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1959 St. Louis Cardinals Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1958 / 1960)
71-83, Finished 7th in National League
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Scored 641 runs, Allowed 725 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 68-86
Manager: Solly Hemus (71-83)
Ballpark: Sportsman's Park IV (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 929,953 (5th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 106, Pitching - 107;   one-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 106
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1958 / 1960 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
Don Blasingame 27 L R 5' 10" 165 Mar 16, 1932 5 150 148 150 150 0 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Bob Blaylock 24 R R 6' 1" 185 Jun 28, 1935 2 3 1 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gary Blaylock 27 R R 6' 0" 196 Oct 11, 1931 1st 31 12 31 31 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
Ken Boyer 28 R R 6' 2" 200 May 20, 1931 5 149 147 149 149 0 0 0 0 143 12 0 0 0 0 1 0 All-Star
Marshall Bridges 28 B L 6' 1" 180 Jun 2, 1931 1st 27 4 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ernie Broglio 23 R R 6' 2" 200 Aug 27, 1935 1st 35 25 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Brosnan 29 R R 6' 4" 210 Oct 24, 1929 5 20 1 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Duke Carmel 22 L L 6' 3" 202 Apr 23, 1937 1st 10 6 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 3 10 0 0
Tom Cheney 24 R R 6' 0" 180 Oct 14, 1934 2 11 2 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gino Cimoli 29 R R 6' 2" 200 Dec 18, 1929 4 143 127 143 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 95 56 141 3 2
Phil Clark 26 R R 6' 3" 210 Oct 3, 1932 2 7 0 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
George Crowe 36 L L 6' 2" 212 Mar 22, 1923 7 77 11 77 77 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 66 0
Joe Cunningham 27 L L 6' 1" 190 Aug 27, 1931 5 144 127 144 144 0 0 35 0 0 0 21 0 109 121 11 1 All-Star
Bob Duliba 24 R R 5' 10" 185 Jan 9, 1935 1st 11 0 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Durham 27 R R 6' 1" 186 Jul 31, 1931 3 6 1 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 3
Chuck Essegian 27 R R 5' 11" 202 Aug 9, 1931 2 17 8 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 9 9 0
Curt Flood 21 R R 5' 9" 165 Jan 18, 1938 4 121 49 121 121 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 103 1 106 12 25
Bob Gibson HOF 23 R R 6' 1" 195 Nov 9, 1935 1st 21 9 21 21 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
Alex Grammas 33 R R 6' 0" 178 Apr 3, 1926 6 131 123 131 131 0 0 0 0 0 130 0 0 0 0 1 0
Dick Gray 27 R R 5' 11" 165 Jul 11, 1931 2 36 7 36 36 0 0 0 2 6 13 1 0 0 1 19 1
Gene Green 26 R R 6' 2" 205 Jun 26, 1933 3 30 20 30 30 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 19 2 1
Marv Grissom 41 R R 6' 3" 195 Mar 31, 1918 10 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Solly Hemus 36 L R 5' 9" 175 Apr 17, 1923 11 24 2 24 24 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 22 0
Tom Hughes 24 L R 6' 2" 180 Sep 13, 1934 1st 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ray Jablonski 32 R R 5' 10" 183 Dec 17, 1926 7 60 11 60 60 0 0 0 0 19 1 0 0 0 0 47 0
Larry Jackson 28 R R 6' 2" 190 Jun 2, 1931 5 54 37 54 54 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14
Hal Jeffcoat 34 R R 185 Sep 6, 1924 12 12 0 12 12 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Ray Katt 32 R R 6' 2" 200 May 9, 1927 8 15 5 15 15 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Alex Kellner 34 R L 6' 0" 200 Aug 26, 1924 12 12 4 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chick King 28 R R 6' 2" 190 Nov 10, 1930 5 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 4 0 1
Tim McCarver 17 L R 6' 1" 195 Oct 16, 1941 1st 8 6 8 8 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Lindy McDaniel 23 R R 6' 3" 195 Dec 13, 1935 5 62 7 62 62 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bob Miller 20 R R 6' 1" 182 Feb 18, 1939 2 11 10 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vinegar Bend Mizell 28 R L 205 Aug 13, 1930 6 31 30 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Stan Musial HOF 38 L L 6' 0" 175 Nov 21, 1920 18 115 90 115 115 0 0 90 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 25 0 All-Star
Irv Noren 34 L L 6' 0" 190 Nov 29, 1924 10 8 1 8 8 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 5 0
Howie Nunn 23 R R 6' 0" 173 Oct 18, 1935 1st 16 0 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Charlie O'Rourke 22 R R 6' 2" 195 Jun 22, 1937 1st 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Gene Oliver 24 R R 6' 2" 225 Mar 22, 1935 1st 68 42 68 68 0 9 5 0 0 0 42 0 3 42 18 1
Jay Porter 26 R R 6' 2" 180 Jan 17, 1933 6 23 9 23 23 0 19 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Dick Ricketts 25 L R 6' 7" 215 Dec 4, 1933 1st 12 9 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wally Shannon 26 L R 6' 0" 178 Jan 23, 1933 1st 47 12 47 47 0 0 0 10 0 21 0 0 0 0 31 0
Bill Smith 25 L L 6' 0" 190 Jun 8, 1934 2 6 0 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bobby Gene Smith 25 R R 5' 11" 185 May 28, 1934 3 43 10 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 7 15 32 10 8
Hal Smith 28 R R 5' 11" 189 Jun 1, 1931 4 142 128 142 142 0 141 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 All-Star
Dean Stone 28 L L 6' 4" 205 Sep 1, 1930 6 18 1 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lee Tate 27 R R 5' 10" 165 Mar 18, 1932 2 41 12 41 41 0 0 0 2 2 39 0 0 0 0 0 2
Jack Urban 30 R R 5' 8" 155 Dec 5, 1928 3 8 0 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill White 25 L L 6' 0" 195 Jan 28, 1934 3 138 130 138 138 0 0 71 0 0 0 87 7 0 92 5 2 All-Star
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR

1958 / 1960 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played