1956 St. Louis Cardinals Batting Statistics

1955 Season 1957 Season

Record: 76-78-2, Finished 4th in National League (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Fred Hutchinson (76-78-2)

General Manager: Frank Lane (Hired 10/7/1955)

Ballpark: Busch Stadium I

Attendance: 1,029,773 (4th of 8)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 99
One-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 99

Pythagorean W-L: 75-79, 678 Runs, 698 Runs Allowed

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Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Hal Smith	25	75	242	227	27	64	12	0	5	23	1	0	15	22	.282	.326	.401	.727	96	91	7	0	0	0	4
2	1B	Stan Musial*	35	156	682	594	87	184	33	6	27	109	2	0	75	39	.310	.386	.522	.908	143	310	19	3	3	7	15
3	2B	Don Blasingame*	24	150	665	587	94	153	22	7	0	27	8	8	72	52	.261	.344	.322	.666	82	189	3	3	2	1	0
4	SS	Al Dark	34	100	442	413	54	118	14	7	4	37	3	1	21	33	.286	.320	.383	.703	89	158	9	2	2	4	0
5	3B	Ken Boyer	25	150	639	595	91	182	30	2	26	98	8	3	38	65	.306	.347	.494	.841	124	294	18	1	2	3	7
6	LF	Rip Repulski	27	112	410	376	44	104	18	3	11	55	2	2	24	46	.277	.330	.428	.758	103	161	14	7	1	2	3
7	CF	Bobby Del Greco	23	102	315	270	29	58	16	2	5	18	1	1	32	50	.215	.308	.344	.652	76	93	2	6	3	4	3
8	RF	Wally Moon*	26	149	622	540	86	161	22	11	16	68	12	9	80	50	.298	.390	.469	.858	131	253	13	1	1	0	7
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	OF	Whitey Lockman*	29	70	213	193	14	48	0	2	0	10	2	2	18	8	.249	.311	.269	.581	59	52	2	0	1	1	4
10	LF	Hank Sauer	39	75	181	151	11	45	4	0	5	24	0	0	25	31	.298	.403	.424	.827	124	64	5	3	0	2	3
11	2B	Red Schoendienst#	33	40	168	153	22	48	9	0	0	15	0	1	13	5	.314	.365	.373	.738	101	57	2	0	1	1	0
12	C	Ray Katt	29	47	167	158	11	41	4	0	6	20	0	1	6	24	.259	.289	.399	.688	84	63	2	1	1	1	1
13	C	Bill Sarni	28	43	159	148	12	43	7	2	5	22	1	0	8	15	.291	.329	.466	.795	112	69	4	1	1	1	2
14	IF	Bobby Morgan	30	61	130	113	14	22	7	0	3	20	0	2	15	24	.195	.287	.336	.623	68	38	4	0	1	1	0
15	2B	Grady Hatton*	33	44	89	73	10	18	1	2	0	7	1	0	13	7	.247	.360	.315	.676	85	23	3	0	3	0	0
16	CF	Bill Virdon*	25	24	80	71	10	15	2	0	2	9	0	1	5	8	.211	.269	.324	.593	60	23	0	1	2	1	2
17	C	Walker Cooper	41	40	72	68	5	18	5	1	2	14	0	0	3	8	.265	.296	.456	.752	100	31	2	0	1	0	1
18	UT	Rocky Nelson*	31	38	62	56	6	13	5	0	3	8	0	0	6	6	.232	.306	.482	.789	109	27	2	0	0	0	1
19	CF	Charlie Peete*	27	23	59	52	3	10	2	2	0	6	0	2	6	10	.192	.288	.308	.596	62	16	6	1	0	0	0
20	CF	Jackie Brandt	22	27	48	42	9	12	3	0	1	3	0	1	4	5	.286	.362	.429	.790	113	18	1	1	1	0	0
21	SS	Dick Schofield#	21	16	30	30	3	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	.100	.100	.167	.267	-29	5	1	0	0	0	0
22	RF	Joe Frazier*	33	14	22	19	1	4	2	0	1	4	0	1	3	3	.211	.318	.474	.792	111	9	0	0	0	0	0
23	UT	Chuck Harmon	32	20	17	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.000	.118	.000	.118	-64	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	SS	Alex Grammas	30	6	13	12	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.250	.308	.250	.558	54	3	0	0	0	0	0
25		Solly Hemus*	33	8	8	5	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	.200	.429	.200	.629	78	1	0	1	1	0	0
26	1B	Joe Cunningham*	24	4	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	-24	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	1B	Tom Alston*	30	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
28	P	Vinegar Bend Mizell	25	33	85	75	5	8	1	0	0	4	0	0	4	16	.107	.163	.120	.283	-22	9	4	1	5	0	0
29	P	Murry Dickson	39	32	80	77	6	19	2	2	0	6	0	0	1	9	.247	.256	.325	.581	56	25	1	0	2	0	0
30	P	Tom Poholsky	26	33	73	69	7	11	2	0	0	3	0	0	1	14	.159	.171	.188	.360	-3	13	2	0	3	0	0
31	P	Herm Wehmeier	29	42	61	58	6	13	3	0	2	8	0	0	2	17	.224	.250	.379	.629	67	22	0	0	1	0	0
32	P	Willard Schmidt	28	33	48	43	3	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	16	.233	.267	.256	.522	43	11	0	0	3	0	0
33	P	Lindy McDaniel	20	39	33	32	1	7	4	0	0	2	0	0	1	10	.219	.242	.344	.586	56	11	1	0	0	0	0
34	P	Jackie Collum*	29	38	17	14	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	.214	.294	.214	.508	41	3	0	0	0	1	0
35	P	Larry Jackson	25	51	12	11	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	.091	.167	.091	.258	-28	1	0	0	0	0	0
36	P	Harvey Haddix*	30	5	11	9	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	.222	.364	.333	.697	91	3	1	0	0	0	0
37	P	Bob Blaylock	21	14	11	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.091	.091	.091	.182	-51	1	0	0	0	0	0
38	P	Ben Flowers	29	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	P	Gordon Jones	26	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	P	Ellis Kinder	41	22	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
41	P	Dick Littlefield*	30	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
42	P	Don Liddle*	31	15	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
43	P	Max Surkont	34	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	P	Stu Miller	28	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
45	P	Jim Konstanty	39	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		.000				0	0	0	0	1	0
46	P	Paul LaPalme*	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	28.7	156	5986	5378	678	1443	234	49	124	628	41	35	503	622	.268	.333	.399	.732	97	2147	128	33	41	31	53
		Rank in 8 NL teams				1	4	1	1	4	6		6	6	4	1	1	3	4	4		3		2		8
		Non-Pitcher Totals	28.7	156	5541	4966	648	1368	220	47	122	601	41	35	487	522	.275	.342	.412	.755	103	2048	119	32	27	29	53
		Pitcher Totals	28.5	156	445	412	30	75	14	2	2	27	0	0	16	100	.182	.213	.240	.454	23	99	9	1	14	2	0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB