970 8 90 86 90 89 0 0 0 0 0 89 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.1 $3,500,000
Rich Croushore 27 R R 6' 4" 210 Aug 7, 1970 1st 41 0 39 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Delino DeShields 29 L R 6' 1" 170 Jan 15, 1969 9 117 102 117 111 0 0 1 111 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 1.1 $3,000,000
J.D. Drew 22 L R 6' 1" 200 Nov 20, 1975 1st 14 8 14 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 5 13 0 4 0 0.9 $
Bryan Eversgerd 29 R L 6' 1" 190 Feb 11, 1969 4 8 0 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $185,000
John Frascatore 28 R R 6' 1" 200 Feb 4, 1970 4 69 0 65 69 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $240,000
Gary Gaetti 39 R R 6' 0" 180 Aug 19, 1958 18 91 79 91 86 1 0 3 1 83 0 0 0 1 1 0 7 0 0.9 $1,000,000
Ron Gant 33 R R 6' 0" 172 Mar 2, 1965 11 121 101 121 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 104 0 0 104 0 19 0 1.5 $5,500,000
Shawn Gilbert 33 R R 5' 9" 170 Mar 12, 1965 2 4 0 4 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.0 $
David Howard 31 B R 6' 0" 165 Feb 26, 1967 8 46 23 46 45 0 0 0 19 14 16 0 2 1 3 0 4 3 -0.4 $850,000
Brian Hunter 30 R L 6' 0" 195 Mar 4, 1968 7 62 23 62 35 0 0 10 0 0 0 16 0 12 28 1 31 0 -0.3 $300,000
Jose Jimenez 24 R R 6' 3" 170 Jul 7, 1973 1st 4 3 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Brian Jordan 31 R R 6' 1" 205 Mar 29, 1967 7 150 137 150 141 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 33 124 157 3 7 1 6.5 $3,700,000
Pat Kelly 30 R R 6' 0" 180 Oct 14, 1967 8 53 35 53 43 0 0 0 41 0 2 3 0 0 3 0 11 0 0.0 $325,000
Curtis King 27 R R 6' 5" 200 Oct 25, 1970 2 36 0 32 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $
Tom Lampkin 34 L R 5' 11" 180 Mar 4, 1964 9 93 54 93 69 0 62 2 0 0 0 4 0 1 5 0 29 0 0.1 $500,000
Ray Lankford 31 L L 5' 11" 180 Jun 5, 1967 9 154 138 154 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 145 0 145 1 16 0 5.9 $4,666,667
Mark Little 25 R R 6' 0" 195 Jul 11, 1972 1st 7 4 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 7 0 0 0 0.1 $
Braden Looper 23 R R 6' 5" 225 Oct 28, 1974 1st 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $170,000
Sean Lowe 27 R R 6' 2" 205 Mar 29, 1971 2 4 1 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 $
John Mabry 27 L R 6' 4" 195 Oct 17, 1970 5 142 85 142 120 0 0 16 0 38 0 46 0 37 83 0 32 0 -2.1 $1,400,000
Eli Marrero 24 R R 6' 1" 180 Nov 17, 1973 2 83 67 83 75 0 73 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 0.7 $172,500
Joe McEwing 25 R R 5' 10" 170 Oct 19, 1972 1st 10 4 10 7 0 0 0 6 0 0 1 1 1 3 0 5 1 0.0 $
Willie McGee 39 B R 6' 1" 175 Nov 2, 1958 17 120 42 120 88 0 0 1 0 0 0 56 7 38 101 3 46 0 -0.6 $1,400,000
Mark McGwire 34 R R 6' 5" 215 Oct 1, 1963 13 155 152 155 152 0 0 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 7.2 $8,928,354 All-Star
Kent Mercker 30 L L 6' 1" 175 Feb 1, 1968 10 32 30 32 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.2 $1,300,000
Matt Morris 23 R R 6' 5" 210 Aug 9, 1974 2 17 17 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.5 $300,000
Darren Oliver 27 R L 6' 2" 200 Oct 6, 1970 6 11 10 11 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.3 $
Luis Ordaz 22 R R 5' 11" 170 Aug 12, 1975 2 57 47 57 57 0 0 0 1 2 54 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -1.2 $172,500
Donovan Osborne 29 B L 6' 2" 195 Jun 21, 1969 6 14 14 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $3,750,000
Tom Pagnozzi 35 R R 6' 0" 190 Jul 30, 1962 12 51 42 51 44 0 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 -0.5 $2,100,000
Lance Painter 30 L L 6' 1" 195 Jul 21, 1967 6 65 0 62 65 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $430,000
Mark Petkovsek 32 R R 6' 0" 185 Nov 18, 1965 6 48 10 46 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $475,000
Placido Polanco 22 R R 5' 10" 190 Oct 10, 1975 1st 45 29 45 40 0 0 0 14 0 28 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 -0.6 $170,000
Cliff Politte 24 R R 5' 11" 185 Feb 27, 1974 1st 8 8 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.1 $170,000
Brady Raggio 25 R R 6' 4" 210 Sep 17, 1972 2 4 1 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $
Todd Stottlemyre 33 L R 6' 3" 195 May 20, 1965 11 23 23 22 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.5 $4,900,000
Fernando Tatis 23 R R 5' 11" 185 Jan 1, 1975 2 55 52 55 55 0 0 0 0 55 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $170,000
Bobby Witt 34 R R 6' 2" 190 May 11, 1964 13 17 5 16 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
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

Brian Jordan
Ron Gant
Delino DeShields
J.D. Drew
Gary Gaetti
Royce Clayton
Luis Ordaz
Fernando Tatis
Shawn Gilbert
Pat Kelly
David Howard
Ray Lankford

Tom Pagnozzi
Bryan Eversgerd
Brian Hunter
Luis Ordaz
Fernando Tatis
Rich Croushore
Mark McGwire
Eli Marrero
David Bell
Placido Polanco
Lance Painter

David Howard
Todd Stottlemyre
Donovan Osborne
Darren Oliver
Matt Morris
Bobby Witt
Kent Bottenfield
Manny Aybar

Cliff Politte
Kent Mercker
Jeff Brantley
Mark Petkovsek
John Mabry
Sean Lowe
Joe McEwing
Tom Lampkin
John Frascatore

Willie McGee
Jose Jimenez
Luis Ordaz
Juan Acevedo
Mike Busby
Braden Looper
Curtis King
Mark Little
Brady Raggio
Placido Polanco

1997 / 1999 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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