1953 St. Louis Cardinals Roster

The 1953 St. Louis Cardinals team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1953 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 1953 St. Louis Cardinals Opening Day starters list, a 1953 St. Louis Cardinals salary list, a 1953 St. Louis Cardinals uniform number breakdown and a 1953 St. Louis Cardinals primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.
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1953 St. Louis Cardinals



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Complete Roster  
 

Roster
Schedule
25 Dick Bokelmann 6-00½ 180 Right Right 1926-10-26
27 Al Brazle 6-02 185 Left Left 1913-10-19
28 Cliff Chambers 6-03 208 Left Left 1922-01-10
22 Mike Clark 6-04 190 Right Right 1922-02-12
32 Jackie Collum 5-07 163 Left Left 1927-06-21
32, 25 Eddie Erautt 6-00 186 Right Right 1924-09-26
41 Jack Faszholz 6-03 205 Right Right 1927-04-11
42 Harvey Haddix 5-09½ 170 Left Left 1925-09-18
36 Stu Miller 5-11½ 165 Right Right 1927-12-26
33 Vinegar Bend Mizell 6-03½ 205 Left Right 1930-08-13
32, 21 Joe Presko 6-00 170 Right Right 1928-10-07
39 John Romonosky 6-02 195 Right Right 1929-07-07
47 Willard Schmidt 6-01 187 Right Right 1928-05-29
14 Jerry Staley 6-00 195 Right Right 1920-08-21
26 Hal White 5-10 170 Right Right 1919-03-18
43 Eddie Yuhas 6-01 180 Right Right 1924-08-05
38 Ferrell Anderson 6-01 200 Right Right 1918-01-09
17 Les Fusselman 6-01 195 Right Right 1921-03-07
16 Dick Rand 6-02 185 Right Right 1931-03-07
18 Del Rice 6-02 190 Right Right 1922-10-27
17 Sal Yvars 5-10 187 Right Right 1924-02-20
5 Steve Bilko 6-01 230 Right Right 1928-11-13
1 Pete Castiglione 5-11 175 Right Right 1921-02-13
7 Solly Hemus 5-09 175 Right Left 1923-04-17
11 Ray Jablonski 5-10 183 Right Right 1926-12-17
1 Billy Johnson 5-10 180 Right Right 1918-08-30
15 Fred Marolewski 6-02½ 205 Right Right 1928-10-06
2 Red Schoendienst 6-00 170 Right Both 1923-02-02
19 Dick Schofield 5-09 165 Right Both 1935-01-07
15 Dick Sisler 6-02 205 Right Left 1920-11-02
12 Eddie Stanky 5-08 170 Right Right 1915-09-03
10 Grant Dunlap 6-02 180 Right Right 1923-12-20
10 Harry Elliott 5-09 175 Right Right 1923-12-30
37 Peanuts Lowrey 5-08½ 170 Right Right 1917-08-27
6 Stan Musial 6-00 175 Left Left 1920-11-21
8 Rip Repulski 6-00 195 Right Right 1928-10-04
9 Enos Slaughter 5-09 192 Right Left 1916-04-27
19 Vern Benson 5-11 180 Right Left 1924-09-19
20 Eddie Phillips 6-01 180 Right Both 1931-07-08
39 Hal Rice 6-01 195 Right Left 1924-02-11
3 Virgil Stallcup 6-03 185 Right Right 1922-01-03
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The 1953 St. Louis Cardinals played 154 games during the regular season, won 83 games, lost 71 games, and finished in third position. They played their home games at Sportsman's Park III (Park Factors: 100/99) where 880,242 fans witnessed their 1953 Cardinals finish the season with a .539 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 1953 St. Louis Cardinals Opening Day starters list, a 1953 St. Louis Cardinals salary list, a 1953 St. Louis Cardinals uniform number breakdown and a 1953 St. Louis Cardinals primary starters list:

1953 St. Louis Cardinals
Opening Day Starters


No Opening Day Information Available

1953 St. Louis Cardinals
Most Games by Position

C Del Rice (135)
1B Steve Bilko (154)
2B Red Schoendienst (140)
3B Ray Jablonski (157)
SS Solly Hemus (150)
LF Stan Musial (141)
CF Rip Repulski (153)
RF Enos Slaughter (137)
  
SP Harvey Haddix
SP Stu Miller
SP Vinegar Bend Mizell
SP Joe Presko
SP Jerry Staley
  
RP Cliff Chambers
RP Mike Clark
RP Eddie Erautt
RP Hal White
CL Al Brazle


1953 St. Louis Cardinals
Salaries

Ferrell Anderson $6,000.00


1953 St. Louis Cardinals
Uniform Numbers

#1 Pete Castiglione
#1 Billy Johnson
#2 Red Schoendienst
#3 Virgil Stallcup
#5 Steve Bilko
#6 Stan Musial
#7 Solly Hemus
#8 Rip Repulski
#9 Enos Slaughter
#10 Grant Dunlap
#10 Harry Elliott
#11 Ray Jablonski
#12 Eddie Stanky
#14 Jerry Staley
#15 Fred Marolewski
#15 Dick Sisler
#16 Dick Rand
#17 Les Fusselman
#17 Sal Yvars
#18 Del Rice
#19 Vern Benson
#19 Dick Schofield
#20 Eddie Phillips
#21 Joe Presko
#22 Mike Clark
#25 Dick Bokelmann
#25 Eddie Erautt
#26 Hal White
#27 Al Brazle
#28 Cliff Chambers
#32 Jackie Collum
#32 Eddie Erautt
#32 Joe Presko
#33 Vinegar Bend Mizell
#36 Stu Miller
#37 Peanuts Lowrey
#38 Ferrell Anderson
#39 Hal Rice
#39 John Romonosky
#41 Jack Faszholz
#42 Harvey Haddix
#43 Eddie Yuhas
#47 Willard Schmidt

Did you know that a 1953 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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