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1959 St. Louis Cardinals
Record: 61-101
Finish: 7th in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 623
Runs Allowed: 821
Exp W-L: 61-101
 
Ballpark: Sportsmans Park
Attendance: 1,212,400
Manager: Joel Roltgen

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 77-60, 2nd in the NL
AA: 77-60, 3rd in the NL
A: 87-50, 2nd in the NL
 
 
 
 
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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
2B  Tom Upton 32 157 575 72 160 18 3 6 56 25 8 57 74 .278 .345 .351 .697 73.6 10.6 4.5
CF *Tito Francona 25 156 570 76 176 29 1 21 72 4 2 64 68 .309 .381 .474 .855 96.1 18.3 2.1
LF *Leon Wagner 25 158 545 62 138 21 2 31 74 6 0 37 103 .253 .305 .470 .774 79.7 12.2 1.7
2B  Frank Bolling 27 154 533 63 147 25 2 10 58 9 6 35 87 .276 .322 .386 .709 61.2 7.9 5.4
LF  Frank Howard 22 132 473 62 108 21 2 25 74 0 0 45 122 .228 .295 .440 .734 61.7 7.3 2.4
3B  Gair Allie 27 123 331 29 67 10 1 3 23 1 1 51 92 .202 .308 .266 .574 29.7 1.3 3.0
C  Hal Smith 28 117 356 36 88 17 3 5 37 0 0 15 27 .247 .275 .354 .629 31.9 2.0 3.2
SS  Frank Malzone 29 130 315 26 77 22 2 5 37 1 0 25 20 .244 .300 .375 .675 35.9 4.4 2.5
RF  Bob Allison 24 79 283 44 70 16 0 16 41 11 1 50 76 .247 .359 .473 .833 50.9 9.0 0.9
CF  Bob Cerv 33 134 300 37 67 6 3 11 37 1 1 22 79 .223 .275 .373 .648 30.4 2.3 1.1
C *Sammy Taylor 26 79 223 6 54 9 1 3 16 0 0 15 40 .242 .290 .332 .622 22.4 2.1 2.0
LF *Jackie Mayo 33 101 172 17 31 4 0 2 20 0 0 26 27 .180 .289 .238 .527 13.4 0.0 0.5
LF *Hank Edwards 40 51 172 24 51 9 2 7 22 0 0 12 33 .297 .339 .494 .833 26.4 4.6 0.7
SS  Eddie Miksis 32 82 95 11 24 4 0 1 11 2 2 6 27 .253 .301 .326 .627 9.0 0.7 0.8
P  Glen Hobbie 23 36 91 4 10 2 0 0 7 0 0 0 39 .110 .110 .132 .242 -2.1 0.0 0.0
CF *Richie Ashburn 32 24 77 10 19 3 0 0 6 2 1 6 0 .247 .301 .286 .587 6.7 0.5 0.4
P  Ernie Broglio 23 28 67 1 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 27 .075 .075 .075 .149 -2.9 0.0 0.0
P  Tom Cheney 24 29 56 3 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 17 .071 .103 .125 .228 -1.1 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Trowbridge 29 28 52 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 14 .019 .073 .019 .092 -3.3 0.0 0.0
P  Jim Bunning 27 22 53 5 11 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 14 .208 .222 .226 .449 2.0 0.0 0.0
LF *John Powers 29 44 38 6 4 0 1 2 6 0 0 7 12 .105 .261 .316 .577 3.3 0.0 0.3
C  Les Moss 34 15 42 1 9 2 0 0 3 0 0 4 12 .214 .283 .262 .545 2.2 0.0 0.5
P  Ted Bowsfield 24 65 35 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 13 .057 .108 .086 .194 -1.8 0.0 0.0
RF *Dale Mitchell 37 18 28 1 7 2 0 0 2 0 1 2 1 .250 .300 .321 .621 2.3 0.0 0.1
1B  Skeeter Kell 29 63 21 17 3 1 0 1 2 14 0 1 2 .143 .182 .333 .515 4.0 0.7 0.2
3B *Johnny Pesky 39 10 21 1 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 .286 .318 .333 .652 2.1 0.2 0.2
P  Larry Sherry 23 79 14 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .143 .200 .143 .343 0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Blaylock 24 60 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 .000 .143 .000 .143 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P  John Buzhardt 22 52 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.9 0.2 0.0
P  Larry Jackson 28 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Lew Burdette 32 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.5 2248 5550 623 1343 225 24 149 609 76 24 491 1040 .242 .304 .372 .676 634.2 84.3 32.3
  Rank among 8 NL teams 3 7 7 7 8 7 7 1 6 3 4 7 6 7 7 7  
* - 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 23 11 18 .379 36 36 0 274.0 244 129 34 106 194 4.24 14.9
 Ernie Broglio 23 9 14 .391 28 28 0 214.0 222 118 36 82 156 4.96 5.6
 Tom Cheney 24 7 13 .350 29 29 0 181.7 168 97 20 97 149 4.81 6.7
 Bob Trowbridge 29 6 14 .300 28 28 0 167.3 176 98 21 84 123 5.27 1.7
 Jim Bunning 27 6 10 .375 22 22 0 160.7 153 72 13 65 119 4.03 10.8
*Ted Bowsfield 24 5 13 .278 65 15 4 159.7 199 107 15 70 76 6.03 0.0
 Larry Sherry 23 6 9 .400 79 4 2 124.7 104 57 11 61 118 4.12 9.0
 John Buzhardt 22 5 1 .833 52 0 3 68.3 88 32 8 16 25 4.21 5.7
 Bob Blaylock 24 4 6 .400 48 0 18 58.7 45 20 7 38 68 3.07 10.4
 Lew Burdette 32 0 0 .000 12 0 0 20.3 21 9 3 6 8 3.98 1.4
*Mel Parnell 37 1 2 .333 12 0 0 12.3 20 14 4 5 2 10.22 0.0
 Larry Jackson 28 1 1 .500 10 0 0 9.3 16 11 1 7 5 10.61 0.0
Team Totals 26.3 61 101 .377 421 162 27 1451.0 1456 764 173 637 1043 4.74 66.3
Rank among 8 NL teams 7 7 6 7 3 6 5 7 8 6 7  
* - 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 .997 31.5
H.Smith 830.7 94 96 594 24 2 0 .997 21.7
S.Taylor 508.3 56 65 384 18 2 0 .995 29.6
L.Moss 108.0 12 13 91 5 0 0 1.000 50.0
B.Cerv 3.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
J.Mayo 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0
Team Total 1451.0 162 177 1070 47 4 0 .996 26.9
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 11.09
L.Wagner 1232.0 149 153 1412 109 17 135 .989 11.11
J.Mayo 106.3 10 20 99 15 2 11 .983 9.65
S.Kell 31.0 0 16 30 4 0 3 1.000 9.87
E.Miksis 25.0 1 7 37 1 0 1 1.000 13.68
F.Bolling 18.0 1 5 21 0 0 2 1.000 10.50
F.Howard 16.7 0 6 20 5 0 1 1.000 13.51
T.Francona 10.0 0 4 10 0 0 1 1.000 9.00
H.Smith 9.0 1 3 14 3 0 2 1.000 17.00
B.Allison 3.0 0 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 12.00
Team Total 1451.0 162 215 1647 137 19 156 .989 11.07
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 5.50
G.Allie 834.0 102 105 167 370 11 69 .980 5.79
F.Bolling 374.3 42 47 70 152 5 29 .978 5.34
E.Miksis 166.7 15 39 42 66 5 22 .956 5.83
S.Kell 39.0 0 14 9 13 1 2 .957 5.08
J.Pesky 31.0 3 6 6 12 0 1 1.000 5.23
T.Upton 6.0 0 3 0 4 0 0 1.000 6.00
Team Total 1451.0 162 214 294 617 22 123 .976 5.65
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 2.66
T.Upton 1260.0 143 145 80 283 9 28 .976 2.59
F.Malzone 130.0 16 17 10 24 6 1 .850 2.35
J.Powers 20.0 0 8 0 9 0 0 1.000 4.05
G.Allie 20.0 2 3 0 4 0 2 1.000 1.80
J.Pesky 11.0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.82
S.Kell 7.0 0 5 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.29
E.Miksis 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1451.0 162 182 90 322 15 31 .965 2.56
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 4.73
F.Bolling 843.3 99 102 126 330 7 74 .985 4.87
F.Malzone 492.7 54 66 61 178 2 33 .992 4.37
G.Allie 41.0 4 7 7 22 1 2 .967 6.37
E.Miksis 36.0 3 8 3 14 0 2 1.000 4.25
T.Upton 17.0 0 7 3 7 1 3 .909 5.29
J.Pesky 16.0 2 2 2 7 0 1 1.000 5.06
J.Powers 3.0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
B.Cerv 2.0 0 1 2 1 0 1 1.000 13.50
Team Total 1451.0 162 194 206 560 11 116 .986 4.75
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 1.74
B.Allison 645.0 72 75 122 2 7 0 .947 1.73
F.Howard 295.3 35 35 58 0 3 0 .951 1.77
H.Edwards 137.3 16 17 29 1 0 0 1.000 1.97
B.Cerv 84.0 10 14 18 0 0 0 1.000 1.93
J.Mayo 43.0 4 6 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.51
D.Mitchell 18.0 2 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
E.Miksis 8.0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38
S.Kell 6.0 0 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
J.Powers 3.3 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
T.Francona 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
B.Blaylock 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1244.0 139 163 252 3 10 0 .962 1.84
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.36
F.Howard 742.0 86 86 204 3 4 0 .981 2.51
B.Cerv 448.0 51 59 102 2 1 0 .990 2.09
R.Ashburn 156.1 19 20 43 1 1 0 .978 2.54
J.Mayo 58.0 5 12 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.09
E.Miksis 15.0 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
J.Powers 10.0 1 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70
T.Francona 9.0 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
D.Mitchell 7.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
H.Edwards 4.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
B.Allison 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1451.1 164 190 367 6 6 0 .984 2.31
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.76
T.Francona 1239.7 145 147 235 5 1 2 .996 1.74
H.Edwards 251.3 29 31 51 1 2 0 .963 1.86
J.Mayo 125.0 14 23 21 1 0 0 1.000 1.58
J.Powers 21.3 1 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.69
E.Miksis 12.0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.75
L.Wagner 11.0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.82
F.Howard 11.0 0 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.45
D.Mitchell 8.0 1 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
B.Allison 5.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
S.Kell 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1685.3 190 222 320 7 3 2 .991 1.75
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 2.02
G.Hobbie 274.0 36 36 22 55 1 2 .987 2.53
E.Broglio 214.0 28 28 11 33 2 1 .957 1.85
T.Cheney 181.7 29 29 12 36 1 3 .980 2.38
B.Trowbridge 167.3 28 28 9 36 0 2 1.000 2.42
J.Bunning 160.7 22 22 9 20 1 2 .967 1.62
T.Bowsfield 159.7 15 65 12 22 2 4 .944 1.92
L.Sherry 124.7 4 79 11 11 2 0 .917 1.59
J.Buzhardt 68.3 0 52 3 10 0 1 1.000 1.71
B.Blaylock 58.7 0 48 3 10 0 0 1.000 1.99
L.Burdette 20.3 0 12 3 3 0 0 1.000 2.66
M.Parnell 12.3 0 12 0 6 0 0 1.000 4.38
L.Jackson 9.3 0 10 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.93
Team Total 1451.0 162 421 95 244 9 15 .974 2.10
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Francona .309
On-Base Pct Francona .381
Slugging Pct Francona .474
OPS Francona .855
XR Francona 96.1
Games Wagner 158
At-Bats Upton 575
Runs Francona 76
Hits Francona 176
Total Bases Francona 270
Singles Upton 133
Doubles Francona 29
Triples Cerv, Smith, Upton 3
Homeruns Wagner 31
RBIs Wagner, Howard 74
Stolen Bases Upton 25
Caught Stealing Upton 8
Walks Francona 64
Strikeouts Howard 122
ERA Hobbie 4.24
Wins Hobbie 11
Losses Hobbie 18
Winning Pct Broglio .391
Saves Blaylock 18
Games Pitched Sherry 79
Games Started Hobbie 36
Complete Games Broglio 9
Shutouts No Qualifiers
Innings Pitched Hobbie 274.0
Hits Allowed Hobbie 244
Homeruns Allowed Broglio 36
Strikeouts Hobbie 194
Walks Allowed Hobbie 106
Walks per 9IP Broglio 3.4
Hits per 9IP Hobbie 8.0
Strikeouts per 9IP Cheney 7.4
WHiP Hobbie 1.28
OAVG Hobbie .235
OOBP Hobbie .307
OSLG Cheney .395
OOPS Hobbie .703
Team All-Stars
Bob Blaylock
Player Salaries
Bob Cerv $ 6,200,000
Tom Upton $ 3,500,000
Mel Parnell $ 2,650,000
Bob Trowbridge $ 2,135,714
Johnny Pesky $ 1,750,000
Lew Burdette $ 1,230,000
Dick Rozek $ 525,714
Jim Bunning $ 357,143
Larry Jackson $ 350,000
Jackie Mayo $ 350,000
Wayne Terwilliger $ 350,000
Bob Blaylock $ 300,000
Frank Bolling $ 300,000
Bob Allison $ 300,000
Tito Francona $ 300,000
Ernie Broglio $ 300,000
John Buzhardt $ 300,000
Tom Cheney $ 300,000
Ted Bowsfield $ 300,000
Glen Hobbie $ 300,000
Frank Howard $ 300,000
Gair Allie $ 300,000
Frank Malzone $ 300,000
Leon Wagner $ 300,000
Eddie Miksis $ 300,000
Les Moss $ 300,000
John Powers $ 300,000
Larry Sherry $ 300,000
Hal Smith $ 300,000
Sammy Taylor $ 300,000
Skeeter Kell $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/5 Signed     Tom Upton
3/3 Traded Bobby Wilkins New York (A) Bob Cerv
4/2 Signed     Chuck Diering
5/1 Traded Dale Mitchell Montreal Ron Samford
5/1 Traded Richie Ashburn Detroit Don Carlsen
Bob Smith
Dick Rozek
6/1 Traded Hank Edwards New York (N) Billy Moran
 
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