1949 St. Louis Cardinals Roster

The 1949 St. Louis Cardinals team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1949 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 1949 St. Louis Cardinals Opening Day starters list, a 1949 St. Louis Cardinals salary list, a 1949 St. Louis Cardinals uniform number breakdown and a 1949 St. Louis Cardinals primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.
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1949 St. Louis Cardinals



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Complete Roster  
 

Roster
Schedule
24 Cloyd Boyer 6-01 188 Right Right 1927-09-01
27 Al Brazle 6-02 185 Left Left 1913-10-19
31 Harry Brecheen 5-10 160 Left Left 1914-10-14
34 Jim Hearn 6-03 205 Right Right 1921-04-11
35 Ken Johnson 6-01 185 Left Left 1923-01-14
24 Kurt Krieger 6-03 212 Right Right 1926-09-16
40, 23 Max Lanier 5-10 187 Left Right 1915-08-18
41, 39 Fred Martin 6-01 185 Right Right 1915-06-27
20 Red Munger 6-02 200 Right Right 1918-10-04
11 Howie Pollet 6-01½ 175 Left Left 1921-06-26
33 Bill Reeder 6-05 205 Right Right 1922-02-20
14 Jerry Staley 6-00 195 Right Right 1920-08-21
28 Ted Wilks 5-09½ 178 Right Right 1915-11-13
39 Ray Yochim 6-01 170 Right Right 1922-07-19
15 Bill Baker 6-00 200 Right Right 1911-02-22
17 Joe Garagiola 6-00 190 Right Left 1926-02-12
18 Del Rice 6-02 190 Right Right 1922-10-27
10 Del Wilber 6-03 200 Right Right 1919-02-24
5 Steve Bilko 6-01 230 Right Right 1928-11-13
12 Tommy Glaviano 5-09 175 Right Right 1923-10-26
22 Solly Hemus 5-09 175 Right Left 1923-04-17
3 Nippy Jones 6-01 185 Right Right 1925-06-29
21 Eddie Kazak 6-00 175 Right Right 1920-07-18
29 Lou Klein 5-11 170 Right Right 1918-10-22
1 Whitey Kurowski 5-11 193 Right Right 1918-04-19
4 Marty Marion 6-02 170 Right Right 1917-12-01
19 Rocky Nelson 5-11 178 Left Left 1924-11-18
2 Red Schoendienst 6-00 170 Right Both 1923-02-02
32 Chuck Diering 5-10 165 Right Right 1923-02-05
36 Bill Howerton 5-11 185 Right Left 1921-12-12
6 Stan Musial 6-00 175 Left Left 1920-11-21
5 Ron Northey 5-10 195 Right Left 1920-04-26
16 Hal Rice 6-01 195 Right Left 1924-02-11
10 Ed Sauer 6-01 188 Right Right 1919-01-03
9 Enos Slaughter 5-09 192 Right Left 1916-04-27
41 Russ Derry 6-01 180 Right Left 1916-10-07
7 Erv Dusak 6-02 185 Right Right 1920-07-29
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The 1949 St. Louis Cardinals played 154 games during the regular season, won 96 games, lost 58 games, and finished in second position. They played their home games at Sportsman's Park III (Park Factors: 105/103) where 1,430,676 fans witnessed their 1949 Cardinals finish the season with a .623 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 1949 St. Louis Cardinals Opening Day starters list, a 1949 St. Louis Cardinals salary list, a 1949 St. Louis Cardinals uniform number breakdown and a 1949 St. Louis Cardinals primary starters list:

1949 St. Louis Cardinals
Opening Day Starters


No Opening Day Information Available

1949 St. Louis Cardinals
Most Games by Position

C Del Rice (92)
1B Nippy Jones (98)
2B Red Schoendienst (138)
3B Eddie Kazak (80)
SS Marty Marion (134)
LF Enos Slaughter (150)
CF Chuck Diering (123)
RF Stan Musial (117)
  
SP Al Brazle
SP Harry Brecheen
SP Max Lanier
SP Red Munger
SP Howie Pollet
SP Jerry Staley
  
RP Fred Martin
RP Bill Reeder
CL Ted Wilks


1949 St. Louis Cardinals
Salaries

No Salary Data Available


1949 St. Louis Cardinals
Uniform Numbers

#1 Whitey Kurowski
#2 Red Schoendienst
#3 Nippy Jones
#4 Marty Marion
#5 Steve Bilko
#5 Ron Northey
#6 Stan Musial
#7 Erv Dusak
#9 Enos Slaughter
#10 Ed Sauer
#10 Del Wilber
#11 Howie Pollet
#12 Tommy Glaviano
#14 Jerry Staley
#15 Bill Baker
#16 Hal Rice
#17 Joe Garagiola
#18 Del Rice
#19 Rocky Nelson
#20 Red Munger
#21 Eddie Kazak
#22 Solly Hemus
#23 Max Lanier
#24 Cloyd Boyer
#24 Kurt Krieger
#27 Al Brazle
#28 Ted Wilks
#29 Lou Klein
#31 Harry Brecheen
#32 Chuck Diering
#33 Bill Reeder
#34 Jim Hearn
#35 Ken Johnson
#36 Bill Howerton
#39 Fred Martin
#39 Ray Yochim
#40 Max Lanier
#41 Russ Derry
#41 Fred Martin

Did you know that a 1949 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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