1959 St. Louis Cardinals Roster

National League (NL)
Team Record: 71-83
Finished 7th in the NL
Attendance: 929,953, Avg. 13,478
Ballpark: Sportsman's Park IV
Manager: Solly Hemus (71-83)
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
1959 St. Louis Cardinals Statistics
1959 St. Louis Cardinals Results

The St. Louis Cardinals of the National League ended the 1959 season with a record of 71 wins and 83 losses, finishing seventh in the NL.

The Cardinals scored 641 runs and yielded 725 runs. Ken Boyer led St. Louis with 28 home runs and recorded 94 runs batted in. Joe Cunningham paced hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .345 clip. Larry Jackson and Lindy McDaniel topped the team with 14 wins each, while Larry Jackson recorded a 3.30 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Solly Hemus coached the team.

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Player Pos. Bats Throws Birth Date Height Weight Hometown
Don Blasingame2BLRMarch 16, 19325'10"160Corinth, MS USA
Bob BlaylockPRRJune 28, 19356'1"185Chattanooga, TN USA
Gary BlaylockPRROctober 11, 19316'0"196Clarkton, MO USA
Ken Boyer3BRRMay 20, 19316'1"190Liberty, MO USA
Marshall BridgesPBLJune 2, 19316'1"165Jackson, MS USA
Ernie BroglioPRRAugust 27, 19356'2"200Berkeley, CA USA
Jim BrosnanPRROctober 24, 19296'4"197Cincinnati, OH USA
Duke CarmelCFLLApril 23, 19376'3"202New York, NY USA
Tom CheneyPRROctober 14, 19345'11"170Morgan, GA USA
Gino CimoliCFRRDecember 18, 19296'1"180San Francisco, CA USA
Phil ClarkPRROctober 3, 19326'3"210Albany, GA USA
George Crowe1BLLMarch 22, 19216'2"210Whiteland, IN USA
Joe CunninghamRFLLAugust 27, 19316'0"180Paterson, NJ USA
Bob DulibaPRRJanuary 9, 19355'10"180Glen Lyon, PA USA
Joe DurhamCFRRJuly 31, 19316'1"186Newport News, VA USA
Chuck EssegianLFRRAugust 9, 19315'11"200Boston, MA USA
Curt FloodCFRRJanuary 18, 19385'9"165Houston, TX USA
Bob GibsonPRRNovember 9, 19356'1"189Omaha, NE USA
Alex GrammasSSRRApril 3, 19266'0"175Birmingham, AL USA
Dick GraySSRRJuly 11, 19315'11"165Jefferson, PA USA
Gene GreenRFRRJune 26, 19336'2"200Los Angeles, CA USA
Marv GrissomPRRMarch 31, 19186'3"190Los Molinos, CA USA
Solly Hemus2BLRApril 17, 19235'9"165Phoenix, AZ USA
Tom HughesPLRSeptember 13, 19346'2"180Ancon, Ca Panama
Ray Jablonski3BRRDecember 17, 19265'10"175Chicago, IL USA
Larry JacksonPRRJune 2, 19316'1"175Nampa, ID USA
Hal JeffcoatPRRSeptember 6, 19245'10"185West Columbia, SC USA
Ray KattCRRMay 9, 19276'2"190New Braunfels, TX USA
Alex KellnerPRLAugust 26, 19246'0"200Tucson, AZ USA
Chick KingCFRRNovember 10, 19306'2"190Paris, TN USA
Tim McCarverCLROctober 16, 19416'0"183Memphis, TN USA
Lindy McDanielPRRDecember 13, 19356'3"195Hollis, OK USA
Bob MillerPRRFebruary 18, 19396'1"180St. Louis, MO USA
Vinegar Bend MizellPRLAugust 13, 19306'3"205Leakesville, MS USA
Stan Musial1BLLNovember 21, 19206'0"175Donora, PA USA
Irv NorenLFLLNovember 29, 19246'0"190Jamestown, NY USA
Howie NunnPRROctober 18, 19356'0"173Westfield, NC USA
Jim O'RourkePRRJune 22, 19376'2"195Walla Walla, WA USA
Gene OliverLFRRMarch 22, 19356'2"225Moline, IL USA
Jay PorterCRRJanuary 17, 19336'2"180Shawnee, OK USA
Dick RickettsPLRDecember 4, 19336'7"215Pottstown, PA USA
Wally ShannonSSLRJanuary 23, 19336'0"178Cleveland, OH USA
Bill SmithPLLJune 8, 19346'0"190Washington, DC USA
Bobby SmithOFRRMay 28, 19345'11"180Hood River, OR USA
Hal SmithCRRJune 1, 19315'10"186Barling, AR USA
Dean StonePLLSeptember 1, 19306'4"205Moline, IL USA
Lee TateSSRRMarch 18, 19325'10"165Black Rock, AR USA
Jack UrbanPRRDecember 5, 19285'8"155Omaha, NE USA
Bill White1BLLJanuary 28, 19346'0"185Lakewood, FL USA



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