Baseball Roster for 1953 St. Louis Cardinals
| # | Player Name | Pos | Age | B | T | Ht | Wt | Born | Place | High Level | mlbYears | Salary |
| 38 | Ferrell Anderson | C | 35 | R | R | 6-1 | 200 | 1/9/1918 | Maple City,Kansas | MLB | 1946-1953 |
| 19 | Vern Benson | OF | 28 | L | R | 5-11 | 180 | 9/19/1924 | Granite Quarry,North Carolina | MLB | 1943-1953 |
| 5 | Steve Bilko | 1B | 24 | R | R | 6-1 | 230 | 11/13/1928 | Nanticoke,Pennsylvania | MLB | 1949-1962 |
| 25 | Dick Bokelmann | P | 26 | R | R | 6-0 | 180 | 10/26/1926 | Arlington Heights,Illinois | MLB | 1951-1953 |
| 27 | Al Brazle | P | 39 | L | L | 6-2 | 185 | 10/19/1913 | Loyal,Oklahoma | MLB | 1943-1954 |
| 1 | Pete Castiglione | 3B-SS | 32 | R | R | 5-11 | 175 | 2/13/1921 | Greenwich,Connecticut | MLB | 1947-1954 |
| 28 | Cliff Chambers | P | 31 | L | L | 6-3 | 208 | 1/10/1922 | Portland,Oregon | MLB | 1948-1953 |
| 22 | Mike Clark | P | 31 | R | R | 6-4 | 190 | 2/12/1922 | Camden,New Jersey | MLB | 1952-1953 |
| 32 | Jackie Collum | P | 26 | L | L | 5-7 | 163 | 6/21/1927 | Victor,Iowa | MLB | 1951-1962 |
| 10 | Grant Dunlap | OF | 29 | R | R | 6-2 | 180 | 12/20/1923 | Stockton,California | MLB | 1953-1953 |
| 10 | Harry Elliott | OF | 29 | R | R | 5-9 | 175 | 12/30/1923 | San Francisco,California | MLB | 1953-1955 |
| 32,25 | Eddie Erautt | P | 28 | R | R | 6-0 | 186 | 9/26/1924 | Portland,Oregon | MLB | 1947-1953 |
| 41 | Jack Faszholz | P | 26 | R | R | 6-3 | 205 | 4/11/1927 | St. Louis,Missouri | MLB | 1953-1953 |
| 17 | Les Fusselman | C | 32 | R | R | 6-1 | 195 | 3/7/1921 | Pryor,Oklahoma | MLB | 1952-1953 |
| 42 | Harvey Haddix | P | 27 | L | L | 5-9 | 170 | 9/18/1925 | Medway,Ohio | MLB | 1952-1965 |
| 7 | Solly Hemus | 2B | 30 | L | R | 5-9 | 175 | 4/17/1923 | Phoenix,Arizona | MLB | 1949-1959 |
| 11 | Ray Jablonski | 3B | 26 | R | R | 5-10 | 183 | 12/17/1926 | Chicago,Illinois | MLB | 1953-1960 |
| 1 | Billy Johnson | 3B | 34 | R | R | 5-10 | 180 | 8/30/1918 | Montclair,New Jersey | MLB | 1943-1953 |
| 37 | Peanuts Lowrey | OF | 35 | R | R | 5-8 | 170 | 8/27/1917 | Culver City,California | MLB | 1942-1955 |
| 36 | Stu Miller | P | 25 | R | R | 5-11 | 165 | 12/26/1927 | Northampton,Massachusetts | MLB | 1952-1968 |
| 33 | Vinegar Bend Mizell | P | 22 | R | L | 6-3 | 205 | 8/13/1930 | Vinegar Bend,Alabama | MLB | 1952-1962 |
| 6 | Stan Musial | OF-1B | 32 | L | L | 6-0 | 175 | 11/21/1920 | Donora,Pennsylvania | MLB | 1941-1963 |
| 20 | Eddie Phillips | H | 21 | B | R | 6-1 | 180 | 7/8/1931 | St. Louis,Missouri | MLB | 1953-1953 |
| 32,21 | Joe Presko | P | 24 | R | R | 6-0 | 170 | 10/7/1928 | Kansas City,Missouri | MLB | 1951-1958 |
| 16 | Dick Rand | C | 22 | R | R | 6-2 | 185 | 3/7/1931 | South Gate,California | MLB | 1953-1957 |
| 8 | Rip Repulski | OF | 25 | R | R | 6-0 | 195 | 10/4/1927 | Sauk Rapids,Minnesota | MLB | 1953-1961 |
| 18 | Del Rice | C | 30 | R | R | 6-2 | 190 | 10/27/1922 | Portsmouth,Ohio | MLB | 1945-1961 |
| 39 | Hal Rice | OF | 29 | L | R | 6-1 | 195 | 2/11/1924 | Morganette,West Virginia | MLB | 1948-1954 |
| 39 | John Romonosky | P | 23 | R | R | 6-2 | 195 | 7/7/1929 | Harrisburg,Illinois | MLB | 1953-1959 |
| 47 | Willard Schmidt | P | 25 | R | R | 6-1 | 187 | 5/29/1928 | Hays,Kansas | MLB | 1952-1959 |
| 2 | Red Schoendienst | 2B | 30 | B | R | 6-0 | 170 | 2/2/1923 | Germantown,Illinois | MLB | 1945-1963 |
| 19 | Dick Schofield | SS-2B | 18 | B | R | 5-9 | 165 | 1/7/1935 | Springfield,Illinois | MLB | 1953-1971 |
| 15 | Dick Sisler | OF-1B | 32 | L | R | 6-2 | 205 | 11/2/1920 | St. Louis,Missouri | MLB | 1946-1953 |
| 9 | Enos Slaughter | OF | 37 | L | R | 5-9 | 192 | 4/27/1916 | Roxboro,North Carolina | MLB | 1938-1959 |
| 14 | Gerry Staley | P | 32 | R | R | 6-0 | 195 | 8/21/1920 | Brush Prairie,Washington | MLB | 1947-1961 |
| 3 | Virgil Stallcup | SS | 31 | R | R | 6-3 | 185 | 1/3/1922 | Ravensford,North Carolina | MLB | 1947-1953 |
| 12 | Eddie Stanky | 2B | 36 | R | R | 5-8 | 170 | 9/3/1916 | Philadelphia,Pennsylvania | MLB | 1943-1953 |
| 26 | Hal White | P | 34 | R | R | 5-10 | 170 | 3/18/1919 | Utica,New York | MLB | 1941-1954 |
| 43 | Eddie Yuhas | P | 28 | R | R | 6-1 | 180 | 8/5/1924 | Youngstown,Ohio | MLB | 1952-1953 |
| 17 | Sal Yvars | C | 29 | R | R | 5-10 | 187 | 2/20/1924 | New York,New York | MLB | 1947-1954 |