The 1979 St. Louis Cardinals team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1979 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 1979 St. Louis Cardinals Opening Day starters list, a 1979 St. Louis Cardinals salary list, a 1979 St. Louis Cardinals uniform number breakdown and a 1979 St. Louis Cardinals primary starters list. Research by Baseball Almanac.
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# | Pitchers | Height | Weight | Throws | Bats | Date Of Birth |
49 | Tom Bruno | 6-05 | 210 | Right | Right | 1953-01-26 |
36 | John Denny | 6-03 | 190 | Right | Right | 1952-11-08 |
31 | Bob Forsch | 6-04 | 200 | Right | Right | 1950-01-13 |
39 | George Frazier | 6-05 | 205 | Right | Right | 1954-10-13 |
41 | John Fulgham | 6-02 | 205 | Right | Right | 1956-06-09 |
51, 34 | Darold Knowles | 6-00 | 190 | Left | Left | 1941-12-09 |
32 | Mark Littell | 6-03 | 210 | Right | Left | 1953-01-17 |
35 | Silvio Martinez | 5-10 | 170 | Right | Right | 1955-08-19 |
47 | Will McEnaney | 6-00 | 180 | Left | Left | 1952-02-14 |
26 | Dan O'Brien | 6-04 | 215 | Right | Right | 1954-04-22 |
22 | Buddy Schultz | 6-00 | 175 | Left | Right | 1950-09-19 |
48 | Kim Seaman | 6-04 | 205 | Left | Left | 1957-05-06 |
42 | Bob Sykes | 6-02 | 200 | Left | Both | 1954-12-11 |
43 | Roy Thomas | 6-06 | 200 | Right | Right | 1953-06-22 |
38 | John Urrea | 6-03 | 205 | Right | Right | 1955-02-09 |
46 | Pete Vuckovich | 6-04 | 220 | Right | Right | 1952-10-27 |
# | Catchers | Height | Weight | Throws | Bats | Date Of Birth |
16 | Terry Kennedy | 6-03 | 220 | Right | Left | 1956-06-04 |
23 | Ted Simmons | 6-00 | 200 | Right | Both | 1949-08-09 |
9 | Steve Swisher | 6-02 | 205 | Right | Right | 1951-08-09 |
# | Infielders | Height | Weight | Throws | Bats | Date Of Birth |
7 | Roger Freed | 6-00 | 190 | Right | Right | 1946-06-02 |
37 | Keith Hernandez | 6-00 | 195 | Left | Left | 1953-10-20 |
28 | Tom Herr | 6-00 | 185 | Right | Both | 1956-04-04 |
24 | Ken Oberkfell | 6-00 | 210 | Right | Left | 1956-05-04 |
5 | Mike Phillips | 6-01 | 185 | Right | Left | 1950-08-19 |
44 | Ken Reitz | 6-00 | 185 | Right | Right | 1951-06-24 |
1 | Garry Templeton | 5-11 | 190 | Right | Both | 1956-03-24 |
4 | Mike Tyson | 5-09 | 170 | Right | Right | 1950-01-13 |
# | Outfielders | Height | Weight | Throws | Bats | Date Of Birth |
20 | Lou Brock | 6-00 | 170 | Left | Left | 1939-06-18 |
11 | Bernie Carbo | 6-00 | 175 | Right | Left | 1947-08-05 |
21 | Mike Dimmel | 6-00 | 180 | Right | Right | 1954-10-16 |
3 | Tom Grieve | 6-02 | 190 | Right | Right | 1948-03-04 |
25 | George Hendrick | 6-03 | 195 | Right | Right | 1949-10-18 |
19 | Dane Iorg | 6-00 | 180 | Right | Left | 1950-05-11 |
21 | Jim Lentine | 6-00 | 175 | Right | Right | 1954-07-16 |
29 | Jerry Mumphrey | 6-02 | 185 | Right | Both | 1952-09-09 |
30 | Tony Scott | 6-00 | 175 | Right | Both | 1951-09-18 |
3 | Keith Smith | 5-09 | 178 | Right | Right | 1953-05-03 |
# | Pitchers | Height | Weight | Throws | Bats | Date Of Birth |
1979 St. Louis Cardinals Roster | Research by Baseball Almanac |
The 1979 St. Louis Cardinals played 162 games during the regular season, won 86 games, lost 76 games, and finished in third position. They played their home games at Busch Stadium (Park Factors: 101/101) where 1,627,256 fans witnessed their 1979 Cardinals finish the season with a .531 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 1979 St. Louis Cardinals Opening Day starters list, a 1979 St. Louis Cardinals salary list, a 1979 St. Louis Cardinals uniform number breakdown and a 1979 St. Louis Cardinals primary starters list:
Did you know that a 1979 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)?