1997 St. Louis Cardinals Roster (40-man)

1996 Season 1998 Season

Record: 73-89-0, Finished 4th in NL_Central (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Tony La Russa (73-89)

General Manager: Walt Jocketty

Scouting Director: Marty Maier

Ballpark: Busch Stadium II

Attendance: 2,634,014 (4th of 14)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 99
One-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 99

Pythagorean W-L: 79-83, 689 Runs, 708 Runs Allowed

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Full-Season Roster & Games by Position

Full-Season Roster & Games by Position
Name	Age	Birth	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
Manny Aybar	25	do DO	R	R	6' 1"	165	May 4, 1972	1st	12	12	11	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.4
Rich Batchelor	30	us US	R	R	6' 1"	195	Apr 8, 1967	3	10	0	10	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.4	$157,500
José Bautista	32	do DO	R	R	6' 1"	177	Jul 26, 1964	9	11	0	10	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2	$150,000
David Bell	24	us US	R	R	5' 10"	170	Sep 14, 1972	3	66	34	66	62	0	0	0	23	35	13	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	-0.9	$170,000
Rigo Beltrán	27	mx MX	L	L	5' 11"	185	Nov 13, 1969	1st	35	4	34	35	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.4	$150,000
Alan Benes	25	us US	R	R	6' 5"	215	Jan 21, 1972	3	23	23	22	23	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.5	$240,000
Andy Benes	29	us US	R	R	6' 6"	235	Aug 20, 1967	9	26	26	25	26	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.5	$4,850,000
Jeff Berblinger	26	us US	R	R	6' 0"	190	Nov 19, 1970	1st	7	1	7	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	-0.2
Mike Busby	24	us US	R	R	6' 4"	210	Dec 27, 1972	2	3	3	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.4
Royce Clayton	27	us US	R	R	6' 0"	175	Jan 2, 1970	7	154	145	154	153	0	0	0	0	0	153	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2.7	$2,650,000	All-Star
Delino DeShields	28	us US	L	R	6' 1"	170	Jan 15, 1969	8	150	137	150	147	0	0	0	147	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	4.2	$1,600,000
Mike Difelice	28	us US	R	R	6' 2"	205	May 28, 1969	2	93	81	93	92	0	91	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	-0.2	$152,500
Dennis Eckersley HOF	42	us US	R	R	6' 2"	190	Oct 3, 1954	23	57	0	54	57	57	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	$1,625,000
Tony Fossas	39	cu CU	L	L	6' 0"	195	Sep 23, 1957	10	71	0	68	71	71	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.8	$750,000
Micah Franklin	25	us US	B	R	6' 0"	205	Apr 25, 1972	1st	17	7	17	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	9	13	0	6	0	0.3
John Frascatore	27	us US	R	R	6' 1"	200	Feb 4, 1970	3	59	0	57	59	59	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	$155,000
Gary Gaetti	38	us US	R	R	6' 0"	180	Aug 19, 1958	17	148	131	148	139	1	0	20	0	132	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	2	1.9	$2,100,000
Mike Gallego	36	us US	R	R	5' 8"	160	Oct 31, 1960	13	27	11	27	25	0	0	0	11	7	10	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	-0.2
Ron Gant	32	us US	R	R	6' 0"	172	Mar 2, 1965	10	139	126	139	128	0	0	0	0	0	0	128	0	0	128	1	13	0	0.8	$4,500,000
Scarborough Green	23	us US	B	R	5' 10"	170	Jun 9, 1974	1st	20	5	20	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	12	0	19	0	2	5	-0.2	$150,000
Mike Gulan	26	us US	R	R	6' 1"	192	Dec 18, 1970	1st	5	1	5	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	-0.2
Rick Honeycutt	43	us US	L	L	6' 1"	185	Jun 29, 1954	21	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1	$500,000
Danny Jackson	35	us US	R	L	6' 0"	205	Jan 5, 1962	15	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.5	$4,600,000
Brian Jordan	30	us US	R	R	6' 1"	205	Mar 29, 1967	6	47	37	47	44	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	30	44	0	5	0	0.8	$3,300,000
Curtis King	26	us US	R	R	6' 5"	200	Oct 25, 1970	1st	30	0	28	30	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	$150,000
Tom Lampkin	33	us US	L	R	5' 11"	180	Mar 4, 1964	8	108	56	108	86	0	86	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	38	3	0.5	$500,000
Ray Lankford	30	us US	L	L	5' 11"	180	Jun 5, 1967	8	133	130	133	131	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	131	0	131	0	2	0	5.3	$4,466,667	All-Star
Scott Livingstone	31	us US	L	R	6' 0"	190	Jul 15, 1965	7	42	2	42	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	38	0	-0.6
Sean Lowe	26	us US	R	R	6' 2"	205	Mar 29, 1971	1st	6	4	5	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.8
Eric Ludwick	25	us US	R	R	6' 5"	210	Dec 14, 1971	2	5	0	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.3	$155,000
John Mabry	26	us US	L	R	6' 4"	195	Oct 17, 1970	4	116	105	116	112	0	0	49	0	1	0	4	6	71	78	0	6	0	0.3	$390,000
Eli Marrero	23	cu CU	R	R	6' 1"	180	Nov 17, 1973	1st	17	13	17	17	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.3
T.J. Mathews	27	us US	R	R	6' 2"	200	Jan 9, 1970	3	40	0	39	40	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.1	$240,000
Willie McGee	38	us US	B	R	6' 1"	175	Nov 2, 1958	16	122	52	122	81	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	18	53	81	3	56	3	0.7	$1,300,000
Tom McGraw	29	us US	L	L	6' 2"	195	Dec 8, 1967	1st	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1
Mark McGwire	33	us US	R	R	6' 5"	215	Oct 1, 1963	12	51	49	51	50	0	0	50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2.0
Roberto Mejía	25	do DO	R	R	5' 11"	160	Apr 14, 1972	4	7	4	7	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	3	0	-0.5	$185,000
Matt Morris	22	us US	R	R	6' 5"	210	Aug 9, 1974	1st	34	33	34	33	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4.1	$150,000
Luis Ordaz	21	ve VE	R	R	5' 11"	170	Aug 12, 1975	1st	12	6	12	11	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.1
Donovan Osborne	28	us US	B	L	6' 2"	195	Jun 21, 1969	5	14	14	13	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	$2,750,000
Tom Pagnozzi	34	us US	R	R	6' 0"	190	Jul 30, 1962	11	25	12	25	16	0	13	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	-0.1	$1,650,000
Lance Painter	29	gb GB	L	L	6' 1"	195	Jul 21, 1967	5	14	0	14	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1	$375,000
Mark Petkovsek	31	us US	R	R	6' 0"	185	Nov 18, 1965	5	55	2	53	55	55	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1.2	$325,000
Phil Plantier	28	us US	L	R	6' 0"	175	Jan 27, 1969	8	42	32	42	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	23	32	0	10	0	0.1
Brady Raggio	24	us US	R	R	6' 4"	210	Sep 17, 1972	1st	15	4	15	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.8
Steve Scarsone	31	us US	R	R	6' 2"	170	Apr 11, 1966	6	5	3	5	4	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	-0.1
Danny Sheaffer	35	us US	R	R	6' 0"	185	Aug 2, 1961	7	76	25	76	56	0	9	0	3	30	0	13	2	9	22	0	28	0	-1.1	$425,000
Todd Stottlemyre	32	us US	L	R	6' 3"	195	May 20, 1965	10	29	28	29	28	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.5	$4,100,000
Mark Sweeney	27	us US	L	L	6' 1"	195	Oct 26, 1969	3	44	11	44	28	0	0	4	0	0	0	10	0	15	25	0	23	0	-0.4	$185,000
Fernando Valenzuela	36	mx MX	L	L	5' 11"	180	Nov 1, 1960	17	5	5	4	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.6
Dmitri Young	23	us US	B	R	6' 2"	295	Oct 11, 1973	2	110	86	110	90	0	0	74	0	0	0	9	0	10	17	1	19	0	0.3	$155,000
Name	Age	Birth	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

Coaching Staff

Coaching Staff
Name	Age	Birth	DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date
Tony La Russa HOF	52	us US	Oct 4, 1944	Manager	Apr 1	Sep 28
George Hendrick	47	us US	Oct 18, 1949	Hitting	Apr 1	Sep 28
Dave Duncan	51	us US	Sep 26, 1945	Pitching	Apr 1	Sep 28
Dave McKay	47	ca CA	Mar 14, 1950	First base	Apr 1	Sep 28
Rene Lachemann	52	us US	May 4, 1945	Third base	Apr 1	Sep 28
Mark DeJohn	43	us US	Sep 18, 1953		Apr 1	Sep 28
Carney Lansford	40	us US	Feb 7, 1957	Coach	Apr 1	Sep 28
Name	Age	Birth	DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date