1947 St. Louis Cardinals Roster

The 1947 St. Louis Cardinals team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1947 season. It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season. Every player's name links to their career statistics.

Below the main roster you will find in the Fast Facts section: a 1947 St. Louis Cardinals Opening Day starters list, a 1947 St. Louis Cardinals salary list, a 1947 St. Louis Cardinals uniform number breakdown and a 1947 St. Louis Cardinals primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.
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1947 St. Louis Cardinals



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Complete Roster  
 
27 Al Brazle 6-02 185 Left Left 1913-10-19
31 Harry Brecheen 5-10 160 Left Left 1914-10-14
10 Ken Burkhart 6-01 190 Right Right 1916-11-18
22 Murry Dickson 5-10½ 157 Right Right 1916-08-21
33 Johnny Grodzicki 6-01½ 200 Right Right 1917-02-26
34 Jim Hearn 6-03 205 Right Right 1921-04-11
35 Ken Johnson 6-01 185 Left Left 1923-01-14
20 Red Munger 6-02 200 Right Right 1918-10-04
11 Howie Pollet 6-01½ 175 Left Left 1921-06-26
29 Freddy Schmidt 6-01 185 Right Right 1916-02-09
14 Jerry Staley 6-00 195 Right Right 1920-08-21
28 Ted Wilks 5-09½ 178 Right Right 1915-11-13
17 Joe Garagiola 6-00 190 Right Left 1926-02-12
18 Del Rice 6-02 190 Right Right 1922-10-27
23 Del Wilber 6-03 200 Right Right 1919-02-24
16 Bernie Creger 6-00 175 Right Right 1927-03-21
3 Jeff Cross 5-11 160 Right Right 1918-08-28
7, 19 Nippy Jones 6-01 185 Right Right 1925-06-29
1 Whitey Kurowski 5-11 193 Right Right 1918-04-19
4 Marty Marion 6-02 170 Right Right 1916-12-01
6 Stan Musial 6-00 175 Left Left 1920-11-21
2 Red Schoendienst 6-00 170 Right Both 1923-02-02
15 Dick Sisler 6-02 205 Right Left 1920-11-02
32 Chuck Diering 5-10 165 Right Right 1923-02-05
7, 19 Erv Dusak 6-02 185 Right Right 1920-07-29
21 Joe Medwick 5-10 187 Right Right 1911-11-24
8 Terry Moore 5-11 195 Right Right 1912-05-27
5 Ron Northey 5-10 195 Right Left 1920-04-26
9 Enos Slaughter 5-09 192 Right Left 1916-04-27
5 Harry Walker 6-02 190 Right Left 1916-10-22


The 1947 St. Louis Cardinals played 154 games during the regular season, won 89 games, lost 65 games, and finished in second position. They played their home games at Sportsman's Park III (Park Factors: 104/102) where 1,247,913 fans witnessed their 1947 Cardinals finish the season with a .578 winning percentage.

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a unique set of rosters not easily found on the Internet. Included, where data is available, is a 1947 St. Louis Cardinals Opening Day starters list, a 1947 St. Louis Cardinals salary list, a 1947 St. Louis Cardinals uniform number breakdown and a 1947 St. Louis Cardinals primary starters list:

1947 St. Louis Cardinals
Opening Day Starters


No Opening Day Information Available

1947 St. Louis Cardinals
Most Games by Position

C Del Rice (94)
1B Stan Musial (149)
2B Red Schoendienst (142)
3B Whitey Kurowski (141)
SS Marty Marion (141)
LF Enos Slaughter (113)
CF Terry Moore (120)
RF Ron Northey (78)
  
SP Al Brazle
SP Harry Brecheen
SP Murry Dickson
SP Jim Hearn
SP Red Munger
SP Howie Pollet
  
RP Ken Burkhart
CL Ted Wilks


1947 St. Louis Cardinals
Salaries

Stan Musial $31,000.00
Red Schoendienst $9,000.00


1947 St. Louis Cardinals
Uniform Numbers

#1 Whitey Kurowski
#2 Red Schoendienst
#3 Jeff Cross
#4 Marty Marion
#5 Ron Northey
#5 Harry Walker
#6 Stan Musial
#7 Erv Dusak
#7 Nippy Jones
#8 Terry Moore
#9 Enos Slaughter
#10 Ken Burkhart
#11 Howie Pollet
#14 Jerry Staley
#15 Dick Sisler
#16 Bernie Creger
#17 Joe Garagiola
#18 Del Rice
#19 Erv Dusak
#19 Nippy Jones
#20 Red Munger
#21 Joe Medwick
#22 Murry Dickson
#23 Del Wilber
#27 Al Brazle
#28 Ted Wilks
#29 Freddy Schmidt
#31 Harry Brecheen
#32 Chuck Diering
#33 Johnny Grodzicki
#34 Jim Hearn
#35 Ken Johnson

Did you know that a 1947 St. Louis Cardinals Schedule is available and it includes dates of every game played, scores of every game played, a cumulative record, and many hard to find splits (Monthly Splits, Team vs Team Splits & Score Related Splits)?
     

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