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Cardinals STL

199562–81 (0.434)
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GM: Walt Jocketty

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 1995, or a custom range (defaults to every team-season since 1985, when our data starts).

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Front Office

PoorAverageGreat
Value
Payroll $M
$32M
Surplus $M
-10
Win %
0.434
TAB
-8.4
WAB
-9.8
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
22.3
Dead money %
51%
Depth Players
3.0
Dead WAR
-4.4

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

1995 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

RDanny Sheaffer67
RTom Pagnozzi61
RScott Hemond38

1B

LJohn Mabry73
LMark Sweeney19
RDarnell Coles18
LGerald Perry11
RChris Sabo⇄3
RDanny Sheaffer3
LRay Giannelli2
RJose Oliva⇄1

2B

BJosé Oquendo62
RDavid Bell⇄37
BGeronimo Pena25
BRamon Caraballo24
RTripp Cromer III11
RScott Hemond6
RTim Hulett Sr.2
BManuel Lee1

3B

LScott Cooper110
RTodd Zeile⇄34
RDarnell Coles22
RJose Oliva⇄21
RDavid Bell⇄5
RChris Sabo⇄2
BJosé Oquendo2
RDanny Sheaffer1

SS

RTripp Cromer III95
BOzzie Smith41
BJosé Oquendo24
RTim Hulett Sr.1

LF

RBernard Gilkey118
RAllen Battle15
LJohn Mabry11
LTerry Bradshaw6
RDarnell Coles1
LMark Sweeney1
LRay Giannelli1

CF

LRay Lankford129
RBrian Jordan13
RAllen Battle7
LTerry Bradshaw3

RF

RBrian Jordan116
LJohn Mabry29
RAllen Battle14
BJosé Oquendo1
LRay Giannelli1
LTerry Bradshaw1

DH

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Starters

RMark Petkovsek1.7 WAR
LDonovan Osborne1.1 WAR
LTom Urbani1.1 WAR
RMike Morgan⇄0.9 WAR
LAllen Watson0.7 WAR
LDanny Jackson0.4 WAR
RRich DeLucia0.3 WAR
RAlan Benes0.3 WAR
RKen Hill⇄0.1 WAR
RJohn Frascatore0.0 WAR
RBrian Barber0.0 WAR
RVicente Palacios-0.2 WAR

Bullpen

★ RTom Henke36 sv
RJeff Parrett0 h
LTony Fossas0 h
RRich DeLucia0 h
RRene Arocha0 h
RJohn Habyan⇄0 h
RT.J. Mathews0 h
RJohn Frascatore0 h

Each position shows its top 3 by games (top = starter) — click "+more" for the rest. The letter is bats/throws; ⇄ marks a player traded mid-season. Starters are ranked by WAR, bullpen by holds; ★ marks the closer (most save chances). MLB Stats API.

Key additions (new vs 1994)

PlayerfWAR
Mark Petkovsek1.7
Tom Henke1.3
Donovan Osborne1.1
Tony Fossas1.0
Mike Morgan0.9
Jeff Parrett0.6

Key subtractions (gone from 1994)

Player1994 fWAR
Mark Whiten2.7
Bob Tewksbury2.1
Gregg Jefferies1.8
Luis Alicea1.1
Rheal Cormier0.5
Gerald Young0.4

Contract Value

WAR translated into tier-adjusted market value, then compared with what the player was paid by Cardinals. Guaranteed contracts from the 2015-present contract-data period use the known contract period through 1995; everyone else is shown as a 1995 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Brian Jordan 1995 +4.4 +63.7 0.7 +63.0 $0.2M 1.79× –
Ray Lankford 1995 +4.3 +61.0 2.8 +58.2 $0.7M 1.79× –
Bernard Gilkey 1995 +2.8 +35.9 1.6 +34.2 $0.6M 1.60× –
Mark Petkovsek 1995 +1.7 +20.3 0.1 +20.2 $0.1M 1.49× –
Tom Henke 1995 +1.3 +14.2 2.3 +11.9 $1.7M 1.34× –
Donovan Osborne 1995 +1.1 +9.0 0.2 +8.7 $0.2M 1.02× –
Tom Urbani 1995 +1.1 +8.9 0.1 +8.7 $0.1M 1.02× –
John Mabry 1995 +1.4 +6.2 0.1 +6.1 $0.1M 0.56× –
Allen Watson 1995 +0.7 +5.9 0.2 +5.7 $0.2M 1.02× –
Tony Fossas 1995 +1.0 +5.6 0.3 +5.3 $0.3M 0.67× –
Mike Morgan↔ 1995 +0.9 +7.2 2.7 +4.5 $3.1M 1.02× –
John Habyan↔ 1995 +0.8 +4.2 0.3 +3.9 $0.4M 0.67× –
T.J. Mathews 1995 +0.6 +3.0 0.1 +2.8 $0.2M 0.67× –
Todd Zeile↔ 1995 +0.8 +3.9 1.1 +2.8 $1.3M 0.58× –
Allen Battle 1995 +0.4 +2.7 0.1 +2.6 $0.3M 0.83× –
Jeff Parrett 1995 +0.6 +3.1 0.6 +2.5 $1.0M 0.67× –
Alan Benes 1995 +0.3 +2.4 0.1 +2.3 $0.4M 1.02× –
José Oquendo 1995 +1.0 +4.3 2.2 +2.1 $2.3M 0.56× –
Rich DeLucia 1995 +0.3 +1.8 0.3 +1.5 $0.9M 0.67× –
Danny Jackson 1995 +0.4 +3.1 2.1 +1.0 $5.5M 1.02× –
Terry Bradshaw 1995 +0.1 +0.4 0.1 +0.3 $1.8M 0.83× –
Danny Sheaffer 1995 +0.0 +0.1 0.2 -0.1 $15.2M 0.52× –
Mark Sweeney 1995 -0.1 -0.3 0.1 -0.4 – 0.56× –
Rich Rodriguez 1995 +0.0 +0.1 0.6 -0.4 $21.1M 0.67× –
Scott Cooper 1995 +0.2 +1.1 1.5 -0.4 $6.2M 0.58× –
Geronimo Pena 1995 +0.0 +0.2 0.8 -0.6 $18.7M 0.56× –
Chris Sabo↔ 1995 -0.2 -0.8 0.1 -0.9 – 0.56× –
David Bell↔ 1995 -0.2 -0.9 0.1 -1.0 – 0.56× –
Tripp Cromer III 1995 -0.2 -1.1 0.1 -1.2 – 0.61× –
Vicente Palacios 1995 -0.2 -1.0 0.2 -1.3 – 0.67× –
Ramon Caraballo 1995 -0.3 -1.4 0.1 -1.5 – 0.56× –
Darnell Coles 1995 -0.3 -1.3 0.3 -1.6 – 0.58× –
Scott Hemond 1995 -0.3 -1.3 0.3 -1.6 – 0.52× –
Ken Hill↔ 1995 +0.1 +0.8 2.7 -1.9 $28.1M 1.02× –
Tom Pagnozzi 1995 +0.1 +0.5 2.7 -2.2 $23.0M 0.52× –
Rene Arocha 1995 -0.4 -2.1 0.2 -2.3 – 0.67× –
Jose Oliva↔ 1995 -0.6 -3.0 0.0 -3.0 – 0.58× –
Gerald Perry 1995 -0.8 -3.7 0.3 -4.0 – 0.56× –
Ozzie Smith 1995 -0.5 -2.2 3.0 -5.2 – 0.61× –
Brian Barber 1995 +0.0 +0.1 – – – 0.67× –
Cory Bailey 1995 +0.1 +0.3 – – – 0.67× –
Doug Creek 1995 +0.1 +0.7 – – – 0.67× –
John Frascatore 1995 +0.0 +0.1 – – – 0.67× –
Manuel Lee 1995 -0.1 -0.2 – – – 0.56× –
Ray Giannelli 1995 -0.1 -0.4 – – – 0.56× –
Tim Hulett Sr. 1995 -0.2 -0.9 – – – 0.56× –
Total—+22.1+250.231.4+218.7—

Trades

Every graded 1995 deal involving the Cardinals — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 9 total.

1995 · ATL / STL
ATL · John Schuerholz +$4.0M
Anton French
STL · Walt Jocketty −$4.0M
José Oliva
ATL came out ahead by $4.0M
1995 · WSN / STL
WSN · Kevin Malone +$16.0M
Kirk Bullinger, Bryan Eversgerd, DaRond Stovall
STL · Walt Jocketty −$16.0M
Ken Hill
WSN came out ahead by $16.0M
1995 · STL / SFG
STL · Walt Jocketty +$8.0M
Royce Clayton, Chris Wimmer
SFG · Bob Quinn −$8.0M
Allen Watson, Rich DeLucia, Doug Creek
STL came out ahead by $8.0M
1995 · CIN / KCR / STL
CIN · Jim Bowden +$7.2M
Andre King
KCR · Herk Robinson +$2.4M
Mike Remlinger
STL · Walt Jocketty −$9.6M
Miguel Mejía, Luis Ordaz
CIN came out ahead by $7.2M 3-team
1995 · MIL / STL
MIL · Sal Bando +$0.0M
Marc Ronan
STL · Walt Jocketty +$0.0M
Mike Stefanski
Even trade
1995 · ANA / STL
ANA · Bill Bavasi +$1.6M
John Habyan
STL · Walt Jocketty −$1.6M
Mark Sweeney
ANA came out ahead by $1.6M
1995 · BOS / STL
BOS · Dan Duquette +$4.8M
Rheal Cormier, Mark Whiten
STL · Walt Jocketty −$4.8M
Cory Bailey, Scott Cooper
BOS came out ahead by $4.8M
1995 · STL / CHC
STL · Walt Jocketty +$10.4M
Mike Morgan, Paul Torres, Francisco Morales
CHC · Ed Lynch −$10.4M
Todd Zeile
STL came out ahead by $10.4M
1995 · CLE / STL
CLE · John Hart +$1.6M
Ken Hill
STL · Walt Jocketty −$1.6M
David Bell, Rick Heiserman, Pepe McNeal
CLE came out ahead by $1.6M

Current & Historical Payroll

1995 payroll
$31.8M

What the front office was committed to as of 1995, 1995–2001. Pre-2015 has no contract-terms data — forward italic $ are realized actuals (hindsight, not commitments known then). Control labels (ARB/FA) are point-in-time.

current $ guaranteed $ actual $ (hindsight) arbitration (proj) pre-arb (proj) free agent

Guaranteed / signed (19)

PlayerAgeSvc1995199619971998199920002001
Ozzie Smith4017.000$3.0M$3.5MFREE AGENT
Mike Morgan3517.000$2.7M$978kFREE AGENT
Ken Hill297.000$2.7MFREE AGENT
Tom Pagnozzi328.000$2.7M$2.7M$1.6M$2.1MFREE AGENT
Tom Henke3713.000$2.3MFREE AGENT
José Oquendo3112.000$2.2MFREE AGENT
Danny Jackson3312.000$2.1M$4.1M$3.5MFREE AGENT
Todd Zeile296.000$1.1MFREE AGENT
Jeff Parrett339.000$600k$437kFREE AGENT
Scott Hemond296.000$350kFREE AGENT
John Habyan3110.000$315kFREE AGENT
Darnell Coles3312.000$300kFREE AGENT
Gerald Perry3412.000$299kFREE AGENT
Tony Fossas377.000$275k$650k$750kFREE AGENT
Vicente Palacios318.000$250kFREE AGENT
Danny Sheaffer338.000$200k$335k$425kFREE AGENT
Chris Sabo337.000$110kFREE AGENT
Tim Hulett Sr.3512.000—FREE AGENT
Manuel Lee3010.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (9)

PlayerAgeSvc1995199619971998199920002001
Ray Lankford285.000$2.8MFREE AGENT
Bernard Gilkey285.000$1.6MFREE AGENT
Scott Cooper275.000$1.5MFREE AGENT
Geronimo Pena285.000$770kFREE AGENT
Brian Jordan283.000$725kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Rich Rodriguez325.000$575kFREE AGENT
Rich DeLucia305.000$300kFREE AGENT
Donovan Osborne263.000$250kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mark Petkovsek294.000$114kARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (18)

PlayerAgeSvc1995199619971998199920002001
Rene Arocha312.000$195kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Allen Watson242.000$155kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tom Urbani272.000$150kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tripp Cromer III272.000$112kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Allen Battle260.000$109kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
John Mabry241.000$109kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ramon Caraballo262.000$109kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Alan Benes230.000$109kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Terry Bradshaw260.000$109kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mark Sweeney250.000$109kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
T.J. Mathews250.000$109kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
David Bell220.000$104kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jose Oliva241.000$35kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Cory Bailey242.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brian Barber220.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
John Frascatore251.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ray Giannelli29–—
Doug Creek260.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

How each 1995 acquisition stacked onto Cardinals's playoff-odds curve. The side table is ranked by PPA.

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Decision-maker records extend to 1933; resource-controlled WAR and payroll metrics cover 1985–2026. Data sources include FanGraphs, Baseball-Reference, the Chadwick Bureau register, the Lahman Database, prospect rankings from Baseball America, MLB Pipeline, and FanGraphs, and public payroll records. Transaction and trade data was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet. Executive birth/death data via Wikidata (CC0).
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