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1955 St. Louis Cardinals

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1954 / 1956

68-86, Finished 7th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Eddie Stanky (17-19) and Harry Walker (51-67)
Scored 654 runs, Allowed 757 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 67-87

Ballparks: Busch Stadium I · Attendance: 849,130 (5th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 100 · one-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 101

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1954 / 1956 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Tom Alston 29 L R 6' 5" 210 Jan 31, 1926 2 13 0 13 7 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 -0.1 $
Luis Arroyo 28 L L 5' 8" 178 Feb 18, 1927 1st 35 24 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.8 $ All-Star
Don Blasingame 23 L R 5' 10" 160 Mar 16, 1932 1st 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Ken Boyer 24 R R 6' 1" 190 May 20, 1931 1st 147 130 147 147 0 0 0 0 139 18 0 0 0 0 1 3 1.1 $
Nelson Burbrink 33 R R 5' 10" 195 Dec 28, 1921 1st 58 49 58 55 0 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.1 $
Harry Elliott 31 R R 5' 9" 175 Oct 30, 1923 2 68 22 68 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 21 29 42 1 -0.3 $
Ben Flowers 28 R R 6' 4" 195 Jun 15, 1927 3 4 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $
Joe Frazier 32 L R 6' 0" 180 Oct 6, 1922 3 58 9 58 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13 14 48 0 0.0 $
Al Gettel 37 R R 6' 3" 200 Sep 17, 1917 7 8 0 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 $
Alex Grammas 29 R R 6' 0" 175 Apr 3, 1926 2 128 118 128 126 0 0 0 0 0 126 0 0 0 0 2 1 1.3 $
Harvey Haddix 29 L L 5' 9" 170 Sep 18, 1925 4 37 30 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.4 $20,000 All-Star
Solly Hemus 32 L R 5' 9" 165 Apr 17, 1923 7 96 47 96 54 0 0 0 10 43 2 0 0 0 0 45 2 1.0 $
Larry Jackson 24 R R 6' 1" 175 Jun 2, 1931 1st 37 25 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.9 $
Tony Jacobs 29 B R 5' 9" 150 Aug 5, 1925 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Gordon Jones 25 R R 6' 0" 185 Apr 2, 1930 2 15 9 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Paul LaPalme 31 L L 5' 10" 175 Dec 14, 1923 5 56 0 56 56 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.7 $
Brooks Lawrence 30 R R 6' 0" 205 Jan 30, 1925 2 46 10 46 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.3 $
John Mackinson 31 R R 5' 10" 160 Oct 29, 1923 2 9 1 9 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.7 $
Lindy McDaniel 19 R R 6' 3" 195 Dec 13, 1935 1st 4 2 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Herb Moford 26 R R 6' 1" 175 Aug 6, 1928 1st 14 1 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 $
Wally Moon 25 L R 6' 0" 169 Apr 3, 1930 2 152 144 152 149 0 0 51 0 0 0 25 47 34 100 8 0 2.8 $
Stan Musial HOF 34 L L 6' 0" 175 Nov 21, 1920 14 154 154 154 154 0 0 110 0 0 0 5 0 49 51 0 0 6.1 $80,000 All-Star
Tom Poholsky 25 R R 6' 3" 205 Aug 26, 1929 4 30 24 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2.6 $
Dick Rand 24 R R 6' 2" 185 Mar 7, 1931 2 3 3 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Vic Raschi 36 R R 6' 1" 205 Mar 28, 1919 10 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Rip Repulski 26 R R 6' 0" 195 Oct 4, 1928 3 147 131 147 141 0 0 0 0 0 0 116 1 26 141 12 0 2.1 $
Del Rice 32 R R 6' 2" 190 Oct 27, 1922 11 20 18 20 18 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0 $
Bill Sarni 27 R R 5' 11" 180 Sep 19, 1927 4 107 84 107 99 0 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0.3 $
Willard Schmidt 27 R R 6' 1" 187 May 29, 1928 3 20 15 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 $
Red Schoendienst HOF 32 B R 6' 0" 170 Feb 2, 1923 11 145 141 145 142 0 0 0 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2.7 $40,000 All-Star
Dick Schofield 20 B R 5' 9" 163 Jan 7, 1935 3 12 0 12 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 7 -0.1 $
Barney Schultz 28 R R 6' 2" 200 Aug 15, 1926 1st 19 0 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.2 $
Frank Smith 27 R R 6' 3" 195 Apr 4, 1928 6 28 0 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Bob Stephenson 26 R R 6' 0" 165 Aug 11, 1928 1st 67 21 67 56 0 0 0 7 1 48 0 0 0 0 6 15 0.2 $
Bobby Tiefenauer 25 R R 6' 2" 185 Oct 10, 1929 2 18 0 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Bill Virdon 24 L R 6' 0" 175 Jun 9, 1931 1st 144 132 144 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 110 33 142 8 1 1.6 $
Harry Walker 38 L R 6' 2" 175 Oct 22, 1916 11 11 1 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 10 0 0.3 $
Pete Whisenant 25 R R 6' 2" 190 Dec 14, 1929 2 58 23 58 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 11 19 40 21 1 -0.6 $
Floyd Wooldridge 26 R R 6' 1" 185 Aug 25, 1928 1st 18 8 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Mel Wright 27 R R 6' 3" 210 May 11, 1928 2 29 0 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Red Schoendienst
Alex Grammas
Harry Walker
Stan Musial
Solly Hemus
Rip Repulski
Bill Virdon
Tom Alston
Pete Whisenant

Harry Elliott
Ken Boyer
Bill Sarni
Vic Raschi
Mel Wright
Nelson Burbrink
Del Rice
Dick Schofield
Wally Moon
Bob Stephenson

Tom Poholsky
Joe Frazier
Frank Smith
John Mackinson
Al Gettel
Brooks Lawrence
Bobby Tiefenauer
Paul LaPalme
Ben Flowers
Floyd Wooldridge

Luis Arroyo
Larry Jackson
Herb Moford
Floyd Wooldridge
Harvey Haddix
Barney Schultz
Willard Schmidt
Gordon Jones

1954 / 1956 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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