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1959 St. Louis Cardinals Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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 28 142 473 452 35 122 15 3 13 50 2 6 15 28 .270 .295 .403 .698 80 182 13 1 5 0 6
2 1B Stan Musial* 38 115 404 341 37 87 13 2 14 44 0 2 60 25 .255 .364 .428 .792 106 146 12 0 0 3 11
3 2B Don Blasingame* 27 150 691 615 90 178 26 7 1 24 15 15 67 42 .289 .361 .359 .720 89 221 3 2 7 0 2
4 SS Alex Grammas 33 131 415 368 43 99 14 2 3 30 3 3 38 26 .269 .337 .342 .679 78 126 9 1 5 3 6
5 3B Ken Boyer 28 149 633 563 86 174 18 5 28 94 12 6 67 77 .309 .384 .508 .892 130 286 7 2 0 1 7
6 LF Bill White* 25 138 561 517 77 156 33 9 12 72 15 10 34 61 .302 .344 .470 .814 110 243 5 2 3 5 1
7 CF Gino Cimoli 29 143 569 519 61 145 40 7 8 72 7 0 37 83 .279 .327 .430 .757 95 223 19 2 7 4 2
8 RF Joe Cunningham* 27 144 556 458 65 158 28 6 7 60 2 6 88 47 .345 .453 .478 .931 143 219 9 5 2 3 9
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 CF Curt Flood 21 121 226 208 24 53 7 3 7 26 2 1 16 35 .255 .305 .418 .724 86 87 6 0 0 2 0
10 LF Gene Oliver 24 68 181 172 14 42 9 0 6 28 3 2 7 41 .244 .271 .401 .672 72 69 4 0 0 2 0
11 1B George Crowe* 36 77 109 103 14 31 6 0 8 29 0 0 5 12 .301 .330 .592 .923 134 61 4 0 0 1 2
12 3B Ray Jablonski 32 60 96 87 11 22 4 0 3 14 1 0 8 19 .253 .313 .402 .715 85 35 3 0 0 1 0
13 MI Wally Shannon* 26 47 96 95 5 27 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 12 .284 .292 .337 .629 63 32 0 1 0 0 0
14 RF Gene Green 26 30 79 74 8 14 6 0 1 3 0 0 5 18 .189 .241 .311 .551 42 23 1 0 0 0 1
15 OF Bobby Gene Smith 25 43 61 60 11 13 1 1 1 7 0 0 1 9 .217 .230 .317 .546 41 19 2 0 0 0 0
16 UT Dick Gray 27 36 59 51 9 16 1 0 1 6 3 0 6 8 .314 .386 .392 .778 104 20 1 0 2 0 1
17 SS Lee Tate 27 41 58 50 5 7 1 1 1 4 0 0 5 7 .140 .232 .260 .492 28 13 2 1 2 0 1
18 LF Chuck Essegian 27 17 40 39 2 7 2 1 0 5 0 0 1 13 .179 .200 .282 .482 24 11 3 0 0 0 0
19 UT Jay Porter 26 23 35 33 5 7 3 0 1 2 0 0 1 4 .212 .257 .394 .651 67 13 0 1 0 0 0
20 IF Solly Hemus* 36 24 26 17 2 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 8 2 .235 .500 .353 .853 128 6 0 1 0 0 0
21 C Tim McCarver* 17 8 26 24 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .167 .231 .208 .439 16 5 0 0 0 0 0
22 C Ray Katt 32 15 25 24 0 7 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 8 .292 .292 .375 .667 72 9 2 0 1 0 0
23 OF Duke Carmel* 22 10 24 23 2 3 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 6 .130 .167 .174 .341 -11 4 0 0 0 0 0
24 UT Irv Noren* 34 8 8 8 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .125 .125 .250 .375 -5 2 1 0 0 0 0
25 OF Chick King 28 5 8 7 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .429 .375 .429 .804 109 3 0 0 0 1 0
26 CF Joe Durham 27 6 5 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 Charlie O'Rourke 22 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 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
28 P Larry Jackson 28 54 89 80 9 9 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 25 .113 .134 .125 .259 -32 10 0 0 7 0 0
29 P Vinegar Bend Mizell 28 31 83 75 7 14 1 1 0 7 0 1 3 29 .187 .218 .227 .445 16 17 0 0 5 0 0
30 P Ernie Broglio 23 35 67 61 3 6 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 18 .098 .141 .098 .239 -36 6 2 0 3 0 0
31 P Gary Blaylock 27 31 35 34 4 4 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 17 .118 .118 .294 .412 3 10 0 0 1 0 0
32 P Lindy McDaniel 23 62 35 29 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 16 .034 .125 .034 .159 -56 1 0 0 3 0 0
33 P Bob Gibson 23 21 27 26 1 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 .115 .115 .192 .308 -22 5 0 0 1 0 0
34 P Bob Miller 20 11 26 24 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 13 .208 .240 .208 .448 18 5 0 0 1 0 0
35 P Marshall Bridges# 28 27 26 23 3 5 1 0 1 4 0 0 1 6 .217 .250 .391 .641 64 9 0 0 2 0 0
36 P Dick Ricketts* 25 12 20 18 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .056 .056 .056 .111 -71 1 0 0 2 0 0
37 P Alex Kellner 34 12 9 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .222 .222 .222 .444 16 2 0 0 0 0 0
38 P Jim Brosnan 29 20 7 7 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .286 .286 .571 .857 116 4 0 0 0 0 0
39 P Dean Stone* 28 18 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 P Bob Duliba 24 11 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
41 P Hal Jeffcoat 34 12 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
42 P Howie Nunn 23 16 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
43 P Bob Blaylock 24 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
44 P Jack Urban 30 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
45 P Tom Hughes* 24 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
46 P Bill Smith* 25 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
47 P Phil Clark 26 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
48 P Tom Cheney 24 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
49 P Marv Grissom 41 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 28.2 154 5907 5317 641 1432 244 49 118 605 65 53 485 747 .269 .331 .400 .731 90 2128 108 19 60 26 49
Rank in 8 NL teams 3 7 2 2 1 6 3 1 6 7 2 3 4 4 4
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.

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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 28 14 13 .519 3.30 40 37 2 12 3 0 256.0 271 103 94 13 64 3 145 4 0 7 1081 128 1.309 9.5 0.5 2.3 5.1 2.27
2 SP Vinegar Bend Mizell* 28 13 10 .565 4.20 31 30 1 8 1 0 201.1 196 104 94 21 89 7 108 8 1 2 890 101 1.416 8.8 0.9 4.0 4.8 1.21
3 SP Ernie Broglio 23 7 12 .368 4.72 35 25 4 6 3 0 181.1 174 104 95 20 89 10 133 0 0 8 793 90 1.450 8.6 1.0 4.4 6.6 1.49
4 SP Bob Miller 20 4 3 .571 3.31 11 10 1 3 0 0 70.2 66 31 26 2 21 2 43 1 1 0 294 128 1.231 8.4 0.3 2.7 5.5 2.05
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
5 CL Lindy McDaniel 23 14 12 .538 3.82 62 7 47 1 0 15 132.0 144 61 56 11 41 8 86 1 0 10 562 111 1.402 9.8 0.8 2.8 5.9 2.10
6 RP Gary Blaylock 27 4 5 .444 5.13 26 12 1 3 0 0 100.0 117 61 57 14 43 3 61 2 0 3 449 82 1.600 10.5 1.3 3.9 5.5 1.42
7 RP Marshall Bridges* 28 6 3 .667 4.26 27 4 11 1 0 1 76.0 67 38 36 10 37 8 76 0 0 3 328 99 1.368 7.9 1.2 4.4 9.0 2.05
8 RP Jim Brosnan 29 1 3 .250 4.91 20 1 10 0 0 2 33.0 34 18 18 5 15 5 18 1 0 1 142 86 1.485 9.3 1.4 4.1 4.9 1.20
9 RP Dean Stone* 28 0 1 .000 4.20 18 1 5 0 0 1 30.0 30 15 14 4 16 4 17 0 0 2 132 101 1.533 9.0 1.2 4.8 5.1 1.06
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
10 Bob Gibson 23 3 5 .375 3.33 13 9 3 2 1 0 75.2 77 35 28 4 39 2 48 1 0 4 333 127 1.533 9.2 0.5 4.6 5.7 1.23
11 Dick Ricketts 25 1 6 .143 5.82 12 9 2 0 0 0 55.2 68 42 36 7 30 4 25 0 0 1 259 73 1.760 11.0 1.1 4.9 4.0 0.83
12 Alex Kellner* 34 2 1 .667 3.16 12 4 2 0 0 0 37.0 31 17 13 9 10 2 19 1 0 0 154 134 1.108 7.5 2.2 2.4 4.6 1.90
13 Bob Duliba 24 0 1 .000 2.78 11 0 5 0 0 1 22.2 19 7 7 2 12 1 14 0 0 2 94 152 1.368 7.5 0.8 4.8 5.6 1.17
14 Howie Nunn 23 2 2 .500 7.59 16 0 4 0 0 0 21.1 23 18 18 3 15 5 20 0 0 1 97 56 1.781 9.7 1.3 6.3 8.4 1.33
15 Hal Jeffcoat 34 0 1 .000 9.17 11 0 6 0 0 0 17.2 33 18 18 4 9 2 7 0 0 1 91 46 2.377 16.8 2.0 4.6 3.6 0.78
16 Tom Cheney 24 0 1 .000 6.94 11 2 5 0 0 0 11.2 17 9 9 2 11 2 8 2 0 1 63 61 2.400 13.1 1.5 8.5 6.2 0.73
17 Jack Urban 30 0 0 9.28 8 0 3 0 0 0 10.2 18 11 11 1 7 4 4 0 0 0 53 46 2.344 15.2 0.8 5.9 3.4 0.57
18 Bob Blaylock 24 0 1 .000 4.00 3 1 0 0 0 0 9.0 8 5 4 1 3 0 3 0 0 0 38 106 1.222 8.0 1.0 3.0 3.0 1.00
19 Bill Smith* 25 0 0 1.08 6 0 2 0 0 1 8.1 11 3 1 0 3 1 4 0 0 0 36 391 1.680 11.9 0.0 3.2 4.3 1.33
20 Phil Clark 26 0 1 .000 12.86 7 0 2 0 0 0 7.0 8 11 10 0 8 1 5 0 0 0 36 33 2.286 10.3 0.0 10.3 6.4 0.63
21 Tom Hughes 24 0 2 .000 15.75 2 2 0 0 0 0 4.0 9 9 7 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 24 27 2.750 20.3 4.5 4.5 4.5 1.00
22 Marv Grissom 41 0 0 22.50 3 0 2 0 0 0 2.0 6 5 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 19 3.000 27.0 9.0 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 26.0 71 83 .461 4.34 154 154 118 36 8 21 1363.0 1427 725 657 137 564 74 846 21 2 46 5961 97 1.461 9.4 0.9 3.7 5.6 1.50
Rank in 8 NL teams 7 2 8 7 5 5 6 6 6 8 3 7 6526
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

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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
Don Blasingame 27 150 148 1290.0 818 362 439 17 104 .979 -4.9 -4.6 -6.9 -3.2 -3.7 2 5.59 5.34 2B
Bob Blaylock 24 3 1 8.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.25 0.67 P
Gary Blaylock 27 26 12 100.0 29 11 16 2 1 .931 2.43 1.04 P
Ken Boyer 28 155 147 1273.1 475 143 310 22 33 .954 7.2 6.8 7.2 4.7 2.5 0 3.20 2.92 3B-SS
Marshall Bridges 28 27 4 76.0 6 2 3 1 0 .833 0.59 0.19 P
Ernie Broglio 23 35 25 181.1 41 11 30 0 2 1.000 2.03 1.17 P
Jim Brosnan 29 20 1 33.0 12 4 8 0 1 1.000 3.27 0.60 P
Duke Carmel 22 13 6 60.0 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -2.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.1 0 2.25 1.15 CF-RF-LF
Tom Cheney 24 11 2 11.2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.54 0.18 P
Gino Cimoli 29 198 127 1120.0 276 258 12 6 2 .978 -7.6 -8.1 -14.6 -9.0 -5.5 7 2.17 1.36 CF-RF-LF
Phil Clark 26 7 0 7.0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.86 0.43 P
George Crowe 36 14 11 90.0 94 82 12 0 9 1.000 1.4 18.7 1.4 1.6 -0.1 0 9.40 6.71 1B
Joe Cunningham 27 165 127 1110.2 376 355 14 7 23 .981 -10.1 -10.9 -4.1 -1.3 -2.9 -6 0 2.99 2.24 RF-1B-LF
Bob Duliba 24 11 0 23.2 11 4 7 0 0 1.000 4.18 1.00 P
Joe Durham 27 1 1 8.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -60.0 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 2.25 2.00 CF
Chuck Essegian 27 9 8 64.0 9 8 1 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -5.6 -1.3 -0.8 -0.5 1 1.27 1.00 LF
Curt Flood 21 107 49 541.0 156 150 1 5 1 .968 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.9 -0.6 0 0 2.51 1.41 CF-RF-2B-LF
Bob Gibson 23 13 9 75.2 18 6 10 2 2 .889 1.90 1.23 P
Alex Grammas 33 130 123 1006.0 611 216 373 22 80 .964 5.7 6.8 2.7 2.3 0.4 3 5.27 4.53 SS
Dick Gray 27 22 7 87.2 32 12 17 3 3 .906 -3.2 -43.8 -3.2 -1.9 -1.2 0 2.98 1.32 SS-3B-2B-LF
Gene Green 26 30 20 175.1 72 61 9 2 1 .972 1.4 9.6 -0.6 1.2 -1.8 2 0 3.59 2.33 0 1 1 0 0% RF-C
Marv Grissom 41 3 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0.33 P
Solly Hemus 36 2 2 7.0 5 0 5 0 0 1.000 1.2 205.7 1.2 0.6 0.6 0 6.43 2.50 2B-3B
Tom Hughes 24 2 2 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 P
Ray Jablonski 32 20 11 105.2 30 7 20 3 2 .900 -3.2 -36.3 -3.2 -0.4 -2.8 0 2.30 1.35 3B-SS
Larry Jackson 28 40 37 256.0 57 18 37 2 5 .965 1.93 1.38 P
Hal Jeffcoat 34 11 0 17.2 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.04 0.36 P
Ray Katt 32 14 5 55.0 41 38 2 1 0 .976 1.0 21.8 1 6.55 2.86 0 0 0 1 100% C
Alex Kellner 34 12 4 37.0 8 3 4 1 0 .875 1.70 0.58 P
Chick King 28 4 0 20.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 30.0 0.5 -0.3 0.8 0 3.15 1.75 CF-LF
Tim McCarver 17 6 6 51.0 35 32 2 1 0 .971 -2.0 -47.1 -2 6.00 5.67 3 3 2 0 0% C
Lindy McDaniel 23 62 7 132.0 41 7 31 3 3 .927 2.59 0.61 P
Bob Miller 20 11 10 70.2 22 6 16 0 1 1.000 2.80 2.00 P
Vinegar Bend Mizell 28 31 30 201.1 35 9 23 3 1 .914 1.43 1.03 P
Stan Musial 38 93 90 708.0 694 624 63 7 72 .990 -7.0 -11.9 -8.0 -4.3 -3.7 0 1 8.73 7.39 1B-LF
Irv Noren 34 3 1 5.0 1 1 0 0 1 1.000 -0.2 -48.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 1.80 0.33 LF-1B
Howie Nunn 23 16 0 21.1 6 0 6 0 1 1.000 2.53 0.38 P
Gene Oliver 24 59 42 357.1 135 126 5 4 1 .970 -0.6 -2.0 1.4 -1.7 3.2 -1 0 -1 3.30 2.22 2 2 0 1 100% LF-1B-C-RF
Jay Porter 26 20 9 84.0 57 53 4 0 1 1.000 -2.1 -30.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -2 6.11 2.85 5 7 5 4 44% C-1B
Dick Ricketts 25 12 9 55.2 7 2 2 3 0 .571 0.65 0.33 P
Wally Shannon 26 31 12 147.0 78 40 35 3 9 .962 -5.0 -40.8 -4.0 -0.3 -3.7 -1 4.59 2.42 SS-2B
Bill Smith 25 6 0 8.1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.08 0.17 P
Bobby Gene Smith 25 32 10 134.1 36 32 3 1 1 .972 2.1 18.8 2.1 0.1 2.1 0 2.34 1.09 RF-CF-LF
Hal Smith 28 141 128 1105.2 827 758 60 9 13 .989 3.0 3.3 3 6.66 5.80 5 34 44 32 42% C
Dean Stone 28 18 1 30.0 7 2 4 1 0 .857 1.80 0.33 P
Lee Tate 27 43 12 171.1 88 33 49 6 10 .932 -2.4 -16.8 -2.4 -1.5 -1.0 0 4.31 1.91 SS-3B-2B
Jack Urban 30 8 0 10.2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.84 0.13 P
Bill White 25 165 130 1126.2 617 581 27 9 33 .985 -4.8 -5.1 -1.8 -1.7 -0.0 -3 0 4.86 3.68 LF-1B-CF
Team Totals 27.5 154 1386 12267.0 5908 4089 1673 146 417 .975 -30.2 -3.0 -34.2 -15.5 -18.1 0 5 -1 4.23 2.97 15 47 52 38 42%
Rank in 8 NL teams 4 2 5
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

1958 / 1960 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics