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Record: 73-89   .451.... 4th in National League Central
Stadium: Busch Stadium II
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 2,634,014
Payroll: $44,179,167
Top Draft Pick: Adam Kennedy (#20)   MLB
Manager - Tony LaRussa

Affiliates - AAA Louisville Redbirds AA Arkansas Travelers A+ Prince William Cannons A Peoria Chiefs A- New Jersey Cardinals Rk Johnson City Cardinals

Team Leaders

HR: Lankford [31]
RBI: Lankford [98]
2B: Clayton [39]
SB: DeShields [55]
W: Stottlemyre, Morris [12]
SV: Eckersley [36]
SO: Benes [175]

Oldest Player: Rick Honeycutt [43]
Youngest Player: Luis Ordaz [21]
Longest Tenure: Tom Pagnozzi [11]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Jeff Berblinger (Sep 7) Micah Franklin (May 13) Scarborough Green (Aug 2) Mike Gulan (May 14) Eli Marrero (Sep 3) Luis Ordaz (Sep 3)
Pitchers: Manny Aybar (Aug 4) Rigo Beltran (Jun 2) Curtis King (Aug 1) Sean Lowe (Aug 29) Tom McGraw (May 7) Matt Morris (Apr 4) Brady Raggio (Apr 15)

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Organizational Roster of Batters

Player	Pos	Age	Team	Level
Antonio Abell	P-OF	22	Peoria	A
	P-OF		New Jersey	A-
Eliezer Alfonzo	C	18	Johnson City	Rk
Greg Almond	C	26	Arkansas	AA
	C		Prince William	A+
Jesus Ametller	2B	23	Prince William	A+
Danilo Araujo	2B	20	Johnson City	Rk
Matt Arrandale	P	26	Louisville	AAA
Manny Aybar	P	27	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	P		Louisville	AAA
Brian Barber	P	24	Louisville	AAA
Rich Batchelor	P	30	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Jose Bautista	P	33	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
David Bell	3B-2B	25	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	3B-2B		Louisville	AAA
	3B-2B		Arkansas	AA
Rigo Beltran	P	27	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	P		Louisville	AAA
Alan Benes	P	25	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Andy Benes	P	30	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Jeff Berblinger	2B	26	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	2B		Louisville	AAA
Andy Bevins	OF	21	New Jersey	A-
Terry Bradshaw	OF	28	Louisville	AAA
Bryan Britt	OF	22	Peoria	A
Mike Busby	P	24	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	P		Louisville	AAA
Brent Butler	2B-3B	19	Peoria	A
Ken Cameron	OF	24	Peoria	A
Kevin Chabot	OF	23	New Jersey	A-
David Chavarria	P	24	Arkansas	AA
Stubby Clapp	2B	24	Prince William	A+
Royce Clayton	SS	27	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Tim Costo	RF-1B	28	Louisville	AAA
Kevin Coughlin	OF	27	Louisville	AAA
	OF		Arkansas	AA
Rich Croushore	P	27	Louisville	AAA
	P		Arkansas	AA
Dee Dalton	SS		Arkansas	AA
Ryan Darr	SS	19	Johnson City	Rk
Tim Davis			Johnson City	Rk
Billy Deck	1B	21	Peoria	A
Delino DeShields	2B	28	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Kris Detmers	P	23	Louisville	AAA
	P		Arkansas	AA
Miguel Diaz	OF	20	Johnson City	Rk
Mike DiFelice	C	28	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	C		Louisville	AAA
	C		Arkansas	AA
Nate Dishington	1B	22	Prince William	A+
Alex Eckelman	2B	23	Johnson City	Rk
Dennis Eckersley	P	42	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Tony Falciglia	C	25	Prince William	A+
Cordell Farley	OF	24	Prince William	A+
	OF		New Jersey	A-
Derek Feramisco	OF	22	Johnson City	Rk
Brandon Folkers	1B	22	Johnson City	Rk
Tony Fossas	P	40	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Micah Franklin	RF	25	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	RF		Louisville	AAA
John Frascatore	P	27	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Joe Freitas	OF	24	Peoria	A
Gary Gaetti	3B	39	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Mike Gallego	2B-SS	36	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	2B-SS		Louisville	AAA
Ron Gant	LF-CF	32	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Frank Garcia	P	23	Arkansas	AA
Ossie Garcia	OF	23	Prince William	A+
Jim Gargiulo	C		Peoria	A
Aaron Gentry	SS	22	New Jersey	A-
Ray Giannelli	3B	31	Louisville	AAA
Brady Gick	C		New Jersey	A-
Carlos Gooden	OF	18	Johnson City	Rk
Scarborough Green	CF-RF	23	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	CF-RF		Louisville	AAA
	CF-RF		Arkansas	AA
Mike Gulan	3B	26	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	3B		Louisville	AAA
Chris Haas	3B	20	Prince William	A+
	3B		Peoria	A
Andre Hall	2B	23	Prince William	A+
Rodger Harris	2B-OF		Peoria	A
Rick Heiserman	P	24	Arkansas	AA
Todd Hogan	H		Peoria	A
Aaron Holbert	2B	24	Louisville	AAA
Rick Honeycutt	P	43	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Danny Jackson	P	35	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	P		Louisville	AAA
Matt Jarvis	P	25	Arkansas	AA
Ruben Jimenez	2B-SS	22	Prince William	A+
Brian Jordan	RF-LF	30	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	RF-LF		Louisville	AAA
Andrew Kalcounos	SS		Johnson City	Rk
Adam Kennedy	2B	21	Prince William	A+
	2B		New Jersey	A-
David Kim	OF	21	New Jersey	A-
Curtis King	P	26	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	P		Arkansas	AA
Stacy Kleiner	2B	22	Arkansas	AA
	2B		Prince William	A+
Kevin Koslofski	CF-RF	31	Louisville	AAA
Tom Lampkin	C	33	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Ray Lankford	LF	30	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	LF		Prince William	A+
Jason Lariviere	OF-2B	24	Arkansas	AA
Blake Ledbetter	C	20	Johnson City	Rk
Jason Lee	OF	20	New Jersey	A-
Jose Leon	1B-3B	20	Peoria	A
Scott Livingstone	3B-1B	32	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	3B-1B		Louisville	AAA
Brian Llibre	C	20	Johnson City	Rk
Marcus Logan	P	25	Arkansas	AA
Braden Looper	P	22	Arkansas	AA
Kevin Lovingier	P	26	Arkansas	AA
Sean Lowe	P	26	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	P		Louisville	AAA
Eric Ludwick	P	25	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	P		Louisville	AAA
John Mabry	RF-1B	26	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Robbie Macrory	2B	22	New Jersey	A-
Taber Maier	SS	22	New Jersey	A-
Eli Marrero	LF-RF	23	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	LF-RF		Louisville	AAA
Chris Martine	C	22	New Jersey	A-
T.J. Mathews	P	27	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Michael Matvey	SS		Arkansas	AA
	SS		Prince William	A+
Brian Mazurek	1B	23	Prince William	A+
Travis McClendon	C	24	Peoria	A
Keith McDonald	C	24	Arkansas	AA
Joe McEwing	LF-2B	24	Arkansas	AA
Willie McGee	RF-CF	38	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Tom McGraw	P	29	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Mark McGwire	1B	33	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Ryan McHugh	OF	24	Prince William	A+
Remer McIntyre	OF	18	Johnson City	Rk
Shawn McNally	OF	24	Prince William	A+
Pepe McNeal	C	22	Peoria	A
Miguel Mejia	CF	22	Prince William	A+
	CF		New Jersey	A-
Roberto Mejia	2B	25	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	2B		Louisville	AAA
Matt Morris	P	23	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Juan Munoz	OF	23	Arkansas	AA
	OF		Prince William	A+
Tom Nevers	IF	26	Louisville	AAA
Luis Ordaz	2B-SS	22	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	2B-SS		Arkansas	AA
Bill Ortega	OF	22	Prince William	A+
Donovan Osborne	P	28	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	P		Louisville	AAA
Yudith Ozario			Arkansas	AA
Pablo Ozuna	2B-CF	23	Johnson City	Rk
Tom Pagnozzi	C	35	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	C		Louisville	AAA
	C		Arkansas	AA
Lance Painter	P	30	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	P		Louisville	AAA
Aldo Pecorilli	OF	27	Arkansas	AA
Mark Petkovsek	P	31	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Phil Plantier	LF-RF	28	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	LF-RF		Louisville	AAA
Placido Polanco	2B-3B	21	Arkansas	AA
Cliff Politte	P	23	Arkansas	AA
Lou Pote	P	26	Arkansas	AA
Luke Quaccia	1B	22	New Jersey	A-
Brady Raggio	P	25	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	P		Louisville	AAA
Chris Richard	1B-RF	23	Arkansas	AA
Miguel Rivera	SS	23	Peoria	A
Kerry Robinson	LF-RF	23	Louisville	AAA
	LF-RF		Arkansas	AA
Miguel Rodriguez	OF	19	Johnson City	Rk
Brian Rupp	1B	26	Louisville	AAA
	1B		Arkansas	AA
Luis Saturria	OF	21	Peoria	A
Steve Scarsone	2B-3B	31	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	2B-3B		Louisville	AAA
Dave Schmidt	C	23	Prince William	A+
Todd Schmitt	P	27	Peoria	A
	P		New Jersey	A-
Joe Secoda	2B	19	Johnson City	Rk
Danny Sheaffer	C	36	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Michael Speckhardt	OF		New Jersey	A-
Mike Stefanski	C	28	Louisville	AAA
	C		Arkansas	AA
Blake Stein	P	24	Arkansas	AA
Todd Stottlemyre	P	32	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Mark Sweeney	RF-1B	27	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Paul Tanner	2B	23	Peoria	A
Reynaldo Torres	1B	18	Johnson City	Rk
Fernando Valenzuela	P	36	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Robert Vazquez	3B		New Jersey	A-
Ron Warner	OF	28	Louisville	AAA
Travis Welch	P	23	Prince William	A+
Destry Westbrook	P	26	Arkansas	AA
Scott Wiegandt	P	29	Louisville	AAA
Jovany William	C	20	Johnson City	Rk
Scott Wilson	3B	22	New Jersey	A-
Chris Wimmer	2B	27	Louisville	AAA
Mike Windham	P	25	Arkansas	AA
Jason Woolf	SS	20	Prince William	A+
Dmitri Young	LF-1B	23	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	LF-1B		Louisville	AAA

Organizational Roster of Pitchers

Player	Age	Team	Level
Armando Almanza	24	Prince William	A+
Neal Arnold	22	New Jersey	A-
Matt Arrandale	26	Louisville	AAA
Corey Avrard	20	Prince William	A+
	20	Peoria	A
Manny Aybar	27	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	27	Louisville	AAA
Michael Badorek	28	Louisville	AAA
Brian Barber	24	Louisville	AAA
	24	Arkansas	AA
	24	Prince William	A+
Rich Batchelor	30	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	30	Louisville	AAA
Jose Bautista	33	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	33	Louisville	AAA
Rigo Beltran	27	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	27	Louisville	AAA
Adam Benes	24	Prince William	A+
Alan Benes	25	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Andy Benes	30	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	30	Louisville	AAA
	30	Arkansas	AA
	30	Prince William	A+
Justin Brunette	21	New Jersey	A-
Mike Busby	24	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	24	Louisville	AAA
Brian Carpenter	26	Louisville	AAA
David Chavarria	24	Arkansas	AA
Keith Conway	24	Prince William	A+
Patrick Coogan	22	New Jersey	A-
Kevin Crafton	23	Peoria	A
Rich Croushore	27	Louisville	AAA
	27	Arkansas	AA
Jose DeLeon		Peoria	A
Kris Detmers	23	Louisville	AAA
	23	Arkansas	AA
Matt DeWitt	20	Peoria	A
Rob Donnelly	24	Prince William	A+
Dennis Eckersley	42	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Brandon Folkers	22	Johnson City	Rk
Tony Fossas	40	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Lance Franks	22	Prince William	A+
	22	Johnson City	Rk
John Frascatore	27	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Gary Gaetti	39	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Keith Gallagher	23	Peoria	A
Frank Garcia	23	Arkansas	AA
	23	Prince William	A+
Wilson Garcia	18	Johnson City	Rk
John Geis	23	New Jersey	A-
	23	Johnson City	Rk
Keith Glauber	25	Louisville	AAA
	25	Arkansas	AA
Carlos Gooden	18	Johnson City	Rk
Derek Gooden	22	Johnson City	Rk
Toribio Guzman	21	Johnson City	Rk
Yates Hall	24	Prince William	A+
Greg Heffernan	23	New Jersey	A-
Rick Heiserman	24	Louisville	AAA
	24	Arkansas	AA
Shawn Hogge	19	Johnson City	Rk
Rick Honeycutt	43	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Craig Hopson	18	Johnson City	Rk
Mike Huffaker	22	New Jersey	A-
Danny Jackson	35	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	35	Louisville	AAA
Matt Jarvis	25	Arkansas	AA
Tristan Jerue	21	New Jersey	A-
Jose Jimenez	24	Prince William	A+
Jason Karnuth	21	Peoria	A
	21	New Jersey	A-
Curtis King	26	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	26	Louisville	AAA
	26	Arkansas	AA
John Kown	24	Prince William	A+
Jeremy Lambert	18	Johnson City	Rk
Otoniel Lanfranco	21	Johnson City	Rk
Josh Levey	22	New Jersey	A-
Marcus Logan	25	Arkansas	AA
Braden Looper	22	Arkansas	AA
	22	Prince William	A+
Kevin Lovingier	26	Arkansas	AA
Sean Lowe	26	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	26	Louisville	AAA
Eric Ludwick	25	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	25	Louisville	AAA
T.J. Mathews	27	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Jeff Matranga	26	Louisville	AAA
Brian Maxcy	26	Louisville	AAA
Mike McDougal	22	New Jersey	A-
Joe McEwing	24	Arkansas	AA
Tom McGraw	29	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	29	Louisville	AAA
Kevin McNeill		Prince William	A+
Matt Miller	23	Johnson City	Rk
Greg Montgomery	22	Peoria	A
Matt Morris	23	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Jason Navarro	22	New Jersey	A-
Joe Nestor	24	Prince William	A+
Steve Norris	21	Johnson City	Rk
Mark Nussbeck	23	Peoria	A
Tim Onofrei	22	Peoria	A
Franklin Ortega		Johnson City	Rk
Donovan Osborne	28	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	28	Louisville	AAA
Lance Painter	30	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	30	Louisville	AAA
Mark Petkovsek	31	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Cliff Politte	23	Arkansas	AA
	23	Prince William	A+
Lou Pote	26	Arkansas	AA
Brady Raggio	25	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	25	Louisville	AAA
Jay Reames	22	Peoria	A
Steve Reed	22	Prince William	A+
	22	Peoria	A
Tim Riegert	23	Peoria	A
Miguel Rivera	23	Peoria	A
Jose Rodriguez	22	Johnson City	Rk
Francisco Rojas	21	Johnson City	Rk
Ruben Rosario	22	New Jersey	A-
Brian Rupp	26	Louisville	AAA
Gene Stechschulte	24	New Jersey	A-
Mike Stefanski	28	Louisville	AAA
Blake Stein	24	Arkansas	AA
Todd Stottlemyre	32	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
John Tuttle	19	Johnson City	Rk
Fernando Valenzuela	36	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Jose Villafana	23	Peoria	A
	23	New Jersey	A-
Ron Warner	28	Louisville	AAA
Clint Weibl	22	Prince William	A+
Travis Welch	23	Prince William	A+
Adam West	23	Peoria	A
Destry Westbrook	26	Arkansas	AA
Scott Wiegandt	29	Louisville	AAA
Mike Windham	25	Arkansas	AA
Josh Wingerd	22	New Jersey	A-
Finley Woodward	22	New Jersey	A-