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1953 St. Louis Cardinals Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1952 / 1954)
83-71, Finished 3rd in National League
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Scored 768 runs, Allowed 713 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 82-72
Manager: Eddie Stanky (83-71)
Ballpark: Sportsman's Park IV (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 880,242 (3rd of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 100, Pitching - 99;   one-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 101

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1952 / 1954 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
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Team Batting

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Rk Pos 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 Del Rice 30 135 480 419 32 99 22 1 6 37 0 0 48 49 .236 .323 .337 .660 72 141 13 6 7
2 1B Steve Bilko 24 154 641 570 72 143 23 3 21 84 0 1 70 125 .251 .334 .412 .746 93 235 17 1 0
3 2B Red Schoendienst# 30 146 627 564 107 193 35 5 15 79 3 3 60 23 .342 .405 .502 .907 135 283 19 0 3
4 SS Solly Hemus* 30 154 690 585 110 163 32 11 14 61 2 1 86 40 .279 .382 .443 .825 114 259 10 12 7
5 3B Ray Jablonski 26 157 640 604 64 162 23 5 21 112 2 2 34 61 .268 .308 .427 .735 89 258 15 1 1
6 OF Stan Musial* 32 157 698 593 127 200 53 9 30 113 3 4 105 32 .337 .437 .609 1.046 169 361 10 0 0
7 OF Enos Slaughter* 37 143 578 492 64 143 34 9 6 89 4 4 80 28 .291 .395 .433 .828 116 213 10 5 1
8 OF Rip Repulski 24 153 614 567 75 156 25 4 15 66 3 6 33 71 .275 .325 .413 .738 91 234 14 9 5
Rk Pos 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 Peanuts Lowrey 35 104 198 182 26 49 9 2 5 27 1 0 15 21 .269 .325 .423 .748 93 77 8 0 1
10 OF Harry Elliott 29 24 63 59 6 15 6 1 1 6 0 0 3 8 .254 .302 .441 .742 90 26 3 1 0
11 C Sal Yvars 29 30 62 57 4 14 2 0 1 6 0 1 4 6 .246 .306 .333 .640 67 19 4 1 0
12 3B Pete Castiglione 32 67 55 52 9 9 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 5 .173 .204 .212 .415 8 11 3 0 1
13 1B Dick Sisler* 32 32 44 43 3 11 1 1 0 4 0 0 1 4 .256 .273 .326 .598 55 14 1 0 0
14 SS Dick Schofield# 18 33 41 39 9 7 0 0 2 4 0 0 2 11 .179 .220 .333 .553 42 13 0 0 0
15 2B Eddie Stanky 36 17 40 30 5 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 4 .267 .405 .267 .672 80 8 0 1 3
16 C Ferrell Anderson 35 18 35 35 1 10 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .286 .286 .343 .629 63 12 0 0 0
17 C Dick Rand 22 9 34 31 3 9 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 6 .290 .333 .323 .656 72 10 0 0 1
18 OF Grant Dunlap 29 16 17 17 2 6 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 2 .353 .353 .647 1.000 154 11 1 0 0
19 C Les Fusselman 32 11 9 8 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .375 .625 60 3 1 0 1
20 Hal Rice* 29 8 8 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .250 .250 .250 .500 31 2 0 0 0
21 3B Billy Johnson 34 11 6 5 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .200 .333 .400 .733 90 2 0 0 0
22 Vern Benson* 28 13 5 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .200 .000 .200 -42 0 0 0 0
23 Virgil Stallcup 31 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
Rk Pos 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
24 P Harvey Haddix* 27 48 107 97 21 28 3 3 1 11 0 0 5 19 .289 .337 .412 .749 94 40 2 2 3
25 P Vinegar Bend Mizell 22 33 89 83 4 7 1 1 1 8 0 0 3 42 .084 .116 .157 .273 -30 13 0 0 3
26 P Jerry Staley 32 40 89 78 4 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 21 .103 .146 .103 .249 -34 8 3 0 7
27 P Joe Presko 24 35 67 59 6 13 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 5 .220 .270 .237 .507 34 14 3 0 4
28 P Stu Miller 25 42 50 43 4 8 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 .186 .239 .233 .472 24 10 2 0 4
29 P Cliff Chambers* 31 32 17 17 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .118 .118 .176 .294 -25 3 0 0 0
30 P Hal White 34 49 17 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .000 .059 .000 .059 -83 0 1 0 0
31 P Al Brazle* 39 60 17 15 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .400 .733 90 6 0 0 2
32 P Eddie Erautt 28 20 7 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .167 .333 -13 1 0 0 1
33 P Mike Clark 31 23 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0
34 P Willard Schmidt 25 6 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
35 P Jackie Collum* 26 7 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .250 .000 .250 -28 0 0 0 0
36 P Jack Faszholz 26 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
37 P John Romonosky 23 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 29.1 157 6065 5397 768 1474 281 56 140 722 18 22 574 617 .273 .347 .424 .771 100 2287 141 39 55 0 0
Rank in 8 NL teams 1 2 2 1 4 5 8 4 2 6 2 2 2 2 2
Rk Pos 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
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Harvey Haddix* 27 20 9 .690 3.06 36 33 2 19 6 1 253.0 220 97 86 24 69 163 4 0 9 1031 139 1.142 7.8 0.9 2.5 5.8 2.36
2 SP Jerry Staley 32 18 9 .667 3.99 40 32 6 10 1 4 230.0 243 118 102 31 54 88 17 1 1 980 106 1.291 9.5 1.2 2.1 3.4 1.63
3 SP Vinegar Bend Mizell* 22 13 11 .542 3.49 33 33 0 10 1 0 224.1 193 93 87 12 114 173 4 2 4 980 121 1.368 7.7 0.5 4.6 6.9 1.52
4 SP Joe Presko 24 6 13 .316 5.01 34 25 3 4 0 1 161.2 165 95 90 19 65 56 5 0 4 707 85 1.423 9.2 1.1 3.6 3.1 0.86
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
5 CL Al Brazle* 39 6 7 .462 4.21 60 0 33 0 0 18 92.0 101 47 43 8 43 57 2 0 0 417 101 1.565 9.9 0.8 4.2 5.6 1.33
6 RP Stu Miller 25 7 8 .467 5.56 40 18 10 8 2 4 137.2 161 86 85 19 47 79 2 0 2 608 76 1.511 10.5 1.2 3.1 5.2 1.68
7 RP Hal White 34 6 5 .545 2.98 49 0 24 0 0 7 84.2 84 32 28 5 39 32 0 1 2 358 142 1.453 8.9 0.5 4.1 3.4 0.82
8 RP Cliff Chambers* 31 3 6 .333 4.86 32 8 9 0 0 0 79.2 82 50 43 7 43 26 1 1 3 362 87 1.569 9.3 0.8 4.9 2.9 0.60
9 RP Mike Clark 31 1 0 1.000 4.79 23 2 8 0 0 1 35.2 46 21 19 2 21 17 2 0 1 171 88 1.879 11.6 0.5 5.3 4.3 0.81
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
10 Eddie Erautt 28 3 1 .750 6.31 20 1 7 0 0 0 35.2 43 25 25 6 16 15 2 0 0 162 67 1.654 10.9 1.5 4.0 3.8 0.94
11 Willard Schmidt 25 0 2 .000 9.17 6 2 1 0 0 0 17.2 21 20 18 1 13 11 1 0 0 89 46 1.925 10.7 0.5 6.6 5.6 0.85
12 Jack Faszholz 26 0 0 6.94 4 1 1 0 0 0 11.2 16 9 9 3 1 7 1 0 0 51 61 1.457 12.3 2.3 0.8 5.4 7.00
13 Jackie Collum* 26 0 0 6.35 7 0 2 0 0 0 11.1 15 10 8 1 4 5 0 0 2 52 67 1.676 11.9 0.8 3.2 4.0 1.25
14 John Romonosky 23 0 0 4.70 2 2 0 0 0 0 7.2 9 6 4 1 4 3 1 0 1 37 90 1.696 10.6 1.2 4.7 3.5 0.75
15 Dick Bokelmann 26 0 0 6.00 3 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 71 1.333 12.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
16 Eddie Yuhas 28 0 0 18.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 24 3.000 27.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 28.0 83 71 .539 4.23 157 157 106 51 10 36 1386.2 1406 713 651 139 533 732 42 5 30 6024 100 1.398 9.1 0.9 3.5 4.8 1.37
Rank in 8 NL teams 3 5 3 3 1 2 4 4 5 3 4 3
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary
Ferrell Anderson 35 12 36 32 4 0 0 1.000 3.00 1 C
Steve Bilko 24 154 1585 1446 124 15 145 .991 10.19 1B
Dick Bokelmann 26 3 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Al Brazle 39 60 27 3 24 0 0 1.000 0.45 P
Pete Castiglione 32 63 72 24 44 4 8 .944 1.08 3B-2B-SS
Cliff Chambers 31 32 20 3 16 1 1 .950 0.59 P
Mike Clark 31 23 15 3 9 3 1 .800 0.52 P
Jackie Collum 26 7 8 1 7 0 0 1.000 1.14 P
Grant Dunlap 29 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 OF
Harry Elliott 29 17 15 0 2 35 34 1 0 0 1.000 2.06 OF
Eddie Erautt 28 20 9 1 8 0 2 1.000 0.45 P
Jack Faszholz 26 4 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Les Fusselman 32 11 22 20 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 C
Harvey Haddix 27 36 60 15 43 2 5 .967 1.61 P
Solly Hemus 30 153 761 257 477 27 90 .965 4.80 SS-2B
Ray Jablonski 26 157 399 94 278 27 27 .932 2.37 3B
Billy Johnson 34 11 9 1 8 0 1 1.000 0.82 3B
Peanuts Lowrey 35 49 3 10 25 87 64 20 3 6 .966 1.71 OF-2B-3B
Fred Marolewski 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1B
Stu Miller 25 40 63 22 38 3 4 .952 1.50 P
Vinegar Bend Mizell 22 33 55 13 35 7 2 .873 1.45 P
Stan Musial 32 157 141 9 26 308 294 9 5 1 .984 1.93 OF
Joe Presko 24 34 35 13 21 1 2 .971 1.00 P
Dick Rand 22 9 64 56 7 1 0 .984 7.00 1 C
Rip Repulski 24 153 0 153 0 373 361 7 5 1 .987 2.41 OF
Del Rice 30 135 695 627 60 8 6 .988 5.09 8 C
John Romonosky 23 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Willard Schmidt 25 6 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 0.67 P
Red Schoendienst 30 140 809 365 430 14 109 .983 5.68 2B
Dick Schofield 18 15 60 19 36 5 8 .917 3.67 SS
Dick Sisler 32 10 48 42 6 0 5 1.000 4.80 1B
Enos Slaughter 37 137 0 0 137 238 235 2 1 0 .996 1.73 OF
Jerry Staley 32 40 69 13 52 4 2 .942 1.63 P
Eddie Stanky 36 8 38 16 22 0 4 1.000 4.75 2B
Hal White 34 49 25 7 17 1 1 .960 0.49 P
Eddie Yuhas 28 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Sal Yvars 29 26 89 76 12 1 3 .989 3.38 0 C
Team Totals 29.5 157 6121 4160 1823 138 434 .977 3.31 10
Rank in 8 NL teams 6 3 3
Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary

1952 / 1954 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics