St. Louis Cardinals all-time roster (A)

Sparky Adams (pictured) had 108 runs batted in during his Cardinals' tenure.

The St. Louis Cardinals are a Major League Baseball team based in St. Louis, Missouri. They are a member of the Central Division of Major League Baseball's National League. The team has played under three names since beginning play in 1882: the current moniker, the Perfectos, as well as the Browns.^[1] Since the franchise's inception, 1,990 players have made an appearance in a competitive game for the team, weather as an offensive player (batting and baserunning) or a defensive player (fielding, pitching, or both).

Of those 1,990, 53 have had the surnames beginning with the letter A. Two of those players have been inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame: pitcher Grover Cleveland Alexander, who played for the Cardinals from 1926 to 1929^[2] and first basemen Walter Alston who played for the team in 1926, but what inducted as a manager in 1983.^[3] However, Alexander's primary team was the Philadelphia Phillies,^[2] and Alston's primary team was the Los Angeles Dodgers.^[3]

Among the 32 batters in this list, leftfielder Henry Adkinson has the highest batting average: a .400 mark, with two hits in five plate appearances.^[4] Other players with an average over .300 include Benny Ayala (.333 in one season)^[5] and Matty Alou (.314 in three seasons).^[6] Dick Allen's 34 home runs lead Cardinals players whose name begins with A,^[7] as do Luis Alicea's 173 runs batted in.^[8] Of the list's 22 pitchers, Ted Abernathy has the best win–loss record, in terms of winning percentage; his one win and zero losses notched his a 1.000 win ratio in his one season for the team.^[9] Joaquín Andújar has the most wins (68), losses (53), and strikeouts (540).^[10] Alexander has the lowest earned run average (3.08) among qualifying pitchers.^[11]

Key to symbols in player list(s)

or	Indicates a member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum; indicates that the Cardinals are the player's primary team[H]
*	Indicates a team record[R]
(#)	A number following a player's name indicates that the number was retired by the Cardinals in the player's honor.
Year	Italic text indicates that the player is a member of the Cardinals' active (25-man) roster.[12]
Position(s)	Indicates the player's primary position(s)[P]
Notes	Statistics shown only for playing time with Cardinals[S]
Ref	References

Babe Adams (pictured) pitched for the Cardinals in 1906.

Eddie Ainsmith (pictured) had 98 runs batted in while playing for the Cardinals.

Ethan Allen (pictured) accumulated a .241 batting average during his lone season with the Cardinals.

Walter Alston (pictured) played his only Major League Baseball game with the Cardinals.

Red Ames (pictured) acquired 48 losses while a pitcher for the Cardinals.

Rick Ankiel (pictured) was a pitcher as well as a right fielder while he played for the Cardinals.

Harry Arndt (pictured) played for the Cardinals from 1905 to 1907.

List of players whose surnames begin with A, showing season(s) and position(s) played and selected statistics

Name	Season(s)	Position(s)	Notes	Ref
Abbott, OdyOdy Abbott	1910	Center fielder	.186 batting average 2 doubles 6 runs batted in	[13]
Abernathy, TedTed Abernathy	1970	Pitcher	1–0 record 2.95 earned run average 8 strikeouts	[9]
Acevedo, JuanJuan Acevedo	1998–1999	Pitcher	14–11 record 4.26 earned run average 66 strikeouts	[14]
Adams, BabeBabe Adams	1906	Pitcher	0–1 record 13.5 earned run average 0 strikeouts	[15]
Adams, BusterBuster Adams	1939 1943 1945–1946	Centerfielder	.265 batting average 25 home runs 124 runs batted in	[16]
Adams, JimJim Adams	1890	Catcher	.250 batting average 1 hit 1 game played	[17]
Adams, JoeJoe Adams	1902	Pitcher	0–0 win–loss record 9.00 earned run average 1 game played	[18]
Adams, SparkySparky Adams	1930–1933	Second baseman Third basemen Shortstop	.297 batting average 86 double 108 runs batted in	[19]
Adduci, JimJim Adduci	1983	Outfielder First basemen	.050 batting average 1 hit 6 strikeouts	[20]
Adkinson, HenryHenry Adkinson	1985	Leftfielder	.400 batting average 2 hits 1 game played	[4]
Agee, TommieTommie Agee	1973	Centerfielder	.177 batting average 3 home runs 7 runs batted in	[21]
Agosto, JuanJuan Agosto	1991–1992	Pitcher	7–7 win–loss record 5.20 earned run average 47 strikeouts	[22]
Ainsmith, EddieEddie Ainsmith	1921–1923	Catcher	.263 batting average 16 home runs 98 runs batted in	[23]
Alba, GibsonGibson Alba	1988	Pitcher	0–0 win–loss record 2.70 earned run average 3 strikeouts	[24]
Alberts, CyCy Alberts	1910	Pitcher	1–2 win–loss record 6.18 earned run average 10 strikeouts	[25]
Alexander, NinNin Alexander	1884	Catcher Centerfielder Shortstop	.000 batting average 1 walk 1 game played	[26]
Alexander, Grover ClevelandGrover Cleveland Alexander	1926–1929	Pitcher	55–34 win–loss record 3.08 earned run average 175 strikeouts	[11]
Alicea, LuisLuis Alicea	1988 1991–1994 1996	Second basemen Third basemen	.252 batting average 16 home runs 173 runs batted in	[8]
Allen, DickDick Allen	1970	First basemen Third basemen Leftfielder	.279 batting average 34 home runs 101 runs batted in	[7]
Allen, EthanEthan Allen	1933	Outfielder	.241 batting average 7 doubles 36 runs batted in	[27]
Allen, RonRon Allen	1972	First basemen	.091 batting average 1 home run 1 run batted in	[28]
Alou, MattyMatty Alou	1971–73	Outfielder First basemen	.314 batting average 10 home runs 106 runs batted in	[6]
Alston, TomTom Alston	1954–1957	First basemen	.244 batting average 4 home runs 64 runs batted in	[29]
Alston, WalterWalter Alston	1936	First basemen	.000 batting average 1 strikeout 1 game played	[30]
Altman, GeorgeGeorge Altman	1963	Outfielder First basemen	.274 batting average 9 home runs 47 runs batted in	[31]
Alvarado, LuisLuis Alvarado	1974 1976	Shortstop Second basemen Third basemen	.218 batting average 3 doubles 17 hits	[32]
Alyea, BrantBrant Alyea	1972	Leftfielder	.158 batting average 1 doubles 1 run batted in	[33]
Amaro, Sr., RubénRubén Amaro, Sr.	1958	Shortstop First basemen Third basemen	.244 batting average 2 doubles 1 triple	[34]
Ames, RedRed Ames	1915–1919	Pitcher	47–48 win–loss record 2.74 earned run average 295 strikeouts	[35]
Anderson, BryanBryan Anderson	2010	Catcher	.281 batting average 2 dobules 4 runs batted in	[36]
Anderson, CraigCraig Anderson	1961	Pitcher	4–3 win–loss record 3.26 earned run average 21 strikeouts	[37]
Anderson, DwainDwain Anderson	1972–1973	Shortstop Third basemen Second basemen	.250 batting average 1 home runs 8 runs batted in	[38]
Anderson, FerrellFerrell Anderson	1953	Catcher	.286 batting average 2 home runs 14 runs batted in	[39]
Anderson, GeorgeGeorge Anderson	1918	Outfielder	.295 batting average 3 home runs 24 runs batted in	[40]
Anderson, JohnJohn Anderson	1962	Pitcher	0–0 win–loss record 1.42 earned run average 3 strikeouts	[41]
Anderson, MarlonMarlon Anderson	2004	Second basemen Outfielder	.237 batting average 8 home runs 28 runs batted in	[42]
Anderson, MikeMike Anderson	1976–1977	Outfielder	.261 batting average 5 home runs 29 runs batted in	[43]
Andrews, JohnJohn Andrews	1973	Pitcher	1–1 win–loss records 4.42 earned run average 5 strikeouts	[44]
Andrews, NateNate Andrews	1937 1939	Pitcher	1–2 win–loss record 5.76 earned run average 12 strikeouts	[45]
Andújar, JoaquínJoaquín Andújar	1981–1985	Pitcher	68–53 win–loss record 3.33 earned run average 540 strikeouts	[10]
Ankenman, PatPat Ankenman	1936	Second basemen Shortstop	.000 batting average 3 strikeouts 1 game played	[46]
Ankiel, RickRick Ankiel	1999–2001 2004 2007–2009	Centerfielder Pitcher	.251 batting average 13–10 win–loss record 3.90 earned run average	[47]
Antonelli, JohnJohn Antonelli	1944–1945	Second basemen Third basemen	.167 batting average 1 doubles 1 run batted in	[48]
Arndt, HarryHarry Arndt	1905–1907	Second basemen Rightfielder Third basemen	.250 batting average 4 home runs 64 runs batted in	[49]
Arnold, ScottScott Arnold	1988	Pitcher	0–0 win–loss record 5.40 earned run average 8 strikeouts	[50]
Arocha, RenéRené Arocha	1993–1995	Pitcher	18–17 win–loss record 3.87 earned run average 183 strikeouts	[51]
Arroyo, LuisLuis Arroyo	1955	Pitcher	11–8 win–loss record 4.19 earned run average 68 strikeouts	[52]
Arroyo, RudyRudy Arroyo	1971	Pitcher	0–1 win–loss record 5.40 earned run average 5 strikeouts	[53]
Augenstein, BryanBryan Augenstein	2010	Pitcher	0–1 win–loss record 9.53 earned run average 6 strikeouts	[54]
Aust, DennisDennis Aust	1965–1966	Pitcher	0–1 win–loss record 5.82 earned run average 14 strikeouts	[55]
Ayala, BennyBenny Ayala	1977	Left fielder	.333 batting average 1 strikeout 1 game played	[5]
Aybar, MannyManny Aybar	1997–1999	Pitcher	12–15 win–loss record 5.30 earned run average 172 strikeouts	[56]

Footnotes

Key

• ^H The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum determines which cap a player wears on their plaque, signifying "the team with which he made his most indelible mark". The Hall of Fame considers the player's wishes in making their decision, but the Hall makes the final decision as "it is important that the logo be emblematic of the historical accomplishments of that player’s career".^[57]
• ^P Players are listed at a position if they appeared in 30% of their games or more during their Cardinals career, as defined by Baseball-Reference.com. Additional positions may be shown on the Baseball-Reference website by following each player's citation.
• ^R Franchise batting and pitching leaders are drawn from Baseball-Reference.com. A total of 1,500 plate appearances are needed to qualify for batting records,^[58] and 500 innings pitched or 50 decisions are required to qualify for pitching records.^[59]
• ^S Statistics are correct as of the end of the 2011 Major League Baseball season.

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