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1955 St. Louis Cardinals
Record: 96-66
Finish: 1st in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 858
Runs Allowed: 695
Exp W-L: 96-66
 
Ballpark: Sportsmans Park
Attendance: 2,427,625
Manager: Joel Roltgen

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 54-83, 8th in the NL
AA: 68-69, 3rd in the NL
A: 68-69, 6th in the NL
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost World Championship 2-4 to Minnesota Twins
Won NL League Series 4-1 over Pittsburgh Pirates
 
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
RF *Dick Wakefield 34 155 559 106 158 32 2 23 70 1 0 98 70 .283 .388 .470 .858 100.7 20.0 5.6
LF  Ralph Kiner 32 157 533 107 127 23 3 39 106 0 0 98 89 .238 .353 .512 .865 98.1 17.6 3.9
1B *Earl Torgeson 31 153 490 102 143 31 7 29 92 6 8 135 75 .292 .442 .561 1.003 115.0 25.3 2.7
C  Del Rice 32 149 549 101 172 26 2 30 106 0 2 62 106 .313 .380 .532 .912 102.3 21.1 6.9
SS  Buddy Blattner 35 154 526 73 149 24 3 16 82 7 2 76 71 .283 .377 .432 .809 83.4 15.1 7.0
2B  Tommy Glaviano 31 147 484 77 122 27 2 13 73 1 0 89 123 .252 .372 .397 .768 73.0 11.8 3.0
1B *Bobby Brown 30 142 454 66 145 18 4 12 56 8 5 76 9 .319 .417 .456 .873 85.5 18.0 4.1
LF *Hank Edwards 36 138 396 61 112 30 3 15 63 0 0 29 51 .283 .329 .487 .817 60.1 10.7 3.6
SS  George Kell 32 128 395 43 108 25 2 6 50 3 4 20 24 .273 .304 .392 .696 42.4 4.0 4.0
CF  Sam Mele 32 126 365 44 100 13 2 11 66 0 0 24 49 .274 .315 .411 .726 42.3 4.8 2.8
C  Matt Batts 33 70 152 16 31 7 0 2 20 0 0 17 14 .204 .282 .289 .572 11.2 0.0 1.4
1B *Bob Addis 29 77 127 12 35 5 0 5 23 0 0 4 3 .276 .298 .433 .731 16.1 2.5 0.8
P *Howie Pollet 34 42 97 8 18 1 0 0 8 0 0 1 24 .186 .192 .196 .388 3.3 0.0 0.0
P  Ryne Duren 26 44 99 3 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 36 .020 .058 .020 .078 -6.4 0.0 0.0
P  Connie Johnson 32 33 84 7 17 1 0 0 9 0 0 3 13 .202 .230 .214 .444 3.4 0.0 0.0
P  Larry Jackson 24 32 77 4 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 19 .091 .114 .091 .205 -2.9 0.0 0.0
CF  Johnny Groth 28 49 68 8 13 2 0 2 7 0 0 10 14 .191 .295 .309 .604 6.1 0.2 0.7
P *Curt Simmons 26 92 23 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .087 .087 .087 .174 -0.9 0.0 0.0
LF *Frank Campos 31 16 18 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .278 .278 .278 .556 1.0 0.0 0.0
P *Mel Parnell 33 24 11 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .273 .273 .273 .545 0.8 0.0 0.0
P  Dick Weik 27 43 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .167 .286 .167 .452 0.4 0.0 0.0
C  Les Moss 30 9 8 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .125 .125 .125 .250 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Ed Albosta 36 45 5 11 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 4 .200 .200 .200 .400 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Dick Rozek 28 16 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.9 2041 5529 858 1472 265 30 203 839 26 22 747 806 .266 .353 .435 .788 834.3 151.3 46.6
  Rank among 8 NL teams 5 3 4 3 5 3 3 5 7 2 4 4 2 3 3 3  
* - 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
 Ryne Duren 26 18 12 .600 44 44 0 289.0 177 103 26 198 297 3.21 20.9
*Howie Pollet 34 18 11 .621 42 42 0 288.0 244 119 23 180 260 3.72 19.5
 Connie Johnson 32 19 5 .792 33 31 0 247.0 223 97 29 89 174 3.53 18.9
 Larry Jackson 24 14 12 .538 32 32 0 234.0 265 141 33 88 88 5.42 2.5
*Curt Simmons 26 13 11 .542 92 8 11 156.7 153 70 17 70 63 4.02 11.3
*Harry Perkowski 32 3 6 .333 63 0 9 68.0 66 30 10 35 38 3.97 4.9
 Dick Weik 27 4 5 .444 43 2 8 64.0 58 31 10 47 44 4.36 3.1
*Mel Parnell 33 5 2 .714 24 2 1 46.0 45 21 5 18 22 4.11 3.7
*Dick Rozek 28 0 1 .000 16 1 3 25.3 19 10 1 33 18 3.55 1.4
 Ed Albosta 36 0 0 .000 16 0 0 17.0 16 16 6 11 12 8.47 0.0
*Mickey McDermott 26 1 1 .500 11 0 3 12.7 7 2 1 5 6 1.42 3.0
 George Kell 32 1 0 1.000 1 0 0 4.0 1 0 0 3 2 0.00 0.9
Team Totals 29.7 96 66 .593 417 162 35 1451.7 1274 640 161 777 1024 3.97 90.1
Rank among 8 NL teams 1 1 2 1 3 1 5 3 8 2 3  
* - 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 29.9
D.Rice 1196.0 134 138 870 54 5 0 .995 24.4
M.Batts 254.7 28 31 169 10 1 1 .994 70.0
L.Moss 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0
Team Total 1451.7 162 170 1039 64 6 1 .995 32.7
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .994 11.55
E.Torgeson 1224.7 135 150 1391 115 11 131 .993 11.07
S.Mele 179.0 23 23 196 27 1 17 .996 11.21
M.Batts 38.0 4 7 40 1 0 6 1.000 9.71
B.Addis 9.0 0 4 9 2 0 0 1.000 11.00
B.Blattner 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1451.7 162 185 1637 145 12 154 .993 11.05
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 5.75
B.Brown 826.7 93 101 170 332 14 84 .973 5.47
G.Kell 549.7 64 68 144 228 6 44 .984 6.09
J.Groth 51.3 4 15 13 18 0 4 1.000 5.44
T.Glaviano 19.0 1 6 5 4 0 2 1.000 4.26
B.Blattner 5.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
Team Total 1451.7 162 193 333 582 20 134 .979 5.67
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 2.85
T.Glaviano 1056.3 122 129 65 259 22 24 .936 2.76
G.Kell 284.0 32 38 14 63 2 8 .975 2.44
B.Brown 88.0 8 17 8 19 2 3 .931 2.76
D.Rice 16.0 0 6 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.69
E.Albosta 5.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Groth 1.3 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 6.77
B.Addis 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1451.7 162 195 88 344 26 35 .943 2.68
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 5.06
B.Blattner 1273.0 145 149 176 514 22 88 .969 4.88
B.Brown 50.0 5 10 6 15 0 3 1.000 3.78
G.Kell 45.7 4 8 10 23 0 6 1.000 6.50
J.Groth 42.0 4 9 6 18 1 3 .960 5.14
T.Glaviano 41.0 4 8 4 16 0 3 1.000 4.39
Team Total 1451.7 162 184 202 586 23 103 .972 4.89
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 1.96
R.Kiner 1273.3 147 153 234 10 9 1 .964 1.72
H.Edwards 70.0 6 15 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.67
B.Addis 53.0 4 14 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.87
J.Groth 52.3 5 11 8 1 0 1 1.000 1.55
D.Wakefield 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
F.Campos 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1451.7 162 195 266 11 9 2 .969 1.72
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.51
D.Wakefield 585.0 67 68 165 3 1 1 .994 2.58
S.Mele 451.3 54 59 95 2 0 1 1.000 1.93
H.Edwards 352.3 36 55 97 1 1 0 .990 2.50
B.Addis 51.0 5 11 13 1 0 0 1.000 2.47
T.Glaviano 11.0 0 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.45
J.Groth 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1451.7 162 198 373 7 2 2 .995 2.36
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 1.92
D.Wakefield 729.7 81 85 145 3 1 2 .993 1.83
H.Edwards 442.0 51 56 100 0 2 0 .980 2.04
S.Mele 171.7 18 28 39 0 0 0 1.000 2.04
B.Addis 89.3 10 14 17 1 0 0 1.000 1.81
J.Groth 17.0 2 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.53
F.Campos 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1451.7 162 187 302 4 3 2 .990 1.90
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.25
R.Duren 289.0 44 44 24 43 1 3 .985 2.09
H.Pollet 288.0 42 42 15 45 3 3 .952 1.88
C.Johnson 247.0 31 33 12 42 0 5 1.000 1.97
L.Jackson 234.0 32 32 23 43 2 3 .971 2.54
C.Simmons 156.7 8 92 10 30 1 4 .976 2.30
H.Perkowski 68.0 0 63 6 11 0 3 1.000 2.25
D.Weik 64.0 2 43 4 8 0 0 1.000 1.69
M.Parnell 46.0 2 24 2 3 1 0 .833 0.98
D.Rozek 25.3 1 16 0 4 0 0 1.000 1.42
E.Albosta 17.0 0 16 0 5 0 0 1.000 2.65
M.McDermott 12.7 0 11 2 2 0 0 1.000 2.84
G.Kell 4.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1451.7 162 417 100 236 8 21 .977 2.08
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Brown .319
On-Base Pct Torgeson .442
Slugging Pct Torgeson .561
OPS Torgeson 1.003
XR Torgeson 115.0
Games Kiner 157
At-Bats Wakefield 559
Runs Kiner 107
Hits Rice 172
Total Bases Rice 292
Singles Rice 114
Doubles Wakefield 32
Triples Torgeson 7
Homeruns Kiner 39
RBIs Kiner, Rice 106
Stolen Bases Brown 8
Caught Stealing Torgeson 8
Walks Torgeson 135
Strikeouts Glaviano 123
ERA Duren 3.21
Wins Johnson 19
Losses Duren, Jackson 12
Winning Pct Johnson .792
Saves Simmons 11
Games Pitched Simmons 92
Games Started Duren 44
Complete Games Johnson 10
Shutouts Johnson 2
Innings Pitched Duren 289.0
Hits Allowed Jackson 265
Homeruns Allowed Jackson 33
Strikeouts Duren 297
Walks Allowed Duren 198
Walks per 9IP Johnson 3.2
Hits per 9IP Duren 5.5
Strikeouts per 9IP Duren 9.2
WHiP Johnson 1.26
OAVG Duren .177
OOBP Johnson .307
OSLG Duren .306
OOPS Duren .621
Team All-Stars
Buddy Blattner
Ryne Duren
Connie Johnson
Del Rice
Earl Torgeson
Player Salaries
Earl Torgeson $ 15,090,300
Buddy Blattner $ 7,950,000
Ralph Kiner $ 7,000,000
Howie Pollet $ 4,600,000
Del Rice $ 4,500,000
Dick Wakefield $ 4,400,000
Hank Edwards $ 4,250,000
Curt Simmons $ 4,150,000
Sam Mele $ 3,500,000
Bobby Brown $ 3,300,000
Mel Parnell $ 2,800,000
Tommy Glaviano $ 2,550,000
Matt Batts $ 1,500,000
George Kell $ 1,500,000
Johnny Groth $ 350,000
Bob Addis $ 350,000
Larry Jackson $ 300,000
Ryne Duren $ 300,000
Dick Weik $ 300,000
Dick Rozek $ 300,000
Connie Johnson $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/12 Signed     Hank Edwards
3/3 Traded Stu Miller Tampa Bay Dick Wakefield
9/22 Released Mickey Mcdermott    
9/22 Released Ed Albosta    
9/22 Released Frank Campos    
9/22 Released Les Moss    
9/22 Released Harry Perkowski    
 
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