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	1998 St. Louis Cardinals Roster The 1998 St. Louis Cardinals team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1998 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 1998 St. Louis Cardinals Opening Day starters list, a 1998 St. Louis Cardinals salary list, a 1998 St. Louis Cardinals uniform number breakdown and a 1998 St. Louis Cardinals primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available. "I've been the luckiest manager in baseball the last twenty years and one of the main reasons was because I was able to see Mark McGwire." - Tony LaRussa Please consider sponsoring this page which is available. Baseball Almanac started in 2000. Five years ago we averaged 255,048 hits per day, this year we are averaging more than 1.2 million hits per day. We rely on YOUR support and banner advertising (which we do our best to keep to a minimum). Please help us keep growing for another ten years. How do you put your sponsorship here today for one full year (less than $3 per month and it REALLY does help us)? Simply click the PayPal button below, include the player's name with your payment, your sponsorship message, and this page will be yours today: 1998 St. Louis Cardinals 1998 St. Louis Cardinals Official Logo Complete Roster     Roster Schedule Statmaster # Pitchers Height Weight Throws Bats Date Of Birth 53 Juan Acevedo 6-02 195 Right Right 1970-05-05 38 Manny Aybar 6-01 165 Right Right 1972-05-04 37 Kent Bottenfield 6-03 237 Right Right 1968-11-14 44 Jeff Brantley 5-11 190 Right Right 1963-09-05 54 Mike Busby 6-04 210 Right Right 1972-12-27 61 Rich Croushore 6-04 210 Right Right 1970-08-07 62 Bryan Eversgerd 6-01 190 Left Right 1969-02-11 50 John Frascatore 6-01 200 Right Right 1970-02-04 52 Jose Jimenez 6-03 228 Right Right 1973-07-07 57 Curtis King 6-05 205 Right Right 1970-10-25 55 Braden Looper 6-05 225 Right Right 1974-10-28 34 Sean Lowe 6-02 205 Right Right 1971-03-29 43 Kent Mercker 6-02 195 Left Left 1968-02-01 35 Matt Morris 6-05 210 Right Right 1974-08-09 32 Darren Oliver 6-02 250 Left Right 1970-10-06 31 Donovan Osborne 6-02 210 Left Both 1969-06-21 28 Lance Painter 6-01 195 Left Left 1967-07-21 46 Mark Petkovsek 6-00 185 Right Right 1965-11-18 40 Cliff Politte 5-11 185 Right Right 1974-02-27 64 Brady Raggio 6-04 210 Right Right 1972-09-17 30 Todd Stottlemyre 6-03 195 Right Left 1965-05-20 36 Bobby Witt 6-02 205 Right Right 1964-05-11 # Catchers Height Weight Throws Bats Date Of Birth 49 Tom Lampkin 5-11 185 Right Left 1964-03-04 26 Eli Marrero 6-01 180 Right Right 1973-11-17 19 Tom Pagnozzi 6-01 190 Right Right 1962-07-30 # Infielders Height Weight Throws Bats Date Of Birth 27 David Bell 5-10 170 Right Right 1972-09-14 11 Royce Clayton 6-00 183 Right Right 1970-01-02 7 Delino DeShields 6-01 170 Right Left 1969-01-15 8 Gary Gaetti 6-00 200 Right Right 1958-08-19 12 Shawn Gilbert 5-09 170 Right Right 1965-03-12 13 David Howard 6-00 175 Right Both 1967-02-26 12 Pat Kelly 6-00 182 Right Right 1967-10-14 48 Joe McEwing 5-11 170 Right Right 1972-10-19 25 Mark McGwire 6-05 225 Right Right 1963-10-01 52, 23, 11 Luis Ordaz 5-11 170 Right Right 1975-08-12 67, 27 Placido Polanco 5-10 190 Right Right 1975-10-10 11, 23 Fernando Tatis 6-01 175 Right Right 1975-01-01 # Outfielders Height Weight Throws Bats Date Of Birth 8 J.D. Drew 6-01 195 Right Left 1975-11-20 5 Ron Gant 6-00 192 Right Right 1965-03-02 21 Brian Hunter 6-00 195 Left Right 1968-03-04 3 Brian Jordan 6-01 205 Right Right 1967-03-29 16 Ray Lankford 5-11 198 Left Left 1967-06-05 58 Mark Little 6-00 195 Right Right 1972-07-11 47 John Mabry 6-04 195 Right Left 1970-10-17 51 Willie McGee 6-01 175 Right Both 1958-11-02 1998 St. Louis Cardinals Roster The 1998 St. Louis Cardinals played 162 games during the regular season, won 83 games, lost 79 games, and finished in third position. They played their home games at Busch Stadium (Park Factors: 99/99) where 3,195,691 fans witnessed their 1998 Cardinals finish the season with a .512 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 1998 St. Louis Cardinals Opening Day starters list, a 1998 St. Louis Cardinals salary list, a 1998 St. Louis Cardinals uniform number breakdown and a 1998 St. Louis Cardinals primary starters list: 1998 St. Louis Cardinals Opening Day Starters Royce Clayton Delino DeShields Gary Gaetti Ron Gant Brian Jordan Tom Lampkin Ray Lankford Mark McGwire Todd Stottlemyre 1998 St. Louis Cardinals Most Games by Position C  Eli Marrero (73) 1B  Mark McGwire (151) 2B  Delino DeShields (111) 3B  Gary Gaetti (83) SS  Royce Clayton (89) LF  Ron Gant (104) CF  Ray Lankford (145) RF  Brian Jordan (124) DH  Brian Jordan (3) DH  Willie McGee (3)     SP  Kent Bottenfield SP  Kent Mercker SP  Matt Morris SP  Todd Stottlemyre     RP  Jeff Brantley RP  Mike Busby RP  Rich Croushore RP  John Frascatore RP  Curtis King RP  Lance Painter CL  Juan Acevedo 1998 St. Louis Cardinals Salaries Mark McGwire  $8,928,354.00 Ron Gant  $5,500,000.00 Todd Stottlemyre  $4,900,000.00 Ray Lankford  $4,666,667.00 Donovan Osborne  $3,750,000.00 Brian Jordan  $3,700,000.00 Royce Clayton  $3,500,000.00 Delino DeShields  $3,000,000.00 Jeff Brantley  $2,800,000.00 Tom Pagnozzi  $2,100,000.00 John Mabry  $1,400,000.00 Willie McGee  $1,400,000.00 Kent Mercker  $1,300,000.00 Gary Gaetti  $1,000,000.00 David Howard  $850,000.00 Kent Bottenfield  $800,000.00 Tom Lampkin  $500,000.00 Mark Petkovsek  $475,000.00 Lance Painter  $430,000.00 Pat Kelly  $325,000.00 Brian Hunter  $300,000.00 Matt Morris  $300,000.00 John Frascatore  $240,000.00 Juan Acevedo  $200,000.00 David Bell  $200,000.00 Bryan Eversgerd  $185,000.00 Manny Aybar  $175,000.00 Mike Busby  $172,500.00 Eli Marrero  $172,500.00 Luis Ordaz  $172,500.00 Rich Croushore  $170,000.00 J.D. Drew  $170,000.00 Shawn Gilbert  $170,000.00 Jose Jimenez  $170,000.00 Curtis King  $170,000.00 Mark Little  $170,000.00 Braden Looper  $170,000.00 Sean Lowe  $170,000.00 Joe McEwing  $170,000.00 Placido Polanco  $170,000.00 Cliff Politte  $170,000.00 Brady Raggio  $170,000.00 Fernando Tatis  $170,000.00 1998 St. Louis Cardinals Uniform Numbers #3  Brian Jordan #5  Ron Gant #7  Delino DeShields #8  J.D. Drew #8  Gary Gaetti #11  Royce Clayton #11  Luis Ordaz #11  Fernando Tatis #12  Shawn Gilbert #12  Pat Kelly #13  David Howard #16  Ray Lankford #19  Tom Pagnozzi #21  Brian Hunter #23  Luis Ordaz #23  Fernando Tatis #25  Mark McGwire #26  Eli Marrero #27  David Bell #27  Placido Polanco #28  Lance Painter #30  Todd Stottlemyre #31  Donovan Osborne #32  Darren Oliver #34  Sean Lowe #35  Matt Morris #36  Bobby Witt #37  Kent Bottenfield #38  Manny Aybar #40  Cliff Politte #43  Kent Mercker #44  Jeff Brantley #46  Mark Petkovsek #47  John Mabry #48  Joe McEwing #49  Tom Lampkin #50  John Frascatore #51  Willie McGee #52  Jose Jimenez #52  Luis Ordaz #53  Juan Acevedo #54  Mike Busby #55  Braden Looper #57  Curtis King #58  Mark Little #61  Rich Croushore #62  Bryan Eversgerd #64  Brady Raggio #67  Placido Polanco Did you know that a 1998 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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