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The St. Louis Cardinals carried a $40,269,667 payroll in 1996 across 33 players, an average of $1,220,293 and a median of $600,000. The highest-paid player was Danny Jackson at $4,100,000. Every salary on the ledger is listed below.
| # | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danny Jackson | $4,100,000 |
| 2 | Ron Gant | $4,000,000 |
| 3 | Todd Stottlemyre | $4,000,000 |
| 4 | Ozzie Smith | $3,500,000 |
| 5 | Andy Benes | $3,375,000 |
| 6 | Tom Pagnozzi | $2,675,000 |
| 7 | Brian Jordan | $2,500,000 |
| 8 | Ray Lankford | $2,416,667 |
| 9 | Dennis Eckersley | $2,250,000 |
| 10 | Gary Gaetti | $2,000,000 |
| 11 | Royce Clayton | $1,600,000 |
| 12 | Mike Morgan | $1,250,000 |
| 13 | Luis Alicea | $750,000 |
| 14 | Donovan Osborne | $725,000 |
| 15 | Jeff Parrett | $675,000 |
| 16 | Tony Fossas | $650,000 |
| 17 | Rick Honeycutt | $600,000 |
| 18 | Willie McGee | $600,000 |
| 19 | Pat Borders | $375,000 |
| 20 | Danny Sheaffer | $335,000 |
| 21 | Mike Gallego | $300,000 |
| 22 | John Mabry | $200,000 |
| 23 | Tom Urbani | $180,000 |
| 24 | Mark Petkovsek | $150,000 |
| 25 | T. J. Mathews | $130,000 |
| 26 | Cory Bailey | $125,000 |
| 27 | David Bell | $125,000 |
| 28 | Mark Sweeney | $125,000 |
| 29 | Alan Benes | $122,000 |
| 30 | Dmitri Young | $109,000 |
| 31 | Eric Ludwick | $109,000 |
| 32 | Miguel Mejia | $109,000 |
| 33 | Mike Busby | $109,000 |
Each row is one salary from the 1996 St. Louis Cardinals roster, a season covered by the historical salary record (1985-2016). The $40,269,667 total is the sum of these 33 salaries; the table lists every one of them, top contract first. Amounts are nominal US dollars; full source credits live on the sources page.
Salary and payroll records aggregated and published by Legends Deck. Nominal dollars; no inflation adjustment. Full source credits, licenses and access dates on the sources page.