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Record: 59-43 .578.... th in National League East
Stadium: Busch Stadium II
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 1,010,247

Top Draft Pick: Bob Meacham (#8) MLB
Manager - Whitey Herzog

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

Team Leaders

HR: Hendrick [18]
RBI: Hendrick [61]
2B: Hernandez [27]
SB: Herr [23]
W: Forsch [10]
SV: Sutter [25]
SO: Sutter [57]

Oldest Player: Jim Kaat [42]
Youngest Player: David Green [20]
Longest Tenure: Bob Forsch, Keith Hernandez [8]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Glenn Brummer (May 25) Neil Fiala (Sep 3) David Green (Sep 4) Gene Roof (Sep 3) Orlando Sanchez (May 6)
Pitchers: Luis DeLeon (Sep 6) Joe Edelen (Apr 18)

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Organizational Roster of Batters

Player	Pos	Age	Team	Level
Jim Adduci	LF-1B	22	Arkansas	AA
	LF-1B		St. Petersburg	A+
Joaquin Andujar	P	28	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Jorge Aranzamendi			Springfield	AAA
			Arkansas	AA
Jon Ayer	SS	22	St. Petersburg	A+
Doug Bair	P	32	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Francisco Batista			Erie	A-
Dave Bialas	OF	27	Springfield	AAA
George Bjorkman	C	25	Springfield	AAA
Steve Braun	OF-3B	33	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Glenn Brummer	C	26	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	C		Springfield	AAA
Kerry Burchett	P		Arkansas	AA
James Burns			Johnson City	Rk
Mike Calise	3B		Springfield	AAA
Jose Cazares			Gastonia	A
Gary Cicatiello	OF-1B		St. Petersburg	A+
	OF-1B		Gastonia	A
Galen Cisco	OF		Johnson City	Rk
Ralph Citarella	P	23	Arkansas	AA
Mark Corey	OF	25	Springfield	AAA
John Del Monte	OF		St. Petersburg	A+
	OF		Gastonia	A
Dennis Delany	C	25	Arkansas	AA
Luis DeLeon	P	23	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Joe DeSa	1B	22	Springfield	AAA
John DiGiola	C-OF	20	Johnson City	Rk
Eugene Dotson			Springfield	AAA
Jeff Doyle	2B	24	Arkansas	AA
Joe Edelen	P	26	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Richard Federici	OF-1B	22	Erie	A-
Neil Fiala	IF	25	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	IF		Springfield	AAA
Bill Fink	OF		Johnson City	Rk
Curt Ford	RF-LF	20	Johnson City	Rk
Bob Forsch	P	31	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Mike Gambeski	3B		Johnson City	Rk
Bob Geren	C	20	St. Petersburg	A+
James Gonzales	C		Johnson City	Rk
Jose Gonzales			St. Petersburg	A+
Julio Gonzalez	2B-SS	28	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Ruben Gotay			Arkansas	AA
Jim Gott	P	22	Arkansas	AA
David Green	1B	20	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	1B		Springfield	AAA
Greg Guin	1B		Erie	A-
Julian Gutierrez			Arkansas	AA
Stan Haas	OF		Johnson City	Rk
Kevin Hagen	P	21	Arkansas	AA
Michael Harris			Gastonia	A
			Erie	A-
George Hendrick	OF	31	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Keith Hernandez	1B	27	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Tom Herr	2B	25	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Bob Hicks	1B		St. Petersburg	A+
	1B		Gastonia	A
Alan Hunsinger	1B		Johnson City	Rk
James Hunt			Erie	A-
Dane Iorg	1B-OF	31	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Donald Jacoby	3B-2B		Gastonia	A
Richard James			Erie	A-
Stan Javier	CF-RF	17	Johnson City	Rk
David Johnson	P		Arkansas	AA
Jerry Johnson			Arkansas	AA
David Jorn			Arkansas	AA
Jim Kaat	P	42	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
David Kable	1B		Arkansas	AA
Jeff Keener	P	22	Arkansas	AA
Kevin Kennedy	C	27	Springfield	AAA
Tito Landrum	OF-LF	26	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Dave LaPoint	P	22	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Jeff Lauck	OF-1B		Johnson City	Rk
Sixto Lezcano	OF	27	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Danny Liggins			Gastonia	A
Mark Littell	P	28	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Brad Luther	SS		Johnson City	Rk
Bill Lyons	2B	23	Erie	A-
John Martin	P	25	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Roger Martin			Erie	A-
Silvio Martinez	P	26	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Stan McCauley	3B	23	Arkansas	AA
	3B		St. Petersburg	A+
Harry McCulia	OF		Gastonia	A
Bob Meacham	SS	21	Gastonia	A
Chuck Menzhuber	2B		Gastonia	A
	2B		Erie	A-
Jose Mesa	P	15	Erie	A-
Rhadames Mills			Arkansas	AA
Alan Moore			Johnson City	Rk
Donnie Moore			Arkansas	AA
			St. Petersburg	A+
Tom Nieto	C	20	Arkansas	AA
Ken Oberkfell	3B-2B	25	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Luis Ojeda			Arkansas	AA
			Gastonia	A
Jim Otten	P	30	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Kelly Paris	3B-2B	23	Springfield	AAA
David Penniall			Springfield	AAA
Jerry Perry			Gastonia	A
Walt Pierce	3B		Gastonia	A
Rafael Pimentel	P	22	Arkansas	AA
Darrell Porter	C	29	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Louis Pratt			Arkansas	AA
Patrick Proulx			St. Petersburg	A+
Mike Ramsey	SS-2B	27	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Mark Riggins	P	24	Arkansas	AA
Jim Riggleman	3B	28	Arkansas	AA
Andy Rincon	P	22	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Steven Roath	OF		Erie	A-
Claudio Rodriguez			Johnson City	Rk
Jose Rodriguez			Johnson City	Rk
Luis Roman			Arkansas	AA
			St. Petersburg	A+
Gene Roof	OF	23	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	OF		Springfield	AAA
Mark Salas	C	20	St. Petersburg	A+
Jose Sanchez			St. Petersburg	A+
			Gastonia	A
Orlando Sanchez	C	25	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	C		Erie	A-
Rafael Santana	SS	23	Springfield	AAA
	SS		Arkansas	AA
Barry Sayler	OF		St. Petersburg	A+
	OF		Gastonia	A
Tony Scott	OF	30	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Bob Shirley	P	27	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Keith Smith	OF	28	Springfield	AAA
Lary Sorensen	P	25	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Mitch Southern	OF		Erie	A-
Ken Spears	OF		Gastonia	A
Dan Stryffeier	OF		Gastonia	A
	OF		Erie	A-
Richard Stuart			Johnson City	Rk
Bruce Sutter	P	28	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Bob Sykes	P	26	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Garry Templeton	SS	25	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Gene Tenace	C-1B	34	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Deron Thomas	IF		Erie	A-
Randy Thomas	SS		Springfield	AAA
Arnold Thrower			St. Petersburg	A+
Jack Tinkler			St. Petersburg	A+
			Gastonia	A
Freddie Tisdale	SS		Springfield	AAA
	SS		Arkansas	AA
Steven Turco	SS		Arkansas	AA
Andy Van Slyke	CF	20	St. Petersburg	A+
Rick Weems	C		Gastonia	A
	C		Erie	A-
Steve Winfield	P		Arkansas	AA
Daniel Winslow	C		Springfield	AAA
	C		Arkansas	AA
Paul Wirkus	OF		Gastonia	A
Michael Wolters			St. Petersburg	A+
Felipe Zayas			Arkansas	AA
			St. Petersburg	A+
Gary Zunino			Gastonia	A

Organizational Roster of Pitchers

Player	Age	Team	Level
John Adams		Erie	A-
Gibson Alba	21	St. Petersburg	A+
	21	Gastonia	A
	21	Erie	A-
Joaquin Andujar	28	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Scott Arigoni		St. Petersburg	A+
Doug Bair	32	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Brian Brown		Gastonia	A
Kerry Burchett		Arkansas	AA
Jose Cazares		Gastonia	A
Ralph Citarella	23	Arkansas	AA
Terry Clark	20	Gastonia	A
Don Collins		St. Petersburg	A+
Russ Davis		St. Petersburg	A+
		Gastonia	A
Luis DeLeon	23	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Tom Dozier	20	St. Petersburg	A+
	20	Gastonia	A
Greg Dunn		Erie	A-
Joe Edelen	26	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Tom Epple		Gastonia	A
Willy Finnegan		Erie	A-
Bob Forsch	31	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Bob Geren	20	St. Petersburg	A+
Ruben Gotay		Arkansas	AA
		St. Petersburg	A+
Jim Gott	22	Arkansas	AA
Kevin Hagen	21	Arkansas	AA
Ricky Horton	22	St. Petersburg	A+
David Johnson		Arkansas	AA
		St. Petersburg	A+
Jerry Johnson		Arkansas	AA
David Jorn		Arkansas	AA
Jim Kaat	42	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Jeff Keener	22	Arkansas	AA
Bobby Kish		St. Petersburg	A+
		Erie	A-
Dave LaPoint	22	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
William LaRosa	26	Erie	A-
Mark Littell	28	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Jeff Little	26	Springfield	AAA
	26	Springfield	AAA
Ovidio Maldonado		Erie	A-
John Martin	25	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	25	Gastonia	A
Silvio Martinez	26	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Brent Milligan		Erie	A-
Alex Neely		St. Petersburg	A+
		Gastonia	A
Jay North		Erie	A-
Jim Otten	30	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Walter Parmenter		Erie	A-
Jerry Perry		Gastonia	A
Walt Pierce		Gastonia	A
Rafael Pimentel	22	Arkansas	AA
Michael Pittman		Gastonia	A
		Erie	A-
Albert Pratt		St. Petersburg	A+
Louis Pratt		Arkansas	AA
Mike Rhodes		Gastonia	A
Mark Riggins	24	Arkansas	AA
Andy Rincon	22	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	22	Arkansas	AA
Robin Robbins		St. Petersburg	A+
Robert Russell		St. Petersburg	A+
Edmund Sanford		St. Petersburg	A+
		Gastonia	A
Bob Shirley	27	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Freddie Silva	22	St. Petersburg	A+
	22	Gastonia	A
Lary Sorensen	25	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Bruce Sutter	28	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Bob Sykes	26	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Luis Taveras		St. Petersburg	A+
Luis Taveras	6	Erie	A-
William Thomas		St. Petersburg	A+
Jeff Warburton		Gastonia	A
Earl Weaver		St. Petersburg	A+
Ray Williams		St. Petersburg	A+
Steve Winfield		Arkansas	AA
Scott Young		Erie	A-