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1956 St. Louis Cardinals

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1955 / 1957

76-78, Finished 4th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Fred Hutchinson (76-78)
Scored 678 runs, Allowed 698 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 75-79

Ballparks: Busch Stadium I · 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 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 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 0.0 $
Don Blasingame 24 L R 5' 10" 160 Mar 16, 1932 2 150 145 150 146 0 0 0 98 2 49 0 0 0 0 3 1 2.8 $
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 -1.0 $
Ken Boyer 25 R R 6' 1" 190 May 20, 1931 2 150 148 150 149 0 0 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6.2 $ All-Star
Jackie Brandt 22 R R 5' 11" 165 Apr 28, 1934 1st 27 10 27 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 20 3 26 2 7 0.2 $
Jackie Collum 29 L L 5' 7" 160 Jun 21, 1927 6 38 1 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Walker Cooper 41 R R 6' 3" 210 Jan 8, 1915 17 40 12 40 16 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 0 -0.4 $
Joe Cunningham 24 L L 6' 0" 180 Aug 27, 1931 2 4 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 -0.1 $
Al Dark 34 R R 5' 11" 185 Jan 7, 1922 10 100 99 100 99 0 0 0 0 0 99 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.2 $
Bobby Del Greco 23 R R 5' 10" 185 Apr 7, 1933 2 102 87 102 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 99 0 99 6 2 0.4 $
Murry Dickson 39 R R 5' 10" 157 Aug 21, 1916 15 32 27 32 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3.8 $
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 -0.4 $
Joe Frazier 33 L R 6' 0" 180 Oct 6, 1922 4 14 3 14 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 11 0 0.1 $
Alex Grammas 30 R R 6' 0" 175 Apr 3, 1926 3 6 3 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 $
Harvey Haddix 30 L L 5' 9" 170 Sep 18, 1925 5 5 4 5 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.2 $
Chuck Harmon 32 R R 6' 2" 175 Apr 23, 1924 3 20 4 20 14 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 4 5 11 3 8 -0.4 $
Grady Hatton 33 L R 5' 8" 170 Oct 7, 1922 11 44 12 44 14 0 0 0 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 32 0 0.3 $
Solly Hemus 33 L R 5' 9" 165 Apr 17, 1923 8 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0.0 $
Larry Jackson 25 R R 6' 1" 175 Jun 2, 1931 2 51 1 51 51 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Gordon Jones 26 R R 6' 0" 185 Apr 2, 1930 3 5 1 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Ray Katt 29 R R 6' 2" 190 May 9, 1927 5 47 46 47 47 0 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
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 0.0 $
Jim Konstanty 39 R R 6' 1" 202 Mar 2, 1917 11 27 0 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Paul LaPalme 32 L L 5' 10" 175 Dec 14, 1923 6 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Don Liddle 31 L L 5' 10" 165 May 25, 1925 4 15 2 15 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -1.1 $
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 -0.5 $
Whitey Lockman 29 L R 6' 1" 175 Jul 25, 1926 11 70 47 70 59 0 0 2 0 0 0 31 25 8 57 15 1 -0.5 $
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 0.2 $
Stu Miller 28 R R 5' 11" 165 Dec 26, 1927 4 4 0 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.2 $
Vinegar Bend Mizell 25 R L 6' 3" 205 Aug 13, 1930 3 33 33 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5 $
Wally Moon 26 L R 6' 0" 169 Apr 3, 1930 3 149 147 149 149 0 0 52 0 0 0 0 1 96 97 1 1 3.3 $
Bobby Morgan 30 R R 5' 9" 175 Jun 29, 1926 6 61 22 61 31 0 0 0 13 11 7 0 0 0 0 32 1 -0.3 $
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 5.6 $80,000 All-Star
Rocky Nelson 31 L L 5' 10" 175 Nov 18, 1924 6 38 8 38 21 0 0 14 0 0 0 8 0 0 8 19 2 0.3 $
Charlie Peete 27 L R 5' 9" 190 Feb 22, 1929 1st 23 13 23 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 21 6 1 -0.2 $
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 0.8 $
Rip Repulski 27 R R 6' 0" 195 Oct 4, 1928 4 112 93 112 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 1 1 100 18 0 0.7 $ All-Star
Bill Sarni 28 R R 5' 11" 180 Sep 19, 1927 5 43 40 43 41 0 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.0 $
Hank Sauer 39 R R 6' 3" 198 Mar 17, 1917 12 75 34 75 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 0 2 37 40 0 0.9 $
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 1.3 $
Red Schoendienst HOF 33 B R 6' 0" 170 Feb 2, 1923 12 40 36 40 36 0 0 0 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.4 $45,000
Dick Schofield 21 B R 5' 9" 163 Jan 7, 1935 4 16 3 16 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 4 5 -0.6 $
Hal Smith 25 R R 5' 10" 186 Jun 1, 1931 1st 75 58 75 66 0 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0.6 $
Max Surkont 34 R R 6' 1" 195 Jun 16, 1922 8 5 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
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 0.2 $
Herm Wehmeier 29 R R 6' 2" 185 Feb 18, 1927 11 42 19 42 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.8 $
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

Whitey Lockman
Red Schoendienst
Don Blasingame
Alex Grammas
Stan Musial
Solly Hemus
Rocky Nelson
Rip Repulski
Bobby Del Greco
Bill Virdon
Hank Sauer

Al Dark
Ken Boyer
Ray Katt
Bill Sarni
Bob Blaylock
Ellis Kinder
Vinegar Bend Mizell
Hal Smith
Dick Schofield
Wally Moon

Jackie Brandt
Don Liddle
Tom Alston
Tom Poholsky
Bob Blaylock
Joe Frazier
Chuck Harmon
Jim Konstanty
Max Surkont
Joe Cunningham
Grady Hatton
Walker Cooper
Jackie Collum

Paul LaPalme
Murry Dickson
Stu Miller
Ben Flowers
Herm Wehmeier
Charlie Peete
Larry Jackson
Lindy McDaniel
Harvey Haddix
Bobby Morgan
Willard Schmidt

Gordon Jones
Dick Littlefield

1955 / 1957 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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