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1958 St. Louis Cardinals

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1957 / 1959

72-82, Finished 5th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Fred Hutchinson (69-75) and Stan Hack (3-7)
Scored 619 runs, Allowed 704 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 68-86

Ballparks: Busch Stadium I · Attendance: 1,063,730 (5th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 104, Pitching - 105 · one-year: Batting - 107, Pitching - 109

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1957 / 1959 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
Ruben Amaro 22 R R 5' 11" 170 Jan 6, 1936 1st 40 21 40 37 0 0 0 1 0 36 0 0 0 0 1 4 -0.8 $
Frank Barnes 31 R R 6' 0" 170 Aug 26, 1926 2 13 1 13 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 -0.7 $
Don Blasingame 26 L R 5' 10" 160 Mar 16, 1932 4 143 133 143 137 0 0 0 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0.6 $ All-Star
Ken Boyer 27 R R 6' 1" 190 May 20, 1931 4 150 149 150 149 0 0 0 0 144 1 0 6 0 6 1 0 5.4 $
Jim Brosnan 28 R R 6' 4" 197 Oct 24, 1929 4 33 12 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.4 $
Ellis Burton 21 B R 5' 11" 160 Aug 12, 1936 1st 8 7 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 7 1 0 0.1 $
Nelson Chittum 25 R R 6' 1" 180 Mar 25, 1933 1st 13 2 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Phil Clark 25 R R 6' 3" 210 Oct 3, 1932 1st 8 0 8 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.1 $
Joe Cunningham 26 L L 6' 0" 180 Aug 27, 1931 4 131 91 131 108 0 0 68 0 0 0 24 0 42 66 29 1 3.4 $
Al Dark 36 R R 5' 11" 185 Jan 7, 1922 12 18 13 18 15 0 0 0 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 5 0 -0.4 $40,000
Del Ennis 33 R R 6' 0" 195 Jun 8, 1925 13 106 81 106 84 0 0 0 0 0 0 84 0 0 84 23 0 -1.3 $
Tom Flanigan 23 R L 6' 3" 175 Sep 6, 1934 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Curt Flood 20 R R 5' 9" 165 Jan 18, 1938 3 121 110 121 120 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 120 0 120 0 4 2.0 $
Gene Freese 24 R R 5' 11" 175 Jan 8, 1934 4 62 42 62 45 0 0 0 14 3 28 0 0 0 0 16 3 -0.6 $
Gene Green 25 R R 6' 2" 200 Jun 26, 1933 2 137 119 137 122 0 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 75 75 17 0 0.7 $
Larry Jackson 27 R R 6' 1" 175 Jun 2, 1931 4 50 23 50 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.0 $ All-Star
Sam Jones 32 R R 6' 4" 192 Dec 14, 1925 6 35 35 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.8 $
Eddie Kasko 26 R R 6' 0" 180 Jun 27, 1932 2 104 72 104 88 0 0 0 12 1 77 0 0 0 0 10 8 -0.5 $
Ray Katt 31 R R 6' 2" 190 May 9, 1927 7 19 11 19 14 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 -0.2 $
Hobie Landrith 28 L R 5' 10" 170 Mar 16, 1930 9 70 34 70 45 0 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 0 0.1 $
Bob Mabe 28 R R 5' 11" 165 Oct 8, 1929 1st 32 13 32 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.1 $
Sal Maglie 41 R R 6' 2" 180 Apr 26, 1917 10 10 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Morrie Martin 35 L L 6' 0" 173 Sep 3, 1922 9 17 0 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Lindy McDaniel 22 R R 6' 3" 195 Dec 13, 1935 4 26 17 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.2 $12,500
Von McDaniel 19 R R 6' 2" 180 Apr 18, 1939 2 2 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $8,500
Vinegar Bend Mizell 27 R L 6' 3" 205 Aug 13, 1930 5 30 29 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.1 $
Wally Moon 28 L R 6' 0" 169 Apr 3, 1930 5 108 75 108 82 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 8 54 82 29 4 -1.0 $
Billy Muffett 27 R R 6' 1" 198 Sep 21, 1930 2 35 6 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Stan Musial HOF 37 L L 6' 0" 175 Nov 21, 1920 17 135 123 135 124 0 0 124 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 3.4 $100,000 All-Star
Irv Noren 33 L L 6' 0" 190 Nov 29, 1924 9 117 28 117 77 0 0 0 0 0 0 60 13 11 77 49 3 0.2 $
Johnny O'Brien 27 R R 5' 9" 170 Dec 11, 1930 5 12 0 12 7 1 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 4 -0.2 $
Phil Paine 28 R R 6' 2" 180 Jun 8, 1930 6 46 0 46 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $
Dick Schofield 23 B R 5' 9" 163 Jan 7, 1935 6 39 26 39 27 0 0 0 0 0 27 0 0 0 0 9 4 0.0 $
Bill Smith 24 L L 6' 0" 190 Jun 8, 1934 1st 2 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Bobby Smith 24 R R 5' 11" 180 May 28, 1934 2 28 22 28 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 2 27 1 1 -0.2 $
Hal Smith 27 R R 5' 10" 186 Jun 1, 1931 3 77 61 77 71 0 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 -0.7 $
Chuck Stobbs 28 L L 6' 1" 185 Jul 2, 1929 12 17 0 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Lee Tate 26 R R 5' 10" 165 Mar 18, 1932 1st 10 8 10 9 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.3 $
Joe Taylor 32 R R 6' 1" 185 Mar 2, 1926 3 18 3 18 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 5 15 0 0.3 $
Benny Valenzuela 25 R R 5' 10" 175 Jun 2, 1933 1st 10 3 10 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 -0.2 $
Herm Wehmeier 31 R R 6' 2" 185 Feb 18, 1927 13 3 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $
Bill Wight 36 L L 6' 1" 180 Apr 12, 1922 12 28 1 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
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

Don Blasingame

Stan Musial

Del Ennis

Irv Noren

Eddie Kasko

Al Dark

Gene Green

Ken Boyer

Bobby Smith

Hobie Landrith

Vinegar Bend Mizell

Hal Smith

Ruben Amaro
Johnny O'Brien
Dick Schofield

Wally Moon

Curt Flood
Ray Katt
Joe Taylor

Phil Clark
Billy Muffett
Joe Taylor

Sam Jones

Gene Freese
Benny Valenzuela

Morrie Martin

Frank Barnes
Nelson Chittum

Joe Cunningham

Bill Smith

Ellis Burton
Bob Mabe

Lee Tate

Jim Brosnan
Herm Wehmeier

Billy Muffett
Chuck Stobbs

Larry Jackson

Lindy McDaniel

Curt Flood

Sal Maglie

Tom Flanigan
Phil Paine

Von McDaniel
Bill Wight

1957 / 1959 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers