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The St. Louis Cardinals carried a $45,456,667 payroll in 1997 across 36 players, an average of $1,262,685 and a median of $382,500. The highest-paid player was Andy Benes at $4,850,000. Every salary on the ledger is listed below.
| # | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andy Benes | $4,850,000 |
| 2 | Danny Jackson | $4,600,000 |
| 3 | Ron Gant | $4,500,000 |
| 4 | Ray Lankford | $4,466,667 |
| 5 | Todd Stottlemyre | $4,100,000 |
| 6 | Brian Jordan | $3,300,000 |
| 7 | Donovan Osborne | $2,750,000 |
| 8 | Royce Clayton | $2,650,000 |
| 9 | Gary Gaetti | $2,100,000 |
| 10 | Tom Pagnozzi | $1,650,000 |
| 11 | Dennis Eckersley | $1,625,000 |
| 12 | Delino DeShields | $1,600,000 |
| 13 | Willie McGee | $1,300,000 |
| 14 | Tony Fossas | $750,000 |
| 15 | Rick Honeycutt | $500,000 |
| 16 | Tom Lampkin | $500,000 |
| 17 | Danny Sheaffer | $425,000 |
| 18 | John Mabry | $390,000 |
| 19 | Lance Painter | $375,000 |
| 20 | Mark Petkovsek | $325,000 |
| 21 | Alan Benes | $240,000 |
| 22 | T. J. Mathews | $240,000 |
| 23 | Mark Sweeney | $185,000 |
| 24 | Roberto Mejia | $185,000 |
| 25 | David Bell | $170,000 |
| 26 | Rich Batchelor | $157,500 |
| 27 | Brian Barber | $155,000 |
| 28 | Dmitri Young | $155,000 |
| 29 | Eric Ludwick | $155,000 |
| 30 | John Frascatore | $155,000 |
| 31 | Mike Difelice | $152,500 |
| 32 | Curtis King | $150,000 |
| 33 | Jose Bautista | $150,000 |
| 34 | Matt Morris | $150,000 |
| 35 | Rigo Beltran | $150,000 |
| 36 | Scarborough Green | $150,000 |
Each row is one salary from the 1997 St. Louis Cardinals roster, a season covered by the historical salary record (1985-2016). The $45,456,667 total is the sum of these 36 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.