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 Ken Boyer and Wally Moon 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 Mizell	14	14	.500	3.62	33	33	0	11	3	0	208.7	172	93	84	20	92	5	153	7	0	4	881
Murry Dickson	13	8	.619	3.07	28	27	0	12	3	0	196.3	175	75	67	20	57	4	109	1	0	7	799
Herm Wehmeier	12	9	.571	3.69	34	19	6	7	2	1	170.7	150	80	70	16	71	8	68	1	0	2	715
Tom Poholsky	9	14	.391	3.59	33	29	1	7	2	0	203.0	210	100	81	27	44	7	95	5	0	6	847
Lindy McDaniel	7	6	.538	3.40	39	7	10	1	0	0	116.3	121	60	44	7	42	7	59	0	0	8	499
Jackie Collum	6	2	.750	4.20	38	1	20	0	0	7	60.0	63	29	28	6	27	6	17	2	0	2	260
Willard Schmidt	6	8	.429	3.84	33	21	6	2	0	1	147.7	131	69	63	18	78	7	52	1	0	6	629
Ellis Kinder	2	0	1.000	3.51	22	0	17	0	0	6	25.7	23	11	10	3	9	3	4	0	0	0	108
Larry Jackson	2	2	.500	4.11	51	1	26	0	0	9	85.3	75	44	39	5	45	8	50	1	1	4	366
Harvey Haddix	1	0	1.000	5.32	4	4	0	1	1	0	23.7	28	15	14	3	10	0	16	0	0	1	106
Jim Konstanty	1	1	.500	4.58	27	0	16	0	0	5	39.3	46	20	20	4	6	1	7	0	0	0	167
Ben Flowers	1	1	.500	6.94	3	3	0	0	0	0	11.7	15	9	9	1	5	1	5	0	0	0	53
Don Liddle	1	2	.333	8.39	14	2	6	0	0	0	24.7	36	25	23	8	18	5	14	0	0	3	122
Bob Blaylock	1	6	.143	6.37	14	6	3	0	0	0	41.0	45	32	29	7	24	1	39	0	0	0	189
Max Surkont	0	0		9.53	5	0	2	0	0	0	5.7	10	6	6	3	2	0	5	0	0	0	27
Paul LaPalme	0	0		81.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.7	4	6	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	8
Stu Miller	0	1	.000	4.91	3	0	2	0	0	1	7.3	12	6	4	3	5	0	5	0	0	0	37
Gordon Jones	0	2	.000	5.56	5	1	0	0	0	0	11.3	14	9	7	2	5	0	6	0	0	0	53
Dick Littlefield	0	2	.000	7.45	3	2	0	0	0	0	9.7	9	9	8	2	4	1	5	0	0	0	43
Totals	76	78	.494	3.97	390	156	115	41	11	30	1388.7	1339	698	612	155	546	64	709	18	1	45	5909

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 Musial	156	682	594	87	184	33	6	27	109	2	0	75	39	.310	.386	.522	.908	310	19	3	3	7	15
Ken Boyer	150	639	595	91	182	30	2	26	98	8	3	38	65	.306	.347	.494	.841	294	18	1	2	3	7
Wally Moon	149	622	540	86	161	22	11	16	68	12	9	80	50	.298	.390	.469	.858	253	13	1	1	0	7
Don Blasingame	150	665	587	94	153	22	7	0	27	8	8	72	52	.261	.344	.322	.666	189	3	3	2	1	0
Al Dark	100	442	413	54	118	14	7	4	37	3	1	21	33	.286	.320	.383	.703	158	9	2	2	4	0
Rip Repulski	112	410	376	44	104	18	3	11	55	2	2	24	46	.277	.330	.428	.758	161	14	7	1	2	3
Hal Smith	75	242	227	27	64	12	0	5	23	1	0	15	22	.282	.326	.401	.727	91	7	0	0	0	4
Bobby Del Greco	102	315	270	29	58	16	2	5	18	1	1	32	50	.215	.308	.344	.652	93	2	6	3	4	3
Red Schoendienst	40	168	153	22	48	9	0	0	15	0	1	13	5	.314	.365	.373	.738	57	2	0	1	1	0
Whitey Lockman	70	213	193	14	48	0	2	0	10	2	2	18	8	.249	.311	.269	.581	52	2	0	1	1	4
Hank Sauer	75	181	151	11	45	4	0	5	24	0	0	25	31	.298	.403	.424	.827	64	5	3	0	2	3
Bill Sarni	43	159	148	12	43	7	2	5	22	1	0	8	15	.291	.329	.466	.795	69	4	1	1	1	2
Ray Katt	47	167	158	11	41	4	0	6	20	0	1	6	24	.259	.289	.399	.688	63	2	1	1	1	1
Bobby Morgan	61	130	113	14	22	7	0	3	20	0	2	15	24	.195	.287	.336	.623	38	4	0	1	1	0
Murry Dickson	32	80	77	6	19	2	2	0	6	0	0	1	9	.247	.256	.325	.581	25	1	0	2	0	0
Walker Cooper	40	72	68	5	18	5	1	2	14	0	0	3	8	.265	.296	.456	.752	31	2	0	1	0	1
Grady Hatton	44	89	73	10	18	1	2	0	7	1	0	13	7	.247	.360	.315	.676	23	3	0	3	0	0
Bill Virdon	24	80	71	10	15	2	0	2	9	0	1	5	8	.211	.269	.324	.593	23	0	1	2	1	2
Rocky Nelson	38	62	56	6	13	5	0	3	8	0	0	6	6	.232	.306	.482	.789	27	2	0	0	0	1
Herm Wehmeier	42	61	58	6	13	3	0	2	8	0	0	2	17	.224	.250	.379	.629	22	0	0	1	0	0
Jackie Brandt	27	48	42	9	12	3	0	1	3	0	1	4	5	.286	.362	.429	.790	18	1	1	1	0	0
Tom Poholsky	33	73	69	7	11	2	0	0	3	0	0	1	14	.159	.171	.188	.360	13	2	0	3	0	0
Willard Schmidt	33	48	43	3	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	16	.233	.267	.256	.522	11	0	0	3	0	0
Charlie Peete	23	59	52	3	10	2	2	0	6	0	2	6	10	.192	.288	.308	.596	16	6	1	0	0	0
Vinegar Bend Mizell	33	85	75	5	8	1	0	0	4	0	0	4	16	.107	.163	.120	.283	9	4	1	5	0	0
Lindy McDaniel	39	33	32	1	7	4	0	0	2	0	0	1	10	.219	.242	.344	.586	11	1	0	0	0	0
Joe Frazier	14	22	19	1	4	2	0	1	4	0	1	3	3	.211	.318	.474	.792	9	0	0	0	0	0
Alex Grammas	6	13	12	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.250	.308	.250	.558	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jackie Collum	38	17	14	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	.214	.294	.214	.508	3	0	0	0	1	0
Dick Schofield	16	30	30	3	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	.100	.100	.167	.267	5	1	0	0	0	0
Harvey Haddix	5	11	9	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	.222	.364	.333	.697	3	1	0	0	0	0
Solly Hemus	8	8	5	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	.200	.429	.200	.629	1	0	1	1	0	0
Larry Jackson	51	12	11	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	.091	.167	.091	.258	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Blaylock	14	11	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.091	.091	.091	.182	1	0	0	0	0	0
Max Surkont	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Alston	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Cunningham	4	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stu Miller	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ben Flowers	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chuck Harmon	20	17	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.000	.118	.000	.118	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gordon Jones	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ellis Kinder	22	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Don Liddle	15	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dick Littlefield	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Konstanty	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		.000			0	0	0	0	1	0
Paul LaPalme	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	2002	5986	5378	678	1443	234	49	124	628	41	35	503	622	.268	.333	.399	.732	2147	128	33	41	31	53

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%
Stan Musial	1B	103	103	873.7	870	90	7	96	.993	9.889	9.320	0	0	0	0
Wally Moon	1B	52	52	454.0	498	47	9	52	.984	1.804	1.481	0	0	0	0
Rocky Nelson	1B	14	0	39.3	54	7	0	6	1.000	13.958	4.357	0	0	0	0
Whitey Lockman	1B	2	1	11.0	14	0	2	1	.875	11.455	7.000	0	0	0	0
Tom Alston	1B	3	0	5.7	4	1	0	1	1.000	7.941	1.667	0	0	0	0
Chuck Harmon	1B	2	0	3.0	4	0	0	1	1.000	12.000	2.000	0	0	0	0
Joe Cunningham	1B	1	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	1.000	9.000	2.000	0	0	0	0
Don Blasingame	2B	98	96	859.7	280	303	8	89	.986	6.104	5.949	0	0	0	0
Red Schoendienst	2B	36	36	313.7	99	93	1	27	.995	5.509	5.333	0	0	0	0
Grady Hatton	2B	13	12	111.0	24	34	3	8	.951	4.703	4.462	0	0	0	0
Bobby Morgan	2B	13	12	104.3	25	25	1	3	.980	4.313	3.846	0	0	0	0
Ken Boyer	3B	149	148	1298.7	130	309	18	37	.961	3.042	2.946	0	0	0	0
Bobby Morgan	3B	11	8	82.0	9	23	4	1	.889	3.512	2.909	0	0	0	0
Don Blasingame	3B	2	0	6.0	0	4	0	0	1.000	6.000	2.000	0	0	0	0
Grady Hatton	3B	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Chuck Harmon	3B	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Hal Smith	C	66	58	516.0	300	34	6	3	.982	5.826	5.061	1	21	15	11	42.3
Ray Katt	C	47	46	404.0	231	16	4	3	.984	5.502	5.255	2	8	14	4	22.2
Bill Sarni	C	41	40	356.7	219	25	2	1	.992	6.157	5.951	3	7	18	8	30.8
Walker Cooper	C	16	12	112.0	56	4	1	0	.984	4.821	3.750	2	9	5	0	0.0
Wally Moon	OF	97	95	838.3	159	8	2	2	.988	1.793	1.722	0	0	0	0
Rip Repulski	OF	100	93	831.3	187	3	5	0	.974	2.057	1.900	0	0	0	0
Bobby Del Greco	OF	99	87	760.3	217	3	3	0	.987	2.604	2.222	0	0	0	0
Stan Musial	OF	53	53	466.7	84	5	1	0	.989	1.716	1.679	0	0	0	0
Whitey Lockman	OF	57	46	422.3	103	2	5	0	.955	2.238	1.842	0	0	0	0
Hank Sauer	OF	37	34	287.7	55	2	0	1	1.000	1.783	1.541	0	0	0	0
Bill Virdon	OF	24	22	183.7	53	2	1	0	.982	2.695	2.292	0	0	0	0
Charlie Peete	OF	21	13	130.7	37	3	0	1	1.000	2.755	1.905	0	0	0	0
Jackie Brandt	OF	26	10	110.0	33	1	0	1	1.000	2.782	1.308	0	0	0	0
Rocky Nelson	OF	8	8	69.0	11	0	0	0	1.000	1.435	1.375	0	0	0	0
Chuck Harmon	OF	11	4	41.0	7	0	0	0	1.000	1.537	.636	0	0	0	0
Joe Frazier	OF	3	3	25.0	4	0	1	0	.800	1.440	1.333	0	0	0	0
Vinegar Bend Mizell	P	33	33	208.7	19	30	2	2	.961	2.113	1.485	0	0	0	0
Tom Poholsky	P	33	29	203.0	12	35	0	3	1.000	2.084	1.424	0	0	0	0
Murry Dickson	P	28	27	196.3	24	45	1	4	.986	3.163	2.464	0	0	0	0
Herm Wehmeier	P	34	19	170.7	15	24	2	1	.951	2.057	1.147	0	0	0	0
Willard Schmidt	P	33	21	147.7	6	34	0	3	1.000	2.438	1.212	0	0	0	0
Lindy McDaniel	P	39	7	116.3	9	24	3	0	.917	2.553	.846	0	0	0	0
Larry Jackson	P	51	1	85.3	4	26	3	0	.909	3.164	.588	0	0	0	0
Jackie Collum	P	38	1	60.0	4	16	2	1	.909	3.000	.526	0	0	0	0
Bob Blaylock	P	14	6	41.0	1	8	0	0	1.000	1.976	.643	0	0	0	0
Jim Konstanty	P	27	0	39.3	0	5	0	1	1.000	1.144	.185	0	0	0	0
Ellis Kinder	P	22	0	25.7	1	1	0	0	1.000	.701	.091	0	0	0	0
Don Liddle	P	14	2	24.7	3	3	1	0	.857	2.189	.429	0	0	0	0
Harvey Haddix	P	4	4	23.7	3	1	0	0	1.000	1.521	1.000	0	0	0	0
Ben Flowers	P	3	3	11.7	2	2	0	0	1.000	3.086	1.333	0	0	0	0
Gordon Jones	P	5	1	11.3	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.588	.400	0	0	0	0
Dick Littlefield	P	3	2	9.7	1	0	0	0	1.000	.931	.333	0	0	0	0
Stu Miller	P	3	0	7.3	0	1	0	1	1.000	1.227	.333	0	0	0	0
Max Surkont	P	5	0	5.7	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Paul LaPalme	P	1	0	0.7	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Al Dark	SS	99	99	857.3	178	292	20	66	.959	4.934	4.747	0	0	0	0
Don Blasingame	SS	49	49	417.0	93	135	13	31	.946	4.921	4.653	0	0	0	0
Dick Schofield	SS	9	3	52.3	11	13	2	4	.923	4.127	2.667	0	0	0	0
Bobby Morgan	SS	6	2	31.0	8	8	1	2	.941	4.645	2.667	0	0	0	0
Alex Grammas	SS	5	3	31.0	3	9	0	1	1.000	3.484	2.400	0	0	0	0
Totals		1765	1404	12498.0	4166	1758	134	454	.978	4.266	3.356	8	45	52	23	30.7

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