1956 St. Louis Cardinals Statistics

National League (NL)
Team Record: 76-78
Finished 4th in the NL
Attendance: 1,028,902, Avg. 15,829
Ballpark: Sportsman's Park IV
Manager: Fred Hutchinson (76-78)
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
1956 St. Louis Cardinals Roster
1956 St. Louis Cardinals Results

The St. Louis Cardinals of the National League ended the 1956 season with a record of 76 wins and 78 losses, finishing fourth in the NL.

The Cardinals plated 678 runs and conceded 698 runs. Stan Musial paced St. Louis with 27 home runs, while Wally Moon and Ken Boyer walloped 20 or more also. Stan Musial drove in 109 runs and topped all regular hitters by connecting at a .310 clip. Vinegar Bend Mizell led the team with 14 wins, and Murry Dickson recorded a 3.07 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.

Fred Hutchinson coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player W L W% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF
Vinegar Bend Mizell1414.5003.62333301130208.7172938420925153704881
Murry Dickson138.6193.07282701230196.3175756720574109107799
Herm Wehmeier129.5713.6934196721170.715080701671868102715
Tom Poholsky914.3913.5933291720203.0210100812744795506847
Lindy McDaniel76.5383.4039710100116.31216044742759008499
Jackie Collum62.7504.203812000760.0632928627617202260
Willard Schmidt68.4293.8433216201147.713169631878752106629
Ellis Kinder201.0003.512201700625.72311103934000108
Larry Jackson22.5004.115112600985.3754439545850114366
Harvey Haddix101.0005.3244011023.7281514310016001106
Jim Konstanty11.5004.582701600539.34620204617000167
Ben Flowers11.5006.9433000011.71599151500053
Don Liddle12.3338.39142600024.7362523818514003122
Bob Blaylock16.1436.37146300041.0453229724139000189
Max Surkont009.535020005.71066320500027
Paul LaPalme0081.001000000.746602000028
Stu Miller01.0004.913020017.31264350500037
Gordon Jones02.0005.5651000011.31497250600053
Dick Littlefield02.0007.453200009.7998241500043
Totals7678.4943.973901561154111301388.7133969861215554664709181455909

Batting:

Player GP PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB DP HBP SH SF IBB
Stan Musial1566825948718433627109207539.310.386.522.9083101933715
Ken Boyer150639595911823022698833865.306.347.494.841294181237
Wally Moon14962254086161221116681298050.298.390.469.858253131107
Don Blasingame15066558794153227027887252.261.344.322.66618933210
Al Dark10044241354118147437312133.286.320.383.70315892240
Rip Repulski112410376441041831155222446.277.330.428.758161147123
Hal Smith752422272764120523101522.282.326.401.7279170004
Bobby Del Greco1023152702958162518113250.215.308.344.6529326343
Red Schoendienst4016815322489001501135.314.365.373.7385720110
Whitey Lockman7021319314480201022188.249.311.269.5815220114
Hank Sauer75181151114540524002531.298.403.424.8276453023
Bill Sarni4315914812437252210815.291.329.466.7956941112
Ray Katt4716715811414062001624.259.289.399.6886321111
Bobby Morgan61130113142270320021524.195.287.336.6233840110
Murry Dickson32807761922060019.247.256.325.5812510200
Walker Cooper407268518512140038.265.296.456.7523120101
Grady Hatton4489731018120710137.247.360.315.6762330300
Bill Virdon248071101520290158.211.269.324.5932301212
Rocky Nelson38625661350380066.232.306.482.7892720001
Herm Wehmeier426158613302800217.224.250.379.6292200100
Jackie Brandt27484291230130145.286.362.429.7901811100
Tom Poholsky337369711200300114.159.171.188.3601320300
Willard Schmidt334843310100000216.233.267.256.5221100300
Charlie Peete235952310220602610.192.288.308.5961661000
Vinegar Bend Mizell33857558100400416.107.163.120.283941500
Lindy McDaniel39333217400200110.219.242.344.5861110000
Joe Frazier1422191420140133.211.318.474.792900000
Alex Grammas613121300010011.250.308.250.558300000
Jackie Collum3817141300010021.214.294.214.508300010
Dick Schofield1630303320010006.100.100.167.267510000
Harvey Haddix51191210010023.222.364.333.697310000
Solly Hemus8851100020011.200.429.200.629101100
Larry Jackson5112110100010015.091.167.091.258100000
Bob Blaylock1411110100000004.091.091.091.182100000
Max Surkont5110000000000.000.000.000.000000000
Tom Alston3220000000000.000.000.000.000000000
Joe Cunningham4431000000011.000.250.000.250000000
Stu Miller4110000000001.000.000.000.000000000
Ben Flowers3330000000000.000.000.000.000000000
Chuck Harmon2017152000000022.000.118.000.118000000
Gordon Jones5220000000001.000.000.000.000000000
Ellis Kinder22220000000002.000.000.000.000000000
Don Liddle15220000000000.000.000.000.000000000
Dick Littlefield3220000000001.000.000.000.000000000
Jim Konstanty27100000010000.000000010
Paul LaPalme1000000000000000000
Totals2002598653786781443234491246284135503622.268.333.399.732214712833413153


Fielding:

Player Pos GP GS Inn. PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS%
Stan Musial1B103103873.787090796.9939.8899.3200000
Wally Moon1B5252454.049847952.9841.8041.4810000
Rocky Nelson1B14039.3547061.00013.9584.3570000
Whitey Lockman1B2111.014021.87511.4557.0000000
Tom Alston1B305.741011.0007.9411.6670000
Chuck Harmon1B203.040011.00012.0002.0000000
Joe Cunningham1B102.020001.0009.0002.0000000
Don Blasingame2B9896859.7280303889.9866.1045.9490000
Red Schoendienst2B3636313.79993127.9955.5095.3330000
Grady Hatton2B1312111.0243438.9514.7034.4620000
Bobby Morgan2B1312104.3252513.9804.3133.8460000
Ken Boyer3B1491481298.71303091837.9613.0422.9460000
Bobby Morgan3B11882.092341.8893.5122.9090000
Don Blasingame3B206.004001.0006.0002.0000000
Grady Hatton3B101.00000.000.0000000
Chuck Harmon3B101.00000.000.0000000
Hal SmithC6658516.03003463.9825.8265.061121151142.3
Ray KattC4746404.02311643.9845.5025.2552814422.2
Bill SarniC4140356.72192521.9926.1575.9513718830.8
Walker CooperC1612112.056410.9844.8213.75029500.0
Wally MoonOF9795838.3159822.9881.7931.7220000
Rip RepulskiOF10093831.3187350.9742.0571.9000000
Bobby Del GrecoOF9987760.3217330.9872.6042.2220000
Stan MusialOF5353466.784510.9891.7161.6790000
Whitey LockmanOF5746422.3103250.9552.2381.8420000
Hank SauerOF3734287.7552011.0001.7831.5410000
Bill VirdonOF2422183.753210.9822.6952.2920000
Charlie PeeteOF2113130.7373011.0002.7551.9050000
Jackie BrandtOF2610110.0331011.0002.7821.3080000
Rocky NelsonOF8869.0110001.0001.4351.3750000
Chuck HarmonOF11441.070001.0001.537.6360000
Joe FrazierOF3325.04010.8001.4401.3330000
Vinegar Bend MizellP3333208.7193022.9612.1131.4850000
Tom PoholskyP3329203.01235031.0002.0841.4240000
Murry DicksonP2827196.3244514.9863.1632.4640000
Herm WehmeierP3419170.7152421.9512.0571.1470000
Willard SchmidtP3321147.7634031.0002.4381.2120000
Lindy McDanielP397116.392430.9172.553.8460000
Larry JacksonP51185.342630.9093.164.5880000
Jackie CollumP38160.041621.9093.000.5260000
Bob BlaylockP14641.018001.0001.976.6430000
Jim KonstantyP27039.305011.0001.144.1850000
Ellis KinderP22025.711001.000.701.0910000
Don LiddleP14224.73310.8572.189.4290000
Harvey HaddixP4423.731001.0001.5211.0000000
Ben FlowersP3311.722001.0003.0861.3330000
Gordon JonesP5111.302001.0001.588.4000000
Dick LittlefieldP329.710001.000.931.3330000
Stu MillerP307.301011.0001.227.3330000
Max SurkontP505.70000.000.0000000
Paul LaPalmeP100.70000.000.0000000
Al DarkSS9999857.31782922066.9594.9344.7470000
Don BlasingameSS4949417.0931351331.9464.9214.6530000
Dick SchofieldSS9352.3111324.9234.1272.6670000
Bobby MorganSS6231.08812.9414.6452.6670000
Alex GrammasSS5331.039011.0003.4842.4000000
Totals1765140412498.041661758134454.9784.2663.356845522330.7




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