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2008 St. Louis Cardinals Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 2007 / 2009)
86-76, Finished 4th in NL Central
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Scored 779 runs, Allowed 725 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 86-76
Manager: Tony LaRussa (86-76)
Ballpark: Busch Stadium III (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 3,432,917 (3rd of 16)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 99, Pitching - 99;   one-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 99
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2007 / 2009 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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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
Rick Ankiel 28 L L 6' 1" 210 Jul 19, 1979 6 120 100 120 106 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 89 1 106 0 17 1 $900,000.00
Brian Barden 27 R R 5' 11" 185 Apr 2, 1981 2 9 1 9 6 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Brian Barton 26 R R 6' 3" 185 Apr 25, 1982 1st 82 33 82 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 2 10 45 0 44 1 $390,000.00
Mitchell Boggs 24 R R 6' 4" 215 Feb 15, 1984 1st 8 4 6 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chris Carpenter 33 R R 6' 6" 215 Apr 27, 1975 11 4 3 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $10,500,000.00
Chris Duncan 27 L R 6' 5" 210 May 5, 1981 4 76 58 76 61 0 0 21 0 0 0 43 0 2 45 1 17 0 $439,000.00
Randy Flores 32 L L 6' 0" 180 Jul 31, 1975 6 43 0 41 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,000,000.00
Ryan Franklin 35 R R 6' 3" 165 Mar 5, 1973 9 74 0 70 74 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $2,250,000.00
Jaime Garcia 21 L L 6' 2" 200 Jul 8, 1986 1st 10 1 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Troy Glaus 31 R R 6' 5" 245 Aug 3, 1976 11 151 148 151 149 0 0 4 0 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 $12,500,000.00
Jason Isringhausen 35 R R 6' 3" 195 Sep 7, 1972 13 42 0 37 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $8,000,000.00
Cesar Izturis 28 B R 5' 9" 155 Feb 10, 1980 8 135 111 135 133 0 0 0 0 8 130 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 $2,850,000.00
Kelvin Jimenez 27 R R 6' 0" 180 Oct 27, 1980 2 15 0 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mark L. Johnson 32 L R 6' 0" 185 Sep 12, 1975 8 10 4 10 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Adam Kennedy 32 L R 6' 1" 192 Jan 10, 1976 10 115 83 115 95 0 0 3 84 0 0 1 0 9 10 1 25 0 $3,500,000.00
Josh Kinney 29 R R 6' 1" 195 Mar 31, 1979 2 7 0 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $390,000.00
Jason LaRue 34 R R 5' 11" 200 Mar 19, 1974 10 61 44 61 57 0 57 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 $850,000.00
Kyle Lohse 29 R R 6' 2" 190 Dec 4, 1978 8 33 31 31 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $4,250,000.00
Braden Looper 33 R R 6' 5" 225 Oct 28, 1974 11 42 31 40 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 $5,500,000.00
Felipe Lopez 28 B R 6' 1" 175 May 12, 1980 8 43 38 43 43 0 0 1 23 13 5 8 0 1 9 0 2 0
Ryan Ludwick 29 R L 6' 3" 203 Jul 13, 1978 6 152 132 152 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 14 124 149 0 13 1 $411,000.00 All-Star
Joe Mather 25 R R 6' 4" 195 Jul 23, 1982 1st 54 27 54 47 0 0 4 0 1 0 25 15 15 44 0 19 4
Kyle McClellan 24 R R 6' 4" 205 Jun 12, 1984 1st 68 0 62 68 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $390,000.00
Aaron Miles 31 B R 5' 8" 170 Dec 15, 1976 6 134 81 134 109 1 0 0 85 11 27 4 1 1 6 0 34 0 $1,400,000.00
Yadier Molina 25 R R 5' 11" 225 Jul 13, 1982 5 124 116 124 119 0 119 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 $1,812,500.00
Jason Motte 26 R R 6' 0" 195 Jun 22, 1982 1st 12 0 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mark Mulder 30 L L 6' 6" 200 Aug 5, 1977 9 3 1 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $7,000,000.00
Mike Parisi 25 R R 6' 3" 215 Apr 18, 1983 1st 12 2 10 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chris Perez 22 R R 6' 4" 225 Jul 1, 1985 1st 41 0 38 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Josh Phelps 30 R R 6' 3" 215 May 12, 1978 8 19 6 19 8 0 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 2 5 0 11 1
Joel Pineiro 29 R R 6' 1" 180 Sep 25, 1978 9 31 23 30 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 $5,500,000.00
Albert Pujols 28 R R 6' 3" 210 Jan 16, 1980 8 148 143 148 144 0 0 144 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 $13,870,949.00 All-Star
Anthony Reyes 26 R R 6' 2" 215 Oct 16, 1981 4 10 0 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $392,500.00
Brendan Ryan 26 R R 6' 2" 195 Mar 26, 1982 2 80 47 80 66 0 0 0 23 5 40 1 0 3 3 0 16 7 $393,000.00
Skip Schumaker 28 L R 5' 10" 175 Feb 3, 1980 4 153 120 153 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 56 79 33 151 0 12 1 $396,000.00
Russ Springer 39 R R 6' 4" 195 Nov 7, 1968 16 70 0 64 70 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $3,500,000.00
Nick Stavinoha 26 R R 6' 2" 225 May 3, 1982 1st 29 11 29 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 5 18 3 14 1
Brad Thompson 26 R R 6' 1" 190 Jan 31, 1982 4 26 6 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $414,000.00
Ron Villone 38 L L 6' 3" 230 Jan 16, 1970 14 74 0 72 74 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $600,000.00
Adam Wainwright 26 R R 6' 7" 205 Aug 30, 1981 4 25 20 25 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 $687,500.00
Rico Washington 30 L R 5' 9" 195 May 30, 1978 1st 14 2 14 6 0 0 0 1 4 0 1 0 1 2 0 9 0 $390,000.00
Todd Wellemeyer 29 R R 6' 3" 195 Aug 30, 1978 6 33 31 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 $1,000,000.00
Mark Worrell 25 R R 6' 1" 215 Mar 8, 1983 1st 4 0 4 4 4 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.

2007 / 2009 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played