1972 St. Louis Cardinals Roster

The 1972 St. Louis Cardinals team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1972 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 1972 St. Louis Cardinals Opening Day starters list, a 1972 St. Louis Cardinals salary list, a 1972 St. Louis Cardinals uniform number breakdown and a 1972 St. Louis Cardinals primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.
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1972 St. Louis Cardinals



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Roster
Schedule
42 Ray Bare 6-02 195 Right Right 1949-04-15
48 Jim Bibby 6-05 235 Right Right 1944-10-29
47 Lance Clemons 6-02 205 Left Left 1947-07-06
22 Reggie Cleveland 6-01 195 Right Right 1948-05-23
25 Tony Cloninger 6-00 210 Right Right 1940-08-13
36 John Cumberland 6-00 190 Left Right 1947-05-10
28 Moe Drabowsky 6-02 200 Right Right 1935-07-21
46 Don Durham 6-00 170 Right Right 1949-03-21
28 Rich Folkers 6-02 180 Left Left 1946-10-17
45 Bob Gibson 6-01½ 195 Right Right 1935-11-09
31 Joe Grzenda 6-02 180 Left Right 1937-06-08
36 Santiago Guzman 6-02 180 Right Right 1949-07-25
37 Dennis Higgins 6-04 190 Right Right 1939-08-04
39 Al Hrabosky 5-11 185 Left Right 1949-07-21
30 Charlie Hudson 6-03 185 Left Left 1949-08-18
44 Lowell Palmer 6-01 190 Right Right 1947-08-18
56 Tim Plodinec 6-04 190 Right Right 1947-01-27
34 Al Santorini 6-00 190 Right Right 1948-05-19
35 Diego Segui 6-00 190 Right Right 1937-08-17
44 Don Shaw 6-00 185 Left Left 1944-02-23
24 Scipio Spinks 6-01 185 Right Right 1947-07-12
40 Rick Wise 6-02 195 Right Right 1945-09-13
18 Skip Jutze 5-11 195 Right Right 1946-05-28
15 Jerry McNertney 6-01 195 Right Right 1936-08-07
23 Ted Simmons 6-00 200 Right Both 1949-08-09
16 Ron Allen 6-03 205 Right Both 1943-12-23
17 Matty Alou 5-09 160 Left Left 1938-12-22
19 Dwain Anderson 5-11 165 Right Right 1947-11-23
16 Donn Clendenon 6-03½ 210 Right Right 1935-07-15
4 Ed Crosby 6-02 180 Right Left 1949-05-26
10 Mike Fiore 6-00 185 Left Left 1944-10-11
12 Joe Hague 6-00 198 Left Left 1944-04-25
25 Mick Kelleher 5-09 176 Right Right 1947-07-25
11 Marty Martinez 6-01 175 Right Both 1941-08-23
27 Dal Maxvill 5-11 160 Right Right 1939-02-18
47, 44 Ken Reitz 6-00 185 Right Right 1951-06-24
41 Ted Sizemore 5-10 165 Right Right 1945-04-15
32 Bill Stein 5-10 170 Right Right 1947-01-21
9 Joe Torre 6-02 212 Right Right 1940-07-18
10 Mike Tyson 5-09 170 Right Right 1950-01-13
21 Brant Alyea 6-03 215 Right Right 1940-12-08
20 Lou Brock 5-11½ 170 Left Left 1939-06-18
12 Bernie Carbo 6-00 175 Right Left 1947-08-05
38 Jose Cruz 6-00 175 Left Left 1947-08-08
26 Luis Melendez 6-00 165 Right Right 1949-08-11
21 Jorge Roque 5-10 158 Right Right 1950-04-28
17 Bill Voss 6-02 160 Left Left 1943-10-31
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The 1972 St. Louis Cardinals played 156 games during the regular season, won 75 games, lost 81 games, and finished in fourth position. They played their home games at Busch Stadium (Park Factors: 99/99) where 1,196,894 fans witnessed their 1972 Cardinals finish the season with a .481 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 1972 St. Louis Cardinals Opening Day starters list, a 1972 St. Louis Cardinals salary list, a 1972 St. Louis Cardinals uniform number breakdown and a 1972 St. Louis Cardinals primary starters list:

1972 St. Louis Cardinals
Opening Day Starters


Matty Alou
Lou Brock
Jose Cruz
Bob Gibson
Joe Hague
Dal Maxvill
Ted Simmons
Ted Sizemore
Joe Torre

1972 St. Louis Cardinals
Most Games by Position

C Ted Simmons (135)
1B Matty Alou (66)
2B Ted Sizemore (111)
3B Joe Torre (117)
SS Dal Maxvill (95)
LF Lou Brock (149)
CF Jose Cruz (87)
RF Bernie Carbo (92)
  
SP Reggie Cleveland
SP Bob Gibson
SP Al Santorini
SP Scipio Spinks
SP Rick Wise
  
RP Moe Drabowsky
RP Joe Grzenda
CL Diego Segui


1972 St. Louis Cardinals
Salaries

Diego Segui $37,000.00
Bill Voss $23,000.00
Dwain Anderson $9,600.00


1972 St. Louis Cardinals
Uniform Numbers

#4 Ed Crosby
#9 Joe Torre
#10 Mike Fiore
#10 Mike Tyson
#11 Marty Martinez
#12 Bernie Carbo
#12 Joe Hague
#15 Jerry McNertney
#16 Ron Allen
#16 Donn Clendenon
#17 Matty Alou
#17 Bill Voss
#18 Skip Jutze
#19 Dwain Anderson
#20 Lou Brock
#21 Brant Alyea
#21 Jorge Roque
#22 Reggie Cleveland
#23 Ted Simmons
#24 Scipio Spinks
#25 Tony Cloninger
#25 Mick Kelleher
#26 Luis Melendez
#27 Dal Maxvill
#28 Moe Drabowsky
#28 Rich Folkers
#30 Charlie Hudson
#31 Joe Grzenda
#32 Bill Stein
#34 Al Santorini
#35 Diego Segui
#36 John Cumberland
#36 Santiago Guzman
#37 Dennis Higgins
#38 Jose Cruz
#39 Al Hrabosky
#40 Rick Wise
#41 Ted Sizemore
#42 Ray Bare
#44 Lowell Palmer
#44 Ken Reitz
#44 Don Shaw
#45 Bob Gibson
#46 Don Durham
#47 Lance Clemons
#47 Ken Reitz
#48 Jim Bibby
#56 Tim Plodinec

Did you know that a 1972 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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