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The St. Louis Cardinals carried a $146,256,085 payroll in 2017 across 50 players, an average of $2,925,122 and a median of $535,000. The highest-paid player was Adam Wainwright at $19,500,000. Every salary on the ledger is listed below.
| # | Pos | Service status | Category | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adam Wainwright | SP | Veteran | Active | $19,500,000 | $19,500,000 |
| 2 | Dexter Fowler | CF | Veteran | Active | $16,500,000 | $16,500,000 |
| 3 | Yadier Molina | C | Veteran | Active | $14,200,000 | $14,200,000 |
| 4 | Mike Leake | SP | Retained | $12,295,089 | $12,295,089 | |
| 5 | Jhonny Peralta | 3B | Retained | $10,000,000 | $10,000,000 | |
| 6 | Matt Carpenter | 1B | Arbitration 3 Bypassed | Active | $10,000,000 | $10,000,000 |
| 7 | Lance Lynn | SP | Arbitration 3 | Active | $8,500,000 | $8,500,000 |
| 8 | Brett Cecil | RP | Veteran | Active | $7,750,000 | $7,750,000 |
| 9 | Trevor Rosenthal | RP | Arbitration 2 | Injured | $6,400,000 | $6,400,000 |
| 10 | Zach Duke | RP | Veteran | Active | $5,500,000 | $5,500,000 |
| 11 | Jedd Gyorko | 3B | Arbitration 1 Bypassed | Active | $6,000,000 | $4,000,000 |
| 12 | Jonathan Broxton | RP | Retained | $3,750,000 | $3,750,000 | |
| 13 | Carlos Martinez | SP | Arbitration 1 | Active | $3,700,000 | $3,700,000 |
| 14 | Michael Wacha | SP | Arbitration 1 | Active | $2,775,000 | $2,775,000 |
| 15 | Seunghwan Oh | RP | Active | $2,750,000 | $2,750,000 | |
| 16 | Aledmys Diaz | SS | Veteran | Active | $2,500,000 | $2,500,000 |
| 17 | Brayan Pena | C | Dead | $2,500,000 | $2,500,000 | |
| 18 | Kolten Wong | 2B | Arbitration 1 Bypassed | Active | $2,500,000 | $2,500,000 |
| 19 | Stephen Piscotty | RF | pre-arbitration-avoided | Active | $1,333,333 | $1,333,333 |
| 20 | Matt Holliday | OF | Dead | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 | |
| 21 | Matt Adams | 1B | Retained | $734,427 | $734,427 | |
| 22 | Tyler Lyons | RP | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $549,800 | $549,800 |
| 23 | Greg Garcia | 2B | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $547,900 | $547,900 |
| 24 | Matt Bowman | RP | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $546,600 | $546,600 |
| 25 | Alex Reyes | RP | Pre-Arbitration | Injured | $535,000 | $535,000 |
| 26 | Jose Martinez | OF | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $535,000 | $535,000 |
| 27 | Juan Nicasio | RP | Arbitration 3 | Active | $3,650,000 | $518,570 |
| 28 | Randal Grichuk | RF | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $557,200 | $475,020 |
| 29 | Tommy Pham | LF | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $535,000 | $438,450 |
| 30 | Eric Fryer | C | (buried) | Minors | $675,000 | $402,101 |
| 31 | John Brebbia | RP | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $535,000 | $374,144 |
| 32 | Sam Tuivailala | RP | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $536,500 | $366,500 |
| 33 | Paul DeJong | SS | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $535,000 | $359,529 |
| 34 | Luke Voit | 1B | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $535,000 | $271,839 |
| 35 | Jordan Walden | RP | Dead | $250,000 | $250,000 | |
| 36 | John Gant | SP | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $536,600 | $245,532 |
| 37 | Chad Huffman | 1B | Retained | $242,609 | $242,609 | |
| 38 | Carson Kelly | C | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $535,000 | $213,379 |
| 39 | Luke Weaver | SP | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $535,000 | $175,380 |
| 40 | Miguel Socolovich | RP | (buried) | Minors | $537,500 | $158,598 |
| 41 | Alex Mejia | SS | Active | $535,000 | $125,689 | |
| 42 | Ryan Sherriff | RP | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $535,000 | $116,920 |
| 43 | Magneuris Sierra | OF | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $535,000 | $111,074 |
| 44 | Harrison Bader | OF | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $535,000 | $108,151 |
| 45 | Alberto Rosario | C | Active | $535,000 | $90,613 | |
| 46 | Jack Flaherty | SP | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $535,000 | $90,613 |
| 47 | Sandy Alcantara | P | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $535,000 | $90,613 |
| 48 | Breyvic Valera | 2B | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $535,000 | $52,614 |
| 49 | Josh Lucas | RP | Active | $535,000 | $49,691 | |
| 50 | Mike Mayers | RP | Pre-Arbitration (buried) | Minors | $535,000 | $26,307 |
| 51 | Adolis García | CF | Veteran | Minors | $2,500,000 | $0 |
| 52 | Dickie Joe Thon | SS | Minors | $0 | $0 | |
| 53 | Edmundo Sosa | SS | Pre-Arbitration | Minors | $0 | $0 |
| 54 | Gabriel Lino | C | Minors | $0 | $0 | |
| 55 | Hector Mendoza | P | Minors | $0 | $0 | |
| 56 | Joe Gomez | C | Minors | $0 | $0 | |
| 57 | Mark Montgomery | P | Minors | $0 | $0 | |
| 58 | Rowan Wick | P | Pre-Arbitration | Minors | $0 | $0 |
| 59 | Sean Gilmartin | RP | Pre-Arbitration | Minors | $535,000 | $0 |
| 60 | Zach Phillips | RP | Minors | $0 | $0 |
Each row is one player’s 2017 allocation with the club. Adjusted is the player’s prorated payroll allocation, and the Adjusted figures sum to the club’s published $146,256,085 total, which includes active-roster salary plus injured-list, retained, dead and buried minor-league money. Salary is the full payroll salary published for the season, so the two can differ when money is deferred, prorated or carried by another club. Non-buried minor-league allocations (10 players on this ledger) are real money the club paid but are excluded from that total, so their Adjusted figure reads $0. Amounts are nominal US dollars as recorded; full source credits and access dates 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.