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1999 St. Louis Cardinals Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1998 / 2000)
75-86, Finished 4th in NL Central
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Scored 809 runs, Allowed 838 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 78-83
Manager: Tony LaRussa (75-86)
Ballpark: Busch Stadium II (ballparks.com)
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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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 29 R R 6' 2" 195 May 5, 1970 4 50 11 49 50 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $475,000.00
Rick Ankiel 19 L L 6' 1" 210 Jul 19, 1979 1st 9 5 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $200,000.00
Manuel 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 $210,000.00
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 $550,000.00
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 $2,300,000.00
Kent Bottenfield 30 R R 6' 3" 237 Nov 14, 1968 7 31 30 30 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $850,000.00 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 88 0 10 0 $800,000.00
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 $220,000.00
Alberto Castillo 29 R R 6' 0" 185 Feb 10, 1970 5 93 74 93 91 0 91 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 $225,000.00
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 $205,000.00
Eric Davis 37 R R 6' 3" 185 May 29, 1962 15 58 50 58 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 50 51 2 5 2 $3,420,840.00
J.D. Drew 23 L R 6' 1" 195 Nov 20, 1975 2 104 93 104 98 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 97 0 98 0 8 0 $1,791,688.00
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 23 2 23 1 $610,000.00
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
David Howard 32 B R 6' 0" 175 Feb 26, 1967 9 52 21 52 38 0 0 9 9 4 13 3 1 1 5 0 14 4 $950,000.00
Thomas Howard 34 B R 6' 2" 205 Dec 11, 1964 10 98 39 98 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 45 48 1 52 0 $325,000.00
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
Jose Jimenez 25 R R 6' 3" 228 Jul 7, 1973 2 31 26 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 $200,000.00
Adam Kennedy 23 L R 6' 1" 192 Jan 10, 1976 1st 33 26 33 29 0 0 0 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 $200,000.00
Curtis King 28 R R 6' 5" 205 Oct 25, 1970 3 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $210,000.00
Ray Lankford 32 L L 5' 11" 198 Jun 5, 1967 10 122 104 122 106 0 0 0 0 0 0 105 2 0 106 1 15 0 $6,600,000.00
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 $212,000.00
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 $210,000.00
Joe McEwing 26 R R 5' 11" 170 Oct 19, 1972 2 152 128 152 144 0 0 2 96 6 1 32 23 19 66 0 12 1 $200,000.00
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 90 0 55 2 $1,000,000.00
Mark McGwire 35 R R 6' 5" 225 Oct 1, 1963 14 153 150 153 151 0 0 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 $9,358,667.00 All-Star
Kent Mercker 31 L L 6' 2" 195 Feb 1, 1968 11 26 18 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 $2,500,000.00
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 $490,000.00
Darren Oliver 28 R L 6' 2" 200 Oct 6, 1970 7 35 29 34 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 $3,550,000.00
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
Donovan Osborne 30 B L 6' 2" 210 Jun 21, 1969 7 6 6 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $5,080,000.00
Lance Painter 31 L L 6' 1" 195 Jul 21, 1967 7 56 3 55 56 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $800,000.00
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 27 0 6 0 $300,000.00
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
Placido Polanco 23 R R 5' 10" 168 Oct 10, 1975 2 88 48 88 80 0 0 0 66 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 14 2
Scott Radinsky 31 L L 6' 3" 204 Mar 3, 1968 9 43 0 41 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $2,500,000.00
Edgar Renteria 23 R R 6' 1" 172 Aug 7, 1975 4 154 140 154 151 0 0 0 0 0 151 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 $2,000,000.00
Heathcliff Slocumb 33 R R 6' 3" 220 Jun 7, 1966 9 40 0 38 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $200,000.00
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
Garrett Stephenson 27 R R 6' 4" 185 Jan 2, 1972 4 18 12 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $215,000.00
Fernando Tatis 24 R R 6' 1" 175 Jan 1, 1975 3 149 147 149 147 0 0 0 0 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 $270,000.00
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
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.

1998 / 2000 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played