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1956 St. Louis Cardinals
Record: 66-96
Finish: 7th in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 728
Runs Allowed: 802
Exp W-L: 74-88
 
Ballpark: Sportsmans Park
Attendance: 2,172,700
Manager: Joel Roltgen

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 69-68, 5th in the NL
AA: 63-74, 6th in the NL
A: 73-64, 4th in the NL
 
 
 
 
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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
C  Matt Batts 34 136 438 52 99 32 1 2 23 0 1 56 86 .226 .313 .317 .630 40.2 2.3 8.4
SS  Buddy Blattner 36 108 403 53 125 20 3 9 61 10 1 45 59 .310 .382 .442 .824 64.6 11.3 2.7
CF  Johnny Groth 29 133 388 48 101 31 2 3 37 0 0 52 53 .260 .348 .374 .721 49.1 6.2 2.2
LF *Hank Edwards 37 102 389 71 141 31 1 24 76 0 0 34 61 .362 .412 .632 1.045 85.6 18.2 1.8
CF  Sam Mele 33 104 392 53 119 13 3 18 67 0 0 24 45 .304 .341 .490 .831 59.8 9.5 2.3
RF *Dale Mitchell 34 105 387 44 101 21 1 6 55 3 1 28 10 .261 .309 .367 .676 41.6 3.9 2.1
LF *Jackie Mayo 30 119 303 29 63 14 2 6 38 0 0 28 38 .208 .283 .327 .610 27.3 0.9 1.7
SS  Frank Malzone 26 90 302 29 80 10 0 3 30 0 0 19 14 .265 .308 .328 .636 27.5 2.0 0.3
SS  George Kell 33 75 273 24 67 12 2 3 34 0 1 13 18 .245 .281 .337 .618 22.3 0.6 1.4
SS  Eddie Miksis 29 90 214 34 36 6 3 1 9 4 1 27 48 .168 .260 .238 .499 13.5 0.0 1.1
1B *Earl Torgeson 32 54 195 41 48 13 2 9 27 1 1 43 33 .246 .378 .472 .849 35.4 5.6 1.2
2B  Tommy Glaviano 32 52 187 38 49 15 1 4 24 0 0 47 60 .262 .414 .417 .831 35.3 6.1 1.6
LF  Ralph Kiner 33 53 198 40 62 8 2 17 48 0 0 34 32 .313 .415 .631 1.046 47.1 9.6 0.8
3B  Gair Allie 24 70 205 16 36 9 1 2 16 0 0 21 38 .176 .254 .259 .513 12.9 0.0 1.3
1B *Bobby Brown 31 54 196 35 63 16 0 6 30 2 1 27 8 .321 .404 .495 .899 37.4 7.4 1.3
C  Del Rice 33 43 172 28 43 5 2 11 36 0 0 20 48 .250 .328 .494 .822 27.5 4.0 2.5
1B *Bob Addis 30 50 177 14 54 2 0 2 20 0 1 10 8 .305 .344 .350 .694 20.6 2.6 0.8
LF  Wayne Terwilliger 31 63 129 13 29 2 1 3 19 0 0 18 14 .225 .320 .326 .645 13.9 1.1 0.5
P *Howie Pollet 35 44 98 8 15 0 0 1 9 0 0 2 34 .153 .167 .184 .350 2.7 0.0 0.0
C  Les Moss 31 53 105 14 31 10 1 4 24 0 0 10 19 .295 .357 .524 .880 16.4 2.8 1.5
P  Ryne Duren 27 43 84 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 41 .012 .034 .024 .058 -5.4 0.0 0.0
3B *Johnny Pesky 36 47 89 9 27 2 0 0 6 0 0 6 5 .303 .343 .326 .669 10.5 0.9 0.2
P  Jim Bunning 24 29 70 7 13 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 21 .186 .208 .229 .437 3.3 0.0 0.0
LF *John Powers 26 21 51 5 5 1 0 2 4 0 0 3 18 .098 .179 .235 .414 0.9 0.0 0.2
P  Connie Johnson 33 14 38 2 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 8 .132 .132 .158 .289 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Trowbridge 26 52 27 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 8 .037 .037 .074 .111 -1.2 0.0 0.0
P *Curt Simmons 27 10 28 5 6 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 9 .214 .214 .286 .500 1.6 0.0 0.0
LF  Bobby Wilkins 33 17 23 2 7 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 .304 .333 .435 .768 3.1 0.6 0.0
3B  Buddy Kerr 33 25 15 7 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 4 .067 .176 .267 .443 0.8 0.0 0.1
P *Dick Rozek 29 84 14 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 3 .214 .313 .214 .527 0.8 0.0 0.0
P *Mel Parnell 34 45 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Larry Jackson 25 41 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Blaylock 21 34 4 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.8 0.2 0.0
P  Dick Weik 28 50 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.4 2110 5602 728 1433 284 28 137 710 20 8 575 847 .256 .326 .390 .715 695.1 95.9 36.1
  Rank among 8 NL teams 2 5 4 2 5 5 5 4 4 5 5 4 5 5 5 5  
* - 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
*Howie Pollet 35 12 15 .444 44 44 0 307.7 239 139 31 185 312 4.07 17.1
 Ryne Duren 27 13 13 .500 43 43 0 280.0 193 136 32 180 318 4.37 11.7
 Jim Bunning 24 6 19 .240 29 29 0 226.3 216 124 35 77 154 4.93 6.6
 Bob Trowbridge 26 10 11 .476 52 16 2 146.0 128 56 13 86 100 3.45 10.8
*Dick Rozek 29 6 11 .353 84 5 9 125.3 127 85 14 92 89 6.10 1.5
 Connie Johnson 33 6 1 .857 14 14 0 106.0 94 48 14 35 77 4.08 6.9
*Curt Simmons 27 3 6 .333 10 10 0 73.0 92 48 13 26 34 5.92 0.0
*Mel Parnell 34 4 7 .364 45 0 9 63.0 62 23 9 20 14 3.29 7.1
 Dick Weik 28 3 4 .429 50 0 2 54.7 53 38 13 40 43 6.26 0.3
 Larry Jackson 25 1 7 .125 40 1 2 50.0 54 33 7 22 14 5.94 0.0
 Bob Blaylock 21 2 2 .500 26 0 7 36.0 28 13 5 24 25 3.25 4.1
Team Totals 28.1 66 96 .407 437 162 31 1468.0 1286 743 186 787 1180 4.56 66.0
Rank among 8 NL teams 7 7 3 7 1 1 8 7 8 1 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 .995 31.3
M.Batts 877.0 95 102 708 41 8 1 .989 52.9
D.Rice 385.3 39 41 231 12 3 0 .988 36.4
L.Moss 118.0 15 15 113 3 0 1 1.000 20.0
E.Torgeson 35.0 4 4 28 1 0 0 1.000 0.0
G.Kell 3.7 0 1 1 0 1 0 .500 0.0
Team Total 1419.0 153 163 1081 57 12 2 .990 42.4
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 11.44
J.Mayo 625.3 71 76 648 40 6 43 .991 9.90
E.Torgeson 429.7 46 49 481 40 4 41 .992 10.91
E.Miksis 278.7 33 40 282 26 1 28 .997 9.95
M.Batts 115.7 13 17 116 8 1 14 .992 9.65
S.Mele 112.8 13 13 139 12 1 8 .993 12.05
L.Moss 61.7 4 15 63 2 0 7 1.000 9.49
B.Addis 36.1 4 4 39 4 0 4 1.000 10.72
J.Groth 25.7 0 9 29 1 0 1 1.000 10.52
W.Terwilliger 2.0 0 1 2 2 0 0 1.000 18.00
B.Blattner 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1688.6 184 225 1800 135 13 146 .993 10.31
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 5.73
B.Blattner 669.7 72 75 132 259 11 46 .973 5.25
G.Allie 274.0 32 32 51 96 3 18 .980 4.83
B.Brown 263.9 31 32 54 99 2 21 .987 5.22
T.Glaviano 219.6 23 25 59 112 3 28 .983 7.01
G.Kell 212.0 22 22 44 80 1 16 .992 5.26
J.Pesky 31.4 2 6 4 8 0 2 1.000 3.44
E.Miksis 18.0 1 4 2 5 0 0 1.000 3.50
L.Jackson 2.0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00
W.Terwilliger 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Mayo 1.0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
F.Malzone 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Kerr 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1693.8 183 200 346 661 21 131 .980 5.35
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .955 2.74
F.Malzone 565.3 68 70 31 103 5 7 .964 2.13
G.Kell 177.8 18 19 7 33 1 3 .976 2.02
T.Glaviano 152.3 17 17 12 31 4 2 .915 2.54
J.Pesky 87.8 4 15 5 14 1 2 .950 1.95
E.Miksis 67.0 7 11 8 23 0 0 1.000 4.16
G.Allie 47.7 4 10 3 14 0 1 1.000 3.21
J.Powers 26.0 3 4 1 5 0 0 1.000 2.08
B.Brown 10.1 0 3 1 2 1 0 .750 2.67
B.Wilkins 2.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Kerr 0.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1136.6 121 151 68 225 12 15 .961 2.32
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 4.98
J.Groth 314.7 34 39 41 122 5 23 .970 4.66
B.Blattner 237.0 27 28 30 80 8 16 .932 4.18
W.Terwilliger 233.7 26 33 26 68 4 9 .959 3.62
G.Allie 221.0 29 30 33 65 5 17 .951 3.99
G.Kell 185.9 19 21 30 76 1 15 .991 5.13
B.Brown 143.2 17 17 26 55 1 11 .988 5.09
F.Malzone 82.0 7 15 8 25 2 2 .943 3.62
J.Pesky 43.6 1 12 7 18 1 3 .962 5.16
B.Kerr 37.9 18 19 6 17 1 4 .958 5.46
E.Miksis 26.7 2 6 5 13 0 2 1.000 6.08
B.Wilkins 7.0 1 2 1 1 1 1 .667 2.57
T.Glaviano 1.4 0 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 19.29
Team Total 1534.0 181 223 214 542 29 103 .963 4.44
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 1.89
D.Mitchell 576.8 63 68 128 3 3 1 .978 2.04
R.Kiner 448.7 50 52 82 4 1 1 .989 1.72
W.Terwilliger 45.0 6 6 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.60
J.Powers 30.0 4 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
J.Mayo 24.7 2 7 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.19
B.Wilkins 23.0 3 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.78
E.Miksis 19.3 2 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.47
B.Addis 18.5 2 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.92
H.Edwards 6.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
J.Groth 3.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1195.0 132 152 246 7 4 2 .984 1.91
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 2.37
S.Mele 767.8 85 87 189 7 2 1 .990 2.30
J.Groth 397.0 47 48 113 1 1 0 .991 2.58
D.Mitchell 172.6 21 21 50 3 1 1 .981 2.76
T.Glaviano 87.7 10 10 16 1 0 0 1.000 1.74
E.Miksis 87.3 8 15 22 1 1 0 .958 2.37
J.Mayo 46.7 5 7 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.74
J.Powers 30.7 2 6 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.17
H.Edwards 15.0 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
Team Total 1604.8 179 197 406 13 5 2 .988 2.35
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.91
H.Edwards 844.3 93 95 188 2 2 2 .990 2.03
B.Addis 295.4 29 35 59 4 1 1 .984 1.92
D.Mitchell 134.3 15 16 36 0 1 0 .973 2.41
J.Groth 124.7 16 18 24 0 0 0 1.000 1.73
J.Powers 51.3 6 7 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.75
J.Mayo 50.0 4 11 12 1 0 0 1.000 2.34
E.Miksis 28.0 3 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.93
G.Kell 15.5 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.58
S.Mele 1.3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 6.92
Team Total 1544.8 167 190 337 7 4 3 .989 2.00
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 2.20
H.Pollet 307.7 44 44 15 38 0 0 1.000 1.55
R.Duren 280.0 43 43 14 46 1 7 .984 1.93
J.Bunning 226.3 29 29 14 29 3 1 .935 1.71
B.Trowbridge 146.0 16 52 4 29 0 1 1.000 2.03
D.Rozek 125.3 5 84 7 26 0 1 1.000 2.37
C.Johnson 106.0 14 14 6 15 0 2 1.000 1.78
C.Simmons 73.0 10 10 4 13 1 1 .944 2.10
M.Parnell 63.0 0 45 4 14 0 0 1.000 2.57
D.Weik 54.7 0 50 4 8 0 0 1.000 1.98
L.Jackson 50.0 1 40 3 9 0 0 1.000 2.16
B.Blaylock 36.0 0 26 4 9 0 1 1.000 3.25
Team Total 1468.0 162 437 79 236 5 14 .984 1.93
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Edwards .305
On-Base Pct Edwards .351
Slugging Pct Edwards .531
OPS Edwards .883
XR Edwards 85.6
Games Batts 136
At-Bats Batts 438
Runs Edwards 71
Hits Edwards 141
Total Bases Edwards 246
Singles Blattner 93
Doubles Batts 32
Triples Mele, Miksis, Blattner 3
Homeruns Edwards 24
RBIs Edwards 76
Stolen Bases Blattner 10
Caught Stealing Addis, Batts, Blattner, Brown, Kell, Miksis, Mitchell, Torgeson 1
Walks Batts 56
Strikeouts Batts 86
ERA Pollet 4.07
Wins Duren 13
Losses Bunning 19
Winning Pct Duren .500
Saves Parnell, Rozek 9
Games Pitched Rozek 84
Games Started Pollet 44
Complete Games Bunning 8
Shutouts Bunning, Simmons 1
Innings Pitched Pollet 307.7
Hits Allowed Pollet 239
Homeruns Allowed Bunning 35
Strikeouts Duren 318
Walks Allowed Pollet 185
Walks per 9IP Bunning 3.1
Hits per 9IP Duren 6.2
Strikeouts per 9IP Duren 10.2
WHiP Bunning 1.29
OAVG Duren .194
OOBP Bunning .311
OSLG Pollet .345
OOPS Pollet .668
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Buddy Blattner $ 7,950,000
Dale Mitchell $ 6,500,000
Howie Pollet $ 4,600,000
Hank Edwards $ 4,250,000
Mel Parnell $ 2,800,000
Hooks Iott $ 2,680,000
Johnny Pesky $ 1,750,000
Matt Batts $ 1,500,000
Buddy Kerr $ 666,000
Wayne Terwilliger $ 350,000
Johnny Groth $ 350,000
Bob Blaylock $ 300,000
Jim Bunning $ 300,000
Ryne Duren $ 300,000
Fred Hutchinson $ 300,000
Larry Jackson $ 300,000
Gair Allie $ 300,000
Jackie Mayo $ 300,000
Bobby Wilkins $ 300,000
Eddie Miksis $ 300,000
Les Moss $ 300,000
John Powers $ 300,000
Dick Rozek $ 300,000
Bob Trowbridge $ 300,000
Dick Weik $ 300,000
Frank Malzone $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
6/1 Traded Bob Addis
Curt Simmons		 New York (N) Frank Bolling
Fred Hutchinson
6/1 Traded Tommy Glaviano Pittsburgh Luis Aloma
6/1 Traded Connie Johnson Boston (N) Jack Littrell
6/1 Traded Bobby Brown
Ralph Kiner
Earl Torgeson		 New York (A) Jim Bunning
Tito Francona
Dale Mitchell
7/1 Traded Del Rice
George Kell		 Brooklyn Buddy Kerr
Wayne Terwilliger
7/1 Signed     Les Moss
7/31 Traded Jack Littrell
$3,500,000		 Pittsburgh Hooks Iott
Johnny Pesky
Hal Smith
Evelio Hernandez
7/31 Traded Sam Mele San Diego Eddie O'Brien
 
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