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2008 St. Louis Cardinals

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 2007 / 2009

86-76, Finished 4th in NL Central (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Tony LaRussa (86-76)
Scored 779 runs, Allowed 725 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 86-76

Ballparks: Busch Stadium III · 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 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
Rick Ankiel 28 L L 6' 2" 225 Jul 19, 1979 6 120 100 120 106 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 89 1 107 0 17 1 3.4 $900,000
Brian Barden 27 R R 5' 11" 200 Apr 2, 1981 2 9 1 9 6 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 -0.1 $
Brian Barton 26 R R 6' 3" 190 Apr 25, 1982 1st 82 33 82 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 2 10 48 0 44 1 0.2 $390,000
Mitchell Boggs 24 R R 6' 4" 215 Feb 15, 1984 1st 8 6 6 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.0 $
Chris Carpenter 33 R R 6' 6" 230 Apr 27, 1975 11 4 3 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $10,500,000
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 0.3 $439,000
Randy Flores 32 L L 6' 0" 190 Jul 31, 1975 6 43 0 41 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $1,000,000
Ryan Franklin 35 R R 6' 3" 190 Mar 5, 1973 9 74 0 70 74 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $2,250,000
Jaime Garcia 21 L L 6' 2" 215 Jul 8, 1986 1st 10 1 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Troy Glaus 31 R R 6' 5" 220 Aug 3, 1976 11 151 148 151 149 0 0 4 0 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3.7 $12,500,000
Jason Isringhausen 35 R R 6' 3" 235 Sep 7, 1972 13 42 0 37 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.0 $8,000,000
Cesar Izturis 28 B R 5' 9" 180 Feb 10, 1980 8 135 111 135 133 0 0 0 0 8 130 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 1.5 $2,850,000
Kelvin Jimenez 27 R R 6' 2" 195 Oct 27, 1980 2 15 0 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Mark 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 -0.2 $
Adam Kennedy 32 L R 6' 1" 195 Jan 10, 1976 10 115 83 115 95 0 0 3 84 0 0 1 0 9 10 1 25 0 1.4 $3,500,000
Josh Kinney 29 R R 6' 1" 215 Mar 31, 1979 2 7 0 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $390,000
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 0.2 $850,000
Kyle Lohse 29 R R 6' 2" 210 Oct 4, 1978 8 33 33 31 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.8 $4,250,000
Braden Looper 33 R R 6' 5" 225 Oct 28, 1974 11 42 33 40 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 1.5 $5,500,000
Felipe Lopez 28 B R 6' 0" 205 May 12, 1980 8 43 38 43 43 0 0 1 23 13 5 8 0 1 9 0 2 0 1.5 $
Ryan Ludwick 29 R L 6' 3" 215 Jul 13, 1978 6 152 132 152 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 14 124 167 0 13 1 4.5 $411,000 All-Star
Joe Mather 25 R R 6' 4" 215 Jul 23, 1982 1st 54 27 54 47 0 0 4 0 1 0 25 15 15 55 0 19 4 0.5 $
Kyle McClellan 24 R R 6' 2" 215 Jun 12, 1984 1st 68 0 62 68 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $390,000
Aaron Miles 31 B R 5' 8" 180 Dec 15, 1976 6 134 81 134 109 1 0 0 85 11 27 4 1 1 6 0 34 0 1.8 $1,400,000
Yadier Molina 25 R R 5' 11" 230 Jul 13, 1982 5 124 116 124 119 0 119 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 1.6 $1,812,500
Jason Motte 26 R R 6' 0" 200 Jun 22, 1982 1st 12 0 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
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 -0.1 $7,000,000
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 -1.2 $
Chris Perez 22 R R 6' 4" 230 Jul 1, 1985 1st 41 0 38 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Josh Phelps 30 R R 6' 3" 225 May 12, 1978 8 19 6 19 8 0 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 2 5 0 11 1 -0.2 $
Joel Pineiro 29 R R 6' 0" 200 Sep 25, 1978 9 31 25 30 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 -1.1 $5,500,000
Albert Pujols 28 R R 6' 3" 230 Jan 16, 1980 8 148 143 148 144 0 0 144 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 9.6 $13,870,949 All-Star
Anthony Reyes 26 R R 6' 2" 230 Oct 16, 1981 4 10 0 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $392,500
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 4 0 16 7 0.3 $393,000
Skip Schumaker 28 L R 5' 10" 195 Feb 3, 1980 4 153 120 153 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 56 79 33 168 0 12 1 2.1 $396,000
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 1.2 $3,500,000
Nick Stavinoha 26 R R 6' 2" 240 May 3, 1982 1st 29 11 29 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 5 18 4 14 1 -0.9 $
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 -0.2 $414,000
Ron Villone 38 L L 6' 3" 245 Jan 16, 1970 14 74 0 72 74 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $600,000
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 2.6 $687,500
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 -0.1 $390,000
Todd Wellemeyer 29 R R 6' 2" 215 Aug 30, 1978 6 33 32 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.1 $1,000,000
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 -0.1 $
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.

Cesar Izturis

Yadier Molina

Albert Pujols

Adam Kennedy

Troy Glaus

Aaron Miles

Brendan Ryan

Chris Duncan

Jason LaRue

Felipe Lopez

Brian Barden
Anthony Reyes

Rick Ankiel

Kyle Lohse

Ron Villone

Chris Carpenter

Mark Mulder

Ryan Franklin

Josh Phelps

Randy Flores

Joel Pineiro

Russ Springer

Todd Wellemeyer

Braden Looper

Jason Isringhausen

Kyle McClellan

Ryan Ludwick

Brad Thompson

Adam Wainwright

Josh Kinney

Mark Johnson

Brian Barton

Skip Schumaker

Kelvin Jimenez

Josh Phelps
Rico Washington

Jason Motte

Nick Stavinoha

Brian Barden
Joe Mather

Chris Perez

Jaime Garcia

Mike Parisi

Mark Worrell

Mitchell Boggs

2007 / 2009 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers