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1957 St. Louis Cardinals Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1956 / 1958)
87-67, Finished 2nd in National League
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Scored 737 runs, Allowed 666 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 84-70
Manager: Fred Hutchinson (87-67)
Ballpark: Sportsman's Park IV (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,183,575 (2nd of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 102, Pitching - 103;   one-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 99

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1956 / 1958 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
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Team Batting

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Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 C Hal Smith 26 100 355 333 25 93 12 3 2 37 2 2 18 18 .279 .314 .351 .665 78 117 9 0 1 3 2
2 1B Stan Musial* 36 134 579 502 82 176 38 3 29 102 1 1 66 34 .351 .422 .612 1.034 172 307 13 2 1 8 19
3 2B Don Blasingame* 25 154 728 650 108 176 25 7 8 58 21 9 71 49 .271 .343 .368 .711 90 239 4 1 5 1 4
4 SS Alvin Dark 35 140 625 583 80 169 25 8 4 64 3 4 29 56 .290 .326 .381 .707 88 222 7 4 5 4 4
5 3B Eddie Kasko 25 134 519 479 59 131 16 5 1 35 6 1 33 53 .273 .319 .334 .653 75 160 7 0 5 2 7
6 LF Wally Moon* 27 142 586 516 86 152 28 5 24 73 5 6 62 57 .295 .367 .508 .875 131 262 14 1 0 7 12
7 CF Ken Boyer 26 142 598 544 79 144 18 3 19 62 12 8 44 77 .265 .318 .414 .732 94 225 11 1 4 5 8
8 RF Del Ennis 32 136 537 490 61 140 24 3 24 105 1 3 37 50 .286 .332 .494 .826 117 242 22 1 1 8 3
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
9 UT Joe Cunningham* 25 122 329 261 50 83 15 0 9 52 3 3 56 29 .318 .439 .479 .918 145 125 3 5 1 6 6
10 C Hobie Landrith* 27 75 243 214 18 52 6 0 3 26 1 2 25 27 .243 .318 .313 .631 70 67 4 0 1 3 1
11 CF Bobby Gene Smith 23 93 201 185 24 39 7 1 3 18 1 1 13 35 .211 .260 .308 .568 51 57 5 0 1 2 3
12 C Walker Cooper 42 48 85 78 7 21 5 1 3 10 0 0 5 10 .269 .310 .474 .784 106 37 6 0 1 1 1
13 SS Dick Schofield# 22 65 64 56 10 9 0 0 0 1 1 3 7 13 .161 .254 .161 .415 14 9 2 0 1 0 0
14 OF Eddie Miksis 30 49 45 38 3 8 0 0 1 2 0 0 7 7 .211 .333 .289 .623 69 11 2 0 0 0 1
15 OF Jim King* 24 22 39 35 1 11 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 2 .314 .385 .314 .699 90 11 0 0 0 0 2
16 OF Irv Noren* 32 17 35 30 3 11 4 1 1 10 0 1 4 6 .367 .429 .667 1.095 187 20 1 0 0 1 2
17 1B Tom Alston* 31 9 18 17 2 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 .294 .333 .353 .686 84 6 0 0 0 0 0
18 RF Gene Green 24 6 16 15 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .200 .188 .267 .454 20 4 1 0 0 1 0
19 LF Don Lassetter 24 4 14 13 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 .154 .214 .308 .522 37 4 2 0 0 0 0
20 OF Chuck Harmon 33 9 3 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .333 .333 1.000 1.333 238 3 0 0 0 0 0
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
21 P Larry Jackson 26 41 79 72 5 13 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 20 .181 .224 .194 .418 13 14 1 0 3 0 0
22 P Lindy McDaniel 21 31 77 74 7 19 5 0 1 5 0 0 0 24 .257 .257 .365 .622 64 27 2 0 3 0 0
23 P Sam Jones 31 28 70 63 2 10 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 25 .159 .182 .175 .356 -4 11 0 1 4 1 0
24 P Herm Wehmeier 30 40 60 59 9 12 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 14 .203 .200 .237 .437 16 14 0 0 0 1 0
25 P Vinegar Bend Mizell 26 33 49 45 1 4 2 0 0 3 0 0 3 17 .089 .146 .133 .279 -25 6 1 0 1 0 0
26 P Willard Schmidt 29 40 38 33 3 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 8 .212 .235 .212 .447 21 7 0 1 4 0 0
27 P Murry Dickson 40 14 28 27 4 6 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 6 .222 .250 .259 .509 37 7 1 1 0 0 0
28 P Von McDaniel 18 17 27 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
29 P Lloyd Merritt 24 44 9 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .000 .222 .000 .222 -34 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 P Billy Muffett 26 23 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
31 P Hoyt Wilhelm 34 40 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 P Tom Cheney 22 4 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
33 P Bob Smith 26 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 P Lynn Lovenguth* 34 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 P Morrie Martin* 34 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 P Frank Barnes 30 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 P Jim Davis# 32 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 28.5 154 6082 5472 737 1497 235 43 132 685 58 44 493 672 .274 .333 .405 .737 96 2214 118 18 45 54 75
Rank in 8 NL teams 1 3 1 2 5 6 3 1 4 7 1 2 3 3 3
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Larry Jackson 26 15 9 .625 3.47 41 22 11 6 2 1 210.1 196 84 81 21 57 8 96 4 0 4 861 115 1.203 8.4 0.9 2.4 4.1 1.68
2 SP Lindy McDaniel 21 15 9 .625 3.49 30 26 1 10 1 0 191.0 196 87 74 13 53 4 75 3 0 9 804 115 1.304 9.2 0.6 2.5 3.5 1.42
3 SP Sam Jones 31 12 9 .571 3.60 28 27 1 10 2 0 182.2 164 77 73 17 71 1 154 6 0 3 767 111 1.286 8.1 0.8 3.5 7.6 2.17
4 SP Vinegar Bend Mizell* 26 8 10 .444 3.74 33 21 2 7 2 0 149.1 136 69 62 18 51 4 87 1 0 1 627 107 1.252 8.2 1.1 3.1 5.2 1.71
5 SP Von McDaniel 18 7 5 .583 3.22 17 13 2 4 2 0 86.2 71 37 31 7 31 3 45 1 0 4 356 124 1.177 7.4 0.7 3.2 4.7 1.45
6 SP Murry Dickson 40 5 3 .625 4.14 14 13 0 3 1 0 74.0 87 41 34 8 25 0 29 1 0 3 326 97 1.514 10.6 1.0 3.0 3.5 1.16
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
7 CL Hoyt Wilhelm 34 1 4 .200 4.25 40 0 30 0 0 11 55.0 52 28 26 7 21 1 29 3 0 0 231 94 1.327 8.5 1.1 3.4 4.7 1.38
8 RP Herm Wehmeier 30 10 7 .588 4.31 36 18 5 5 0 0 165.0 165 91 79 25 54 7 91 2 0 4 716 93 1.327 9.0 1.4 2.9 5.0 1.69
9 RP Willard Schmidt 29 10 3 .769 4.78 40 8 8 1 0 0 116.2 146 67 62 13 49 6 63 2 0 7 527 84 1.671 11.3 1.0 3.8 4.9 1.29
10 RP Lloyd Merritt 24 1 2 .333 3.31 44 0 18 0 0 7 65.1 60 29 24 7 28 5 35 4 0 0 280 121 1.347 8.3 1.0 3.9 4.8 1.25
11 RP Billy Muffett 26 3 2 .600 2.25 23 0 16 0 0 8 44.0 35 11 11 1 13 4 21 0 0 1 174 178 1.091 7.2 0.2 2.7 4.3 1.62
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
12 Jim Davis* 32 0 1 .000 5.27 10 0 4 0 0 1 13.2 18 8 8 1 6 0 5 0 0 0 61 76 1.756 11.9 0.7 4.0 3.3 0.83
13 Morrie Martin* 34 0 0 2.53 4 1 1 0 0 0 10.2 5 3 3 0 4 0 7 1 0 0 41 158 0.844 4.2 0.0 3.4 5.9 1.75
14 Frank Barnes 30 0 1 .000 4.50 3 1 0 0 0 0 10.0 13 5 5 0 9 1 5 0 0 3 50 89 2.200 11.7 0.0 8.1 4.5 0.56
15 Bob Smith* 26 0 0 4.66 6 0 3 0 0 1 9.2 12 10 5 0 6 1 11 1 0 0 53 86 1.862 11.2 0.0 5.6 10.2 1.83
16 Lynn Lovenguth 34 0 1 .000 2.00 2 1 0 0 0 0 9.0 6 3 2 0 6 0 6 0 0 0 39 200 1.333 6.0 0.0 6.0 6.0 1.00
17 Bob Miller 18 0 0 7.00 5 0 4 0 0 0 9.0 13 9 7 2 5 0 7 0 0 1 46 57 2.000 13.0 2.0 5.0 7.0 1.40
18 Tom Cheney 22 0 1 .000 5.00 4 3 0 0 0 0 9.0 6 6 5 0 15 0 10 0 0 0 44 80 2.333 6.0 0.0 15.0 10.0 0.67
19 Bob Kuzava* 34 0 0 3.86 3 0 2 0 0 0 2.1 4 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 13 104 2.571 15.4 0.0 7.7 7.7 1.00
Team Totals 27.3 87 67 .565 3.78 154 154 108 46 10 29 1413.1 1385 666 593 140 506 45 778 29 0 40 6016 106 1.338 8.8 0.9 3.2 5.0 1.54
Rank in 8 NL teams 2 7 4 2 1 1 4 4 4 3 6 4
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% Pos. Summary
Tom Alston 31 6 3 33.0 38 35 1 2 4 .947 -0.9 -32.7 -0.9 -0.1 -0.8 0 9.82 6.00 1B
Frank Barnes 30 3 1 10.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 P
Don Blasingame 25 154 154 1410.1 898 372 512 14 128 .984 19.2 16.3 15.2 1.0 14.2 4 5.64 5.74 2B
Ken Boyer 26 146 138 1234.1 430 320 95 15 8 .965 11.7 11.4 12.7 4.8 7.9 -1 0 3.03 2.84 CF-3B
Tom Cheney 22 4 3 9.0 3 1 2 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 3.00 0.75 P
Walker Cooper 42 13 12 101.2 70 62 5 3 0 .957 -1.0 -11.8 -1 5.93 5.15 1 4 2 1 33% C
Joe Cunningham 25 104 64 614.0 377 357 18 2 17 .995 9.0 17.6 10.0 4.0 6.1 -1 0 5.50 3.61 RF-1B
Alvin Dark 35 140 135 1211.2 722 276 421 25 105 .965 4.2 4.2 1.2 5.0 -3.9 3 5.18 4.98 SS-3B
Jim Davis 32 10 0 13.2 3 0 3 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.98 0.30 P
Murry Dickson 40 14 13 74.1 32 11 20 1 0 .969 0.0 0.0 3.75 2.21 P
Del Ennis 32 126 122 1068.1 188 174 3 11 0 .941 -21.3 -23.9 -15.3 -9.3 -6.0 -6 1.49 1.40 LF-RF
Gene Green 24 3 3 27.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.7 -31.1 -0.7 0.0 -0.7 0 0.67 0.67 RF
Chuck Harmon 33 8 0 16.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 15.0 0.2 0.1 0.2 0 2.25 0.50 RF-CF
Larry Jackson 26 41 22 210.1 71 18 53 0 3 1.000 0.0 0.0 3.04 1.73 P
Sam Jones 31 28 27 182.2 41 13 27 1 1 .976 0.0 0.0 1.97 1.43 P
Eddie Kasko 25 134 126 1144.0 381 118 248 15 26 .961 2.5 2.6 1.5 -2.1 3.6 1 2.88 2.73 3B-SS-2B
Jim King 24 8 4 49.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 -1.3 -31.8 -1.3 -0.2 -1.1 0 1.29 0.88 CF-RF-LF
Bob Kuzava 34 3 0 2.1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 3.86 0.33 P
Hobie Landrith 27 67 56 516.2 373 339 29 5 3 .987 1.0 2.3 1 6.41 5.49 4 15 16 14 47% C
Don Lassetter 24 3 3 27.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.1 48.9 1.1 0.0 1.1 0 3.00 3.00 LF
Lynn Lovenguth 34 2 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 P
Morrie Martin 34 4 1 10.2 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 3.38 1.00 P
Lindy McDaniel 21 30 26 191.0 46 12 33 1 3 .978 0.0 0.0 2.12 1.50 P
Von McDaniel 18 17 13 86.2 12 3 9 0 3 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.25 0.71 P
Lloyd Merritt 24 44 0 65.1 18 3 13 2 0 .889 0.0 0.0 2.20 0.36 P
Eddie Miksis 30 32 4 84.0 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -5.7 -0.4 -0.1 -0.4 0 1.50 0.44 RF-LF-CF
Bob Miller 18 5 0 9.0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 3.00 0.60 P
Vinegar Bend Mizell 26 33 21 149.1 37 8 29 0 3 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.23 1.12 P
Wally Moon 27 150 132 1210.2 261 245 7 9 1 .966 3.4 3.4 0.4 -4.4 4.7 3 1.87 1.68 LF-RF-CF
Billy Muffett 26 23 0 43.2 7 2 4 1 1 .857 0.0 0.0 1.24 0.26 P
Stan Musial 36 130 129 1110.1 1276 1167 99 10 131 .992 0.6 0.6 1.6 -2.2 3.8 -1 10.26 9.74 1B
Irv Noren 32 8 5 50.2 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -1.4 -33.2 -1.4 -0.7 -0.7 0 1.07 0.75 RF-LF
Willard Schmidt 29 40 8 116.2 31 8 22 1 1 .968 0.0 0.0 2.31 0.75 P
Dick Schofield 22 23 11 125.1 58 21 34 3 8 .948 -1.7 -16.3 -1.7 -0.8 -0.9 0 3.95 2.39 SS
Bob Smith 26 6 0 9.2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.86 0.33 P
Bobby Gene Smith 23 81 45 477.2 148 138 6 4 4 .973 5.4 13.6 2.4 2.3 0.1 3 2.71 1.78 CF-RF
Hal Smith 26 97 86 795.0 515 468 42 5 8 .990 -3.0 -4.5 -3 5.77 5.26 17 21 28 15 35% C
Herm Wehmeier 30 36 18 165.0 43 18 24 1 0 .977 0.0 0.0 2.29 1.17 P
Hoyt Wilhelm 34 40 0 55.0 11 3 8 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.80 0.28 P
Team Totals 28.2 154 1386 12720.0 6147 4240 1776 131 460 .979 26.6 2.5 24.6 -2.7 27.2 -2 7 -3 4.26 3.35 22 40 46 30 39%
Rank in 8 NL teams 5 3 3
Age G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% Pos. Summary

1956 / 1958 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics