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2006 St. Louis Cardinals Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
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83-78, Finished 1st in NL Central
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Scored 781 runs, Allowed 762 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 82-79
Manager: Tony LaRussa (83-78)
Ballpark: Busch Stadium III (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 3,407,104 (2nd of 16)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 99, Pitching - 99;   one-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 98
World Series Champs
Postseason:  Won World Series (4-1) over Detroit Tigers
Won NL Championship Series (4-3) over New York Mets
Won NL Division Series (3-1) over San Diego Padres
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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
Ron Belliard 31 R R 5' 8" 180 Apr 7, 1975 9 54 53 54 54 0 0 0 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Gary Bennett 34 R R 6' 0" 190 Apr 17, 1972 11 60 43 60 57 0 56 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 $800,000.00
Larry Bigbie 28 L R 6' 4" 190 Nov 4, 1977 6 17 4 17 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 1 12 0 9 0 $900,000.00
Chris Carpenter 31 R R 6' 6" 215 Apr 27, 1975 9 32 30 30 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $5,000,000.00 All-Star
Chris Duncan 25 L R 6' 5" 210 May 5, 1981 2 90 67 90 78 0 0 11 0 0 0 49 0 24 70 1 19 0
David Eckstein 31 R R 5' 6" 170 Jan 20, 1975 6 123 119 123 120 0 0 0 0 0 120 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 $3,333,333.00 All-Star
Jim Edmonds 36 L L 6' 1" 190 Jun 27, 1970 14 110 96 110 104 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 99 0 99 0 10 1 $12,074,702.00
Juan Encarnacion 30 R R 6' 2" 160 Mar 8, 1976 10 153 139 153 148 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 32 125 148 0 10 0 $3,500,000.00
Brian Falkenborg 28 R R 6' 6" 195 Jan 18, 1978 4 5 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Randy Flores 30 L L 6' 0" 180 Jul 31, 1975 4 65 0 60 65 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $350,000.00
John Gall 28 R R 6' 0" 195 Apr 2, 1978 2 8 1 8 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 7 0
Josh Hancock 28 R R 6' 3" 217 Apr 11, 1978 5 62 0 60 62 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $355,000.00
Jason Isringhausen 33 R R 6' 3" 195 Sep 7, 1972 11 59 0 57 59 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $8,750,000.00
Tyler Johnson 25 B L 6' 2" 180 Jun 7, 1981 2 56 0 51 56 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Josh Kinney 27 R R 6' 1" 195 Mar 31, 1979 1st 21 0 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Braden Looper 31 R R 6' 5" 225 Oct 28, 1974 9 69 0 65 69 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $3,500,000.00
Hector Luna 26 R R 6' 1" 170 Feb 1, 1980 3 76 56 76 71 0 0 6 41 2 14 17 0 1 18 1 7 1 $340,000.00
Jason Marquis 27 L R 6' 1" 185 Aug 21, 1978 7 46 32 45 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 $5,150,000.00
Aaron Miles 29 B R 5' 8" 170 Dec 15, 1976 4 135 104 135 125 0 0 0 88 1 39 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 $350,000.00
Yadier Molina 23 R R 5' 11" 225 Jul 13, 1982 3 129 118 129 129 0 127 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 $400,000.00
Mark Mulder 28 L L 6' 6" 200 Aug 5, 1977 7 17 16 16 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $7,750,000.00
Chris Narveson 24 L L 6' 3" 205 Dec 20, 1981 1st 5 1 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Nelson 27 R R 6' 1" 190 Mar 3, 1979 1st 8 0 8 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
Timo Perez 31 L L 5' 9" 167 Apr 8, 1975 7 23 4 23 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 7 1 15 1
Sidney Ponson 29 R R 6' 1" 225 Nov 2, 1976 9 14 12 12 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,000,000.00
Albert Pujols 26 R R 6' 3" 210 Jan 16, 1980 6 143 142 143 143 0 0 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 $14,000,000.00 All-Star
Anthony Reyes 24 R R 6' 2" 215 Oct 16, 1981 2 18 15 16 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Ricardo Rincon 36 L L 6' 0" 190 Apr 13, 1970 10 5 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,200,000.00
John Rodriguez 28 L L 6' 0" 205 Jan 20, 1978 2 102 37 102 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 0 15 51 1 57 0 $332,000.00
Scott Rolen 31 R R 6' 4" 240 Apr 4, 1975 11 142 141 142 142 0 0 0 0 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $12,456,336.00 All-Star
Mike Rose 29 B R 6' 1" 185 Aug 25, 1976 3 10 0 10 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Skip Schumaker 26 L R 5' 10" 175 Feb 3, 1980 2 28 10 28 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 5 9 25 0 7 1 $329,000.00
Jorge Sosa 29 R R 6' 2" 177 Apr 28, 1977 5 19 0 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scott Spiezio 33 B R 6' 2" 205 Sep 21, 1972 11 119 61 119 82 0 0 13 8 38 0 35 0 0 35 5 43 0
Jeff Suppan 31 R R 6' 1" 200 Jan 2, 1975 12 32 30 30 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $4,000,000.00
So Taguchi 36 R R 5' 10" 163 Jul 2, 1969 5 134 71 134 124 0 0 0 1 0 0 70 59 7 123 0 21 1 $825,000.00
Brad Thompson 24 R R 6' 1" 190 Jan 31, 1982 2 43 1 41 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $334,000.00
Jose Vizcaino 38 B R 6' 1" 180 Mar 26, 1968 18 16 3 16 9 0 0 1 2 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
Adam Wainwright 24 R R 6' 7" 205 Aug 30, 1981 2 61 0 58 61 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $327,000.00
Jeff Weaver 29 R R 6' 5" 200 Aug 22, 1976 8 17 15 17 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Preston Wilson 31 R R 6' 2" 193 Jul 19, 1974 9 33 28 33 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 5 19 28 0 5 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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