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200991–71 (0.562)Made Playoffs
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GM: John Mozeliak

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 2009, 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
$107M
Surplus $M
-7
Win %
0.562
TAB
+5.1
WAB
+7.1
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
41.2
Dead money %
39%
Depth Players
9.0
Dead WAR
-4.8

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

2009 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

RYadier Molina138
RJason LaRue43
RMatt Pagnozzi5
RDavid Freese1

1B

RAlbert Pujols159
LChris Duncan6
RYadier Molina6
RMark DeRosa⇄5
RDavid Freese3
RJason LaRue2
RTroy Glaus2
RMatt Pagnozzi1
RTyler Greene1

2B

LSkip Schumaker133
LJoe Thurston47
RBrendan Ryan19
RJulio Lugo⇄18
RTyler Greene7
RJarrett Hoffpauir5
RBrian Barden1
RMark DeRosa⇄1

3B

LJoe Thurston68
RMark DeRosa⇄49
RBrian Barden46
RKhalil Greene16
RTyler Greene11
RTroy Glaus8
RDavid Freese7
RJarrett Hoffpauir1

SS

RBrendan Ryan105
RJulio Lugo⇄33
RKhalil Greene30
RTyler Greene30
RBrian Barden4

LF

LChris Duncan68
RMatt Holliday⇄63
LSkip Schumaker39
LRick Ankiel25
RNick Stavinoha13
LColby Rasmus9
RMark DeRosa⇄8
LJoe Thurston5
RRyan Ludwick1
RShane Robinson1

CF

LColby Rasmus124
LRick Ankiel66
LSkip Schumaker6
RShane Robinson2
RRyan Ludwick1
RTyler Greene1

RF

RRyan Ludwick133
LRick Ankiel27
LSkip Schumaker11
RNick Stavinoha10
LColby Rasmus6
RShane Robinson6
RMark DeRosa⇄5

DH

LChris Duncan4
RAlbert Pujols1
RNick Stavinoha1

Starters

RAdam Wainwright5.7 WAR
RChris Carpenter5.5 WAR
RJoel Pineiro4.4 WAR
RJohn Smoltz⇄1.0 WAR
RKyle Lohse1.0 WAR
RMitchell Boggs0.5 WAR
RBrad Thompson-0.1 WAR
RTodd Wellemeyer-0.3 WAR
RP.J. Walters-0.4 WAR

Bullpen

★ RRyan Franklin38 sv
LDennys Reyes18 h
RKyle McClellan16 h
LTrever Miller15 h
RJason Motte15 h
RBlake Hawksworth2 h
RJosh Kinney2 h
RChris Perez⇄0 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 2008)

PlayerfWAR
Colby Rasmus2.7
Matt Holliday2.5
John Smoltz1.0
Trever Miller0.5
Mark DeRosa0.5
Julio Lugo0.2

Key subtractions (gone from 2008)

Player2008 fWAR
Braden Looper2.3
Felipe Lopez1.7
Aaron Miles1.6
Adam Kennedy1.4
Cesar Izturis1.0
Brian Barton0.9

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 2009; everyone else is shown as a 2009 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Adam Wainwright 2009 +5.7 +114.8 2.8 +112.1 $0.5M 2.50× –
Chris Carpenter 2009 +5.5 +109.9 13.3 +96.6 $2.4M 2.50× –
Albert Pujols 2009 +8.4 +91.7 14.4 +77.3 $1.7M 1.37× –
Joel Pineiro 2009 +4.4 +76.9 7.5 +69.4 $1.7M 2.19× –
Yadier Molina 2009 +4.6 +41.1 3.3 +37.8 $0.7M 1.12× –
Colby Rasmus 2009 +2.7 +34.0 0.4 +33.6 $0.2M 1.60× –
Matt Holliday↔ 2009 +2.5 +32.6 5.5 +27.1 $2.1M 1.60× –
Brendan Ryan 2009 +2.6 +24.9 0.4 +24.5 $0.2M 1.18× –
Ryan Ludwick 2009 +2.3 +22.0 3.7 +18.3 $1.6M 1.22× –
Skip Schumaker 2009 +1.5 +9.9 0.4 +9.5 $0.3M 0.82× –
Ryan Franklin 2009 +0.8 +8.6 2.5 +6.1 $3.1M 1.34× –
John Smoltz↔ 2009 +1.0 +8.2 2.6 +5.7 $2.5M 1.02× –
Mitchell Boggs 2009 +0.5 +4.2 0.4 +3.8 $0.8M 1.02× –
Trever Miller 2009 +0.5 +2.7 0.5 +2.2 $1.0M 0.67× –
Kyle McClellan 2009 +0.2 +1.8 0.4 +1.4 $2.4M 1.34× –
Jarrett Hoffpauir 2009 +0.2 +0.9 0.4 +0.5 $2.0M 0.56× –
Kyle Lohse 2009 +1.0 +7.9 7.4 +0.4 $7.7M 1.02× –
David Freese 2009 +0.2 +0.7 0.4 +0.3 $2.6M 0.58× –
Brian Barden 2009 +0.1 +0.6 0.4 +0.2 $3.0M 0.58× –
Blake Hawksworth 2009 +0.1 +0.5 0.4 +0.1 $4.5M 0.67× –
Jason LaRue 2009 +0.2 +0.9 0.9 -0.1 $4.5M 0.52× –
Dennys Reyes 2009 +0.1 +0.7 1.0 -0.3 $8.2M 0.67× –
Mark DeRosa↔ 2009 +0.5 +2.2 2.7 -0.5 $5.6M 0.58× –
Chris Perez↔ 2009 -0.1 -0.4 0.2 -0.6 – 0.67× –
Brad Thompson 2009 -0.1 -0.5 0.7 -1.1 – 0.67× –
Joe Thurston 2009 -0.2 -1.1 0.5 -1.5 – 0.58× –
Tyler Greene 2009 -0.2 -1.1 0.4 -1.5 – 0.61× –
Shane Robinson 2009 -0.2 -1.2 0.4 -1.6 – 0.83× –
Rick Ankiel 2009 +0.1 +0.9 2.8 -2.0 $21.6M 0.83× –
Jason Motte 2009 -0.3 -1.8 0.4 -2.2 – 0.67× –
Josh Kinney 2009 -0.4 -2.1 0.4 -2.5 – 0.67× –
Chris Duncan 2009 -0.4 -3.0 0.8 -3.8 – 0.83× –
Julio Lugo↔ 2009 +0.2 +1.1 5.4 -4.3 $25.0M 0.61× –
Nick Stavinoha 2009 -0.6 -4.2 0.4 -4.6 – 0.83× –
Todd Wellemeyer 2009 -0.3 -2.4 4.0 -6.4 – 1.02× –
Khalil Greene 2009 -1.0 -4.7 6.5 -11.2 – 0.61× –
Troy Glaus 2009 -0.3 -1.6 12.1 -13.7 – 0.58× –
Blaine Boyer↔ 2009 +0.0 +0.1 0.1 +0.0 $5.2M 0.67× –
Clayton Mortensen↔ 2009 -0.1 -0.4 – – – 0.67× –
Jess Todd↔ 2009 -0.1 -0.3 – – – 0.67× –
Matt Pagnozzi 2009 -0.0 -0.1 – – – 0.52× –
P.J. Walters 2009 -0.4 -2.2 – – – 0.67× –
Total—+41.2+572.7106.8+469.0—

Trades

Every graded 2009 deal involving the Cardinals — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 4 total.

2009 · STL / OAK
STL · John Mozeliak +$124.0M
Matt Holliday
OAK · Billy Beane −$124.0M
Clayton Mortensen, Shane Peterson, Brett Wallace
STL came out ahead by $124.0M
2009 · STL / CLE
STL · John Mozeliak +$7.2M
Mark DeRosa
CLE · Mark Shapiro −$7.2M
Chris Perez, Jess Todd
STL came out ahead by $7.2M
2009 · STL / ATL
STL · John Mozeliak +$0.0M
Blaine Boyer
ATL · Frank Wren +$0.0M
Brian Barton
Even trade
2009 · BOS / STL
BOS · Theo Epstein +$16.8M
Chris Duncan
STL · John Mozeliak −$16.8M
Julio Lugo
BOS came out ahead by $16.8M

Current & Historical Payroll

2009 payroll
$106.9M

What the front office was committed to as of 2009, 2009–2015. 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 (17)

PlayerAgeSvc2009201020112012201320142015
Albert Pujols298.000$14.4M$14.6M$14.5MFREE AGENT
Chris Carpenter3412.000$13.3M$15.8M$14.3M$10.5MFREE AGENT
Troy Glaus3211.000$12.1MFREE AGENT
Joel Pineiro309.000$7.5MFREE AGENT
Kyle Lohse308.000$7.4M$9.2M$12.2M$11.9MFREE AGENT
Khalil Greene296.000$6.5MFREE AGENT
Julio Lugo339.000$5.4MFREE AGENT
Todd Wellemeyer306.000$4.0MFREE AGENT
Ryan Ludwick307.000$3.7M$3.1MFREE AGENT
Rick Ankiel2910.000$2.8MFREE AGENT
Mark DeRosa3411.000$2.7MFREE AGENT
John Smoltz4221.000$2.6MFREE AGENT
Ryan Franklin3610.000$2.5M$3.0M$3.2MFREE AGENT
Dennys Reyes3212.000$1.0M$2.0MFREE AGENT
Jason LaRue3510.000$950k$950kFREE AGENT
Trever Miller3613.000$500k$2.0M$1.6MFREE AGENT
Joe Thurston297.000$475kFREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (8)

PlayerAgeSvc2009201020112012201320142015
Matt Holliday295.000$5.5MFREE AGENT
Yadier Molina265.000$3.3MFREE AGENT
Adam Wainwright274.000$2.8MARB 3FREE AGENT
Chris Duncan284.000$825kARB 3FREE AGENT
Brad Thompson274.000$650kARB 3FREE AGENT
Skip Schumaker294.000$430kARB 3FREE AGENT
Josh Kinney303.000$405kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Blaine Boyer274.000$135kARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (17)

PlayerAgeSvc2009201020112012201320142015
Kyle McClellan251.000$411kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brendan Ryan272.000$403kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jarrett Hoffpauir260.000$400kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jason Motte271.000$400kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Shane Robinson240.000$400kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brian Barden282.000$400kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tyler Greene250.000$400kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Blake Hawksworth260.000$400kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Nick Stavinoha271.000$400kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Colby Rasmus220.000$400kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
David Freese260.000$400kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mitchell Boggs251.000$400kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chris Perez231.000$191kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Matt Pagnozzi26–—
Clayton Mortensen240.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
P.J. Walters240.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jess Todd23–—

Graphs

How each 2009 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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