1958 St. Louis Cardinals
Record: 52-110
Finish: 8th in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 581
Runs Allowed: 819
Exp W-L: 56-106
 
Ballpark: Sportsmans Park
Attendance: 1,579,066
Manager: Joel Roltgen

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 72-65, 4th in the NL
AA: 89-48, 1st in the NL
A: 78-59, 2nd in the NL
 
 
 
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
CF *Richie Ashburn 31 158 600 77 178 23 4 10 48 10 7 50 21 .297 .353 .398 .751 78.7 9.6 3.9
LF *Hank Edwards 39 156 597 70 155 42 3 22 80 0 0 40 86 .260 .304 .451 .754 77.8 8.8 3.4
CF *Tito Francona 24 155 565 64 153 21 3 15 64 1 1 59 75 .271 .341 .398 .739 74.9 8.7 2.9
2B  Frank Bolling 26 154 556 55 138 24 3 8 56 4 3 43 76 .248 .302 .345 .648 56.3 4.3 4.1
SS  Frank Malzone 28 152 566 50 157 27 6 10 72 0 1 31 43 .277 .317 .399 .716 60.6 5.7 3.5
C  Les Moss 33 115 391 26 68 11 2 11 34 0 0 26 89 .174 .224 .297 .520 22.5 0.0 8.2
3B *Johnny Pesky 38 115 363 47 101 12 5 2 29 2 0 29 44 .278 .333 .355 .689 41.5 4.4 1.9
LF *Jackie Mayo 32 127 319 23 78 20 0 1 21 0 0 24 52 .245 .297 .317 .613 27.9 1.3 0.9
3B  Gair Allie 26 117 277 28 47 10 2 3 24 0 0 45 59 .170 .280 .253 .533 22.5 0.0 2.4
LF *Leon Wagner 24 76 270 40 56 9 1 17 38 0 0 28 51 .207 .280 .437 .717 35.6 3.3 0.7
RF *Dale Mitchell 36 121 240 31 62 6 1 5 25 4 1 18 6 .258 .309 .354 .663 25.4 1.9 1.0
SS  Buddy Blattner 38 114 216 21 47 14 1 5 24 2 0 14 52 .218 .265 .361 .626 18.4 0.6 1.1
C  Hal Smith 27 39 112 6 21 3 0 1 12 0 0 9 7 .188 .246 .241 .487 5.9 0.0 2.7
P  Glen Hobbie 22 39 90 1 11 3 0 0 3 0 0 2 42 .122 .141 .156 .297 -0.9 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Trowbridge 28 44 92 1 3 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 31 .033 .053 .065 .118 -5.4 0.0 0.0
P  Jim Bunning 26 39 84 4 12 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 33 .143 .143 .155 .298 0.1 0.0 0.0
C  Matt Batts 36 33 74 6 13 5 0 1 10 0 0 2 20 .176 .195 .284 .479 2.9 0.0 1.3
SS  Eddie Miksis 31 60 51 14 12 3 0 1 8 1 1 4 14 .235 .291 .353 .644 4.5 0.3 0.3
P  Larry Jackson 27 40 40 2 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 .150 .190 .175 .365 0.6 0.0 0.0
P  Larry Sherry 22 30 38 2 6 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 9 .158 .158 .237 .395 1.1 0.0 0.0
LF *John Powers 28 27 31 8 10 3 1 2 4 0 0 3 5 .323 .382 .677 1.060 7.2 1.3 0.1
LF  Wayne Terwilliger 33 13 16 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 .125 .222 .125 .347 0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Blaylock 23 79 16 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 6 .125 .125 .313 .438 0.6 0.0 0.0
P *Mel Parnell 36 61 13 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .231 .231 .308 .538 0.8 0.0 0.0
P  Ted Bowsfield 23 56 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .333 .500 0.3 0.0 0.0
P *Howie Pollet 37 15 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3 0.0 0.0
LF  Bobby Wilkins 35 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Lew Burdette 31 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  John Romonosky 28 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.9 2170 5630 581 1344 241 33 116 560 25 14 433 843 .239 .293 .355 .648 560.5 50.3 38.3
  Rank among 8 NL teams 3 8 6 4 5 7 8 3 8 8 1 7 8 8 8 8  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Glen Hobbie 22 13 18 .419 39 39 0 292.0 272 120 34 96 199 3.70 21.0
 Bob Trowbridge 28 14 20 .412 44 44 0 285.3 227 117 29 152 182 3.69 19.1
 Jim Bunning 26 5 21 .192 39 39 0 272.3 307 169 49 116 175 5.59 2.5
 Larry Jackson 27 4 13 .235 39 16 0 140.0 154 84 23 58 61 5.40 2.5
 Larry Sherry 22 3 13 .188 30 17 0 122.3 128 87 23 73 93 6.40 0.0
 Bob Blaylock 23 4 7 .364 78 3 13 113.3 89 53 15 77 93 4.21 9.9
*Mel Parnell 36 2 8 .200 61 2 5 92.0 102 56 16 34 42 5.48 3.1
*Ted Bowsfield 23 4 4 .500 56 2 4 90.7 102 37 6 27 37 3.67 8.3
 Lew Burdette 31 3 2 .600 22 0 1 30.0 33 19 6 21 6 5.70 1.1
*Howie Pollet 37 0 2 .000 15 0 0 21.7 25 17 4 18 15 7.06 0.0
 John Romonosky 28 0 2 .000 10 0 0 10.3 16 10 3 7 8 8.71 0.0
Team Totals 27.5 52 110 .321 433 162 23 1470.0 1455 769 208 679 911 4.71 67.3
Rank among 8 NL teams 8 8 6 8 2 6 8 8 8 5 8  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .995 30.8
L.Moss 990.3 111 114 627 33 0 1 1.000 48.0
H.Smith 309.3 33 38 204 14 2 0 .991 33.3
M.Batts 169.7 18 25 105 4 0 0 1.000 50.0
Team Total 1469.3 162 177 936 51 2 1 .998 43.6
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 11.38
L.Wagner 646.7 73 75 726 57 1 67 .999 10.90
J.Mayo 646.3 75 79 699 61 8 71 .990 10.58
B.Blattner 131.0 13 22 154 11 1 10 .994 11.34
E.Miksis 38.0 1 16 52 4 1 2 .982 13.26
T.Francona 6.0 0 3 7 0 0 0 1.000 10.50
F.Bolling 2.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50
Team Total 1470.0 162 196 1641 133 11 150 .994 10.86
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 5.62
F.Bolling 681.7 80 83 143 269 9 59 .979 5.44
G.Allie 584.3 69 72 142 261 2 45 .995 6.21
B.Blattner 155.3 12 35 43 71 4 19 .966 6.61
J.Pesky 24.7 1 10 3 11 0 1 1.000 5.11
E.Miksis 17.0 0 10 5 6 0 1 1.000 5.82
W.Terwilliger 7.0 0 3 1 4 0 0 1.000 6.43
Team Total 1470.0 162 213 337 622 15 125 .985 5.87
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .961 2.84
F.Malzone 639.3 74 75 60 148 9 11 .959 2.93
J.Pesky 393.0 43 47 22 93 6 8 .950 2.63
F.Bolling 312.7 34 35 21 79 0 6 1.000 2.88
G.Allie 79.0 8 15 9 6 2 2 .882 1.71
E.Miksis 38.0 3 8 3 4 1 1 .875 1.66
J.Powers 5.0 0 2 2 1 0 0 1.000 5.40
W.Terwilliger 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1470.0 162 183 117 331 18 28 .961 2.74
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 4.95
F.Malzone 622.7 71 75 100 249 15 48 .959 5.04
J.Pesky 367.0 41 50 66 138 12 22 .944 5.00
F.Bolling 295.7 35 36 54 124 8 26 .957 5.42
B.Blattner 137.7 12 30 14 44 4 6 .935 3.79
G.Allie 25.0 2 7 3 9 1 0 .923 4.32
E.Miksis 13.0 1 6 3 5 0 2 1.000 5.54
W.Terwilliger 8.0 0 1 1 2 0 1 1.000 3.38
B.Wilkins 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1470.0 162 206 241 571 40 105 .953 4.97
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.87
H.Edwards 1284.3 144 147 299 5 0 1 1.000 2.13
D.Mitchell 152.7 17 21 33 1 0 0 1.000 2.00
J.Mayo 17.0 1 3 4 1 0 0 1.000 2.65
J.Powers 9.7 0 2 3 1 0 0 1.000 3.73
E.Miksis 6.3 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1470.0 162 176 339 8 0 1 1.000 2.12
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 2.37
R.Ashburn 1317.3 145 153 353 3 6 1 .983 2.43
D.Mitchell 126.7 16 18 33 4 1 2 .974 2.63
H.Edwards 11.0 0 6 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64
J.Mayo 8.0 1 1 6 0 0 0 1.000 6.75
T.Francona 6.0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
J.Powers 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1470.0 162 182 397 7 7 3 .983 2.47
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 1.86
T.Francona 1270.0 143 148 257 9 3 2 .989 1.89
D.Mitchell 138.7 14 21 20 0 1 0 .952 1.30
E.Miksis 21.0 1 4 5 1 0 1 1.000 2.57
J.Mayo 20.0 2 4 10 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
J.Powers 18.0 2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
L.Wagner 1.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
H.Edwards 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1470.0 162 182 295 10 4 3 .987 1.87
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 2.13
G.Hobbie 292.0 39 39 19 63 2 5 .976 2.53
B.Trowbridge 285.3 44 44 15 45 1 0 .984 1.89
J.Bunning 272.3 39 39 14 40 2 3 .964 1.78
L.Jackson 140.0 16 39 12 32 1 0 .978 2.83
L.Sherry 122.3 17 30 8 16 2 1 .923 1.77
B.Blaylock 113.3 3 78 4 19 1 1 .958 1.83
M.Parnell 92.0 2 61 7 15 0 0 1.000 2.15
T.Bowsfield 90.7 2 56 4 10 1 0 .933 1.39
L.Burdette 30.0 0 22 2 5 0 0 1.000 2.10
H.Pollet 21.7 0 15 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.25
J.Romonosky 10.3 0 10 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.61
Team Total 1470.0 162 433 85 251 10 10 .971 2.06
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Ashburn .297
On-Base Pct Ashburn .353
Slugging Pct Edwards .451
OPS Edwards .754
XR Ashburn 78.7
Games Ashburn 158
At-Bats Ashburn 600
Runs Ashburn 77
Hits Ashburn 178
Total Bases Edwards 269
Singles Ashburn 141
Doubles Edwards 42
Triples Malzone 6
Homeruns Edwards 22
RBIs Edwards 80
Stolen Bases Ashburn 10
Caught Stealing Ashburn 7
Walks Francona 59
Strikeouts Moss 89
ERA Trowbridge 3.69
Wins Trowbridge 14
Losses Bunning 21
Winning Pct Hobbie .419
Saves Blaylock 13
Games Pitched Blaylock 78
Games Started Trowbridge 44
Complete Games Hobbie 10
Shutouts Hobbie, Trowbridge 2
Innings Pitched Hobbie 292.0
Hits Allowed Bunning 307
Homeruns Allowed Bunning 49
Strikeouts Hobbie 199
Walks Allowed Trowbridge 152
Walks per 9IP Hobbie 3.0
Hits per 9IP Trowbridge 7.2
Strikeouts per 9IP Hobbie 6.1
WHiP Hobbie 1.26
OAVG Trowbridge .218
OOBP Hobbie .309
OSLG Trowbridge .353
OOPS Trowbridge .671
Team All-Stars
Bob Blaylock
Player Salaries
Buddy Blattner $ 7,950,000
Richie Ashburn $ 6,500,000
Howie Pollet $ 4,600,000
Hank Edwards $ 4,250,000
Mel Parnell $ 2,650,000
Johnny Pesky $ 1,750,000
Matt Batts $ 1,500,000
Lew Burdette $ 1,230,000
Dale Mitchell $ 450,000
Larry Jackson $ 350,000
Wayne Terwilliger $ 350,000
Les Moss $ 350,000
Frank Bolling $ 300,000
Ted Bowsfield $ 300,000
Eddie Miksis $ 300,000
Bob Blaylock $ 300,000
Tito Francona $ 300,000
Jim Bunning $ 300,000
Glen Hobbie $ 300,000
Gair Allie $ 300,000
Jackie Mayo $ 300,000
Bobby Wilkins $ 300,000
John Powers $ 300,000
John Romonosky $ 300,000
Larry Sherry $ 300,000
Hal Smith $ 300,000
Joe Tipton $ 300,000
Bob Trowbridge $ 300,000
Leon Wagner $ 300,000
Frank Malzone $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Dick Rozek Detroit Glen Hobbie
2/7 Signed     Lew Burdette
2/9 Signed     Richie Ashburn
2/9 Signed     Joe Tipton