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Major League Baseball

Record: 86-76 .531.... 3rd in National League East
Stadium: Busch Stadium II
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 1,627,256

Top Draft Pick: Andy Van Slyke (#6) MLB
Manager - Ken Boyer

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

Team Leaders

HR: Simmons [26]
RBI: Hernandez [105]
2B: Hernandez [48]
SB: Scott [37]
W: Martinez, Vuckovich [15]
SV: Littell [13]
SO: Vuckovich [145]

Oldest Player: Lou Brock [40]
Youngest Player: Kim Seaman [22]
Longest Tenure: Lou Brock [15]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Tom Herr (Aug 13)
Pitchers: John Fulgham (Jun 19) Kim Seaman (Sep 28)

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Organizational Roster of Batters

Player	Pos	Age	Team	Level
Jorge Aranzamendi			Arkansas	AA
Scott Arigoni	P		Gastonia	A
Jon Ayer	SS	20	Johnson City	Rk
Phil Baskerville	OF		Gastonia	A
	OF		Johnson City	Rk
Fulvio Bertolotti	C		Arkansas	AA
Dave Bialas	OF	25	Springfield	AAA
George Bjorkman	C	23	St. Petersburg	A+
Lou Brock	OF	40	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Glenn Brummer	C	24	Springfield	AAA
Tom Bruno	P	26	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	P		Springfield	AAA
Mark Bumstead	IF		St. Petersburg	A+
Kerry Burchett	P		St. Petersburg	A+
Dennis Caira			Gastonia	A
Mike Calise	3B		St. Petersburg	A+
Jose Caraballo			St. Petersburg	A+
			Johnson City	Rk
Bernie Carbo	OF-RF	32	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Manny Castillo	3B	22	Springfield	AAA
Jose Cazares			St. Petersburg	A+
Tom Chamberlain	P		Springfield	AAA
	P		Arkansas	AA
Reginald Chevalier			Johnson City	Rk
Dennis Cirbo	C		St. Petersburg	A+
Terry Clark	P	18	Johnson City	Rk
Robin Cline			Gastonia	A
Edward Daves			Gastonia	A
Chris Davis			Arkansas	AA
John Del Monte	OF		St. Petersburg	A+
Dennis Delany	C	23	Arkansas	AA
Luis Delmon			Arkansas	AA
			St. Petersburg	A+
John Denny	P	26	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Joe DeSa	1B	20	Arkansas	AA
James Dieters	3B		Johnson City	Rk
Mike Dimmel	OF	24	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	OF		Springfield	AAA
	OF		Arkansas	AA
Eugene Dotson			Arkansas	AA
Jeff Doyle	2B	22	Gastonia	A
Leon Durham	1B-OF	22	Springfield	AAA
Joe Edelen	P	24	Springfield	AAA
	P		Arkansas	AA
Hector Eduardo			Arkansas	AA
Ronald Farkas			Springfield	AAA
Neil Fiala	IF	23	Springfield	AAA
	IF		Arkansas	AA
Bill Fink	OF		Johnson City	Rk
Bob Forsch	P	29	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
George Frazier	P	24	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	P		Springfield	AAA
Roger Freed	OF	33	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	OF		Springfield	AAA
John Fulgham	P	23	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	P		Springfield	AAA
Dennis Gadowski	P		St. Petersburg	A+
Nelson Garcia			St. Petersburg	A+
Tom Grieve	OF	31	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Leroy Grossini	SS		St. Petersburg	A+
Julian Gutierrez			Arkansas	AA
James Harskamp	IF		Gastonia	A
	IF		Johnson City	Rk
George Hendrick	OF	29	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Keith Hernandez	1B	25	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Tom Herr	2B	23	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	2B		Springfield	AAA
Bob Hicks	1B		Gastonia	A
	1B		Johnson City	Rk
Randy Howell	OF		St. Petersburg	A+
	OF		Gastonia	A
Frank Hunsaker	C	25	Springfield	AAA
	C		Arkansas	AA
	C		Gastonia	A
Dane Iorg	1B-OF	29	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Steven Jerman			Johnson City	Rk
David Johnson	P		Arkansas	AA
David Jones			St. Petersburg	A+
David Jorn			St. Petersburg	A+
David Kable	1B		Gastonia	A
Terry Kennedy	C	23	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	C		Springfield	AAA
Arno Kirchenwitz			Arkansas	AA
Darold Knowles	P	37	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Mike Kopala	C		Johnson City	Rk
Ryan Kurosaki	P	27	Springfield	AAA
Tito Landrum	OF-LF	24	Springfield	AAA
	OF-LF		Arkansas	AA
Hal Lanier	SS-2B	37	Springfield	AAA
William LaRosa	P	24	Gastonia	A
Jim Lentine	OF	25	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	OF		Springfield	AAA
Roosevelt Lett	3B		Gastonia	A
	3B		Johnson City	Rk
Danny Liggins			Gastonia	A
			Johnson City	Rk
Mark Littell	P	26	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
John Littlefield	P	25	Springfield	AAA
	P		Arkansas	AA
Silvio Martinez	P	24	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Carlos Matos			Johnson City	Rk
Stan McCauley	3B	21	Gastonia	A
	3B		Johnson City	Rk
Will McEnaney	P	27	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	P		Springfield	AAA
James McIntyre			St. Petersburg	A+
James McKnight			Gastonia	A
Michael Melton			Johnson City	Rk
Rhadames Mills			Gastonia	A
Dennis Morton	P		Gastonia	A
Tim Mueller	P		Gastonia	A
Jerry Mumphrey	OF	27	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Ken Oberkfell	3B-2B	23	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Dan O'Brien	P	25	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	P		Springfield	AAA
Al Olmsted	P	22	Arkansas	AA
Jim Otten	P	28	Springfield	AAA
Kelly Paris	3B-2B	21	St. Petersburg	A+
David Penniall			Springfield	AAA
			Arkansas	AA
John Perlongo	IF		Johnson City	Rk
Mike Phillips	SS-2B	29	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Walt Pierce	3B		Gastonia	A
Michael Pittman			Gastonia	A
Timothy Presko			Johnson City	Rk
Patrick Proulx			Gastonia	A
			Johnson City	Rk
Mike Ramsey	SS-2B	25	Springfield	AAA
Ken Reitz	3B	28	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Jim Riggleman	3B	26	Springfield	AAA
	3B		Arkansas	AA
Andy Rincon	P	20	Arkansas	AA
	P		St. Petersburg	A+
Ray Rivas	IF		St. Petersburg	A+
Ruben Rodriguez			Johnson City	Rk
Luis Roman			Johnson City	Rk
Gene Roof	OF	21	Arkansas	AA
Robert Russell	P		Gastonia	A
Mark Salas	C	18	Johnson City	Rk
Jose Sanchez			Johnson City	Rk
Buddy Schultz	P	29	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Tony Scott	OF	28	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Kim Seaman	P	22	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	P		Springfield	AAA
Ray Searage	P	24	Arkansas	AA
Steven Sherman	P		St. Petersburg	A+
Larry Silver			St. Petersburg	A+
Ted Simmons	C-1B	30	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Everett Smith	2B		Gastonia	A
Keith Smith	OF	26	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	OF		Springfield	AAA
Keith Spreckles	SS		St. Petersburg	A+
	SS		Gastonia	A
Len Strelitz	P	23	Arkansas	AA
John Stuper	P	22	St. Petersburg	A+
Steve Swisher	C	28	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Bob Sykes	P	24	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Felix Tejeda			Johnson City	Rk
Garry Templeton	SS	23	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Greg Terlecky	P	27	Springfield	AAA
Randy Thomas	SS		Arkansas	AA
Roy Thomas	P	26	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	P		Springfield	AAA
Freddie Tisdale	SS		Arkansas	AA
Jeff Toothman	1B-OF		St. Petersburg	A+
Steven Turco	SS		Gastonia	A
Mike Tyson	2B	29	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
John Urrea	P	24	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	P		Springfield	AAA
Pete Vuckovich	P	26	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Tye Waller	3B-OF	22	Arkansas	AA
Ray Williams	P		Arkansas	AA
Daniel Winslow	C		Arkansas	AA
	C		Gastonia	A
Harold Witt	SS-3B		Arkansas	AA
	SS-3B		St. Petersburg	A+
Michael Wolters			St. Petersburg	A+
Felipe Zayas			St. Petersburg	A+
Gary Zunino			Johnson City	Rk

Organizational Roster of Pitchers

Player	Age	Team	Level
Scott Arigoni		Gastonia	A
David Bright		Johnson City	Rk
Robert Brooks		Johnson City	Rk
Tom Bruno	26	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	26	Springfield	AAA
Kerry Burchett		St. Petersburg	A+
Tom Chamberlain		Springfield	AAA
		Arkansas	AA
Ralph Citarella	21	St. Petersburg	A+
	21	Johnson City	Rk
Terry Clark	18	Johnson City	Rk
Rafael Colon		St. Petersburg	A+
		Johnson City	Rk
Mark David		St. Petersburg	A+
Chris Davis		Arkansas	AA
Luis DeLeon	21	Arkansas	AA
	21	St. Petersburg	A+
John Denny	26	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Tom Dozier	18	Johnson City	Rk
Joe Edelen	24	Springfield	AAA
	24	Arkansas	AA
Hector Eduardo		Springfield	AAA
		Arkansas	AA
Tim Fisher	-1	Johnson City	Rk
Bob Forsch	29	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
George Frazier	24	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	24	Springfield	AAA
John Fulgham	23	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	23	Springfield	AAA
Dennis Gadowski		St. Petersburg	A+
		Gastonia	A
Jesus Gonzalez		Johnson City	Rk
Ruben Gotay		Johnson City	Rk
Jim Gott	20	Arkansas	AA
	20	St. Petersburg	A+
	20	Gastonia	A
Joseph Hamende		Springfield	AAA
John Harshbarger		Gastonia	A
David Johnson		Arkansas	AA
Jerry Johnson		Gastonia	A
David Jones		St. Petersburg	A+
		Gastonia	A
David Jorn		St. Petersburg	A+
Arno Kirchenwitz		Arkansas	AA
Darold Knowles	37	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Ryan Kurosaki	27	Springfield	AAA
William LaRosa	24	Gastonia	A
Mark Littell	26	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
John Littlefield	25	Springfield	AAA
	25	Arkansas	AA
	25	Gastonia	A
Silvio Martinez	24	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Will McEnaney	27	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	27	Springfield	AAA
Dennis Morton		St. Petersburg	A+
		Gastonia	A
John Murphy		St. Petersburg	A+
Dan O'Brien	25	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	25	Springfield	AAA
Al Olmsted	22	Arkansas	AA
	22	St. Petersburg	A+
Frank Ostrow		Johnson City	Rk
Jim Otten	28	Springfield	AAA
	28	St. Petersburg	A+
Jose Perez		Johnson City	Rk
Lynn Pinkston		Johnson City	Rk
Michael Pittman		Gastonia	A
		Johnson City	Rk
Mark Riggins	22	Gastonia	A
Andy Rincon	20	Arkansas	AA
	20	St. Petersburg	A+
	20	Johnson City	Rk
Robert Russell		Gastonia	A
Lazoro Santin		Johnson City	Rk
Buddy Schultz	29	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Kim Seaman	22	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	22	Springfield	AAA
Ray Searage	24	Arkansas	AA
Steven Sherman		St. Petersburg	A+
Freddie Silva	20	Gastonia	A
Len Strelitz	23	Arkansas	AA
John Stuper	22	St. Petersburg	A+
Bob Sykes	24	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	24	Springfield	AAA
	24	St. Petersburg	A+
Jeff Taylor		Johnson City	Rk
Felix Tejeda		Johnson City	Rk
Greg Terlecky	27	Springfield	AAA
Roy Thomas	26	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	26	Springfield	AAA
William Thomas		Gastonia	A
Freddie Tisdale		Arkansas	AA
John Urrea	24	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	24	Springfield	AAA
Tom Vasche		Gastonia	A
Axel Vega		Gastonia	A
Pete Vuckovich	26	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Jeff Warburton		Johnson City	Rk
Earl Weaver		Johnson City	Rk
Ray Williams		Arkansas	AA