St. Louis Cardinals all-time roster

1882 to 2026 · 1,830 players

How many players have played for the St. Louis Cardinals?

1,830 players have a season with the St. Louis Cardinals on file, from 1882 to 2026: 1,034 at the plate and 797 on the mound. Stan Musial played the most games for the club, 3,026. St. Louis Cardinals all-time leaders →

Hitters with the most games

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Every St. Louis Cardinals hitter, 1882 to 2026

Player↓	Years↓	G↓	H↓iH: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.	HR↓iHR: Home runs hit.	RBI↓iRBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.	AVG↓iAVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.
Stan Musial	1941–1963	3,026	3,630	475	1,951	.331
Yadier Molina	2004–2022	2,225	2,168	176	1,022	.277
Lou Brock	1965–1979	2,186	2,567	117	770	.295
Ozzie Smith	1982–1996	1,990	1,944	27	664	.272
Enos Slaughter	1938–1953	1,820	2,064	146	1,148	.305
Albert Pujols	2001–2022	1,814	2,156	469	1,397	.326
Red Schoendienst	1945–1963	1,755	1,932	65	636	.289
Curt Flood	1958–1969	1,738	1,853	84	633	.293
Ken Boyer	1955–1965	1,667	1,855	255	1,001	.293
Julian Javier	1960–1971	1,578	1,450	76	494	.258
Ted Simmons	1968–1980	1,564	1,704	172	929	.298
Willie McGee	1982–1999	1,536	1,515	60	616	.290
Rogers Hornsby	1915–1926	1,534	2,083	191	785	.359
Marty Marion	1940–1950	1,502	1,402	34	605	.264
Ray Lankford	1990–2004	1,489	1,417	213	790	.275
Jim Bottomley	1922–1932	1,392	1,727	181	1,105	.325
Matt Carpenter	2011–2024	1,388	1,185	159	591	.261
Frankie Frisch	1927–1937	1,311	1,577	51	720	.312
Terry Moore	1935–1948	1,298	1,318	80	513	.280
Pepper Martin	1928–1944	1,189	1,227	59	501	.298
Joe Medwick	1932–1948	1,179	1,542	149	903	.336
Bill White	1959–1969	1,113	1,241	140	631	.298
Jack Smith	1915–1925	1,110	1,067	36	212	.284
Keith Hernandez	1974–1982	1,110	1,155	78	569	.299
Tim McCarver	1959–1973	1,107	1,006	66	442	.274
Jim Edmonds	2000–2007	1,105	1,033	241	713	.285
Dal Maxvill	1962–1971	1,100	617	5	208	.219
Ken Reitz	1972–1980	1,100	1,033	61	454	.263
Charlie Comiskey	1882–1891	1,036	1,198	26	0	.273
Del Rice	1945–1954	1,017	744	59	366	.242
Tom Herr	1979–1987	1,014	1,008	18	432	.275
Jose Oquendo	1986–1995	989	709	13	227	.264
Ed Konetchy	1907–1913	982	1,013	37	0	.283
Terry Pendleton	1984–1990	927	888	44	442	.259
Tom Pagnozzi	1987–1998	927	733	44	320	.253
Matt Holliday	2010–2016	919	965	143	561	.288
Joe Torre	1969–1974	918	1,062	98	558	.308
Whitey Kurowski	1941–1949	916	925	106	529	.286
Edgar Renteria	1999–2004	903	973	71	451	.290
Mike Shannon	1962–1970	882	710	68	367	.255
Vince Coleman	1985–1990	878	937	15	217	.265
Johnny Mize	1936–1941	854	1,048	158	653	.336
Arlie Latham	1883–1896	847	982	11	0	.266
Mike Tyson	1972–1979	844	616	22	238	.244
Paul Goldschmidt	2019–2024	836	874	153	477	.278
Taylor Douthit	1923–1930	819	962	28	321	.299
Chick Hafey	1924–1931	812	963	127	618	.326
Jimmy Brown	1937–1943	811	922	9	307	.282
Skip Schumaker	2005–2012	810	704	23	211	.288
Miller Huggins	1910–1916	803	740	5	0	.270

What the columns mean: H · HR · RBI · AVG

Pitchers with the most games

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Every St. Louis Cardinals pitcher, 1882 to 2026

Player↓	Years↓	G↓	W↓iW: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.	L↓iL: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.	SV↓iSV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.	IP↓iIP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.	ERA↓iERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.	K↓iK: Batters this pitcher struck out.
Jesse Haines	1920–1937	554	210	158	10	3,203.2	3.64	979
Bob Gibson	1959–1975	528	251	174	6	3,884.1	2.91	3,117
Adam Wainwright	2005–2023	478	200	128	3	2,668.1	3.53	2,202
Bill Sherdel	1918–1929	449	150	129	25	2,381.0	3.61	749
Al Brazle	1943–1954	441	97	64	60	1,376.2	3.31	554
Bob Forsch	1974–1987	425	154	123	3	2,550.0	3.67	1,039
Jason Isringhausen	2002–2008	401	17	20	217	408.0	2.98	373
Bill Doak	1913–1929	365	142	135	10	2,365.0	2.92	931
Todd Worrell	1985–1992	348	33	33	129	425.2	2.56	365
Lindy McDaniel	1955–1962	336	66	54	64	884.2	3.88	523
Larry Jackson	1955–1962	330	101	86	20	1,672.1	3.67	899
Al Hrabosky	1970–1977	329	40	20	59	451.1	2.93	385
Trevor Rosenthal	2012–2017	328	11	24	121	325.0	2.99	435
Ken Dayley	1985–1990	324	23	26	39	369.0	2.98	287
Jason Motte	2008–2014	311	18	13	54	285.0	3.03	290
Gerry Staley	1947–1954	301	89	76	18	1,274.2	4.03	452
Slim Sallee	1908–1915	301	101	102	25	1,835.1	2.64	624
Steve Kline	2001–2004	300	12	11	21	247.1	2.69	161
Harry Brecheen	1940–1952	292	128	79	17	1,790.1	2.91	857
Giovanny Gallegos	2019–2024	290	18	20	44	304.0	3.38	362
Ryan Franklin	2007–2011	285	21	19	84	312.1	3.52	198
Max Lanier	1938–1951	277	101	69	12	1,454.2	2.84	764
Carlos Martinez	2013–2021	274	62	52	31	967.0	3.74	927
Dizzy Dean	1930–1937	273	134	75	30	1,737.1	2.99	1,095
Ted Wilks	1944–1950	265	51	20	28	724.2	3.25	323
Kyle McClellan	2008–2012	261	19	23	6	378.0	3.69	257
Bill Hallahan	1925–1935	250	91	66	8	1,416.1	3.76	768
Ted Breitenstein	1891–1901	250	94	125	3	1,925.1	4.30	625
Bruce Sutter	1981–1984	249	26	30	127	396.2	2.72	259
Howie Pollet	1941–1950	241	97	62	10	1,389.1	3.04	625

What the columns mean: W · L · SV · IP · ERA · K

Regular season, each player’s seasons with the club under every name it has played as. A pitcher who also batted is in both tables. A season split between two clubs is filed as one combined line and counts for neither.