1957 St. Louis Cardinals Statistics

1956 Season 1958 Season

Record: 87-67-0, Finished 2nd in National League (Schedule and Results)

General Manager: Frank Lane (Resigned 11/13/1957)

Ballpark: 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

Pythagorean W-L: 84-70, 737 Runs, 666 Runs Allowed

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	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	Al 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	26	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	538	490	61	140	24	3	24	105	1	3	37	50	.286	.332	.494	.826	117	242	22	1	1	8	3
Rk	Pos	Name	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 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	Name	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	27	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
38	P	Bob Kuzava#	34	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
39	P	Bob Miller	18	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	28.7	154	6083	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	8	4	2	1	2	3	3		3		8		1
		Non-Pitcher Totals	28.8	154	5620	5042	702	1426	225	42	131	662	58	44	483	534	.283	.344	.422	.766	104	2128	113	15	27	52	75
		Pitcher Totals	27.2	154	463	430	35	71	10	1	1	23	0	0	10	138	.165	.189	.200	.389	4	86	5	3	18	2	0
Rk	Pos	Name	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

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
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	114	3.71	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	114	3.44	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	110	3.24	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	106	3.90	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	123	3.58	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	96	4.13	1.514	10.6	1.0	3.0	3.5	1.16
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
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	4.37	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	92	4.34	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	83	4.14	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	120	4.25	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	177	2.68	1.091	7.2	0.2	2.7	4.3	1.62
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
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	77	3.99	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	162	2.55	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	91	4.16	2.200	11.7	0.0	8.1	4.5	0.56
15		Bob Smith*	27	0	0		4.66	6	0	3	0	0	1	9.2	12	10	5	0	6	1	11	1	0	0	53	88	2.35	1.862	11.2	0.0	5.6	10.2	1.83
16		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	59	5.46	2.000	13.0	2.0	5.0	7.0	1.40
17		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	83	5.23	2.333	6.0	0.0	15.0	10.0	0.67
18		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	206	3.12	1.333	6.0	0.0	6.0	6.0	1.00
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	120	3.31	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	105	3.78	1.338	8.8	0.9	3.2	5.0	1.54
		Rank in 8 NL teams		2	7		3				4	2	1	1	4	4	4	3	6		4
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W