1955 St. Louis Cardinals Statistics

1954 Season 1956 Season

Record: 68-86-0, Finished 7th in National League (Schedule and Results)

Managers: Eddie Stanky (17-19) and Harry Walker (51-67)

General Manager: Dick Meyer (Fired 10/7/1955)

Ballpark: Busch Stadium I

Attendance: 849,130 (5th of 8)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 100
One-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 101

Pythagorean W-L: 67-87, 654 Runs, 757 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	Bill Sarni	27	107	362	325	32	83	15	2	3	34	1	1	27	33	.255	.313	.342	.654	75	111	13	1	7	2	0
2	1B	Stan Musial*	34	154	656	562	97	179	30	5	33	108	5	4	80	39	.319	.408	.566	.974	157	318	12	8	2	4	19
3	2B	Red Schoendienst#	32	145	615	553	68	148	21	3	11	51	7	7	54	28	.268	.335	.376	.711	90	208	9	4	0	4	5
4	SS	Alex Grammas	29	128	409	366	32	88	19	2	3	25	4	1	33	36	.240	.308	.328	.636	70	120	9	3	5	1	9
5	3B	Ken Boyer	24	147	574	530	78	140	27	2	18	62	22	17	37	67	.264	.311	.425	.735	94	225	6	1	1	5	5
6	LF	Rip Repulski	26	147	576	512	64	138	28	2	23	73	5	7	49	66	.270	.333	.467	.800	111	239	17	4	3	8	3
7	CF	Bill Virdon*	24	144	586	534	58	150	18	6	17	68	2	4	36	64	.281	.322	.433	.755	100	231	10	1	6	9	3
8	RF	Wally Moon*	25	152	646	593	86	175	24	8	19	76	11	11	47	65	.295	.349	.459	.808	114	272	11	3	1	1	4
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	3B	Solly Hemus*	32	96	240	206	36	50	10	2	5	21	1	1	27	22	.243	.335	.383	.718	92	79	2	2	4	1	0
10	C	Nelson Burbrink	33	58	187	170	11	47	8	1	0	15	1	1	14	13	.276	.333	.335	.669	80	57	5	1	1	1	1
11	OF	Harry Elliott	31	68	131	117	9	30	4	0	1	12	0	2	11	9	.256	.321	.316	.637	71	37	8	1	0	2	3
12	OF	Pete Whisenant	25	58	122	115	10	22	5	1	2	9	2	0	5	29	.191	.223	.304	.527	39	35	2	0	1	1	0
13	SS	Bob Stephenson	26	67	118	111	19	27	3	0	0	6	2	1	5	18	.243	.274	.270	.544	46	30	4	0	1	1	0
14	RF	Joe Frazier*	32	58	79	70	12	14	1	0	4	9	0	0	6	12	.200	.269	.386	.655	73	27	3	1	1	1	0
15	C	Del Rice	32	20	68	59	6	12	3	0	1	7	0	0	7	6	.203	.284	.305	.589	58	18	2	0	1	1	0
16	MI	Don Blasingame*	23	5	23	16	4	6	1	0	0	0	1	1	6	0	.375	.545	.438	.983	167	7	0	0	1	0	1
17	LF	Harry Walker*	36	11	15	14	2	5	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	.357	.400	.500	.900	139	7	0	0	0	0	0
18	C	Dick Rand	24	3	11	10	1	3	0	0	1	3	0	1	1	1	.300	.364	.600	.964	152	6	0	0	0	0	0
19	1B	Tom Alston*	29	13	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	-33	1	0	0	0	0	0
20	SS	Dick Schofield#	20	12	4	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	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	Harvey Haddix*	29	37	78	73	10	12	2	2	1	7	0	0	4	15	.164	.208	.288	.495	31	21	3	0	1	0	0
22	P	Luis Arroyo*	28	35	61	56	2	13	0	0	1	6	0	0	0	13	.232	.228	.286	.514	36	16	2	0	4	1	0
23	P	Larry Jackson	24	37	61	57	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	17	.053	.100	.053	.153	-58	3	1	1	1	0	0
24	P	Tom Poholsky	25	30	50	44	6	8	3	0	0	3	0	0	1	6	.182	.200	.250	.450	19	11	1	0	5	0	0
25	P	Willard Schmidt	27	20	44	42	1	5	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	15	.119	.119	.143	.262	-30	6	1	0	2	0	0
26	P	Brooks Lawrence	30	46	24	21	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	.095	.136	.095	.232	-37	2	0	0	2	0	0
27	P	Paul LaPalme*	31	56	20	19	1	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	.211	.250	.263	.513	37	5	0	0	0	0	0
28	P	Gordon Jones	25	15	19	14	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.071	.125	.071	.196	-46	1	0	0	3	1	0
29	P	Floyd Wooldridge	26	18	19	18	1	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.222	.222	.278	.500	33	5	0	0	1	0	0
30	P	Ben Flowers	28	4	10	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.100	.100	.100	.200	-46	1	1	0	0	0	0
31	P	Bobby Tiefenauer	25	18	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.167	.000	.167	-50	0	0	0	1	0	0
32	P	Mel Wright	27	29	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	P	Al Gettel	37	8	6	6	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.667	1.167	209	4	0	0	0	0	0
34	P	Lindy McDaniel	19	4	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.200	.200	.200	.400	7	1	0	0	0	0	0
35	P	Frank Smith	27	28	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0
36	P	John Mackinson	31	9	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	-40	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	P	Barney Schultz	28	19	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	P	Herb Moford	26	14	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	P	Tony Jacobs#	29	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	P	Vic Raschi	36	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	28.2	154	5857	5266	654	1375	228	36	143	608	64	59	458	597	.261	.321	.400	.721	91	2104	122	31	56	44	53
		Rank in 8 NL teams				4	6	5	2	6	6		2	8	7	2	3	6	5	6		5		4		3
		Non-Pitcher Totals	28.3	154	5430	4875	628	1318	219	34	141	580	64	59	446	509	.270	.333	.416	.749	99	2028	113	30	35	42	53
		Pitcher Totals	27.1	154	427	391	26	57	9	2	2	28	0	0	12	88	.146	.172	.194	.367	-2	76	9	1	21	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	Harvey Haddix*	29	12	16	.429	4.46	37	30	3	9	2	1	208.0	216	111	103	27	62	7	150	5	1	2	888	91	3.58	1.337	9.3	1.2	2.7	6.5	2.42
2	SP	Larry Jackson	24	9	14	.391	4.31	37	25	10	4	1	1	177.1	189	93	85	25	72	11	88	9	0	2	775	94	4.58	1.472	9.6	1.3	3.7	4.5	1.22
3	SP	Luis Arroyo*	28	11	8	.579	4.19	35	24	5	9	1	0	159.0	162	80	74	22	63	6	68	2	0	6	691	97	4.54	1.415	9.2	1.2	3.6	3.8	1.08
4	SP	Tom Poholsky	25	9	11	.450	3.81	30	24	5	8	2	0	151.0	143	71	64	26	35	4	66	2	0	4	626	106	4.47	1.179	8.5	1.5	2.1	3.9	1.89
5	SP	Willard Schmidt	27	7	6	.538	2.78	20	15	3	8	1	0	129.2	89	40	40	7	57	7	86	3	0	3	522	146	3.13	1.126	6.2	0.5	4.0	6.0	1.51
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
6	RP	Brooks Lawrence	30	3	8	.273	6.56	46	10	8	2	1	1	96.0	102	73	70	11	58	7	52	7	1	2	442	62	4.80	1.667	9.6	1.0	5.4	4.9	0.90
7	RP	Paul LaPalme*	31	4	3	.571	2.75	56	0	18	0	0	2	91.2	76	36	28	10	34	9	39	1	1	1	378	147	4.08	1.200	7.5	1.0	3.3	3.8	1.15
8	RP	Frank Smith	27	3	1	.750	3.23	28	0	14	0	0	1	39.0	27	18	14	3	23	3	17	5	0	2	168	126	4.65	1.282	6.2	0.7	5.3	3.9	0.74
9	RP	Mel Wright	27	2	2	.500	6.19	29	0	15	0	0	1	36.1	44	26	25	4	9	2	18	1	0	0	160	66	3.63	1.459	10.9	1.0	2.2	4.5	2.00
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
10		Floyd Wooldridge	26	2	4	.333	4.84	18	8	3	2	0	0	57.2	64	36	31	9	27	4	14	1	0	1	260	84	5.37	1.578	10.0	1.4	4.2	2.2	0.52
11		Gordon Jones	25	1	4	.200	5.84	15	9	1	0	0	0	57.0	66	38	37	10	28	5	46	1	0	0	262	70	4.56	1.649	10.4	1.6	4.4	7.3	1.64
12		Bobby Tiefenauer	25	1	4	.200	4.41	18	0	6	0	0	0	32.2	31	19	16	6	10	4	16	4	0	1	139	93	5.06	1.255	8.5	1.7	2.8	4.4	1.60
13		Barney Schultz	28	1	2	.333	7.89	19	0	9	0	0	4	29.2	28	27	26	5	15	3	19	4	0	0	133	52	5.20	1.449	8.5	1.5	4.6	5.8	1.27
14		Ben Flowers	28	1	0	1.000	3.62	4	4	0	0	0	0	27.1	27	12	11	1	12	0	19	0	0	0	120	113	2.77	1.427	8.9	0.3	4.0	6.3	1.58
15		Herb Moford	26	1	1	.500	7.88	14	1	4	0	0	2	24.0	29	23	21	5	15	3	8	1	0	3	116	52	6.41	1.833	10.9	1.9	5.6	3.0	0.53
16		John Mackinson	31	0	1	.000	7.84	8	1	2	0	0	0	20.2	24	18	18	3	10	2	8	1	0	1	98	52	5.08	1.645	10.5	1.3	4.4	3.5	0.80
17		Lindy McDaniel	19	0	0		4.74	4	2	2	0	0	0	19.0	22	10	10	4	7	1	7	0	0	0	84	87	5.47	1.526	10.4	1.9	3.3	3.3	1.00
18		Al Gettel	37	1	0	1.000	9.00	8	0	4	0	0	0	17.0	26	18	17	6	10	0	7	0	0	3	86	46	7.90	2.118	13.8	3.2	5.3	3.7	0.70
19		Tony Jacobs	29	0	0		18.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	6	4	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	13	27	9.37	3.500	27.0	4.5	4.5	4.5	1.00
20		Vic Raschi	36	0	1	.000	21.60	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.2	5	4	4	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	11	23	2.97	3.600	27.0	0.0	5.4	5.4	1.00
		Team Totals	27.2	68	86	.442	4.56	154	154	112	42	8	13	1376.2	1376	757	698	185	549	79	730	47	3	31	5972	89	4.35	1.398	9.0	1.2	3.6	4.8	1.33
		Rank in 8 NL teams		7	2		8				6	4	7	5	7	7	8	8	5		2
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