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1957 St. Louis Cardinals

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1956 / 1958

87-67, Finished 2nd in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Fred Hutchinson (87-67)
Scored 737 runs, Allowed 666 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 84-70

Ballparks: Busch Stadium I · Attendance: 1,183,575 (2nd of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 102 · one-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 99

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1956 / 1958 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 31 L R 6' 5" 210 Jan 31, 1926 4 9 3 9 6 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.0 $
Frank Barnes 30 R R 6' 0" 170 Aug 26, 1926 1st 4 1 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 $
Don Blasingame 25 L R 5' 10" 160 Mar 16, 1932 3 154 154 154 154 0 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.2 $
Ken Boyer 26 R R 6' 1" 190 May 20, 1931 3 142 138 142 140 0 0 0 0 41 0 0 105 0 105 1 2 3.8 $
Tom Cheney 22 R R 5' 11" 170 Oct 14, 1934 1st 4 3 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Walker Cooper 42 R R 6' 3" 210 Jan 8, 1915 18 48 12 48 13 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 0 0.3 $
Joe Cunningham 25 L L 6' 0" 180 Aug 27, 1931 3 122 64 122 91 0 0 57 0 0 0 0 0 47 47 38 3 4.5 $
Al Dark 35 R R 5' 11" 185 Jan 7, 1922 11 140 135 140 140 0 0 0 0 1 139 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.5 $38,500
Jim Davis 32 B L 6' 0" 180 Sep 15, 1924 4 10 0 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Murry Dickson 40 R R 5' 10" 157 Aug 21, 1916 16 14 13 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Del Ennis 32 R R 6' 0" 195 Jun 8, 1925 12 136 122 136 126 0 0 0 0 0 0 73 0 53 126 12 0 -0.3 $
Gene Green 24 R R 6' 2" 200 Jun 26, 1933 1st 6 3 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 0 -0.3 $
Chuck Harmon 33 R R 6' 2" 175 Apr 23, 1924 4 9 0 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 8 1 4 0.1 $
Larry Jackson 26 R R 6' 1" 175 Jun 2, 1931 3 41 22 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.3 $ All-Star
Sam Jones 31 R R 6' 4" 192 Dec 14, 1925 5 28 27 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.6 $
Eddie Kasko 25 R R 6' 0" 180 Jun 27, 1932 1st 134 126 134 128 0 0 0 1 120 13 0 0 0 0 6 0 1.5 $
Jim King 24 L R 6' 0" 185 Aug 27, 1932 3 22 4 22 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 8 17 0 0.0 $
Bob Kuzava 34 B L 6' 2" 202 May 28, 1923 10 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Hobie Landrith 27 L R 5' 10" 170 Mar 16, 1930 8 75 56 75 67 0 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0.3 $
Don Lassetter 24 R R 6' 3" 200 Mar 27, 1933 1st 4 3 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 0 -0.1 $
Lynn Lovenguth 34 L R 5' 10" 170 Nov 29, 1922 2 3 1 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.2 $
Morrie Martin 34 L L 6' 0" 173 Sep 3, 1922 8 4 1 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Lindy McDaniel 21 R R 6' 3" 195 Dec 13, 1935 3 31 26 31 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.8 $8,000
Von McDaniel 18 R R 6' 2" 180 Apr 18, 1939 1st 17 13 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 $6,000
Lloyd Merritt 24 R R 6' 0" 189 Apr 8, 1933 1st 44 0 44 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Eddie Miksis 30 R R 6' 0" 185 Sep 11, 1926 13 49 4 49 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 3 15 31 20 3 -0.2 $
Bob Miller 18 R R 6' 1" 180 Feb 18, 1939 1st 7 0 7 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -0.3 $
Vinegar Bend Mizell 26 R L 6' 3" 205 Aug 13, 1930 4 33 21 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.7 $
Wally Moon 27 L R 6' 0" 169 Apr 3, 1930 4 142 132 142 133 0 0 0 0 0 0 89 13 48 133 10 0 4.0 $ All-Star
Billy Muffett 26 R R 6' 1" 198 Sep 21, 1930 1st 23 0 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5 $
Stan Musial HOF 36 L L 6' 0" 175 Nov 21, 1920 16 134 129 134 130 0 0 130 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 6.6 $80,000 All-Star
Irv Noren 32 L L 6' 0" 190 Nov 29, 1924 8 17 5 17 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 8 12 0 0.3 $
Willard Schmidt 29 R R 6' 1" 187 May 29, 1928 5 40 8 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Dick Schofield 22 B R 5' 9" 163 Jan 7, 1935 5 65 11 65 23 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 0 0 0 14 31 -0.8 $
Bob Smith 26 R L 6' 1" 190 Feb 1, 1931 2 6 0 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Bobby Smith 23 R R 5' 11" 180 May 28, 1934 1st 93 45 93 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 61 20 80 14 11 0.0 $
Hal Smith 26 R R 5' 10" 186 Jun 1, 1931 2 100 86 100 97 0 97 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.5 $ All-Star
Herm Wehmeier 30 R R 6' 2" 185 Feb 18, 1927 12 40 18 40 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0.5 $
Hoyt Wilhelm HOF 34 R R 6' 0" 190 Jul 26, 1922 6 40 0 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
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

Don Blasingame
Eddie Miksis
Stan Musial
Del Ennis
Irv Noren
Jim King
Eddie Kasko
Al Dark

Ken Boyer
Bobby Smith
Hobie Landrith
Vinegar Bend Mizell
Hal Smith
Dick Schofield
Wally Moon
Tom Alston

Sam Jones
Gene Green
Morrie Martin
Hoyt Wilhelm
Jim Davis
Bob Miller
Frank Barnes
Chuck Harmon
Joe Cunningham
Walker Cooper
Murry Dickson

Herm Wehmeier
Billy Muffett
Larry Jackson
Lynn Lovenguth
Lindy McDaniel
Tom Cheney
Lloyd Merritt
Willard Schmidt

Von McDaniel
Bob Smith
Bob Kuzava
Don Lassetter

1956 / 1958 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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