Rule 5 & the Cards: A Historical View – Pt. 3

With Rule 5 player Brian Barton officially making the 2008 St. Louis Cardinals, we now conclude our three-part series in which our resident historian Jerry Modene recounts every St. Louis Cardinals player involved in the Major League Phase of past Rule 5 drafts.

In parts one and two of this series, we discussed the merits of the players taken by and from the St. Louis Cardinals in the history of the Rule 5 draft. The entire lists are presented here for your consideration.

Rule 5 and the Cardinals – 1952 through 2007

Taken

1952 – Johnny Bucha from DET

1953 – Royce Lint from Portland (PCL)

1955 – Ed Mayer from BOS

1955 – Billy Muffett from CHC

1956 – Lloyd Merritt from NYY

1956 – Bob Smith from BOS

1957 – Tom Flanigan from CHW

1957 – Karl Spooner from LA

1957 – Lee Tate from SF

1958 – Joe Durham from BAL

1959 – Darrell Johnson from NYY

1965 – Joe Hoerner from HOU

1965 – Jimy Williams from BOS

1967 – Jim Hutto from BOS

1968 – Bo Belinsky from HOU

1969 – Jim Kennedy from NYY

1969 – Milt Ramirez from BAL

1970 – Cecil Cooper from BOS

1973 – Doug Capilla from SF

1976 – Roger Freed from MON

1980 – Orlando Sanchez from PHI

1982 – Kurt Kepshire from CIN

1984 – Willie Lozado from MIL

1985 – Clint Hurdle from NYY

1994 – Rich DeLucia from BAL

1995 – Miguel Mejia from BAL*

1998 – Alberto Castillo from PHI

2002 – Andy Cavazos from TEX (minor league phase)

2003 – Hector Luna from CLE

2005 – Juan Mateo from CHC

2007 – Brian Barton from CLE

* Miguel Mejia (1995) was a Rule 5 player but StL didn’t draft him; KC drafted him from BAL and then traded him to StL in a three-way deal that also netted Luis Ordaz. The Reds received Andre King and the Royals got Mike Remlinger. The Rule 5 restriction still held, though, which is why he had to stay on the roster the entire 1996 season – and he did.

Lost

1953 – Chuck Kress by DET

1954 – Cloyd Boyer by KC

1954 – Jim King by CHC

1955 – Bob Boyd by BAL

1955 – Joe Presko by DET

1956 – Bym Patbyn by BAL

1956 – Eddie Phillips by DET

1957 – Gary Geiger by CLE

1958 – Johnny O’Brien by PHI

1960 – Billy Harrell by BOS

1961 – Dean Stone by HOU

1961 – Ozzie Virgil by BAL

1962 – Gordie Richardson by LAA

1963 – George Williams by KC

1965 – Nate Colbert by HOU

1965 – Moe Drabowsky by BAL

1965 – Willie Montanez by CAL

1967 – Jose Arcia by CHC

1967 – Bill Plummer by CHC

1967 – Ed Sprague by OAK

1968 – Pedro Borbon Sr. by CAL

1968 – Gary Geiger by HOU

1968 – Floyd Wicker by MON

1969 – Aurelio Monteagudo by KC

1973 – Larry Milbourne by HOU

1976 – Mike Proly by MIN

1977 – Taylor Duncan by OAK

1977 – Andy Replogle by BAL

1977 – John Sutton by MIN

1979 – Manny Castillo by KC

1980 – George Bjorkman by SF

1980 – Jody Davis by CHC

1980 – Roy Thomas by OAK

1981 – Jim Gott by TOR

1983 – Orlando Sanchez by KC

1984 ��� Mark Salas by MIN

1990 – Jeff Fassero by CHW

1993 – Allen Battle by CHW

1996 – Jeff Berblinger by DET

1997 – Keith Glauber by CIN

1997 – Luis Saturria by TOR

2004 – Tyler Johnson by OAK

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