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Record: 69-93 .426.... 5th in National League East
Stadium: Busch Stadium II
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 1,278,215

Top Draft Pick: Bob Hicks (#15) AA
Manager - 0 -, 0 -, Ken Boyer

Affiliates - AAA Springfield Redbirds AA Arkansas Travelers A+ St. Petersburg Cardinals A Gastonia Cardinals Rk Johnson City Cardinals Rk Calgary Cardinals

Team Leaders

HR: Simmons [22]
RBI: Simmons [80]
2B: Simmons [40]
SB: Templeton [34]
W: Denny [14]
SV: Littell [11]
SO: Vuckovich [149]

Oldest Player: Lou Brock [39]
Youngest Player: Terry Kennedy [22]
Longest Tenure: Lou Brock [14]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Terry Kennedy (Sep 4) Jim Lentine (Sep 3) Mike Ramsey (Sep 4)
Pitchers: George Frazier (May 25) Dan O'Brien (Sep 4)

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Organizational Roster of Batters

Player	Pos	Age	Team	Level
Jorge Aranzamendi			Arkansas	AA
Benny Ayala	OF	27	Springfield	AAA
Joe Baciotti	OF		Gastonia	A
Jose Baez	2B	24	Springfield	AAA
Lawrence Bashaw			Gastonia	A
Earl Bass	P		Springfield	AAA
	P		Arkansas	AA
Peter Beattie	OF		Calgary	Rk
Fulvio Bertolotti	C		St. Petersburg	A+
Dave Bialas	OF	24	Springfield	AAA
	OF		Arkansas	AA
George Bjorkman	C	22	Gastonia	A
	C		Johnson City	Rk
David Boyer	3B		Arkansas	AA
Claudio Brito			Johnson City	Rk
Lou Brock	OF	39	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Glenn Brummer	C	23	Arkansas	AA
Tom Bruno	P	25	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	P		Springfield	AAA
Mark Bumstead	IF		St. Petersburg	A+
Kerry Burchett	P		Gastonia	A
Timothy Burzette			Calgary	Rk
Alvin Bush			Calgary	Rk
Dennis Caira			Calgary	Rk
Mike Calise	3B		Springfield	AAA
	3B		Arkansas	AA
Jose Caraballo			Johnson City	Rk
			Calgary	Rk
Mike Carpenter	OF		Calgary	Rk
Manny Castillo	3B	21	Springfield	AAA
Rick Cheshire	OF		St. Petersburg	A+
Dennis Cirbo	C		St. Petersburg	A+
	C		Gastonia	A
	C		Johnson City	Rk
Bob Coluccio	OF	26	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	OF		Springfield	AAA
Pat Darcy	P	28	Arkansas	AA
Edward Daves			Springfield	AAA
Dennis Delany	C	22	Calgary	Rk
John Denny	P	25	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Joe DeSa	1B	19	St. Petersburg	A+
	1B		Gastonia	A
Raymond Donaghu			Arkansas	AA
Eugene Dotson			Arkansas	AA
Rob Dressler	P	24	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Ricky Duncan			Johnson City	Rk
Leon Durham	1B-OF	21	Arkansas	AA
Jim Dwyer	OF	28	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Joe Edelen	P	23	Springfield	AAA
	P		Arkansas	AA
Pete Falcone	P	24	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Ronald Farkas			Springfield	AAA
Neil Fiala	IF	22	Arkansas	AA
	IF		St. Petersburg	A+
Michael Fisarkiewicz			St. Petersburg	A+
Bob Forsch	P	28	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
George Frazier	P	23	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	P		Springfield	AAA
Roger Freed	OF	32	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
John Fulgham	P	22	Arkansas	AA
Nelson Garcia			Springfield	AAA
			Arkansas	AA
Wayne Garrett	3B-2B	30	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Jeffrey Gowan			Johnson City	Rk
Leroy Grossini	SS		Gastonia	A
Julian Gutierrez			St. Petersburg	A+
			Gastonia	A
Dave Hamilton	P	30	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Robert Harrison			Arkansas	AA
George Hendrick	OF	28	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Keith Hernandez	1B	24	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Tom Herr	2B	22	Springfield	AAA
	2B		Arkansas	AA
Jimmy Hickman	OF-3B		Johnson City	Rk
Bob Hicks	1B		Johnson City	Rk
Brett Houser	P		Arkansas	AA
Randy Howell	OF		St. Petersburg	A+
	OF		Gastonia	A
Frank Hunsaker	C	24	Springfield	AAA
	C		Arkansas	AA
	C		Gastonia	A
Dane Iorg	1B-OF	28	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	1B-OF		Springfield	AAA
David Johnson	P		St. Petersburg	A+
Jerry Johnson	C		Gastonia	A
David Kable	1B		Johnson City	Rk
Terry Kennedy	C	22	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	C		Springfield	AAA
	C		Arkansas	AA
Mark Klein	P	24	Arkansas	AA
Ryan Kurosaki	P	26	Arkansas	AA
Tito Landrum	OF-LF	23	St. Petersburg	A+
William LaRosa	P	23	Calgary	Rk
Jim Lentine	OF	24	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	OF		Springfield	AAA
	OF		Arkansas	AA
Roosevelt Lett	3B		Calgary	Rk
Danny Liggins			Calgary	Rk
Mark Littell	P	25	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
John Littlefield	P	24	Arkansas	AA
Aurelio Lopez	P	30	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Epifanio Martinez			Gastonia	A
Silvio Martinez	P	23	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Carlos Matos			Calgary	Rk
James McIntyre			Gastonia	A
James McKnight			Calgary	Rk
Theis Meyer			St. Petersburg	A+
Kelly Miller	SS		Johnson City	Rk
Rhadames Mills			Gastonia	A
			Johnson City	Rk
Jerry Morales	OF	29	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Tim Mueller	P		Johnson City	Rk
	P		Calgary	Rk
Jerry Mumphrey	OF	26	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Rich Murray	1B	21	Gastonia	A
	1B		Johnson City	Rk
Nyls Nyman	OF	24	Springfield	AAA
Ken Oberkfell	3B-2B	22	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	3B-2B		Springfield	AAA
Dan O'Brien	P	24	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	P		Arkansas	AA
Al Olmsted	P	21	Arkansas	AA
Kelly Paris	3B-2B	20	St. Petersburg	A+
	3B-2B		Gastonia	A
David Penniall			Arkansas	AA
Jose Perez			Calgary	Rk
John Perlongo	IF		Calgary	Rk
Mike Phillips	SS-2B	28	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Walt Pierce	3B		Gastonia	A
Jerry Poston	1B-OF		Gastonia	A
Mike Potter	OF	27	Springfield	AAA
	OF		Arkansas	AA
Patrick Proulx			Calgary	Rk
Mike Ramsey	SS-2B	24	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	SS-2B		Springfield	AAA
Eric Rasmussen	P	26	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Jim Reeves	OF	23	St. Petersburg	A+
	OF		Gastonia	A
Ken Reitz	3B	27	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Frank Riccelli	P	25	Springfield	AAA
Jim Riggleman	3B	25	Arkansas	AA
Ray Rivas	IF		Calgary	Rk
Gene Roof	OF	20	St. Petersburg	A+
William Rothan	P		Springfield	AAA
Ken Rudolph	C	31	Springfield	AAA
William Schopp	P		Gastonia	A
Buddy Schultz	P	28	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
John Scott	OF	26	Springfield	AAA
Tony Scott	OF	27	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Ray Searage	P	23	Gastonia	A
Larry Silver			St. Petersburg	A+
			Gastonia	A
Ted Simmons	C-1B	29	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Everett Smith	2B		Johnson City	Rk
Len Strelitz	P	22	Arkansas	AA
Gary Sutherland	2B-SS	34	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Steve Swisher	C	27	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
John Tamargo	C	26	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	C		Springfield	AAA
Felix Tejeda			Johnson City	Rk
Garry Templeton	SS	22	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Randy Thomas	SS		Arkansas	AA
Roy Thomas	P	25	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Freddie Tisdale	SS		Arkansas	AA
Tommy Toms	P	26	Springfield	AAA
Jeff Toothman	1B-OF		St. Petersburg	A+
	1B-OF		Gastonia	A
Mike Tyson	2B	28	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
John Urrea	P	23	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	P		Springfield	AAA
Juan Vega			St. Petersburg	A+
			Gastonia	A
			Johnson City	Rk
Pete Vuckovich	P	25	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Tye Waller	3B-OF	21	St. Petersburg	A+
Reginald Ward	OF		Calgary	Rk
Daniel Winslow	C		St. Petersburg	A+
	C		Gastonia	A
Harold Witt	SS-3B		St. Petersburg	A+
	SS-3B		Gastonia	A
Michael Wolters			St. Petersburg	A+
			Gastonia	A
Paul Wysocki	P		Calgary	Rk
Jeff Young	OF		Calgary	Rk
Felipe Zayas			St. Petersburg	A+

Organizational Roster of Pitchers

Player	Age	Team	Level
Scott Arigoni		Johnson City	Rk
Al Autry	26	Springfield	AAA
Lawrence Bashaw		Gastonia	A
Earl Bass		Springfield	AAA
		Arkansas	AA
Michael Bradley		Calgary	Rk
Tom Bruno	25	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	25	Springfield	AAA
Mark Bumstead		St. Petersburg	A+
Kerry Burchett		Gastonia	A
		Johnson City	Rk
Tom Chamberlain		St. Petersburg	A+
Glenn Comoletti		St. Petersburg	A+
Curtis Coward		Calgary	Rk
Pat Darcy	28	Arkansas	AA
Mark David		Johnson City	Rk
Chris Davis		St. Petersburg	A+
Luis DeLeon	20	Johnson City	Rk
John Denny	25	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Raymond Donaghu		Arkansas	AA
Rob Dressler	24	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	24	Springfield	AAA
Joe Edelen	23	Springfield	AAA
	23	Arkansas	AA
Hector Eduardo		St. Petersburg	A+
Pete Falcone	24	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Fernando Figuereo		Gastonia	A
Bob Forsch	28	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
George Frazier	23	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	23	Springfield	AAA
John Fulgham	22	Arkansas	AA
Dennis Gadowski		Johnson City	Rk
Jim Gott	19	St. Petersburg	A+
	19	Gastonia	A
Kenneth Grassano		Gastonia	A
Dave Hamilton	30	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Robert Harrison		Arkansas	AA
John Harshbarger		Gastonia	A
		Johnson City	Rk
Richard Hay		Johnson City	Rk
		Calgary	Rk
Brett Houser		Arkansas	AA
		St. Petersburg	A+
Scott Imbach		Calgary	Rk
David Johnson		St. Petersburg	A+
David Jorn		St. Petersburg	A+
Arno Kirchenwitz		St. Petersburg	A+
Mark Klein	24	Arkansas	AA
Ryan Kurosaki	26	Springfield	AAA
	26	Arkansas	AA
Donald Lamer		Gastonia	A
William LaRosa	23	Calgary	Rk
Mark Littell	25	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Jeff Little	23	Johnson City	Rk
John Littlefield	24	Arkansas	AA
Chris Lombardo		St. Petersburg	A+
		Johnson City	Rk
Aurelio Lopez	30	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	30	Springfield	AAA
Michael Lowes		Gastonia	A
		Johnson City	Rk
Silvio Martinez	23	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	23	Springfield	AAA
Theis Meyer		St. Petersburg	A+
Billy Meza		Gastonia	A
Kevin Morrissey		Gastonia	A
Dennis Morton		Gastonia	A
		Johnson City	Rk
Rich Murray	21	Gastonia	A
Dan O'Brien	24	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	24	Springfield	AAA
	24	Arkansas	AA
Al Olmsted	21	Arkansas	AA
	21	Gastonia	A
Jeff Orville		Calgary	Rk
Frank Ostrow		Calgary	Rk
Jim Otten	27	Springfield	AAA
	27	Arkansas	AA
Jose Perez		Calgary	Rk
David Picconi		Calgary	Rk
Daniel Pierce		Calgary	Rk
Michael Pope		St. Petersburg	A+
James Propst		Gastonia	A
Eric Rasmussen	26	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Frank Riccelli	25	Springfield	AAA
Andy Rincon	19	Gastonia	A
William Rothan		Springfield	AAA
Ken Rudolph	31	Springfield	AAA
Robert Russell		Johnson City	Rk
William Schopp		Gastonia	A
Jere Schuler		Gastonia	A
Buddy Schultz	28	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Ray Searage	23	Gastonia	A
Ron Selak		Springfield	AAA
Len Strelitz	22	Arkansas	AA
Greg Terlecky	26	Springfield	AAA
Roy Thomas	25	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
William Thomas		Johnson City	Rk
Tommy Toms	26	Springfield	AAA
John Urrea	23	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	23	Springfield	AAA
Tom Vasche		Gastonia	A
		Johnson City	Rk
Axel Vega		Calgary	Rk
Anthony Verano		Johnson City	Rk
Pete Vuckovich	25	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Thomas Wertz		Calgary	Rk
Ray Williams		St. Petersburg	A+
Paul Wysocki		Calgary	Rk