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2009 St. Louis Cardinals

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 2008 / 2010

91-71, Finished 1st in NL Central (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Tony LaRussa (91-71)
Scored 730 runs, Allowed 640 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 91-71

Ballparks: Busch Stadium III · Attendance: 3,343,252 (3rd of 16)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 98, Pitching - 97 · one-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 97

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2008 / 2010 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 29 L L 6' 2" 225 Jul 19, 1979 7 122 90 122 101 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 66 27 118 0 26 0 0.3 $2,825,000
Brian Barden 28 R R 5' 11" 200 Apr 2, 1981 3 52 24 52 48 0 0 0 1 46 4 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0.1 $400,000
Mitchell Boggs 25 R R 6' 4" 215 Feb 15, 1984 2 16 9 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Blaine Boyer 27 R R 6' 3" 245 Jul 11, 1981 5 15 0 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Chris Carpenter 34 R R 6' 6" 230 Apr 27, 1975 12 28 28 26 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.0 $13,302,583
Mark DeRosa 34 R R 6' 0" 220 Feb 26, 1975 12 68 61 68 66 0 0 3 2 63 0 2 0 1 3 0 4 0 0.9 $
Chris Duncan 28 L R 6' 5" 210 May 5, 1981 5 87 71 87 72 0 0 6 0 0 0 68 0 0 68 4 15 0 -1.0 $825,000
Ryan Franklin 36 R R 6' 3" 190 Mar 5, 1973 10 62 0 60 62 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.6 $2,500,000 All-Star
David Freese 26 R R 6' 2" 220 Apr 28, 1983 1st 17 5 17 10 0 1 3 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0.2 $400,000
Troy Glaus 32 R R 6' 5" 220 Aug 3, 1976 12 14 5 14 9 0 0 2 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 -0.3 $12,137,000
Khalil Greene 29 R R 5' 11" 210 Oct 21, 1979 7 77 39 77 46 0 0 0 0 16 30 0 0 0 0 0 38 0 -0.9 $6,500,000
Tyler Greene 25 R R 6' 2" 190 Aug 17, 1983 1st 48 29 48 44 0 0 1 7 11 30 0 1 0 1 0 7 3 0.0 $
Blake Hawksworth 26 R R 6' 3" 200 Mar 1, 1983 1st 30 0 28 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 $
Jarrett Hoffpauir 26 R R 5' 9" 190 Jun 18, 1983 1st 8 2 8 6 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.3 $
Matt Holliday 29 R R 6' 4" 235 Jan 15, 1980 6 63 62 63 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 62 0 0 62 0 1 0 2.6 $
Josh Kinney 30 R R 6' 1" 215 Mar 31, 1979 3 17 0 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $405,000
Jason LaRue 35 R R 5' 11" 200 Mar 19, 1974 11 51 26 51 45 0 43 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0.2 $950,000
Kyle Lohse 30 R R 6' 2" 210 Oct 4, 1978 9 23 22 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $7,437,500
Ryan Ludwick 30 R L 6' 3" 215 Jul 13, 1978 7 139 122 139 134 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 133 135 0 15 0 2.0 $3,700,000
Julio Lugo 33 R R 6' 1" 175 Nov 16, 1975 10 51 35 51 48 0 0 0 30 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 0.4 $
Kyle McClellan 25 R R 6' 2" 215 Jun 12, 1984 2 66 0 64 66 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $411,000
Trever Miller 36 R L 6' 3" 200 May 29, 1973 11 70 0 68 70 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $500,000
Yadier Molina 26 R R 5' 11" 230 Jul 13, 1982 6 140 136 140 138 0 138 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2.7 $3,312,500 All-Star
Clayton Mortensen 24 R R 6' 4" 185 Apr 10, 1985 1st 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Jason Motte 27 R R 6' 0" 200 Jun 22, 1982 2 69 0 66 69 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $400,000
Matt Pagnozzi 26 R R 6' 2" 205 Nov 10, 1982 1st 6 0 6 6 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 $
Chris Perez 23 R R 6' 4" 230 Jul 1, 1985 2 29 0 28 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Joel Pineiro 30 R R 6' 0" 200 Sep 25, 1978 10 33 32 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.2 $7,500,000
Albert Pujols 29 R R 6' 3" 230 Jan 16, 1980 9 160 158 160 159 0 0 159 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 8.8 $14,427,326 All-Star
Colby Rasmus 22 L L 6' 2" 200 Aug 11, 1986 1st 147 114 147 135 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 124 6 139 0 20 1 2.7 $400,000
Dennys Reyes 32 R L 6' 3" 250 Apr 19, 1977 13 75 0 72 75 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $1,000,000
Shane Robinson 24 R R 5' 9" 160 Oct 30, 1984 1st 11 5 11 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 6 9 0 5 0 -0.7 $
Brendan Ryan 27 R R 6' 2" 195 Mar 26, 1982 3 129 105 129 121 0 0 0 19 0 105 0 0 0 0 0 12 2 3.5 $403,000
Skip Schumaker 29 L R 5' 10" 195 Feb 3, 1980 5 153 128 153 144 0 0 0 133 0 0 39 6 11 56 0 19 0 1.5 $430,000
John Smoltz 42 R R 6' 3" 210 May 15, 1967 21 7 7 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Nick Stavinoha 27 R R 6' 2" 240 May 3, 1982 2 39 21 39 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 10 23 1 16 0 -0.4 $
Brad Thompson 27 R R 6' 1" 190 Jan 31, 1982 5 32 8 31 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $650,000
Joseph Thurston 29 L R 5' 11" 210 Sep 29, 1979 6 124 64 124 97 0 0 0 47 68 0 5 0 0 5 0 43 4 -0.5 $475,000
Jess Todd 23 R R 5' 11" 210 Apr 20, 1986 1st 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Adam Wainwright 27 R R 6' 7" 205 Aug 30, 1981 5 40 34 39 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 6.4 $2,787,500
P.J. Walters 24 R R 6' 4" 200 Mar 12, 1985 1st 8 1 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.0 $
Todd Wellemeyer 30 R R 6' 2" 215 Aug 30, 1978 7 30 21 30 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -2.5 $4,050,000
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.

Khalil Greene

Yadier Molina

Albert Pujols

Mark DeRosa

Troy Glaus

David Freese
Julio Lugo

Brendan Ryan

Matt Holliday

Chris Duncan

Matt Pagnozzi
Nick Stavinoha

Jason LaRue

Joseph Thurston

Brian Barden
David Freese

Rick Ankiel

Kyle Lohse

Tyler Greene

Colby Rasmus

Chris Carpenter

John Smoltz
Jess Todd

Ryan Franklin

Shane Robinson

Jarrett Hoffpauir
Chris Perez

Joel Pineiro

Dennys Reyes

Todd Wellemeyer

Mitchell Boggs

Trever Miller

Kyle McClellan

Ryan Ludwick

Brad Thompson

Adam Wainwright

Josh Kinney

Blake Hawksworth

Blaine Boyer
Clayton Mortensen

Skip Schumaker

Jason Motte

P.J. Walters

2008 / 2010 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers