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1999 St. Louis Cardinals

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1998 / 2000

75-86, Finished 4th in NL Central (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Tony LaRussa (75-86)
Scored 809 runs, Allowed 838 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 78-83

Ballparks: Busch Stadium II · Attendance: 3,225,334 (3rd of 16)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 101, Pitching - 101 · one-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 101

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1998 / 2000 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 29 R R 6' 2" 243 May 5, 1970 4 50 12 49 50 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 $475,000
Rick Ankiel 19 L L 6' 2" 225 Jul 19, 1979 1st 9 5 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 $200,000
Manny Aybar 27 R R 6' 1" 165 May 4, 1972 3 67 1 63 65 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -1.0 $210,000
Alan Benes 27 R R 6' 5" 215 Jan 21, 1972 4 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $550,000
Ricky Bottalico 29 L R 6' 1" 200 Aug 26, 1969 6 68 0 65 68 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $2,300,000
Kent Bottenfield 30 R R 6' 3" 225 Nov 14, 1968 7 31 31 30 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 $850,000 All-Star
Darren Bragg 29 L R 5' 9" 180 Sep 7, 1969 6 93 69 93 88 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 43 33 98 0 10 0 0.8 $800,000
Mike Busby 26 R R 6' 4" 210 Dec 27, 1972 4 15 0 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $220,000
Alberto Castillo 29 R R 6' 0" 184 Feb 10, 1970 5 93 74 93 91 0 91 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1.0 $225,000
Rich Croushore 28 R R 6' 4" 210 Aug 7, 1970 2 59 0 56 59 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $205,000
Eric Davis 37 R R 6' 2" 165 May 29, 1962 15 58 50 58 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 50 53 2 5 2 0.2 $3,420,840
J.D. Drew 23 L R 6' 1" 200 Nov 20, 1975 2 104 93 104 98 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 97 0 98 0 8 0 2.4 $1,791,688
Shawon Dunston 36 R R 6' 1" 175 Mar 21, 1963 15 62 29 62 39 0 0 8 0 5 7 9 11 4 24 2 23 1 0.2 $610,000
Rick Heiserman 26 R R 6' 7" 225 Feb 22, 1973 1st 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
David Howard 32 B R 6' 0" 165 Feb 26, 1967 9 52 21 52 38 0 0 9 9 4 13 3 1 1 5 0 14 4 -0.1 $950,000
Thomas Howard 34 B R 6' 2" 200 Dec 11, 1964 10 98 39 98 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 45 48 1 52 0 0.4 $325,000
Marcus Jensen 26 B R 6' 4" 195 Dec 14, 1972 4 16 10 16 14 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.2 $
Jose Jimenez 25 R R 6' 3" 170 Jul 7, 1973 2 31 28 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -0.7 $200,000
Adam Kennedy 23 L R 6' 1" 195 Jan 10, 1976 1st 33 26 33 29 0 0 0 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 -0.5 $200,000
Curtis King 28 R R 6' 5" 200 Oct 25, 1970 3 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $210,000
Ray Lankford 32 L L 5' 11" 180 Jun 5, 1967 10 122 104 122 106 0 0 0 0 0 0 105 2 0 107 1 15 0 3.8 $6,600,000
Larry Luebbers 29 R R 6' 6" 190 Oct 11, 1969 2 8 8 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $212,000
Eli Marrero 25 R R 6' 1" 180 Nov 17, 1973 3 114 80 114 106 0 96 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 12 -0.7 $210,000
Joe McEwing 26 R R 5' 10" 170 Oct 19, 1972 2 152 128 152 144 0 0 2 96 6 1 32 23 19 74 0 12 1 1.7 $200,000
Willie McGee 40 B R 6' 1" 175 Nov 2, 1958 18 132 39 132 91 0 0 3 0 0 0 31 19 43 93 0 55 2 -2.6 $1,000,000
Mark McGwire 35 R R 6' 5" 215 Oct 1, 1963 14 153 150 153 151 0 0 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5.5 $9,358,667 All-Star
Kent Mercker 31 L L 6' 1" 175 Feb 1, 1968 11 26 18 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.1 $2,500,000
Mike Mohler 30 R L 6' 2" 195 Jul 26, 1968 7 48 0 46 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $490,000
Darren Oliver 28 R L 6' 2" 200 Oct 6, 1970 7 35 30 34 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 4.1 $3,550,000
Luis Ordaz 23 R R 5' 11" 170 Aug 12, 1975 3 10 2 10 9 0 0 0 1 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.0 $210,000
Donovan Osborne 30 B L 6' 2" 195 Jun 21, 1969 7 6 6 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $5,080,000
Lance Painter 31 L L 6' 1" 195 Jul 21, 1967 7 56 4 55 56 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $800,000
Craig Paquette 30 R R 6' 0" 190 Mar 28, 1969 7 48 37 48 44 0 0 6 7 10 0 3 0 25 28 0 6 0 0.8 $300,000
Eduardo Perez 29 R R 6' 4" 215 Sep 11, 1969 7 21 8 21 11 0 0 5 0 0 0 6 0 0 6 0 11 0 0.5 $
Placido Polanco 23 R R 5' 10" 190 Oct 10, 1975 2 88 48 88 80 0 0 0 66 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 14 2 -1.0 $
Scott Radinsky 31 L L 6' 3" 190 Mar 3, 1968 9 43 0 41 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $2,500,000
Edgar Renteria 22 R R 6' 1" 200 Aug 7, 1976 4 154 140 154 151 0 0 0 0 0 151 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 1.4 $2,000,000
Heathcliff Slocumb 33 R R 6' 3" 180 Jun 7, 1966 9 40 0 38 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.6 $200,000
Clint Sodowsky 26 L R 6' 3" 180 Jul 13, 1972 5 3 1 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
Garrett Stephenson 27 R R 6' 4" 195 Jan 2, 1972 4 18 12 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $215,000
Fernando Tatis 24 R R 5' 11" 185 Jan 1, 1975 3 149 147 149 147 0 0 0 0 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3.2 $270,000
Mark Thompson 28 R R 6' 2" 205 Apr 7, 1971 6 5 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $
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.

Edgar Renteria

Thomas Howard

J.D. Drew

Adam Kennedy

Luis Ordaz

Ray Lankford

Shawon Dunston
Craig Paquette

Darren Bragg

Fernando Tatis

Eric Davis

Mark McGwire

Eli Marrero

Placido Polanco

Lance Painter

David Howard

Alberto Castillo

Donovan Osborne

Mike Mohler

Darren Oliver

Scott Radinsky

Kent Bottenfield

Manny Aybar

Alan Benes

Kent Mercker
Mark Thompson

Rich Croushore

Joe McEwing

Rick Heiserman
Eduardo Perez

Jose Jimenez

Clint Sodowsky

Willie McGee

Ricky Bottalico

Juan Acevedo

Mike Busby

Garrett Stephenson

Curtis King

Heathcliff Slocumb

Marcus Jensen

Rick Heiserman

Larry Luebbers

Rick Ankiel

1998 / 2000 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers