1998 St. Louis Cardinals Roster (40-man)

1997 Season 1999 Season

Record: 83-79-1, Finished 3rd in NL_Central (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Tony La Russa (83-79-1)

General Manager: Walt Jocketty

Scouting Director: Ed Creech

Ballpark: 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

Pythagorean W-L: 84-78, 810 Runs, 782 Runs Allowed

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Full-Season Roster & Games by Position

Full-Season Roster & Games by Position
Name	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	mx MX	R	R	6' 2"	245	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	do DO	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	-0.7	$175,000
David Bell	25	us US	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	us US	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	0.7	$800,000
Jeff Brantley	34	us US	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	us US	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	0.2	$172,500
Royce Clayton	28	us US	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	0.8	$3,500,000
Rich Croushore	27	us US	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	-0.2
Delino DeShields	29	us US	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	1.7	$3,000,000
J.D. Drew	22	us US	L	R	6' 1"	200	Nov 20, 1975	1st	14	8	14	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	2	5	11	0	4	0	0.9
Bryan Eversgerd	29	us US	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	-0.5	$185,000
John Frascatore	28	us US	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	0.4	$240,000
Gary Gaetti	39	us US	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	1.3	$1,000,000
Ron Gant	33	us US	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	1.8	$5,500,000
Shawn Gilbert	33	us US	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	us US	B	R	6' 0"	165	Feb 26, 1967	8	46	23	46	45	0	0	0	19	14	16	0	2	1	2	0	4	3	-0.1	$850,000
Brian Hunter	30	us US	R	L	6' 0"	195	Mar 4, 1968	7	62	23	62	35	0	0	10	0	0	0	16	0	11	25	1	31	0	-0.2	$300,000
José Jiménez	24	do DO	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	us US	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	7.0	$3,700,000
Pat Kelly	30	us US	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	0.1	$325,000
Curtis King	27	us US	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	us US	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	0.2	$500,000
Ray Lankford	31	us US	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	6.2	$4,666,667
Mark Little	25	us US	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	0.0
Braden Looper	23	us US	R	R	6' 4"	210	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	us US	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	us US	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	-2.0	$1,400,000
Eli Marrero	24	cu CU	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	0.8	$172,500
Joe McEwing	25	us US	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	us US	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	-0.5	$1,400,000
Mark McGwire	34	us US	R	R	6' 5"	215	Oct 1, 1963	13	155	152	155	151	0	0	151	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	7.5	$8,928,354	All-Star
Kent Mercker	30	us US	L	L	6' 1"	175	Feb 1, 1968	10	32	30	32	30	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	$1,300,000
Matt Morris	23	us US	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	us US	R	L	6' 3"	250	Oct 6, 1970	6	11	10	11	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.2
Luis Ordaz	22	ve VE	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	-1.0	$172,500
Donovan Osborne	29	us US	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	0.5	$3,750,000
Tom Pagnozzi	35	us US	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	-0.3	$2,100,000
Lance Painter	30	gb GB	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	0.4	$430,000
Mark Petkovsek	32	us US	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	0.1	$475,000
Plácido Polanco	22	do DO	R	R	5' 9"	190	Oct 10, 1975	1st	45	29	45	40	0	0	0	14	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	-0.4	$170,000
Cliff Politte	24	us US	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	-0.9	$170,000
Brady Raggio	25	us US	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	us US	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	2.7	$4,900,000
Fernando Tatís	23	do DO	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	0.9	$170,000
Bobby Witt	34	us US	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	-0.3
Name	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

Coaching Staff

Coaching Staff
Name	Age		DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date
Tony La Russa HOF	53	us US	Oct 4, 1944	Manager	Mar 31	Sep 27
Carney Lansford	41	us US	Feb 7, 1957	Bench	Mar 31	Sep 27
Dave Parker	47	us US	Jun 9, 1951	Hitting	Mar 31	Sep 27
Dave Duncan	52	us US	Sep 26, 1945	Pitching	Mar 31	Sep 27
Dave McKay	48	ca CA	Mar 14, 1950	First base	Mar 31	Sep 27
Rene Lachemann	53	us US	May 4, 1945	Third base	Mar 31	Sep 27
Mark DeJohn	44	us US	Sep 18, 1953		Mar 31	Sep 27
Name	Age		DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date