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2009 St. Louis Cardinals Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 2008)
91-71, 1st place in NL Central
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Scored 730 runs, Allowed 640 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 91-71
Manager: Tony LaRussa (91-71)
Ballpark: Busch Stadium III (ballparks.com)

Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 99, Pitching - 98;   one-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 97
Postseason:  Lost NL Division Series (3-0) to Los Angeles Dodgers
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2008 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 29 L L 6' 1" 210 Jul 19, 1979 7 122 90 122 101 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 66 27 101 0 26 0 $2,825,000.00
Brian Barden 28 R R 5' 11" 185 Apr 2, 1981 4 52 24 52 48 0 0 0 1 46 4 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 $400,000.00
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
Blaine Boyer 27 R R 6' 3" 215 Jul 11, 1981 5 15 0 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chris Carpenter 34 R R 6' 6" 215 Apr 27, 1975 12 28 28 26 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $13,302,583.00
Mark DeRosa 34 R R 6' 1" 195 Feb 26, 1975 12 68 61 68 66 0 0 3 2 63 0 2 0 1 3 0 4 0
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 $825,000.00
Ryan Franklin 36 R R 6' 3" 165 Mar 5, 1973 11 62 0 60 62 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $2,500,000.00 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 $400,000.00
Troy Glaus 32 R R 6' 5" 245 Aug 3, 1976 12 14 5 14 9 0 0 2 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 $12,137,000.00
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 $6,500,000.00
Tyler Greene 25 R R 6' 2" 180 Aug 17, 1983 1st 48 29 48 44 0 0 1 7 11 30 0 1 0 1 0 7 3
Blake Hawksworth 26 R R 6' 3" 195 Mar 1, 1983 1st 30 0 28 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
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
Josh Kinney 30 R R 6' 1" 195 Mar 31, 1979 3 17 0 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $405,000.00
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 $950,000.00
Kyle Lohse 30 R R 6' 2" 190 Dec 4, 1978 11 23 22 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $7,437,500.00
Ryan Ludwick 30 R L 6' 3" 203 Jul 13, 1978 8 139 122 139 134 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 133 134 0 15 0 $3,700,000.00
Julio Lugo 33 R R 5' 10" 165 Nov 16, 1975 12 51 35 51 48 0 0 0 30 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 9 1
Kyle McClellan 25 R R 6' 4" 205 Jun 12, 1984 2 66 0 64 66 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $411,000.00
Trever Miller 36 R L 6' 3" 175 May 29, 1973 12 70 0 68 70 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $500,000.00
Yadier Molina 26 R R 5' 11" 225 Jul 13, 1982 6 140 136 140 138 0 138 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 $3,312,500.00 All-Star
Clayton Mortensen 24 R R 6' 4" 180 Apr 10, 1985 1st 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jason Motte 27 R R 6' 0" 195 Jun 22, 1982 2 69 0 66 69 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $400,000.00
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
Chris Perez 23 R R 6' 4" 225 Jul 1, 1985 2 29 0 28 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joel Pineiro 30 R R 6' 1" 180 Sep 25, 1978 11 33 32 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 $7,500,000.00
Albert Pujols 29 R R 6' 3" 210 Jan 16, 1980 9 160 158 160 159 0 0 159 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 $14,427,326.00 All-Star
Colby Rasmus 22 L L 6' 2" 195 Aug 11, 1986 1st 147 114 147 135 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 124 6 135 0 20 1 $400,000.00
Dennys Reyes 32 R L 6' 3" 246 Apr 19, 1977 16 75 0 72 75 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,000,000.00
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 7 0 5 0
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 $403,000.00
Skip Schumaker 29 L R 5' 10" 175 Feb 3, 1980 5 153 128 153 144 0 0 0 133 0 0 39 6 11 54 0 19 0 $430,000.00
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
Nick Stavinoha 27 R R 6' 2" 225 May 3, 1982 2 39 21 39 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 10 23 1 16 0
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 $650,000.00
Joe Thurston 29 L R 5' 11" 175 Sep 29, 1979 6 124 64 124 97 0 0 0 47 68 0 5 0 0 5 0 43 4 $475,000.00
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
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 $2,787,500.00
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
Todd Wellemeyer 30 R R 6' 3" 195 Aug 30, 1978 9 30 21 30 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 $4,050,000.00
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.

2008 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played