1959 St. Louis Cardinals Statistics

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 Roster
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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Pitching:

Player W L W% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF
Lindy McDaniel1412.5383.82627471015132.0144615611418861010562
Larry Jackson1413.5193.30403721230256.027110394136431454071081
Vinegar Bend Mizell1310.5654.2031301810201.31961049421897108812890
Ernie Broglio712.3684.7235254630181.317410495208910133008793
Marshall Bridges63.6674.262741110176.06738361037876003328
Bob Miller43.5713.311110130070.7663126221243110294
Gary Blaylock45.4445.1326121300100.011761571443361203449
Bob Gibson35.3753.33139321075.7773528439248104333
Alex Kellner21.6673.16124200037.0311713910219100154
Howie Nunn22.5007.59160400021.323181831552000197
Jim Brosnan13.2504.912011000233.0341818515518101142
Dick Ricketts16.1435.82129200055.7684236730425001259
Bill Smith001.086020018.31131031400036
Jack Urban009.2880300010.7181111174400053
Marv Grissom0022.503020002.0655200000012
Bob Duliba01.0002.78110500122.7197721211400294
Bob Blaylock01.0004.003100009.0854130300038
Dean Stone01.0004.20181500130.0301514416417002132
Tom Cheney01.0006.94112500011.717992112820163
Hal Jeffcoat01.0009.17110600017.7331818492700191
Phil Clark01.00012.867020007.081110081500036
Tom Hughes02.00015.752200004.0997220200024
Totals7183.4614.34385154118368211363.0142772565713756474846212465961

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
Don Blasingame1506916159017826712415156742.289.361.359.72022132702
Ken Boyer1496335638617418528941266777.309.384.508.89228672017
Joe Cunningham14455645865158286760268847.345.453.478.93121995239
Bill White13856151777156339127215103461.302.344.470.81424352351
Gino Cimoli14356951961145407872703783.279.327.430.757223192742
Hal Smith142473452351221531350261528.270.295.403.698182131506
Alex Grammas1314153684399142330333826.269.337.342.67912691536
Stan Musial11540434137871321444026025.255.364.428.7921461200311
Curt Flood121226208245373726211635.255.305.418.7248760020
Gene Oliver6818117214429062832741.244.271.401.6726940020
George Crowe7710910314316082900512.301.330.592.9236140012
Wally Shannon479695527500500012.284.292.337.6293201000
Ray Jablonski60968711224031410819.253.313.402.7153530010
Dick Gray36595191610163068.314.386.392.7782010201
Gene Green307974814601300518.189.241.311.5512310001
Vinegar Bend Mizell318375714110701329.187.218.227.4451700500
Bobby Smith436160111311170019.217.230.317.5461920000
Larry Jackson54898099100200225.113.134.125.2591000700
Ray Katt1525240720020008.292.292.375.667920100
Jay Porter2335335730120014.212.257.394.6511301000
Chuck Essegian17403927210500113.179.200.282.4821130000
Lee Tate4158505711140057.140.232.260.4921321201
Ernie Broglio35676136000400318.098.141.098.239620300
Marshall Bridges2726233510140016.217.250.391.641900200
Bob Miller11262415000100113.208.240.208.448500100
Solly Hemus2426172420010082.235.500.353.853601000
Tim McCarver826243410000021.167.231.208.439500000
Gary Blaylock31353444002400017.118.118.294.4121000100
Chick King5870300010002.429.375.429.804300010
Duke Carmel1024232310030116.130.167.174.341400000
Bob Gibson21272613200100010.115.115.192.308500100
Jim Brosnan20770201000002.286.286.571.857400000
Alex Kellner12990200000004.222.222.222.444200000
Irv Noren8880110000002.125.125.250.375210000
Dick Ricketts1220180100000007.056.056.056.111100200
Lindy McDaniel62352921000000316.034.125.034.159100300
Bob Blaylock3110000000001.000.000.000.000000000
Dean Stone18440000000002.000.000.000.000000000
Jack Urban8110000000000.000.000.000.000000000
Bill Smith6110000000001.000.000.000.000000000
Jim O'Rourke2220000000000.000.000.000.000000000
Bob Duliba11440000000003.000.000.000.000000000
Hal Jeffcoat12330000000003.000.000.000.000000000
Tom Hughes2110000000001.000.000.000.000000000
Joe Durham6552000000001.000.000.000.000000000
Howie Nunn16210000000000.000.000.000.000000100
Tom Cheney11000000000000000000
Marv Grissom3000000000000000000
Phil Clark7000000000000000000
Totals2166590753176411432244491186056553485747.269.331.400.731212810819602649


Fielding:

Player Pos GP GS Inn. PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS%
Stan Musial1B9088686.062363772.9909.0007.6220000
Bill White1B7140405.040425232.9959.5336.0420000
Joe Cunningham1B3510144.01589122.9941.4374.7710000
George Crowe1B141190.08212091.0009.4006.7140000
Gene Oliver1B5535.0392011.0001.5438.2000000
Jay Porter1B102.00000.000.0000000
Irv Noren1B101.010011.0009.0001.0000000
Don Blasingame2B1501481290.036243917104.9795.5885.3400000
Wally Shannon2B10559.0131832.9124.7293.1000000
Solly Hemus2B115.003001.0005.4003.0000000
Lee Tate2B204.023011.00011.2502.5000000
Dick Gray2B203.010001.0003.000.5000000
Curt Flood2B102.00000.000.0000000
Ken Boyer3B1431411220.31343002032.9563.2013.0350000
Ray Jablonski3B1911104.772032.9002.3221.4210000
Dick Gray3B6127.01420.7141.667.8330000
Lee Tate3B209.001001.0001.000.5000000
Solly Hemus3B112.002001.0009.0002.0000000
Hal SmithC1411281105.775860913.9896.6585.801534443242.1
Jay PorterC19982.0534011.0006.2563.000575444.4
Ray KattC14555.038210.9766.5452.8570001100.0
Tim McCarverC6651.032210.9716.0005.66733200.0
Gene GreenC11437.3343001.0008.9203.36401100.0
Gene OliverC9232.024210.9637.3132.8892201100.0
Gino CimoliOF1411271120.02671262.9792.2421.9790000
Joe CunninghamOF121117966.7201561.9721.9181.7020000
Bill WhiteOF9290721.7175271.9622.2071.9240000
Curt FloodOF10649539.0147151.9672.4711.3960000
Gene OliverOF4235290.362130.9551.9531.5000000
Gene GreenOF1916138.028622.9442.2171.7890000
Bobby SmithOF3210134.331311.9712.2781.0630000
Chuck EssegianOF9864.081001.0001.2661.0000000
Duke CarmelOF10660.0150001.0002.2501.5000000
Stan MusialOF3222.010001.000.409.3330000
Chick KingOF4020.070001.0003.1501.7500000
Joe DurhamOF118.020001.0002.2502.0000000
Irv NorenOF214.00000.000.0000000
Dick GrayOF101.00000.000.0000000
Larry JacksonP4037256.0183725.9651.9341.3750000
Vinegar Bend MizellP3130201.392331.9141.4301.0320000
Ernie BroglioP3525181.31130021.0002.0351.1710000
Lindy McDanielP627132.073133.9272.591.6130000
Gary BlaylockP2612100.0111621.9312.4301.0380000
Marshall BridgesP27476.02310.833.592.1850000
Bob GibsonP13975.761022.8891.9031.2310000
Bob MillerP111070.7616011.0002.8022.0000000
Dick RickettsP12955.72230.571.647.3330000
Alex KellnerP12437.03410.8751.703.5830000
Jim BrosnanP20133.048011.0003.273.6000000
Dean StoneP18130.02410.8571.800.3330000
Bob DulibaP11023.747001.0004.1831.0000000
Howie NunnP16021.306011.0002.531.3750000
Hal JeffcoatP11017.713001.0002.038.3640000
Tom CheneyP11211.702001.0001.543.1820000
Jack UrbanP8010.701001.000.844.1250000
Bill SmithP608.301001.0001.080.1670000
Bob BlaylockP318.002001.0002.250.6670000
Phil ClarkP707.003001.0003.857.4290000
Tom HughesP224.00000.000.0000000
Marv GrissomP302.001001.0004.500.3330000
Alex GrammasSS1301231006.02163732280.9645.2694.5310000
Lee TateSS3912158.3314569.9274.3201.9490000
Wally ShannonSS21788.02717071.0004.5002.0950000
Dick GraySS13656.7101313.9583.6531.7690000
Ken BoyerSS12653.091021.9053.2261.5830000
Ray JablonskiSS101.00000.000.0000000
Totals1938138612267.040891673146417.9754.2272.9731547523842.2




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