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1955 St. Louis Cardinals (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1954/1956) 68-86, Finished 7th in National League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 654 runs, Allowed 757 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 67-87 Managed by Eddie Stanky and Harry Walker Ballpark: Sportsman's Park IV (ballparks.com) Attendance: 849,130 (5th of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 100, Pitching - 101   (one-year): Batting - 100, Pitching - 102   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates BaseballAmerica.com: Team Executives Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1955 Stats (1954/1956) / Schedule / Transactions

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Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Bill Sarni          27  107  325   32   83  15  2   3   34  27   33  .255  .313  .342   1   1  13   1   7   2   0   74
1B *Stan Musial         34  154  562   97  179  30  5  33  108  80   39  .319  .408  .566   5   4  12   8   2   4  19  156
2B #Red Schoendienst    32  145  553   68  148  21  3  11   51  54   28  .268  .335  .376   7   7   9   4   0   4   5   89
3B  Ken Boyer           24  147  530   78  140  27  2  18   62  37   67  .264  .311  .425  22  17   6   1   1   5   5   93
SS  Alex Grammas        29  128  366   32   88  19  2   3   25  33   36  .240  .308  .328   4   1   9   3   5   1   9   69
OF *Bill Virdon         24  144  534   58  150  18  6  17   68  36   64  .281  .322  .433   2   4  10   1   6   9   3   99
OF  Rip Repulski        26  147  512   64  138  28  2  23   73  49   66  .270  .333  .467   5   7  17   4   3   8   3  110
OF *Wally Moon          25  152  593   86  175  24  8  19   76  47   65  .295  .349  .459  11  11  11   3   1   1   4  113
   *Solly Hemus         32   96  206   36   50  10  2   5   21  27   22  .243  .335  .383   1   1   2   2   4   1   0   91
    Nelson Burbrink     33   58  170   11   47   8  1   0   15  14   13  .276  .333  .335   1   1   5   1   1   1   1   79
    Harry Elliott       31   68  117    9   30   4  0   1   12  11    9  .256  .321  .316   0   2   8   1   0   2   3   71
    Pete Whisenant      25   58  115   10   22   5  1   2    9   5   29  .191  .223  .304   2   0   2   0   1   1   0   39
    Bob Stephenson      26   67  111   19   27   3  0   0    6   5   18  .243  .274  .270   2   1   4   0   1   1   0   46
   *Joe Frazier         32   58   70   12   14   1  0   4    9   6   12  .200  .269  .386   0   0   3   1   1   1   0   72
    Del Rice            32   20   59    6   12   3  0   1    7   7    6  .203  .284  .305   0   0   2   0   1   1   0   57
   *Don Blasingame      23    5   16    4    6   1  0   0    0   6    0  .375  .545  .438   1   1   0   0   1   0   1  166
   *Harry Walker        38   11   14    2    5   2  0   0    1   1    0  .357  .400  .500   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  138
    Dick Rand           24    3   10    1    3   0  0   1    3   1    1  .300  .364  .600   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  151
   *Tom Alston          29   13    8    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    0  .125  .125  .125   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -33
   #Dick Schofield      20   12    4    3    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100

   *Harvey Haddix       29   37   73   10   12   2  2   1    7   4   15  .164  .208  .288   0   0   3   0   1   0   0   30
    Larry Jackson       24   37   57    1    3   0  0   0    0   2   17  .053  .100  .053   0   0   1   1   1   0   0  -58
   *Luis Arroyo         28   35   56    2   13   0  0   1    6   0   13  .232  .228  .286   0   0   2   0   4   1   0   36
    Tom Poholsky        25   30   44    6    8   3  0   0    3   1    6  .182  .200  .250   0   0   1   0   5   0   0   19
    Willard Schmidt     27   20   42    1    5   1  0   0    4   0   15  .119  .119  .143   0   0   1   0   2   0   0  -31
    Brooks Lawrence     30   46   21    1    2   0  0   0    2   1    0  .095  .136  .095   0   0   0   0   2   0   0  -37
   *Paul LaPalme        31   56   19    1    4   1  0   0    2   1    1  .211  .250  .263   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   37
    Floyd Wooldridge    26   18   18    1    4   1  0   0    1   0    4  .222  .222  .278   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   32
    Gordon Jones        25   15   14    2    1   0  0   0    1   1    3  .071  .125  .071   0   0   0   0   3   1   0  -46
    Ben Flowers         28    4   10    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    4  .100  .100  .100   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  -46
    Al Gettel           37    8    6    1    3   1  0   0    2   0    1  .500  .500  .667   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  207
    Mel Wright          27   29    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Lindy McDaniel      19    4    5    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    3  .200  .200  .200   0   0   0   0   0   0   0    7
    Bobby Tiefenauer    25   18    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    1  .000  .167  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -50
    John Mackinson      31    9    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    0  .000  .200  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -41
    Barney Schultz      28   19    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Frank Smith         27   28    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0 -100
    Herb Moford         26   14    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   #Tony Jacobs         29    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.1  154 5266  654 1375 228 36 143  608 458  597  .261  .320  .400  64  59 122  31  56  44  53   98
    Rank among 8 NL teams          4    6    5   2  6   6        7    7     3     6     5   2   1                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP *Harvey Haddix       29  37   4.46  12  16  1  30   3   9   2  208.0  216  111  103  27   62  150  888   2   5  1   7  92
SP  Larry Jackson       24  37   4.31   9  14  2  25  10   4   1  177.3  189   93   85  25   72   88  775   2   9  0  11  95
SP *Luis Arroyo         28  35   4.19  11   8  0  24   6   9   1  159.0  162   80   74  22   63   68  691   6   2  0   6  97
SP  Tom Poholsky        25  30   3.81   9  11  0  24   5   8   2  151.0  143   71   64  26   35   66  626   4   2  0   4 107
SP  Willard Schmidt     27  20   2.78   7   6  0  15   3   8   1  129.7   89   40   40   7   57   86  522   3   3  0   7 147
SP  Gordon Jones        25  15   5.84   1   4  0   9   1   0   0   57.0   66   38   37  10   28   46  262   0   1  0   5  70

RP *Paul LaPalme        31  56   2.75   4   3  3   0  18   0   0   91.7   76   36   28  10   34   39  378   1   1  1   9 148
RP  Brooks Lawrence     30  46   6.56   3   8  1  10   7   2   1   96.0  102   73   70  11   58   52  442   2   7  1   7  62
RP  Mel Wright          27  29   6.19   2   2  1   0  15   0   0   36.3   44   26   25   4    9   18  160   0   1  0   2  66
RP  Frank Smith         27  28   3.23   3   1  1   0  14   0   0   39.0   27   18   14   3   23   17  168   2   5  0   3 126

    Floyd Wooldridge    26  18   4.84   2   4  0   8   3   2   0   57.7   64   36   31   9   27   14  260   1   1  0   4  84
    Bobby Tiefenauer    25  18   4.41   1   4  0   0   6   0   0   32.7   31   19   16   6   10   16  139   1   4  0   4  93
    Barney Schultz      28  19   7.89   1   2  4   0   9   0   0   29.7   28   27   26   5   15   19  133   0   4  0   3  52
    Ben Flowers         28   4   3.62   1   0  0   4   0   0   0   27.3   27   12   11   1   12   19  120   0   0  0   0 113
    Herb Moford         26  14   7.88   1   1  2   1   4   0   0   24.0   29   23   21   5   15    8  116   3   1  0   3  52
    John Mackinson      31   8   7.84   0   1  0   1   2   0   0   20.7   24   18   18   3   10    8   98   1   1  0   2  52
    Lindy McDaniel      19   4   4.74   0   0  0   2   2   0   0   19.0   22   10   10   4    7    7   84   0   0  0   1  86
    Al Gettel           37   8   9.00   1   0  0   0   4   0   0   17.0   26   18   17   6   10    7   86   3   0  0   0  45
    Tony Jacobs         29   1  18.00   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    2.0    6    4    4   1    1    1   13   0   0  0   0  23
    Vic Raschi          36   1  21.60   0   1  0   1   0   0   0    1.7    5    4    4   0    1    1   11   0   0  0   1  19
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.2 154   4.56  68  86 15 154 112  42  10 1376.0 1376  757  697 185  549  730 5972  31  47  3  79  89
    Rank among 8 NL teams           8   7   2  6           6   4      5    7    7        8    5    2
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
                        Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- BSarni 99 482 39 7 8 .987 5 NBurbrink 55 261 24 6 4 .979 7 DRice 18 74 6 3 1 .964 2 DRand 3 9 1 0 0 1.000 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 154 826 70 16 13 .982 14 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .991 9.09 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- SMusial 110 925 92 8 93 .992 9.25 WMoon 51 445 34 7 40 .986 9.39 TAlston 7 14 1 0 1 1.000 2.14 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 1384 127 15 134 .990 9.88 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .974 5.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RSchoendien 142 296 381 10 96 .985 4.77 SHemus 10 18 20 0 3 1.000 3.80 BStephenson 7 11 12 0 1 1.000 3.29 DBlasingame 3 8 13 1 1 .955 7.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 333 426 11 101 .986 4.96 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .951 2.81 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- KBoyer 139 124 253 19 24 .952 2.71 SHemus 43 38 70 5 7 .956 2.51 BStephenson 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 162 323 24 31 .953 3.17 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .964 4.57 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- AGrammas 126 235 340 19 76 .968 4.56 BStephenson 48 54 68 8 20 .938 2.54 KBoyer 18 31 42 2 10 .973 4.06 DSchofield 3 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.67 DBlasingame 2 2 6 1 1 .889 4.00 SHemus 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.50 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 323 458 30 107 .963 5.11 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .977 2.10 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- BVirdon 142 339 7 12 1 .966 2.44 1 109 34 RRepulski 141 260 5 7 1 .974 1.88 110 1 32 WMoon 100 188 5 5 1 .975 1.93 34 44 28 SMusial 51 75 2 1 0 .987 1.51 21 0 33 PWhisenant 40 76 4 3 1 .964 2.00 12 11 19 HElliott 28 44 1 1 0 .978 1.61 8 0 20 JFrazier 14 16 0 0 0 1.000 1.14 1 0 13 TPoholsky 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 1 0 0 HWalker 1 2 1 0 1 1.000 3.00 1 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 154 1000 25 29 5 .972 2.23 154 154 154 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .950 2.04 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- HHaddix 37 14 38 4 2 .929 2.25 LJackson 37 16 30 7 2 .868 2.34 LArroyo 35 5 20 2 0 .926 1.42 TPoholsky 30 14 20 0 0 1.000 2.03 WSchmidt 20 12 20 2 5 .941 2.22 BLawrence 46 11 16 1 2 .964 2.53 PLaPalme 56 7 19 1 1 .963 2.55 FWooldridge 18 2 5 0 0 1.000 1.09 GJones 15 1 4 0 1 1.000 0.79 FSmith 28 1 7 1 0 .889 1.85 MWright 29 5 6 0 0 1.000 2.73 BTiefenauer 18 3 7 0 0 1.000 2.75 BSchultz 19 6 7 0 0 1.000 3.94 BFlowers 4 1 3 1 0 .800 1.32 HMoford 14 1 9 0 0 1.000 3.75 JMackinson 8 0 4 0 0 1.000 1.74 LMcDaniel 4 3 3 0 0 1.000 2.84 AGettel 8 1 1 2 0 .500 1.06 TJacobs 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00 VRaschi 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 103 221 21 13 .939 2.12 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Musial .319 On-base % Musial .408 Slugging % Musial .566 OPS Musial .974 Games Musial 154 At Bats Moon 593 Plate Appearances (approx.) Musial 656 Runs Musial 97 Hits Musial 179 Total Bases Musial 318 Doubles Musial 30 Triples Moon 8 Home Runs Musial 33 RBI Musial 108 Bases on Balls Musial 80 Strikeouts Boyer 67 Stolen Bases Boyer 22 Singles Moon 124 Adjusted OPS+ Musial 156 Runs Created Musial 131 Adjusted Batting Runs Musial 48 Batting Wins Musial 4.6 Extra-Base Hits Musial 68 Times on Base Musial 267 Offensive Win% Musial .755 Hit By Pitch Musial 8 Sac. Hits Sarni 7 Sac. Flies Virdon 9 Intentional Walks Musial 19 Grounded into Double Plays Repulski 17 Caught Stealing Boyer 17 Power/Speed Number Boyer 19.8 At Bats per Strikeout Schoendienst 19.8 At Bats per Home Run Musial 17.0 Outs Moon 442

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Arroyo 4.19 Wins Haddix 12 Won-Loss % Arroyo .579 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Haddix 1.337 Hits Allowed/9IP Arroyo 9.17 Bases on Balls/9IP Haddix 2.68 Strikeouts/9IP Haddix 6.49 Games LaPalme 56 Saves Schultz 4 Innings Haddix 208.0 Strikeouts Haddix 150 Games Started Haddix 30 Comp. Games Arroyo and Haddix 9 Shutouts Haddix and Poholsky 2 Home Runs Allow. Haddix 27 Bases On Balls Allow. Jackson 72 Hits Allowed Haddix 216 SO to Walk Haddix 2.42 Losses Haddix 16 Earned Runs Allow. Haddix 103 Wild Pitches Arroyo 6 Hit Batsmen Jackson 9 Batters Faced Haddix 888 Games Finished LaPalme 18 Adjusted ERA+ Arroyo 97

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Luis Arroyo
Harvey Haddix
Stan Musial
Red Schoendienst (Starting 2B)

1954/1956

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