St. Louis Cardinals

Every MLB player the encyclopedia attributes to the St. Louis Cardinalsfrom profile season records, grouped by position, first season to last. Coverage follows the encyclopedia’s per-era source depth.

Every position room St. Louis Cardinals has passed down, steadiest first. The 2B room is their most stable — 18 holders across 136 years, a new one every 7.6 on average.

1. 2B18 holders · 17 handoffs · 1885–2020 · one every 7.6y
   William Robinson1885–1891→Joe Quinn1893–1900→Miller Huggins1910–1916→Rogers Hornsby1915–1933→Frankie Frisch1927–1937→Jimmy Brown1937–1943→Red Schoendienst1945–1963→Don Blasingame1955–1959→Julian Javier1960–1971→Ted Sizemore1971–1975→Mike Tyson1972–1979→Tom Herr1979–1988→José Oquendo1986–1995→Luis Alicea1988–1996→Adam Kennedy1999–2008→Fernando Viña2000–2003→Skip Schumaker2005–2012→Kolten Wong2013–2020
2. 1B21 holders · 20 handoffs · 1882–2026 · one every 6.9y
   Charlie Comiskey1882–1891→Ed Konetchy1907–1913→Dots Miller1914–1919→Jack Fournier1920–1922→Jim Bottomley1922–1932→Ripper Collins1931–1936→Johnny Mize1936–1941→Ray Sanders1942–1945→Dick Sisler1946–1953→Joe Cunningham1954–1961→Bill White1959–1969→Orlando Cepeda1966–1968→Keith Hernandez1974–1983→Leon Durham1980–1989→Pedro Guerrero1988–1992→Mark McGwire1997–2001→Albert Pujols2001–2022→Allen Craig2010–2014→Matt Adams2012–2018→Paul Goldschmidt2019–2024→Alec Burleson2022–2026
3. SS23 holders · 22 handoffs · 1882–2026 · one every 6.3y
   Bill Gleason1882–1887→Shorty Fuller1889–1891→Bobby Wallace1899–1918→Arnold Hauser1910–1913→Doc Lavan1919–1924→George Toporcer1921–1928→Charlie Gelbert1929–1936→Leo Durocher1933–1937→Marty Marion1940–1950→Solly Hemus1949–1959→Dick Schofield1953–1971→Alex Grammas1954–1962→Alvin Dark1956–1958→Dal Maxvill1962–1972→Dick Groat1963–1965→Garry Templeton Sr.1976–1981→Ozzie Smith1982–1996→Royce Clayton1996–1998→Edgar Renteria1999–2004→David Eckstein2005–2007→Brendan Ryan2007–2010→Jhonny Peralta2014–2017→Masyn Winn2023–2026
4. 3B31 holders · 30 handoffs · 1883–2026 · one every 4.6y
   Arlie Latham1883–1896→Denny Lyons1891–1895→Fred Hartman1897–1902→Lave Cross1898–1900→Jimmy Burke1899–1905→Dave Brain1903–1905→Mike Mowrey1909–1913→Milt Stock1919–1923→Howard Freigau1922–1925→Les Bell1923–1927→Wattie Holm1924–1932→Andy High1928–1931→Pepper Martin1928–1944→Whitey Kurowski1941–1949→Tommy Glaviano1949–1952→Ray Jablonski1953–1959→Ken Boyer1955–1965→Mike Shannon1962–1970→Ken Reitz1972–1980→Ken Oberkfell1977–1984→Terry Pendleton1984–1990→Todd Zeile1989–1995→Gary Gaetti1996–1998→Fernando Tatis1998–2000→Craig Paquette1999–2001→Scott Rolen2002–2007→David Freese2009–2013→Paul DeJong2017–2023→Nolan Arenado2021–2025→Brendan Donovan2022–2025→Nolan Gorman2022–2026
5. C31 holders · 30 handoffs · 1887–2022 · one every 4.4y
   Jack Boyle1887–1891→Heinie Peitz1892–1913→Mike Grady1897–1906→Larry McLean1904–1913→Roger Bresnahan1909–1912→Ivey Wingo1911–1914→Frank Snyder1912–1927→Mike Gonzalez1915–1932→Verne Clemons1919–1924→Bob O'Farrell1925–1935→Jimmie Wilson1928–1933→Virgil Davis1928–1936→Gus Mancuso1928–1942→Don Padgett1937–1941→Walker Cooper1940–1957→Ken O'Dea1942–1946→Del Rice1945–1960→Joe Garagiola1946–1951→Bill Sarni1951–1956→Hal Smith1956–1961→Gene Oliver1959–1963→Tim McCarver1959–1974→Carl Sawatski1960–1963→Ted Simmons1968–1980→Joe Torre1969–1974→Darrell Porter1981–1985→Tony Peña Sr.1987–1989→Tom Pagnozzi1987–1998→Eli Marrero1997–2003→Mike Matheny2000–2004→Yadier Molina2004–2022
6. DH4 holders · 3 handoffs · 2011–2026 · one every 4y
   Matt Carpenter2011–2024→Randal Grichuk2014–2017→Marcell Ozuna2018–2019→Iván Herrera2022–2026