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1956 St. Louis Cardinals Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1955 / 1957)
76-78, Finished 4th in National League
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Scored 678 runs, Allowed 698 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 75-79
Manager: Fred Hutchinson (76-78)
Ballpark: Sportsman's Park IV (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,029,773 (4th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 100;   one-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 99
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1955 / 1957 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR
Tom Alston 30 L R 6' 5" 210 Jan 31, 1926 3 3 0 3 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Don Blasingame 24 L R 5' 10" 165 Mar 16, 1932 2 150 145 150 150 0 0 0 98 2 49 0 0 0 0 3 1
Bob Blaylock 21 R R 6' 1" 185 Jun 28, 1935 1st 14 6 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ken Boyer 25 R R 6' 2" 200 May 20, 1931 2 150 148 150 150 0 0 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 All-Star
Jackie Brandt 22 R R 5' 11" 170 Apr 28, 1934 1st 27 10 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 20 3 26 2 7
Jackie Collum 29 L L 5' 7" 163 Jun 21, 1927 6 38 1 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Walker Cooper 41 R R 6' 3" 210 Jan 8, 1915 17 40 12 40 40 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 0
Joe Cunningham 24 L L 6' 1" 190 Aug 27, 1931 2 4 0 4 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
Alvin Dark 34 R R 5' 11" 185 Jan 7, 1922 10 100 99 100 100 0 0 0 0 0 99 0 0 0 0 1 0
Bobby Del Greco 23 R R 5' 11" 190 Apr 7, 1933 2 102 87 102 102 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 99 0 99 6 2
Murry Dickson 39 R R 157 Aug 21, 1916 15 32 27 32 32 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Ben Flowers 29 R R 6' 4" 195 Jun 15, 1927 4 3 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Frazier 33 L R 6' 0" 180 Oct 6, 1922 4 14 3 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 11 0
Alex Grammas 30 R R 6' 0" 178 Apr 3, 1926 3 6 3 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 0
Harvey Haddix 30 L L 170 Sep 18, 1925 5 5 4 5 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Chuck Harmon 32 R R 6' 2" 175 Apr 23, 1924 3 20 4 20 20 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 4 5 11 3 8
Grady Hatton 33 L R 5' 9" 175 Oct 7, 1922 11 44 12 44 44 0 0 0 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 32 0
Solly Hemus 33 L R 5' 9" 175 Apr 17, 1923 8 8 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
Larry Jackson 25 R R 6' 2" 190 Jun 2, 1931 2 51 1 51 51 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gordon Jones 26 R R 6' 0" 190 Apr 2, 1930 3 5 1 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ray Katt 29 R R 6' 2" 200 May 9, 1927 5 47 46 47 47 0 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ellis Kinder 41 R R 6' 0" 195 Jul 26, 1914 11 22 0 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Konstanty 39 R R 202 Mar 2, 1917 11 27 0 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Paul LaPalme 32 L L 5' 10" 184 Dec 14, 1923 6 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Don Liddle 31 L L 5' 10" 165 May 25, 1925 4 15 2 15 15 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Dick Littlefield 30 L L 6' 0" 180 Mar 18, 1926 7 3 2 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Whitey Lockman 29 L R 6' 1" 175 Jul 25, 1926 11 70 47 70 70 0 0 2 0 0 0 31 25 8 57 15 1
Lindy McDaniel 20 R R 6' 3" 195 Dec 13, 1935 2 39 7 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stu Miller 28 R R 165 Dec 26, 1927 4 4 0 4 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Vinegar Bend Mizell 25 R L 205 Aug 13, 1930 3 33 33 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wally Moon 26 L R 6' 0" 175 Apr 3, 1930 3 149 147 149 149 0 0 52 0 0 0 0 1 96 97 1 1
Bobby Morgan 30 R R 5' 9" 175 Jun 29, 1926 6 61 22 61 61 0 0 0 13 11 6 0 0 0 0 32 1
Stan Musial HOF 35 L L 6' 0" 175 Nov 21, 1920 15 156 156 156 156 0 0 103 0 0 0 3 0 51 53 0 0 All-Star
Rocky Nelson 31 L L 5' 11" 178 Nov 18, 1924 6 38 8 38 38 0 0 14 0 0 0 8 0 0 8 19 2
Charlie Peete 27 L R 190 Feb 22, 1929 1st 23 13 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 21 6 1
Tom Poholsky 26 R R 6' 3" 205 Aug 26, 1929 5 33 29 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rip Repulski 27 R R 6' 0" 195 Oct 4, 1928 4 112 93 112 112 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 1 1 100 18 0 All-Star
Bill Sarni 28 R R 5' 11" 187 Sep 19, 1927 5 43 40 43 43 0 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Hank Sauer 39 R R 6' 4" 199 Mar 17, 1917 12 75 34 75 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 0 2 37 40 0
Willard Schmidt 28 R R 6' 1" 187 May 29, 1928 4 33 21 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Red Schoendienst HOF 33 B R 6' 0" 170 Feb 2, 1923 12 40 36 40 40 0 0 0 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Dick Schofield 21 B R 5' 9" 165 Jan 7, 1935 4 16 3 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 4 5
Hal Smith 25 R R 5' 11" 189 Jun 1, 1931 1st 75 58 75 75 0 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
Max Surkont 34 R R 6' 0" 205 Jun 16, 1922 8 5 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Virdon 25 L R 6' 0" 175 Jun 9, 1931 2 24 22 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 0 24 2 0
Herm Wehmeier 29 R R 6' 2" 200 Feb 18, 1927 11 42 19 42 42 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR

1955 / 1957 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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