Baseball Roster for 1996 St. Louis Cardinals
| # | Player Name | Pos | Age | B | T | Ht | Wt | Born | Place | High Level | mlbYears | Salary |
| 18 | Luis Alicea | 2B | 30 | B | R | 5-9 | 176 | 7/29/1965 | Santurce,Puerto Rico | MLB | 1988-2002 | 750,000 |
| 39 | Cory Bailey | P | 25 | R | R | 6-1 | 210 | 1/24/1971 | Marion,Illinois | MLB | 1993-2002 | 125,000 |
| 52 | Brian Barber | P | 23 | R | R | 6-1 | 190 | 3/4/1973 | Hamilton,Ohio | MLB | 1995-1999 | 109,000 |
| 44 | Rich Batchelor | P | 29 | R | R | 6-1 | 195 | 4/8/1967 | Florence,South Carolina | MLB | 1993-1997 | 109,000 |
| 27 | David Bell | 3B-2B | 23 | R | R | 5-10 | 175 | 9/14/1972 | Cincinnati,Ohio | MLB | 1995-2006 | 125,000 |
| 41 | Alan Benes | P | 24 | R | R | 6-5 | 235 | 1/21/1972 | Evansville,Indiana | MLB | 1995-2003 | 122,000 |
| 40 | Andy Benes | P | 28 | R | R | 6-6 | 245 | 8/20/1967 | Evansville,Indiana | MLB | 1989-2002 | 3,375,000 |
| 38 | Pat Borders | C | 33 | R | R | 6-2 | 200 | 5/14/1963 | Columbus,Ohio | MLB | 1988-2005 | 375,000 |
| 55 | Terry Bradshaw | OF | 27 | L | R | 6-0 | 180 | 2/3/1969 | Franklin,Virginia | MLB | 1995-1996 | 109,000 |
| 57 | Mike Busby | P | 23 | R | R | 6-4 | 210 | 12/27/1972 | Lomita,California | MLB | 1996-1999 | 109,000 |
| 11 | Royce Clayton | SS | 26 | R | R | 6-0 | 183 | 1/2/1970 | Burbank,California | MLB | 1991-2007 | 1,600,000 |
| 49 | Mike DiFelice | C | 27 | R | R | 6-2 | 205 | 5/28/1969 | Philadelphia,Pennsylvania | MLB | 1996-2008 | 109,000 |
| 43 | Dennis Eckersley | P | 41 | R | R | 6-2 | 190 | 10/3/1954 | Oakland,California | MLB | 1975-1998 | 2,250,000 |
| 48 | Tony Fossas | P | 38 | L | L | 6-0 | 187 | 9/23/1957 | Havana,Cuba | MLB | 1988-1999 | 650,000 |
| 8 | Gary Gaetti | 3B | 37 | R | R | 6-0 | 205 | 8/19/1958 | Centralia,Illinois | MLB | 1981-2000 | 2,000,000 |
| 22 | Mike Gallego | 2B-SS | 35 | R | R | 5-8 | 160 | 10/31/1960 | Whittier,California | MLB | 1985-1997 | 300,000 |
| 5 | Ron Gant | LF-CF | 31 | R | R | 6-0 | 196 | 3/2/1965 | Victoria,Texas | MLB | 1987-2003 | 4,000,000 |
| 68 | Aaron Holbert | 2B | 23 | R | R | 6-0 | 160 | 1/9/1973 | Torrance,California | MLB | 1996-2005 | 109,000 |
| 32 | Rick Honeycutt | P | 42 | L | L | 6-1 | 190 | 6/29/1954 | Chattanooga,Tennessee | MLB | 1977-1997 | 600,000 |
| 29 | Danny Jackson | P | 34 | R | L | 6-0 | 195 | 1/5/1962 | San Antonio,Texas | MLB | 1983-1997 | 4,100,000 |
| 3 | Brian Jordan | RF-LF | 29 | R | R | 6-1 | 206 | 3/29/1967 | Baltimore,Maryland | MLB | 1992-2006 | 2,500,000 |
| 16 | Ray Lankford | LF | 29 | L | L | 5-11 | 200 | 6/5/1967 | Modesto,California | MLB | 1990-2004 | 2,416,667 |
| 54 | Eric Ludwick | P | 24 | R | R | 6-5 | 210 | 12/14/1971 | Whiteman AFB,Missouri | MLB | 1996-1999 | 109,000 |
| 47 | John Mabry | RF-1B | 25 | L | R | 6-4 | 195 | 10/17/1970 | Wilmington,Delaware | MLB | 1994-2007 | 200,000 |
| 33 | T.J. Mathews | P | 26 | R | R | 6-1 | 214 | 1/19/1970 | Belleville,Illinois | MLB | 1995-2002 | 130,000 |
| 51 | Willie McGee | RF-CF | 37 | B | R | 6-1 | 185 | 11/2/1958 | San Francisco,California | MLB | 1982-1999 | 600,000 |
| 35 | Miguel Mejia | CF | 21 | R | R | 6-1 | 155 | 3/25/1975 | San Pedro de Macoris,Dominican Republic | MLB | 1996-1996 | 109,000 |
| 36 | Mike Morgan | P | 36 | R | R | 6-2 | 220 | 10/8/1959 | Tulare,California | MLB | 1978-2002 | 1,250,000 |
| 31 | Donovan Osborne | P | 27 | L | L | 6-2 | 195 | 6/21/1969 | Roseville,California | MLB | 1992-2004 | 725,000 |
| 19 | Tom Pagnozzi | C | 33 | R | R | 6-1 | 190 | 7/30/1962 | Tucson,Arizona | MLB | 1987-1998 | 2,675,000 |
| 49 | Jeff Parrett | P | 34 | R | R | 6-3 | 193 | 8/26/1961 | Indianapolis,Indiana | MLB | 1986-1996 | 675,000 |
| 46 | Mark Petkovsek | P | 30 | R | R | 6-0 | 198 | 11/18/1965 | Beaumont,Texas | MLB | 1991-2001 | 150,000 |
| 12 | Danny Sheaffer | C | 34 | R | R | 6-0 | 185 | 8/2/1961 | Jacksonville,Florida | MLB | 1987-1997 | 335,000 |
| 1 | Ozzie Smith | SS | 41 | B | R | 5-11 | 150 | 12/26/1954 | Mobile,Alabama | MLB | 1978-1996 | 3,500,000 |
| 30 | Todd Stottlemyre | P | 31 | L | R | 6-3 | 200 | 5/20/1965 | Yakima,Washington | MLB | 1988-2002 | 4,000,000 |
| 23 | Mark Sweeney | RF-1B | 26 | L | L | 6-1 | 195 | 10/26/1969 | Framingham,Massachusetts | MLB | 1995-2008 | 125,000 |
| 34 | Tom Urbani | P | 28 | L | L | 6-1 | 190 | 1/21/1968 | Santa Cruz,California | MLB | 1993-1996 | 180,000 |
| 24 | Dmitri Young | LF-1B | 22 | B | R | 6-2 | 235 | 10/11/1973 | Vicksburg,Mississippi | MLB | 1996-2008 | 109,000 |
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