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1998 St. Louis Cardinals Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1997 / 1999)
83-79, Finished 3rd in NL Central
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Scored 810 runs, Allowed 782 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 84-78
Manager: Tony LaRussa (83-79)
Ballpark: Busch Stadium II (ballparks.com)
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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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
Juan Acevedo 28 R R 6' 2" 195 May 5, 1970 3 50 7 48 50 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $200,000.00
Manuel Aybar 26 R R 6' 1" 165 May 4, 1972 2 20 12 18 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $175,000.00
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 $200,000.00
Kent Bottenfield 29 R R 6' 3" 237 Nov 14, 1968 6 44 15 42 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $800,000.00
Jeff Brantley 34 R R 5' 11" 190 Sep 5, 1963 11 48 0 46 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $2,800,000.00
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 $172,500.00
Royce Clayton 28 R R 6' 0" 183 Jan 2, 1970 8 90 86 90 89 0 0 0 0 0 89 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 $3,500,000.00
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
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 $3,000,000.00
J.D. Drew 22 L R 6' 1" 195 Nov 20, 1975 1st 14 8 14 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 5 11 0 4 0
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 $185,000.00
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 $240,000.00
Gary Gaetti 39 R R 6' 0" 200 Aug 19, 1958 18 91 79 91 86 1 0 3 1 83 0 0 0 1 1 0 7 0 $1,000,000.00
Ron Gant 33 R R 6' 0" 192 Mar 2, 1965 11 121 101 121 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 104 0 0 104 0 19 0 $5,500,000.00
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
David Howard 31 B R 6' 0" 175 Feb 26, 1967 8 46 23 46 45 0 0 0 19 14 16 0 2 1 2 0 4 3 $850,000.00
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 26 1 31 0 $300,000.00
Jose Jimenez 24 R R 6' 3" 228 Jul 7, 1973 1st 4 3 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brian Jordan 31 R R 6' 1" 205 Mar 29, 1967 7 150 137 150 141 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 33 124 141 3 7 1 $3,700,000.00
Pat Kelly 30 R R 6' 0" 182 Oct 14, 1967 8 53 35 53 43 0 0 0 41 0 2 3 0 0 3 0 11 0 $325,000.00
Curtis King 27 R R 6' 5" 205 Oct 25, 1970 2 36 0 32 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tom Lampkin 34 L R 5' 11" 185 Mar 4, 1964 9 93 54 93 69 0 62 2 0 0 0 4 0 1 5 0 29 0 $500,000.00
Ray Lankford 31 L L 5' 11" 198 Jun 5, 1967 9 154 138 154 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 145 0 145 1 16 0 $4,666,667.00
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
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 $170,000.00
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
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 80 0 32 0 $1,400,000.00
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 $172,500.00
Joe McEwing 25 R R 5' 11" 170 Oct 19, 1972 1st 10 4 10 7 0 0 0 6 0 0 1 1 1 3 0 5 1
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 88 3 46 0 $1,400,000.00
Mark McGwire 34 R R 6' 5" 225 Oct 1, 1963 13 155 152 155 152 0 0 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 $8,928,354.00 All-Star
Kent Mercker 30 L L 6' 2" 195 Feb 1, 1968 10 32 30 32 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 $1,300,000.00
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 $300,000.00
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
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 $172,500.00
Donovan Osborne 29 B L 6' 2" 210 Jun 21, 1969 6 14 14 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $3,750,000.00
Tom Pagnozzi 35 R R 6' 1" 190 Jul 30, 1962 12 51 42 51 44 0 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 $2,100,000.00
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 $430,000.00
Mark Petkovsek 32 R R 6' 0" 185 Nov 18, 1965 6 48 8 46 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $475,000.00
Placido Polanco 22 R R 5' 10" 168 Oct 10, 1975 1st 45 29 45 40 0 0 0 14 0 28 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 $170,000.00
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 $170,000.00
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
Todd Stottlemyre 33 L R 6' 3" 195 May 20, 1965 11 23 22 22 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $4,900,000.00
Fernando Tatis 23 R R 6' 1" 175 Jan 1, 1975 2 55 52 55 55 0 0 0 0 55 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $170,000.00
Bobby Witt 34 R R 6' 2" 205 May 11, 1964 13 17 5 16 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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.

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