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Record: 88-74   .543.... 1st in National League Central
Stadium: Busch Stadium II
Playoffs: Lost NLCS (Braves)
Attendance: 2,654,718
Payroll: $38,741,666
Top Draft Pick: Braden Looper (#3)   MLB
Manager - Tony LaRussa

Affiliates - AAA Louisville Redbirds AA Arkansas Travelers A+ St. Petersburg Cardinals A Peoria Chiefs A- New Jersey Cardinals Rk Johnson City Cardinals

Team Leaders

HR: Gant [30]
RBI: Jordan [104]
2B: Jordan, Lankford [36]
SB: Lankford [35]
W: Benes [18]
SV: Eckersley [30]
SO: Stottlemyre [194]

Oldest Player: Rick Honeycutt [42]
Youngest Player: Miguel Mejia [21]
Longest Tenure: Ozzie Smith [15]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Mike DiFelice (Sep 1) Aaron Holbert (Apr 14) Miguel Mejia (Apr 4) Dmitri Young (Aug 29)
Pitchers: Mike Busby (Apr 7) Eric Ludwick (Sep 1)

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Organizational Roster of Batters

Player	Pos	Age	Team	Level
Antonio Abell	P-OF	21	New Jersey	A-
	P-OF		Johnson City	Rk
Luis Alicea	2B	31	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Greg Almond	C	25	Peoria	A
Charlie Anderson	2B		Arkansas	AA
Matt Arrandale	P	25	Louisville	AAA
Manny Aybar	P	26	Louisville	AAA
	P		Arkansas	AA
Michael Badorek	P	27	Louisville	AAA
Cory Bailey	P	25	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Brian Barber	P	23	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	P		Louisville	AAA
Rich Batchelor	P	29	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
David Bell	3B-2B	24	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	3B-2B		Louisville	AAA
Rigo Beltran	P	26	Louisville	AAA
Alan Benes	P	24	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Andy Benes	P	29	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Jeff Berblinger	2B	25	Arkansas	AA
Darrell Betts	SS		New Jersey	A-
Steve Biermann			St. Petersburg	A+
Pat Borders	C	33	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Terry Bradshaw	OF	27	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	OF		Louisville	AAA
Bryan Britt	OF	21	New Jersey	A-
Mike Busby	P	23	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	P		Louisville	AAA
Brent Butler	2B-3B	18	Johnson City	Rk
Isaac Byrd	OF		Johnson City	Rk
Ken Cameron	OF	23	New Jersey	A-
Brian Carpenter	P	25	Arkansas	AA
Dan Cholowsky	SS	25	Louisville	AAA
Stubby Clapp	2B	23	Johnson City	Rk
Royce Clayton	SS	26	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Efrain Contreras	OF	23	St. Petersburg	A+
Rod Correia	SS-2B	29	Louisville	AAA
Tripp Cromer	2B-SS	28	Louisville	AAA
Rich Croushore	P	26	Arkansas	AA
Dee Dalton	SS		Arkansas	AA
Ray Davis	P	23	Arkansas	AA
Darrel Deak	2B	27	Louisville	AAA
Billy Deck	1B	20	Johnson City	Rk
Lou Deman	OF		New Jersey	A-
Kris Detmers	P	22	Arkansas	AA
Mike DiFelice	C	27	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	C		Louisville	AAA
Tony Diggs	2B	29	Louisville	AAA
	2B		Arkansas	AA
Nate Dishington	1B	21	Peoria	A
Dennis Eckersley	P	41	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Dave Eiland	P	30	Louisville	AAA
Paul Ellis	C	27	Arkansas	AA
Brad Evans			Johnson City	Rk
Tony Falciglia	C	24	St. Petersburg	A+
	C		New Jersey	A-
Cordell Farley	OF	23	St. Petersburg	A+
	OF		Peoria	A
	OF		Johnson City	Rk
Chris Fick	OF	26	Arkansas	AA
Keith Finnerty	2B		New Jersey	A-
Tony Fossas	P	39	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Micah Franklin	RF	24	Louisville	AAA
John Frascatore	P	26	Louisville	AAA
Joe Freitas	OF	23	New Jersey	A-
Gary Gaetti	3B	38	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Mike Gallego	2B-SS	35	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	2B-SS		St. Petersburg	A+
Ron Gant	LF-CF	31	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Ossie Garcia	OF	22	Peoria	A
Jim Gargiulo	C		Johnson City	Rk
Scarborough Green	CF-RF	22	Arkansas	AA
	CF-RF		St. Petersburg	A+
Mike Gulan	3B	25	Louisville	AAA
Chris Haas	3B	19	Peoria	A
Andre Hall	2B	22	Peoria	A
Ryan Hall	C		St. Petersburg	A+
Shawn Hare	LF-RF	29	Louisville	AAA
Rodger Harris	2B-OF		Johnson City	Rk
Scott Hemond	C-2B	30	Louisville	AAA
Erik Hiljus	P	23	Arkansas	AA
Todd Hogan	H		St. Petersburg	A+
	H		Johnson City	Rk
Aaron Holbert	2B	23	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	2B		Louisville	AAA
Rick Honeycutt	P	42	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Dann Howitt	RF-LF	32	Louisville	AAA
Miguel Inzunza	2B	24	Peoria	A
Danny Jackson	P	34	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Ruben Jimenez	2B-SS	21	New Jersey	A-
Keith Johns	2B	25	Arkansas	AA
Brian Jordan	RF-LF	29	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Joe Jumonville	P		St. Petersburg	A+
Brad Kennedy	2B		New Jersey	A-
Stacy Kleiner	2B	21	New Jersey	A-
Ryan Kritscher	2B-OF		Johnson City	Rk
Ray Lankford	LF	29	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Jason Lariviere	OF-2B	23	St. Petersburg	A+
	OF-2B		Peoria	A
Jason Lee	OF	19	Johnson City	Rk
Jose Leon	1B-3B	19	New Jersey	A-
	1B-3B		Johnson City	Rk
Kevin Lovingier	P	25	Arkansas	AA
Sean Lowe	P	25	Louisville	AAA
	P		Arkansas	AA
Eric Ludwick	P	24	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	P		Louisville	AAA
Jesus Lugo	P	21	St. Petersburg	A+
John Mabry	RF-1B	25	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Eli Marrero	LF-RF	22	Arkansas	AA
T.J. Mathews	P	26	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Jeff Matranga	P	25	Arkansas	AA
Jeff Matulevich	P	26	Arkansas	AA
Michael Matvey	SS		St. Petersburg	A+
Brian Maxcy	P	25	Louisville	AAA
Brian Mazurek	1B	22	New Jersey	A-
Travis McClendon	C	23	Peoria	A
Keith McDonald	C	23	St. Petersburg	A+
Mike McDougal	P	21	New Jersey	A-
Joe McEwing	LF-2B	23	Arkansas	AA
Willie McGee	RF-CF	37	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Ryan McHugh	OF	23	Peoria	A
Shawn McNally	OF	23	Peoria	A
Pepe McNeal	C	21	New Jersey	A-
	C		Johnson City	Rk
Jeff McNeely	CF	26	Louisville	AAA
Miguel Mejia	CF	21	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	CF		St. Petersburg	A+
Francisco Morales	DH	23	St. Petersburg	A+
Mike Morgan	P	36	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	P		Louisville	AAA
Matt Morris	P	22	Louisville	AAA
	P		Arkansas	AA
Bret Mueller	OF	23	Peoria	A
Juan Munoz	OF	22	St. Petersburg	A+
	OF		Peoria	A
Jeff Murphy	C		Arkansas	AA
Jeff Mutis	P	29	Louisville	AAA
Isaias Nunez	OF	22	Peoria	A
Jose Oliva	3B	25	Louisville	AAA
Luis Ordaz	2B-SS	21	St. Petersburg	A+
Donovan Osborne	P	27	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	P		Louisville	AAA
Yudith Ozario			St. Petersburg	A+
Javier Pages	C	25	Arkansas	AA
	C		St. Petersburg	A+
Tom Pagnozzi	C	34	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	C		Louisville	AAA
Jeff Parrett	P	35	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Geronimo Pena	3B-2B	29	Louisville	AAA
Mark Petkovsek	P	30	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Placido Polanco	2B-3B	20	St. Petersburg	A+
Ross Powell	P	28	Louisville	AAA
Brady Raggio	P	24	Arkansas	AA
Chris Richard	1B-RF	22	St. Petersburg	A+
Miguel Rivera	SS	22	Peoria	A
Ryan Roberts	3B	22	Peoria	A
	3B		New Jersey	A-
Kerry Robinson	LF-RF	22	Peoria	A
Brian Rupp	1B	25	Arkansas	AA
Steven Santucci	OF		Arkansas	AA
	OF		St. Petersburg	A+
Luis Saturria	OF	20	Johnson City	Rk
Dave Schmidt	C	22	New Jersey	A-
Andy Schofield	OF		New Jersey	A-
Danny Sheaffer	C	35	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Scott Simmons	P		Louisville	AAA
Ozzie Smith	SS	41	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Mike Stefanski	C	27	Louisville	AAA
Todd Stottlemyre	P	31	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Mark Sweeney	RF-1B	26	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Paul Tanner	2B	22	St. Petersburg	A+
	2B		Johnson City	Rk
Paul Torres	3B	25	Louisville	AAA
	3B		Arkansas	AA
Hector Ugueto			New Jersey	A-
Tom Urbani	P	28	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	P		Louisville	AAA
Ben Van Ryn	P	25	Louisville	AAA
Jose Velez	1B-OF	23	Arkansas	AA
Ron Warner	OF	27	Arkansas	AA
Paul Wilders	3B	22	Peoria	A
	3B		New Jersey	A-
Chris Wimmer	2B	26	Louisville	AAA
Joel Wolfe	3B		Arkansas	AA
Jason Woolf	SS	19	Peoria	A
Dmitri Young	LF-1B	22	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	LF-1B		Louisville	AAA

Organizational Roster of Pitchers

Player	Age	Team	Level
Armando Almanza	23	Peoria	A
Matt Arrandale	25	Louisville	AAA
Corey Avrard	19	Peoria	A
Manny Aybar	26	Louisville	AAA
	26	Arkansas	AA
Michael Badorek	27	Louisville	AAA
Cory Bailey	25	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	25	Louisville	AAA
Brian Barber	23	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	23	Louisville	AAA
Rodney Barfield		Johnson City	Rk
Rich Batchelor	29	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	29	Louisville	AAA
Rigo Beltran	26	Louisville	AAA
Adam Benes	23	Peoria	A
Alan Benes	24	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Andy Benes	29	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Mike Busby	23	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	23	Louisville	AAA
Brian Carpenter	25	Arkansas	AA
Brian Clark	23	New Jersey	A-
Keith Conway	23	St. Petersburg	A+
Kevin Crafton	22	New Jersey	A-
Rich Croushore	26	Arkansas	AA
Ray Davis	23	Arkansas	AA
Jose DeLeon		Johnson City	Rk
Kris Detmers	22	Arkansas	AA
Matt DeWitt	19	Johnson City	Rk
Steve Dixon	27	Louisville	AAA
Rob Donnelly	23	Peoria	A
Chris Dooley	23	Johnson City	Rk
Dennis Eckersley	41	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Dave Eiland	30	Louisville	AAA
Tony Falciglia	24	New Jersey	A-
Kevin Foderaro	23	Peoria	A
Tony Fossas	39	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
John Frascatore	26	Louisville	AAA
Keith Gallagher	22	New Jersey	A-
Frank Garcia	22	Arkansas	AA
	22	St. Petersburg	A+
John Geis	22	Johnson City	Rk
Keith Glauber	24	Peoria	A
Matthew Golden	24	Arkansas	AA
	24	St. Petersburg	A+
Andrew Gordon	22	New Jersey	A-
Toribio Guzman	20	Johnson City	Rk
Yates Hall	23	St. Petersburg	A+
Greg Heffernan	22	New Jersey	A-
Rick Heiserman	23	St. Petersburg	A+
Erik Hiljus	23	Arkansas	AA
Shawn Hogue		Johnson City	Rk
Rick Honeycutt	42	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Danny Jackson	34	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	34	Louisville	AAA
	34	St. Petersburg	A+
Jose Jimenez	23	Peoria	A
Nick Kast	24	Peoria	A
Curtis King	25	Arkansas	AA
	25	St. Petersburg	A+
John Kown	23	Peoria	A
Marcus Logan	24	St. Petersburg	A+
Jeff Love	22	New Jersey	A-
Kevin Lovingier	25	Arkansas	AA
Sean Lowe	25	Louisville	AAA
	25	Arkansas	AA
Eric Ludwick	24	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	24	Louisville	AAA
Jesus Lugo	21	Johnson City	Rk
T.J. Mathews	26	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Jeff Matranga	25	Arkansas	AA
Jeff Matulevich	26	Arkansas	AA
Brian Maxcy	25	Louisville	AAA
Mike McDougal	21	New Jersey	A-
Kevin McNeill		St. Petersburg	A+
Richard Mear	20	Johnson City	Rk
Manuel Mendez	22	St. Petersburg	A+
Greg Montgomery	21	Peoria	A
	21	New Jersey	A-
Mike Morgan	36	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	36	Louisville	AAA
	36	St. Petersburg	A+
Matt Morris	22	Louisville	AAA
	22	Arkansas	AA
Jeff Mutis	29	Louisville	AAA
Steve Norris	20	Johnson City	Rk
Mark Nussbeck	22	New Jersey	A-
Tim Onofrei	21	Johnson City	Rk
Donovan Osborne	27	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	27	Louisville	AAA
	27	St. Petersburg	A+
Jeff Parrett	35	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
Mark Petkovsek	30	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	30	Louisville	AAA
	30	St. Petersburg	A+
Cliff Politte	22	Peoria	A
Jason Pollock	25	New Jersey	A-
Daniel Pontes	25	St. Petersburg	A+
Ross Powell	28	Louisville	AAA
Brady Raggio	24	Arkansas	AA
Britt Reames	23	Peoria	A
Jay Reames	21	New Jersey	A-
Brian Reed	25	St. Petersburg	A+
Steve Reed	21	Johnson City	Rk
Tim Riegert	22	Johnson City	Rk
Mark Roettgen	20	Peoria	A
Jorge Roque		New Jersey	A-
Ruben Rosario	21	Johnson City	Rk
Kevin Sheredy	21	New Jersey	A-
Scott Simmons		Louisville	AAA
Gene Stechschulte	23	New Jersey	A-
Mike Stefanski	27	Louisville	AAA
Blake Stein	23	St. Petersburg	A+
Todd Stottlemyre	31	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
John Tuttle	18	Johnson City	Rk
Tom Urbani	28	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB
	28	Louisville	AAA
Ben Van Ryn	25	Louisville	AAA
Matt Wagner	22	Peoria	A
Jon Ward	21	New Jersey	A-
Clint Weibl	21	Peoria	A
	21	Johnson City	Rk
Travis Welch	22	Peoria	A
Adam West	22	New Jersey	A-
Mike Windham	24	St. Petersburg	A+